Saturated Canary - Patches the Fairy

Wow! This heat just wont let up and hubby informs me its to stick around for a bit longer!! Crazy to think that the bottle of factor 50 we are using has lasted the past 3 summers!! Looks like i'm going to need more!

Well onto today's card. This uses a digi stamp from Saturated Canary called Patches the Fairy which i've coloured with promarkers and Lavender Stickles!

I've used a selection of lilac papers from an old Hot Off The Press paper pack and made tattered flowers with my Tim Holtz die using the Bohemian papers from Craftwork Cards - the sentiment is also from them. 

I've finished this with some mulberry paper flowers, lilac organza and lilac head pins - and more lavender glitter on the paper flowers. 

This is my entry for the Saturated Canary Challenge #47 - Celebration.
Also I'll submit it to the My Craft Creations - Anything Goes challenge and the Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Simply Betty Stamps June Facebook Challenge!

I have fallen in love with Simply Betty Stamps!
You might remember the posts I had last week with lots of cards for their month long challenges in June - well, my wall hanging using the Emo Lola image was a winner and i'll trying to decide which digis to buy with my $10 gift certificate!

Now onto today's challenge! As a Facebook fan, we had the privilege of getting 'Summer' the fairy digi stamp to work with for this challenge. The brief being to not use designer papers but to create our own backgrounds for the digi.

I have used watercolour paper and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Purple and Black Cherry to create a coloured background, i've ripped and torn my paper and ran one of the layers through the Cuttlebug swirly embossing folder for a bit of texture. I've added some matching ribbons and paper flowers.

I coloured my image using promarkers and added lavender, platinum and star dust stickle accents. Some platinum liquid pearls around the edges finish off my card. 

I've not put a sentiment on there so I can use it next time I need a quick card for something and match the sentiment at the time!
Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

PunkYouGirl Challenge Blog is live!!! Join us!

Well, its the moment you've all been waiting for!!! Or at least, the moment I've been waiting for!!! 
Brand new Dark Themed Challenge Blog, PunkYouGirl, launches right now - come on over and have a look. The very first challenge is 'Anything Goes' - as long as its dark! So whether you like Goth, Emo, Fantasy, Vampires, Monsters, Punk, Steampunk, Horror, Halloween, Creepy, Scary, Supernatural.... whatever your imagination stretches to, come and see what the design team have for you - and show us what you can do too!!!


This is my DT Project for June. This month we are being sponsored by Ike's Art and my digi image is Witch1 which I have coloured with watercolour pencils and a water brush.

I've added purple stickles on the dress and black stickles in the hair - I might have overdone the glitter but i've always been a bit of a glitter goth so I'm happy with that! I've used free papers and flower elements, added black lace, black card for matting and liquid pearls in black and purple.

I hope you like my sample for June, I'm already working on July's project but in the mean time, come and see us at PunkYouGirl and get in touch with your Dark Side!

Mo xxx

Dilly Beans Black and White Challenge

Hi!! Thanks so much to everyone who joined me for the Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop on Tuesday this week! Thank you for all the wonderful comments, I'm thrilled that you all liked my projects! It was a wonderful hop, chock full of inspiration - fabulous day!! 

This is just a quick post with a challenge entry for the Dilly Beans Challenge Blog. This week's theme is 'Black and White' and they have changed their rules slightly in that you have to use a Dilly Beans image on your entry.... so of course, I popped over to Megans Dilly Beans shop blog and bought a few to play with!!!

This has been coloured using the cool greys and black Promarkers with a hint of vanilla on her face. The embossed frame and B&W papers are from Craftwork Cards Black Magic Goodie Box and I've added some pearlescent black and white papers for matting. 

My trusty Marianne Creatables Chinese Rose die was used for the flowers, a double ribbon and some crystal head pins finish the card.

I'm still fairly new to 'proper' colouring and I think with a good bit of practice I'll become far more confident and competant at this. No doubt many of my upcoming projects will be coloured digis!!! I do have another couple of Dilly Beans to show you too!!


Thanks for looking today. Remember to join me on Friday for the launch of the brand new PunkYouGirl Challenge Blog!!!! I'll be showing you my project here on Friday morning and you can find more inspiration and challenge details on the blog at the same time!

Mo xxx

BellaDonna by Simply Betty Stamps

A little aside before I show you today's card - I was featured on the Craftwork Cards blog yesterday! Tina Boyden from their Design Team features makes by CWC fans every Thursday and I was lucky enough to have a few projects on there this week. You may have seen them on my blog already but please pop over and leave some love on the CWC blog! Thanks! Mo xxx

Here is my first card using a Simply Betty digi Stamp! The young girl in this design is called Belladonna and my daughter thinks she looks like a pop star! I tend to think she's a bit emo with a good measure of teenage angst thrown in too!


I've used free papers from Pixel Scrapper - check out the link down the side of my blog for some fabulous free papers, digi kits, photoshop bits and peices too! These are from the Purple basics kit which I got as my free download for signing up to the site!!

Base card is purple A4 cut down to approx 6x6" square and basic black card for matting and layering. I've used my favourite purple star card candi from Craftwork Cards and my EK Success Starry Night corner punch. With my digi stamp, I have coloured her with Watercolour pencils and used a water brush to even out the colour. I've added stickles in purple, midnight blue and fruit punch for effect.

The sentiment here links the card up to this month's challenge over at The House of Bears! They are having a  literary based challenge using quotes from Little Women. I chose the quote 'Dont try to make me grow up before my time...' I felt it fit quite well with this rebel girl digi! I'd also like to enter the card into the My Craft Creation challenge which is Spots and Stripes.

 

The last bit i'd like to show you on the card is the bling!!! This was a bargain find yesterday. I was in Glasgow looking for shoes and ended up in Poundland on Sauchiehall Street to get some things to keep my toddlers occupied and I found strips of 'Body Gems'!!! For £1 i got a strip which contained 10 of the same swirls and I've used one here. Of course, buying only one wasn't an option - i've bought two in black and two in clear crystal so as you can imagine these will be all over the next pile of cards I make!!
There is the option of cutting the strips into individual peices or indeed keeping as a full strip perhaps down the edge of a scrapbook page or larger card.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges.
The House of Bears - Little Women quotes for inspiration
My Craft Creation - Spots and/or stripes
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes


I hope you've enjoyed today's offering.
I am happy to report that I will be attending a craft fair tomorrow in Edinburgh and I hope to find lots of new bits to share with you next week!
Thanks for visiting! Would love it if you left me a comment!
thanks
Mo xxx

Tsunami Rose Challenge #19 Motherly Love

Well, sticking with the theme of Mothers, this week's challenge over at Tsunami Rose Designs is called 'Motherly Love' and the design team have put together some examples for you using Printable Ephemera from Tsunami Rose - beautiful tags, mason jars, images, sentiments all put together to provide the perfect elements for your projects. You can find all the links you need below.

Here is my project for this challenge. I think I may be in my purple phase...

I have used a post card and sentiment from the ephemera sampler and some purple card stock, purple lace and purple card candi accents! I've also used mini glittered blooms from Craftwork Cards Bohemian Goody Bag with olive candi in the centres. The 'Happy Mother's Day' is also from the printed ephemera.

The background is using a spellbinders embossability in Paisley pattern with distress inks Worn Lipstick and Dusty Concord to colour it. I've edges the elements with purple stickles.

I love to stay and chat but children running riot and I think there must be a bug about!!! 

Come and join us for the Motherly Love challenge! You dont need to use TRD elements but we love to see what you can do with them!

Mo xxx

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I am loving Tsunami Rose Designs! I am so excited at being on their Design Team and I have another card using some of their fabulous papers today!

This is a 6x6 paper called 'Vintage Clocks' in Sepia and you can find it here. I have distressed the paper by scrunching it up and using my Tim Holtz distressing tool on the edges, i've then added some Vintage Photo distress ink to the edges and creases. I adhered some pearlescent copper card to the white card base and attached the paper.

I found this really cute steampunk digi stamp by Vince over at Crafty Moments - he has this for free download in distressed, coloured or plain outline. I've then used some vintage seam binding ribbon, some jute chord that i've coloured with vintage photo and soem burgandy roses to compliment the ones in the image.

Glossy accents has been added to the roses and watch face on the image to add a bit of sheen - I think it was still drying when I took the photos! The 'Time' sentiment is a rub-on from a set that i bought in a pound shop several years ago - this was a completely inspired find today and i'm quite sure i'll be using the others from the set soon!

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And, if you're really quick, there is still a few hours to get in on this weeks Wednesday Challenge #12 Colour Inspiration here.

Mo xxx

Sarah Hurley Blog Hop Prize and CAS on Sunday #2

I won another prize! Sarah Hurley, illustrator and designer, hosted a blog hop recently in honour of the launch of her new website - sarahhurleydesigns.co.uk

On the hop, i decided that my favourite item in Sarah's online shop was her set of 3 hand drawn Rose digi stamps. As my prize, she very kindly sent me these stamps! Thank you so much Sarah - the roses are gorgeous! They can be found here!

I have never ever used a digi stamp! I rarely use rubber stamps! But i'm getting into this and loving it! I bought some Pro-markers and printed the bigger of the roses and set about colouring it just with what i had available.

I have used this stamp on this weeks CAS on Sunday blog Challenge.

The Challenge this week was called 'Making the Rounds' with theonly instruction being, make a round card - in a clean and simple manner of course!

I glued the image to a base card, added a red organza ribbon and stamped 'I love you.' with my Tuxedo black Momento pad. Very simple, stylish, and very much a first for me.

I'm happy with the results, I feel on reflection that I could have used a different colour base card - perhaps red or black. I think maybe not having the flower in the centre would have given more scope for other embellishments around the edges or perhaps down one side/along the bottom.....
So many ideas for the next one!

Mo xxx