Make it Crafty - Chelsea

Hi guys, welcome to another Make it Crafty post! This week my card features the gorgeous Chelsea. 

Isn't she just the sweetest? When I looked at the inspiration cards in the gallery over at MIC, I saw Faye's beautiful colour combo and knew I wanted to use it for my card. I love warm grey and lime together as they are such a cosy combo!

Here's a little close-up of her sweet face.

 

There really are some beautiful images (and great backgrounds) over at Make it Crafty. If you are looking for colouring fun, why not drop by and take a look!

Make it Crafty - Have a Magical Birthday!

Today, I'm delighted to be sharing a card made using another gorgeous Krista Smith image from Make It Crafty. This adorable little girl, and her equally adorable Unicorn, feature in the new collection called Dreamy Wishes. This sweet image is called Unicorn Dreams, and the two other images in the collection are a gorgeous fairy and a magical mermaid.

I coloured with a whole heap of Promarkers and then added the details with Prismacolour pencils. I knew straight away that I wanted this to be a 'purple' card because, for some reason, purple seems to me to be such a magical colour.

Do you like the Unicorns golden horn and rainbow mane? Such fun to colour. And doesn't he have just the happiest expression!

Originally, the little girl started as a blonde, but once I'd created the background she looked pale and lost, so I went to work with my Prismacolors and she became a brunette.

To find this image, and the others in the Dreamy Wishes Collection, head on over to the Make It Crafty shop!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #91 - W is for Weddings

So, Edna's getting hitched! Doesn't she look delighted? Big kudos to Sister Lee for another stunning graphic.

My card was huge fun to make and I think it will probably be my anniversary card for my darling hubster. We'll be celebrating thirteen happy years together next month.

The cat is from a new release over at Katzelkraft. I promised myself I wouldn't buy any stamps during August, but then I saw this guy, and the rest of his crew...

Although marriage is the theme for this challenge, we're leaving it pretty flexible and will accept cards based on the old wedding verse 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue'.

My 'Something Old' is the selection of Hero Arts stamps used for the background, my 'Something New' is the new cat stamp, I 'Borrowed' the sentiment and the card is Blue - job done!  Here's a picture of that background, before I added the top layer. You can get a look at that mix of gorgeous Hero Arts stamps: so much inky fun. 

Please come see what my sistahs created for this fun challenge. We hope you join us in our W is for Weddings challenge! You just might be crowned QUEEN or PRINCESS of snark and win one of our awesome badges to display proudly on your blog!

Make it Crafty - My Kinda Guy!

It's week three of my time guesting over at Make it Crafty and this week I've chosen a masculine image for my card! Meet Surfer Dad!

Isn't he gorgeous??? And he irons too - he's my kinda guy!

Sadly, this gorgeous hunk of domesticity is currently only available as a digital stamp - sorry ladies he's not available in real life! You can grab him here in the Make it Crafty store, and you'll love the additional images that come as part of this package.

Naughty or Nice - Reminder

Is it just me, or has the middle of August appeared with Ninja-style lightning speed?

The Troublemakers are back again over at Naughty or Nice, with yet more inspiration to offer for our latest challenge: On the Move!

Here's my offering on the theme of travel and moving along. I couldn't resist this new Stampingbella stamp and have to say I'm delighted to see Uptown Girls included in the new release. I've long wished for a 'Thelma and Louise' stamp and here it is - thank you Stampingbella!

We're a little light on entries in the link-up gallery so far, so why not come and join the fun? We have beautiful badges on offer for both naughty and nice cards!

Make it Crafty - Oops!

Hi there, I'm sharing a new second card as I guest again with the Make it Crafty team.

Once again, I'm using one of the fabulous Funky Girls images by Krista Smith. This one is called 'Relax with Wine' and judging by her ever-so slightly blissed-out expression, this is a well earned drink at the end of a hard day!

I loved colouring her skin and clothing, but didn't manage to get her hair looking quite the way I wanted. I know I'll be using this adorable image again, so perhaps I'll end up with a better result next time.

You can find 'Relax with Wine' in the Make it Crafty shop here.

The background is made of some leftover stenciled card, over-stamped with a gorgeous Hero Arts flower image and the embellishments are bits and pieces from my scrap box.

Thanks for dropping by!