I can build a rainbow!!!!

Good afternoon, here's the 2nd post from me today and Wow is a colorful one!!!

Faery Ink had a fab new release this month which just screamed color me!!!

Meet Lahla Artist Fae  

When I chose her as my design team inspiration image I knew straight away I was going to challenge myself and give her rainbow hair!! My go to colors for hair are usually brown or blonde so doing this was a real challenge for me.

It took patience to work out which part of her hair went with which so I could carry the same colored strand from root to tip.

 I used alcohol markers but then added Aqua fine tip markers over the top to add texture.

She was then fussy cut before adding her to the gorgeous rainbow paper from my stash. I typed the sentiment on my pc and printed it in multiple colors. 

The skittles were also rainbow colors to just follow the color theme through.

Ingredients Used:

Lahla Faery Ink Digital Stamp

Spectrum Noir Markers

Spectrum Aqua Markers

Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Card

Purple Card

Rainbow deisgn paper - from my stash

Skittles

I hope that this has given you some ideas of what you can do with this beauty.

Lahla can be purchased over in the Faery Ink Store along with other digital stamps

For more Faery Ink inspiration check out our Facebook page where My Teamies and I hang out!

Birdie and his bird house!

Good afternoon! Nice and summery here today just how I like it - not too hot but warm enough to enjoy the sunshine!

I'm showcasing a great summery image today from The Scrapoholic Candy Shop the gorgeous Bird House Birdie

He was one of last week's new releases so I had to have him to pair him up with the image I showcased last week.

He was great to color and as we have some gorgeous blue birds come to our feeders I've colored him in blue tones

I used my go to alcohol markers adding texture to the wood, leaves and plant pot with fine liners

The design papers I used are from a free magazine set and I thought they toned well with the color scheme I used on the image. I then chose red card to mat the image pulling this again from the hearts on the image.

The red hearts were cut using a new die that I love and again I felt these drew the eye into the red on the image.

I haven't used any other embellishments as I thought the image was busy enough to not need anything else

You can Bird House Birdie and all the new releases at the Scrapoholic Candy Shop 

We also have a Facebook page where you can get more inspiration from me and my teamies, there are also giveaways and discounted posted frequently!

Ingredients used:

Bird House Birdie Digital Stamp

Spectrum Noir ultra smooth premium white card stock 

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Free papers from my stash

Tattered Lace tuck in die

Red card

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see a comment is always welcome!

Have a hoot!

Good morning from a rainy Michigan! I think the weather thinks it is still April! 

Today I'm showcasing my all time favorite bird a cute little owl from Scrapoholic Candy Shop

He is part of the Snuggle Palz and is a 2 digistamp set his pal being a super cute Giraffe

I have chosen to color him in traditional owl colors and giving him a big pink heart on his tummy.

I used alcohol markers for most of him and then fine line water makers to give texture to his feathers.

The branch and leaves were die cut and I fussy cut the owl so I could sit him on the branch

I then chose a digital backing paper with clouds on to look as though he was high up the tree.

I stamped sentiment which was fitting finishes off my design

You can find him and all his friends in the Snuggle Palz section of the Scrapoholic Candy Shop 

We also have a Facebook page where you can get more inspiration from me and my teamies, there are also giveaways and discounted posted frequently!

Ingredients used:

Owl Snuggle Pal digital stamp

Spectrum Noir ultra smooth premium white card stock 

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Spectrum Aqua Markers 

Nitwit digital papers 

Blue card

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see a comment is always welcome!

Dreamtime Craft Supplies DT Call

Good Morning - Well the snow and the arctic temperatures has returned this week so I've spent most of my days inside keeping warm.

This has given me plenty of time to play in my craft room and time to make a card to enter the design team call over at Dreamtime Craft Supplies. They are a paper craft supplies company who sell a full range of goodies for people like me who want to indulge in a crafty passion. 

I was inspired to enter their team call because they appear to want a team with a friendly approach which I believe is one of my qualities, I enjoy browsing other people's blogs to see how they have made things and leave them some love - this is often how I get my inspiration for my own makes. I like to use a variety of products and always promote where these are from on my blog posts. As well as my blog, I am an active member of a number of social media sites and love posting my makes on there sharing info of the companies I am designing for. If I am doing design team work I always try and make a focal point of the image or product I am using so it is shown to it's best advantage. Because of this, I like my cards to be clean and simple in design unless the product or challenge calls for a different style.

Dreamtime Craft Supplies have some fabulous Magnolia stamps so I browsed through mine and chose to use Edwin and the butterfly. 

Isn't he a cutie - I stamped him onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth cardstock and used my Spectrum Noir Markers to color him adding darker highlights to his hair with a Spectrum Aqua Marker.

Once colored, I die cut him with a Spellbinder die, using the edge die to cut a further 2 panels in contrasting papers.

I used a white card blank and layered the die cut pieces onto a design paper from Lili of the Valley, (which have unfortunately been discontinued) along with some yellow gingham paper from my stash. 

I used some yellow checked ribbon as a border across the lower part of the card and stamped a Dreamy sentiment again from Lili of the Valley onto some of the matching paper. This was then framed with more of the gingham paper before being adhered to the center of the ribbon. A die cut Precious Butterfly from Memory Box was then added to tie in with the stamped image.

Thank you for stopping by - I would appreciate if you could leave me a comment before you leave.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes 

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes 

Crafts Galore Encore - Use a Stamp or Digi

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Use Patterned Paper

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes 

Scrapy Land - Use a die Scrapy Land Sells

Ready for the ball

Good morning, as Christmas draws ever nearer the Christmas parties start happening and what a great time to get dressed up in all your finest!

That's exactly what Victoria from Jiggery Makery has done. Dressed in all her finery she just waiting for her date to arrive.........

She has been colored using Spectrum Noirs and a few Spectrum Aqua pens and the colors are at the bottom of my post.

I matted her onto some black card and some digital design paper from Little Treasures. I added a red organza ribbon tied in a double bow and a few black pearls for embellishment,

You can find Victoria over at Jiggery Makery's Etsy shop

For more inspiration why not check out the designs created by the rest of my teamies over at the Jiggery Makery Facebook page

 Here's the Spectrum Noir and Aqua colors I used:

Skin: TN1,2,3 FS3 CR3

Dress and gloves: DR1,6,7 IG3,5,7,9 plus blender

Hair: GB1,2,8,10 plus Sepia

pearls: Black and a white fineliner

Lips: Scarlet and white fineliner

Eyes: Kingfisher and Black

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything goes with a bow
Crafting from the Heart -Anything Goes
Craft your Passion - Anything Goes
Paper Nest Dolls -Anything Goes
Creative Moments -Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Cracking Christmas

This is my last design team post for So Suzy Stamps and I thought I'd go out with a bang!!!

 

Well I would if the Christmas Cracker I have made was real!!! For those of you that don't know Crackers are a Christmas table decoration that you pull with another person - they have a strip inside that make a bang. They usually contain a little treat, a party hat and a joke.

 

As the Holiday season is almost upon us and here is Michigan it is starting to look like Christmas - yes the snow is back - I'd thought I would bow out with a Christmas card

 

 

 

I made this Cracker card using a cutting file for my Silhouette Cameo I then decorated it with silver edging stickers and the So Suzy Snow Flake Trio stamp embossed with wow powders.

 

As you can see the cracker has already been pulled and the treat inside is......

 

 

 

The Vintage Stocking image. I have colored this using my Spectrum Aqua pens before mounting it onto silver mirror card and adhering it to the center of the open cracker.

 

Inside the card I added my sentiment

 

 

Another fab Suzy stamp....... Stockings were hung again matted with silver mirror.

 

Well that's all from me here at So Suzy - I hope I have given you a little inspiration with my designs during my time on the team - Thank you for taking the time to read all my posts.

 

Thanks for stopping by and before you leave check out the challenge at So Suzy's blog and enter our challenge. If you don't have a blog - don't worry you can enter over at our Facebook group

 

For more inspiration why not check So Suzy out on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and  Flickr so go check us out!!

Curly Scooter!!!

Good morning, we've had a fab weekend such a shame it had to end so soon!

 

On a positive note - It's Monday and that means a new release from My whimsical Little World!

 

I have a gorgeous girl to share with you today. She is a Lil' scooter girl but she has masses of curls so who knows how she gets a helmet on!!!

 

 

I have water colored the background with Spectrum Aquas adding pencil to the bricks for more texture. The image is colored with Polychromo pencils blended in places to help with shading.

 

The card design is one I haven't used for a while but love doing. I used purple card for the base and a x-cut punch for the edges. The papers are a Do-crafts Papermania set.

 

This is a better view from the side so you can see the layers of the card

 

2 piece of card stock make up the card base both punched along the edges and scored so when you open them they hold the card up. A third piece of card hangs over to make the card front.

I still keep the card CAS so the image pops from the front!

 

Pop by the My Whimsical Little World Esty store where you can purchase this and a whole host of other digis. The why not use them to enter the Challenge over at The My Whimsical Little World Challenge Blog  The theme is anything goes!

 

Ok so I know that you are dying to make your own designs with these new gorgeous images so pop over to the Etsy shop and get started then land back on the Facebook Group for some more inspiration from my teamies!

 

 

 

 

Schools in!!!

Hi 2nd post from me today!! Julia Spiri is releasing another gorgeous image today, Emily is working hard at school with her toys - take away her curls and this is my little Mollie Moo!! School is definitely her favorite place at the moment and her new teacher is "the best ever!"

 

Anyway on to my creation

 

 

I have done a larger than normal card using an 8x8inch scalloped card blank. I have matted this with pink card and papers from Lili of the Valley

 

I have colored the main image with Spectrum Noirs but have then water colored the background using Spectrum Aquas. Again I have used pink card to matt the image. I have chosen a few bright pink pearl stars and flowers to embellish the card.

 

Emily can be found in Julias Etsy store but she is being showcased by me and the rest of my teamies over on the Julia Spiri blog.

 

Go ahead and grab her, then you can enter our challenge or showcase your makes over on the Facebook group page!

 

So Suzy Blog Hop

Good morning - Gosh it's June already and that can only mean one thing -Yes the new So Suzy Stamps design team!!!

Welcome to the new members of our team and a sad goodbye to those that are leaving us!

 

To honor the new members we are having a blog hop. If you follow the hop and comment on each of our blogs the you could be in with a chance of winning a $15 gift certificate. The lucky winner will be chosen at random from those that have commented on all the blogs and will be announced on the So Suzy blog and the Facebook group on June 5th.

 

The hop starts at the So Suzy Blog but you should be arriving here from the Lovely Amy D's blog if you stumbled in from elsewhere then check out the list below for all the design team members:

 

So Suzy Stamps Blog

Payel Ray

Amy A

Amy D

Sharon (that's me)

Martha

Monica

Steph

Justine

Jennifer

Kymona

 

On to my card to celebrate the hop:

 

 

I have chosen to use the Wedding Dress and Groom stamps which are great classic stamps for a wedding congratulations card. I have stamped them with Spectrum Aqua pens which meant I could color coordinate the bow tie with the dress. I then used a Crafter's Companion Sentimentals set for my sentiment again stamping with the pens. I wanted to keep the card clean and simple so I used black card to mat the image onto. I chose a swirly patterned paper from my stash and again matted this onto black card. I then used black pearls as buttons on the Groom stamp and around the card for a touch of embellishment.

 

Thank you for stopping by and if you are following the blog hop you need to hop on over to Martha's blog to see what fab make she has designed. Oh and don't forget to stop by either the So Suzy Facebook group or the blog and enter our challenge!

Before I go, did you know that So Suzy Stamps can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Flickr and Twitter. She also has a showcase Facebook Group - So Suzy Stamps Flaunt it if you made it - where you can show your own designs (and enter our challenge) made with these fab stamps.

 

 

Oh Baby

Good morning - It's Memorial Day here, a time for the American nation to remember the heroes who have helped to serve their country.

 My blog post today is showcasing a So Suzy new release. Have you seen the gorgeous new stamps this month? There are some adorable baby stamps just pop by the shop to take a look, but before you do why not enter the challenge this month's challenge. The details can be found under the May tab at the right hand side on the So Suzy blog.

 

I couldn't resist - I love pink and girly so I have used the pretty baby carriage stamp for my showcase card today:

 

 

I stamped the image with Tim Holtz Pick Raspberry distress ink and then water colored it with my Spectrum Aqua pens. I then die cut it using a spellbinder die and before removing from the die color tinted the card using the same ink. The papers were some scraps from my stash which I distressed and again color tinted using a doily as a template on the front piece of card. I then printed the sentiment from my PC and used the same die set to cut this - again tinting it with the distress ink. The vines were cut from a Cheery Lynn die and the flowers from my stash. I used just a few pearls to fill some blank areas and embellish the baby carriage.

 

 Thanks for stopping by and before you leave hit the May tab on the top right of the So Suzy Stamps blog and enter our challenge. If you don't have a blog - don't worry you can enter over at our Facebook group

 

For more inspiration why not check So Suzy Stamps out on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest