Pink Orchids

Good morning, I am still in bed at this hour but I know my family and friends in the UK will be around! My post today is the first one for Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge. When I saw Jan's stunning images I just had to apply to be on the team and lucky me I was chosen.

The challenge runs for 2 weeks and is an 'anything goes' challenge so if you make and create there is no reason not to come and join us.

I have an obsession with flowers at the minute so I couldn't resist coloring Botanical Orchids which comes with colored and line images as well as suitable sentiments.

What I Did

I arranged the png image of the flowers along with the sentiment using my graphics program the printed them onto stamping card.

I colored the image using Copic markers and then added depth and texture with Prismacolor pencils

I cut a 5x7in card base from white card and matted this with pink and green card to coordinate with the image.

I added my image topper and to balance the image I added some crystal gems.

What I Used

Digital Stamp and Sentiment: Botanical Orchids

X-Press It Stamping Card

Copic Markers: R000,10,02; E51; Y11; G24, 94; YG61, 91,95,97

Primacolor Premier Pencils: hot pink, sand,Jasmine, Deco Pink, Goldenrod, Marine Green, Warm Grey

Nuvo Marker: 452

White Card: Core'Dinations Premier Cardstock

Pink and Green Cardstock: Core'Dinations

Studio Katia Iridescnet Crystals

ZipDry Glue

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Thank you for stopping, come and join the challenge here you can also check out my teamies gorgeous designs too!

Junk Journal Card

Good Morning, we still have plenty of snow but it's not impacting on our days which is a bonus.

It's new challenge day over at Arty Divas and we have a fabulous sponsor this time Vectoria Designs among lots of other things they do digital junk journals and I was challenged this time to design using their Botanical Junk Journal. I don't journal in my craft life so I decided I would challenge myself to make a card using the kit.

What I Did:

I started with the tags, I cut one out as a whole and then used 4 more to cut different parts of the flowers and butterflies out. I  made a 5x7in card base from white card and matted this red card, drawing the colors from the tag flowers. I then reduced the size of one of the journal pages, printed it and used this as my design paper. I matted the remaining tag and adhered this to my card. I then used glue gel to layer the tiny flower and butterfly pieces on to this giving the card dimension.

I die cut thanks 3 times from the red card and stacked these on top of one another before adhering in place on my card.

I had extra butterflies left so I again cut these in layers stacked them with gel glue and added above my sentiment

What I Used:

Digital elements: Botanical Junk Journal

Neenah bright white card - for printing the images

Core'dinations premium white cardstock

Core'dinations red cardstock

Collal all purpose glue

Collal glue gel

Hero Arts thanks die

Stick-It adhesive sheets

 Our challenge is anything goes so if you craft or make art you can join in. Just head on over to the blog and add your design!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please let me know in the comments

Kawaii Meow

Good afternoon, we are having a lazy day today since so much snow was forecast.

I'm back today with the other Kawaii new release from Scrapper's Delights. This is a collection of images and sentiments called Kawaii Meow. I have chosen to use 2 of the images and a sentiment but there is also a milk carton, a food dish and paw print included along with another sentiment.

It is just a hungry kitty:

What I Did

I used my graphics program to put the kitty in her bed and add the sentiment, having png files really works for scene building! I then printed onto stamping card.

I colored the kitty and bed with copic markers.

I made a white 5x7in card base from 110lb card and matted this with a green card that coordinated with my coloring.

I adhered my image to my card, die cut 2 paw prints and added these.

To finish the card I colored the sentiment with a blue glossy gel pen and added crystal glaze to all the eyes and the kitty's nose.

What I Used

Digital stamps: Kawaii Meow

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Copic Markers

White card: Core'Dinations Premuim

Green Card: Core'Dinations

Kraft Card: The Paper Shelter

Glossy Gel Pen: Gelly Roll

Paw Print Die

Crystal Glaze: Nuvo

Thanks for stopping by and if you love what you see please let me know in the comments.

Kawaii Kitties

Good afternoon, we are waiting on another snow front coming in that is supposed to last the weekend. We didn't get half of what was expected last week so we'll just so how it goes. It is very cold out though!

My card today is highlighting a new image from Scrapper's Delights. Janice who owns the company has decided to design Kawaii images and I LOVE them! So much so that i have used both of the new images. Today's card is using Kawaii Miss Kitty She is so adorable and has her own sentiments included.

 

Here's What I Did

I printed the image and Hello sentiment onto stamping card and colored her with my Copic markers. I added some freckles with a gel pen to both her and her kitty hat. 

I then used my scan n Cut to cut the Hello letters. While it was cutting I trimmed my image down and inked the edges of the card.

I cut my card base from 110lb card and folded this to form a 5x7in card

I then chose some printed patterned paper that fit with my colors in my image. As this had a fine green line running through it I used green card to mat this and my image on to.

I adhered my image to my card, as is normal for me I put her at an angle. My letters were placed on pop dots and positioned along the bottom of the card

Here's What I Used

Digital Stamp: Kawaii Miss Kitty

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Copic Markers

Uniball white gel pen

Distress Ink: Worn Lipstick

White card: Core'Dinations Premium

Green Card: Core'Dinations

Patterned Paper: Lili of the Valley (retired)

Zipdry Glue

foam pop dots

Thanks for stopping by, come back tomorrow to see another of these super cute images. If you like what you see or just want to say hi then leave me a comment

Finding Balance

Good afternoon, It's the 3rd Thursday of the month which mean Scrapper's Delights is doing their thrifty Thursday offers this week, head over to their store to see what fab offers they have

I got the play with anime Grace, she is both an angel and a devil, which sounds very much like Mollie but lets not go there! No, life is all about balance you can't take the good without the bad and visa versa. I wanted to highlight both sides of Grace so I colored her hair in different colors as well as highlighting the difference with blue and grey backgrounds. As she is both an angel and a devil I colored the gems around her feet and on her scythe green for envy - I'm sure this would be a deadly sin that would show its face with such a split personality. The sentiment is one that comes with the image and one I'm going to use to focus me this year!

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of this weeks thrifty offers.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Supply List:
Cardstock for card base, mats and die cuts - Core'dinations
design paper - My Craft Studio
Digital Stamp Anime Grace from Scrapper's Delights 
Lace dies - Joanna Sheen
Copic Markers
Staedtler Triplus Fineliners
Gold Gelliroll pen