Using a Die Cut

I don't know about you guys but after making Christmas card after Christmas card, my mojo for the new year has been on a go slow. As a DT at Polkadoodles we were given the subject of 'Use a Die Cut' and thankfully I have a step dad with an early January birthday so I combined those 2 things and came up with this....

A cute little A6 flip card in shades of blue & brown.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I do love to read all of your lovely comments.

Challenges Entered:

Crafty Gals Corner

Creative Moments

Paper Craft Crew

Items Used:

Super Sprig Craft Cutting Die

DOWNLOAD Winston Deluxe FULL Collection

Polka Doodles Ribbon Gift Frame

Etty Shy

Happy Friday everyone. I've had a very busy week again both personally and craft wise. I'm really hoping things start to settle down soon.

This week for my Inky Pinkie creation I thought I'd try a different way of creating texture. Last week for Winston Heartfelt I used a flicking motion with my pencils. This time I used my Graph'it markers and created a fluffy fur texture on Etty Shy using dots. For those interested in colours used, 9400, 9401, 9402, 9403, 9404, 9405, 9406, 2160, 2180, 5255. the polkadots were created with a white sakura pen and the ears with a pink glitter pen. her nose, eyes and flower centres were glazed with glossy accents. The jazzy background was created using my Gansai Tambi watercolours & the flowers used are from the Back to Nature collection and the leaves are by memorybox.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I do love to read all of your lovely comments.

Challenges Entered:

watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/wwc81-gails-color-challenge.html

craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/august-anything-goes.html

carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/challenge-100.html

Items Used:

Winston Bear - Etty shy

Graph′It Markers

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolour 36 set

Back to Nature Flowers Embellies Download Bundle

Ranger Inkssentials Clear 3D Glossy Accents 60 ml

Winston Heartfelt

Morning all, once again real life has got in the way of my crafting so this week I've quickly whipped up this cute A6 card for my Inky Pinkies DT creation using Winston Heartfelt which I coloured with my Lyra Rembrandt pencils (083, 082, 080, 076, 075, 002, 093, 027, 028, 029) added glossy accents to his nose & eyes and finished by adding spectrum sparkle to the heart. The backing paper is from the Winston Deluxe full collection, I distressed it and inked the edges and adhered it to some embossed, pearlised card stock. I then added some lace, ribbon, sentiment and Winston (on foam pads) with a little pink blingy heart.

Challenges Entered:

addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/challenge-206-anything-goes.html

craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/august-anything-goes.html

inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/AG-NO-98.html

Items Used:

Winston Bear Heartfelt

DOWNLOAD Winston Deluxe FULL Collection

Lyra rembrandt pencils

Spectrum Noir Sparkle 3pk Clear Overlay

Time to Recycle........

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Polkadoodles and this fortnight we are recycling. Once again I found myself out of my comfort zone but it's good to make you push yourself right? I got myself in a right pickle wondering how I could reuse something as I only really make cards.

I went into my local 99p shop and found this clock....

Then I needed to put my thinking head on. I'd coloured a digi of Piper with my Graph'it Markers (skin, 4125, 4150, 3210,4145, 4135 hair, 1210, 1230, 1270, 1280 tights/top blender, 9100, 9101 pinafore, 7110, 7115, 7119. I just added a littlr bit of sparkle to the lacey hem with a glitter gel pen.) I then used the existing clock face as a template, drew and cut around it making the new clock face. I then made a hole in the centre and re attached the hands & clock mechanism

I used my distress inks on the edges of all papers & doilies and cut different sizes to add interest to the clock frame. The papers and flowers are from the oh so versatile Winston CD Rom its also available as a digital download HERE

I think it's certainly brightened up an otherwise rather dull and boring looking clock. I think I'd pay a bit more than 99p for this one too!!

I'd like to enter my clock in the following challenges.

www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/crazy-egg-anything-goes.html

ema-ginationstation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/AG-ch-no-5.html

pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-201.html

Thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave me a comment I do love to read them.

Sketch

Over at Polkadoodles this fortnight we're using a sketch for inspiration.

Now I'm never sure how or where to go with a sketch. I'm a bit of a chicken when it comes to thinking outside the box so goody two shoes Bev, stuck to the letter of the law and here's my interpretation.

I've used the fabulous Winston CD but thought I'd prove that you don't necessarily need to use a character to make a lovely card. I have a serious addiction to the printable flowers on this CD. I just keep copy, pasting, printing, shaping and gluing them they're just so lush!