Happbee birthday

Got to love a bit of polkadoodles! I decided to give my promarkers an airing and came up with this card.I really enjoyed colouring in this little lady. Think I might enter it in to the Polkadoodles challenge challenge as well.

Pencil practice

It takes ages to colour with  pencils and this one is no exception. It took a good few hours to get all of these layers down on the image. I used prismacolour pencils as I don’t yet have enough Caran D’Ache to get the effect I wanted for this little lady. She is a Candibean stamp that I have had in my stash for ages and I just fancied colouring her up to add to my 2019 Christmas cards collection. Her little dogs are so cute and I had one of these as a child. I am going to enter this card in to Di’s digi challenge where the theme is snow much fun.

New pencils

Every now and again I buy craft stash .... ok quite often! Sometimes something just gives you a wow moment and I bought the smallest set of Caran D’Ache pencils after watching a Jennifer McGuire video on YouTube. She has a lot to answer for! 😂 Anyway, she’s not wrong about these pencils being the “copics of the pencil world “ . They beat prismacolour pencils on every level being wax pencils and they don’t break like the prismas do, also their vibrancy and lack of wax bloom just put them on another level. I know I will have to buy a larger set at some point so had better start saving my pennies! Here’s a wee card I have made using the stamps that I also love by MFT.

Fairy Wings.

As we are now in January, I’m thinking of all those birthday cards I need to make for the special people in my life. This little fairy card will be going to my first cousin three times removed, who will be three at the end of January. I have used a Lili of the valley image called fairy wings, rose garden first edition papers and all the die cuts are magnolia dies, apart from the label shaped one which is a spellbinder die. The image has been coloured with promarkers and although you can’t see the glitter I have blinged it up with glamour dust and wink of Stella pen all over the dress. I have also used a craftwork card sentiment from that ever growing sentiment stash😉

With thanks.

Here is today’s card. It’s a thank you card for a family member for a Christmas present. I have used the lovely Lili of the valley stamp, coloured it with promarkers, used a sizzix Moroccan tile die and the papers are first edition rose garden collection.

Teddy going upstairs

So I am still playing with Christmas images and this one is from the Lili of the Valley set that I bought before Christmas. I haven’t had much time to play with these but now that things have settled down Imrind myself reaching for all of the goodies I bought that haven’t yet seen ink. I coloured this one with promarkers and used a memory box star die as an accent. It’s quite plain and simple for me, but love how this one has coloured up so well. I am determined to use up these sentiment banners that I had for absolutely yonks, but I’m sure that they multiply over night.

I’m going to enter this one in to the following challenges.

ABC Christmas challenge.

Cute card Thursday - Anything goes

simon says stamp - Anything goes

Owl 🦉 cuteness

So I just love, my favorite things stamps and the Christmas releases had me reaching for my purse and I had to have them! Here’s one I made. It has been coloured with promarkers and I made the background using my distress oxide inks, these are another of my favourite things. I just love what you can do with them.

Lili of the valley- Carol singing

Love these lovely Carol singers from Lili of the valley. I have coloured them with promarkers, used lawn fawn stitched border dies and some hobbycraft intricut dies for the snowflakes, which were a bargain!

I’m going to enter this card in to the following challenge

craftyhazelnuts challenge - Anything goes as long as it’s Christmas

Copics versus spectrum noir pens.

The image on the right has been coloured with spectrum noirs and the one on the left I have coloured with copics. Personally I prefer the copic coloured one as the spectrum noirs were not as easy to blend as the copics. I did use x-press it copic card for copics and Neenah solar crest for the spectrum noirs. Generally though, the price paid for spectrum noirs is cheaper than copics but you cannot buy the refills for spectrum noirs so as pens dry up you are a bit stuck. I also have some refill inks for a couple of the spectrum noirs but was horrified to find that that too has evaporated😡 so sorry spectrum noirs, you lose my vote!

Kit and clowder classes.

I love colouring, I confess, it’s so relaxing and immersing. I have been doing kit and clowder classes quietly for a while and have enjoyed the process without the commitment to have to create “ a project” with it. I have experimented with a range of media and here’s some work using kraft paper and prismacolor pencils. Tomorrow I’ll post some work with spectrum noirs versus copic. Which will win? X

A different phase.

I adore the lawn fawn and my favourite things stamps and dies. I haven’t stopped by here in years , but I signed in tonight and had this as an unpublished post. I was contemplating deleting the blog as I don’t use it anymore.....but now I saw these I thought that the delete button may not have been a good idea... I’ll wait and see what happens. Xx

Harry Potter

Who doesn't like a bit of Harry Potter? When I saw this image a while back I had to buy it and I loved colouring her up, although badly in need of practice!

Wedding card.

I made this for my friend Anna who got married recently. The image is from, the now closed, saturated canary (sob....)  The papers are from stampin up ,courtesy of my friend Diane,  and the image  has been coloured with copics... I'm so out of practice with them!  The sentiment is from Lili of the valley and all the pearls and flowers are from my stash. I bought the diamanté embellishment on holiday this year. I fell in love with them and I have been admiring them for ages before actually  plucking up the courage to actually use one on a card!

Sitting up high

Here's my last entry for the challenge over at Dis' digi designs. This little one is in the sale. I just love the cute little bear!

Get your shades on!

This one is really bright! You'll need your shades. This image is a Di's digi download, so it's only right that I enter this one in to their challenge blog!

Narwhal love

This is a beautiful saturated canary image called narwhal love. I love these images and I had great fun colouring in this one with promarkers. The sentiment is a pink petticoat one and I have only just realised that pink petticoat has closed! The papers are prima ones that my friend Diane gave me and the flowers are from my stash that I bought from Wild Orchid crafts yonks ago. Naturally my trusty old sewing machine made an appearance! I'm entering this one in to the following challenges.
Cute card Thursdays to die for
Dis digi designs challenge - one for the girls
Digichooseday - flower frenzy

Two more lots of layers and cuteness.

Here's two more cards for the challenge over at Di's digi downloads. The hedgie card is for my dearest cousin who is very poorly and about to undergo some horrible treatment. She's been through it already and is about to undergo some more so I just want her to know that she's very special. xx

Scarecrow antics

When I saw this little scarecrow over at Di's digis I knew it was perfect for a certain someone! I love Di's busy little mice and I'm so addicted to them. I have teamed it up with some bright papers...old ones might I add and a selection of dies and I dug out the sewing machine and managed to slice through my thumb with my paper trimmer, but the pain was worth it as I love how this came together. I dug out my old promarkers too. It amazes me that they still work after being left for so long! I'm going to enter this one in to the new challenge over at Di's digis which is lots of layers and boy don't I just love my layers! I alos need to shout out to Lili of the Valley for their excellent customer service. I bought these sentiment stamp sets back in 2012 and was horrified to find that these had begun to crumble and split. I posed the question on their facebook page and received a new set of stamps and an explanation for why this had happened. Apparently not enough water was used when the stamp set I bought was manufactured and this caused the stamps over time to do this. Well done Lili of the valley for excellent customer service and no quibbles.  Hope my scarecrow doesn't scare you all away!

Easter card Saturated Canary

Here's a pretty saturated canary pretty all ready for Easter. I coloured my image with copics and distressed inked the edges with a little frantage around the edges too. Hope you like her.

Wendy's wishes and Daisy kisses.

I have managed to stamp a candibean image by the very talented Di of Di's digi download designs. I love her cute images and was very proud to be part of the design team. But now I can play with her fab images or stamp as in this case without the pressures that being on a design team can give. It also means that I can join in with the challenges! Win win! This little cutie has been coloured with copics and I have used a few delicious dies and some vintage photo distress ink and the papers are stampin up ones. I'm going to enter this one in to Di's digi downloads challenge.

 frantage.