The challenge this week at Craft Your Passion is Under the Sea/Your Favorite Season.We have the fabulous Simply Betty Stamps as our sponsor.Hop on over to the challenge blog for full details on how to play along.Don’t forget to take a look at DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!
The DT were very lucky indeed to be give some new release images to play with.Here I’ve used the cute Frosty Merkid on my card.He’s one of several adorable Merkids from Simply Betty Stamps.I wanted to try something different so I coloured with Copics (recently won on eBay) on kraft card.I really like how it turned out.Then it hit me!There are quite a lot of areas that should be white!I found my white gel pen handy for the smaller areas but as it’s on it’s last legs I didn’t think it could handle the snowman.So out came the Liquid Pearls.As well as looking pretty it added some texture too.I finished the whole thing off with some Baker’s Twine and die cut snowflakes with some more Liquid Pearls added to the centre.
Now as I’m trying desperately NOT to leave it to the last postal date to hurridly finish my Christmas cards (oh yes,2 years running!) and just ‘cos these images are just sooo sweet I couldn’t help but make another card :
This time I’ve used some Polar White Flower Soft on the trims on her hat and clothing plus a ribbon I ruffled.I’ve added a die cut swirl and button flower threaded with Baker’s Twine.She’s called Tiki Merkid.
Supplies : Images : Frosty Merkid & Tiki Merkid from Simply Betty Stamps Sentiments : Freebie Christmas Digi Ticket Stamps from The Beary Scrap Blog Colouring Medium : Copic Sketch Markers and Copic Ciao Markers Other Mediums :Inkssentials Opaque White gel pen,White Opal Liquid Pearls,Polar White Flower Soft Papers & Card : DP Basic Grey Jovial 6 x 6 pad,Kraft,dark greeny black card and white pearlescent from stash Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Fiskars Scallop Sentiments border punch,Woodware Inverted Corner punch, Nellie’s Multi Frame Dies Ovals 2,Nestabilities Standard Ovals Large,Marianne Design Snowflakes 1,Swirl from Marianne Circle Frame Set,Joy!Crafts Buttons Sets 2,Big Shot Embellishments : We R Memory Keepers Baker’s Twine,Kars Xmas Ribbon Collection RibbonSome challenges these are for :
OSAAT : Use a digi Catch the Bug : Anything Goes CES : Water it Frosted Designs : Colouring Fun with shapes and more : Cord/(Baker’s) Twine Fussy and Fancy : Christmas in July Raise the Bar : Anything Goes Stamp Something : August Digi Day Totally Papercrafts : Holidays Craft Us Crazy : Anything Goes in August Crafty Sentiments : Christmas Paper Play : Christmas in August Sassy Studio : Sentiment Crafting for All Seasons : Beach/Ocean Crafts and Me : Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp : Christmas Deep Ocean : Sea Paper Playtime : Projects with waterThanks for looking
Lisa x
Adventures in Cardland 
Aug 08, 2011 @ 15:41:54
Beautifully coloured images on lovely cards. Thank you for joining us at OSAAT this week. Remember to join in every week during August for your chance of winning the Pretty in Print competition. Hazel x
Aug 08, 2011 @ 21:43:18
What fab cards thanks for joining us at CFAS xx Jan
Aug 09, 2011 @ 05:31:58
Love it!! Thanks for joining Bugaboo at Catch the Bug challenge.
Aug 09, 2011 @ 14:05:30
Beautiful cards! Thanks for playing along at Paper Playtime
Aug 09, 2011 @ 21:24:54
Both cards are gorgeous Lisa!
Beautiful colouring, wonderful papers and great details.
Thanks so much for sharing your fabulous creation with us at Fun with Shapes and more.
Hugs Swantje x
Aug 09, 2011 @ 21:47:10
Cute images, lovely Christmas cards.
Pauline
x
Aug 10, 2011 @ 02:17:45
Gorgeous cards, love your beautifully colored images and super design papers, thanks so much for joining us this week at One Stitch at a Time
Debs
xxx
Aug 10, 2011 @ 02:29:20
Beautiful coloring. Love the kraft paper. Thanks for joining us at Sassy Studio Designs
Hugs,
julie
Aug 10, 2011 @ 07:59:11
These are two interesting and original cards: the papers and the images are wonderful together. Great use of markers. Thanks for sharing.
Eli (Frosted Designs)
Aug 10, 2011 @ 14:16:56
What fantastic images! Thanks so much for playing along with Paperplay this week!!
Aug 11, 2011 @ 23:00:42
These are fabulous.
Thanks for joining us this week at Totally Papercrafts and good luck in the draw.
Mel X
Aug 12, 2011 @ 03:36:34
So gorgeous. Love the use of kraft with colour! Thanks for playing at CES challs xx Jenny xx
Aug 12, 2011 @ 05:48:28
Gorgeous coloring, and I love how you’ve combined the mermaids with the Christmas theme. It’s definitely unconventional, but I like it! Thanks so much for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!
Aug 13, 2011 @ 21:57:11
OOh this are both gorgeous 🙂
Many thanks for joining in with our Use A Digi challenge over at OSAAT
Mandy (DT member for OSAAT)