Up,up and away!

This week at Craft Your Passion it’s time for a photo inspiration challenge.We have the fabulous Some Odd Girl as our sponsor.Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at the DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!

Here’s a little peek at the pic :

For my card I’ve used A little lift from Just Some Lines.She’s been coloured with Copic Ciao Markers and the sky created with Distress Ink using a template from Bev Rochester’s blog All the Things I Love.I applied it with an old Kabuki makeup brush (thoroughly cleaned and dried first,of course!!),kind of squeezing the bristles into a point.This way it adds more definition to the edged of the inking and enables you to get in close to the image.When I first saw this photo the papers and image just popped into my head and just seemed so perfect.All the blue card is a lovely pearlised and textured card but not sure if this comes across in the photo.I added some brads and acute metal tab from a pack I picked up in a bargain bucket at my local craft warehouse.

Supplies :

Image : A little lift from Just Some Lines

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Papers & Card : DP K & Co, Blue card from stash

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Nestabilities Standard Large Circles,Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Scallop Circles,Marianne Design Rectangle Frame,Big Shot,Tonic Studios Simplicity Pattern Punch Doily Border

To Embellish : Making Memories Metal Mini Circles Polo Club File Tab,Making Memories Primary Mini Circle  Brads  

Some challenges this is for :

Catch The Bug : Recipe ; 1 Circle 3 Brads

Brown Sugar : Anything Goes

Card Makin’ Mamas : Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy :  Anything Goes

Crazy Amigo Challenge : Clouds

Creative Craft Challenges :Three (3 papers,3 brads)

Through The Craft Room Door : Always Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz : Don’t be square

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

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A spook-tacular Halloween!

Just a reminder that the Anything Halloween challenge at Just Some Lines  is still running until 11:59pm EST on Thursday 1st November.Plenty of time to join us then!You could be in the running for a super prize and if you play along with a Just Some Lines image  you can choose to create an Anything Goes project or follow the theme.

This is my first attempt at a wall hanging featuring  the spook-tacular Halloween Little Ghost from Just Some Lines.I’m quite pleased that I managed to compose the background digitally using the Summertime Designs A Boo-tiful Night Papers,Elements and Alphabet in Microsoft Power Point.Once printed out I felt it looked a little flat and it was hard to pick out the wording and the pumpkins at the front.I didn’t want to print them out again and layer them as I had already set out a plan in my mind.So I covered the words in Crackle Accents.Not only did it intensify the colour it gave a great effect :

For the pumpkins I used 2 layers,allowing to dry in between,of glaze pen.This enhanced the colour and added a waxy appearance similar to the real thing.Next I printed out the Halloween Little Ghost out twice onto smooth cardstock and once onto linen effect card.I coloured the hair,the part of the face that shows through the holes,stripey socks and shoes with Copic Ciao Markers.I then cut out the sheet from the linen effect card and shaded that with Copic Cioas plus the Blender.Because I didn’t want linen effect hands and they would stick out from under the sheet in real life once coloured I also cut them out.I shaped the card with my fingers and layered it up using 3-D Collall Glue Gel.Here’s a closer look at those :

To finish the piece I added some jute ribbon that I didn’t store properly and so it ended up tatty,but I think it fits well with the theme.Punched a couple of holes and fixed some eyelets with my Crop-A-Dile.I used some black wire to hang  it with and threaded some beads I recycled from a handbag embellishment onto the ends.

Supplies :

Image : Halloween Little Ghost from Just Some Lines

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Crackle Accents,Sakura Clear Glaze Pen

Digital Paper,Elements and Alphabet : A Boo-tiful Night by Summertime Designs

Cardstock : Purple from Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad,Linen effect card Southfield 12 x 12 Textured Card

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Grand Nestabilities Grand Scallop Squares,Grand Calibur,Crop-A-Dile,Decoupage scissors

To Embellish : We R Memory Keepers Eyelets,Black wire,Jute ribbon and Beads from stash

Some challenges this is for :

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge : Ghouls, Ghosts & Goblins

Craftymess : Halloween

Delicious Doodles : Fright Night

Fun with Shapes & More : Spooky

Our Craft Lounge : Halloween/Fall project

Poodles Parlour : Anything Goes

Sparkle & Glitter, a Rick St. Dennis Challenge : Sweet or Spooky Halloween

Stampin’ For The Weekend : Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts : Spooky Halloween

4 Crafty Chicks : Halloween

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge : Scary texture

Cute Card Thursday : Something scary

 MilkCoffee Challenge : Halloween

Moving Along With The Times : Cute Halloween

Shelly’s Images : Spooky

Crafting for all Seasons : Spooky 

Crafty Creations : Halloween spooks

Creative Belli :  Halloween

Digistamps 4 Joy : Anything goes 

Divas by Design : Orange

House That Stamps Built : Anything but a card

Inky Impressions : Fall/Halloween

My Mum’s CraftShop : Spooky

Paper Shelter Challenge : Halloween

Sisterhood of Crafters  : Halloween

Digital Tuesday : Halloween Spooky

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations : Halloween

LEJ Designs : Trick Or Treat

Party Time Tuesdays : Trick O Treat

Sassy Cheryl’s : Trick Or Treat Time

Top Tip Tuesday : Halloween

Tuesday Throwdown : Halloween

Twisted Tuesday : Anything but a card + Twist Use orange

Use It Tuesdays  : Use Orange (Eyelets,wire,beads and jute ribbon)

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

Stocking up for Christmas

It’s the lovely Anne-Marie’s turn to host at Willow Sketchie Challenge this week and here’s her fabby sketch :

The theme is Christmas in October.Don’t forget you can follow the sketch and/or theme.You could be the lucky winner of a voucher to spend at Willow Designs too!As well as a winner (chosen randomly) there will be a hand picked Top 3 and they will receive a super cute badge for their blog.Don’t forget to stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

For my card I’ve used Keeping Warm clear stamp from Willow Designs.He’s been coloured with ProMarkers and whitened his bobble,the stocking trim and spots with a white Souffle pen.It does add a minimal amount of  texture but the camera has failed to pick it up.I’ve teamed him with some quite funky papers and used my fave Punch Around the Page set.It’s kind of hard to describe how I made the corner pieces…I punched two corners  of a piece of green cardstock then trimmed them down at right angles.No real technique nor clever measuring,just eye balled it.I added two sizes of flat backed pearls for the berries.

The reasoning behind my post title is because I’m making a desperate attempt to get my Christmas cards completed in plenty of time instead of my usual mad scramble to get them in the mail on the last day of posting!I’m sure you’ve never been in that position…right? 😉 I’ve not counted how many I’ve made as DT cards but I know I have 4 finished cards (yes that many LOL).I have 16 others in various stages of completion.I have to say I’ve had to keep them really simple in an effort to keep the postage costs down 😦 Not had them weighed or measured yet…so hoping they don’t fall in the large letter category.Curse you Royal Mail  for quashing our creativity!

Supplies :

Image : Keeping Warm clear stamp from Willow Designs

Sentiment : Dovecraft stamp (I think?)

Mediums : Jet Black Archival Ink,ProMarkers,Sakura White Souffle pen

Papers & Card : DP Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas,Green card from stash

Tools : X-Cut guillotine, Nellie’s Multi Frame Dies Circles,Nestabilities Standard Circle Large,Big Shot,Martha Stewart Holly Leaves Punch Around the Page set

To Embellish : Flat backed pearls from stash

 

Some challenges this is for :

ABC Christmas Challenge : U  for Up to You

I Love Promarkers : Christmas

The Perfect Sentiment : Christmas Critters

A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge :  Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge : I need a P (use things beginning with P) – Punches,pearls,polka dots,pattern,papers,ProMarkers

Ooh La La Creations :  Christmas Sentiment 

PanPastel UK Challenge : Animals 

The Crafty Pad : Use an Animal 

One Stop Craft : Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy : Anything Goes

Jingle Belles : Living Creature

QKR Stampede : Animals

Totally Papercrafts : Christmas

 

Thanks for looking 

Lisa x

 

A wing and a mare

This week at Craft Your Passion the theme is Fairies & Fantasy.We have the fabulous Delicious Doodles as our sponsor.Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at the DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!

For my card I’ve used Mythical Pegasus from Delicious Doodles.PLEASE NOTE : I cannot take credit for the beautiful shading on this image.That must go to Teri the artist who created this incredible work of art – for that’s what it is!.The only contribution I made was a teeny bit of pencil shading under the hooves to ground the image.I simply printed it out and felt it really needed nothing else.I decided to try my hand at paper weaving a background and to keep a monochrome look to compliment the digi stamp.Being the mathematical genius I am (so totally not!) I’d cut the strips to 1/2″ and then tried to make it easier by lining the first horizontal piece in the middle.One big problem…I was then left with a 1/4″ to spare top and bottom,instead of being flush like the sides.So trying to make it look like it was really all part of the clever design plan I took my scissors and chopped the top and bottom pieces at angles.I punched a border and threaded it with some ribbon,carrying on the weaving theme,amd added some black gems to both the image and sentiment.

Supplies :

Image : Mystical Pegasus by Delicious Doodles

Sentiment : From Hero Arts Anytime Messages clear stamp set

Medium : Jet Black Archival Ink Pad

Papers & Card : DP Papermania Capsule Collection Bexley Black 8 x 8,Black Ultra Smooth card by Southfield

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Martha Stewart Scallop Dot Edger Punch

To Embellish : Ribbon from stash,Black self-adhesive gems 

Some challenges this is for :

Creative Inspirations Paint : Anything Goes 

 One Stop Craft : Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy : Anything Goes

Poodles Parlour : Anything Goes

Cards Galore : Anything Goes

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge : Monochromatic

Paper Crafting Journey : Add Some Bling

Flutterby Wednesdays : Any Winged Creature

A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge : Anything Goes 

Bearly Mine : Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments : Bows Or Ribbons

Deep Ocean Challenge : Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday : Things with Wings

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

 

Halloween is a-brewing!

Anything Halloween is the challenge at Just Some Lines this time.There’s the chance to win a brilliant prize or picked as part of the Top 3.If you use a Just Some Lines image you choose to make an anything goes project or play along using the theme.Just pop on over to Just Some Lines to find out all the details.While you’re  there don’t forget to get inspired by the DT’s creations.

For my card I’ve used Witches Tea from Just Some Lines and coloured with Copic Ciao Markers.The sentiment,also coloured with Copics,comes with the image and as a bonus there is a second phrase,Tea for Two.What  a great deal!The papers are from a freebie set by Shery K Designs and the edges have been roughed up with a Tim Holtz Paper Distresser.Some black lace has been stapled across the horizontal panel and I’ve turned the sentiment into a banner,adding a large brad.

Now for some good news!

This Weekend Only

50% Off 

All Halloween Stamps

at Just Some Lines

Special ends on Sunday 21st October

What a fantastic offer and it couldn’t have come a t a better time with Halloween just round the corner!

Supplies :

Image & Sentiment : Witches Tea by Just Some Lines

Medium : Copic Ciao Markers

Papers & Card : DP Shery K Designs,Lime Green card from Papermania Textured Capsule A4 Colossal Pack

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Tim Holtz Paper Distresser

To Embellish : Making Memories Watercolour Brite Large Brads ,Lace & Purple staples from stash

Some challenges this is for :

Alphabet Challenge : S for Skeletons, Spiders & Anything Spooky

ATCs & Cards With Attitude : Halloween /Anything Goes

Card Makin’ Mamas :  Halloween /Spooky 

Crafty Catz : Halloween

Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude : Halloween / Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy : Anything Goes

Poodles Parlour : Anything Goes

Raise The Bar : Witch

Always Something Creative : Halloween

Creatalicious Challenges : Halloween

Heck of a Challenge : Spooktacular

Ladybug Crafts : Halloween and/or favourite embellishments

Lia Stampz Challenge : Halloween

Sparkles Forum Challenges : Halloween

The Crafter’s Cafe Challenge : Halloween with Distressing

C.R.A.F.T. : Use metal on your card (Brad & Staples)

Little Miss Muffet Challenges : Halloween colours

Sassy Studio Designs : Halloween spooktacular

Shelly’s Images : Spooky

Crafting for all Seasons : Spooky

Divas by Design : Spooky

Can You Digi It : Creepy & Kooky 

Forever Friends :  Halloween,/Autumn

Lexi’s Creations : Halloween 

Dream Valley Challenges : Halloween

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

A spot of pyramage

At Willow Sketchie Challenge this week it’s Sonia’s first time to host and here’s her fabby sketch :

The theme is Thinking of Your/Just for You cards.Don’t forget you can follow the sketch and or theme.You could be the lucky winner of a voucher to spend at Willow Designs too!As well as a winner (chosen randomly) there will be a hand picked Top 3 and they will receive a super cute badge for their blog.Don’t forget to stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

For my card I’ve used Busy in the Garden digital stamp from Willow Designs .Now there are some things I’ve always wanted to try my crafty hand at.One being creating my own Pyramage and another is the Spotlighting Technique.The years have gone by and have I managed to try either…er…no.So when I saw Sonia’s sketch the Pyramge idea leapt out at me straight away and then the cogs,albeit a little rusty,started whirring.Why not combine it with a kind of Spotlighting Technique by only colouring the top layer.And so Pyra-Lighting was born!Not sure if I’m really the first but it’s not something I’ve seen before.To be honest I wasn’t really sure how I was going to pull this one off.It did take a little brain power but I got there in the end 😀 The top layer is coloured with Copic Sketch Markers.The spotty paper is from the Polly Pickleberry CD-rom from Willow Designs and I die cut some matching flowers.I added some  cord and buttons to the centres of the flowers.With a little patience and a LOT of fiddling around(wish it was the other way round!)I managed to poke the tiny off cuts from the bow through the holes in the buttons.I stamped and punched out a circular greeting as I thought it went with the flowers better.This was mounted on foam tape for extra dimension.

Supplies :

Image : Busy in the Garden digital stamp from Willow Designs 

Sentiment : Personal Impressions  Mixed Sentiments clear set

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Grape Jelly Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad 

Paper & Card : DP from the Polly Pickleberry CD-rom by Willow Designs,Craft UK 6 x 6 card blank,White card by Craft Essentials from The Works

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Nestabilities Large Classic Rectangles,X-Cut Dielicious Petal Posies Decorative Dies,Big Shot,Woodware 1″ Circle Punch

To Embellish : Papermania Buttons Purples,Purple waxed thread from stash

 

Some challenges this is for :

Digistamps 4 Joy : Anything goes (masculine bonus not included on my card)

Little Red Wagon : Bow (a small one but it’s there!)

Penny’s Paper-Crafty :  Girls,Girls,Girls

Anything Goes Challenge : Make your Own Embellishments (button topped flowers)

A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge : Anything Goes

Bearly Mine : Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments : Bows Or Ribbons

MyGrafico : Anything Goes

Tammy’s Scrapin Corner : Anything Goes 

The Crazy Challenge : Handmade Flowers 

Eclectic Ellapu : Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle : Buttons and Bows

2 Sisters : Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge : Flowers

Craftymess Challenge : Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts :Make Your Own Flowers

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

Best Witches

 

Which Witch is Which is the theme at Craft Your Passion this week.So you must have a witch image on your project…the question is…is she good or is she bad?!We have the fabulous A Day for Daisies as our sponsor.Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at the DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!

For my card I’ve used the super cute Miss Star Witch from A Day for Daisies.She’s been coloured with Copic Ciao Markers.Because she’s such a sweet looking gal I didn’t want to make a traditional Halloween card.So I opted to create a pretty card around her.I must confess I bought these gorgeous papers back at the beginning of Summer and have only used them on one card before 😮 I just can’t bring myself to cut them up!I love them too much!Do I need help?Gonna have to face the fact that they will go out of fashion (some have chevron patterns) and I’ve really got to use them.Anyway,I added some of this fabulous web ribbon,think spiderwebs here,and some black gems for a more Halloweeny feel.I kind of cheated with the ribbon as it doesn’t run the entire length of the strip.It seemed such a waste to obscure such a thing of beauty so I cut two short pieces and gave the illusion that it runs behind the image.This certainly seems a case of the more you read the worse it gets!LOL But there is method in my madness as it now means I have more to play with 🙂 I sometimes do this with favourite papers/cardstock too.Maybe there is just no hope for me!!

Supplies :

Image : Miss Star Witch from A Day for Daisies

Sentiment : Printed from my ‘puter

Coloring Medium : Copic Ciao Markers

Papers & Card : DP My Minds Eye Indie Chic Citron 6 x 6 Pad,Bazzill Basics Cardstock

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Nestabilities Classic Large Ovals and Classic Scalloped Large Ovals,Big Shot,Decoupage scissors

To Embellish : Web ribbon, Black self-adhesive gems 

 

Some challenges this is for :

2 Sisters : Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge : Flowers

Allsorts :  Too cute to spook

Challenge Up Your Life : Autumn/Halloween  

Di’s Digis Designs : Too cute to spook

My Sheri Crafts : Halloween

Stampin’ For The Weekend : Something Spooky

Stampin With The Dragon :  Halloween 

Poodles Parlour : Halloween

Aud Sentiments Challenge : Use a Halloween sentiment

DRS Designs : Witches

Paper Play : Simply Cute

Southern Girls : Ribbons

Crafts and Me : Anything Goes

Paper Pretties : Halloween

Simon Says Stamp : Dies/Punches

Crafty Sentiments : Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges : Fantasy 

Deep Ocean Challenge  :  Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel Challenge :  Halloween Spirit

Hooked on Craft : Halloween

Dream Valley Challenges : Halloween

No Matter Which Challenges : Halloween Creations OR Halloween Colours

Scrappy Frogs : Fall/Haloween

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

 

 

Well Hell-o

Just a reminder that the Too Cute to Spook challenge at Just Some Lines  is still running until 11:59pm EST on Thursday 18th October.Plenty of time to join us then!You could be in the running for a super prize and if you play along with a Just Some Lines image  you can choose to create an Anything Goes project or follow the theme.

For my card I’ve used the hellishly handsome Halloween Devil from Just Some Lines.He’s been coloured with Copic Sketch Markers and been given a silver gel pen coloured trident.I gave him a Johnny Test-esque fringe (anyone with boys + Cartoon Network may know what I mean!) Instead of true Halloween papers I chose these rather jazzy little numbers.I added a punched border and some twine.After finding I had no large red brads left in the pack I dug out some snazzy metallic Christmas ones.The sentiment came from the workings of my own mind (yeah,genius!I know…) and were printed in this fab font via my ‘puter.I hand cut the letters separately then stuck them on some red card and cut them out again.I’ve seen lots of wonky sentiments on peoples cards,think “I ought to try that”,then completely forget.No this time tho’!:D

Supplies :

Image : Halloween Devil from Just Some Lines

Sentiment : Made by me!

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Silver Metallic Gel Pen from a Do Crafts Christmas Goody Bag 

Papers & Card : DP cArt-Us 6 x 6 Vector Paper Pad,Dark Red Card from Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Martha Stewart Embossing Zig Zag Edger Punch,Decoupage scissors

To Embellish : Trimcraft The London Line Bright Twine, Brads from Dovecraft Christmas Brad Tower

Some challenges this is for :

Broken Box Stock : Halloween card

Card Makin’ Mamas :  Halloween / Spooky 

Craftymess : Anything Goes

Poodles Parlour :  Halloween

Stampin With The Dragon : Halloween 

Crafts and Me : Anything Goes

Divas by Design : Anything Goes

Paper Pretties : Halloween

Simon Says Stamp : Dies and/or Punches

Stampavie and More : Halloween 

Ribbon Carousel Challenge :  Halloween Spirit

Eureka Stamps : Trick or Treat 

Hooked on Craft : Halloween

Incy Wincy Designs : Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenges : Monsters & Villains

One Stitch At A Time : Boo! 

Scrapper`s Delights Paper Crafts : Halloween

Scrappy Frogs : Fall/Halloween

Sentimental Sundays : Anything Goes

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

Just hanging ‘owl’-round!

It’s Margreet ‘s first time to host the Willow Sketchie Challenge this week.Here’s her fabby sketch :

The theme is Button It Up!Don’t forget you can follow the sketch and or theme.You could be the lucky winner of a voucher to spend at Willow Designs too!As well as a winner (chosen randomly) there will be a hand picked Top 3 and they will receive a super cute badge for their blog.Don’t forget to stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

For my card I’ve used Hanging Around clear stamp from Willow Designs.I’ve coloured with Copic CiaoMarkers.Add some interest I’ve punched the two bottom corners on the image,paper and card layers,as well as the base card.Some paper flowers,buttons and twine complete the look.I’ve rotated the sketch.

Some of you may’ve noticed that I’ve messed up following the sketch.I didn’t realise ’til afterwards that I cut my patterned paper layer too big 😦 My only excuse is we’ve been pretty poorly in our house this week so my minds not quite right….OK…maybe that’s just normal for me! :p

My DS1 decided to take his bedding downstairs to snuggle up on the sofa.

There’s always one isn’t there?Wanting to muscle in on the action.

“You can’t possibly be cross with me?I’m too cute aren’t I?Aren’t I?”

Doesn’t wash with me I’m afraid and she knows it only too well!Noticed how the lazy girl has only managed to open ONE eye!Bless,♥ her 😉

Today is also a special day for my DD2 as it’s her 13th Birthday.

We sadly say goodbye to Hazel this week,our trusty DT Coordinator.But we have another long standing member,the lovely Kelly,to step into her shoes.We will miss you at Willow Sketchie Challenge,hun x

Supplies :

Image : Hanging Around clear stamp from Willow Designs 

Mediums : Jet Black Memento Ink,Copic Ciao Markers

Papers & Card : DP Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas,Red card from stash

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Woodware Inverted Corner Punch

To Embellish : Bag-O-Buttons Whirligig,Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas Blossoms,The London Line Bright Twine

Some Challenges this is for :

Anything Goes Challenge : Animals

A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge : Flowers

Creative Card Crew :  Birds 

Deep Ocean Challenge : Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly : All Creatures Great and Small

Forever Friends : Anything Goes 

Incy Wincy Designs : Anything Goes

Catch The Bug :  Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss : Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

A brighter day

At Craft Your Passion this week the challenge is Hip to be SQUARE (square cards).We have the fabulous Pattie’s Creations  as our sponsor.Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at the DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!

For my card I’ve used Pumpkin Watering Can & Mums from Pattie’s Creations.Such a beautiful image and perfect for this time of year.The colouring is done with Copic Ciao Markers.I wanted to give this a torn straight from the sketchbook feel so I used my Spellbinders die.I inked the edges while the image was still in the die.I did the same with the sentiment.This was part of a magazine freebie stamp set.Originally it did have a sun to the right of the word You but I masked that off so it would fit in the die cut better.The papers are also a freebie.The ribbon was from my DS2’s Birthday cake from last week 🙂 I’m sure he doesn’t mind me stealing borrowing it 😉 He loves his Mummy 😀   I dug out a Prima flower and leaves from my stash along with the wooden flower button which I stained with Distress Ink before threading.

Supplies :

Image : Pumpkin Watering Can & Mums from Pattie’s Creations

Sentiment : Magazine freebie stamp set

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Jet Black Archival Ink,Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Papers & card : DP freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine,Papermania Kraftstax 8×8 (the reverse side)

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Martha Stewart Embroidered Floral Edger Punch,Spellbinders Shapeabilities Office Supplies,Big Shot

To embellish : Prima flower and leaves,Wooden flower button (coloured with Distress Ink,We R Memory Keepers Floss,Ribbon from DS2’s Birthday cake

Some challenges this is for :

Great Impressions : Fall

Joanna Sheen Challenge : Down in the Garden

Sentimental Sundays : Anything Goes 

Catch The Bug : Anything Goes

Colour Me Creative Challenge : Bright, Fun Colors 

Craftymess Challenge :  Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts :  Apple or Pumpkin

Alphabet Challenge : R is for recycle, repurpose (ribbon)

Card Makin’ Mamas : Fall  

Crafty Catz : Autumn

Delicious Doodles : Flowers

Simply Create Too : Autumn, Fall  

Stampin’ For The Weekend : Feeling Floral

Do You Stack Up? : Warm colours

MilkCoffee Challenge : Welcome Fall

Crafty Creations : Fall colours

Paper Pretties : Flowers

Paper Shelter Challenge :  Distressing

Penny’s Paper-Crafty : Die Cuts/Punches

A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge : Flowers 

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations : Fall Flowers

Papertake Weekly -Anything Goes + optional Celebrate

Sassy Cheryl’s : Let’s Think About Fall

Thanks for looking

Lisa x