LilyPinkScraps: Frilly and Funkie

Saturday, April 7, 2012

A new medium

So I thought I would step away from the Copics for once and try something different - my order arrived from Can You Digi It yesterday and I couldn't wait to open it and play with my new Faber Castell Gelato pens/sticks/paint (not really sure what to call them. Anyway after watching a few instructional videos on YouTube, I dove straight in :) I'm pretty pleased with the result but I think I misted them with too much water as the stamping was a bit blurry in places. Still the result looked a bit 'watercolour-ish' which I kind of liked so not too bad for a first attempt. I think I would probably do this on watercolour paper next time as the cardstock did buckle just a little bit.

I did the sentiment on Adobe PSE 10 with different layers for each font and word - a bit time consuming but that's the only way I know how to do it! If anyone has a quicker way, please do clue me in!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges -

http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.com/ - take your word for it

http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com/ - pearls and lace

http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/ - cards with sentiments

http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/ - colour inspiration

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope the weekend is not going too fast for you!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Vintage inspiration.

Back again - two posts in one day means it's been a stay at home weekend and I managed to get some playtime! This card was done for a new challenge blog I came across the other day - Frilly & Funkie .
I don't do a great deal of frilly but I do like funky and it's always a good thing to try something out of your comfort zone! I love all the vintage cards out there in web-land but when it comes to actually creating something, I do tend to get a bit stumped. I don't find it easy to put lots of bits onto my cards and they don't really look finished to me but maybe I just need to keep on trying - I might get it one day!