Believe in Spring.

Hello all!
     after yet more snowfall here and with more winter showers forecast tomorrow it really does seem as is Spring will never get here!  I thought a Spring-like card might help so decided to play with one of the new Octopode woodland creatures.  I spritzed an old dictionary page with water and Dylusions Inks and then stamped some flowers over that with Stazon ink.  I had coloured the digi and some Octopode flowers with Copics and fussy cut them, placing them on a freebie background paper from a Stampington magazine (my indulgence treat!)  A computer printed sentiment was coloured over with a Pitt Big Brush pen to finish it off.

         I would like to enter this into the challenges at Stampotique , Simon Says Stamp and Show, Tuesday Alchemy , Everybody Art Challenge and Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for popping in to take a look - hope you're having better Spring weather where you are :)

White out!

Hello all!
An appropriate title for many of us at this time of year - luckily we didn't get hit too badly with snow from Nemo in my part of the Garden State!  Anyway there's a new challenge over at Stampotique (SDC87) and it's 'Winter Whites' which ties up nicely with the 'White on White' challenge at Simon Says Stamp so I'll be entering my card into both of those.
       I decided to use some white heat embossing and a rubber stamp image and then I saw some vellum paper that was just laying around, collecting dust and decided to try using it.  I must say, I love the result and ended up heat embossing a ton of other stamp images as well - I did get a bit carried away!  For this card I used a Janet Klein stamp, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing powder and Stampendous embossing powder.  I cut a pennant shape from white card and ran that through a dotty embossing folder, added a simple sentiment using my Cameo and topped it off with some white ribbon and a couple of stick-on pearls.

                            You'll have to take my word for it that it does look brighter IRL but after playing with Adobe PSE for ages, I just couldn't get it any better without losing the image completely.  I do know it's more of a chicken than a duck but just allow me some artistic license please?

            I may have to try this with other embossing powder colours and maybe some colouring..........

   As well as the two challenges previously mentioned, I would also like to enter this into the following - 

That Craft Place , Tuesday Alchemy , Artistic Inspirations and Forever Friends .

        Thanks so much for popping by to take a look :)

New Year - new you????

Hello all!
Back with another Friday challenge over at The Outlawz with the Copics/Promarkers DT and I'm very pleased to remind you that this month we are being sponsored by the fabulous Torico of Birdie Brown !
                         Our theme this week is New Year's Resolutions - yes, that magical time of the year when we make all these wonderful promises to ourselves to become a 'better' person!  I'm betting my resolve will have worn off by January 2nd :) 

        Anyway, I decided to make a fridge magnet to remind me to cut down on the snacking.  I used a freebie advertising magnet that I had been sent in the mail and a very cute digi from Birdie Brown coloured with Copics.  The sentiment is computer generated and I covered the the front of the magnet with some transparent vinyl - very simple to do and it looks great on my fridge!

 

     Let's hope she has magical powers and can help with my resolve to lose some weight!  I would like to enter this into the following challenges -

 

Crafty Creations

Creative Moments

Tuesday Alchemy

Stamptacular Sunday

Thanks for stopping by - what resolutions are you planning?