Anything goes at The Outlawz

Hello all!
Back with a quick posting for the regular Friday challenge over at The Outlawz and as it's the end of the month, the theme is 'Anything Goes' and we've added an optional Christmas twist.  I used a Kenny K digi, coloured with Copics and cut a tag shape out of the background cardstock, backing it with some patterned paper and then layering the fussy cut image over the edge of the cut shape.

                      Sorry to be so brief but I'm not at home so only have limited access and time.  I hope to get around to your blogs soon but excuse me for not commentating that much over the next few weeks - I'm spending time with my family in the UK :)

        I would like to enter this into the challenges at - Happy Campers, Shelly's Images ,  Sweet Stampin' Challenge , The Paper Shelter and Dutch Dare Card Challenges.

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

A touch of whimsy.

Hello all!
I'm back (if a little late) with this week's challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu for the PINK team and this time the theme, chosen by Berni is 'whimsy'.
     The reason I'm a bit late in posting this is that we headed off to the wilds of Connecticut early this morning - well, to New Milford anyway as we wanted to check out the Elephant's Trunk flea market.  It was good but absolutely freezing!!  I think we plan on keeping our junking trips to indoor places until it warms up a bit.  We didn't come back with much but yesterday I did manage to score a very cheap load of small furniture bits to redo so I'm set for a couple of weeks.  It's another hobby of mine - redoing, repainting, restyling small furniture and bits.  I may do some posts about it at some point.....

            So enough of the waffling and back to the challenge - with April 1st coming up fast, it's the perfect time to create something fun and for my project I decided to make my own mini art journal.  I've been playing around with paints, inks and mixed media stuff for a while now and so I wanted something I could do this in.  I didn't want a full sized book though so cut some cardstock and watercolour paper to about 7x9 inches and made a chipboard cover, binding it with my Zutter Bind-it-all.  For the cover I used a fabulously whimsical Octopode Factory digi -( 'sad little pierrot') which I printed over some song lyrics and then masked as I attacked the background with Dylusions Inks, various stamps, chalks, inks and markers.  I painted the digi with acrylic paints and inks and added some definition with a fine nib Sharpie.

       I would like to enter this into the challenges at 613 Avenue Create, Challenges 4 everybody, Creative Inspirations Paint, No Matter Which challenges and Through the Craftroom door.

I'll leave you with a close-up of the little clown.

Thanks so much for popping in :)

Easter/Spring challenge at The Outlawz

Hello all!
It doesn't seem that long ago that we were welcoming in the New Year and here we are coming up to Easter already!  With that in mind, we have an Easter/Spring challenge for you over at The Outlawz alcohol markers group.
                  For my card I used 'A day for daisies'  image, coloured with Copics - they have such pretty drawings over at ADFD - they remind me of illustrations from old-fashioned childrens' reading books.  Anyway, I limited the colour scheme of my card to pastel yellow, green and lilac and kept the layout CAS yet again.  The green frame was cut with my Cameo and my embellishments were scraps of paper, a double button with ribbon scraps and some pearls.

      I would like to enter this into the challenges at -   The Paper Shelter, Simon Says Stamp, Addicted to Stamps , Cute Card Thursday and Little Miss Muffet.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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 :)

A bit more green.....

Hello all!
I must apologise for not posting this earlier - don't know where my head has been this weekend!  There's a new challenge over at Scribbles Designs and this month we're asking you to join in with shades of green and/or Easter.  I decided to go with both and used the cute digi "Hatch Chicklet"  to make a very CAS card!  I printed the digi onto both yellow and green coloured cardstock as well as the background cardstock and did some paper piecing of the chick and the grass, enhancing both with inks and copics.

        Why not head over to Scribbles Designs and take a look at the rest of the DT's fabulous work?  You can also pick up a freebie digi while you're there and enter the challenge.......

       I would like to enter this into the challenges at - Always something creative , Lia Stampz , A gem of a challenge , 613 Avenue Create and Gingerloft .

Thanks for popping in :)

Waiting for Spring......

Hello all!
After yet another week of snow showers and cold temperatures, I am really in the mood for Spring - right now please!  It seems to be taking forever to get here and my warm week in Las Vegas feels like it was months, not weeks ago.  Still the advantage of not wanting to to go outside into the dreary cold is that it means plenty of indoor time for crafting!  Always a silver lining somewhere :)
                            I recently coloured up an image that I had been wanting to get to for a long time - the gorgeous "Pearls in my hair" from 'A day for daisies'.   I love the sketchy feel to their images and the DT always comes up with completely fabulous inspiration pieces too.  After I had coloured her, I decided to keep all the focus on the image and made a very CAS card by just matting the image and a printed sentiment and adding a few little sparkles on the side.

                      I would like to enter her into the challenges at A day for daisies,  QKR stampede,  4 crafty chicks,  Sparkles , Oozak and Addicted to CAS.

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Feeling green?

Hello all!
I actually managed to combine two DT challenges for today's card which makes posting a whole lot easier :)
            Over at The Outlawz, the Friday Copics/alcohol markers team are asking you to go green and we've added the timely option of St Patrick's Day too.  This ties in nicely with the 'green for St Pat's' challenge over at The Octopode Factory so I decided to use my all time favourite Dormouse digi and merged him with a freebie St Pat's hat digi that you can get here.

                I kept it simple by just having some background text and the word "Slainte" which I cut using my Cameo - apparently this is the most used Irish expression in America!  Could that have anything to do with the fact that it is used as a drinking toast?   Hmmmm............

You can see why he's my favourite can't you?  So very cute :)

      I would like to enter this into the following challenges - 4 Crafty Chicks, Cute Card Thursday, Milk Coffee, Sassy Studio Designs, Creative Belli, Jen's Digi Stamps and Whimsical Designs.

Thanks so much for popping in to take a look and 'Go dte tu slan'. (may you go safe).