Blog Candy Winners

To make it fair, I put everyone's linky number in a hat and asked my mum to pick two out. 

The winner of £10 Delicious Doodles Voucher is Maureen Scott

The winner of the $10 The Stamping Chef Voucher is Jan 

If you lovely ladies will email me in Pinklisa1980@hotmail.com, I can arrange for you to get your money off :-) 

Thank you to everyone who joined in. I was disappointed in the number of entries, but you can't please everybody all the time! 

Well done ladies, and those who didn't win, I will be doing more candy later in the year. 

Love & Hugs

Lisa xxxx

Left Of Center - Challenge #30

Welcome Lovely Bloggers, Crafters, Nosy Parkers and Friends lol It is always lovely when you pay my blog a visit.

Today see's the Mid-Way Inspiration for Challenge #30 - Spring Fling over on the

Left Of Center Creative Challenges Blog

Left Of Center Creative Challenges offer fortnightly challenges. We have a post at the start of the challenge and then a mid-way inspirational post a week later. 

We have a set theme, however if you choose to make something alternative/dark/gothic/punk etc then you can do an anything goes make. 

We have a HUGE amount of AMAZING sponsors and this Challenge is Sponsored by the very talented Delicious Doodles.

Challenge #30 launched a week ago , so this is just a little added inspiration to hopefully encourage you to join in with the fun. 

You don't have to make something alternative/dark etc, you can make what ever style you want, as long as it fits our themes. 

Left Of Center also has a facebook group, that we would love you to join. This group is to show your Left Of Center makes and chat to like minded crafty people

https://www.facebook.com/groups/366516863488820/

Well, here is what I made... The image is called Lilleth

I coloured the image with my WHSmiths colouring pencils. I tried to use as many brighter colours as possible. I backed the image and the textured lilac backing paper with a dark green card.
I coloured the image and sentiment a couple of times so I could cut out elements to decoupage for depth to the card.

The flowers I used a large embossing tool to round the petals to give these dimension and depth. I diecut some swirls and leave sprigs to allow the foliage theme to spill out onto the card. 

I LOVE the brightness to this card, and I think it represents spring perfectly. 

I hope you will all join the Spring Fling Challenge over on the Left Of Center Creative Challenges Blog....Remember, it doesn't have to be dark!!

Thank you for your constant support and encouragement

Left Of Center - Challenge #29

Welcome Lovely Bloggers, Crafters, Nosy Parkers and Friends lol It is always lovely when you pay my blog a visit.

Today see's the Mid-Way Inspiration for Challenge #29 - ANYTHING GOES over on the

Left Of Center Creative Challenges Blog

Left Of Center Creative Challenges offer fortnightly challenges. We have a post at the start of the challenge and then a mid-way inspirational post a week later. 

We have a set theme, however if you choose to make something alternative/dark/gothic/punk etc then you can do an anything goes make. 

We have a HUGE amount of AMAZING sponsors and this Challenge is Sponsored by two of our wonderful sponsors

Limited Runs and Smeared Ink

Challenge #29 is Anything Goes BUT it is dark themed only. Usually we will accept any style of crafting, but this challenge it has to be on the dark side.....

Left Of Center also has a facebook group, that we would love you to join. This group is to show your Left Of Center makes and chat to like minded crafty people

https://www.facebook.com/groups/366516863488820/

Well, here is what I made with an Image from Limited Runs. The image is called 'Brad Nailed Zombie'.

I coloured the image and skulls (which are from Delicious Doodles, another one of our sponsors) with my WHSmiths colouring pencils. 

I then did light swirls all around the image to take the whiteness away. The eyes of the skull and zombie were coated with crackle glaze, to give the card some texture. 

The paper are from a BoBunny Halloween paper pad and backed in orange card. All edges were distressed with a rangers distressing tool. 

I finished off by drawing my own border around the layers, added card candi and some bat diecuts. 

I have to say, I do love this card as it is fun and bright and shows the softer side of dark/gothic/punk etc. 

I hope you will all join the Anything Goes - Dark Themed Challenge over on the Left Of Center Creative Challenges Blog....Remember, for this challenge is HAS to be a dark themed make....

Thank you for your constant support and encouragement

Left Of Centre Challenge #27

Welcome new and old followers. It always lovely to have you visit me and leave such lovely comments.....

Inspirational Post for Left of Centre Creative Challenges 

Today see's the Mid-Way post for the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges, Challenge #27

'Favourite Book '

Granted, it's not the easiest of themes, but where's the fun in that?? A challenge is a challenge after all.

http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

The Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog have a great list of wonderful Sponsors, and this months sponsor is the totally amazing Delicious Doodles.

All of our Design Team members have made cards using some of the sponsors gorgeous images...Once you have used them, you are hooked!!!

 

To get to the sponsors Blog and Shop, please click either the badge above, or the following link:

http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

Keep an eye out this month, as the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog is having a 'Celebration Month Event' due to it being 1 year old... We will be announcing some new Sponsors, as well as daily blog posts showing makes from the Sponsors who have kindly supported us for the last 12 months.

It will be a great event, and we hope you will be able to join in with the fun!

 

 

Right....Down to what I have made for Challenge #27 - Favourite Book

 

I haven't got a specific favourite book, however I love Zombie books and films....To the point of being addicted to them. This make is to depict Zombie books in general...

 

 

The backing image is 'The Dark Forest', and the main image is 'I'm Ba-aack!'. I coloured them both with WHSmiths colouring pencils.

 

The backing paper is from M&Co and I used a distress stamp along the side edges, and then a distressing tool on all of the layers. I sprayed with distressing ink and did a page rip and curled the edges.

 

The backing I sprayed with red mica powder mixed with red distressing ink and a bit of water. I wanted the look of sprayed blood.

 

The sentiment is stamped with wooden peg alphabet stamps and sprayed with the same spray as the backing image.

I finished off with metal caps in the corner of the sentiment and backing image.

 

 

I hope you will pop over to the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog to join in with this great challenge, and the exciting month long 1 year Birthday Celebrations.

 

 

Thank you for your wonderful visits and comments

 

Exciting News!!!!

Welcome fellow bloggers, crafters and friends......

I have been wanting to share my news for a while, but couldn't..... well now I can YAY

As my followers will know. In February,  I applied to join the PunkYouGirl Design Team. Well, I wasn't successful......

YEAH I WAS!!!!!!!

Wooooohoooooo <<does happy dance>>

PunkYouGirl is a monthly Dark Themed Challenge Blog. We have some amazing sponsors and amazing prizes.....

We are dark themed, so want to see all your dark themed entries.  

This months prize is provided by one of our wonderful DT Kim

This month, we were allowed to run free and use anything we wanted, as there was no specific sponsor. 

The theme is Fairytale Gone Bad

Now, this had me stumped, mainly due to me being thick and not knowing disney stories were mostly fairytales!!! Doh

I had an idea in my head so set about searching all the digi pages looking for the perfect image.... two hours later, nothing.
Now, don't laugh, but I decided to draw my own image!!!

Here is what I made....

The backing image is from the wonderful Delicious Doodles. I coloured this, and the main image, with my WHSmiths colouring pencils. 

The image I drew, using lots ot tutorial posts on pinterest. I wanted an evil Little Red Riding Hood,  so made her into a vampire!

I drew her in pencil, then inked over and scanned her so I could change the size... (if you want a copy of the image, please just comment with your email).

I was stuck for how to get good blood, so I asked the goddess of darkness Helen aka Crom's Cubby Hole. Helen told me that nail varnish makes great blood and to get the right look 'imagine eating a messy yogurt, and where the yogurt would go if you spilt it' (not verbatim lol). 

I'm not sure I got it quite right, but she certainly looks messy with blood lol Thanks Helen, you are a total star ★★★★★

I finished by distressing and tearing the edges, black metal mini candi, black peeloffs for the sentiment and red backing card.

Well, this is my first DT post for PunkYouGirl, as well as my first ever hand drawn image!!

I hope you will pop over and join in with the challenge.....embrace your dark side and have fun!!!!

Thank you, as always, for you visits and support. 

Left Of Centre Celebration Event - 10th March

Welcome Lovely People...Come on in, pull up a chair, and have a look around :-)

 

 

As most of you will have seen from my previous posts, Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog is Celebrating their 1st Birthday.

 

 

To Celebrate, they are doing an event throughout March to showcase the Design Teams work and the Sponsors who have supported us throughout our first year and continue to do so. As well as some new sponsors, who will be supporting us throughout the next 12 months.

EVERY DAY we will be posting makes using images from our wonderful Sponsors.

 

 

We are so very VERY lucky to have an amazing list of spectacular sponsors, and here they are:

 

Delicious Doodles - http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/

Ike's Art - http://www.ikesart.com/

Rick St Dennis - http://www.zibbet.com/Rick1949

MelJen Designs - http://meljensdesigns.com/

Dilly Beans - http://sillydillybeans.blogspot.co.uk/

Sassy Studio Designs - http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

Limited Runs - http://limitedrunsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/

Eiglassing - http://eiglassing.blogspot.co.uk/

Smeared Ink - http://smearedink.com/

The Stamping Chef - http://thestampingchef.com/Shop/

Aurora Wings - https://www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraWings

 

WOW look at all those amazing names!!!

 

 

For my first event make, I have used a gorgeous image, from the very brilliant Delicious Doodles.

 

 

The Image I used is a very beautiful one called 'A mothers Love' which was one of the images used for our challenge 'New Beginnings'.

 

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Here is what I made....

 

 

I wanted to make something that wasn't all cute and cuddly, like most new baby cards.

The Image is coloured with my WHSmiths bendable colouring pencils.

The edging of the image and the sentiment is Heat Embossed with blue embossing powder.

 



 

I stamped a simple heart stamp, onto the mirror board, and then heat embossed them with clear and blue embossing powders. I cut some of the hearts out to add, giving some dimension.

The card was finished off with lace and lots of flat backed gems.

 

 

I know this is a bit of a different new baby card, but I hope you like the fact that it is a bit more mature and alternative...not everyone likes cute and cuddly.

The image is very adaptable, as you can make it look dark, or you can make it look all pretty and normal.

 

 

I hope you will join us for the Month long Celebration event, as well as for our current Challenge, over on the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Challenge Blog.

 

 

Thank you for your continued visits and feedback.