A Couple of new bits....

Hello Beautiful people......Thank you for your visit :D

 

 

I have a couple of recent makes to share with you. I hope you will like them.....

 

 

This was a decoupage kit that I purchased from the NEC a few years ago but never used. I thought he was so cute, and kept looking at me from my topper box, so had to use him.

 

 

 

 



 

This is a new PolkaDoodles image that I coloured with polychromos Faber Castel colouring pencils. I useds an embossing folder for the backing and the flowers are made using a set of dies.

 

 

 



This was coloured using the same pencils to colour the simply betty style image. The spotty backing card is from a Lelli-Bot Crafts card kit, and the other paper is from my stash.

I would like to enter my last project in the following challenges -

Art By Miran - #34 Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - #284 Different Coloured Hair
Simply Papercraft Challenges - #7 Anything Goes
Sister Act Cards - #111 Anything Goes

 

I hope you can leave a comment with any views on my makes, even constructive ones.

 

 





Just For Fun - Challenge 2

The second challenge over at 'Just For Fun' Challenge Blog started on the 1st of the month.

Half of the Design Team made projects for the start of the challenge, and the other half of the Design Team have made projects for half way through the month as a little extra inspiration.

 

 

Just For Fun Challenge Blog is just what it states on the tin....Just For Fun. Some months we will have prizes, that have been donated to the Challenge Blog, and some months we won't.

We do have Badges that the winners and top 3 can place on their blogs to show that they have been a winner on our blog.

 

Septembers theme is...... COLOURS OF AUTUMN

Please either click on the link or picture below, to take you to the amazing Just For Fun Challenge Blog....

 

http://laineyscraftyspace-justforfun.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/colours-of-autumn.html

 

 

 

I have to say, the makes of the first half of the Design Team, were absolutely amazing. I had a high standard to live up too.....

 

So......He is what I came up with......

 

 

I picked a polkadoodles image from one of their CDs. I thought the image went well with the rustic look I wanted to achieve with the card.

I coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir pens. I have to say that I am really pleased with how this image came out. I tried to use darker colours around the edges of the image areas, to give it more dimension.

I diecut shapes to match the card blank I had in my stash. I used a matt ribbed gold card as I thought that gold mirri would look too new and would take away from the tone of the card.

I got out my distress inks and leave stamps and got to work on the card base and the edges of the layers.

The leaves were made with a punch and embossing set. I inked the main leaf and then inked the edges to give them an autumn dried look.

I put it all together and used a roll of hessian ribbon that I have had for a while. I have looked for this ribbon everywhere as I am running out and wanted some more, however I cannot find any.

 

 

I hope this has inspired you to go and have a look at the Challenge Blog and join in with the challenge.

We have a prize this month, which was donated by the wonderful Marie Richardson

http://cardmakingmazza.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and leave such lovely comments.