Make It Colourful - Black and White or Sepia - Vintage

Thank goodness its the weekend at last it has been a real long week for me at work I worked all day yesterday then went back at 7:00pm and finished at 3:00 am this morning, just a touch tired now. still get the housework done and I can sit for rest of day or Play lol.

And of course as its a new weekend its also time for a new challenge at Make It Colourful and this week is one of my favourite challenges Monotone we want to see your black and white or sepia creations.

For my card I have used Fairy Tree House and Blue Fairy from sweet Pea Stamps.

And to colour I used............



Nope it wasn't copics, just for a change I used Prismacolour Pencils and Gamsol for blending.

The great thing about the pencils are all the different shades you can create with just one pencil for this fairy I only used one colour which was PC944.

The Dream sentiment is a Sissix Die cut which I coloured with the pencils and then triple embossed.

Now you need to pop over to see the rest of my teamies designs, I cannot believe I am in the same DT as these ladies, there work is jaw dropping incredible, I am already learning so much from them. So get on over and be prepared to be amazed.

Hugs Beccy x

Prismacolour Pencils Used
PC944, PC945, PC947, PC946, PC1019

Challenges
Flutterby Wednesday Open Challenge
ABC M for Magical
Crafts and Me Monochrome

Mason

Just thought I would introduce to the newest member of the family, this is my grandson Mason who was born on the 12th January 2011 and I know I may be a bit biased but I think he is just totally adorable. And of course he has everyone wrapped around his little finger already. 

Fairy Lights

Just one more Sweet Pea Stamp, (still got at least twenty more to ink so hope you love these as much as me lol) This one is Fairy Lights by Meredith Dillman. I made the card with my new Spellbinders Dies and Grand Calibur. Flowers were punched. kept the design of the card real simple and am really please with the effect.

Challenges

Stamptacular Sunday Anything but square.
Copic Creations Whats New (stamp, dies, copic markers)

Siren

Again not a great piccie:-( of Siren Mermaid by Ching Chou Kuik another from Sweet Pea Stamps.

Challenges
Simon SaysSketch
Cupcake Craft Something New (New Stamp)
In a Sweet Pea Dream Under the Sea

Arden

Finally getting around to making some cards with all the images I have coloured since christmas. This is Arden by Nicki Burnette from Sweet Pea Stamps.

Sorry about the photo i think my camera is giving up on me, the colours are really rich and vibrant IRL which is just not coming through:-(

Challenge
Sketch Saturday Sketch

Field of Poppies

Isnt she just gorgeous, this stamp is Field of Poppies also by Ching-Chou Kuik.

I am soooooo loving these Sweet Pea images, that so far I have another 7 coloured ready to mount lol.

This one I coloured with Copics, papers are K & Co I didnt have any card for mounting that was the right colour so I used my copic pens on white pearl paper for the matting, which gives the soft sheen. Embellies are from Swarovski.

Challenges
Sketch Saturday
By the Cute and Girly

Make It Colour Blending Card

This is another of the yummy stamps from Sweet Pea that OH got me for Christmas, she is Dream of Iris by Ching-Chou Kuik. The oh so lovely Zoe of Make it Crafty sent me some cardstock that was suitable for

Copic Markers to try out and wow was I impressed the card doesnt bleed at all, which even the Copic Paper does. I really liked how its blends as well. So def recommend this for all you marker lovers out there. I am putting an order into Zoe for more right now. If you want to get your hands on some you can get it Here and its called Make It Colour Blending Cardstock which you can get in packs of 10 or 25 sheets. Oh and by the way Zoe ships to the UK too.

Challenges



Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Sketch

Make It Colourful - Cool or Warm DT

Yoohoo, its finally arrived! Yep today is the first of the all new and improved challenges at Make It Colourful

and what a great challenge it is for all those out there who like to colour, whether you are a total beginner or more experienced, there will be hints and tips for us all to learn from along the way.

This week we want to see WARM or COOL colours on your projects.

If your not too sure which are warm colours pop over to the challenge site where Zoe has added a colour wheel, but basically the warm colours are the reds, yellows and browns and the cool colours are the blues, greens and mauves. 

For my project I went with the COOL colours. The picture is two images from Make It Crafty Sapphire Sitting and Hidden Chair, which I merged using My Craft Studio (these are great CD's if you dont have a graphics programme and are soo easy to use)

 I coloured the image with my favourite medium Copics, paper is from Bearly MIne Designer Extreme 2, Butterfly is from Klever Konstruction, Pearls are from stash which I coloured with Copics. The gorgeous swirls are from a really lovely set of Hearts and Swirls laser diecuts, which can be purchased from the store. Here's a close up so you can see how intricate they are.

I coloured the swirls with Copics and then sprayed them with Crafters Companion Silver Glitter Spray and added a pearl.

Well I really hope you join in with our challenge, there is some really cool prizes (and warm too lol)1 pack of red ciao markers R22, 27, 29 and 1 pack of blue ciao markers B00, 02 05 to resemble the warm and cool challenge and dont forget to pop over and see the rest of the teams projects, there is some really awesome talent on this team, the colouring these Ladies do is AMAZING, I just hope it rubs of on me lol.

Colours Used
Dress BG15/11/10
Wings BG10 BV0000
Hair C1/3/5
Flowers BV0000/00/02/11/13/17 Y19 G05
Foliage YG03/05/07 G000/00/02/05
Seat E51/15
Mushrooms B95/93
Sky B00/02

Challenges
Papertake Weekly Anything Goes

Challenge 1

The very first challenge at Bearlymine Challenges is a sketch challenge by the oh so talented Donna. Having always loved Donna's digi papers I wanted to give this one a go.

I used one of the Sweet Peas Stamps that I coloured over christmas Blue Fairy by Meredith Dillman, corse that led to a bit of a problem as the design really should be a circle but I didnt have enough paper around the image to make a circle, so I have cheated a little and used my label die.

The image is coloured with copics and the papers are from Bearly Mine Designer Extreme 2.

Challenges
Bearlymine Challengesa> Sketch
Corrosive Challenge Purple and Yellow
Flutterby Wednesday Open
Fab n FunkyAnything Goes

Ribbons and Bows

Wow it seems like forever since I last posted, I hope that all who celebrate it had a great christmas and wish everyone a Happy New Year.

I had a bit of an upsetting time before christmas as my two cats Casper and Tigger were poisoned with Anti freeze and had to be put down, they were brothers and coming up for 10 years old so were definetely part of the family and are greatly missed.

Hubby bless his heart though went all out to cheer me up over xmas and bought me some fabby presents, new copic markers yahooo and some gorgoeus stamps from 'Sweet Pea Stamps' which meant I had a great excuse to sit and colour over the holiday period, which I did!!!! I really loved colouring these images there is so much detail you can really bring them to life. I was a bit worried that I wasnt going to be able to do them justice, but am really happy with the results I have achieved. Now all I need to do is make them all into cards lol.

This gorgeous image Dara by Meredith Dillman is the first of them that I have managed to put onto a card. (I remember the days when I had a waist like that, which shows I have got a blinkin good memory!) She is coloured with copics,  the ribbon was plain white which I coloured with copics to match her dress and the flowers are from Wild Orchid .

Challenges
In a sweet Pea Dream Ribbons and Bows
Simon Says Stamp and Show Newest Stamp
Mad For MarkersAnything goes

MAKE IT CRAFTY BLOG HOP

Hi Everyone,


Today is the day we bring you our very first blog hop! We are revealing some absolutely gorgeous new images 'The Secret Garden Collection' that you will be able to incorporate with all of your favourite characters. They have been designed for ‘Spring and Love’ so they are perfect for Valentine’s Day, Anniversaries, Weddings, Friendships and more.



We have some fabulously talented ladies who have agreed to join us for the hop to help launch these new images. You’ll be hopping away with lots of inspiration from ALL around the world, with a big surprise at the end.

Now if you came here from Barbara's Blog then you are on the right track, if not you need to go to the beginning at Zoe's Blog, leaving a comment on each blog you never know you just might win a hidden prize!!!!!!!!!!

I am delighted to be able to share with you this gorgeous new image 'Lover's Pavillion', when I saw this image I was blown away by the detail and knew just what I wanted to do with it. I added this really cute bridal couple from Whoopsi Daisy as these are all digi images I could have merged them together on the computer but decided to go with depth so I printed the images three times and coloured them with Copics and the sky with derwent pencils I then decoupaged the layers so the happy couple are really inside the pavillion.

Here is the side view which gives an idea of layers.

If you want to get your hands on this great new image it is available from today Here
Now you need to hop along to Carisa's blog to see what gorgeous creation she has come up with.

Thanks for hopping and I hope you leave full of inspiration.
Challenge
Mad For Markers
Anything Goes

Exciting News

I am excited to be announcing that Make it Crafty will be having our very first BLOG HOP on the 18th December!! So make sure you mark your calendars for this special event. And you know Zoe… when she has a special event there are ALWAYS special prizes!!! :)


You may have noticed that Zoe hasen’t released any new images for a little while. Well… that is because she has been working on a brand new collection that will all be revealed on the blog hop! And oh y how special are they!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


PLUS!! There will be some exciting news at the very end of the blog hop. Zoe is making some changes and taking things in a new direction and I for one am very excited about the changes. :)


Zoe has created a special banner to announce the Blog Hop and I would love you to add it to your side bar so you can be reminded to come play with us! PLUS of course, if you add the banner to your sidebar and join in the hop we will randomly select a particpant (who has the banner on their blog) to win a prize on top of all the other prizes!!


So mark your calendars for our special event as I can’t wait to share the new releases and exciting news with you!

Make I Crafty DT - 3D Creations 'Anything but a Card'

There's a new challenge starting today at Make It Crafty and we would like to see "Anything but a Card", so what better excuse for me that make a start on some boxes for the little extra pressies for my family.

This first twist top box is for my DIL and I have used Sitting Sapphire a great little digi which you can get from Make It Crafty. I love the face on this little fairy. She has been coloured with Copics and had Stickles on her wings.  The flowers are by Prima and I have coloured them with Shimmers. The aperture was made with a Spellbinders Labels Die in my NEW Grand Calibut, this was so much easier to do in the Calibur as it takes A4 size paper, so I didnt get any creases where I didnt want them.

This next box is for my Grandson and I have used one of the great Santa images available at Make it Crafty this one is Cheeky Santa.

The border is from a Sissix Die and the lettering is Tim Holts

OH well two down, only another 6 to go and then they will be ready to fill with some of their favourite things!

Pop on over to the rest of the DT blogs where you will get loads more inspiration.

Challenges
Papertake Weekly Cut it Out
A Spoonful of Sugar Anything goes.
Creative Cottage Someone special at Christmas
The Secret Crafter Handmade Gift
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge A time for Giving

Other Theme Challenge at CDAC DT

Zoe from Make It Crafty is the host of the Other Theme challenge over at Crafters Digital Art Centre this and her theme is easy to guess for those that know Zoe, she would like to see you create a scene by combining two or more images.

But the best news is that she is for a limited time whilst the challenge is running giving you this fabulous Elves House Digi to start you off.

I have added a christmas tree behind the house and added Cheeky Santa, which you can get at Make It Crafty, to make my scene. Images are coloured with copics and I added loads of diamond dust for the snow.

Challenges

Crazy 4 Challenges Christmas
Mad 4 Markers Non traditional christmas colours
Stamp with Fun Square

Nana Vic And Make It Crafty DT

Story Time is one if the new images by Nana Vic which was inspired by a request from one of the members of CDAC. I put this image together with this versatile Fireplace Digi from Make It Crafty and using bits from My Craft Studio made a Christmas scene.

I coloured the images with Copics , the background DP I made using a Clarity Flourish Stamp and Fired Brick Distress Inks.

Using the first verse of Night befor Christmas I continued the story theme

and added another cute image by Nana Vic, which was one of her Vickie's Quickies, which she does on a Friday on CDAC and I know there are people there who just cant wait for Fridays to come round, so pop over and see what she has for you this week.

Anyways hope you like, Have a great day, evening anytime at all.

Challenges

ABC Holidays

Beccy x

Make It Crafty Digi's

Look who has arrived at Make It Crafty Jolly Santa and a cool laid back Aussie Santa, these are both in Digi Format, but dont worry there are Santa's for the rubba lova's as well.

Why not pop over and check them out and whilst your there have a look at this weeks challenge of make it move.

Beccy x

Nana Vic DT Card

Here is the latest release from Nana Vic 'Spiritual' this image has been designed to suit any occassion where you might like a bit of spiritualism ie Sympathy, christening or even wedding. You can get Spiritual Here along with a fabulous Sympathy Sentiment sheet.
Papers are all from imaginese and image coloured with Copics.

Challenges
Friday Sketchers Sketch
Charisma Cardz Sympathy/Sorry

Make a Scene

Make It Crafty are sponsoring COPIC CREATIONS

The challenge this week at Copic Creations is either browns or make a scene, well I best go for make a scene cause I sure aint used brown.

For my scene I have used the Elves Christmas House and Cheeky Santa from Make It Crafty, who by the way are sponsoring Copic Creations this Month. I have also used a Christmas tree stamp from create a scene.

Challenges
Copic Creations
The Secret Crafter Sparkle and Shine

Warriors

I was asked to make a birthday card with a tribal image which I just didnt have - so I put in a request for an image at Crafters Digital Art Center and the fabulous Vickie of Nana Vic's Digitals managed to work out from my waffling exactly what I needed, and this is the image she sent me. Isnt it just fabulous.

The sunset was done on glossy card with distress inks and baby wipes, the moon is a stamp by Clarity.

I printed the image onto tracing paper and coloured the warriors with copics and mounted onto the sunset.

Added the frame which was made same way as the sunset with some leaves stamped on (still waiting for them to dry so I can touch up the leaf that didnt print)

I have never made a card like this before so am really please with how it turned out just a shame I didnt have any good embellishments that matched.

Make It Move

 Yay I have finally managed to get my printer fixed and can once more play with my digis. Luckily it was just in time to join in with the this weeks challenge at Make It Crafty.

It's Zoe's turn at Make It Crafty Challenges to host the Technique Challenge and she has chosen

"Make it Move" 

Zoe being the type of person she is has come up with a great tutorial for her sliding easel card which I attempted.

I followed the tutorial and this is what I came up with, have to say nowhere near as impressive as Zoe's creation, but not too bad for a first time late night effort. (It probabbly woould have looked better with the christmas trees I had ready to put on, until I realised that they were too big and stuck outside the card, guess that serves me right for not reading all the instructions before starting. Yep impatience is my middle name.

Pop by the challenge to check out all the other great moving cards that have been put together by the DT , your sure to be inspired.

For my card I used Christmas Elves House, and Cheeky and Cheery Santa which by the way you can get as a digi image or if your into ink in RUBBER. I just love both these Santa's and find them really great to colour. You can get your hands on them Here along with some other great images.

And Wow look what a terrific prize is up for grabs this week along with 2 images from Make It Crafty.

Challenges
Crafty Calendar Snowflakes
Paper Sundaes Let it Snow