Snow Wonder for Colour Crazy Challenge for the 11th of October, 2019

At Colour Crazy Challenge for the 11th of October, we are sponsored by Createful Heart Designs and I chose their snowmen in the colouring page: Snow Wonder.

As I mentioned, the sponsor for this challenge is Createful Heart Designs.

Mary is based in Indiana and started drawing and creating handmade cards in the early 1980s. In 2002, she started looking at making digital images, alongside her artist husband, Mark and Createful Heart Designs was born. 
There is a blog:
https://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com/
and a Facebook page:
Createful Heart Digis & Design

I have digitally printed the snowmen from Snow Wonder on to X-Press It Blending card and then cut using my paper cutter.
I have coloured them with the following Copics markers:

• snowmen - C00, C0, C1, C2, R20, colourless blender
• buttons - BG57
• nose - YR07, YR09
• reds - R22, R24, R27
• greens - YG11, YG13, YG07
• snow - C00, C0, C1, colourless blender, BV0000, Y00
• sky - B32, B34, B37, B39
• stars - Y38, white gel pen

The night sky is from a Sky Techniques class by the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder.
I have adhered the coloured image to a square white card from Envelope Solutions and stamped the sentiments from Toboggan Together by Lawn Fawn in Nautical Blue Memento ink and the snowflakes on the side also from Toboggan Together by Lawn Fawn in Summer Sky Memento ink.

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge #58 - Anything Christmas Goes with the Optional Twist: Sensational Santa

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog MLCCB #15 - October Anything Christmas Goes

Classic DT Open Challenge October #10 - Anything Goes as long as for DT project

Go and check out the rest of the Design Team at Colour Crazy Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

                                

Merry and Bright for the Winter Wonderland Challenge for the 4th of October, 2019

At Winter Wonderland this month, we are hosted by Marie, who has chosen the theme:

Merry and Bright!

So here is my card:

Please remember that it is Christmas projects only and they must include the theme.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

 Sherry West who is the owner-designer of Sherry West Art is a digital and rubber stamp artist, colouring book artist and the author-illustrator of a very silly new children's book title "It's Raining Cats!  It's Raining Dogs!  It's Raining Bats! And Pollywogs!" (Morgan James Publishing) which is available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more.

She is a member of the Society of Children's book Writers and Illustrators, an ESL teacher, a published educational curriculum writer, award winning poet and semi-pro photographer who work has been accepted by Getty Images.

Married for 20 years to a very patient guy with 3 really funny kids, 2 fluffy dust bunny chinchillas, 1 huge hairy dog and 13 random cats.

Her art is being sold as rubber stamps by Stamp Addicts in the UK and has appeared on Hochanda twice.

Etsy shop

Sherry West Art Blog

Facebook 

Facebook Colouring and Crafts Group

And the prize on offer for our lucky winner is:

a surprise from Sherry!

So back to my card:

I have joined two mice - mirror images of each other and digitally printed them on to X-Press It blending card, which I then cut out using my paper cutter. 

I have coloured the image with the following Copics markers:

• mouse on left - E41, E31, E33, E35, R20, R30, G02, G05, G07, G19, 100
• mouse on right - E41, E43, E44, E47, R20, R30, R22, R24, R27, R29, 100
• tags - E41, G05 or R27
• presents - E41, E43, G05 or R27
• berries - R56, R59
• holly leaves - YG03, YG07, G07
• grounding - C00, C0, C1, C3, C5
• background - YG17, YG06, Y02, RV02, RV55, V04, V17, B69, B99
• outline - B99

The background is from the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder using one of her background techniques classes - the Northern Lights class.

I have stamped the sentiment in Nautical Blue Memento ink and the rays of light in Elderberry Memento ink, both from Let Your Heart Be Light from the wonderful Marcella at Power Poppy and then adhered the coloured image on to a white card from Envelope Solutions.

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

I will add this card to the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #57 - Anything Christmas Goes 

Cute N' Crafty Christmas Challenge #18 - Anything Christmas/Winter Goes

Sweet Stampin' Christmas September Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes with an optional twist of Christmas Decorations - I have presents and tags!

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog MLCCB #15 - October Anything Christmas Goes
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge #58 - Optional Twist: Sensational Santa
Double Trouble Challenge #39 - SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing "Free For All"

2 Crafty Critters Crazies Challenge #31 - Anything Goes as long as there is a critter! I have two little mice!!

There is inspiration from the rest of the Winter Wonderland DT over on the Winter Wonderland blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your card stash.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge. Please remember that it is Christmas Projects only! We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous Christmas creations. Please be sure to post a link back to the Winter Wonderland blog in your blog post in order to be eligible for a prize!

Have fun and remember that you can enter up to 3 times. This challenge will end on Thursday the 31st of October, 2019.

Please check the Winter Wonderland blog on Monday the 7th of October to find out the winners of the Use Your Favourite Embellishments Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Knitty Kitty Digis for Colour Crazy Challenge for the 19th of July, 2019

At Colour Crazy Challenge we are being sponsored by Knitty Kitty Digis and the image I chose was Did someone say cream cake? A very cute image of three kitties lined up, peaking around a corner. It made me think of "Welcome Home", as that is what our two kitties do when we come home - they appear from around the corner, or they are already waiting at the door! 

So I have made a Welcome Home card!

The details for Knitty Kitty Digis are:

Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/Eekers
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/KnittyKittyDigis
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/knittykittydigis/

I have digitally printed the three cute kitties on to X-Press It Blending card and then because my Silhouette Cameo is not hooked up to my computer at the moment, I have just cut out the image with my paper cutter. Although I had to trim it with my fussy cutting scissors.

I have used the following Copics markers to colour the image:

• tabby kitty at the top - E41, E43, E44, E47, R11, R20, colourless blender for texture
• tortoiseshell kitty in the middle - E31, E35, E37, W1, W3, W5, W7, R11, R20
• lilac/grey kitty at the bottom with the fish - BV000, BV20, BV00, W3, W5
• fish - Y21, YR04, YR09
• door on right - B12, B14, B16
• wall on left - BG000, BG01, BG02, colourless blender for texture
• outline - B16

The colours and techniques for colouring the kitties came from the All About Animals Class by the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder. For the tabby kitty, I used some colourless blender with a piece of terry cloth to have a different texture, then finished with some more strokes of colour.

I also added a blue sequin with Cosmic Stickles to act as a door knob to the image.

I have gone pretty simple with the design of the card. I used two sentiments, one from Vibrant Thanks by Power Poppy, which I stamped with Nautical Blue Memento ink using my MISTI on to the Kraft card from Envelope Solutions. Then a second sentiment - Welcome from the April 2015 Club La-La Land Crafts kit, which I also stamped in Nautical Blue Memento ink, but on to some water colour paper that I brushed with tumbled glass Distress Ink and then cut with some fancy scalloped scissors to fit a kraft banner that I die cut from a new banner die cut from Close to My Heart which is included in the new Share the Joy Stamps + Thin Cuts. I outlined the kraft banner with Nautical Blue Memento ink.

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Creations #394 - Anything Goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge for July 2019 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge for Week of 16th of July - Anything Goes

Go and check out the rest of the Design Team at Colour Crazy Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Not Just Cards September 2018 Challenge

Not Just Cards is having a new challenge starting today the 11th of September!

The theme for the September 2018 Challenge is "Anything Goes".

To join in the fun, click on the following link:

Not Just Cards September Challenge

I finished colouring this image a while ago for my son Christofer to put on his door as he loves Firemen and Fire Engines - typical little boy!
I just need to frame it and write his name.
I am also colouring an image of a ballerina for my daughter Abigayle, as she loves dancing.

Both of these images are part of the monthly classes from the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder.

The firemen is from La-La Land Crafts - Fireman Luka.

Here are a few progression shots:

I would like to enter this into a few challenges:

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #76 - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge #26 - August Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Challenge September - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampers Challenge #24 - Bright Colours
Through the Craft Room Door Week of 11th of Sep - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams September - Anything Goes

Go and check out the rest of the Design Team at Not Just Cards.

Thanks for looking!

Not Just Cards August 2018 Challenge

Not Just Cards is having a new challenge starting today the 12th of August!

The theme for the August 2018 Challenge is "Anything Goes".

To join in the fun, click on the following link:

Not Just Cards August Challenge

I finished colouring these images with Copics a while ago and tucked them away to put them in a photo frame to give to someone special - but I tucked them away so well, that I couldn't find them! But finally I have and I had already bought the photo frame from IKEA, so here is a present to someone special, who just had her birthday.

There is a bit of reflection, but hopefully the close-ups will help.

The three images are from Power Poppy and the colourings are all monthly classes from the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder.

On the left is the September 2017 Markers class and the stamp is Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher.

I love how the pitcher turned out in this one!

In the centre is the February 2017 Markers class and the stamp is Camellias.

The nearly white camellia and the paler pink one, I thought turned out well!

Then finally on the right is the February 2018 Markers class and the stamp is one of my favourites - Hellebores.
I totally love the sentiment that comes with this stamp -
"The inspiration you seek is already within you. Be silent and listen." by Rumi.

I love how the water and stem in the glass turned out - first time I have coloured water and stems in a glass!

I would like to enter this into a few challenges:

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #73 - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge #25 - August Anything Goes
The Flower Challenge #23 - One Layer Cards - I have three!

Go and check out the rest of the Design Team at Not Just Cards.

Thanks for looking!

Not Just Cards July 2018 Challenge

Not Just Cards is having a new challenge starting today the 11th of July and I'm now on their DT!

The theme for the July 2018 Challenge is "Anything Goes".

To join in the fun, click on the following link:

Not Just Cards July Challenge

So I thought that I would move away from the Christmas cards a bit and start to show some of the other stuff that I have been working on!

I have been a Clowdie for a while now and part of being a Clowdie is sharing progress shots - as it is best to try and colour at least 10 minutes a day and keep practicing!!! :)

So I am sharing with you the progress shots and final coloured image of one of the monthly colouring classes that the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder puts together and teaches through hours of videos and pages of workbooks. Following on with Alyce is definitely worth all the time - I have learnt so many techniques, especially for Copics markers.

So without further ado......here is the first shot, showing just the moon coloured:

Here is the second shot, showing the clothes coloured:

Here is the third shot, showing everything but the background coloured:

Finally, here is the final piece:

This is the May 2018 Markers Class and the stamp is Fairyland by Molly Harrison. There are a few other similar classes and I was thinking of putting them together in some frames to give away as gifts - or my daughter will try and 'steal' it for her room! 

I would like to enter this into a few challenges:

Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 27 - Anything Goes Colouring

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #71 - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge #87 - Fairy and/or Fantasy

Love to Craft Challenge #24 - July Anything Goes

Go and check out the rest of the Design Team at Not Just Cards.

Thanks for looking!