Loving the yellow

Hi there, did you know I'm sponsoring Outlawz Sketch this month?  This is my inspiration for them for this weeks challenge using Bryan's Baby.  You can find the image here in my Etsy shop where you can get 10% off all my images by quoting COUPON CODE SKIANDREA10.

I consulted with my hubby for what colour to do the car this time.  He suggested yellow, I must admit I was a bit skeptical - but do you know what I absolutely love it <3

I've coloured the image with Copics and a black polychromos pencil.  The birthday sentiment you can see here is from Make It Crafty.

Here's our sketch for this week.

I've used a selection of design papers from a Glitz Paper Pack called Cashmere Dame.  I've used some design paper instead of the lace on the sketch :)

No embellishments for this week!  I don't always use them ;)

Hope you like my inspiration for this week and we see you at the challenge.

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Morgan's ArtWorld - Anything Goes

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - October

Pearly Sparkles - Anything Goes

Mix It Up - Anything Goes + Monochrome

Try It On Tuesday's - Black and White + One

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes optional Travel Projects

Moving Along with the Times - For a Man

Classic Design Team - Challenge 10

Determined

Using my new image called Determination today for some inspiration for a card for a young boy or teen.  You can find him here in my Etsy shop and get 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

The image has been coloured with Copics a while gel pen and a black liner pen.

I've layered black card with design papers from First Edition and Glitz paper.  I've offset quite a few, just to be different :)

The image has been finished off with one wood chip sentiment coloured with black Copic from Scrapiniec.

Thanks for taking a look today

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges.

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes + for the men in your life

Simply Create Too - For a Male

Unicorn Challenge - Masculine

The Crafter's Cafe - For a Child

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Lets Craft & Create - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Adventure

I'm sharing a little inspiration with you today using Bryan's Baby.  This is only the second time I've coloured it.  You can get 10% off any of my images by quoting code SKIANDREA10 at checkout on Etsy.

I've used Copics to colour the image.  The background was created using a stencil Faye gave me as part of a recent colouring class.  I still need to improve the technique she showed us by the effect is fantastic and I love it.  You can find Faye's classes on here blog here

I've used Kraft card for my background, on top of that some design paper from Docrafts.  The birds were doodled on after I thought they added a nice touch to the sky.

The sentiment stickers are Tim Holtz ones.

Thanks for taking a look today.

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with Wings

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes optional twist mainly Blue

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Things with Wings

Cardz 4 Guyz - Science Fiction or Steampunk

CRAFT - Fathers Day / Male

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Taking Pics

 This image was released last week - I think (I've had a lot on recently and I'm having a bit of a time blur LOL!)

It's called Takings Pics - you can find it here on Etsy and get your self 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at check out

I sell this image with and without the little scene in the camera.  That way if you want to have a go at putting something into the lens you can.  This one with the tree I've just sketched in with my Copics.  When I was taking the close up photo I had the weird sensation of being drawn into the centre of the camera image (so I think I may have finally got something right with my art ha ha!)

I've coloured the image with Copics and also sketched in a background scene.  I've coloured that in lighter colours to make the image stand out more.

A couple of doodled birds finish off the scene.  I've then framed the image with black card.  Added some bright green design paper from Lemoncraft.  The final addition to add some depth I've added a wood chip embellishments which a I got at Scrap and Craft.

Hope you like my inspiration with my new image

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Brown Sugar - Masculine or Father's Day

Pile It on - Sports / Hobbies

Cardz 4 Guys - Men's Hobbies

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Gamer Dude

I come form a family of gamers and if I wasn't spending so much time crafting I'd probable be doing it too :)

This image was especially created for my bro's birthday!  You can find it here in my shop.  It's called Gamer Dude.  You can get this and any of my images with 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

I've coloured the image with Copics, leaving it large to showcase the image and I wanted to do a CAS card seen as its a guys card.

The sentiment was created at the time of printing, the design paper is from My Mind's Eye and I've finished it off with a few white dots for interest.

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy - Anything Goes twist of dots / spots

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Birthdays

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corners - Anything Goes

Surfs Up

For the second half of the All Dressed Up inspiration for Wendy's new release images I've got to play with Surfs Up

The image was coloured with ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.  Originally I coloured some water in the background, then changes my mind because I wanted to do the shark surfing the waves.  So I ended up fussy cutting him.

The design papers are from Studio Light and I've also used some plain red card.  I've used a Spellbinders die to cut the waves and then distressed them so they stand our more.

The sentiment is from two different word sets from Scrapienic.  I've doodles a few seagulls into the background.

And added a fish from Little B 3D Stickers (I found these in Hobbycraft) 

Check out the Facebook group and the main challenge blog for the rest of the Dressy Girls inspirations today

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Paper Creator - Something for the Kids

Love to Scrap - Kidz Rule

Ike's World - Anything Goes optional twist The Abyss

Glitter n Sparkle - Summer Holidays

Pile It On - Recycle / For a Child

Crafty Cardmakers - Under the Sea or At the Beach

Die Cuttin Diva's - Birthday Celebration

Sweet Stampin - Doodling

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes optional Sumer Days 

A Little Steam Power

Yes I have finally drawn another boys image :D

This one is called Steam Power - you can find it in my shop here and if you like my images you can get 10% by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout

I've coloured the image with ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.  I struggled a bit to do a quick colouring in these mediums.  I'm used to doing steam trains in water colour paint.  I sold a few paintings of them when I was in my 20's :)

The image has been framed with black card and I've added a Happy Birthday sentiment in deco art script from Scrapienic.  The sentiment was also coloured with ProMarkers.

Hope you like my boys card inspiration

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes optional special birthday

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Emerald City Crafts - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Ladybirds - Anything Goes

Paper Creator - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes

Mum There's a Shark in the Bath!

Kids once they're into something new they want to do it all the time.  This is what I image the boy from my new image Jaws is doing.  He's learning how to snorkel so he wants to practice in the bath.  AND then there's their imagination ;)

This new image come in two forms one with the bathroom background and one without so you can use his as a beach / summer scene as well.

You can find Jaws (named by Helen one of my DT) in my Etsy shop.  Where you can get 10% off all my images by quoting code SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

I've made a single layer CAS card to showcase the image for you.  It's been coloured with ProMarkers and poychromos pencil because I wanted to get the much paler washed out shades I can achieve with ProMarkers.

All I've done is a little simple doodling and hand written JAWZ 4 in the bottom right - because there are four shark fins :D

Hope you love my new image and we see you at either my SheepSki Designs Facebook Group or on my new SheepSki Designs Challenge blog.

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Fabrika Fantasy - For the Men / Boys

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Boys Will Be Boys

Unicorn Challenge - For the Guys

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes optional make it Masculine

Sweet Stampin - Creations for Children

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Crafty Cottage - No Patterned Paper

Drawing Mine Craft

Today is the second time of the month when I'm honoured to be a Guest Designer at the Crazy Challenge - their theme for the next two weeks is LEAFY GREEN.

We had to use green leaves in our projects.  Now I could have gone down the normal route of doing something girly and flowery BUT my brother's birthday is coming up (tomorrow in fact).

I decided I'd draw something appropriate for him.  He's a BIG gamer and one of the most poplar games is Mine Craft.  If you've never seen the game (a lot of you will) you build environments / people / animals etc. using what look like lego blocks.

I took me forever to draw the tree using a grid to help me create the blocks.  Once drawn I coloured it in a combination of ProMarkers, Copics and black polychromos pencil.

The two sentiments are wood chip elements from Scrapiniec that I've coloured with black marker.  I've doodled a border around the edge of the image then mounted it onto some Kraft and black card for a frame.

Can't wait to see what he thinks of it :D

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - Add a Sentiment

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Birthday

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Fab n Funky - In the Garden

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Think of a Film or a Song

Yeah well I wasn't actually aware I was thinking of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when I started drawing this image Bryan's Baby which you can now find in my shop - click here :)

I started out drawing our friends Morgan, then I started to change the shape slightly as I went along.  It's ended up Steampunk style with wings LOL!

You can get this image and any of my others with 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout on Etsy

I've used Copics and polychromos pencils to colour the image.  I've done it red on the recommendation of my hubby.  I wasn't sure it would work but I LOVE how its come out.

I had to do a CAS card to showcase the image for you.  I've framed it with black card and doodled a border.

The sentiment was created at the time of printing.

Hope you love my inspiration with my new image.

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes + Options Inspired by a Song

Crafts & Me - Things with Wings

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/Add A Sentiment

Craft Rocket - Inspired by a Book or a Movie

Crafting by Designs - Vintage

Sweet Stampin - I wish I could Fly

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld - Anything Goes

Book of Little Monsters

Ok so that may seem backwards way round when you read it, but when you see my image it actually makes sense.

It's a Book of Little Monsters rather than a Little Book of Monsters.  My monsters are alive and coming out of the book, they cute and miniature :D

You can find this image in my Etsy shop click here AND you can get 10% off by quoting code SKIANDREA10

I've coloured up both versions of the image here so you can see what it looks like for some inspiration.  I'm only entering the first card into the challenges though :)

Coloured with Copics, ProMarkers and polychromos pencils I've tried to give the book an aged look. 

The design papers for this card are from Studio Light.  I've also used some black and red card to break up the papers.

The edges of the image have been distressed, with with a Tonic solutions tool and with Vintage Photo ink from Tim Holtz.  Around the edges I've then doodles a border with pen.

To finish off I've added a sentiment from Scrapienic coloured with black Copic and then a few silver star charms for magic!

Here's the version with the boy.

Once I'd finished himI got out my Sizzix die letters to cut the work surprise into the card.  I've then mounted it onto some red card so the words pop and keeping in the the colour of the book.

The design paper is again from Studio Light.

I've again used the same inks to distress and doodled a border.  A few rhine stones and star charms finishing off the card for magic.

Hope you love my new image

Andrea x

PS if you love my images you can enter my Facebook Group where I have a challenge and games to win my images.

Also my new blog challenge goes live on 1 April - you can use any image in that to enter :D

I'd like to enter the first card into the following challenges

Crafty Friends - B is For.... (Book, border, bat)

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Double D - Things That Fly (bat)

A Gem of a Challenge - Boys Birthday

CRAFT - Add a Charm

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Fantasy

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes