Wild and wacky

So for this image (my inspiration for the latest SheepSki Designs Facebook Challenge) I was asked to colour it up in wacky colours rather than just the usual "horse" colours. 

You can find Crazy Horses in the shop here, where you can get 10% off all images by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

I've coloured the image with Copics.  I wanted a fantasy style background so I've created some pink and blue clouds, with some embossing enamel.

I't a sinlge layered card today, with some doodling for a border.  The sentiment "be yourself" was created using Tim Holtz stickers.

Thansk for popping by for a look today.  Hopt to see you at the challenge,

Andrea x

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

 Crafty Animals - Challenge 76

Critter Crazy - Challenge 78

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Purely Anything Goes

Craft Galore Encore - Anything Goes

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes

 

Another World

This tiny little Fairy Cottage is from another world, one of my imagination.  The image is called Buttercup Cottage, you can find it here in the SheepSki Designs shop on Etsy.  Where, if you quote SKIANDREA10 at checkout you can get 10% off all images in the shop.

I've created this for the CHALLENGE inspiration in the SheepSki Designs Facebook Group, always anything goes with one of our images with an optional twist of FLOWER POWER this time.

I've created a single layer card colouring the image with Copics.  The background a fuzzy green and yellow to match the buttercups.

There's two colours of embossing enamel sprinkled around for sparkle and fairy magic.  The sentiment is made up from Tim Holtz Stickers.

Thanks for popping by for a look today, we hope to see you in the Facebook Challenge.

Andrea x

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

Cardz 4 Galz - Backgrounds

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers

Passion for Markers - Add a Sentiment

Double D - Flowers

Unicorn Challenge - Flowers

Get Creative - Flower Frenzy

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes optional Say It with Flowers

CRAFT - Anything Goes

Worldwide Crafters and Colourists Challenge 5

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

 

Feathers

Today is new challenge day for SheepSki Designs in the Facebook Group.  We'd love to see your creations with out images, we're always anything goes but we have optional twists if you need a little focus, this time its Die Cuts and / or Punches

I'm going with anything goes today with my inspiration using Feathers, you can find it here in the ship where you can get 10% off all images by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

The image has bee coloured with Copics, I wanted a very soft colouring for this one, hopefully I've achieved that.

A sentiment using a Tim Holtz sticker and some white acrylic paint spots in the clouds are the only extras on this single layered card.

Thanks for popping by for a look today, hopefully see you at one of our challenges or in the Facebook Group

Andrea x

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

Worldwide Crafters and Colourists Challenge 4

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Wings and Things

The Fairy and the Unicorn - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration - Challenge 1

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Lets Craft and Create - Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld - Challenge 4

Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything Goes

 

Not your normal gnomes

So for some reason I seem to be having a pick or purple mushroom thing.  I think it's because every time I want to colour them red but think do something different.  So today we have a pale purple one :)

This image is called Giant Mushroom, it's either that or these are not normal gnomes and they're miniature ones haha....  You can find the image here in the shop where you can get 10% off all images by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

However, if you're lucky enough to be reading this shortly after my post and check out this Kit & Clowder post link you might just find yourselves a bigger discount code!

I've coloured the image with Copics, keeping the card CAS style today to showcase the image, I've added a "me n you" sentiment with Tim Holtz stickers and a bit of sparkle with a few sequins and sparkly enamel dots.

My design paper is from First Edition and I've used a bit of skinny purple ribbon from my stash.

Thanks for popping by for a look today :)

Andrea x

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

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - May

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - May

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Pollen Fairy

I have a love of bees, my outdoor pots at home have lots plants in them just for them!  That's what inspired me to create this image called Pollen Fairy.

You can find it here in my Etsy shop where you can get 10% off all my images by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

The image was printed large and coloured with Copics to showcase it.

The edges of the image and the black card framing it were distressed with a Tonic Solutions tool.

All I've added is DecoArt glitter to the fairies dress and shoes and a sentiment made up from Tim Holtz stickers.

Hope you're all having a great weekend 

Andrea x

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

Moving Along with the Times - Things with Wings

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes with Flowers

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Fairies / Mythical Creatures

Incy Wincy - Things with Wings

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Griff

I've been off this week but it's been so hot on an evening I've not been able to do much (keeping windows open and light on is a good combination for bug attraction).  I have had chance to have a play around with my polychromos pencils for a change.  I tend to colour mainly in Copics these day so please be kind when you see my coloured image.  I definitely need to do some colouring classes for pencils!

So, after all that rambling here is Griff coloured with polychromos pencils.  You can find my hippogriff in my Etsy shop here, where you can get 10% off all my images at checkout by quoting SKIANDREA10.

After colouring him I decided to fussy cut him.

I wanted some background papers to match his colouring, I've gone with blues / aquas from Lemoncraft and 13Arts.  All the design papers have been distressed with a Tonic Solutions tool.

Here he is mounted onto those layered papers, I've also added a glittery silver star and three tiny silver star charms.  The sentiment was made up from Tim Holtz stickers.

Back to my Copics next time I think.......

Andrea x

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

Dragonfly Dreams - Things with Wings

The Crafter's Cafe - Animals or ATCs

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Worldwide Open Design Team - Challenge 7

Creatalicious - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Unicorns & Rainbows

After saying to myself so many times I was not going to do this and go down the girly unicorn road - sigh!  Just look what I've gone and done......

This is an image from my shop just called Unicorn, you can get this and any of my images with 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.  You can find the image here.

This is my creation for the Outlawz Sketch challenge.  We, SheepSki Designs, are sponsoring them this month :)

So creating the typical girly unicorn card it HAD to have a rainbow.  This was the first thing I sketched in behind the image.  I then coloured the whole thing with Copics.  Starting with the background in case it went wrong or I hated it and had to bin it and start again LOL!!  I'm so happy to say I didn't have to do that.

Here's our Outlawz Sketch for the next two weeks

My design paper were all distressed with a Tonic Solutions tool.  They're from Hobby Craft and First Edition.  I've also used some black card for framing all the pinky elements so they stood out from each other.

The sentiment (coloured with Copics randomly) is from Lili of the Valley.  I've added a tiny pink paper flower from Hobby Craft to the left of it.  There are some tiny pink banners cut with a Fantasy Die at the top left, a pale aqua sequin and a few Rhine stones scattered around for interest.

The whole effect very girly and pink!

Thanks for popping by for a look today.  Hope we see you at the challenge

Andrea x

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

Crafty Animal - Challenge #27

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge #27

Allsorts - Fantasy World

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Challenge 1923

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team - Challenge 6

Love to Scrap - No Rulz 3

Crafting by Designs - June Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Eileen's Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

In the world of my imagination

There was a little Morphling Baby Boy.....  This is the image I've used for my Guest Designer inspiration with Scrapping4Fun today.

Their theme over there is BRIGHT HAPPY COLOURS!  Check them out here.

There are actually two versions of this image, one without all the punk hair, elf ears and steam punk theme as well as this one.  I figured not everyone loves steam punk as much as me ;)

The image is actually called Morphling, you can find him here in my Etsy shop.  Where you can get 10% off this and all my images by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

I've coloured the image with Copics and added some red glitter to his punk hair with a red gel pen.

Here's where the pops of colour come in!

My design papers are from Hobby Craft, a section of the papers has been cut using a die which I got from Dies to Die for.  I've doddles the line around the edge of the image, added a sentiment from Make It Crafty and finished off with three bright yellow enamel dots.

Thanks for popping by today, hope you like my inspiration

Andrea x

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

Cute Card Thursday - Celebrate

Little Red Wagon - Boys II Men

Crafting by Designs - Lets Hear It For The Boys

Cardz For Guyz - To Die For

Crafty Calendar - For a Child

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes optional twist Male

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Time Out - Challenge 131

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Earth n Art

I'm joining Do Al(l) Kreatives today as a guest designer for their mid month inspiration on creating your own background.  I'm also sponsoring their current challenge.

For this mixed media canvas I've used my image Butterfly Girl, you can find her here in my Etsy shop where you can get 10% off my images by quoting SKIANDREA10

The image has been coloured with Copics to match the background I created.  I've then fussy cut her to add to the canvas.

The background was created using stencils, modelling paste and crackle paste the create the texture.  I then added all the flowers before painting it all white with gesso.  Once I'd done this I then started to use two coloured spray paints from DecoArt in blue and deep pink and a water mister.

Once dried I started to paint the highlights onto the flowers and used some gold to highlight some of the words.  The resin butterfly was added after this and I've used the same coloured paints to add a little colour to it.

Once the canvas was dry I added the fussy cut image and the sentiment from Scrapiniec which had also been coloured with Copics.

Hope you like my inspiration for today.

Thanks for taking the time to pop by today

Andrea x

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

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - October Anything Goes

Time Out - Colourful

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

A Inky Mess - Anything Goes

Creative Artiste - Challenge 43

More Mixed Media - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create - Anything Goes / Mixed Media

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Waiting

I think I may have learned something along the way in my Copic lessons.... about blending and texture and adding detail.  I've tried to put some of this into practice on the image below.  Thank you so much Faye and Alyce

The image is called Waiting you can find it here in my Etsy shop where you can get 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

As well as using Copics I've used white, gold and orange gel pens and a black polychromos pencil

Just plain and simply mounted onto some black card to frame it.

Hope you love my inspiration today

Andrea x

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

Create & Makes - Anything Goes

Try It on Tuesday - Things with Wings

The Sisterhood of Crafters - What's that up in the sky

Crafty Friends - Fairy / Fantasy

Tuesday Throwdown - The Great Outdoors

Classic Design Team - Challenge 27

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - 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

Pop of pink ;)

Today I'm sharing a creation made for Outlawz Sketch using We Are 3 Tones of Gray design papers.  We Are 3 are sponsoring us this month.  To go with the papers I've coloured one of my own images, Faye, in monochrome using Copics.

To add a little interest I've coloured only her wings in pink.  I've fussy cut the image and mounted it onto a die cut circle of the Tones of Gray papers.  The edges of all the design papers have been distressed with a Tonic Solutions tool.  Behind the image is a piece of black card cut with a Spellbinders die.  I've added a little magic label from Tim Holtz.

Here's our sketch for this week

Apart from the We Are 3 design papers I've also used some Studio Light paper to give a fence effect in the background.  To frame the card I've used some black card.  Across the middle of the design papers is a strip of gingham ribbon.

You can probably see the image has been mounted onto a doily to keep with the theme of the sketch.

The piano key ribbon down the left and the hand tied musical noted ribbon I've picked to go with the musical paper design.

Along the bottom I've used a mushroom die from Joy Crafts which I've cut into sections so the image is left clear.

My final touch a few black gems.

Hope you like my inspiration for today and we see you at the challenge

Andrea x

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

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Clean & Simple or Fussy & Fancy

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with Wings

Pearly Sparkles - Things with Wings

Addicted to Stamps - Ribbons

Dragonfly Dreams - Here Come the Girls

Incy Wincy - Things that Fly

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Magical Fairy Garden

Sweet Stampin - Magical / Myth / Fantasy

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Playing with Clouds

It's been a while since I coloured this one.  It's called Seraphina's Heart you can find it here in my shop on Etsy.  I'm offering 20% discount for a week only use SPRINGSHOP20 at checkout ;)

I've coloured the image with Copics, then added a little black polychromos for that little bit extra depth in the scales.

During my latest Copic coluring class with Faye (Copic 2) see more details here on her blog.  She showed us how to create a cloudy background with a stencil.  This is the first time I've done since it so hopefully I'll improve with practice

I've just added some purple design paper to compliment the image and black card to frame it, doodles a little in two corners and added a LOVE sentiment (you can find these in the wedding section in Hobby Craft.

Thanks for taking a look today :)

Andrea x

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

Sparkles - The Weather

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge 14

Try It on Tuesdays - Stencils / Die Cuts or Both

Crafty Friends - Animals

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with Wings

Pearly Sparkles - Things with Wings

Incy Wincy - Things that Fly

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Magical Fairy Garden

Sweet Stampin - Magic / Myth / Fantasy 

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Secrets

I coloured this image on holiday, took me a few days to sort myself out and get crafting again :)

This image is called Butterfly Girl, you can find her here in my Etsy shop where you can get any on my images with 10% discount by quoting SKIANDREA10

She's been coloured with Copics and I've also used a white gel pen.  I got a new Die Namics die at the weekend from Dies to Die For, this is what I used to cut the scalloped border.  The Secrets and XOXO are stickers from Tim Holtz.

The design papers I've used are from Maja Design and My Favourite Things.  On the pink scalloped square I've used the cloud template that Faye gave me in her class at the weekend.  I've used a B0000 re-inker with it.

Under the image you can see a fence border from Spellbinders.  I've used some cream pearls on this and some pink pearls at the top left.  A wood chip sentiment from Scrapiniec and a few butterfly stickers from Little B finish the card off.

Thanks for taking a look today

Andrea x

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

Stamping Sensations - One for the Girls

Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Lets Craft and Create - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Use Die Cuts

Brown Sugar - Pearls or Mothers Day

Create and Inspire - Anything Goes / optional Die Cuts / Stencils

Creatalicious - Anything Goes optional dies / punches

Allsorts - Use Pearls

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Dragon's Fly

Last week of the month already for sketch challenges over at Outlawz.  Where did the last month go?

I'm sponsoring our lovely ladies this month.  You can visit the SheepSki Designs shop here where you can get 10% off my images by quoting code SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

This is a new image, it's Morpheus, he's awake!!  AND he's got some little dragonfly friends.  the image is called Dragon's Fly (did you notice Morpheous now has wings?).  You can find Dragon's Fly here.

The image was coloured with Copics and I've also used a white gel pen.  The image and design papers framing it have been cut out with Spellbinders dies.

Here's our sketch for this week.

I've used design papers from First Edition, Dovecraft, Lili of the Valley and Lemoncraft

One simple sentiment to embellish from Scrapiniec.

Hope we see you at the challenge

Andrea x

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

Sasayaki Glitter - Friendship

Pile it On - Circles - and / or Squares

Get Creative - Fantasy / Mythological

Unicorn Challenge - Make it Girly

Creative Inspirations - Any Occasion

Creative and Inspire - Anything Goes

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

Worldwide Open Design Team - Challenge 3

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Remember this

It's my turn to sponsor Outlawz Sketch, we'll be here using my images from SheepSki Designs all month :)

You can get 10% off my images in my shop by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout in my Etsy shop.

The image I'm using today is Selene.  She was one of the first image I drew.

I've coloured her with ProMarkers and I haven't used them for quite a while (just hoping they've not dried out while I've been experimenting with my Copics).

This is our sketch for this week

My design papers are from Lemoncraft and I've also used some back card.  This card on and around the image has been distressed.  Instead of a straight cut banner across the page I've used a Spellbinders die to cut wave shapes then layered them up.

The two mini flags were hand cut with a knife from UHK Gallery left over paper.

To finish off I've added a sentiment from Lili of the Valley (which I've coloured) and a fish sticker from Little B

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

Andrea x

Creatalicious - Anything Goes optional Girly

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Get Creative - Fantasy / Mythological

Passion For ProMarkers - Only Girls Allowed

Create & Makes - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - March On

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Ladies Only