Bunny Lovin' - Digitally Sweet challenge #74

Valentines Day is upon us once again and is supposed to be the most romantic day of the year. For some. For others it can be the most depressing day of the year!! 
My take on Valentines Day.... If your other half can't be bothered to buy you flowers and shower you with love on any other day of the week then..... 
Anyway, now I've got that bit out the way..

This weeks challenge at 
Digitally Sweet we were sponsored by Digital Darla Designs.









This week we also had a sketch to work from.

I chose the soooo cute "Bunny Lovin'" to work with. 
Here's what I did...

I coloured the image in with Spectrum Noirs choosing pinks and greys as my colour palette.

I wanted to frame the image with a lovely border but decided to go with two! The brown to bring out the colour of her hair and the pink to bring out the colour of her dress.

Following the sketch, I rotated it 90 degrees, embossed the bottom using a circles embossing folder and added some wide ribbon at the join.

I inked over the embossed area with pink ink and layered the image to the right of the card blank.

I added the flower after inking, leaves and the ribbon bow.

To finish I added a couple of pink gems in the top corner.

Bits and bobs I used...

* Digital Darla Image
* Spectrum Noirs
* Pattern Papers
* Circles embossing folder
* Ink - Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Wide pink satin ribbon
* Silk flower
* Ivy leaves
* Pink ribbon (for the bow)
* Pink gems

Thanks for looking today. Hope your Valentines Day is a lovely one. L xx

"Pook Puck" - OSAAT challenge #198

Pook Puck to you too!! Or should I say a big 
hello... Another challenge here at One Stitch At A Time and this weeks image was "Pook Puck". 
This challenge is sponsored by StitchyBear digi outlet and the winner receives all the images the DT used in challenge #196.

Here is what I did with her...

I have recently been working a lot with choosing an individual colour and working with several shades of that one colour and I decided to do this with this image. As you can see, the colour I chose was green as I thought it suited this image perfectly. 

I coloured her in using Spectrum Noirs, using green and a touch of pink.

I wanted to keep the background and the layout of the card simple so the main focus stayed on the image. 

I mounted the image on patterned paper. I added some wide green ribbon with pink ric-rac ribbon knot to a mat and layered the image on top. I matted on to pink card and adhered to an 8 x 8 card blank.

To finish, I added an assortment of green and pink buttons.

Bits and bobs I used...

* Image for StitchyBear digi store
* Spectrum Noirs
* Patterned/plain papers 
* Ribbon
* Buttons

Thanks for looking - hope you pop by again soon. L xx

Love, Love, Love - That Craft Place GDT

It's all about the lllluuuurrrrrvvvvvveeeee this week at That Craft Place as it is the month of the most expensive day of the year lovie-dovie-ness.
I used lots of lovely goodies in this project which all came from the lovely Lisa at the even lovelier shop with the name you can never forget, "That Craft Place". I think this is the greatest place on earth for any crafter!

So, here's what I created for this challenge...

I wanted to do something 'me' with this challenge and I loved every second of it!! 

I started with the most amazing thing in the world.... cardboard! Yes, cardboard... it so versatile, easy to manipulate and loves a bit of paint. 
So after rooting through my recycle bin (yet again) I found a suitable piece of cardboard. The type that has the easy peel layer to reveal the corrugated bit underneath.

I cut a piece of cardboard to size and peeled of the top layer, then painted it with emulsion paint.
To create the background on the cardboard I stamped a newsprint background stamp on to cosmetic tissue and attached it to the cardboard using bees wax. 

I did the same to the 10 x 10 MDF frame (from That Craft Place) Painted it, sanded it and added the newsprint tissue with beeswax. I added a little more bees wax to the edges of the frame to create some texture.  I cut a photograph image to size, inked and crease it and added it the center of the frame and added a couple of metal embellishments.

I took the metal tag (from That Craft Place)and stamped the word 'love' and some swirls using Stazon ink and threaded it on to some twine-y ribbon (from That Craft Place. 

The two beautiful die cut hearts (from That Craft Place) were stunning just on their own. So I just added a bit of red, black and white paint with a sponge to give them a bit of colour.

I added the key embellishment and the frame to opposite corners (from That Craft Place) and added a cameo and some organza ribbon to the frame.

To finish, I added a resin flower an some mocha coloured beads and threaded beads on to wire and attached to make a handle.

I loved creating this piece and being able to use all the fantastic goodies from That Craft Place shop just made it so much more enjoyable.


Bits and bobs I used...

* From That Craft Place 
- 10 x 10cm MDF frame
- Die cut hearts
- Key & frame
- metal tag
- Twine ribbon
* Cardboard
* Emulsion paint
* Cosmetic tissue 
* Newsprint stamp
* Bees wax
* Vintage Photo Distress Ink 
* Individual alphabet stamps - Stamps Away
* Snowflake stamp - Indigo Blu
* Cameo
* Organza Ribbon
* Birdcage and corner metal embellishments
* Resin flower
* Beads
* Wire

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a comment, let me know your thoughts. L. xx 

Why not stop by at That Craft Place on Facebook here or That Craft Place Natter & Chatter on Facebook here. 

And of course you can always pay a visit to the store by clicking on the That Craft Place logo at the top of my post and join in with the challenge blog here.

Digitally Sweet challenge #73

Another week at Digitally Sweet and its challenge #73, sponsored by DigiDarla Designs.

This week I chose 'Boy with Flowers' as I thought this image was very sweet and wanted to keep within the Valentines theme.


Here's what I came up with...

I coloured the image in using Spectrum Noirs, choosing a denim theme for the boys outfit with a bright t-shirt and colourful features. 
the image was then mounted on a printed blue textured paper.

For the background, I embossed a piece of white card using a bee embossing folder. I then inked it using pinks and yellow ink. 
I offset the embossed layer with blue checked paper and layered it on to a scalloped edge card blank.

I used blue bakers twine, wrapped around the card and added flowers, which I inked with pink ink and some leaves. I wanted to create a feminine feel with the flowers but a masculine fell by using the twine instead of ribbon.

Crafty bits I used...

* "Boy with Flowers" image from Digital Darla Designs

* Spectrum Noirs

* Selection of card/paper

* Bee embossing folder

* Ink - Victorian Velvet & Wild Honey Distress Ink

* Bakers Twine

* White silk flowers 

* Silk leaves

Thanks for looking - leave me a crafty comment if you wish. 

"Hoppity Hop" - Digitally Sweet Challenge #72

Hello all, for this weeks challenge at Digitally Sweet, I used papers from Template Dreams. Template Dreams is a fantastic company who provide a whole range of digital amazingness. 




As we know, I'm not a 100% digital fan (it scares the hell out of me!!). So I suggested I print some papers off and use them as backgrounds. So that's what I did.

And here is what I came up with...

I took three different background papers and inked them around the edges with Distress Ink.
I cut out the bunny and the jar of jelly beans.

I mounted the bunny on to some foam to raise him off the page and added some curled wire.

I curled some more wire and added it springing from the jar. 

I stamped on the notelets " Have a Hoppy Day" and arranged them down the side of the page and added some yellow ribbon to finish.

.... I have no idea why but I'm still not 100% happy with this. You know that niggling feeling when something is..... but...

Bits and bobs...

* Range of papers and images from Template Dreams

* Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire

* Wire

* Ribbon

* Individual alphabet stamps

Thanks for popping by today. 

Forever Friends - OSAAT challenge #196

Hello all and a Happy New Year since this is the 1st post of 2014 for me over One Stitch At A Time. 

This weeks images is 'Forever Friends' from Delicious Doodles and can be found in the Stitchy Store here.
The challenge is sponsored by StitchyBear Digi Outlet and the winner will receive all the images the design team used in challenge #194.

Here is my creation...

I coloured the image in using my Spectrum Noir pens which I got for Christmas. I'm still figuring them out yet but I'm enjoying playing about with them. 

I found some textured card the same colour tones as I had used to colour the image and ran them through an embossing folder to create some texture. 

I took a couple of pieces of blue card and stamped and embossed them using clear embossing powder and a plaid background stamp to create a textured watermark effect.

I mounted the image on to a plaid paper to match the blue stamped corners and to make the image stand out.

I arranged the different papers on the background and added the image on top.

To finish I added a rosette, which I added blue ribbons to. 

Then stamped, using blue ink, then black, the word 'Friendship' on to white card and inked around the edges.

Bits & bobs I used...

* 'Forever Friends' image

* Spectrum Noirs

* Embossed card

* Stamps - Visible Image 'plaid background' stamp * 'Friendship' stamp

* Clear embossing ink/powder

* Rosette

* Ribbon

Thanks for popping along today for a toot. Please feel free to leave a comment. Toodles for now. 

I would like to enter this creation in to the following challenges: 

Artful Times - Year of the horse.