Pink Kraft Card

Right, my apologies as I said i'd post this card ages ago but have only just got around to finishing it! This wasn't made for any particular occasion but as an excuse to try out my Prismacolor pencils when I first brought them. I've used just black and white on Kraft card to create a charcoal effect - I got the idea from this blog. I probably shouldn't have used pink again but couldn't resist it for that gorgeous flower on her hat...







Supplies
Image - Madelyn from Greeting Farm
Colouring Medium - Premier Prismacolor Pencils
Die - Concentric Tag #1 by GoKreate
Cardstock - Bazzil Basics
Papers - Basics Kraft by Basic Grey
Background - Cover-a-Card Flourishes by Impression Obsession
Distressing - Snow Cap Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber by Ranger
Sentiment - Mixed Circular Sentiments by Lili of the Valley
Pink Roses - www.iamroses.com
White Roses/Buds - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - Papermania used with Bazzill Jewel templates
Card Blank - cut out using my Craft Robo
Sorry I can't remember where the ribbon is from!

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

• Delicious Doodles - Challenge 32, Flourishes and Bling


• Crafty Purple Frog - Swirls and Pearls

LOTV Colouring Masterclass

Last Saturday I was lucky enough to attend the Lili of the Valley Colouring Masterclass for ProMarkers/Copics with Bev Rochester and Jacqui Dennis. It was a great day - I learnt lots of new techniques to use with my ProMarkers and made some lovely new friends too. I also won 8 LOTV stamps in a raffle which they suprised us with! If i'm honest I was a bit scared of their stamps before as they're quite small and detailed but now I own loads :-)

From the class i've realised the card you use actually makes a huge difference and from now on i'll be using the Super Smooth card from Lili of the Valley/Craftwork Cards. Also Prismacolor pencils are magic and really make your image pop so i'm going to start playing with mine more. The main thing I learnt from the day though is to always colour dark to light as this means you keep your highlight.

Anyway here's the images we coloured during the day. We started off with a cute wintery James Bear, which i've now purchase to use on my Christmas cards lol. We practiced blending dark to light on his fur (Terracotta, Apricot, Saffron, Vanilla) and then used Prismacolor pencils to add depth.



Next up was this little boy with his sailing boat. We used this image to practice colouring skin (Apricot, Saffron, Ivory, Pastel Pink) and hair (Terracotta, Saffron, Vanilla). They also showed us how adding a touch of Putty and Almond to the sail adds a bit of dimension rather than leaving it plain white.



After lunch we coloured Love Grows which was quite tricky as there's lots of small areas and detail. To help simplify it though we stuck to only using a few colours (i.e. brown, red and green). We had the opportunity to turn this image into a card or colour another image, which is what I chose to do and then made the card at home last night instead.





Lastly I coloured the gorgeous Rosie Posy which required using the blender to fade the colours to white. Again i've used Prismacolor pencils to add depth. We were shown how to add rosy cheeks to our characters without making them look like clowns by adding small triangles of pink in line with the top of their ears.



I'm soo proud of how all these images have turned out and can't wait to start colouring some of my uninked stamps...

Commissioned Valentine's Card

My work colleague asked me to make a Valentine's card for his fiance and I was really touched so wanted to make it extra special. The only guidance he gave me was that it should be pink and cartoon type characters would be okay. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to use one of my cute squares from Lili of the Valley - the rest came together quite easily and I was really proud of the finished card. I really love this style and use Bev as my inspiration (check out the stunning cards on her blog).





The flowers wouldn't fit in a normal envelope so I made a matching box tied with pink satin ribbon for the card to be given in instead.



Supplies
Image - Love & Romance Cute Squares from Lili of the Valley
Papers - Madly In Love by Die Cuts With a View
Cardstock - Core'dinations
Sentiment - Stamp Calendars by Lili of the Valley
Ticket - Whimsy Shapeology Ticket Die & Ticket Sentiments Stamp Set
Punch - Lace Hearts by Martha Stewart
Roses - www.iamroses.com
Pearls - Nail Gems from Poundland
Ribbon - Pink Satin Ribbon from The Range
Card Blank - 148mm Square Scalloped Cards from Craftwork Cards


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

• The Crafty Pad - Challenge 109, Red, Pink and Black


• Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Love Is In The Air


• I Did It Creations - Challenge 43, Anything Goes


• Crafty Calendar - Challenge 17, Love


• Little Claire's - Challenge 1, Anything Goes


• Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C75, Use Dies


• Digi Doodle Shop - Challenge 47, Anything Goes


• Lili of the Valley - Challenge 84, Favourite Colours


• By The Cute & Girly Challenges - Red Is All Around Us


• Creative Cottage - Challenge 33, Fabulous Florals


• Craft Your Passion - Challenge 45, Pink

Purple Engagement Card

My friend has just got home from Thailand where her boyfriend proposed to her. They're a lovely couple and i'm so pleased for them - plus she's asked me to be a bridesmaid and make all her invitations! I've made this card for them using a ring design and lettering cut out on my Robo. I stuck loads of tiny pearls everywhere as i'm a bit obsessed with them at the moment...



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

• Alota Rubber Stamps - Challenge 39, Glitter and Pearls


• Alphabet Challenge Blog - L for Lace

Commissioned Wedding Card

I was asked to make this card by a lovely women at work for her nephew's wedding. The sweet image i've used is from the new Tilda Wedding collection and the stunning mulberry paper roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I spritzed almost everything with Glimmer Mist to create a gorgeous shimmery, pearlised finish and made a pretty matching box for it to be given in.


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

• Wild Orchid Crafts - Challenge 1, Say It With Flowers


• Totally Papercrafts - Challenge 24, Swirls & Pearls


• Craftalicious - Challenge 3, Cute


• Creative Card Crew - Challenge 54, To Die For


• Your Next Stamp - Challenge 20, Flower Power


• Paper Sundaes - Challenge 26, Lots Of Layers


• Cowgirl's Sunday - Sherbet & Ice Cream Colours


• Allsorts - Challenge 60, July Love

Yay this card won Cowgirl's Sunday Challenge here.

New Baby Girl Card

A family friend had a baby girl last week and we're going round to see them at the weekend, so i've made her this card. I brought the decoupage ages ago in preparation but then wasn't too sure what to do with it! It's quite busy for me but i'm pleased with how it's turned out - the little shoe charm is so cute and the roses very appropriate.