Tommy Gunn - keepin' it Gangsta!

Hello - its Sunday once again... don't these weekends come and go far too quickly!

Today's card for Dr Digi is using Tommy Gunn just because I have never used him before and thought he should be coloured.  I tried to think of a pun to go with him and searched the internet but although I found many that made me laugh - they weren't suitable for general consumption! So instead I went with a black and gold theme.

I covered a base card with Brick pattern paper from Docrafts Mr Smiths workshop collections. I die cut the skyline from Black and gold and glued them together slightly of line to look like a light glow. I have used a black and gold tag from Noir De Luxe collection from Craftworks Card and also a matching paper bow. 

I have also used gold pen on the image and some glaze on his brogues!

I have used these promarkers and flexmarkers to colour Tommy - 

Skin - Antique White, Blush, Soft Peach, Coral & Spice

Hair - Chestnut, Henna & Saddle brown.

Suit - Black, Ice greys 1 to 5 

Gun and violin case - Blue Grey 3 to 5 

Tie & flower - Cerise, Tropical Orchid & Wild Orchid with Grass on the leaf.

Powder blue to shade the white areas.

Hope you like him and I'd love to know if you can think of any witty greetings for him!

Liz (:(|)x

Using new toys at I Love Promarkers Challenge.

This week’s theme is at the I Love Promarkers Challenge blog is  Anything Goes.

Our sponsors is  KennyK  and you could get more new things with the prize of 3 Images of your choice. There are loads of bold, cheeky and fun digi stamps and clear stamp sets and even better it’s  30% OFF your first purchase with code MYFIRSTPURCHASE.

I have used an image called Socialite 1920'S Flapper and I have used my new Die-namics double stitched oval die that my Hubby bought me for Christmas. 

I covered a base card with foiled gold arrow paper from My Minds Eye My Story collection. I coloured the image using Promarkers and then die cut around it using my new Die-namics double stitched oval die. I used a gold pen and some diamond stickles to added detail to the Image. I picked a tag from the Noir De Luxe tag pad from Craftworks Cards and attached it with 3d foam and placed a pink resin flower at the top. I added some ribbon from American Crafts and topped it off with a a paper black and gold bow from the same Craftworks Card collection.

I used these promarkers and flexmarkers -
Skin - Antique White, Blush, Soft Peach, Coral, Spice and Magenta lips.
Jacket and Hat -  Fresh Bloom, Budding Rose, Dusky Rose & Antique pink.
Hair - Chestnut.
Dres & Gloves - Tan and Champagne.
Flower - Magenta & Baby Pink
Power blue shading on the collar & cuffs.

I hope you like my creation with this image and my use of my new dies. Can't wait to see what new toys you have got for christmas or maybe bought in the sales!!
Liz (:(|)x

Sundae Sue

Morning all - I have Bagsy'd the brand new images being released today for my card using Sundae Sue. There are matching papers and a separate Sundae glass too which I have used to create a little gift tag. I can just picture her in a Diner with her can of squirty cream being all flirty with the customers!! You can find all the new releases HERE at the Dr Digi shop

 I have used the matching papers in pink and mounted them on black card. I stuck a little scrap black spotty paper in the bottom corner as a floor for Susie to stand on. I added a little pink spotty ribbon and punched a circle from gold card that I attached the Craftwork Cards greeting to. I then added SWEET in big gold American Craft Thickers. I have also used a little diamond stickles on both the card and the tag. To the tag I also added a button where the cherry is and attached some twine to the button.

 I used these promarkers and flexmarkers -
Skin - Antique White, Blush, Soft Peach, Coral & Spice.
Hair -  Buttercup, Pineapple crush & Sleigh bells.
Dress - Baby pink, Carmine & Magenta, Powder blue & Bluebell.
On the Sundae - I also used Poppy and Eggnog.

Hope you like these new images as much as I do!!
See you soon,
Liz (:(|)x

Wise Dragon

Morning - Today sees the start of a new challenge at I love promarkers and the theme is Spots and / or stripes. The sponsor and generous prize provider is Fabrika Fantasy  and I have used an image called Wise Dragon. 

I kept the layout simple and cut four identical panels from My Favourite things Just delightful Painted prints citrus collection. I drew around these with a thin black marker pen. I die cut the image using a sizzix tag die and mounted this onto black card. I used some matching twine that was in my stash! I thought the whole tag could be removed from the card and used as a bookmark. The stamped creating was from My Favourite Things - Magical Unicorn Stamps.

I used these promarkers and flexmarkers to colour the image -
Dragon - Lime Zest, Lime Green, Pear Green & Peacock.
Books - Gold & Summer sun, Orange, Sky Blue & Indigo blue, Pages - Pastel Beige.
Warm Grey 1,3,4 & 5.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges -
Aurora Wings - Fantasy
Cards in envy - for the kids
Connie Can Crop - Bookworm
Crafty Hazelnuts patterned Paper - ATG with patterned paper.
Dragons Lair - Books or paper

All for now from me - Be back later,
Liz (:(|)x

Where're we goin?

Hello -
The new challenge begins at The Paper Shelter today and the theme is Holidays. I have wanted to colour this image for a while as I think its really pretty so today you see Where're we goin . 
This is the first time I have coloured an image using Prismacolor pencils and I think I am in love with them! My thought process went a little like this.... Holiday... travel... postcards... luggage tags.... kraft...and the only thing that will colour on Kraft is Pencils. So I jumped right to it and just gave them a go. I'm very happy with the result considering I've never used them before. 

I used patterned paper from Simple Stories Vintage Bliss collection which I trimed the edge from a 6x6 piece and used the spare at the bottom. To cover the gap I used some lace and a strip of watercolor wash paper from My Favourite things. I used the same paper in an embossing folder to create the Postcard. I used the same lace to add detail to the tag and glued a co-ordinating resin flower to cover the join. The heart stickers and Enjoy Tag are from the same Simple storied collection. The final little detail I added was to used a Gold pen to colour the corners of the case and the buckles.

There are great prizes at The Paper Shelter challenge - 

I would like to enter this card into these challenges -
Crazy Challenge  - Lace
Crafting from the Heart -  ATG
Craft your passion - ATG
Crafty Hazelnuts patterned paper - ATG 
Bastel-traum - Journey / Vacation
The Ribbon Girl - ATG 
A Gem of a challenge - Kraft
Creative Corner - ATG
Simply Papercraft - ATG

All from me for today -
Back soon,
Liz (:(|)x
 
 

Stamping Bella Christmas labels.

This is the final post of christmas cards... I think anyway! These are two cards I made with Uptown girls Chrystal's christmas label from Stamping Bella. 

The first card I made for a cousin who we always give Money too rather than buy presents so the gold tag has a little pocket at the bottom to slip notes into. I used a sizzix die to cut the tag and fussy cut around the image.

I created the pocket by sticking some Doodlebug paper on the diagonal and then attached the image to the top. The red snowflake paper and the Holly paper below are also from Doodlebug North Pole collection. I used some green ribbon and tied the snowflake button to it and then used Doodlebug letters to personalise the card with the name "Gemma".

On both cards I used Star dust stickles on the fluffy bits of her dress and hat. I also used a white gel pen to add reflection to the candy cane and also gold pen on her belt and the little bow. On this card I added some red ric rac ribbon and a holly die cut with some red gems for the berries.

I used the same promarkers and flexmarkers on both cards -
Skin - Antique White, Blush, Soft peach, Coral & Spice with Baby pink cheeks.
Dress - Poppy, Ruby & Cardinal Red.
Hair - Buttercup, Pineapple Crush, Sleigh Bells & Raw Sienna.
Belt - Ice Grey 3, 4 & 5
Powder Blue shading.

Right - few birthday cards for you catch up on but Ill not overload you at once! Don't want you getting bored of me!!
Take Care,
Liz (:(|)x

We Three Kings.

Morning everyone. It's my turn to showcase another image from Dr Digi and today I have used We three Kings. This is such a fun image to colour and use on a card. You don't tend to get Carol singers anymore which is a bit of a shame as its such a Christmas tradition and I love a good sing somg.

I kept with the musicial theme and used various themed papers - all from an old pad of American Crafts. I used a tag die to cut the snowflake paper which I had stamped with the saying from KaiserCraft. I used some green ribbon from my stash to attach to the tag. 

I used these promarkers & flexmarkers to colour the image -

Skin - Spice, Coral, Soft Peach, Blush & Antique white. Baby Pink cheeks. 

Books, Bear hat & deer stalker hat - Raw Sienna & Cocoa. 

Cardinal red, Ruby & Poppy

Rock Pool & Denim blue

Pine & Emerald green. 

Sorry its a quick post but I have soooo much to do... and I've still not made the family cards!! 

Hope your all well and have a great day. 

Liz  (:(|)x

Spells for beginners.

Morning All, its Wednesday so its time for a new challenge over at I Love Promarkers.
This weeks theme is ANYTHING GOES so no excuses not to play along and even better you could win some Dr Digi images - which you all know I love!

 

The image I've used is called Spells for Beginners. I was inspired to use the Kraft and gold from the Tag You're it challenge and, somewhat unusually for me, I have used quite muted and pastel tones.

The Gold velum is from Allison Kreft and both the Dotty and striped papers in the pale pink and grey are from My Minds Eye Chalk Studio. I used a sizzix tag die to cut both the papers and then used a diamante brad to hold the Green chevron ribbon in place.
I have used a rub on greeting to say Happy Birthday which is from Pebbles. The other touches of gold are a thin washi tape which I bought from Hobbycraft.
To add a little bit more detail - I put some glaze on the ball at the top of his staff which I then sprinkled with Cosmic shimmer to make it glisten. I also used a little gold pen to add shine to his spell book.

I used these promarkers & Flexmarkers to colour the image -
Skin - Antique White, Blush, Soft Peach, Coral & Spice.
Beard -  Warm Greys
Eyes - Frozen Lake
Book & Ball - Aniseed, Lime Zest & Pear Green
Belt & Hat detail - Cerise, Baby pink & Antique Pink. 
Cloak & Staff - Tan, March Hare & Raw Sienna

 
I'd like to enter this card into these challenges - 
Tag You're it - Inspiration (2w)
A gem of a challenge - spots & stripes. (2w)
Crazy 4 Challenges - Costumes (M)
Disdigidesign - To cute to spook (2w)

Hope you like my Wizard and don't forget to get your creations entered into the challenge!
Take Care,
Liz (:(|)x

  

Love from Pig

Hello - Thought I would do a quick post for this card that I made recently for the Boyf's birthday.

His pet name for me is Pig (in an affection way like Babe the pig in the film - not in the fat greedy way??! Although I do like to trough down on cake and chocolate!)

This image was perfect for his card and is called Birthday Pig with Balloon from Gerda Steiner Designs. This image was free and there are several others that are on offer also but they are all such lovely crisp images - I know I am going to become a regular customer!

The striped background paper is from My Minds Eye - Black & Grey necessities and the blue spot is washi tape from Queen & co. I hand cut a tag from Kraft card and tied some black ribbon through the punched hole. After I had coloured the image I added some glaze to the balloon and sprinkled some cosmic shimmer glitter into it. I then used 3D foam to attach the image to the tag and used Peels off & Doodlebug letters to create the sentiment. I also added an enamel Heart from Hobbycraft and a few co-ordinating enamel dots.

I coloured Pig in with Baby pink, Cocktail pink & Salmon pink pro/flexmarkers.
I used Powder blue, Sky & Azure on the balloon and Turquoise, lime & canary on his hat.
I also used a little warm grey to add some shading.

It's a simple card but really please with how effective it has turned out and will def be using more of these fab images.

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

Just us girls - photo inspiration - black stripes
Tuesday Throwdown - CAS 

Through the craft room door - ATG 
Craft your passion -ATG 
Di's Digi designs challenge - animals acting like humans.
Craft-dee bowz - handmade bow. 
Chocolate coffee & cake - celebration

Right off to get some food...
See you all soon,
Liz (:(|)x

Party Poopers.

 I made this card for the latest I Love Promarkers Challenge using images from the sponsor Eureka Stamps. This is one of the digi images called - Party Poopers.   Click on the link to take you to the image.

I'm not sure why I choose this image as I am not very good at colouring Fur but I love Dogs and just thought this was a really fun image. I based my Dogs and colouring on a Little Mutt, Alsatian, A grey Scruff, Doberman, Labrador and Dalamatian - Not sure I managed but you get the jist!

The theme of the challenge this week is TAGS - So I went with the party theme and added a tag as a Shaker embellishment using Acetate and putting behind it lots of multi-coloured sequins and glitter.
The background paper is from Doodlebug and the red tag paper is from Bazzill Basics. Tag I die cut using a Sizzix die which I removed the middle from. The ribbon I just had in my stash?!  The Happy Birthday is from Pebbles and the black letters are also from Doodlebug. I added a little glaze to the Pooches noses to make them appear wet.
The Grass is cut using a Joy Of Crafts Die.

I used the following Promarkers to colour the dogs -
Dalmatian - Cool grey 1 & 5
Golden Retriver - Sleigh bells, Pineapple crush, Eggnog & Raw sienna. Cocktail pink & blush.
Alsatian - Auburn, Saddle brown, Chestnut, Cocoa, Warm grey 5, Fire wood & Umber.
Grey mutt - Blue greys. Cocktail pink & Antique pink
Doberman - Warm grey 4 & 5, Black, Spice & Amber.
Little Mutt - Amber, spice, Tawny owl, Satin & Grey Squirrel. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges -
Top Tip Tuesday - Animals - **Tip - Add a little glue to the cut end of ribbon to stop it fraying, **
Sister Act Challenge - AATG.
Eureka Stamps - Shaker Cards.
Sparkle & Shine - Picture Inspiration (Interpretation - Shaker card)
Crafty Boots Challenge - Ribbon
Digi Sketch Challenge - Animals
The Stamping Boutique - Die Cut
Crafty Ribbon - Animals
Southern Girls - Animal Crackers.

Right Woofers - Time for me to crack on - Lots to do today,
Have a good one.
Lilibet (:(|)x