All Dressed Up Cool Dude

Wow - don't the months fly by at the moment... Its def time for me to be in full flow christmas making season... every year I promise myself I will make Christmas crafts all year around to be ready but it has yet to actually happen!!

So It is time for a new challenge to be launched at All Dressed Up stamps. And here is my DT creation using Cool Dudes. 
There is loads of inspiration over at the blog page and on the facebook group. You can enter the month long challenge with any creation using an All Dressed Up image to win more of the fabulous images by designer Wendy Burns. 

The background scene is from Simple Stories Snow Fun collection and I have created a frame using the different shades of Blue Bazzill card stock. The Ticket is also from Simple Stories. I added my coloured image using 3d foam and then I used some Frantage embossing powder (Which I still don't quite have the hang of!!) to look like snow over the whole piece. I added some wooden snowflakes to keep it more masculine and used some liquid pearls to and some snowy dots. Finally I used some glaze pen on the googles to give them a reflection.

I used these promarkers and flexmarkers to colour the image -
Skin - Usual!
Pants - Cornflower blue, Denim & powder blue
Red, Poppy, Ruby & Cardinal
Top - Lime green, pear green & Marsh green.
Hoody & gloves - Sky blue, Egyptian blue & Indigo blue
Dog - Ice grey 1, 3 & 5.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges -
Ellibells creative Moments - Outdoor scene with a critter/ creature
Dream valley - Winter birthday.
Scrapbook stamp society - Frame it
Sparkle & Sprinkle - Use embossing powder
Allsorts - Feature a creature
Send a smile 4 kids - Happy Holidays for children
Colour my heart - colour challenge.

Thanks for coming by- Liz (:(|)x

Santa Selfie

Morning - I have been busy making Christmas cards and today I am showing you one made with Santa Selfie.
One of the things I love most about Dr Digi image is that they are great for the Men in our lives. So often its hard to find images for the boys that are not too cute or stereotypical "Masculine"  like cars and sports. Dr Digi allows me to make humorous cards and at the mo I am loving the wood effect backgrounds and elements - which go perfectly with the Dr Digi guys.

The papers are from Simple Stories Snow days and I have die cut snowflakes from Vellum using Lawn Fawn dies. I have also added some wooden embellishments that are from Do Crafts (I think?)

I've included the next picture to show the shimmer and snowy effect I have tried to add using Sakura Glaze and Souffle pens along with Stickles and using Powder Blue Promarker to add shading. 

I have used these promarkers and flexmarkers to colour Santa -
Skin - Antique white, blush, soft peach, coral, Spice & Cocktail pink cheeks
Pants - Red, Poppy, Ruby & Cardinal red.
Shirt - Linen with gold buttons
Braces, Boots, Mobile & Hat - Warm Grey 1,2 4 & 5
Scarf - Lime Zest, Lime green & Pear green, Sky blue, arctic blue & indigo blue.
Stick arm - Sandstone, Burnt Umber & Cocoa
Snowman - Powder blue.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges -
Christmas cards all year - Santa
Gem of a challenge - Snowflake
Crafty Catz - Snowflakes.
Creative fingers - ATG
Unicorn challenge - Snowflakes

Thanks for popping in,
Liz (:(|)x