Polkadoodles 'My Hero'

Well happy Friday folks I hope you are all doing okay.  What have you been making since my last post?  I have been a little slow on the creative side this past week.  Operation 'craft room makeover' is still underway.  What with work and wanting to sit and actually colour the packing away of my stash is proving to be a slow process.  I have actually packed up in boxes all my Christmas craft bits as I figured I will have a month or two before I make a start on all the Crimbo madness, so that's something I suppose.

Anyway, I did manage to get finished my DT make for this weeks new Polkadoodles challenge.  The challenge for the DT this week was 'my hero' and the romantic in me thought immediately about the beautiful 'Rose Budd' collection with all those period style backgrounds and images.  I didn't want to just print and colour an image I wanted to make a little scene so I used one of the many background choices and added in a couple of the characters.  Then a light bulb moment happened and thought I wanted to bring it to life a little more.  Yes I could have just coloured them up and it would have been fine but I wanted to add some depth to my card.  So I thought I would do a little 3d decoupage.  I haven't used this technique in such a long time and I admit it can be a little time consuming but so worth it in the end when you see the effect it gives.  I've tried to take a few photos to show you the result.  Sadly I'm no photographer but I hope you get the gist.

Images:  'Miss Millicent' and 'Jeremiah' from the 'Rose Budd' download collection

Background printed onto Ultimate Graphic paper

Medium:  copics

Okay so I'm going to share a few closer shots so hopefully you can see the layers.  I must have printed off at least 7 layers of each image.  I think I may have a go with another image but take process photos and then you can see how I did it.  I'm kicking myself that I didn't think of it when doing this card but it's too late now so I'll have to do it again.

Copics used

Skin:  E41, E51, E53, E33

Greens:  BG90, BG93, BG96, BG99

Blue:  B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Hair:  E53, E55, E57, E59 and E42, E43, E44, E47, E49

Okay so that's all from me today peeps.  Don't forget there is a new challenge over at Polkadoodles so still plenty of time to enter and it's always an 'Anything Goes' theme so real easy to enter and fab prizes to be had.

I've managed to grab a day off today so I'm off to sneak in a little crafty time, but first I have to try and fix my printer as it's playing up, so wish me luck.  It may be time for a new one lol.

Take care folks, happy crafting and stay safe.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Challenges I would like to enter:-

A bit more time to craft  -  anything goes

The Creative Crafters (Challenge 29)  -  anything goes

Crafters Castle  -  anything goes

Crafty Friends (Challenge 137)  -  anything goes

Colour Crazy challenge (Week 24)  -  anything goes

A box full of flowers!

Hello you lovely lot and a very happy Friday to you all.  Gosh hasn't the weather been amazing.  I mean it's been a little unbearable to work in but hey you can't have everything I suppose.

So I had an order for a pop-up box and the remit was gardening and wild flowers so this is what I came up with.  

I hunted through my stash as I had no gardening stamps to speak of and found a sheet of Dufex decoupage I'd forgotten I had and used that for the toppers.  I used a mix of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts but instead of using acetate to attach them to the box I used green craft wire to resemble the stems and also it mean't I could bend them into the correct position.

   

A little section added on the reverse for somewhere to write your greeting.  I toyed with the idea of making a little pocket with pull out tag ... may just do that next time.

Okay folks that all from me today.  I'm off to do a little crafting ... I'm sure I have time to sneak some in before I have to prepare tea!!

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

  

Mouse on Bluebells

Good morning my lovelies, half way through the working week gosh these weeks seem to be flying by lately.

Anyway, I'm here today to share with you my Dies to Dies for DT card and I hope you like it.  I just love bluebells they bring back childhood memories of seeing my nan and granddad and playing in the woods nearby and seeing a carpet of bluebells on a warm spring day.  My card today was made using a gorgeous stamp from Wild Rose Studio called 'Mouse on Bluebells' and when I first set eyes on it I immediately knew I wanted to decoupage up all the flowers so that's what I did.  I coloured it with my copics and teamed it up with some beautiful Prima 'Princess' papers - these are gorgeous so soft and pretty.

Image:  Wild Rose Studio 'Mouse on Bluebells'

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Everyday Moments' by Simonne Clay

Papers:  Prima 'Princess'

Dies:  Cheery Lynn 'Ivy Corner Flourish', Memory Box 'Puffy Clouds'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress Ink pad

Copics/Promarkers List

Bluebells:  BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29/R00, R20, R81

Mouse/Present:  Ice Gray 1, Ice Gray 3, Ice Gray/R81, R83, R85, R39

Grass:  YG11, YG13, YG63, YG67

W5, W7 for extra shading

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Papertake Weekly  -  anything goes

Creative Inspirations  -  lovely lace

Okay, enjoy the rest of your day folks and catch up with you soon.

Take care.
Ann-Marie 
xxx

Apple of my Eye

Hello everyone and a happy Sunday to you all.  The summer holidays are going well at the moment the kiddies have yet to mutter those fatal words "I'm bored" so that's good.  We've been having a few lovely dry days so they've been able to get out in the garden.  Not sure the neighbours at the bottom of the garden are glad about it with the amount of balls that have gone their way in the past two days so no doubt they're praying for rain!!!

Anyway, I just thought I would share with you some gorgeousness of the Whimsy variety today.  I've made a sort of picture frame, well really its a small square 6 x 6 canvas and rather than use the front I turned it over and used the back of it.  I used a stamp from the beautiful stamp set 'Apple of my Eye' by Monika Martinson which was from the newest July release and can be purchased from the Whimsy Store HERE.  Its a lovely set and really versatile and there's some great sentiments in it too and I've used one on my frame.

 

Lets get a couple of piccies up to show you:- 

 

I covered the whole thing with papers.  They're ones I've printed off at some point so got a feeling they're NitWits but not 100% sure.  It was quite a challenge getting them folded neatly around the edges.  Added some ribbon, lace and pearls to pretty it up some and a few flowers.

 

I decided the stamp was crying out to be layered and I've seen Mariska's gorgeous works of art and followed her tutorial here.  I must say its quite time consuming but well worth the effort.

Image:  'Apple of my Eye' by Monika Martinson for Whimsy Stamps

Medium:  copics

Papers:  NitWits?

Ribbon/Lace:  The Ribbon Girl

Flowers:  a mixture of The Ribbon Girl, WOC and stash

Dies:  Spellbinders 'fancy tags', Marianne Design Creatables bird house

Copics used

Flowers:  R81, R83, R85, R59, Y17

Leaves:  G20, G24, YG63, YG67

Branches:  E31, E33, E35, E37, E29

 

Challenges I would like to enter:-

 

My Mum's Craft Shop  -  summer sun

 

Simon Says Stamp  -  anything goes

 

Cute Card Thursday  -  anything goes

 

A Little Bit Crafty  -  summery sun

 

Right time for me to go I think but before I do just want to say a big thank you for dropping by it really is very much appreciated. 

 

Enjoy your day folks, take care.

Ann-Marie

xxx