'Tress Skating' in monochrome

Happy Wednesday everyone, yeah half way through the week already.  I'm hoping its going to be a fairly nice weekend as it would be lovely to get out and about in the New Forest and it has nothing to do at all with the obligatory New Forest ice cream treat we always have after one of our walks, but what I will say is there are quite a few flavours I have yet to test for them and to not try every one would be just plain rude!!!!

Anyhow moving on, I'm sharing with you my Dies to Dies For card today and I used the cute Make it Crafty stamp 'Tress Skating' and I decided upon some gorgeously gorgeous Authentique papers called 'Elegant' and I thought if I coloured her up all monochrome it would compliment the papers lovely and I also added in a little splash of blue just to tie it all in.

Items Used

Image:  Make it Crafty 'Tress Skating'

Medium:  copics/promarkers

Papers:  Authentique 'Elegant'

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

My Mind's Eye enamel dots - Now & Then - 'Izzy Happenings'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

A closer look isn't she a real cutie.

Copics/Promarker list

Ice Grey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and copic black 100

BG000, BG01, BG05

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Creative Inspirations  -  spring flowers

Simon Says Stamp  -  anything goes

That's all from me today folks, enjoy your day and I'll catch up with you later.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

'The Messenger'

Good morning my lovelies from a rather dull and dismal Monday morning here but I'm hoping it will at least brighten up a little as I don't really relish the thought of getting another soaking on the school run later.  

Anyway just popping in as I wanted to share with you a card I have made using a Whimsy Stamps Cathy Delanssay image called 'The Messenger'.  She has been coloured up using copics in another one of my fave colour combos and I just so love this colour hair at the moment.

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'The Messenger' by Cathy Delanssay

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Vintage Frames' by Raindrop Echo Designs

Medium:  copics

Papers:  Bildmalarna Sweet Tones 'Sweet Tones' and 'Music from my Heart'

Dies/punches:  Spellbinders 'Romantic Rectangles', Martha Stewart branch punch

A close up of the image.  Seriously folks she is a beauty and I really enjoyed colouring her up.

Copic Colours

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11 + W3

Hair:  E11, E13, E15, E29

Dress:  BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Weathervane:  W3, W5, W7

Okay time for me to toodle on off now but thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

  

Missing You

Good afternoon my lovelies and a very happy Wednesday to you.  I do hope you all had a fabby Easter and managed to sneak a little choccy I know I did!  Well the kiddiewinkles are back at school now and its very very quiet here, dare I say it but I actually think I prefer the noise!

Anyway, I'm popping in quickly to share with you my Dies to Die For dt card.  This time I decided to use a real sweetie of an image the cute CC Designs Drozy's Darlings 'Missing You' and used the yummy papers Prima 'Stationer's Desk' which decided the colours for my image.  

Items Used

Image:  CC Designs Drozy's Darlings 'Missing You'

Sentiment:  Clearly Whimsy 'Simple Sentiments'

Papers:  Prima 'Stationers Desk'

Dies:  Cheery Lynn 'Ivy Flourish Corner

Owl Charm

MME Record It All Things Chalk enamel dots

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

A quick close up of the image.  I also covered the moon and star in Glamour Dust - well it just had to be done and it looks all twinkly I think you can just about make it out in the piccie.

Copic List

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11 + W3

Hair:  E50, E53, E57, E49

Dress/Shoes:  R32, R35, R37, R59 + W7

Moon/Star/shadow:  W0, W1, W3, W5, W7

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Creative Inspirations  -  cute characters

My Mum's Craft Shop  -  anything goes

Sweet Stampin  -  lots of layers

Stamping Sensations  -  use punches and/or dies

Right that's all from me today, off to go change into my comfy and DRY clothes after getting thoroughly soaked doing the school run.  I do so hope the nice weather returns soon, although I won't hold my breath on that one!

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Birthday Wishes

Good morning my lovelies and wishing you all a very happy Wednesday from a gorgeous sunshiny Bournemouth.

Today I am quickly popping in to share my Dies to Die For dt card with you.  I decided to use the gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers 'Chalk Studio 2' and I do love these folks.  I love the fact that I have only used one sheet of paper and just teamed it with the adorable Tiddly Inks 'Birthday Wishes' image.  I didn't want to cover up any of the paper really so just made a pennant from card coloured with the same copics I used to colour the image, stamped a black pennant from Whimsy's 'Celebration Pennants' sentiment set and cut it out.  I didn't think my card really needed much else so no flowers added today peeps. 

Image:  Tiddly Inks 'Birthday Wishes'

Medium:  copics

Papers:  My Mind's Eye 'Chalk Studio 2'

Pennant:  Whimsy 'Celebration Pennants' stamp set

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

A close up of the cutie pie image, isn't she sweet and so easy to colour.

Copics used

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair:  E31, E35, E37, E29

Dress/Shoes:  BG11, BG13, BG15 + W3 for added shadow

Cake:  R81, R83 + W3 for added shadow

Okay that's all from me today, I hope you enjoy your day folks.

Take care, 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

ABC Challenges - J for 'Just as you Like'

Hello everyone and wishing a very happy Tuesday to you all.  

Well its the 15th of the month folks so its time for another new challenge over ABC Challenges and we have moved on to the letter J so that is J for Just as you Like (anything goes) and we are being sponsored by both Marianne Designs and The Ribbon Girl for this challenge.

Okay so my creation this time is something a little bit different.  I've used the new Whimsy Mini Chalkboard sentiments set by Simonne Clay and as soon as I saw these I knew I wanted to make a mini chalkboard so that's what I did and so love the finished card.

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Mini Chalkboard sentiments' by Simonne Clay

Pennants:  Whimsy Stamps 'Celebration Pennants'

Flowers:  The Ribbon Girl and Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies:  Whimsy Stamps 'Garden Flowers' die set by Raindrop Echo Design

I inked up the sentiment with white ink and then heat embossed with some sparkly embossing powder.  I made the pennant from the 'Celebration Pennants' sentiment set and just stamped it on to pattered paper and cut it out.  I then added a few flowers and some black foliage using a die from the new Whimsy Garden Flower dies set which I love and is so delicate looking and my card was finished.

A closer look at the fab sentiment.  This set is so useful there's a little bit of everything in there for you from Birthday to Halloween.

Okay that's all from me today peeps.  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by it is very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and happy crafting my lovelies.

Take care. 
Ann-Marie
xxx

'Something Sweet' - Whimsy April FB Challenge

Hello my lovelies I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday and its a lovely sunny one here today too.

Well I'm popping in quickly to share with you my make for the Whimsy April Facebook challenge which this time is 'Something Sweet'.  So with Easter only a week away my take on the 'something sweet' was to make an Easter basket teamed with a sweet image.  I used the gorgeous Time for Tea 'Pretty Petals' coloured with copics together with the 'Sweet' word die by Simonne Clay. 

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Pretty Petals' by Time for Tea Designs

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Sweet' word die by Simonne Clay

Medium:  copics

Papers:  Tilda 'Wintergarden'

A quick close up of the gorgeous image isn't she a sweetie pie and lovely to colour to.  I decided to make all my own flowers for a change so set to work with a few punches.  I punched out all the flower shapes from plain old photocopier paper and then coloured them with the same copics as I used for the image, embossed them all a little, spritzed them with 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist and then layered them up. 

Copics List

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30

Hair:  E31, E33, E35, E37, E49

Clothes/Shoes:  RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29/BG10, BG13, BG15

W3 for added shadow

Challenges I would like to enter:

Papertake Weekly - spring has sprung

Simon Says Stamp  -  Happy Easter and/or sweet treats

Crafty Ribbons challenge  -  flower power

Cute Card Thursday  -  Easter

Allsorts challenge  -  spring blossoms

Sweet Stampin  -  flowers

Stamping Sensations  -  use dies and/or punches

Okay don't forget you've plenty of time to join in with our April FB challenge HERE we'd love to see your 'Something Sweet' creations.  Right time for me to go feed the monsters (hubby included!).

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

"Yuki"

Hello everyone and a happy Wednesday to you all.  Well with it being Wednesday that means it's my turn to share with you my Dies to Die for DT card.

For my post I decided to make my favourite style of card as it's been a few weeks and was about time I made one, so I have a criss cross card to share with you today.  I had a play with the sweet image from Saturated Canary called "Yuki" and I love all her layers of clothes.  She has been coloured up using a mixture of copics and promarkers.  The gorgeous papers which were the inspiration for my colour combo are Echo Park "Birthday Girl" and the elements on my card and the inside section have been cut from one of the sheets too.  I love it when you have added elements to use as it brings the card together lovely.

Items Used

Image:  Saturated Canary "Yuki" for Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Papers:  Echo Park "Birthday Girl"

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Copics/Promarker list

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30
Clothes:  Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sunflower/R81, R83, R85/
YG11, YG13, YG63, YG67
Hair/Shoes:  E43, E47, E49
W3 for added shadow

Challenges I would like to enter:

My Mum's Craft Shop  -  anything goes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge  -  anything goes with ribbon

Stamping Sensations  -  use dies and/or punches

Really don't think the mob would appreciate not getting any tea tonight so best go and rustle up some culinary delight!

Thank you for stopping by.

Take care, 
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

In a line - ABC DT

Hello everyone and a happy Tuesday and 1st April peeps!

Okay so as its the 1st I am here with my creation for the new challenge that is up over on the ABC Challenges and today's letter is I so that is I for In a Line and we have a board up for you to choose a line from so just pick your favourite combination and craft away folks.   



We are being sponsored by Sherri Baldy for this challenge and you can be in with a chance of winning 5 'Bestie' digis.





Right for my card I followed the line 'Pearls, lace and flowers' but went fairly clean and simple with my card.  My image has been coloured using copics and it seems my new favourite colour combination.  

  Copics List

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30 + W3 for extra shadow
Hair:  E41, E43, E47, E49
Clothes/Shoes:  BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29/R81, R83, R85

Okay that's all from me today, I hope you can join in with us over on the challenge it would be lovely to see you there.  Have a great day.

Take care, 
Ann-Marie 
xxx