Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #50

Hello!  Well here we are with my first DT entry for our "Anything Goes" Challenge at Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends in 2017!

I had great fun with this one!  We have two amazing sponsors for this challenge and I was lucky enough to get this gorgeous "Ducklings In the Rain" image from Sasayaki Glitter.  I coloured it using a mix of Copics and Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers.

LPOCF Challenges are always great fun so why not pop over and check out all the DT ideas then join in!  There are some fabby prizes to be won too!

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

A Day For Daisies

Sasayaki Glitter

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar
Brown Sugar
Colour Crazy Challenge
Creative Corner
Jo's Scrap Shack
Making Memories Crafting
PDE Linky Party
Polkadoodles
Crafting With An Attitude
Crafty Girls Creations

Crafting With Friends New Challenge!

Hi! It's challenge time again at Crafting With Friends.

I've been lucky enough to have this gorgeous digi from Moonflower to play with!  She's called Sakura Maiden.  I've coloured her using Copics and kept the embellishment on the card quite simple as there is so much lovely detail on the image!

Why not pop on over and join in the challenge!

Busy Day!

Hey! it's been an incredibly busy day today!   World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow!  A very early start and a brilliant day for the junior and senior family members!   And a little celeb TV time too! How very exciting!

And some crafty time!

 

I would like to enter this card in the following:

 

Ellibelles Creative Moments

Little Claire

Scrappers Delights

Brown Sugar

Colour Crazy

Lemon Shortbread

Artistic Impressions

craft Your Passion

 

Crafting With Friends Challenge #24

Hi! Happy Friday!

Challenge #24 at Crafting With Friends opens today.  It's Anything Goes and is sponsored by the fabulous Bugaboo!

I was lucky enough to choose my stamp for my DT entry and I chose Ava Flower Patch.

For a change I decided to do an easel card.  Bugaboo images are such fun to colour!  I loved making this card - such nice bright colours!

 

Why not pop over to Crafting With Friends and join it!

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends New Challenge!

Hi!

Here we are again with a new "Anything Goes" challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends!

This time we have the most gorgeous images from Miss Daisy Stamps!

 

And from Fabrika Fantasy!

 

 

My choice for this challenge is Lulu by Miss Daisy Stamps and she is so lovely (and easy!) to colour.

 

Please take a moment to join us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends and share your talent with some amazing people!

 

There are amazing prizes to be won!

 

I'm also delighted to enter my card in these wonderful challenges!

 

Artistic Inspirations (#159)

Crafting From the Heart (#117)

Craft Your Passion (#317)

Dream Valley (#134)

Love To Scrap (#80)

Glitter N Sparkle (#193)

Ellibelles Creative Moments

Inspiration Destination

Art By Miran

Creative Artiste (#15)

Crafting With An Attitude (#16)

Lemon Shortbread (#17)

Through The Craft Room Door

A Bit More Time to Craft

Crafts Galore Encore

Petal Lu (#16)

 

 

Crafting With Friends Challenge #22

Hello! and Yay! It's Friday!

And not only is it the end of the week, it's also the start of challenge #22 over at Crafting With Friends.  This means Design Team B (including me!) are sharing our creations!

 

Here's mine!   We were lucky to be choosing digi stamps from SheepSki Designs.  Pop on over to Etsy and have a wee look!

 

 

 

I just love Flump in this image! Great fun to colour (especially the ears!)  I used Copics and Polychromos.  Yes, I do seem to be getting into that habit!! But they work so well together.

 

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

A Beautiful Mess (#3)

Creative Artiste (#15)

PDE Linky Party (#126)

Crafts Galore Encore

Die Cut Divas

One Crazy Stamper

Petal Lu (#15)

Sisters Of Craft

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge (#10)

 

 

 

Have a lovely Friday!

It's the June Anything Goes Challenge at Crafting By Designs..

Hello!  I'm delighted to have a Guest Designer slot over at Crafting By Designs for this June Challenge.  Here's my card - great fun colouring this one!

 

It's a lovely day here today - bright sunshine and very warm!  Unfortunately I've been working so missed all of it!

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas (#268)

Lemon Shortbread (#15)

{Pin}spirational (#166)

Through The Craft Room Door

Artistic Inspirations (#157)

Craft Your Passion (#314)

Eureka Stamps (#195)

Our Crafty Corner (#9)

Crafty Friends (#32)

Ellibells Creative Moments

A Beautiful Mess (#3)

 

Because You're So Nice..

Hello!

I'm inspired today by the lovely weather we've had this weekend!  Most of this weekend has been spent outdoors enjoying the garden.   Let's hope the weather lasts!  Although it does feel a bit colder today.

  

 

I've been colouring another Bugaboo digi. Using Copics.  I love this little bear!  Bugaboo digis are great - the are so easy to colour!  And you can always get 50% off the new releases!

 

Here's my card..

 

 

I'm going to enter it in the following challenges..

 

613 Avenue Create

Eclectic Ellapu

Glitter N Sparkle (#190)

Stamping Sensations

Ellibelles Creative Moments

A Beautiful Mess

Art By Miran

Creative Artiste

Jo's Scrap Shack

Simply Papercrafts (#29)

PDE Linky Party (#125)

Jades Sparkling Butterflies

Crafting With An Attitude (#15)

Cre8tive Hands Friends (#7)

 

 

 

 

 

What to do...

... if you don't have a patterned paper to match!

Hello!  It's Monday again! I know I seem to say that so often but I really don't know where the time disappears to.  It's been a busy weekend among crafty friends.. and lots of quality family time. The weather here has been really quite good so we've been enjoying outside time!   The garden is mostly done.. lots of flowers planted. New furniture arrived so we now have a lovely relaxing space to compliment the BBQ space! (photo's to follow when the flowers come out!)

Had a lovely lunch out today and a little bit of work but now it's time to relax.  And what better to relax with than some colouring!   Here's an All Dressed Up digi coloured with Copics and Polychromos.  I probably do have paper that would match (in the never ending stash!) but I thought this was a perfect opportunity to play with my watercolours. Nothing fancy.  I also used Stampendous Chunky White Embossing Enamel and Aged Silver Embossing Enamel to add so texture.

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Artistic Impressions (#157)

Crafting From the Heart (#113)

Craft Your Passion (#313)

Get Creative (#39)

Incy Wincy (Touchy Feely)

Love to Scrap (#78)

Our Crafty Corner (#9)

Glitter N Sparkle (#189)

Robyns Fetish (Pastel Colours)

Hiding In My Craft Room (#251)

Scrappers Delights

A Beautiful Mess (#2)

Brown Sugar (#199)

Crafty Catz (#325)

Creative Fingers (#109)

PDE Linky Party (#124)

Jades Sparkling Butterflies (#19)

Crafty Girls Creations (#19)

Crafting With An Attitude (#15)

 

 

 

Wednesday already!

Hello!  How did it get to be Wednesday already??  This week has just flown in!  And not much crafty time.. and suffering from a lack of mojo.  Been struggling with this card for a couple of days.. not sure why!  I persevered though and here is my card for today...

It's another of the lovely Polkadoodle digis, coloured with Copics and Polychromos.   I just love purple!

I'm going to enter her in the following challenges:

Inspiration Destination (#85)
Lemon Shortbread (#15)
Through The Craft Room Door
Artistic Inspirations (#156)
Crafting From The Heart (#112)
Craft Your Passion (#312)
Love to Scrap (#78)
Our Crafty Corner (#9)
2 Creative Chicks (#10)
A Bit More Time to Craft (#20)
Crafts Galore Encore
Not Just Cards (#32)

A pink balloon!

Hello! Wow, it's Thursday already!  Been a little light on the crafting this week. Sometimes that's just the way things work out.  Been a good week so far though! 

I've been playing with a Bugaboo digi (again!).  I do love these!  And copics (as usual!) and this time I've chosen a pink and green/aqua colour scheme.  Kept the embellishments simple and here she is...

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Crafting With An Attitude (#15)

Cre8tive Hands Friends (#6)

In The Pink (#94)

Through The Purple Haze (#101)

Crafting By Designs (Pink and Girly)

Inspiration Destination (#85)

The Crafty Addicts (#15)

 

 

Soup!

Hi!
Hope you are all having a lovely weekend.  Mine seems to be disappearing! I've been suffering from a lack of focus this weekend. Not sure why!  Maybe because I have too much stuff to play with and I don't know where to start!

I did get some time for a first dabble with Stamp Soup.  There is so much to create from these stamps.  I think I need to do a wee bit of crafty brain re-alignment to let go of my usual boundaries and techniques.  I did play it very safe with my first card.  But I had great fun colouring with Copics and building the images.

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Crafty Friends

Scrappers Delights

A Beautiful Mess

Creative Artiste

Creative Fingers

PDE Linky Party (#122)

 

 

Crafting With Friends Challenge #20

Hello!   What a lovely day! 

I'm delighted to have been offered a position on the Design Team for Crafting With Friends!
The new challenge (#20) launches today and it's Anything Goes.  The DT were lucky to choose from gorgeous Moonflower Digi Stamps.

Here's mine..

She's called Spring Fairy and I've coloured her with Copics and Polychromos.

I hope you like it!  Why not pop over to our challenge blog and join in!

It's beach party time!

Well, actually, no.. not beach party time here in Scotland. Sorry, lol!! But the weather has been ok.. well, in Shorpshire it has! Spent a lovely weekend doing real family stuff with relations from all over coming together for a lovely weekend!   We hired a lovely cottage and just chilled out. Went to visit family and were joined by cousins from all over .. amazing to meet the newest member of the clan at just 5 weeks old! 

So now just enjoying the rest of the bank holiday weekend with a quick make to share.  A Stamping Bella coloured with Copics..

 

I'm going to link to a few challenges as I'm catching up!

 

Come and Get It

Stamping Sensations

A Beautiful Mess (#2)

Art By Miran (#57)

Creative Fingers (#108)

Dragons Lair

PDE Linky Party (#121)

Dragonfly Dreams

 

 

Especially for you!

Hello! Oh I am so glad it's Friday! And it's a long weekend! 

I'm in love with Polkadoodles at the moment. The Winnie digi stamps are gorgeous!  And I'm waiting on an order of all four of the very lovely and creative "Stamp Soup" sets.  I just could not resist!

My card for today is a Winnie coloured with Copics. I'm using up papers I've had for a while.  I taken the inspiration for colouring her from the papers. To be honest, that's what I usually do.  One reason is I just love (to the point of obsession) paper of all descriptions, and the other reason is it's much easier to get a match when you colour (and you let the paper designer do all the hard work finding good colour combos!)

The greeting is from Fabulous Fushias by Clearly Besotted.

Here she is.. a simple card. Not too OTT on embellishments!

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Crafty Girls Creations (#18)

Cre8tive Hands Friends (#5)

Crafty Gals Corner (#69)

Addicted to Stamps and More (#191)

Fresh Brewed Designs

Inspiration Destination (#82)

The Crafty Addicts (#14)

Through the Craftroom Door

 

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

 

Girl with a Bob

Hello Monday! It's a cold and wet day here.  And I'm trying to multi-task between some work, chores to do around the house, and craft.  Never a good combination.  Where does time go? 

I've been playing with some new digis from Polkadoodles.  This cute little girl is from Winnie Sugar Sprinkles - Springtime.  I've coloured her with Copics and teamed up with some Basic Grey papers (Urban Prairie) which I've had for ages!  The sentiment is Stampin' Up! from the Sale-A-Bration "Hello" set.

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

2 Creative Chicks (#9)

A Bit More Time to Craft (#18)

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper

Creative Craft Cottage (#62)

Cute as a Button (#21)

Petal Lu (#12)

Scrap N Challenge

Sisters Of Craft (April)

Your Scrapbook Place

 

Now I'm off to watch for the postman.. a new order which includes new Copics! Hope they come today!

 

 

 

 

 

New Shoes!

Hello! It's the weekend again!
It's been a lovely week here. Cold clear mornings and warm sunny afternoons!
So a bright and cheery card is the order of the day!

Another lovely image from Polkadoodles.  I've coloured her with Copics and used some co-ordinating papers from Penny Black Painted Blooms.
Used a Stampin' Up! greeting and punches to finish this off.

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

A Beautiful Mess (#1)

Art By Miran (#56)

Brown Sugar (#195)

Crafting With Friends (#19)

Creative Fingers (#107)

PDE Linky Party (#120)

Aud Sentiments (#153)

Crafting With An Attitude (#14)

Crafty Girls Creations (#18)

Cre8tive Hands Friends (#5)

You're the best!

Hello!  A bright and sunny day today.  And quiet.. as one member of the family is off to school camp!

I've been playing with another image from Polkadoodles.  Again, such fun to colour! I've gone for a change in hair colour and chosen shades to give an overall auburn look.  Kept the embellishments simple.

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Crafty Gals Corner (#68 Cute as a button)

Inspiration Destination (#82)

The Crafty Addicts (#13)

Creative Moments (#91)

Wonderful Wednesdays @ Kraftin Kimmie

Brown Sugar (#193)

Crafting With Friends (#18)

Creative Fingers (#107)

PDE Linky Party (#119)

Polkadoodles (Floral Frenzy)

Simply Papercrafts (#27)

Art By Miran (#56)

 

 

Check out all these challenges - so much inspiration!

Thinking of You

Hello!

 

A cold start here.. changing to almost tropical (for Scotland in April!) when I left work to drive home.

 

I was inspired by this sudden change in temperature to think that maybe spring was officially here! So I've gone for bright spring-like colours and a handmade flower.

 

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Crafting from the Heart (#108)

Craft Your Passion (#308)

Dream Valley (#129)

Love to Scrap! (#76)

Marker POP! (#93)

Not Just Cards (#31)

Our Crafty Corner (#8)

 

Hope you enjoy the rest of your week!

 

A simple make!

Hello!

I hope you are having a lovely weekend!   Mine has been very busy, lots of crafty chat but not much crafty doing!!

Yesterday was our craft club outing.  We had a lovely day over in Fife, lunch out then some shopping.   I managed to restrict my buying to some new acrylic paints which I'm hoping to play with later.  Lots of lovely bright colours!

My card for now is using a Bugaboo digi which I've coloured with Copics and Polychromos.  I just love the shading you can get with the Polychromos.. so much fun to use.

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Crafty Calendar Challenge

Hiding In My Craft Room (#247)

Scrappers Delights

Suzy Bee (#126)

A Beautiful Mess (#1)

Brown Sugar (#194)

Creative Fingers (#107)

Crafting with Friends (#18)

PDE Linky Party (#119)

Simply Papercraft (#27)

A Bit More Time to Craft

Ants in my Pantry (#16)