Copic Colour Challenge

Tis Wednesday and time for another Copic Colour Challenge. I almost didn't make it as the realisation that it was due today didn't hit me until about 11pm last night; when I was thinking about going to bed! That's the Bank Holiday for you, puts everything one day in front, and as you get older that easily confuses. If you look closely you may spot evidence of my late effort, so try not to look too closely please LOL

The colours this week are very Victorian; they are perhaps a little austere, but I love them together:

I thought them perfect for Annie sitting oh so pretty on her stool.

I decided to make this card for a dear friend who lost her husband this week two years ago. It is perfect as a remembrance card I think.

Here is my little card recipe:

• Stamps: Delectable Annie Sitting Pretty and Stool, coloured in with Copics.
• Papers: K&Co Que Sera Sera. I coloured in the bottom strip with Cardinal red Copics.
• Embellishments: K&Co various: "Thinking of you" is Que Sera Sera. Flowers, Chipboard and Pearls are Ancestry. Butterfly Rub-on is AB Lotus.
• Tools: Nestabilities and Martha Stewart Edge Punch

Update 29 May: Just added the stitching I didn't have time for. I didn't have an appropriate colour thread so used a yellow one and coloured it with a Copic marker. Result is colours exactly to match the background.

I hope you will join us in the challenge this week on the Copic blog. Pop over and see what lovely projects the design team members have created to inspire you.

TFL ♥

Buttons!

I hope you are all enjoying your Bank Holiday weekend. Weathermen in their infinite wisdom promised blazing hot sunshine today here in London, but it is a rather grey and murky day. Not that I am complaining, can't say I enjoy the heat all that much; and if it's a hot summer you will no doubt hear me complain quite a lot about that!! Clearly we all feel the heat differently, what one enjoys and can't get enough of, another (me) finds stifling and oppressive.

Anyway, enough weather talk. Let me move onto the Dottie's World challenge. This week the lovely Adele set the challenge and she wanted to see some buttons or beads. I used "Holly in the Garden" from the original Holly & Madison digi-stamp bundle, it's my favourite image from that bundle.



The papers, borders, "Love" and bee are from Basic Grey's Wisteria range.
"A weed...." is K&Co Cut & Paste.
Leafy branches with gems are K&Co AB Lotus.
Buttons are Basic Grey and the purple metallic brads are Dovecraft
I drew some extra flowers on the card, including a little bunch in Holly's hand.

The image was fairly loosely cut around and I coloured in the background with a colour as closely resembling the background as possible.


Pop over to Dottie's World and see what marvelous creations the other DT members have come up with.

TFL and enjoy your day ♥

Copic Colour Challenge

Time for another challenge on the Copic Challenge Blog. I chose the colours this time, nice bright and summery to go with the fine weather we are having at the moment:

The red and yellow together creates perfect apples, don't you think?

I used two of the new stamps from the WOJ summer collection. I stamped the boy then realised he was a seated figure (doh!!), I therefore just drew a little wooden one-seater bench behind him.


Didn't have the light when I took these pictures and as I made it for someone I didn't have it in my possession for long. Here are the products I used:
Stamps: Whiff of Joy
Papers: K&Co and Basic Grey
Various Rub-ons for edges and sentiment
Flowers are K&Co Wild Raspberry, Sun is K&CO Sea Glass chipboard.
Shapes cut with Nestabilities dies
"With Love" and wooden bench done by hand

Pop over to the Copic challenge blog and see what the talented ladies on the team have come up with.

Don't forget the celebrations on Dottie's World. Today it's a treasure hunt!! Lots and lots of gorgeous stash to be won so don't miss out!

TFL ♥

Confirmation Card

In Denmark where I am from virtually everyone are confirmed around the age of 13. It's a day of great importance and we all remember our day, I remember mine as though it was yesterday! Recently it was the turn of my newhew Sylvester and thankfully Whiff of Joy had just the stamp for the job.

Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Papers: Basic Grey
Nestabilites dies and Martha Stewart edge punch
K&Co Metal corners and HOTP Gold Cross Brads
Image coloured in with Copic markers.

TFL ♥

Birthday Angel and New Candy!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. Did you watch Eurovision last night? It's been a load of tosh for years, right? Yet yesterday I have to admit that I actually enjoyed watching it!! I had it on whilst making a few cards but I frequently stopped to look at the screen. My favourites were Estonia and Iceland, but I also liked the UK entry and others such as Malta. Norway's entry was not my cup of tea and I am surprised that it won. Well done UK for getting to a very respectable number 5. Missed Terry's banter though, not the same without him, Terry Wogan IS Eurovision and Eurovision = Terry Wogan.

Anyway, back to crafting. It's my little angels birthday next week and what a perfect stamp I had to use, our very own Delectable Angel Annie, couldn't wish for a more apt image. I went all out on this one, and filled it with sparkly and glittery elements. It's a big card at A5.

Here are some close-ups:
























































Stamp: Charmed Delectable Angel Annie
Papers: K&Co Wild Raspberry. Basic Grey Porcelain. Plain textured cardstock
Punches and Dies used: Nestabilities Scalloped Circle. Martha Stewart Edge Punch.
Embellishments: K&Co Cut Paste. K&Co Lotus Tea Rose. Basic Grey and Maya Road Rub-Ons. Prima Swirl. Creative Imaginations Epoxy Heart.

Oh btw, have you seen what's going on over on Dottie's World? To celebrate our first birthday we are giving away a huge amount of stash, this much in fact:

I shall tell you exactly what is in that little pile:
K&Co 8.5" x 8.5" Danny O Scrapbook Album To Go
K&Co 6" x 6" Red Tulip Scrapbook Album
Spellbinders Nestabilities (5 dies)
Martha Stewart Edge Punch - Embossed Diamond
Four Wood mounted rubber stamps: Row of Daisies - Daisy Blue - Two Roses - Red Gerber
Hot of The Press 8" x 8" Paper Pizazz RETRO
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen 8" x 8" Paper Pack
K&Co Tag Magnet Kit
Maya Road Blossom I Chipboard in a Tin
American Crafts Ribbon Celebration Set (six reels)
Imaginisce Ribbon & Blooms
Imaginisce Love Crystals
Imaginisce Butterfly Blooms
Imaginisce Little Kisses Blooms
Life's Journey Clearly Yours Words
K&Co Rub-On Magic
K&Co Adhesive Chipboard Rock Star
Basic Grey Pocket & Tags
Basic Grey Glazed Brads
Charmed Delectable stamp of your choice
Charmed Digi Stamp of your choice

...and I might even add a few more things for luck! Pop over to Dottie's World and see what you have to do to get your mitts on this pile of sweet sweet candy.

TFL and bye for now
Karen ♥

Sunday Challenge - Charms

Juliet set the challenge today on Dottie's World and she wanted to see something dangly on the cards (snigger), such as a charm, as well as a Charmed download.

I used Madison on the Beach, from Holly & Madison's World Tour, as well as Mikey from the new collection (download button in side bar).

My dangly charm is a Marion & Me "Beach Babe" charm, which I hung from a Tim Holtz Swivel Clasp.


The sentiment is a mixture of stickers and rub-ons:

Some of the other products used:
Basic Grey Porcelain Paper
K&Co Que Sera Sera Note card
Nestabilities die
Martha Stewart Zig Zag punch
Prima flower dotted to make it look like drops of water
Marion & Me Metal heart corner
Tim Holtz ink
Various pearls, crystals and brads
The images were coloured in with Copic markers

Pop over to Dottie's World and join the challenge :-)

TFL and have a great Sunday ♥

Copic Colour Challenge

It's Wednesday and that means Copic Colour Challenge. I had to use one of the new Charmed Delectable stamps, in fact two of the stamps: Annie sitting Pretty and the Accessory stamp Tree Stump with Bluebells.


Here are the Copic colours we had to use this week:

I layered K&Co papers and edged with a K&Co border (Cut 'n Paste). Pearls were coloured with a green marker pen. Branches are cut with two McGill punches.




Pop over to the Copic Challenge blog and see what amazing creations the other DT members have come up with.

TFL ♥

Charmed Delectable Stamps....

The wonderful range of Charmed Delectable Stamps are now available to purchase individually. Here is just one of our new stamps: Irresistible Annie:

I am actually showing this card on the Delectable blog and Dottie's World too so if you have seen it before I apologise.

The paper is from the K&Co Que Sera Sera pad. Embellishments are also mostly K&Co and the frame was cut on my Silhouette. Annie was coloured in with Copic markers.

TFL and have a great Bank Holiday Monday x

Inspiration Challenge....

Sunday can mean only one thing: time for another challenge on Dottie's World. This time the lovely Louise set the challenge and she chose for us to gain inspiration from a dreamy picture.

I loved this picture so much that I decided to use it in full on my card. It's a very simple card using just the picture, a few swirls, Madison in Venice (from the Holly & Madison's World Tour collection), a bit of multi-coloured ribbon and some pearls and rhinestones, with a doodled border.

I used Copics to colour in Madison. Picking a colour from the dreamy inspiration picture I coloured in the edge of my card and drew shadows around the swirls. The lettering on the inspiration photo was added on the computer.

Pop over the Dottie's World and see the wonderful ways the DT used the inspiration, it's amazing how we all differ.

Thanks for looking. Have a lovely Sunday ♥

Copic Colour Challenge

Another colour challenge from the Copic Challenge blog. Here are the colours for this week:

...and here is my card:



Products used here are:
Charmed Delectable Stamps: Annie sitting pretty - I had to work with the digi image as the stamps aren't here until the end of the week and made it much smaller than it really is. Oops!
Basic Grey Urban Prairie papers and rub-ons
Edges cut with Fiskard Threading Water Punch
Circles cut with Nestabilities
K&Co Margo Pearls
Tim Holtz Distress Ink
White Inkessential Pen
All available at Charmed Cards & Crafts


TFL ♥