Meet Annie!

My new little girl. I am really enjoying drawing at the moment, they are not perfect but unfortunately I haven't got time to make them that, nor do I have any fancy writing stuff, just a humble pencil - not excuses, merely facts. So here is my latest in my line of "Sitting girls/Boys"

I cut the frame, scalloped circle behind Annie and pop-up flowers on my Silhouette from K&Co Cut 'n Paste paper. Other flowers used were two yellow Prima flowers.

Once again I used my McGill pine branch punch.

and these were my Copic colours:

Thanks for looking and have a lovely day.

xx

Copic Colour Challenge

My turn to set the colours for the Copic Challenge this week. I chose the following:

BG13 - Mint Green
YO8 - Acid Yellow
V06 - Lavender

I really like these colours together, a nice bright ensemble of frivolity :-)

As well as using the colours for my image I also coloured an old paper doily in V06 Lavender and a scalloped circle in BG13 Mint Green. The main card right at the back is also coloured with BG13, well edges only as that was all you would see.

Pine branches with my McGill punch, I seem to be using that a lot these days.

These were all the colours used:

Pop over the Copic Challenge blog and look at the outstanding work produced by the other DT members! There's a link in the sidebar.

TFL xx

New Download Collection!

The Holly and Madison collection has expanded! The girls have gone on a world tour and had some fun :-) This great collection is now available ONLY at Charmed Cards & Crafts. Here is a card made with one of the fabulous images, one of my favourites in fact: Madison on safari; this is my Monday Mojo card on Dottie's World today.

The frame and palm trees were cut on my silhouette. Ribbon is Basic Grey Urban Couture, everything else K&Co.

The image, frame and palm trees were coloured in with copic markers, I also used Distress inks on the blue and the earth. These were (some of) the Copic colours used:

Plus loads more pinks and blues I forgot to add, oops. The blues used were: B00, B01

Why not pop over and get this great collection? You know you want to ;-) Here it is

TFL xx

Sunday Challenge - Fabric

Good morning everyone! Well not good morning as it's 20:20 on a Saturday evening as I write this, I always schedule the Dottie's World's Sunday challenge DT post so that I don't sit there bleary eyes and write on a Sunday morn. So for all intents and purposes GOOD MORNING!!! Hope you slept well, I sure did!! LOL

On to the challenge! This week the lovely Nicola set the challenge; Nicola simply wanted to see some sort of fabric on our projects, it could be anything, even a bit of ribbon. I used some gorgeous totally lush fabric brads from the K&Co Ancestry collection for my compulsory element and some Prima lace ribbon for good measure.

Now this image is from the new collection "Holly & Madison around the World" which is COMING SOON! It features Holly in England but is not yet available. Just thought I'd tease you a little ;-) Holly's adorable sidekick here is Scruff from the Animal collection. Actually, come back tomorrow and I'll tease you a little more with my Monday Mojo card and yet another new image.

The patterned paper is K&Co Lotus Tea Rose and I cut out three of the flowers from the paper for the top.

The plain paper is Basic Grey

Fabric Brads are K&Co Ancestry

Lace Ribbon is Prima

Everything I used is of course available in my shop: Charmed Cards & Crafts.

The images are coloured in with Copics, and these are the colours I used:

Why not pop over to Dottie's World's and join the challenge? The DT will all pop over and check out your blog :-)

Thanks for coming to visit xx

Saturday

Yay, it's Saturday, and that brings with it the usual hunt for dancing shoes. Every blimming Saturday one of the girls have misplaced their shoes but they only realise that five minutes before they have to leave for dance club! So we had that usual scenario this morning. I ask them to get their kit ready before going to bed, but there must be somewhere special that mummy words float to, some sort of massive void somewhere.

On to better and brighter things. Lou is working for a new download collection for Charmed Cards & Crafts, this time Holly & Madison goes around the world! You've already seen Holly goes to the USA so you know something great is coming your way. I was doodling a little the other night and drew a little girl, I always wanted a series of seated and reclining figures so decided to draw one. A new download collection is coming some time in the future based on the style of my little girl so watch out for that.

This is a pencil drawing so it's not as clearly defined as our downloads. Why is it that my cards often look at though they are wider on the top in the pictures? Must be the way I photograph them as that certainly isn't how they are.

Had a few mishaps with the Copics, grabbed the wrong colours and so on, so it didn't get coloured in quite as intended. Copics used here are: YR04, YR23, R08, YR09, YR07, R20, E00,E21 and a few more earth tones I forgot to write down.

So girl image my own drawing, Prima flowers, punches pine branches, Basic Grey brads, K&Co pearls. Background paper is K&Co Cut 'n Paste layered on brown bazzill. The round circles under the flowers are K&Co Margo die-cut tags and the border Basic Grey Urban Prairie.

... and now I better start thinking about my DT card for Dottie's World's Sunday challenge. See you tomorrow. xxx

Copic Sketch Challenge

Well here it is, my first DT card for the Copic Challenge blog! I've never been on a design team outside Charmed Cards & Crafts, nor have I ever sent anything in for submission, whether a competition or magazine, so this is really quite alien to me but also quite exciting, and may I say, perhaps a little scary.

The challenge this time was a sketch and of course we had to use Copic Markers.

I used K&Co Cut 'n Paste papers and elements, plus other K&Co products from the Margo and Wild Saffron collection for this card. I absolutely adore the colours from the Cut 'n Paste range, such mellow, soft hues.

I wasn't sure if I preferred the one with the bow, or without, so I am showing them both here. The image is "Juliet" from the Girls About Town download bundle (download button in the right-hand panel).

...with bow:

without bow:
I really love this card, I would even go as far as to say it's my all time favourite.I can't tell you how many pictures I have taken for the blog though, I just couldn't get the colour right!! You can see what a difference a little lighting can make in the next two pictures, one is perhaps a little too light, the other a little too dark.

These circles represent the three square elements on the sketch (in case you were wondering where the heck they were!).

... and here are the Copics' I used to colour my image.

Pop over to the Copic Challenge blog and see what delights the other design team members have created, then have a go yourself. We look forward to seeing your makes.

Thanks for visiting my little corner on the Web xxx

Inspire Me...

...and that's exactly what Juliet has done when she set the challenge on Dottie's World today. These are the specs:

"Inspire Me! For this week's challenge I would like you to take inspiration from this photo of yummy cupcakes.

You could focus on the colours, use a cupcake on your work or make a cupcake shaped card - it's up to you. You must include one of the Charmed downloads on your project and please tell us how the photo inspired you in your make"

Made me quite hungry when I saw that picture and I have spent the week dreaming of fluffy pink cupcakes. I love the colours too. I decided to use the entire picture several times on my card.

I used the free Superman (or Cakeman here) George image, I haven't used it before but I have to say that I love it! Cakeman George was coloured in with my Copics, unfortunately I forgot to write the colours down.

I made a circle sentiment and cut the large cupcake on top of the card with my Silhouette.

A little hand stitching here and there with pink thread. Background embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, green ric rac.

Pop over to Dottie's World and join in this challenge.

Thanks for visiting me xx

Copic Challenge Blog Design Team

Oohh I'm ever so pleased. I am now a proud member of the Copic Challenge Blog's design team. Woohoo. YAY! Can't wait to start playing, and with a great bunch of girls too! :-)

Copic Challenge #2

I have been looking forward to this second challenge from the Copic Challenge Blog and actually managed to do it on the first day!

The challenge was to use the following colours:

• B02 - Robin's Egg Blue
  
• R05 - Salmon Red
  
• YG23 - New Leaf
  

I only had B02, the other two I had to improvise and get as close as I could, which was R08 and YG13



These were the markers I used for the image:

I used the wonderful Madison in the Garden image from the Holly & Madison bundle. Cosmo Cricket background paper; green bazzill embossed with a Cuttlebug folder; Prima flowers, Hot Off The Press brads; Basic Grey Urban Prairie Flower, bee and borders.

Thanks for popping by, I appreciate your visit xx

Colour Combo - Blue & Brown

The challenge this week on the Basic Grey Challenge blog is "Colour Combo". I can't recall ever using just blues and browns so decided to have a go with that combination. I did enjoy this and really like the outcome. I can't quite get the colour right on the picture but it is browns and blues.

Another image from the Holly & Madison bundle, coloured in with Copics. Basic Grey Periphery papers. HOTP small blue brads, Large Prima brad for the flower and Prima lace ribbon. Bazzill Flowers. Maya Road Rub-Ons. Pine branches cut with my McGill punch.

Copics used for my image are: E00, E21, R32, E04, E35, E37, B14, RV06, E02, E04, E15, N1, C2, C3, B32, B34, B45, N3

Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful Sunday xxx