Boo!

This week on Cute Card Thursday we would like to see something scary on your creation, not necessarily Halloween, you could just go for spiders or something else that's scary!  I expect that most of us will go down the Halloween road and I found this digi image partly coloured in my box so thought she needed finishing off.  She was a freebie from Mo Manning ages ago, so not around anymore, and not particularly scary - although that mask makes Bronte look rather scary IMO!  I couldn't find any papers that would go so instead I stamped spiders webs (Magnolia) and bats (PB) onto a piece of orange card then matted it onto black.  I found a length of purple lace to wrap around, then cut out a black square from Marianne die LRO234 (will I ever get tired of using it), and a black scallop mat for my image so it could be 3d mounted on top with foam pads.  The pumpkins are Magnolia stamps and the Boo text is from a clear Penny Black set.  A little piece of purple silk and a black button to anchor my coffin shaped text finished things off.  The image and pumpkins are coloured with my Copic pens - but sorry no list of colours today as I had to clear the table so we could eat!  My crafting is spread out around the bungalow .. .. the pc is in my bedroom so here is where I blog, I tend to colour in the evenings at the dining room table with the aid of my daylight lamp, then when it comes to putting the card together all my stuff is in the conservatory.  The only problem comes when I'm blogging and can't remember what I've used and have to get up and go and find out .. .. ah well at least the walking is exercise!

There are loads of Halloweeny type challenges around at the moment so I'm going to link up to these ones:
Crafty Catz, Sweet Stampin', Digital Tuesday, Cutie Pie, Everybody Art, Moving Along With The Times, Crafrty Creations, Creative Inspirations and Party Time Tuesday.  Gosh! I don't think I've ever entered so many challenges with just one card .. .. but then I don't have reason to make more Halloween cards this year so it's one for all!

Have a laugh!

This week on CCT we want to see something to make us smile on your creations. I had a rummage in my digi folder and discovered this Mo Manning design I'd downloaded ages ago - it was a freebie - but never used. I've coloured with my Copics and added a fun sentiment, I hope it makes you smile!

Copics: Browns E55, E57 & E59, cream E50, E51 & E53, coral pink R11, R12, R14, R17 & R29

More of the Nitwits magazine freebie papers matted with coral cardstock, and I used a Martha Stewart flower border punch down one edge of the image mat. I've added various Marianne diecuts to embellish, clear glaze on the confetti and crystal glitter on Bella's frills, then finished off with pearls and a little organza ribbon (coloured with R17 to match).

I'm entering into the Papertake Weekly challenge as it's a diecut special so perfect for my card. Also, the Anything Goes blog challenge is anything goes, and so is the For Fun challenge.

CCT sketch challenge

Today at Cute Card Thursday we have a sketch by Deb for the challenge, and both Deb and I have chosen to use this cute little lass from Mo Manning that's been on sale with proceeds going to the Japan earthquake appeal. Our sponsor for this challenge is Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.

As I tend to make smaller square cards, fitting the image and the sketch together called for a little artistic licence! The papers are from my stash and for the circlar element I die cut a Nellie's Choice doily from vellum then stamped a swirl design in pink Brilliance ink - saying that you can hardly see it as I then went on and covered most of the side up with the bloom decoration.

The Make It Colourful blog challenge has been to blend yellow and green together - not as easy as it sounds - I've gone from dark green G28, through to YG 23 and 25 and into the yellows with Y02 and Y00. Go and take a look at Deb's card as she has also done a similar blending technique on the little lassies piny. Deb has also done a fabulous job of shading - something I didn't do on my image, this time at least - although I wish I had given it a go. I've coloured her dress with R20, 21, 22 and 24 then the spoon, pan and her socks with warm greys 0 - 5. Her skin tones are my usual choice of E000, 00, and 21 and her hair is Y21, YR23 and E55. I've added a little E40 and 41 beneath her feet, but might darken that as it's hard to see.

There are a few challenges calling for buttons just at the moment, so I can also enter my card into the Totally Papercrafts, Totally Gorjuss and Digital Tuesday challenges.

Music and Dance

This week our theme at Cute Card Thursday is music, and I've added in the dance! And as it's also St Patrick's Day today, and there are so many green challenges about, I've chosen this little Irish dancer digi from Mo's new shop. She's coloured with my Copics plus a touch of Lace Stickles and I used the sketch from the Everybody Art challenge blog for the layout with lucky clover digi papers from Cuddly Buddly. The ribbon, lace, gems and bloom are from my stash and the little greeting is from a Cuddly Buddly circular stamp set.

Copic pens I used:
E000, 00, 21, RV11
YR31, 24, E35
G12, 14, 17
V000, 12, 15, 17
E50, 51, Y15

The other challenges I can enter with this little green creation are: Allsorts challenge for luck o' the Irish, Moving Along With The Times for good luck, Lollipop Crafts for lace, then Fab 'n' Funky, Creative Card Crew and For Fun challenges are all looking for green.