Fortune Teller Betty

It's challenge time over at Simply Betty and this month we had Fortune Teller Betty to play with. I decided to go with the fortune teller theme and designed a Crystal ball shaped card which I cut on my Cougar from Thyme Graphics. I used acetate to give the effect of a crystal ball and used Print and Cut to cut around Fortune Teller Betty & the sentiment.

Ignore the strange light effect at the top - with the acetate it was hard to get a clear photo as the light always caught somewhere.

As you can see the card is folded at the top and the ball at the front, and the whole of the back section is stiff acetate.

I added a border of Stickles around the edge to add to the Crystal Ball effect.

As always I used my Promarkers & I've actually hardly ever used more colours.

Skin - Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, with Pastel Pink Cheeks

Lips - Antique Pink

Hair - Ice Grey 3,4,5 & Black

Eyes - Green, Lush Green

Headband & Skirt - Orange, Ruby, Berry Red, Cardinal Red, Burgundy

Top - Ivory, Satin, Vanilla

Cocoa, Henna, Walnut

Skirt - Orange, Berry Red, Marine, Vanilla,

Chair - Burgundy, Pilot Gold Gel Pen

Tablecloth - Ivory Satin, Pilot Gold Gel Pen

Crystal ball - Acetate & Crystal Stickles

Bas - Cocoa, Henna, Walnut.

I hope you like it x

'Here come the Girls' - Through the Purple Haze Challenges

This week's challenge at Through the Purple Haze Challenges  is 'Here Come the Girls' and our sponsor is the lovely Crafty Sentiment Designs.

I was lucky enough to have 'Amy Looking Out' who is a lovely cute little girl. I decided to do something different and use a Digikit in CraftArtist 2 and make the layout digitally. I used the Daydream Digi Kit that comes with CraftArtist 2. I love all aspect of crafting and really love making things in real life, but it was fun to do something different and try a mainly digital version. I'm pleased with the results - once you apply shadows and bevels etc the digital elements really seem to come to life and look 3D.

I saw the sentiment as a freebie on Ginger's House and  thought it was perfect for the girly theme. (It made me think of one friend in particular :D ) I imported it into CraftArtist 2 and changed the colour of the sentiment, added a 'sticker' outline, an internal bevel and a drop shadow to give this effect.

I coloured Amy Looking Out  with my Promarkers (what else!)

 I used:

Skin - Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush & Pastel Pink Cheeks

Hair - Tulip Yellow, Sunflower, Gold & Raw Sienna

Top - Cerise, Shocking Pink*, Maroon

                - Pink Carnation, Blender & Glitter Glue

Jeans - Cobalt Blue, Denim Blue, Midnight Blue

Shoes - Silver Gel Pen, Pink Carnation

I added glitter glue to her top, her hair ribbons and the butterflies and her cheeks to give it a bit of extra girly sparkle.

Can you see how 3D that ribbon looks? You'd never believe it was a printed flat piece of card would you?

I hope you like my girly girl. Please leave me some love, then pop over to Through the Purple Haze and join in for a chance to win from 

Dancing Skeletons Tealight Holder

It's challenge time again at Through the Purple Haze Challenges and this time the theme is Anything Goes with Halloween as an optional twist. It's also the monthly Team Head to Head challenge so don't forget to pop over and vote for your favourite DT project - the winner gets a prize.

I decided to do something different this time & step away from the Promarkers for a little bit. Instead I made this hexagonal box using the Dancing Skeleton Hexi-Box cut file from Samantha Walker, On her blog she makes is as a solid box but I decided to use tracing paper as the backing of the windows so I could use it as a tealight holder. I also adapted it by adding a small door at the back so I could easily get to the eletronic tealight and turn it on and off. I glued the top sections together so the top stays permanently closed as I didn't want any light peeking out through the gaps.

Here's what it looks like in the daylight. 

And here's what it looks like lit up at night.

Here's the back where you can see the tealight inside.

Even the top looks pretty!

Looking forward to seeing your Anything Goes or Halloween entries over at Through the Purple Haze Challenges. There are two great sponsors and two great prizes. I'd also love to hear what you think so please leave a comment x

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Glitter N Sparkle - Halloween 

Dream Valley Challenges - Halloween

Crafty Calendar Challenges - Halloween

Crafting Boutique Challenges - Halloween

Sarah Hurley Challenges - Halloween

Creepie Cutie Halloween

Creepie Cutie's Etsy shop is back online after a down period and we were lucky enough to have her as our sponsor for this fortnight's Digi Galore Challenge. The theme is Halloween and you can win 3 of Creepie Cutie's funky digis.

I had Stare to play with and this is what I made.

Are you scared yet? I know I am!

I used a paper from the Vintage Halloween Digi pack from Jenni Bowlin on Jessica Sprague as the backing and altered it to fit my card by putting an extra section of the stars on the bottom section. I added a strip of bright green spotty American Crafts ribbon.

I coloured Stare with my Promarkers and cut her out and mounted her directly to the card at her legs, but with some foam pads behind her head so she looks as though she's leaning forward and staring even more intently.

I typed the sentiment using the Bloody Font from DA Font and highlighted it using my Clear Sakura Glaze pen.

The Skull charm is one I was given in a crafty swap earlier in the year. 

Colours used:

Hair - Bright Orange, Orange, Burnt Orange

Skin - Bright Green, Leaf Green, Froest Green

Eyes - Purple, Aubergine, Berry Red

Top & Tights - Purple & Aubergine

Looking forward to seeing you entries over at Digi Galore x

IndigoBlu Blazing Poppies

Wow I was a lucky girl as I have IndigoBlu's amazing Blazing Poppies stamp to use in my role on the Through the Purple Haze DT! I've seen IndigoBlu products used in the past but never had any to play with myself so this was a real treat. 

I challenged myself to step away from the traditional poppy and do something different so I coloured my poppies pink. It's a beautiful stamp to use - it stamps so cleanly. I thought the sentiment was very appropriate for the beautiful flowers. It's a freebie digi from Ginger's House

I coloured the poppies using my Promarkers and added highlights with a Gold Pilot SuperGel pen & a Sakura Gelly Roll

Promarkers and Flexmarkers used:

Poppies - Cerise, Shocking Pink*, Vermillion*, Maroon

Center of Poppies - Walnut with Gold Polit SuperGel Highlights

Leaves - Green, Lush Green

Backing - Buttercup

I used my Creative Memories shaped corner punch to shape each of the layers. I always colour the matting layer with one of the Promarkers I used in the image so I have a co-ordinating layer.

I coloured the butterfly using my Sakure Gelly Roll XPG#700

In this photo you can also see the gold highlights on the Poppy's stamen.

Now this stamp is so lovely that I couldn't stop at just one card so I decided to keep playing!

I used another freebie sentiment from Gingers House for this card. A friend is going through a hard time at the moment and I thought this would be nice to send to her.

Promarker colours:

Poppies - Yellow, Sunflower, Gold, Pumpkin & Orange

Poppy Centers - Sunflower with Gold Pilot SuperGel Stamen

Small Flowers - Pumpkin, Orange

Leaves - Forest Green & Pine

Background - Meadow Green

I coloured the Poppy Stamens and Butterfly with the Gold Pilot SuperGel pen. I love the shimmery effect it gives.

Even these two cards weren't enough - I couldn't resist making a third! This time I decided to go down a more traditional route and use Red Poppies. As Remembrance Sunday is only a month away it seemed appropriate to use the 'They Shall not Grow Old' quote which I typed myself. I didn't feel the butterfly fitted with the theme so I removed the ink from that section of the stamp after inking it so it didn't appear on the final image.

I coloured the image using my Promarkers (what else!) but found the Poppies didn't 'pop' as much as I wanted them to. I tried some new pens I've bought recently and added a layer of Red Sakura Glaze pen and a couple of layers of the Clear Sakura Glaze Pen. This let the shading of the Promarker colouring show through, but gave it an almost enamelled effect so they really stood out. 

Poppies - Red, Berry Red, Crimson, Burgundy topped with Red and Clear Sakura Glaze pens

Poppy Centres - Walnut, Gold Pilot SuperGel Pen

Leaves - Forest Green, Pine

Background - Buttercup

This shows the Glaze a bit better, but it's very difficult to capture on camera. It was a bit of an experiment but I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

I really hope you like my array of Blazing Poppies. I love how using a different colourway and changing the angle of the stamped image can make it look so different. 

I'm looking forward to seeing what you can make with IndigoBlu products to enter into the Through the Purple Haze Challenges. Don't worry if you don't have any IndigoBlu products - there's a separate 'Anything Goes' challenge running at the same time.

Very proud to be sponsored by IndigoBlu

Dr Digi KO Kevin

The challenge with fortnight at Digi Galore is with the theme of 'Sports' and we have the brilliant Dr Digi as our sponsor. I love Dr Digi images & couldn't resist the fun KO Kevin. My husband used to do boxing (for fitness, not competitively and he looks nothing like Kevin) so it was an easy choice. 

I decided to keep my card fairly plain with KO Kevin as the main focus. I used Craft Artist 2 to create the boxing ring (it took a while and a bit of imagination, but I got there in the end).

The sentiment is a freebie from Gingers House which I've had in my collection for ages & makes me laugh every time I read it. It seemed very fitting for the digi.

Here's a close up of KO Kevin  - what do you think of his shiner?

From this angle you can see how I've made his boxing gloves stand out. I printed a second copy of his left arm and decoupaged it with some foam pads.

I didn't want his right arm to be completely decoupaged so I cut down the line of his arm but left his elbow intact. I then layered more foam pads behind the glove than behind his elbow so the glove stood out more.

I wanted him to be nice and bright and colourful so these are the Promarkers I used:

Skin - Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush

Hair - Cocoa, Chestnut

Black Eye - Black, Aubergine, Purple & Berry Red

Gloves & Boots - Red, Berry Red, Crimson, Burgundy

Shorts - Royal Blue, Indigo Blue, Ice Grey 1 & 2 on waistband

Ropes - Indigo Blue, Royal Blue, Cobalt Blue, Blender

So pop over to Digi Galore to join in & don't forget to leave me a comment here so I know what you think x