Goodbye Make It Crafty

Well here we go - my last blog post for Make it Crafty. Zoe has made the hard decision to close Make it Crafty so she can concentrate on her photography & other things. I know I won't be the only one to thank her from the bottom of my heart for creating Make it Crafty & sharing her love & talent with us. Make it Crafty has been a huge part of my crafting life - I can't even remember how long I've been a fan, but it's years. 

Being a member of the DT has been such an honour. Zoe was amazing and the various members of the DT over the years have been amazing. I've made lifelong friends through this DT. Some of the Challenge themes literally had me quacking in my boots & gave me nightmares, but Zoe helped us push those boundaries & following her lead developed my colouring skills so much. It's been an incredible team to be part of. 

So to send Make it Crafty out with a bang we're having one final DT Blog Hop. We're featuring three beautiful new fairies - and the great news is that you will get these fairies free if you place an order in the Make it Crafty Store before it closes. They'll automatically be added to your order - no need to add them to your cart. 

Make sure to purchase any digis, rubber stamps, chippies or colouring tutorials before they're gone for good & make triple sure you've backed them up (in several places if possible) as once the store is gone you won't be able to retrieve them if your computer crashes.

Details of the Blog Hop & a chance to win a surprise in the post from Zoe are at the bottom of the post. 

I chose the lovely Princess Fairy & decided she ought to be nestled in a Christmas Tree as it's that time of year. I've never created a Christmas tree from scratch before, but I think it looks ok. 

Here's a close up of Princess Fairy. She looks so happy & serene - not worried by the occasional craziness of Christmas at all. 

Always hard to capture on camera, but I added plenty of sparkles - what fairy is complete without a good sprinkle of shimmer. I used Wink of Stella & some metallic gel pens.

I love MIC Chippies so much. They really add a finishing touch to any card. I coloured them with copics, Wink of Stella & Gold gel pen to give plenty of sparkle.

I layered them up with the 'Wishes' half layered on top of the 'Christmas'. I love the dimension it gives. 

Digi - Princess Fairy from Make it Crafty

Chippies - Christmas Layered Word

Wishes Layered Word

Copics

Skin - E00, E000, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - Y11, Y15, Y17, Polychromo pencils

Dress - E50, E51, E53, E55,

Tree - Various greens including G82, G67, G69, G99, G14, G17

I really hope you like her & enjoy the hop.

To be in with a change of a surprise in the post from Zoe leave a comment at every step of the hop. The thing I'd love to hear is your favourite Make it Crafty Memory.

Winner will be drawn on Sunday 1st Dec. 

Zoe thank you so much for having me as part of your DT. 

It's been such an honour & meant the world to me. 

Here's the Blog Hop List:

Andrea

Delphine

Lucy (yep that's me - You Are Here!)

Marika

Nicoletta

Sadia

Make it Crafty

A Fairy Bluebell Birthday

Well it's been a very long time since I posted. A mixture of physical health problems and emotional wobbliness has meant I've hardly done any crafting at all this year. Mojo seems to be on a very extended break. I know it will come back, but I do miss that itch to create. The recent beautiful display of bluebells in my garden encouraged me to get my pens out and colour lovely Bluebell Fairy

I'm really lucky as my Mum is a keen gardener so I'm surrounded by a beautiful garden. This year we had bluebells in the traditional blue, but also in white & purple. Really pretty especially with the yellow pop of cowslip too. The joys of an English Country Garden.

I decided to stick with the classic blue for Fairy Bluebell.

Here's a few close ups.

A little quirky thing but I love the effect of her wing popping over the edge of the card.

Here's a close up of her bluebell skirt. I added a bit of glow from her lantern.

I used Happy Script Word and Birthday Brush Script Word chippies from Make it Crafty and coloured them with a few layers of Platinum Brilliance Ink pad to give a good shine.

A final bit of shimmer with some Clear Wink of Stella on her wings and I was finished.

Well what fairy is complete without a little shimmer & shine?

I do hope you like her & I hope it won't be nearly as long until I'm sharing creations with you again x

Digi - Fairy Bluebell Digi Stamp

Chipboard - Happy Script Word, Birthday Brush Script Word

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E53, E55, E57

Dress- B63, B66, B69, B79

Eyes & Lantern Stem - G40, G82, G29

Lantern - Y000, Y00, Y02, Y15

Make it Crafty Fairy Blog Hop

Yay! We are so excited to share the gorgeous new Flower Fairies from Make it Crafty with you. It has been quite a while since we've released new images, that we thought it was worthy of a blog hop and of course a give away. :) These are the new Fairies:

Fairy Bluebell Digi Stamp

Fairy Lily Digi Stamp

Fairy Tulip Digi Stamp

It's just a quick hop, with of course gorgeous colouring to inspire you, so be sure to leave a comment on each blog post so that we know you 'hopped' on by. PLUS there are three secret giveaways along the way and if you win, you will be able to choose to keep your favourite fairy!

Of course if you can not wait to find out if you are a winner, be sure to head on over and snap up your favourite fairy now and Zoe will be more than happy to refund you should you win!

Ekk! It's time for a new release at Make it Crafty and  Blog Hop to go with it!

You should start the Blog Hop at Nicoletta's Blog and hop through the blog list to see all the DT and Guest DT creations.

Blog Hop List

• Nicoletta 
• Mindy
• Sadia
• Marika
• Rosie
• Lucy (you are here)
• Saskia
• Delphine

Now you know I have a soft spot for fairies and these fairies are no exception. I chose Lily Fairy and decided to base her on a Stargazer Lily. It's one of my favourite lilies - such a beautiful vibrant colour with pretty spotty details. I decided to make her the full focus so for once haven't added a sentiment to the front of the card.

Here's her close up. I coloured her wings to look like the stargazer lily leaves, her hair decoration to look like cala lily and I kept the shading on her hair to a touches of grey so she's almost a platinum blonde.

Now a close up of her dress - the lily flower. I tried to build in the bright yellow & green you get at the base of the stargazer lily flower & then the beautiful vibrant pinks of the main petals. A challenge to colour, but I hope I achieved the look.

 Here she is complete. I really hope you like her.

Digi Used:

Copics Used:

Thank you so much for joining us on this fun little blog hop and I hope you'll have a quick chance to leave a comment before you continue hopping. I may just be the lucky one hiding a little fairy for you. ;)

Blog Hop List

• Nicoletta 
• Mindy
• Sadia
• Marika
• Rosie
• Lucy (you are here)
• Saskia
• Delphine

Winter Snowflake Fairy with Make it Crafty

My crafty mojo is definitely missing at the moment, so it was a nice surprise when the idea for this card popped into my head asking to be made. I chose Fairy Butterfly Bliss digi from Make it Crafty and paired her with the Winter Snowflake Edge Chipboard.

I used two layers of Wow Super Fine White Embossing Power on the  Winter Snowflake Edge Chipboard. and then added some White Frost Shimmer paint on the stars to give it a bit of sparkle.

I kept the colouring on Fairy Butterfly Bliss digi subtle as I wanted her to look like a winter fairy who was scattering snowflakes (helped by some dots of White Sakura Glaze pen). I added some Frost White Shimmer paint to her dress make her extra magical.  I coloured the background with my copics keeping the blending not completely smooth so it resembles the Northern Lights.

On her wings I used Wink of Stella & Sakura Stardust to add sparkle & shimmer. I cut around the edges of her wings which allowed me to slip the Winter Snowflake Edge Chipboard behind her wings giving the card extra dimension. 

I hope you like her.

Digis Used:

Fairy Butterfly Bliss digi from Make it Crafty

Chipboard Used:

Winter Snowflake Edge Chipboard from Make it Crafty

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E51, E53, E55

Dress - BG10, BG11, BG13, Frost White Shimmer Paint

Wings - B00, B01, B02, Wink of Stella, Sakura Stardust pen

Background - B14, B16, B18

A Scruffy Christmas with Make it Crafty

I've been in a crafty slump recently, but Zoe's amazing Christmas discount offer & inspiration has got my fingers tingling & wanting to colour again.  I decided to colour Scruffy as he looks as though he's a little down in the dumps like I've been - and he's so darn cute!!! No way of staying grumpy when he's around - he definitely made me smile - I hope he does you too.

Clean & simple as is my favourite style. I've teamed him with words from the Christmas Adapt-a-word & three sizes of Star Tinklings. Here's his close up. He's caught the light a bit so looks a bit shiny which he isn't in real life. I had fun colouring the bells to make them look rounded.

I coloured the chippies with gold gel pen & added a layer of Stickles Stardust. I've said it before & I'll say it again - I LOVE Chippies!!!

The Tinkling Stars are so shiny!

I hope Scruffy has made you smile. Don't to check out the Christmas Specials section on the Make it Crafty website - there's 20% off a range of Christmas digis, rubbers stamps & chippies. It's for a limited time only so don't miss out!

Products used:

Digi - Scruffy

Chipboard - Christmas Adapt-A-Word

Mini Star Tinklings in three sizes.

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - Y11, Y15, Y17, YR24

R24, R27, R29, R59, W7

G14, G17, G28, W7

Bells - Y11, Y15, Y17, YR24, YR28

Cast Shadow - W2, W3, W5

Dimension Challenge with Tiddly Inks Stamps

I had such fun creating this for the Dimension Challenge over at Tiddly Inks Stamps Challenge blog. Whenever I have a dimensional challenge the shadow boxes from Make it Crafty spring straight to mind. I love the amazing effect they give! I've used the Thin Circle Shadow Box as a base for Rudolf Reindeer and his friends and love how they're flying through the sky!

I used the Confetti Sparkle digi paper from The Lovely Studio as the background and finished it with the Happy and Christmas layered words from Make it Crafty.

You can see all the dimension! The reindeer are flying across the sky! I love how the shadow boxes from  Make it Crafty come with a flat packed 3D stand so they are freestanding. So clever!

I layered the second and fourth reindeer to add even more dimension & the whole string is lifted from the outer circle with foam pads.

Here's a close up of Rudolf Reindeer. I used him four times, but with different scarf colours, noses and spot colours on their rump they don't immediately appear to be the same image. I've added a touch of Stardust Stickles to the top of the scarves & some of the stars to give a bit of shimmer.

Here's a close up of the Happy and Christmas layered words from Make it Crafty. 

I hope you like my creation and will come and join in the Dimension Challenge over at Tiddly Inks Stamps Challenge blog. 

A Flowery Card with Make it Crafty

I'll freely admit that I've had a major crafting slump & have struggled to create anything over the last few months. I mentioned this to Zoe & she decided to set me a challenge to get my mojo working again. This is what she set me....

Now I'll freely admit I sat with my mouth open at this - I mean I love flowers in real life, but they never tend to be the first thing I go to to colour. Fussy cutting .... layering ..... argh!!!!

OK big breaths ..... big girl pants on and off I go.

Actually I'll admit it took me nearly two weeks to get crafting, but I'm pleased with what I produced in the end. Here it is.

Here's a close up of the main rose & leaves from the main rose and leaves from the Floral Elements Three Digi Stamps Set. The set contains two rose heads, three smaller flower/ buds and some leaves. They're in .PNG format so are really easy to layer and build into an arrangement.

I layered the elements together & printed them all as one and then with some of the leaves & the flowers separately. Once I'd coloured them I used my Silver Bullet Cutting machine to print & cut them (yes I cheated - I didn't fussy cut by hand). I layered the different elements using 1mm, 2mm and 3mm foam pads.

As a finishing touch I added clear Wink of Stella to some of the petals.

I coloured the 2 inch Hello Brush Script Word Chipboard with my Copics and then added a layer of Stickles Stardust.

I finished it off with a layer of Glossy Accents on the chippie & Stickles & Glossy Accents on the bubble elements.

I hope you like my creation. It's taken a while but I think my mojo is finally beginning to return. I'm happy as I've really missed crafting!

Products Used:
Digi - Floral Elements Three Digi Stamps Set from Make it Crafty
Chipboard - Hello Brush Script Word Chipboard from Make it Crafty

Copics Used:
R81, R83, R85, R89
G82, G46, G29
Clear Wink of Stella
Stickles Stardust
Glossy Accents

Over the Rainbow with Make it Crafty

I had a bumper delivery of Chipboard a week or so ago! Oh how I love Make it Crafty Chippies! They're so easy to use & so versatile and very reasonable to post from Oz to the UK.

I decided to do something different with Somewhere Over the Rainbow Chipboard and try to make a sort of reverse rainbow.

I kept the rainbow really subtle with just a hint of grey to give it definition & concentrated the colour on the chippie. A hint of shimmer with Wink of Stella, a layer of Glossy Accents & a blue sky & there it was finished. What do you think?

I do love the dimension chippies add to cards.

Here's a close up of the Wink of Stella on the top edges of the bands of the rainbow. Difficult to capture on camera as it's subtle, but I really thinks it makes a difference.

I hope my rainbow has made you smile.

Products Used:

Over the Rainbow Chipboard

Copics Used:

Rainbow - T0, T1, T3

Sky - B00

R24, R277,        YR04, YR07

Y25, Y17,          G05, G07

B26, B29,         BV13, BV09

V17, V09

Copic Fine Liner 0.7

Pregnancy Journal with Make it Crafty

It's an exciting time in our family at the moment. My sister & her husband are expecting their first baby! I'm really looking forward to meeting my new niece or nephew - but there's a while to wait yet. My sister is keeping a pregnancy journal and asked me to create something for one of the pages. Geeky Love Expecting was the obvious choice for me. I do love that geeky couple!

Here's the page I created.

The sentiment is significant - yes it says the obvious, but it's in the font I used to make their wedding invitations last year. A little thing I know, but meaningful.

A little added shimmer is always a good thing!

I do love the expression on Geeky Love Expecting's faces. They just look so happy!

I'm looking forward to seeing how her Pregnancy Journal fills up.

Digi - Geeky Love Expecting from Make it Crafty

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E23, E25, E27, E18, E29, E49, E53, E55, E57, E59

Her Top - R24, R27, R29, R59, W7

Her Trousers - B34, B37, B39

Her Shoes - B21, B24, B26, B29, C3, C5

His Top - G14, G17, G29, W7

His Trousers - BV23, BV25, BV29

His Shoes - E23, E25, E27

Cast Shadows - W2, W3, W5

I hope you like my creation x

A Trip to the Races with Make it Crafty

I decided to challenge myself and go for a different colour palette than my usual bright & bold with this card for the Make it Crafty Colouring Challenge. The theme is Anything Goes so it's a nice easy one. I chose Chantelle at the Races as it's been racing season here recently with coverage of all the big hats at Ascot etc (and the horse racing too I think, but the hats seem to get as much coverage as the actual racing!).

Here she is in all her finery! I added a shimmer of Wink of Stella to the highlights of her dress so it looks a little bit like taffeta. I kept her hair, flowers & feathers light in colour.

I teamed her with chippies - Hello from Friend Adapt-a-word Chipboard set and the 2" Friend Brush Script Chipboard. I coloured them with Copics and then added Wink of Stella.

I hope you like her.

Products used:

Chantelle at the Races digi stamp

Hello from Friend Adapt-a-word Chipboard set

Friend Brush Script Chipboard - 2"

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 cheeks

Hair - E51, E53 E55

Dress - BG05, BG07, BG09, B99

Flowers - RV00, RV02

Feathers - BG000, BG01

Don't forget to enter the Anything Goes Challenge. A nice easy theme and it's the last challenge for a while as Make it Crafty Challenges is taking a break - so don't miss your opportunity to enter.