Colour Week Day 4

Hello!

Wow,colour week is producing some gorgeous cards and great tips isn't it? I hope mine doesn't disappoint as we head towards the weekend. I LOVE Halloween. I tend to go a bit nuts at this time of year with my two most favourite holidays fast approaching. As a result,I have a tendency to buy ALL (and I mean ALL) Halloween and Christmas related stamps. Want to know what (nearly)all Lawn Fawn's Halloween stamp sets look like in one place...? Look no further!

There is a looooot of colouring on this,so maybe grab a coffee and pull up a chair as this is very photo heavy! The sets I used are Lawn Fawn Critters in Costume, Hoppy Halloween, Happy Haunting and So Thankful and their dies. The only sets I didn't use was Trick or Treat and Heebie Jeebies:-)

I use Copic Ciao pens,and I used a white jelly pen to highlight. On the pumpkins I used the white then smudged it straight away to give a more subtle highlight,like this...

This is a bendi fold card,so I guess the easiest way to show it all to you is like a striptease ;-) 

Here is layer one...

Lots of Autumn coloured Copics used in this!

Grey pens,whatever brand you favor,are a great investment. They can be used over other colours to add depth and shading. On the vampire bunny,I used some grey on his cloak where the shadows would be.

On to the next layer! And you can see the white highlights on witches cat :-)

And finally the last photo! This is the card opened up,ta-dah!

My top tip for colouring is to keep a scrap of the same card that you are using beside you and first try colour combos/shading etc on that before committing it to the stamped image,and don't be shy to try seemingly weird combos :-)

I hope all this colouring is inspiring you to try something new-the shops latest challenge is up now and the prize is awesome as ever! Check back in tomorrow for more from:

Lou x

Critters ever after

Hello.

I'm here today with two cards made using Lawn fawns Critters ever after.

I have hardly used this set even though i have had it for ages.

I figured it was time to get it inked up and to practise my colouring.

For this card i started by stamping and colouring the  dragon  image and cutting it out.

Then i used the clouds from Bon voyage and heat embossed them before using distress inks to colour the background.

I machine stitched the main panel just as a little extra.

Then layered some die cut clouds, the dragon is raised on pop dots.

I gave the clouds a silver lining too with some diamond stickles.

Benneriffic stamps and co-ordinating lawn cuts were used for the sentiment.

This card uses lots of Lawn fawn goodies too.

I wanted to used the lawn cuts that co-ordinate with A birdie told me stamps set.

I decide to kind of make a story board type card.

Inside says Make a wish.

Here are all the products i used for both cards.

Critters ever after

Bon voyage

Daphnes closet papers

A birdie told me

Happy everything

Items used but currently out of stock are 

Bannerific

Bannerific lawn cuts/dies

A birdie told me lawn cuts/dies

Thanks for looking.

Rocket Boy!

Hi! I thought Tuesday might need a bit of colour & life injecting into it. Or is that just me? Doing Birthday cards for boys can be tricky. That middle age from about 5-10 where cute and cuddly won't do & they're not quite ready for the dark, grunge or uber cool. These cute rocket images from the Mr.Boy set (Unity for Bella Blvd) aren't too cutesie but neither are they too old.
You can find the set here

I've used mostly Copic Ciao's to colour this in- you can get a lovely range from the shop here

I have blended some colours- adding a little darker brown for depth- but please don't look at the colouring too closely- I've still my 'L' plates- ( novice in the house!!) on.

Sadly there wasn't a 'Birthday' in the set, but I had an odd sentiment lying around the house. The set is so versatile- I've even started making a flower from one of the stamps- but that's for another post!

I've loved doing repeat stamping- sometimes I forget the simplest of techniques- then come back to them wondering quite why I've not used them in a while. The rockets are finished off with some Glossy Accents &  I just drew around a ribbon reel in pencil to get the circle & lined up the stamps. They're not clear stamps but as the shape is so distinct they're easy to line up.

Well, I'd better go & get some stamping done. See you next Tuesday!

Keren xx