Rick St. Dennis progressive Challenge

Hi all, I'm back today with a card for the Rick St. Dennis Progressive Challenge. Every month, Rick will send out a free image to the previous month's participants to use for the following month's challenge.

Last month was the first, so we all used a different RSD image, but this month, we have all been given this fun-tastic image of Nyner The Winner! Thanks so much Rick!! I can't wait to see what everyone else does with him!

The theme for the challenge is Steampunk. This is my second card using this theme, and I'm still not sure I'm all that good at it to be honest, but they do say practice makes perfect!

I coloured him with Promarkers, and trimmed him out. I layered him onto a die cut clock - I was in sore need of some Steampunk embellishments, so I ordered the cogs die and the clock die from Robert Addams All Occasion Dies - the service was amazing, I got them two days later, and a free C.D and mini die too. Before cutting the clock, I stamped some Waltzingmouse Splats in Versamark, and used Aged Silver Frantage embossing powder to create a slight metallic effect.

Underneath the clock I arranged some die cut cogs cut in silver mirri card, and layered these on top of some matt gold card embossed with a steampunk style folder. I then layered this onto some brown card, and distressed the edges.

I layered this onto a card base, covered with some Graphic 45 paper from their Steampunk Spells stack.

If you want to join the fun at the Rick St. Dennis Progressive Challenge, but did not enter last month, never fear, you can buy Nyner The Winner HERE, and enter for this month. Your entry will get you an image to use for next month's challenge!

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - Mythical Creatures

I Love Promarkers - Digi's

Crafty Catz - Inspired by a song, 'We are the Champions' by Queen!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Angelina Who Mk II!

Hi all, I'm back with another card using the fabulous Angelina Who? image from Rick St. Dennis. Yesterday I coloured her in greens, today it's purple!

This card was made with inspiration from a few challenge blogs - the sketch is from Papertake Weekly Challenge,  I Love Promarkers want us to use flowers (and Promarkers), Haunted Design House want us to use a recipe of Green, Black, Purple, Metal and a flourish, Addicted to Stamps and More would like to see us use Markers, Pencils, Crayons etc, and Passion for Promarkers want us to use Pearls and Pins!

 I have coloured Angelina Who? wiith Promarkers, and hand trimmed. I then cut a black frame using a Spellbinders die, and mounted her onto it.

Following the sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenge, (which is pick any of their old sketches, I have chosen Sketch No. 81) I created 3 panels in different D.P's. After layering them all together, I added some black lace and green satin pleat before adding the frame and flourishes.

I added two flourishes cut using a Cheery Lynn die, in black and silver mirri card, and topped them with some green and purple flowers and two pins - the purple pin was coloured with a Promarker to get the right shade.

Finally I added some lilac pearls and some green brads (these are my metal embellies) and I think I've got everything onto this card that I could!

Here's the sketch from Papertake Weekly.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline

Swan Masque

Hi all, it's been a while since I last blogged here, tpo be honest I'm struggling with my creativity at the moment. I'm into my colouring with my promarkers, and i just gotr myself some Distress Markers, which are taking a bit of getting used to!

So I coloured this amazing image from Rick St. Dennis a little while ago, and I finally made her into a card for a Facebook Challenge on the Rick St. Dennis group.  There are so many images to look at there, for all kinds of tastes. There are some fab Halloween images, and some are sooo spooky, but of course my favourites are his elegant ladies. And this is one:

She is called Swan Masque,  and I coloured her with Promarkers, and spent more time on the Swan head dress than her hair! Such a fabulous image to colour, as are all of his images.

I teamed her with some Papermania paper and some new dies, from Sue Wilson and Spellbinders. As usual, I had trouble extricating my card from the Spellbinder die, so I tried again with the Cut Rite wax paper, and it worked like a dream. But they still annoy me! No other die I have ( and I have a few from several different companies) give me this trouble.

As the dies were quite intricate and detailed, I just added some sparkly gems to the corners, and left it at that.

I would like to enter this into

 Tuesday Throwdown - Sparkle

Crafty Catz - B is for Blue

Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline