Sketch Challenge at Delightful Challenges

Good morning all

We have  a sketch challenge over at Delightful Challenges this week.
Oh I do love sketch challenges it makes life so easy when designing a card.
I chose to use the cute Starry Booboo for this card available here
along with the baby sentiments set available here

Here is the sketch for this weeks challenge

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You obviously can't tell by looking at the picture - but this is a big 8x8 inch card.  Its a while since I made such a big card - sometimes I think you just reach for the 6x6 inch as normal.  

But this one had me think outside of the box. 

 I made it for our team at work all to sign as one of our workmates  had a baby boy last week so its the "office card" and there has to be plenty of space for everyone to sign!

This is what I did....

Image - Starry Booboo from Digital delights

Sentiment - from Baby sentiment set

Coloured with copics  E40,E41,E43, B000,B00,YR20,YR21,YR01,C1
and prismacolor pencils - 70% warm grey for shading

Papers- Liliofthevalley

Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage

Glitter -  diamond stickles  think I'm adicted to this!! 

Pearls and baby sticker embellies - from my stash (had those stickers for yeeeears!)

Diecut circles - Spellbinders grand nesties and Spellbinders scalloped edge die

There are some fab interpretations on this sketch over at Delightful challenges this week - take a look- you really should have a go at it - its a great sketch to follow.

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Little miss muffet - blue and yellow
Creative moments - shades of blue
Little red wagon - teddies
Pennys paper crafty - anything goes

Hugs 

Judith x

Are you ready for a romantic moment?!

Good morning all

I'm back today with a new inspiration card for Whimsy stamps.  This one is from the gorgeous Fairy dust images and is called Romantic Moment available here

Isn't it just a gorgeous fairy image - I just loved it the minute I saw it and was dying to colour it up. I was originally going to colour it in pale pastel colours and went looking for papers to do that but when I saw this paper i decided to go with the pale green and red colour scheme and I really like how it turned out.  I went a bit overboard with the stickles - well you can with a fairy - and although the sparkle of the glitter on the wings is reflecting the light so that you cant see the wings too well - they are coloured in a graduated blue,green,pink and lilac design.

This is what I did.....

Image - Romantic Moment from Fairy dust Images at Whimsy Stamps

Coloured with - copics and prismacolor pencils

Paper -MME - lost and found blush

Sentiment LOTV grungy everyday messages

Distress ink - Faded corduroy

Stickles - Diamond

Dies -Memory box - Debutante frame and Honeyblossom frame from Oyster stamps - I cut some extra branches to fill the bottom of the frame as well.  also ivy tendrill die - all cut with pearl card

Gems,heart and flower embellies - Gems -Kaiser craft and Meiflower flowers and heart from MCH

Ribbon - carnmeal cottage 

Charm - Inky Impressions

Challenges I'm entering with this card

A gem of  a challenge - dies and punches 

Allsorts - things with wings 

Crafty calendar - love and Marriage

Alphabet challenge - anything with wings

Dream valley challenges - ribbon and bling

Quirky crafts challenge - supernatural love story 

That craft place - valentine

Addicted to  stamps - bingo - digi/red/heart

  

Cute baby card

Hi Blog friends
Heres my 3 in a row for this week.  I'm so thriled to have been nominated for my very first blog award this week - not once but three times!! Thank you Pat P, Pat K and Nikki for thinking of me - I am honoured to accept the Leibster Award.

The origins of the Liebster Blog Award are somewhat unclear but the general consensus is that it originated in Germany, Liebster meaning favourite or dearest, to showcase bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. Upon accepting the award the recipient must then pass it on to five more blogs of note

Here's what to do on receiving your Award
1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.
2. Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you.
3. Copy and paste their blog award on your blog.
4. Present the Liebster Blog award to 5 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve recogniti
5. Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blog.

Here are the well deserved blogs I have chosen to pass the award to :

Kim

Chaitali

Rachel

Rachel

Judit

 I made this card for a friend who just had a baby girl, it was lovely to  make a little girl card for a change, everyone has had boys for ages now so a lovely pink little baby is a real joy to do!  I got my copics out to do most of the colouring on this one - I so like the tone of the paler pinks and lemons in promarkers but I stuck to my tried and tested copics for the skin tones (E11, E00,E000,E0000,R30)   I used my new memory box swirl die for the first time on this card - I think I'm in love - its absolutely gorgeous - so delicate - think you might be seeing a bit more of this!  I followed the sketch from this weeks lillis little fairies challenge for this card,  I was happy with it on the whole but not sure if the design is a bit "top heavy" but I didn't want to add anthing else to the bottom as I think there's enough going on!

What I did....

Image and new baby sentiment- LOTV (baby with teddy image)
Coloured with - promarkers, copics and prismacolor pencils
Papers - Forever Friends - new arrival
Pink card - Cordinations christmas pastels
Swirl - memory box
Flowers - Wild orchid crafts
Die cut oval and circles - spellbinders
Leaves - docraft punch
Pearls - Kaisercraft
Ribbon - Carnmeal cottage
You are so cute! stamp - Dawn Bibby woodland friends
Distress ink round oval - dusky rose

Challenges I am entering this card into

Crafty sentiments Designs - congratulations
Crafts and me challenges - Spring colours
Paperplay challenges - spring colours
Papercrafting journey - pretty pastels
Lilis little Fairies - Jacques sketch

More love xx

Hi there

Another card with lots of love today.  My daughter asked me to make an engagement card for her friends and it gave me the chance to use one of my new LOTV stamps that I just got this week, they have lots of lovely spring stamps on sale at the moment so I stocked up!

I coloured with copics and prismacolour pencils and added the lovely K and Co papers for lots of lovely spring colours.  The card is a cordinations and has a lovely texture and sheen.  I cut the die cuts with spellbinders dies and the butterflies are a Matha Stewart punch,- one of my favourites that I use often, the label is a sizzix .  The flowers, ribbon and pearls are all from my stash
I am entering this card for the following challenges

Lilis little fairies - spring colours
Sweet stampin challenge - the one I love
Paper Pretties - use ribbon or twine
Creatalicious challenges - love - using punched border, ribbon, flowers and bling
Delightful sketches - punches and dies
The crazy Challenge - flowers
The craftypad challenge #156 -fresh spring colours
crafty sentiments designs- Dies and or punches

Thats me for now

hugs