For a Loved One # Creative Card Crew

Good Morning,  it's a cold but sunny morning here hope you're all tickety boo!!!

Tuesday means another fun challenge from Creative Card Crew.

This week we want you to create something....

FOR A LOVED ONE

Our sponsor for this week is Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps 

This little girl from our sponsor is called Lucy she's a Valentine's girl but i've used her for a Mother's Day Theme.

I thought I would get some Polychromos pencils to try, which i've used along with Copics, to deepen some of the shadows. These are wax base pencils and, as with any new technique it takes practice to get to know how they work.

I've been thinking lately that I want to spend more time practicing with different colouring mediums.

The Prisma pencils are another one I want to try. If anyone has any tips on the difference between the the two pencils i'd love to hear them.

When I attend workshops at Whichcraftuk we sometimes colour with distress inks and I get really frustrated because i'm pants with them so they are on my to-do-list!!!

Some great workshops this month and a demo day on the 26th hope to see you there!!

There's not much I can say about my card as the papers are out of the scrap pile so not sure where they're from, just thought they went together ok.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday Challenge

There's lots of love in blog land... some challenges to share it with:

Sketch Saturday ~ sketch

Ladybug crafts ~  Love is in the air

Raise the bar ~ Heart

Papertake Weekly ~ Have a heart

The Crazy Challenge ~ Lots of Love

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Love

Allsorts ~ Love

Stamp Something ~ digi Friday

Thanks for calling by have a fun day,

Love cherie   //*.*\\

   

Peek-a-Boo # Love Bears

Hi lovely friends i'm late with my post,  it should have gone yesterday but life got in the way!!

Thank you for all the fabulous entries for our last challenge over at Teddy Stampers it was lovely to visit you, sorry if i missed you.

Our new challenge for the next fortnight is

LOVE BEARS

Our generous sponsor is Stampin Dragon Designs

My DT card features Teddy Love image from our sponsor

The digital papers are from the 'colour collection' and with each design you get 52 colours, in a plain,  a negative and  a positive design.

The sentiment is from the 'Girly Curly' collection 145 different sentiments for all occasions,

both from Pink Petticoat 

I embossed the white sheet with hearts with a sizzix embossing plate.

Thought i'd step out of my comfort zone and coloured the little bears with Promarkers,

 need more practice with these, won't be giving up on my beloved Copics though.

Some challenges to have fun with:

Cards for men ~ Valentine /love

Try it on Tuesday ~  feel the lurve

Crafty creations ~ inspiration fromthe poem 'my love is like a red red rose'

Chrarisma Cardz ~ no embellishments

Paperplay ~ use a stamp digi or rubber

Move a long with the Times ~ red

Crafty Sentiments ~ use a bear

Thanks for calling in have a brilliant weekend,

Love  Cherie  //*.*\\

The good old red white and blue.

Hi friends and welcome to my lovely new followers it's such a pleasure to have you join us,

There's a new challenge for you over at Creative Card Crew.

For this week we'd like you to use

The Colours Of Your Country

So any creation the choice is up to you.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is Digital Delights by Lou by Loo

I thought that Bryce in a Car would be perfect to use the colours  red white and blue

I took the inspiration to make a digi image in to a shaped card from the super talented Colette from 

Teddy Bo

It's quite amazing how versatile quality digi images can be. I took this one up to 5" high at the tallest point and the same at the widest and the definition is still good.

It said stop on the sign, in my graphic package I put a white rectangle over the word and added

 Happy Birthday instead.

I  printed the image on all the colours in a light weight 160gsm card and cut out all the pieces, in the same way you would put a die cut together.

As I wanted it to be a one layer card I used pencils to colour his skin and hair as copics would have gone through. I did use  B60 to add some shading but forgot about the white areas. It has gone through a little.

I'm going to keep this one as a sample and next time print the back first.

I used 250gsm cardstock but if your printer won't take that weight you could stick the image to the front of an A5 card blank and cut around it.

On the side view you can see the back. If you look close the fold is just to the side of the card which lost part of the bumper but I added that as an extra piece if that makes sense.

Allsorts challenge ~ men /boy

Thanks for stopping by have a great day,

Love cherie   //*.*\\

What a cutie!

Hi lovely friends hope you had a fun weekend,

I know I did, my lovely sister Jac, had been to stay for a few days. Postie brought me some scrummy stash on Friday,  so we got to play with some of the brand new stamps from Lily of the Valley and created this gorgeous little gift basket, thanks Jac for cutting the papers for me and decorating the inside, mwha X

If you would like to make one too, the template is by the wonderfully talented Randi Thorson she has some beautiful creations not to be missed.

This little cutie is 'Birthday Fairy' so pretty and a dream to colour.

The copics used: Skin E000 E00 R20 Hair E50 E53  Clothes B00 BG10 G20 G21 Y000

Wings B00 B32 BG10

Bear R00 R20 + 0  Present Y000 E50 B00

I've  had the double sided DP for such a long time it's called Butterfly Bouquet and I used both sides.

Pearls and brads from The Hobbyhouse and ribbon from Hobbycraft

The scrummy flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts 

I used star dust stickles around the edges of the paper

and on the little fairy.

The basket opens on both sides.

 

Randi made hers with two acetate windows

I cut a small oval nestie to make the tag and the sentiment is from Woodware, 'Tiny Phrases' stamp set.

 Wouldn't it make a gorgeous easter basket!!

Challenges to have fun with:

Lily of the Valley ~ things with wings must be LOTV image

Fairytale challenge ~ flowers

2 sisters challenge ~ flowers

The creative cottage ~ something new... new stamps and basket

Stamp Something ~ anything goes

Secret Crafter saturday  ~ with love

Pile it on ~ anything goes

 Aud sentiments ~ sentiment can only be two words

Thanks for stopping by,

Love Cherie   //*.*\\



New Teddy Bo Tuesday Challenge

I was visiting my good buddy Sally when I saw a new challenge was starting and as you know i'm a teddy lover I just had to check it out.

Teddy Bo and Teddy Bea are two adorable cuties I just had to have, and the beauty of digital stamps you get them straight away no waiting in for postie.

The Teddy Bo Challenge is fortnightly on a Tuesday and for the first one anything goes as long as you have a Teddy Bo image on your creation.

The design team samples are amazing why don't you hop over and leave these super talented girls some love.

Introducing.... drum roll......

Teddy Bea

don't ya just love her hat!!

I used the sketch from the sketch Saturday challenge. Dp is Bella Bleu collection from Stampin' Up and cardstock from the neutrals not sure which colour.

Copics used: Bear E50 E51

Hat YR 20

Boots E40 E41 E43

Dress B93 B95

I added Spica clear glitter to her wings and gold to her wand.

The Whimsy ticket sentiment adds a nice touch, so do the buttons from my stash.

I coloured clear rhinestones with copic B95 and the thread with E41

Challenges to have fun with:

Teddy Bo ~ anything goes with a teddy bo image

Cup cake craft ~ new beginings

Crafty Creations ~ new beginings

Paper Play ~ Cutie patootie

Sketch Saturday ~ sketch

 

Thank you for stopping by,

Love Cherie   //*.*\\

Yappy Birthday # Creative Card Crew

Good morning lovely friends,

Sorry i'm late with my post I just don't know where yesterday went.

A new WEEKLY ( YES IT'S WEEKLY NOW WHOOHOO!!) challenge for you at Creative Card Crew we'd like to see a creation with

                                       

More Than One Fold

Our sponsor for this week is Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and more

My DT step card features 'Puppy Paws' from our sponsor

I took a piece of 6" x 12" lilac bazzil and scored it at 1 1/2"  3" and 4 1/2" to make a simple step card

The gorgeous papers are from Wild Rose Studio  'Floral Paper stack'

Copic colours: Dog E50 53 57 59 YR20 21 R02 05  W1

Grass G20 21

Sky BG000 BV000

I created the sentiment on the computer

The circle is the largest from  Nestie classic circles, you could raise it higher if you wish.

I was going to then had a senior moment and thought it wouldn't fit in to a 6"sq envelope...of course it would silly the depth is only 4 1/2"

Check out the ribbon at The Ribbon Box you get a bundle of different shades very good value and so useful.

Martha Stewart butterfly border and large buterfly punches and 3mm pearls from The Hobby House

Roses are from Wlid Orchid Crafts and the gorgeous leaves are made with an Xcut,  cut and emboss punch.

Challenges to have fun with:
The Crazy Challenge ~  Animals
Allsorts ~ Fancy Folds
Secret Crafter ~ Tons of Texture

Have a brilliant day take care and thanks for stopping by,

Love cherie   //*.*\\

Celebrations # Teddy Stampers

Hi and Happy New Year, hope you all had a fun Christmas.

Our first challenge of the year at Teddy Stampers is

CELEBRATIONS

So anything you want to celebrate, new baby, anniversary, birthday the choice is yours as long as you have a STAMPED OR DIGI STAMP TEDDY on your creation.

Our generous sponsor Whimsy Stamps gave us some cute images to work with, I chose Chilly Bear,

but as my mojo seems to be taking an extended holiday... sorry it's a Christmas card.

The easel card is made from Nesties Labels 10 with DP from Doodle Bug.

MS snowflake punch

I resized  the bear to make a baby one... having fun with mum or dad not sure!! and finished off with a peel off greeting and some gems from my stash, oh and crystal glitter of course.

Check out the rest of the team,  for some fab inspiration and welcome our new DT members.

Challenges to have fun with:

A spoon full of sugar ~ a Christmas card

ABC christmas ~ A for anything Christmas

Thank you for stopping by have a fun weekend.

Love Cherie   //*.*\\