Alex Syberia Designs

Hi all,

Well if you follow me on Instagram, you will have seen all of my sneak peaks that I have been teasing you with... (sorry not sorry LOL)

The very talented Alex Syberia, had asked me to produce some cards made with her new designs and I jumped at the chance to work with her designs, she produces the most amazing floral digital images!
So please check out her etsy shop here.

So the wait is over... here are my creations...

Sneak peak day 1 - coloured with Arteza water brush markers, Clearly Besotted Sentiment

Sneak peak day 2 - coloured with Prismacolor pencils, Clearly Besotted Sentiment

Sneak peak day 3 - coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils, MFT Sentiment

Sneak peak day 4 coloured with Prismacolor pencils, Clearly Besotted Sentiment

Sneak peak day 5 - Coloured with Mission Gold Watercolours, MFT Sentiment

Sneak peak day 6 coloured with Prismacolor pencils, Clearly Besotted Sentiment

Phew that's them all!

Hope you like them!

And don't forget to take a look at all of Alex's other gorgeous designs too!

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

XoX

Make my Monday #103 - Dance

Hi all,

It's Monday, so that means its a new challenge over on the Make My Monday blog and this weeks theme is Dance, chosen by the lovely Sue! so please head over and take a look at the DT cards and maybe enter a card or two yourself!

It's a been a couple of weeks since I last posted anything, I am still, not feeling 100% and on top of the vertigo, I am suffering with other issues too.. (insert sad face).

Anyway back to my card, so the theme was dance, and I had done a little online shopping as you do when you're ill LOL, and I recieved my parcel from Clearly Besotted, and I knew I had to colour these cute little hippo's up from the Twinkle Toes set, with my Prismacolor pencils!

I've some twine and sequins just to finish the card off and mounted it on some pink cardstock!

Hope you like the card and don't forget to pop over and take a look at the DT cards and enter the challenge too!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs
XoX

Make My Monday - Friendship #102

Its Monday and that means it's time for a new challenge over on the Make My Monday Blog!  The lovely Debbie is out host for this one and she has chosen - Friendship #102

I decided that my new stamp - "Friendship" by Penny Black was perfect for this challenge!

To create this card, I stamped the image in black memento ink, and coloured it with Prismacolor pencils.  The sea has been created using 3 die cuts for stencils, I used Mermaid lagoon distress oxide ink, and the sky was the clous stencil by MFT and I used Tumbeled glass distress oxide ink.  The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in black and die cut using a tag die.

These guys are so cute sailing in some rough seas!

I'm entering this one into the following Challenges

SSS - Anything Goes optional Penny Black

Penny Black and More August - For Boys and Men

PBSC August - Anything Goes...Optional 'Water and/or Watercolour'!

Just Us Girls Challenge #499~Word Week - SUMMER

Always Fun Challenge #122 - Use Stencils - EDITED I got a top 3

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like the card and why not pop over and join in with the challenge!

Hugs

XoX

Clearly Besotted - Pop Up Plushies

Hi all,

I'm back today with another card for you, this time it's a dreamy scene... featuring four of the pop up plushies by Clearly Besotted..(you know I love Clearly Besotted!!)

I coloured four of the animals with my Prismacolour pencils and fussy cut them out.

The background has been stenciled using the Wendy Vecchi - Make art station,  with the cloud stencil by MFT, in Dried Marigold, Tattered Rose, Spun Sugar and Victorian velvet.  I added some splatters of white/silver (905)  and gold (906) starry paints by Kuretake, and while it was still wet I dusted it with glitter using my Ranger glitter duster.

I cut four slits in the clouds and slit where the paws are in the images and slotted them in, and adhered them with some foam tape,  so they appear to be peaking from over the clouds.  I stamped the sentiment from the same set in Insulation Pink by MFT, and cut it out with the Neat and Tangled Skinny Strip dies, and popped it up with foam tape.

All that was left to do was to find some paper and sequins that matched LOL

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like the card!

hugs

XoX

Gerda Steiner - Catch A Wave...

Hi all,

Oh how I love this little guy in the catch a wave stamp set by Gerda Steiner... he is so cute...  So when I saw that the theme was Surfs Up, at Male Room challenge I had to enter this little guy!

I started this card by heat embossing the SSS - Waves in turquoise embossing powder by Ranger

I then masked this off with a piece of paper. For the top half  I used scattered straw distress oxide ink as my base.

 I am using the Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Make art station for this.  Those magnets are really strong I used them to not only hold the paper but also the Tim Holtz stencil I used.

I blended ripe persimmon, wild honey and mustard seed for the sunrays.

The sea was a blend of mermaid lagoon and salty ocean and I added white textile paint with a sprinkle of glitter with my Glitter Duster.

I coloured my little guy with Prismacolor pencils but I sketched around him and made this the beach, which is also coloured with Prismacolours.  I made a slit in between the sea and the sun and pushed the image through it, and adhered him with foam tape.

The final touch was a few seagulls and the sentiment which are from the SSS - Surfs Up set.

I'm also entering this into 

Addicted to stamps and more - Challenge #352 - Make Your Mark

WWC232 - "Anything Goes" Challenge

Gerda Steiner - August Share

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my little guy!

hugs

XoX

Lawn Fawn - Love you tons

Hi all,

So if you've read the previous post, then you'll know I have vertigo today..I'm just drunk but without the alcohol LOL...

These two little elephants have taken ages to colour with my Prismcolor pencils..The Alcohol ink background I did a couple of weeks ago (thank goodness) and all I did was stamp a few trees from the MFT set - Warm and Feathered Hugs.  The sentiment is by Neat and Tangled - Typed Sentiments.

I do love playing with Alcohol ink, what I don't like is you have no real control and knowing when to stop, so I decided that for this scene, I wanted to paint it, it's easier than watercolours LOL..

This was made for a challenge over on Just us Girls - #498 Photo Week

Here's another look at mine

Have you tried working with Alcohol inks ??

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my card!

hugs
XoX

Whimsy - Mermaid Dreams

Hi all,

I tried to finish this card last night but the light wasn't very good, so I thought I would wait until this morning..and I woke up with vertigo arhhhhh It's for the new challenge over on Sweet Stampin, Magical Makes  EDITED I GOT TOP 3

And I thought that this new stamp by Whimsy was perfect for the job!

Ive stamped the image using inkon3 Fade out ink, and coloured it with my Prismacolor Pencils.  Ive used distress oxide ink at the bottom of the card in Tumbled glass, and then I splattered it with gold and silver starry colour paint.and added a few sequins.

Im also entering this into Addicted to stamps and more - Challenge #352 - Make Your Mark

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope you like my card!

Hugs
XoX

Crafter's Companion - Party Paws - Bamboo

Hi all,

So you all know I had a craft room makeover last week, and yesterday I spent three hours looking for something I had filed away in a new home... oh my, I could tell you were it was two weeks ago prior to the make over... but I finally found it, a little too late, but I did LOL..

Well while I was on the hunt (and losing my mind...) I found a few stamp sets, that I had filed in plastic DVD cases from Stampin Up! one of them was perfect for a challenge over on Addicted to CAS  the theme for this challenge is Daisy..Well I haven't played with this stamp set in quite a while, It must be one of my first ones I bought, way way back..

I've coloured this little cutie, with my Prismacolor pencils, on the eco friendly cardstock, it's just one layer too.  I used all the warm grey's for the panda and just a touch of black.  The sentiment is from Neat and Tangled - Typed Sentiments.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like the card!

Hugs

XoX

It's the weekend with Clearly Besotted - Magical Plushies

Happy Friday to you all!

The weekend is here! YAY... so on my desk today is the Magical Plushies set from Clearly Besotted, I have quite a few sets from Clearly Besotted, as I just love their sentiment sets and the cuties LOL..

Ive coloured this one with my Prismacolor Pencils, and even though this is a real small image, there are around 15 layers of colour on it...I like to go lightly and build up, so the colouring and blending look seamless...(well I try too LOL)

Who doesn't like a unicorn... right..

He has a halo cloud of milled lavender distress ink around him, and I achieved this by covering him with a die cut cloud and then going over it with the distress ink, then removing the cloud and I then went over all of it.  This leaves a very faint cloud image, so that he looks like he's sat in the cloud.

(hopefully you can see, so hard to get the light right for that photo)

In the second photo, you can see his golden unicorn, that was created using a starduct gelly roll pen.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

1. Less is more Challenge #400 - Small Images
2. AAA Cards CAS Game #145 - One Image + Optional Twist Positivity

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

hugs

XoX

Penny Black - Balloon Ride

Hi all,

I'm not sure what it is at the moment, but I am loving coloring bears, dogs and balloons LOL

I've had to wait for this little guy to be back in stock, he's been out of stock for a while now but I knew I just had to have him... (you so know what I mean...don't you...yep i thought so LOL)

I coloured this one with my Prismacolor Pencils, on that eco friendly cardstock I was gifted.. it's not white white, it's an off white, but it works really well with the pencils..

Originally, I was going to fussy cut him out, but since I had stamped him with Inkon3 fade out ink in the middle of the cardstock, I thought I may as well just leave him there, mask him off and add the sky around him, with Soft Sky ink by Stampin Up! with my MFT cloud stencil.

After I finished colouring the bear, I went around him with a brown fineliner to add the bear fur back in, and I also went around the balloons too.

I'm entering this one into the Penny Black and More - July Summer Colours challenge

And Double D challenge - Birthday

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you like my little bear!

Hugs

XoX

Penny Black - It's your day

Hi all,

Its a lovely morning here in Melbourne with lots of winter sunshine, which makes a change from all the wind & rain we have been having latley.

I was able to get decent photos of the card I was working on from early last week.

I coloured this one with my Prismacolor pencils, and fussy cut it out.  The sentiment is by mama elephant - Birthday Sentiments.  The embossing folder is an old Stampin Up! one, and I did a distress oxide blend before I embossed it,  The banner and the striped paper are both by MFT.

I'm entering this one into - 

1. PBSC July - Anything Goes...Optional 'Food and/or Drink' - EDITED I got a PBSC Favourite
2. Double D Challenge - Birthday
3. WWC231 - Tristan's "All About Occasions" Challenge
4. Addicted to Stamps and more Challenge #351 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a lovely day!

Hugs

XoX