All dressed up December release

 Hello crafty friends

Its time again for another inspiration post for the new releases from all dressed up, as well as a reminder to enter our fabulous challenge.

we'll be taking a break in Jan, so if you want to win some images - you have to nip over to either our Facebook page  or our blog to join in the fun.  The rules are available depending on the site you chose to enter. 

Today we are show casing this beauty called Christmas hug!

I resorted to one of my fav colour combos - kraft card with red and white.

She was coloured with copics and Prismacolour pencils.  I used a creative expressions embossing folder as well as some scraps red scrap folder, a scalloped frame die from Lawn fawn and a Martha Steward punch

There are some other new release images also available on Etsy 

Sleepy bear

Christmas Hug

Christmas Pet

As well as hundreds of other super cute images for all occasion.....

I hope you like her!

I'd like to enter into:

Be back soon with more inspiration from the glittery pink craft room, but if you want to keep up to date without subscribing to my blog, why not try Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest.  I'm on the all.  Links on my main page!

Crafty hugs

Rachael 

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Clean and simple floral design

 Hi everyone

I thought I would today share a clean and simple floral card, that I absolutely love.  Happy yellows and blues, with lots of white space, it makes my heart very happy!

Ingredients

• Stamps
• Oakwood archer - distress texture back ground stamp
• Oakwood archer - distress type stamp
• Oakwood archer - distress circle background
• Dies
• Oakwood archer rose die set
• Oakwood archer ladybird die set
• Yellow Nuvo drops

I stamped the yellow distress background onto a piece of card slightly smaller than DL and then stamped the circle/dots in blue over it.  I then stamped the bigger circle and left he panel to dry.

I die cut the leaf from the rose set in green card stock and the flowers from the ladybird set in white, and added a bit of colour.  To add dimension I used my embossing tool to shape them. 

Finally I matted the DL card onto some pearlescent yellow card, and used the off cut strips to stamp my sentiment.  I then glued the whole thing together.

I hope you like it

I'd like to enter this into:

Dare to be Artsy - CAS

Double D's - lots of white

Classic design challenge - AG

Crafting happiness - Anything goes

If you like these stamps and dies, then there is an Oakwood archer show on the 19th December on The crat store, where you can buy these goodies. 

In the meantime, there will be more inspiration from the Glittery Pink Craft room on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.  if you want top check this out, please use the links on my home page to take you straight there.  Please like and follow me! 

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael

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Play date

 Hello friends

Me again - with a just for fun colouring of playdate from All dressed up (you can find here here on Etsy)

I just love this image - she's so sassy.  She looks like she has bags of attitude and I couldn't wait to colour her in!

Ingredients

• All dressed up digi stamp - playdate
• pink spotty paper from my stash
• Lili of the valley - everyday sentiments 
• Coloured with copics and Polychromos pencils
• Tattered lace stitched rectangle die

I printed her out and coloured her with a base of copics.  I used a couple of different shades for each, but only to put in basic shadows.  I then went over it with my Faber Castel Polychromos pencils to add more depth to the image and build up the texture in her hair.  I used the white pencil to add extra highlight on the bow and her skirt.  I just love the effect.

I fussy cut her out and mounted her onto a piece of black card and added just a hint of white pigment ink behind her (just what was left on my brush) to soften the black.

Matted and layered the pink spotty also on black and fussy cut out the sentiment from the sheet I printed and then using glue and foam pads assembled the card.  Once I had left it overnight I realised I wanted her to have super black sunglasses so I used my black Nuvo drops to add shine and dimension.

I hope you love this image as much as I do.  

I'd like to enter this into:

• A bit more time to craft - anything goes
•  perfect time to craft -Anything goes
• Creations in pink - anything goes in pink
• Dragonfly dreams - anything goes
• creative fingers - anything goes

I'm so glad you dropped by - it means so much when people visit.  Please like and follow, and also if you go back to my home page click on other SM sites to find more examples of my work. 

See you again very soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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Oakwood archer shows Friday 10th December 2pm

Hello crafting friends 

As promised here is part two - and it was these samples that really pushed my creativity.

I haven't done alcohol inks or scrapbooking for a very long time!  It was nice to play though and really stretch my boundaries.

Hope you'll tune in and see the show, and check out the other samples the DT have made - they are stunning!

 

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Oakwood archers shows Friday 10th Dec 10am

Hello crafting friends

The glittery pink craft room has been rather a mess for the last week or so while I've been busy making samples for the next Oakwood archer show on The craft channel.

How do I always end up with a space the size of my glass mat to work??

On Friday 10th December we have wo shows at 10am and 2pm showing some of the products available to purchase from the Oakwood direct website, or from the craft channel itself.

I have made some very different types and themes for this set - I haven't done some of these techniques for a very long time! 

These are for the 10am show

                                                

I'll be back tomorrow with the 2pm samples

Sending Christmassy crafting hugs!

Rachael 

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Alice in Crafting land

Hi everyone

Yesterday I was browsing Etsy for digi stamps. I wanted to find some new cute designs and as my craft room is rapidly filling up - I can always justify buying new digi's as they take up no room! 

I found this super cute set and brought it along with several others from a company called Caperuza sketch. they were really reasonably priced, and I adore the sketchy design.

Alice in Wonderland is one of my all-time favourite stories, and I knew they would have to be bright and bold and rainbow coloured.  I did colour them as close to the Disney film adaptation as possible.

ingredients

• Coloured with copics markers
• Digi stamps by Caperuza sketch on etsy here
• Die - Lawn fawn scalloped slimline die with hears
• Glittered with tonic shimmer pen and stickles Christmas berry red glitter
• Ink blending with distress oxide inks
• worn lipstick, 
• scattered straw, 
• broken china, 
• villainous potion

I printed all of my images first, coloured them and cut them out using my scan and cut.

I then cut out the die shape with some smooth white card stock, and blended distress inks to create a rainbow.

I blended the colours to create the secondary tones of orange and green and at the end added come more worn lipstick so it looks like it going back to red again.

This was then splattered with black water colour paint and lawn fawn liquid stardust.

I printed the quote and cut it up, then laid it along with my images onto the panel using glue and foam pads.  I used a slightly bigger card blank to put it on to finish the card.

I just love how colourful this is and how cute those characters are.  I can guarantee I'll be back for more images from here, There were so many to choose from!

I'd like to enter this into:

Lil patch of crafty friends -Anything goes

A gem of a challenge - anything goes

Di's digi's - use a digi stamp

Critter crazy - use a critter (hoping the white rabbit counts!) 

Crafters cafe - anything goes

Crafts galore encore - anything goes

Thanks for dropping in - if you could leave me a message I'd really appreciate it, or better still like and follow me on any of my social media channels.  The links are on the front blog page.

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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More exciting news

 Hi everyone

So I was recently over the moon to have been selected to become part of the Oakwood Archer DT family.  They are a craft company who sell so many products and use the craft store as a way of promoting and selling. The amazing Tina Barnett was on the show and my samples got promoted throughout.

They sent me two sets to use for my first show, and they featured on last Saturday.

The peacock collection

....and the signs of the season

All using the products that can be found here

Here's an excerpt of the show where Yanis picked up my sample - I was like a kid at Christmas!!

The next shows are on 10th December, I'm busy making them at the moment so keep your eyes peeled for that show.

Crafty hugs

Rachael

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Celebrate!

 Hello crafting friends 

Happy 1st December - hope you've all opened that first window of your advent calendar!

Over at All Dressed Up Facebook, our new challenge is starting!.  the theme this month is celebrate... however you want to interpret this whether it be a Christmas, Hanukah, birthday, new years or any other celebration!

Our winner gets three All dressed up images, or you may get picked as our top three.  There were some gorgeous makes last month!

If you want to take part, or to check out more dressy girl inspiration click here.

Here is my card using Prosecco time.

Ingredients

• Stamp - all dressed up prosecco time (available from Etsy here) 
• Coloured with - Copics and Prismacolour pencils
• Sentiment - Crafters companion
• dies - 
• Flowers Creative expressions
• Tattered Lace - pearl squares
• Backing paper from my stash.
• Finished with Nuvo drops, glossy accents and shimmer pens

I printed and coloured the image before using my square die to cut her out.  I wanted a 'pop' of pink so I added a bright pink card stock behind and matted her onto the damask patterned paper.  Matted again on more pink to add contrast to the edges.

I added the sentiment and flowers, using my shimmer pen to add sparkle across several elements of the card, including the sentiment.  I then added glossy accents to the sentiment (which looks like a glittery puffy sticker), as well as nuvo drops to the flowers.

I hope you like her!

Please do check out our FB page, or our blog (you can enter your card in both places if you like! )  There's loads of inspiration form the super talented team!

I'd like to enter this into

Through the craft room door - anything goes

Colour my heart - black white grey and one other colour

All sorts challenge - use a digi stamp

See you all very soon - oh and please leave me a message or follow me on SM (links on the home page) I'd love to see you there!

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

 

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