Kitty hearts - new ADU release

 Hello crafting friends

In really hope all of you in the UK are safe and well after those storms, three in a row!  I started a new job last Monday and its been total chaos with the fall out from the weather!

With this bleak weather in mind I though I would go all out spring colour today... happy sunny yellow.

This is for the new release of the ADU images available here on etsy

There are three images in this release:

Bunny hearts

Heart balloons

Kitty hearts

They are all so amazing... I hope you will hop over to our Facebook page and check out some of the other inspiration, or even use on of these to join our FB challenge called use red/love or hearts.

Our blog challenge is also anything goes (using any all dressed up image) so you could enter twice for the chance to win some beautiful images from the talented Wendy Burns

I'd like to enter this into 

A bit more time to craft - anything goes

A perfect time to craft - anything goes

Classic design challenge - anything goes

Clever dexter - favourite technique (colouring)

creative sketchy girls - flowers

Alphabet challenge - yellow

I hope you like her - please check out the other work from our very talented DT, and check back here (or on my SM links on the right side of the page) for more designs soon.

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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Monster celebration

 Hi crafting friends

Welcome back for another make from the desk of the glittery pink craft room, today its a nice clean and simple one using a Tracey Hey stamp set called 'out of this world'

I stamped the cute alien (there's also the sweetest robot in this set) and coloured him using copic markers, then I fussy cut him out and edged around the cut image with black marker pen.

On the card front I used twisted citron distress oxide ink through a i-craft brick stencil.  I stamped the black squiggles and hearts.  These are also part of the stamp set, all finished with a sentiment from the same set.

I hope you like him - he's so adorable! 

I'd like to enter this into:

• Stamping sensations - anything goes with a stamp (no optional extra)
• We love stamping - anything stamped with option of a stencil
• Addicted to CAS - Hearts
• CAS on Sunday - Male
• Crafty Gals corner - add a heart

However you have made it here - I would really appreciate you clicking on the links at the top right of this page and following me on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest, and also click on the follow button for this blog.

Please leave me some love - I read everything, and it makes my day to get happy mail (rather than groupon vouchers, or notifications or tax refunds when the tax man doesn't even have my email ha ha)!

See you soon

crafting hugs

Rachael  

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One in a chameleon

 Hello Crafters

Happy weekend!  I'm so glad that it is.  I have so many jobs to do, and yet I'm sure I will still find some time for craft, after all once the washing is in, it takes 1 hour 20 before i need to do anything with it!

Taking time to share this cute chameleon from Vera Lane on Etsy.

I coloured him in (it looks like a 'he I think!) with Copics and then fussy cut him out.

Using a 6x6 piece of white card, I scored down the middle making a small slimline card.  on a slightly smaller panel (2 3/4 inches by 6) I stamped the side with versafine black ink using a Tracey Hey stamp set called creativity.  To this, I added broken china distress ink through a bubble stencil.

The flowers are a Julie Hickey set called Fresh Florals.  They were stamped in Memento black ink and also coloured with Copics and fussy cut out.  I then layered the coloured images on the panel and stuck them down using a both glue and foam pads.

To make it stand out a bit more I inked black down the edges of the panel and added a few black dots in pen, and some clear gems.

The sentiment was one I printed on my computer and cut into strips.

I just love how this turned out!  He is just so quirky...

I'd like to enter this into:

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Polkadoodles - Anything goes

Crafty calender - anything goes

Creative knockouts - lots of layers

Critter crazy challenge - Anything with a critter

Crafty animals - anything with an animal

Love to craft - Anything goes

See you again very soon

crafting hugs

Rachael

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Last GDT post for colour crazy

 Hi everyone

Its my last GDT post for colour crazy challenge and I'm using the very lovely All dressed up images who are sponsoring the blog challenge here:

New year, new me is a great stamp, not just for new year, if you remove the sentiment from the stamp like I have then you can give it to any of your fitness girl friends, and colour it match their skin and hair tones.

Our challenge runs for two weeks and is anything goes as long as its coloured.

I made this by colouring her with Copics and Prismacolour pencils, before fussy cutting her out.

I die cut a circle to add her too with foam pads.  I used a Kanban paper pad for the Blue heart background, as well as a grey striped paper strip, matted and layered onto the card front, finished with three pearls and a mama elephant tiny sentiment stamp

I hope you like it!

Crafty hugs

Rachael

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ADU new challenge - Love.

 Hello everyone

After a short Christmas break the dressie girls are back with another challenge on our All dressed up Facebook - this month the theme is love.... with Valentines day just around the corner, you can use this as a chance to make a card and tell someone what they mean to you (ahhhhhh). Running from the 1st Feb. until the end of the month there's plenty of time to get your entry in, for a chance to win some beautiful images from the alldressedupstamps Etsy page.

I used this cute image called some bunny loves me 

I coloured her using copics and a glittery gel pen for added detail.  I die cut her out.  The back ground papers are from a Nitwit paper kit called Cottage Garden I cut them to size and used my corner rounder on one of the corners.  I matted it on white card stock to make it stand out and added a white doily die cut.

To finish the card I added pink faux stitching around the edge and some enamel dots in the corners

I hope you like it!  please check out the other inspiration from my teamies over at Facebook, or if you prefer a blog challenge, on the 15th we re-launch this too.  Also keep your eyes peeled for some super cute new stamps in the release this month - they are simply too adorable for words! 

I'd like to enter this into:

• Passion for markers - Spring colours
• Though the craft room door - Anything goes
• Crafting happiness - Anything goes

thanks for dropping by - see you very soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael

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