Footie mad

 Hi everyone

Now this card has been received I can share with you on my page.  I made this for my sons friend who has just turned 11 and is an Aston villa fan

I printed him out and coloured him using Copics in the team colours.  I used a photo from the tinternet so I could reproduce as close to the strip as possible.

The papers are from a digi kit i downloaded from Etsy around 5 years ago, as are the embellishments, but I find I use this kit time and time again for boys cards.

I hope you like it!

I'd like to enter this into

Passion for markers - more than 3 layers

Try it on Tuesday for the man in your life

Crafting Happiness - Anything goes

Use your stuff - Anything goes

Taylormade cards 4U - masculine

Creative knockouts - for the kids

Thanks so much for stopping by - please leave me a comment and follow me on other social media channels - the links are in the top right to make it easy for you.

See you soon!

Rachael

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Flower fairy new release all dressed up

Hello crafting friends

just sharing with you my inspiration for the latest all dressed up releases.

This gorgeous girl is called flower fairy, and she joins so many other beautiful images in the Etsy gallery and can be found here

I printed her out and coloured her with copics and Polychromos pencils for added depth.  I then fussy cut her out.  I dug through my stash and found some leave dies, a Kaiser craft frame and some fleurs flower dies.  I coloured the flowers with Victorian velvet distress oxide and shaped and added some stems.

The stamp is a bitty birthday sentiment stamp from MFT.  I finished the card by adding some clear glitter pen from Oakwood archer. 

Also in this new release are:

Garden Boy

Butterfly hairdo

Aren't they just amazing!

There is still time to enter both the Facebook challenge here and the blog challenge, for a chance to win images (including these new release ones!) 

Please hop over to these pages for loads more inspiration from the DT and i'll see you back here again very soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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Sunflower

 Hello crafting friends

I thought today I would bring you a blast of sunflower yellow to brighten your day!

This cutie is from Vera Lane studios on Etsy I recently brought.  I love her and her little ladybug friend (watch this blog for the card I made with this!)

I printed her out and coloured her with copics, before fussy cutting her out.  I loved the idea she had spotty shoes so I matched my backing paper to this.  I also die cut a Kaiser craft frame and some MFT stitched flowers to add interest.  I layered everything onto a piece of black card stock, and using an acrylic paint pen added some faux stitching.

My sentiment is a Lisa Horton set that I stamped in yellow and hear embossed with clear powder.  My finishing touches were glossy accents on the shoes and flowers, as well as some yellow Nuvo drops on the flowers and dotted around for texture.

I love how cheerful this is.

I'd like to enter it into:

Allsorts challenge - Birthday

A gem of a challenge - Anything goes

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Craft rocket - birthday

moving along with the times - birthday

Simon Says stamp - Layer it up

I hope you like it, and would love for you to like and follow me both on here and on my other SM platforms (just on the top right you'll find my links!)

See you soon for more inspiration from the desk of the glittery pink craft room, until then, crafty hugs!

Rachael

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Dancing Queen

Hello everyone

I'm back today, from the desk in the glittery pink craft room, I'm sharing this cutie I made using an image I won over at the Polkdoodles blog.  She is called Dancing queen and isn't she just so adorable!

As I was going through a stash of papers I came across an old 12x12 paper pad and found it had some absolutely gorgeous papers in.  I cut them into 6x6 squares and added them to my 6x6 storage.  I always forget what some lovely papers because they are a larger size, so I’m going to make an effort to use them, or like I have here, cut them up.  I tend to head for the 6inch pads more often…

I coloured this cutie using copics and layered her onto a scalloped die cut.  It’s a lawn fawn die that creates a frame, so I popped up the outer ring, but including the middle.  I matted the patterned paper, but didn’t layer it, so after I had added the image, I realised it was lacking a bit of focus around the edge.  I used an acrylic marker pen in pink to create a sketchy border.  The sentiment is from a polkadoodles stamp set. 

I hope you like her!

I’d like to enter this into:

 C.R.A.F.T challenge - Anything goes

Creative knockouts - Anything goes 

Moving along with the times - Birthday

The sisterhood of crafters - think pink

Digi Tuesday - Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything Goes

Shopping your stash - Pastels (my paper pad I rediscovered was my stashed item!)

Thanks so much for dropping by it really does mean a lot when people comment and follow me on social media.

See you soon

Rachael 

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Sherlock says Happy Birthday!

Hi everyone 

I made this using a Vera lane digi image (from etsy), printed him and the dog out and coloured them using Copics.

I used an crafttreat stencil in the background in various muted colours to create a camouflage feel and a script stamp to add a bit of interest.  The sentiment is die cuts from Julie Hickey sweet pea alphabet set and a Lisa Horton stamp set.  I mounted it together and to add a bit of contrast  i white heat embossed a hexagon from an Oakwood direct set and cut it out.  I also used this in the background for a bit of interest.  The brown shape really makes Sherlock pop off the page.

Male cards are just so tough to make aren’t they!

I'd like to enter this into:

• Kraftin Kimmie - for the boys
• The creative crafters challenge - anything goes
• Love to craft - Anything goes
• A bit more time to craft - Anything goes 
• Crafty Catz - anything goes with hand coloured image

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'd love it if you would follow me - if not on my blog then on any of my social media pages (links at the top right), and if you would leave me a comment - it really cheers me up to read them!

See you all soon - Crafting hugs!

Rachael

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So happy.....

Hi Crafting friends

I’m just dropping in today to share a card I made yesterday with my latest art supply – Inktense pencils.

I’ve had my eye on them for a while but didn’t understand the difference between these and ordinary water colour, but there is a big difference!  They are so bright and saturated with colour, they give a really vibrant effect, and they spread so easily with water… I think I’m in love with them!

I also recently had a Polkadoodles splurge getting lots of their stamp sets while they were on a deal on create and craft so I paired them up to make a few pretty cards.

This is the first one I made.

Its using several different stamp sets

• Grace weidre
• Spring wishes
• rainbow wishes
• Sunburst trees

I stamped them onto a plain (but heavyweight) white cardstock using versafine black ink, then using my new pencils coloured the images in.  I then fussy cut them all out.

The background is using a i-craft DL stencil for the spots ink blended with wilted violet distress oxide.  the other stamps in the background are from Tracey Hey (the writing and circles in the background)

I then layered the flowers and my character with a combination of glue and foam pads for dimension, all finished with a sparkle pen!  Finally matted and layered onto block cardstock.

I'd like to enter this into: 

Get creative - use flowers

Crafting happiness - Anything goes

Happy little stampers - anything goes watercolour (inktense pencils) 

QKR stampede -Anything goes

creative crafters - Anything goes

Dare to be artsy - flowers 

Polkadoodles - anything goes

we love 2 create - anything goes mixed media

See you soon!

Rachael 

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Flower fairy

 Hello everyone

It is time again for another ADU challenge on our friendly Facebookgroup.  Every month on the 1^st we have a new theme and this month its ‘flowers’

This challenge shouldn’t be too hard to enter, after all so many of the stunning images either have flowers on them, or you can add flowers to your background or scene. Our own rule is that you must use an all dressed up image.

I chose to use magic fairy (check out Etsy for loads more images you can use) and a floral background. 

I used craft artist to import some floral embellishments from a digi kit into the background, and I then added the image to my scene.  I decided I wanted a pencilled sketchy look, so I used the transparency tool and made it 70% lighter, then printed it and coloured with Copics and Polychromos pencils.

I then fussy cut her out before using foam pads to lift her off the card.

 

You can also enter out anything goes challenge on our blog.  This is open until the 15^th of every month.  If you are not into challenges, then both Facebook and the challenge blog have loads of inspiration from the talented DT team.

 I hope you like her – I think she’s super cute!

 I’d like to enter this into:

•  Classic design challenge - anything goes
• crafts galore encore - anything goes
• Love to craft - anything goes
• we love stamping -  for a lady of a girl
• Crafty Katz - anything goes
• Creative fingers - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by, it means a lot – especially if you comment, or follow me on FB, Instagram or Pinterest. 

See you soon!

Rachael

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