Tuesday, 3 May 2022

So happy.....

By    May 03, 2022 // 2 comments

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 


Sunday, 1 May 2022

Flower fairy

By    May 01, 2022 // 4 comments

 Hello everyone

It is time again for another ADU challenge on our friendly Facebookgroup.  Every month on the 1st 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 15th 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:

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

See you soon!

Rachael


Friday, 22 April 2022

Best frock!

By    April 22, 2022 // 2 comments

Hello Crafting friends

It is again time to showcase Wendy's latest release from All dressed up, and this time there are some really elegant ladies as well as some total cuties!

I used a set called  best frocks.  This is a great set as there are three elegant ladies together, or you can use them separately.  I used one on its own.  I though she as so demure that she needed nothing but black and sparkle to pull off the evening gown look!

I printed her out and coloured with Copics, before adding tonic shimmer all over her frock.  The sentiment was printed at the same time as the image.

I added some stripy card down the side and a thin strip of metallic red to make it all pop! 

You can buy this and all other new releases (as well as tons of other beautiful images!) over in our etsy store.  Please check it out! 



 Here are the full set of images in the new release.

Best Frocks
Easter Chick
Happy Easter

Don't forget our Facebook challenge - 'Lets be cute' is running until the end of the month, and over on our challenge blog its anything goes.  You can enter both if you like to increase the chances of winning some images!  Even if entering competitions isn't your thing, then there is loads of amazing projects for inspiration from the talented DT!

I'd like to enter this into:

Aud Sentiment - use a birthday sentiment

Krafty Chicks - CAS

crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Daisy chain challenge - birthday

That's it for now - thanks so much for stopping by.  I'd love if you like, share and follow me (links to social media above!)

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael






Friday, 15 April 2022

Spring wellies

By    April 15, 2022 // 5 comments

Hello everyone

I've been on holiday this week, and had a few hours crafting time.  I decided to challenge myself to something different, and went to my Nitwit digi scrapbooks to create some cards that don't involve colouring.

I needed some Easter and spring cards to send out, and although I do have a lot of Easter stamps and digi stamps, I decided to do some mindful fussy cutting and layering instead. 



This is one of the cards I made - in the end I made about 10 cards using the same kit.  I find sometimes to limit the supplies helps bring back my mojo, and stretch my creative brain.  It was so much fun to do this for a change!

This kit is called Spring wellies

All I did was chose the images and lay them out in my craft artist software, then print them.  I spent a while fussy cutting everything, then printed some matching backing papers.  The using glue and foam pads, made my cards, in all different shapes and sizes. 

Thank you for stopping by - I really appreciate you taking the time to drop in.  If you want more inspiration please check out my Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest boards too.(link up above)


I'd like to enter this into:

Alphabet challenge  - A is for animal antics (that naughty cat is clearly up to no good!)

Crafty catz - AG but option April showers

C.R.A.F.T - Spring

Through the purple haze - add an animal

Crafty gals corner - Spring

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael


Wednesday, 13 April 2022

A day without creativity....

By    April 13, 2022 // 1 comment

Hello Crafting friends

Hope that everyone out there in blogland is fit and well.  I've just gotten over COVID.  I did well though I haven’t had it all all since the start of the pandemic, despite working all the way through in retail, but it finally caught up with me.  Feeling much better now!

To cheer everyone up - I though I would share this cutie I made using a digi stamp from Vera Lane, some flowers from a Julie Hickey set, and finally a sentiment and background detail from a Tracey Hey stamp set.



 I stamped and printed and the images before colouring them using Copic markers. I used white gel pen for added detail.

 I cut a piece of card stock to 6 x 6 inches and scored in half to make a mini slimline card. On the background, I added mustard seed distress oxide ink through a dotty stencil, and using my black ink, stamped the detail down the side. (From the Tracey Hey stamp set called ‘a day without creativity’).

I then layered the flowers on the background before adding the girl. It’s all stuck together with glue and foam pads.

I finally stamped the sentiment at the side in black also and added some Nuvo drops for black spots in the background to add texture and interest.

I hope you like it!

I’d like to enter this into:

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a message if you are here, so I know what people like! Also, if you want quicker access to the things I make for inspiration, then in the top right corner of this page there is a link to other SM platforms, where I regularly post.

See you soon

Rachael

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Geranium pitcher

By    April 07, 2022 // 1 comment

 Hi friends


Hope you are all having a great week! I'm stopping by today to share a beautiful stamped image from Stampendous called geranium pitcher, as well as some useful background stamps also from Stampendous called postage creations,


This is a 7x7 card I made using Anna Marie Paper pad called Garden Blooms.  I stamped my image in memento tuxedo black ink and coloured with copics.  I layered up the card, and decided to add the postage style stamps to the background.  I also have a stamp shaped die that I stamped onto making them look like postage stamps.  the butterfly is also from this postage set.

I really love the blue tones and grey tones in this, this is one of my favourite blue colour combos!  (B60, B63 and B66 in copic colours).

This stamp will be featured on Create and craft on Saturday if you want to check it out.  On the Oakwood shows!

 I'd like to enter this into:

Thanks so much for stopping by - its so great to have you here.  Please follow my page, or if you like other Social media platforms, on the top right of the page is links to other places you can follow me. 

See you again very soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 


Friday, 1 April 2022

A cuddle makes it all better

By    April 01, 2022 // 5 comments

 Hi crafting friends

If you have never been here before - a warm welcome, and for those who have, thanks for stopping by again!

Today its a card made using one of the older all dressed up images called 'a cuddle makes it all better.'  This is for our Facebook challenge starting today over on our page.  The theme for this month - Lets be cute, and what is possibly cuter than a little girl hugging her dog!


After printing her out, I decided I wanted to layer this card up, so I used a Nitwit scrapbook digi kit called Day to Day.  I resized several elements and printed them out, before arranging across my card.

I coloured the image using a combination of copics and Prismacolour pencils.

Once I had arranged everything, I adhered everything down using a combination of glue and foam pads, and finished with some sparkly stickles around the edges of the butterflies and on the flowers.

I love the colour palette on this - I would never think to put raspberry pink with mint green, but I think its beautiful.

Please check out our Facebook page and our challenge blog, you can enter both, multiple times for a chance of inning three gorgeous images from Wendy.  All we ask is you use the all dressed up images.  If you don't have any there are some freebies on the blog to get you started, or hop over to the etsy page and treat yourself.

The DT have some amazing inspiration!

Watch out for the new releases coming soon too!

I'd like to enter this into:

Thanks for stopping by - I'd love it f you left me a comment, or were to follow me on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest (links on the right at the top)

See you soon

Rachael 


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