Jul 21
Hi there! Just playing with the current Runway Inspired challenge. I love how fresh and fun it is!
I’m sorry for the quick post, lots to do! xx
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Jul 20
Two things: BIG sloppy smooches to all of you for playing along last week - I was literally jumping up and down, seeing the number of beautiful entries! You rocked the sketch in too many ways to mention. The prize goes to… *drumroll*
Wanda Cullen!! YAY! Wanda, please shoot me an email (link in the sidebar) with your mailing address and I’ll get the happy mail out to you 
We’re starting off another hundred sketches (got to think big, right??), with this:
The one and only, awesome Wida helped me sample this sketch! I already saw what she made with it - seriously guys, you don’t want to miss it!! See her little beauty HERE. Thanks so much, chica! <3
Here’s my interpretation; I happily inked up some of my new ‘toys’…
I’m seriously in love with this bunny from The Greeting Farm. There are three in the set, I already can’t wait to give the other two some inky love!
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If you would like to play along:
- You’re kindly asked to save the sketch image onto your computer first, and if you make a card based on it, please link back to this post.
- Share the link to your creation via the Inlinkz widget below, so that I can come and check it out!
- Share the link to your creation via the Inlinkz widget below, so that I can come and check it out!
Perks:
- A new sketch is posted every other Saturday night (8pm Australian EST, 6am American EST, and the link widget is open for two weeks. However, you’re welcome to play any time! Just leave a link in the comments section and I’ll pop in to see it.
- I’ll be inviting one person who uses my sketch, to join me for the next one! I’ll be also highlighting the entries that caught my eye, on my Facebook page.
- Every now and then, I will also invite an inky friend to join me as well, for an extra dose of inspiration.
Jul 19
I’m excited to bring you another Copic tutorial today, and as you could see from the sneak peek on the FB page, it’s a Some Odd Girl image! Doubly excited because I haven’t coloured one of these sweeties in way too long, and (some of you might remember that) I LURVVVEEEEE them. I must admit that I’m very picky when it comes to the stamps for colouring, but there’s something about these gorgeous wide-eyed girls that makes me want to gobble them up. I picked Teacher’s Pet Tia, not because I’m in need of a school-themed card but because her hair looked fun to colour. Let’s admit it, even though it’s often a challenge, colouring hair IS so much fun
Enjoy
Jul 18
I’ve gone all retro for this week’s CASE Study! We continue with the inspiration from Jocelyn Olson and the card I chose is one of the most recognizable pieces of hers that will surely be a hit. I literally can. not. wait. to see what everyone’s up to with this one
I still haven’t tackled anything digital, as I promised myself to do especially for this occasion, I’m simply running out of time and often I’m too tired to gather courage to try something new.Anyway, good ole’ stamping is always a good enough choice and for my retro styling-inspired card I did just this. I stamped the backgrounder from Penny Black (Allover Pattern) in dark brown and gave it life by filling in with Copic markers. The colours I used are: R35, R32, BG11, BG15, Y35, E57. The sentiment from Mama Elephant (Smitten), stamped on MFT Bracket Tab die, finishes off the card.
Check out the blogs below for the Design Team’s takes on the challenge, or visit CASE Study to see it all happening in one place.
Jocelyn Olson - July Muse
Tracey McNeely - July Guest Designer
Amy Wanford
Andrea Ewen
Clare Buswell
Debby Hughes
Jean Martin
Jeanne Jachna
Maureen Merritt
Maureen Plut
Silke Ledlow
Tasnim Ahmed
Teneale Williams
Jul 16
Well, I haven’t learnt from last night, and I’m having another late night crafting. That, plus a very challenging day, add up to a very tired Chupa. However, with CASE Study coming tomorrow, I really want to blog this little number before it gets too crowded here Let’s get cracking!
I rarely ever play with Make It Mondays, but this week’s challenge is yummy-licious and I wanted to give this technique a go anyway. Gotta love the watercolour look! Actually, as much as spritzing the inked stamp with water is a common enough technique, applying paints with an aqua pen was something new to me that immediately clicked. Why haven’t I thought of this before?? It’s SO convenient it’s ridiculous, lol.
I used light green paint on the broad leaves from Turning A New Leaf, and dark green on the fine leaves & the ferns from Harvest Berries. Then I inked up the latter with Simply Chartreuse which I over-stamped the images with, for a nice contrasting, two-tone look. For the broad leaves, I used Classic Kraft ink for my second step, and only swiped the ink along the edges.
Then I added the sentiment panel and the fun polka dot butterfly. I really dug out some oldies for this challenge, didn’t I??
Also goes to…
Jul 15
Hi there! Excuse the quick post - it’s been a couple of days since I shared something and I was itching to stamp, so I indulged in a crafty evening. Time will tell if it was a good decision, I’m pooped and tomorrow will have an early start… all the things we do to satisfy our hobby!
There are a few lovely sketches on the block this week, I decided to give two of them a go - CAS(E) This Sketch #36 and retrosketches #72.
Oh, and looks like I had too much fun embossing with my dies, too
(The bird stamp is by Red Lead Paperworks, but appears to be discontinued)
Time card
No. 1 card
