Friday, September 26, 2014

Zuri Artsy-Zoe Card

Hello everyone. It is Olivia here popping in with my inspirational post for this week.  The image I chose to work with is the adorable image called Zoe.  Isn't is just a great one?

 I was in the mood to do some paper piecing recently so I thought this would be a great one to do it with. I just paper pieced her pants and scarf and used my Copics to color the rest.

Hope you all have a great day and be sure to check into Zuri shop. You gonna wants some of these lovely especially once the new Challenge gets started up.

I will also be entering this one into the following challenges:

Brown Sugar-Anything Goes
Creative Fingers-Anything Goes with Sentiment
Sister Act-Anything Goes
Inky Impressions-Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty-Spots and Stripes
Love to Scrap-Anything Goes
WordArt Wednesday-Anything Goes

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Sweet Pea Stamps-Featured Artist-Elaine Cox

Hello everyone

I am popping in today for my inspirational post for Sweet Pea Stamps. Today I decided to use one of Elaine Cox's Images called Katie.

 
I am so into the fall colors right now and that was what I had in my mind when I colored this one up. All of it is colored with my Copics though I used so many I did not get to write it all down.  The paper is from my stash and a mixture of different companies.
 
Be sure to stop by and see all the lovely images by Elaine available in both rubber and digi.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Crafty Sentiments Challenge-Christmas in September

 This week at Crafty Sentiments challenge, our theme is
 
CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER
 
 
The prize:

 C
 
For this challenge I decided to use one of my favorite Christmas theme stamps, Christmas Seasons.
 
 
Used some Christmas theme paper I had in my stash, colored the image up with my Copics and added some pearls to the snowflakes to give some dimension.
 
Be sure to stop in to our challenge and remember there is bonus points if you use a Crafty Sentiments image in your work.
 
 

Monday, September 22, 2014

Crafty Sentiments-New Christmas Release

Crafty Sentiments has come out with more great stamps for the upcoming Christmas season. I was fortunate enough to be able to join in the fun with this adorable one.



Isn't it adorable?  This stamp is called "Having Fun" . I colored the image with my Copics and then used my Very Merry Christmas from MME.  All these images will be available starting Sept 24 so be sure to check out the Inspirational blog that is showcasing these stamps.

I will also be entering this into the following challenges:

CraftyHazelnut Christmas- Anything Goes Christmas
Sparkles Christmas-Snowmen
Crafting While We Can-Early Christmas
Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge-Anything Goes with Spots/Dots
Sweet Sketch Wednesday-based on Sketch

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Zuri Artsy Crafty New Release

Hello everybody!

It is the day of first New Releases de Zury Artsy Craftsy!

Mabel

Wendy

Brian
You can find these wonderful images in the shop " Zury Artsy Craftsy "!
 
I was lucky enough to get to play with Mabel as my image for this new release:
 
 
 
I used a variety of papers from my stash that I had to get those classic fall colors. I colored the image with my Copics and added stickles to my leaves to give them some sparkle and depth. The sentiment is from my stash of bottlecap images I used.
 
I will be entering this one into the following challenges:
 

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Zuri Artsy Crafty Blog

Here I am again today with my first Inspirational post for these adorable images by Zuri Artsy Crafty blog.

 
Today I am showcasing this adorable image by Zuri called, Bubbles. Is this one so darling? Love the innocence of this image and thought it would look best with some softer colors.
 
I colored the image with my Copics as usual. I handmade the flower by rolling some lace I had in my collection and adding a pearl center.  The sentiment is actually from my collection.
 
Hope you all enjoyed this Inspirational Post and look forward to all the other fabulous pieces from the other Designers coming soon.

Variation Week-Sweet Pea Stamps

Hello everyone. This is Variation week and this week we were all showcase one of the images by Charity Dunhauer called Wild Heart.

 
Of course with the Fall...Halloween and Gothic theme items always seem to come to my mind. This image just struck me as a great image to try to give that old world look too.
 
The paper is from my old Halloween set I have from the local craft store called Jeepers Creepers. I colored the image with my Copics and used only a few colors to get a Sepia type of look and then inked the edges of it with ink. I created the frame with my Cricut (Happy Hauntings Cart) and then added some black tulle and pearls on the edges.
 
 
Copics; V99,E44,43,42,40

Monday, September 15, 2014

Early Halloween Card

I do so love Halloween and recently saw some new digis released by Simply Betty that I decided were great to use for Halloween.  This one is from the Betty Boo-doir series at Simply Betty

I colored up this card and just wanted to pop in to show it to you.


I used my Jeeper Creepers paper again and mostly just colord this one with my Copics.  I sponged the background to get a more antiqued effect.

I will also be entering this one into the following challenges:

Crafty Bloggers-Anything Goes
Great Impressions-Get your Spook on
My time to Craft-Halloween
Treasured Times-Anything Goes
VandiCrafts Artisty Challenge-All Hallows Eve
Art Impressions Challenge-Black, Purple and Orange

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Sweet Pea Designs-Rebecca Sinz

Hello Everyone,

I have been seeing this technique online of the shaker boxes so I decided I would give it a try.  I used one of the gorgeous images available by Rebecca Sinz called, Aconitum.

The paper is an assortment from my stash of MME papers that I pieces together. The image is colored with my Copics and I used a plastic overlay from one of the plastic covers on my daughter's doll cases. It is my first attempt but definitely can see using this again for some Christmas card images soon. 
 
Recipe:
 
Skin: E11,E00,E000, R20
Hair: YR24,YR12, Y11,Y08
Flowers: V22,V20, G14

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Crafty Sentiments Challenge-Spots and/or Stripes

Hello Everyone. If you have not noticed I am fortunate enough to become a GDT over at Crafty Sentiments! Yeah, I so love their stamps and happy to be able to use them again. This week's challenge is 


 
The prize is one of the fabulous new stamps from the Lollipop Dreams line
 





Now isn't that just adorable, what a fantastic prize! 

 
 
The image I used for this card is School Book which is so fitting since my kids are finally all in school and everyone is there all day long.  I learned the checked pattern technique with my Copics from the lovely Rosemary Bridges awhile back and it is just great to use it.
 
I will also be entering this card into a few challenges:
 
  
 
 

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

One Sweet Challenge-September-Here Comes the Holidays

Wow, the holidays are just around the corner and we know you are diligently working on your cards and gifts....right? Well, to inspire you this month, the challenge is The Holidays are Coming! Share with us your holiday themed creations at One Sweet Challenge.

I decided to go with a Christmas theme card for this one. I used one of the adorable new images by Conie Fong for it called Snowy the Penguin.

 
As always colored with my Copics. Used some papers from my stash and added an embossed snowflake trim to top and bottom. I also used a corner snowflake Die I have.  The sticker is from my collection of stamps.
 
 

 

First Halloween Card!!! Whoa

Fall is so my favorite season and one of my favorite holidays is Halloween though I am into the really creepy stuff but love the whimsy/gothic feel of the season.
 
One of the newest digital stamps by Katerina Koukiotis called-Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was just perfect to color up for this.
 
 
 
I colored the image with my Copics and used some paper from my stash that I had since last Halloween as well as the flower.
 
Copics used are:
 
Hair: E01,YR14,YR 12, E04
Dress: V25,22,B60
Skin: E11,E00,E0000
Moon: Y13,11,08