Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #115 for the 6th of October, 2019

Hi All!

Welcome to my post about my card for the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog.

Here is my card:

The sponsor for this challenge is:

The Paper Shelter

and the prize is 3 images from their shop.

We were given Regina, which I have digitally printed on to X-Press It Blending Card and then cut out using my paper cutter (I found new blades the other day, but can't remember where I put them!) Then I have coloured with the following Copics using the Sepia technique and partly following the video by the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder:

• skin - E50, E53, E55
• eyes - E57, E59
• hair - E53, E55, E57, E59
• lips - E57, E59
• clothing - E50, E53, E55, E57, E59
• outline - E35

I have also used a softly glowing background technique again from the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder. I trimmed the coloured image and adhered on to a Kraft card card from Envelope Solutions.

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

and then with the soft glow around the image.

There is inspiration from the rest of the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends DT over on the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your card or gift stash.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge. We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous "always anything goes" creations. Please ensure that you are a follower of the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog to be eligible for a prize!

Have fun! This challenge will end on Saturday the 19th of October. Please check the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog on Thursday 10th of October to find out the winners of Challenge #114.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #103 - Anything Goes

Double Trouble Challenge #39 - SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing "Free For All"
Brown Sugar Challenge #294 - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB #39 - Anything Goes for October

Through the Craft Room Door Week of 1st of October - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge MIUCB #30 - Anything Goes and optional Open Technique

Thanks for looking!

                              

Heat or Dry Embossing - Winter Wonderland Challenge for the 19th of January, 2018

I am a very slow this week, as I have been so busy at work and we are on school holidays, but I have finally managed to put a card together after letting the stickles and glossy accents dry.

The theme for this fortnight at Winter Wonderland is either heat or dry embossing - or both if you are feeling adventurous!

Please remember that it is Christmas Projects only and they must include the theme of embossing.

Here is my card:

Here is a close up of the colouring - hope that you can see the sparkle! :)

We are sponsored by SheepSki Designs

Shop - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SheepSkiDesigns

Blog - https://sheepski-designs-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/

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Living in Leeds, Yorkshire in the UK, working full time as a Management Accountant, currently working on 2 design teams and an obsessive crafter and creator of cards. I have no actual style as yet but do love the unusual and quirky. I may be known for producing cards in soft pastel colours. I love anything arty. I've always drawn stuff, for as long as I can remember. In my younger days I sold a few watercolour paintings. I recently found mixed media which is a joy and love creating canvases with flowers. I had a battle with digital drawing for about a year and finally found some software I could gel with. January 2016 a challenge team I worked on was short of a designer's images to create with so I drew some. I opened my shop a month later so I could sponsor challenges and give something back to the crafting world, to the lovely ladies who have supported me on my journey. I've a Facebook group SheepSki Designs where I hold challenges, some for fun to win digis as well as my monthly card challenge. I've a SheepSki Designs challenge blog as well. Things are growing slowly (thankfully) so I still manage to spend at least a little time with my hubby Welcome to my world Andrea xx 

Andrea is offering 3 images of choice for the random winner.

Back to my card......
I have digitally printed the wonderful Penguin Huddle by Andrea at SheepSki Designs on to X-Press It Blending Card, then used my Silhouette Cameo to fussy cut out the image. I have then coloured it with the following Copics Markers using some of the colouring tips/techniques and tricks from the monthly classes by the fantastic Alyce from Kit and Clowder:

• black of the penguins - W3, W5, W7, W9, white Prismacolour pencil
• "white" of the penguins - E40, E41, E43, W1, colourless blender
• cheeks of penguins - RV00, colourless blender
• beaks and feet of penguins - Y11, Y15, Y17, YR14, E15
• red of the hats and scarf - R22, R24, R29, R59
• green of the hats, ear muffs and scarf - YG03, G05, G07, G29
• white of the hats and ear muffs - Frosted Lace Stickles
• glasses of third penguin from the left - clear glossy accents
• background - C1, B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, white gel pen
• snow - B60, V01, V22, clear Wink of Stella

After I finished the colouring, I have embossed a piece of dark blue Core Couture Glitter card stock with a snowflake filled embossing folder called "Let it Snow" which was a freebie with a Quick Cards magazine. To make the snowflakes stand out a bit more I went over them with my white Prismacolour pencil. I adhered this embossed piece to one of my white cards from Envelope Solutions and then adhered my coloured Penguin Huddle on top.
Next, I used Versamark ink to stamp the sentiment "Let it Snow" from Let it Snow by The Greeting Farm on to vellum and then I used Wow! Sparkling Snow Embossing Glitter and a heat gun. I cut out the sentiment and edged it with my B99 Copic Marker before adhering it to the card.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #22 - Always Anything Christmas Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Wk3 - Anything Goes Craft Challenge

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #59 - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Design - Winter Challenge
Craftaholics R Us #3 - Anything Goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' January 2018 - Anything Christmas Goes
Love to Craft Challenge Blog LTCCB #18 - January Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #369 - Anything Christmas Goes & Use a Sentiment
ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Antlers & B is for Birds

There is inspiration from the Snowflakes DT over on the Winter Wonderland blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your card stash.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge. Please remember that it is Christmas Projects only! We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous Christmas creations. Please be sure to post a link back to the Winter Wonderland blog in your blog post in order to be eligible for a prize!

Have fun and remember that you can enter up to 3 times. This challenge will end on Thursday the 1st of February, 2018 and our next challenge will start the following day.

 Please check back on Monday at the Winter Wonderland blog to find out the winners of the Anything Christmas Goes Challenge.

Please also welcome our new DT members: Deanne, Hazel, Jackie, Janice, Geesje, Chrissy and Liz!

Thanks for looking!

Lots of Layers/Wish Upon a Star - Winter Wonderland Challenge for the 9th of September

I am really really late this week.....it has been a crazy few months.

This week at Winter Wonderland, we are hosted by Cindy, who has chosen the themes:

"Lots of Layers"

or

"Wish Upon a Star"

This means that you need to create a card with at least 4 layers, or have a star somewhere on your card or use both themes.

I decided that I should try to use a stamp that I have not used before - Shining Star Marci from La-La Land Crafts. She is the January 2015 Club La-La Land image, but is now available as a rubber stamp and digital stamp, plus the Shooting Star Set and there are some dies of a star border, filigree stars and moon.

I stamped Marci and the fence on to X-Press It paper, then fussy cut them (pretty much the first time I have fussy cut anything! I don't really like fussy cutting! Much prefer my Silhouette Cameo!) and coloured them with the following Copics markers:

• skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, red lipstick Spica pen
• hair: E43, E44, E47, E49 (I followed Alyce's August 2016 Create and Learn from Kit and Clowder)
• top: C00, C02, C03, silver Wink of Stella
• skirt and headband: YG61, YG63, YG67
• star: gold Wink of Stella
• fence: E11, E13, E15, E18

I ran round the edge of each image with my Copics marker 100.

To make the card, I adhered a 6x6 piece of paper from Handmade Holiday by Simple Stories (which I just noticed is retired) to a square Kraft card from Envelope Solutions. I then have stamped some stars using Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I originally also stamped the sentiment "Wish upon a shooting star" in the same ink, then when I was writing this, I realised it is not that Christmasy. So I have covered some scrap X-Press It paper with some X-Press It Glitter Deco Tape (Miss Aby picked it up at Paperific last month) and die cut the star border, made it into a sticker using my Xyron, then adhered the main border behind Marci and the three inset stars over the words "shooting star". Then I adhered some gold sequins using gold Glitzin' glamour (glitter glue).

As I have used a few things that have been in my stash for a while, I was going to enter this card into the NBUS Challenge, but I notice it has finished for now. I'll have to wait for the next one. But I will enter this card into the Anything goes challenge at A Snowflakes Promise.

At Winter Wonderland we have two wonderful sponsors this week:

Michele at Michele R Designs who is offering a 10 pound voucher to the lucky winner

and by Live and Love Crafts who are giving the winner a 10 pound voucher to spend in their store

Please remember that to be in with a chance of winning a prize that it is Christmas Projects only.

As usual there is inspiration from the Snowflakes DT over on the Winter Wonderland blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :)

You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your Christmas Card stash.

Thanks for looking!

Baubles - Winter Wonderland Card Challenge for 8th of April 2016

The challenge this week at Winter Wonderland chosen by Carol is 

"Baubles".

This means that you must include a bauble somewhere on your card, or make the card the shape of a bauble.

The sponsor this week is Crafty Sentiments.

They are offering the winner a choice of three digis from their online store.

To be in with a chance of winning a prize, please remember that it is Christmas projects only.

Here is my card:

The image I used this week is Joy of Christmas, a cute snowman next to a Christmas tree with a bird on one of his arms. I added some baubles to the tree and one on his arm.

I printed the image on X-Press It paper and coloured with the following Copic pens:

• snowman - C0, C1, C2
• scarf - YG13, G05, G17
• hat - C3, C5, C7, C10, black Wink of Stella, clear Wink of Stella
• carrot nose - YR09
• mouth - RV17
• arms - E39
• bird - R27, R37, E74, YR09
• Christmas tree - E39, YG06, YG09, G05, G17, G29
• star on Christmas tree - Y28, gold Wink of Stella
• baubles - purple Wink of Stella, silver Wink of Stella
• snow - BV0000, C0, C1, clear Wink of Stella
• clouds - B60, E93, BG0000
• sky - YR14, Y17, Y15, Y00, BG000, B00

The idea for the clouds and sky came from Alyce's Sunset Scene from Kit and Clowder's latest class - Elements of Nature.

I have stamped the sentiment "May Your Days Be Merry & Bright" from the clear stamp set "Poinsettia" from Power Poppy in Bamboo Leaves Memento ink on to a white card from Envelope Solutions.

I cut and adhered a piece of green paper from Holly Bright from KaiserCraft. Then I adhered my coloured Joy of Christmas Snowman on top using pop dots.

I have sort of used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches from this week.

Also I have used both green and gold which is the ABC Christmas Challenge for this week.

My card also fits in with the sketch challenge #67 on Always Playing with Paper.

There is inspiration from the Snowflakes DT on the Winter Wonderland blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) Also you can find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you ideas.

Thanks for looking!