Some Make It Crafty Inspiration

Good morning everyone....

 

Fist I just want to say I know I have neglected my blog for a while now but life has been crazy busy and then we went on a much needed family road trip to sunny QLD visiting lots of beautiful places in NSW, including Sydney, and then coming home via Dubbo and visiting the amazing zoo there. Once we got back we had a few days to get back into the swing of things before we all had to head back to school and work. To be honest we all relaxed so much it has been a struggle to get back into it but we are finally getting there!!

 

Today I am I have a few projects to share.

 

First here is  my DT inspiration for the Make it Crafty Facebook Group Sketch Challenge.

 

 

 

You can see that I have also used Octobers special $1 digi which you can get at the store here. To get her for $1 just use the code FBDOLLAR at checkout.

 

 

Now if you have been hanging out in the Make it Crafty Group Page and reading up the inspiration blog you will see that the colour challenges are back! This month the challenge to you is to create realistic eyes and an added challenge adding in a reflection.....Now I have to say I was trembling as I started to embark on this but after a I got into it I loved it. I know it is not perfect but I am pretty happy with my first attempt.

 

 

Coincidentally Zoe released some new portraits this month that are perfect for this challenge, you can find them here

 

 

 

So that is it from me today. Thank you for taking the time to readstop by. I am hoping that things become less crazy in our household and I will get time to get back into my crafting.

 

Until next time xoxox

 

Trying out some new colour combos

Happy Saturday everyone....where ever you are today I hope you get to indulge in a least a little amount of crafting :-)

Today I have my new piece I have coloured however due to grumpy children I have not got to make her into a card yet. 

I thought I would share with you at least my colouring of Pipi as I have tried some new colours and done some smooth gradient colouring which will hopefully help prompt you about the current colour challenge over on the Make it Crafty FB Fan page. 

Talking about Make it Crafty have you read about the latest DT Call over at Make it Crafty? If not pop here to find out the details? 

I have had pipi printed for ages waiting to be coloured and today some ink found her!

The hair is a new Pink Combo I have tried out.....Not bad but still not what I am after. Back to the thinking board. 

I did the hair in smooth gradients as well. 

I also used the skin colouring (except the BV20 as I dont have that)  that was posted by Jen for the Colour of the Day post on FB. I dont know baout you but I have loved the colour of the day posts so quick and handy. 

Make it Crafty Product:

 Pipi Petal Sprite Digi

Copic Colours:

Hair - RV95, RV32, RV1p

Dress - BG87, BG75, BG72 & BG11

Skin - E53, E51 & E93

That is it from me today. 

I hope that even though I dont have a finished project to show you that I may have inspired you to try out a new colour combo or join Make it Crafty smooth gradients colour challenge.

Celebrating Make it Crafty

It’s time for the Make it Crafty to pour a round of drinks at the super special tea party celebrations!

Not only are we celebrating the magical release of Alice in Wonderland, but Make it Crafty has turned 3! All thanks to YOU, the incredible artists and the amazing Make it Crafty team!

Let’s dance around from chair to chair, sipping a drink, eating a cake, shrinking then growing with excitement as you watch the entertainment unfold before your eyes.

Be careful not to miss the hidden words as you’ll need to collect them along the way and string them all together to form a quote. Simply enter the quote at the end of the hop for a chance to win!

Hopefully you’ve found your way from Delphine    but if you’ve just skipped a chair or two you might want to start back at Zoe’s Blog.

Ohh how I just adore this release so much diversity with styles, there is really something for everyone. I was lucky enough to get to play with 2 of the new images Falling Alice and White Rabbit. 

Firstly I used the Rabbit and made this birthday card for my card....

I  was trying my hardest to fit a sentiment inn but I think because the card is so big it just got lost or looked out of place so once again a CAS card from me.

Secondly I played with falling Alice......

Isn't she adorable? I made a bookmark for my precious daughter and because it is a bookmark I had to keep it quite clean and not too bulky.I checked with her along the way to make sure it was going to be ok and apparently she just loves it!

The fun doesn’t stop here and if you head over to Elaine's  blog she’ll be sure to treat you with…

Now I know you will be wanting to buy some of these digis so to make it easier for you here is a direct link as to where you can get them.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and sharing in our tea party. I hope you have enjoyed your visit and enjoy the rest of your they party.

until next time 

another christmas card...

  You may remember last month I was mentioning that I have decided to make a start on my Christmas cards. Well although I have not progressed as much as I would like I have managed to create a new Christmas card to share with you today..

I just adore these Elves from Make it Crafty they are super cute and just so much fun to colour. I cut him out and  then I 3D mounted him onto the card.

Once again a very simple card but that seems to be my style at the moment!

So I have used:

MIC PRODUCT - Zippy Digi Stamp

Copic Makers -

Browns - E35, E33, E31,E29, E17, E18 & E19

Reds - R08, R14

Greens - G08, YG41 and pencils. 

Skin tones are my normal E00, E21, E11 & R20

So that is it from me today....I hope I have encouraged to start your Christmas cards or even to just craft :-) 

My latest Make it Crafty creation

Good morning everyone I am here today to share with you my latest MIC Creation...

I generally craft how I am feeling and when I was making this card I was getting blown away!

Lots of heavy winds for my part of the world, up to 125km an hour, when I was making this card so it was fitting...well a little I think she is in a breeze and technically I had howling winds but hey close enough!

That's the great thing about MIC images so much variety you really can have an image for every occasion.

My card is quite simple but I just love how it turned out. The yellows and greens together worked really well...I think I have found a new favourite combination.

Here is a close up:

I have used the following products:

MIC PRODUCTS

Summer Breeze Digi also available in rubber 

Chippies (no longer available) 

Happy Days Tab Sentiments Rubber Stamp

I have also coloured my image using the following copics:

the dress - BG78, BG75 & BG72 plus my pencils for some touch ups

The yellow - Y15 and pencils 

Skin tones - E00, E11, E20 & R20

The rest of the stuff was just from my stash. 

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time 

A little 80's tragic!

Good morning everyone today I am sharing with you my latest Make it Crafty creation. 

I had a birthday card to make for a good friend and these Rocker Images are just perfect for male cards.

I have made it a little 80's tragic  as I can just imagine him in the day rocking away in his hey day!

I kind of imagined the black bits coming off the side of the image as being part of the guitar?

Another clean and simple card from me I just cant seem to do busy cards at the moment. 

These images are so much fun to play with and I am sure I will be using them all within good time. 

MIC PRODUCTS:

Rocker Dude Digi Stamp 

I have used me copics for colouring the image. 

That is it from me today. I will be back in a few weeks. 

Thanks for taking the time to look at my 80's Tragic Card!!

Good morning everyone I am here today to share with you my latest MIC Creation. 

Last year I was caught by surprise when it got the the end of November and I only had a handful of Christmas cards ready.....eeeek I will not do that again so I have started early this year perhaps not as early as I should have but hey I am on better track that last year.  Ask me again in November and I might be doing the yearly freak out!

I loved these Christmas Images Zoe had last year but with leaving things to the last minute I really did not have time to play with them.

So at this stage as I have time, I took on one of the more time consuming images, Girls Carol Singing, and this is what I came up with..

I kept my card very simple as I wanted, like all my MIC cards, to let the image be the feature.

MIC Crafty Products:

Girls Carol Singing

I am really sorry I would normally list the copics I used but I have thrown out my list that I had written them on. 

Public Holiday here is Melbourne today so I am enjoying the lazy morning here.....now to sit by the fire and do some more colouring. .

Thank you for taking the time to read my post today. Big Hugs