Drawing up a storm

As per my last post, I've been taking a bit of a break from crafting to recharge my creative batteries, as it were.

 

I have still been creating but rather than papercrafting, I've been drawing. :)

 

I've done a whole bunch of sketches recently and have turned several of them into digi stamps. All these stamps are now available in the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet:

 

 

And I've been playing with the original pencil sketches which I used for the digi stamps, colouring them in in different mediums...

 

I coloured in Flora using my Prismacolor pencils (this scan doesn't really do it justice - my scanner seems to struggle to pick up the subtleties of pencil colouring):

 

 

And I shaded in Forest Elf just using a plain HB pencil:

 

 

I've also done some other fun drawings recently... for a "Draw Me" challenge, I responded to a challenge to draw myself as a character from Doctor Who and drew myself as a Time Lord:

 

 

And for a challenge to draw a crossover of Sherlock with a video game, I drew Sherlock and Watson as, respectively, a Mage and a Paladin from World of Warcraft! :D

 

I'm really enjoying getting back in drawing and sketching. Am even looking into possibly taking some art classes in the summer term...

For a Boy

Time for a new challenge at One Stitch at a Time and the theme is For a Boy.

 

For my card I've used this sweet Blockhead digi stamp by Stitchy:

 

 

I coloured the image with my Prismacolor pencils...

 

 

...and teamed it with nostalgic pastel papers, a die-cut greeting, and some pretty flowers.

 

 

You can enter the challenge as many times as you like if you use a Stitchy Bear product and will be in with a chance of winning our main prize. Entries not using a Stitchy Bear product are limited to 3 and will be entered into the draw to win a $3 gift voucher to the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

Anything Goes

Time for a new challenge at One Stitch at a Time and this week it's Anything Goes - so go crazy, use your imagination, make anything! :)

 

I've used Crafty Girl's Love Hand Doodle digi stamp to make an eastern inspired card:

 

 

I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils before cutting it out:

 

 

And teamed it with gold mirri card and papers from the Taj Mahal paper stack from DCWV:

 

 

As ever, entries using a Stitchy Bear product will have a chance of winning our main prize, entries not using a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into a draw to win a $3 gift voucher to the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

Girly

Time for a new challenge at One Stitch at a Time and this week it's Girly.

 

 

I used Delicious Doodle's Astrology  Scorpio digi stamp which I coloured with my Promarkers:

 

 

I teamed it with patterned papers, some gemstone flourishes and a large layered flower cut with Tim Holtz's Tattered Florals die.

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Use a Digi

Time for a new challenge at One Stitch at a Time and this week it's "Use a Digi". To enter the challenge you need to use a digi element somewhere on your creation - that could be a digi stamp, digi papers, even a computer-generated sentiment.

 

For my card I used this fabulously cute and sassy "Anna Mae Party Bunny Girl" digi stamp by Scrapper's Delight.

 

 

Isn't she fab? I love her cute and manga style. I coloured her with my Promarkers and gave her some quirky pink hair. :)

 

 

I seem to be on a bit of a pink and blue craze in my cards lately and this one is no exception. I used some pretty patterned papers and a die-cut frame (cut from sparkly pink card) and embossed a panel of card to fit inside the frame.

 

 

I finished things off with some little dots of Perlen Pen.

 

 

You don't need to use a Stitchy Bear product to enter the OSAAT challenges but if you do you'll be in with a chance of winning our main prize. Entries not using a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into the draw to win a $3 gift voucher for the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

 

 

Anything Goes

We're giving you free rein this week at One Stitch at a Time with our ever-popular Anything Goes challenge. It does exactly what it says on the tin - make anything you like, no limits! :)

 

For my card I've used this cute Boo Boo Bee digi stamp by Stitchy Stamps.

 

 

I coloured the image using my Promarkers:

 

 

And I kept my card fairly simple with some sparkly yellow paper and some honeycomb embossing on my cardstock panels.

 

 

You don't need to use a Stitchy Bear product to enter the OSAAT challenge but if you do you'll be in with a chance of winning our main prize. Entries without a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into a draw to win a $3 git voucher for the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

White + 1

This week's challenge at One Stitch at a Time is one to hopefully make you get creative and think outside the box... the theme is White + 1. So on your project you can use only white and one other colour (and also skin colour - that's allowed). It's harder than you might think! :)

 

For my card I was using this cute and sassy MeowMe digistamp by BBKakes:

 

 

I coloured in the image with my Promarkers using only skin tones and shades of orange and then carefully cut her out:

 

 

I trimmed a panel of white card to fit my card blank and die-cut a decorative aperture in the centre before embossing the entire panel (the pattern reminded me of tiger stripes) and blending a little Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink around the edges.

 

 

I attached the panel to my card front and added some die-cut leafy flourishes and attached my cut-out image over the aperture using foam tape. To finish I dotted some Perlen Pen around the aperture.

 

 

You don't need to use a Stitchy Bear product to enter our challenge but if you do, you'll have a chance to win our main prize for this week. Entries not using a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into the draw to win a $3 gift voucher for the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

 

 

 

 

 

Use a Digi

Time for another challenge at One Stitch at a Time and this week we are asking you to Use a Digi. That could be a digi stamp, digi papers, even a computer-printed sentiment. Or heck, your entire creation could be a digi one, if you want! :)

 

For my card this week I've used this sweet Fairy GunGun digistamp by My Heart Pieces:

I coloured this pretty little fairy using my Promarkers...

...and teamed her with some gorgeous floral papers and die-cuts that came free with a crafting magazine:

 

 

 

The challenge runs for a week and, as ever, you don't need to use a Stitchy Bear product to enter but those who do will be in with a chance of winning our main prize. Entries without a Stitchy Bear product will have the chance to win a $3 gift voucher to the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Whoops!

Things have been kerrr-azy busy here lately and consequently I am running a teensy bit late with this post - whoops!

 

Anyhoo, after our epic 4 week long challenge over the holidays, One Stitch At A Time is back with a new challenge for the new year and the theme is - Starting New. :)

 

For my card I used Ike's Art's fabulous New Fairy digi stamp:

 

 

I coloured her in with my Promarkers and carefully cut her out:

 

 

I teamed her with some lovely seasonal Graphic45 paper (a freebie with a magazine) and layered her over a large blossom (I liked the idea of the fairy sitting on a flower) along with a piece of chiffony ribbon. For a final touch I and added some lovely shimmer and sparkle to her wings with some Stickles:

 

 

We are back to our weekly challenge schedule now so you have until Saturday evening (UK time) to submit your entry. Don't forget, you don't need to use a Stitchy Bear product to win but if you do you'll be in with a chance of winning our main prize. Entries without a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into the draw to win a $3 gift voucher for the Stitchy Bear store.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/Feminine
Card Mania - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
Creative Creations - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Sparkle n Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers - Just a Fairytale

Don't forget...

For December we have an ongoing challenge at One Stitch at a Time. You have until 11 January to enter our Anything Goes challenge. You can enter as many times as you like using a Stitchy Bear product, and a maximum of 3 times using non-Stitchy Bear products. :)

 

There are thousands of fabulous digi stamps to choose from at the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet (including some designed by me! :))

Anything Goes

Time for another challenge at One Stitch at a Time and it's a firm favourite - Anything Goes. And as the festive season is upon us, we're going to give you an early Christmas present... you've got a whole 5 weeks in which to enter this challenge. :)

 

The Design Team are taking a bit of a well-earned break over the Christmas period so this challenge is going to run until 11 January 2014. Don't forget that if you use Stitchy Bear products on your creations you can enter the challenge as many times as you like during that period and each entry will give you a chance to win our main prize. You can still enter without using Stitchy Bear products but you are limited to 3 entries and those entries will go into the draw to win a $3 gift voucher to the Stitchy Bear digi outlet.

 

For my creation for this challenge I used this Rose digi stamp by Crafty Girl:

 

 

The style of this digi really put me in mind of tattoo art so I went for a kind of funky, alternative style for my card. I coloured the image using my Prismacolor pencils and cut it out using a decorate oval die:

 

 

I used a card blank in a tentfold format and cut a card panel slightly smaller than my card front and covered it with washi tape in a contempory chevron pattern.

 

 

I attached my die-cut image using foam tape, overlapping the top edge of the card a little.

 

 

To finish, I stamped a greeting and trimmed it into a banner shape, matting it onto a larger banner cut from black card.

 

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Creative Corner - Color It

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - Use Some Red

Stempelsonnen Challenge - Anything Goes