Pink or blue at Winter Wonderland

Good morning all

Well we're definitely full swing into Christmas crafting at

Winter Wonderland

our lovely Plony has set us a pretty chalenge theme this week

Pink or Blue

we are sponsored this week by the lovely 

and Teresa is offering a great prize of £8 to spend in store

I have gone with the blue theme (with a bit of pink for luck!)

This is what I did 

Baubles -  Christmas Baubles stamps and dies from Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners range

Foliage - Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Foliage stamps

Background - created with Spectrum Noir Aquatints perfect primaries

Baubles -coloured with Spectrum Noir markers PP4,5,6  OR1,2  TB3,4,5 JG1,2,4 IG1, DG2, LG4

Hope you'll show us your Christmas projects at Winter Wonderland

hugs

Judith x

Spring has sprung - well sort of!

Morning all

It's challenge day at 

The Paper Shelter 

and we have the lovely theme of 

Spring

I decided to go a bit arty and chose this lovely image 

called the Huntress available here

I was starting to wish I hadn't bothered by the end of this card - I can''t remember a card causing me quite so much trouble - ever!!  It started off ok and I cut my papers and dies and everything was ready just to mount the image and I decided to colour her with pencils - I think that was my first mistake because it was looking too pale and I didn't like it all that much but I thought I'd carry on and see what happened! After an hour or so I got to a stage that I quite liked and was going to call it a day and finish off the card.  Only thing was I had cut my little finger on the edge of a large die earlier (beware of sharp dies!!) and only had a small plaster in the cupboard to cover the cut.  As I pulled my hand away the plaster came off and splodged streaks of blood right down my colouring - I could have cried! - and there was no way I could rescue it.  I left it for the night and started again (by then I was very late - sorry Shirley!!) and changed to watercolour pencils, sparkle pens with a background of Aquatints.  I think I must be getting hard to please because I didn't really like that either!!  I was going to just change to the precoloured image and give up but when I looked at it it was too pale for my otherwise finished card base - so went back and had another play and it ended up like this - the gold sparkle pen rescued it quite a bit!! - it's ok- ish - just not what I imagined when I started off.  Think I'll go back to print cut and stick cards lol

As always we have a great prize on offer at TPS

Here's what I did...

Image the huntress from TPS

Coloured with Spectrum noir watercolour pencils and Sparkle pens

Background created with Aquatints - (Blue, white and gold) and a touch of green sparkle pen

Papers - gilded Christmas from First edition

Card - Crafters companion Mat black and old gold centura pearl

Dies - Ivy - Sheena's perfect partners festive fancies - Ivy 

           Flowers - from Sara Davies floral delights signature collection 

Gilding wax - pebeo - old gold and copper

Hope we see you at TPS Challenge this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Creative card crew - die cuts 17/04
Die cutting divas - sports (hunting/shooting bow and arrow) 11/04
TTCRD - anything goes 13/04
Make my monday challenge - watercolour 11/04

hugs

Judith x

Craft for Christmas at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Good Morning all

I hope you've all been enjoying the lovely weather these last few days

I even sat in the garden in a strappy top yesterday - lovely!

We've got to make the most of every sunny day now 

- winter is on the way - together with ....

Christmas!!

talking of which we have a new challenge at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Christmas Crafting 

......is what we want to see

I thought I'd share a project I made a few weeks back that I didn't get round to sharing

its a gift bag - I made it for Crafter's Companion TV design team

for one of the Sheena's stamping shows 

This was really quite an easy make using Sheena Dougalass Stamps and dies

From the Perfect Partners range

Our sponsors this week 

are

who are offering an online class as this week's  prize

This is what I did....

Stamps and dies - Sheena Douglass Festive fancies Christmas foliage set

Background created with Crafters Companion Spectrum Noir  Aquatints essentials 

on Crafters Companion Watercolour card

Fircones made with Crafters companion Kraft card and TH walnut stain DI

Fir tree branches made with Tim Holtz Distress Co'rinations from Crafter's Companion

Bag from Michaels

Ribbon from my stash

Black Card - Crafters Companion

Hope you'll come and join in with us this week

Call back later for my DT project for TPS this week

Challenges i'm entering with this card

A snowflakes promise - christmas or winter
Die cutting divas - anything goes (with a die cut)
Simon says stamp - anything goes

Hugs

Judith xx