Crafters Companion - Adam

Hi Crafters!
I treated myself to the new CD Rom from Crafters Companion - Angelica and Adam the other day and so I thought I would have a play with it. Not only does it have coloured images and scenes to print out but line drawings for you to colour so this is Adam kicking a football.

Card recipe

Crafters Companion Digi Image - Adam

Promarkers

CC Embossing Folder - Football Crazy

Twine &Trim - Blog Candy won from Wishcraft

Meiflower - Football Brad

XCut Star Die

Craft Concepts Emb. Folder - Starry Night

SU Banner Punch

Memory Box Alphabet Dies

Clearly Besotted Stamps - Cloud Dies

 

Challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers - Make It Digital

 

I enjoyed colouring this cute image so maybe you will see a few more of these adorable characters here in the future. I have quite a few commissions to get done first but then maybe I can start making some cards and projects just for me, hopefully :)

Thanks for stopping by and commenting I really do love reading them and I appreciate them all. It's nice to know that there are others out there in blogland who are interested in what I do and I get lots of inspiration from you guys so...

...see you soon,

 

Lorraine



Voyage Across The Oceans

Evening Crafters ! Today I have a male card to share with you, rather simple but effective I think. As I've mentioned before I struggle with male cards, there are fewer embellishments that are suitable and that seems to throw me coz I want to add flowers and ribbon and bling to fill up the spaces, lol.
Anyhow here it is:

 

I decided to use the resources in the 'My Craft Studio' program to help me out with the subject. I found a small image of the ship and enlarged it to fit my card and then a line drawing of an old map which I coloured with my promarkers, I coloured the sails on the ship, printed out an image of an anchor and then glossy accented it. The sentiment is from a Waltzingmouse stamp set. A few mats and layers, cut my banner and voila.

I'll be back tomorrow to show you a football card for a little boy so see you then,

 

Enjoy your evening,

Lorraine

Get Well Soon

Hi Crafters hope you are enjoying a bright sunny day where ever you are. It's chilly here but sunny which makes us all feel happier I think.
Today I have made a Get Well card for a friend who had a knee operation yesterday and is spending a few days in hospital.

 

I don't quite know what this card fold is called but I've seen a few on Pinterest and You tube and all have different names. Box fold card is one so maybe you could search for that but here is the tutorial I followed - Building Block Card.

I used some cream and pink cardstock with my SU weave embossing folder, the letters are a Spellbinder Alphabet die, Beaded Ovals die and the swirls are a Magnolia die. The flower came from my stash and is material not paper and so did the metal flower brad. Both have been hoarded for some time. lol. :)

Here are a couple more views:

 



I added a place at the back for the message...

 

 

I'm entering in to the challenge at In The Pink - Pink plus One ( other colour)

 

Thanks for stopping by, I will be checking out your blogs later this evening.

See you then,

 

Lorraine



LOTV - Getting Ready

Hi Crafters,
I've seen a few people using the 'no line' stamping technique and thought I would like to try it. Well I'm not doing it again though....first I chose a light ink and stamped my image - Getting Ready - by LOTV....then I began colouring with my Promarkers....but, and I know this was the whole point, but I couldn't see the lines and was having a real problem knowing where one section started and another finished. So in the end I had to use my Copic Multi-liner pen and draw the outline of the stamped image over the top, hence the rather wobbly impression of what should be a lovely clean stamp. Never mind, nothing ventured, nothing gained at least I've learnt that technique is not for me, lol.
I thought I would share it with you anyway...

I'm entering in to these challenges:

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps - Pink and White

 

Thanks for popping in.

 

Lorraine

All Tuckered Out

Hi Crafters
I just thought I'd share a few of the commissioned cards that I have been making this month...they are all very different as each one has to fit the remit of the customer of course. I haven't made anything since Monday and as the title suggests, after completing 28 cards by the 17th of this month I'm...'all tuckered out'. Lol.

                                                   

                                                                

                                                                        

                                               

                                                                           

               

 

Hope you enjoyed my little gallery tonight. Have a great weekend.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

 

 

Birthday Beauty by Redonkadoodles

Hi Crafty friends, here is the other card I made for my daughters' birthday.

This time I chose an image from Redonkadoodles - Birthday Beauty and coloured her with my Promarkers again. My daughter does have purple hair but not quite as vibrant as the image but I thought 'artistic licence' and all I could make it whatever shade I liked. 

Card recipe

Shaped Card - Every Crafts A Pound

Image - Redonkadoodles 'Birthday Beauty'

Papers - SU and Me To You

Prima Say It In Pearls

Flowers - The Ribbon Girl

Acrylic Flowers - Silver Orchid Bead Co.

Leaves - Magnolia Die

Promarkers

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps 'Birthday Letter Seals'

Brads and gemstones from stash

 

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Lovely Layers

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

 

 

I hope you enjoyed my share with you today and that it might have inspired you to try something similar.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Lorraine

 



Saturated Canary - Jules

Hi Crafters,
I'm back - better late than never. I said I would share my card that I made for my daughters' birthday and here it is...

I must say this was the most involved card I have ever attempted and it took me 3 days to finish it, but I was really pleased with the way it turned out. The image is 'Jules' a Saturated Canary digi from Krista Smith and I loved colouring her with my Promarkers. I admit I did use a card created by Maddy Hill of Madimaginations, the link to her post is Here , to help me with the colours and shading of the dress but the rest of the layout is my own.

8 x 8 Cream card blank

'Jules' image - Saturated Canary

Design Papers - My Michelle, Quick Quotes Papers

- Family Matters, Teresa Collins

- Picadilly, Basic Grey

Lace and pearls - Wild Orchid Crafts

Flowers and stamens - The Ribbon Girl

Love Mini Tickets - Whimsy Stamps

Swirl and leaf die - Magnolia Doohickey

Corner die - Cheery Lynn

Lattice die - Marianne Designs with Spellbinders Grand labels 4 over the top.

Brads from my stash

 

I'm entering in to the following challenges:

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

The Ribbon girl - February Colour Challenge - RED

TTCRD - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Lets Get Sentimental

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

 

That's it from me today, bed is calling, so I will see you all again with another one of my daughters' cards.

Bye for now

 

Lorraine