Skateboard Schoolboy

Recently I had the difficult challenge of making a birthday card for a teenage boy!  They can be tricky but I had a look through the wonderful boy images at Mo's Digital Pencil and found this one called Skateboard Schoolboy and thought he would be perfect.

I coloured him with Copics and cut him out.  Then I used a Tim Holtz brick stencil and sponged Speckled Egg Distress Oxide onto black card. I love the way this turned out :)

The sentiment is from a great die by Pinkfresh Studio called Sending.

Copics Used :

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 41, 50, 53, 55

B 000, 93, 95, 97

R 20, 22, 30

YG 91, 95

W 1, 5, 7, 9

C 1

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Warm Christmas

 I have a cute card to share for Mo's Digital Pencil today.

I do love creating wintery Christmas scenes but that is really the opposite of what an Australian Christmas is, so this stamp called Warm Christmas was such a perfect one for me.  She is adorable and I love the Christmas Bush flowers blowing about too :)

I coloured the scene with Copics and added some wink of stella to the outside of her wings and the white flowers. The sentiment is included with the stamp and I simply cut it out and added a hand-drawn border to it.

I added Pinkfresh Studio's Stitched scallop square die to it and mounted it onto a sheet of LawnFawn watercolor paper.

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 42, 43, 44

R 20, 22, 24, 30

YG 0000, 01, 03

B 0000, 00, 21, 23

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Peace Love Joy

 

I have a Christmas card to share using some beautiful Lavinia Stamps.

I created the wreath using Berry Wreath with mini berries.  I stamped it in black and with Mowed Lawn distress ink.  I also used the little branch from the Foliage Set with mowed lawn that I'd stamped off.  The berries were stamped with a metallic ink. 

I stamped the Small Reindeer and Pippin onto the wreath and coloured the tiny berries with gold and copper sparkle pens.

I then used the mowed lawn distress ink mixed with water to do a little watercolour wash around the outside of the wreath.  Nothing fancy and super easy but I like the way this turned out :)

I then added a sentiment strip from Kaisercraft called First Noel - Calm.  It is a whole page of Christmas sentiments gold embossed on black.  I think it looks great with the Lavinia Stamps. 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps Challenge - winter's dream

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Christmas

Thanks for dropping by :)

Kathy

Reindeer Peace

 
I have another Christmas card to share today using Lavinia Stamps

This one uses the Berry Wreath, Foliage Set and the small Reindeer stamps.

I stamped the wreath using Dusty Concord archival ink and added some fullness with the small branch from the Foliage Set. I then stamped the small Reindeer with Versafine Clair.

I coloured the berries using white, gold and copper sparkle pens and added a die-cut shimmering star.

I used a rectangle die from CC Designs and a sentiment from a Kaisercraft paper called Calm. 

showing a bit of the sparkle :)

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Lavinia Stamps - winter's dream

Creatalicious Challenge - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - christmas

Dream valley challenges - christmas

Simon says stamp monday - sparkle mode

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Candy Cane Bear

 

Hi :) I have another Christmas card for Mo's Digital Pencil to share today.

If you're like me and have a lot of Christmas cards to get made and not much time to do it, then this stamp is the one for you :)

This is Candy Cane Bear he is super cute but also super quick and easy to colour.

 

I decided to print the bear and the sentiment out separately. I used a large tag die to cut around the stamp. Then I cut out the "Hope your holidays are" part and mounted it on black card and used a "sweet" die to finish off the sentiment.  

At the top of the tag I used some gorgeous Making Merry washi tape by Simple Stories. It's something I bought recently and I fought my urge to buy the matching paper.  But using the tape really made me wish I hadn't paid attention to my logical side when I was buying.  I really wanted new Xmas paper and it is beautiful, but I didn't "need" more. So I was trying to be good :(  Anyway it did go pretty nicely with this old paper from Little Yellow Bicycle that I had in my stash.

Copics used :

W 1

R 000, 22, 24, 27, 59

B 0000

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

All is bright

 

I have a Christmas card to share today using Lavinia Stamps and stencils.

I created the background by firstly blending on Speckled Egg Distress Oxide and then I used  Pomegranate and Peacock Feather Distress Oxide with a Christmas word stencil from kaisercraft. I then blended more Peacock Feather around the outside edge of the panel.

I stamped Lavinia stamps Berry Wreath with mini berries with Peeled Paint archival ink and black. I used the small Reindeer and Pipin also from Lavinia Stamps. 

I used gesso with a star stencil from Whimsy Stamps and added one star cut from silver glitter card.

The sentiment is from a sheet of Kaisercraft called First Noel - Calm. 

I coloured the berries with white and gold and copper sparkle pens. You can see the effect they give in the right light below.  They're very pretty :)

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps Challenge - woodland whispers

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Katie and Bear

I have another Christmas card for Mo's Digital Pencil to share today.

I love, love, love this stamp!  It's called Katie and Bear. And it just might be my favourite of all of Mo's stamps :)

 

This was a fun stamp to colour!

I decided to take my inspiration from some cute paper I had in my stash.  It's from Carta Bella and is  called Winter Fun.  It's old but still gorgeous I think.

The beautiful sentiment comes with the stamp too :)

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 44, 44, 47

W 00, 1, 3

BG 0000, 00, 10, 72

R 20, 30, 39

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Santa's Elf Elsa

 I have another card to share for Mo's Digital Pencil today.

This one is using the absolutely gorgeous stamp called Santa's Elf Elsa.

I had a lovely relaxing time colouring this stamp with my Copics and then kept the focus on her by creating a very clean and simple card.  The only embellishment being a little patterned paper and a single white snowflake. 

The beautiful sentiment comes with this stamp too! Bonus :)

Copics used :

R 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 59

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 33, 41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 55

YG 01, 06, 13

B 00

Y 28

W 00, 1

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

2 Penguin Chicks

I have some exciting news to share today :)

I am now on the Design Team at Mo's Digital Pencil. YAY!!!

I have loved Mo's illustrations for a very, very long time. She is such a wonderful artist and I can't wait to colour and create with some of my favourite stamps.

Seeing Christmas decorations in stores over the last couple of weeks really gave me the push I needed to get working on some Christmas cards. There are so many beautiful ones in Mo's store that it was hard to choose but I thought this one was adorable.  It's called 2 Penguin Chicks and I had lots of fun colouring them with my Copics :)

I created the background by sponging and blending some pistachio, peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon and wilted violet Distress Oxide Inks.

Then I placed a star stencil on top of it and dabbed a damp piece of paper towel through each star to give it a "bleached" effect.

The snow they are standing on is just a torn piece of white card and the sentiment was created using the Bold ABC Die from Whimsy Stamps.

It is a Slimline card but a little shorter than usual as I cut the card to fit a random slim envelope I had lying around.

Copics used :

W 1, 3, 5

BG 0000. 01, 09, 11, 15, 72

BV 0000, 000, 00, 02, 04, 08, 13

Y 15

YR 14, 18

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

I have a Christmas card to share using a gorgeous stamp from Dreamerland Crafts.

This stamp is called We Wish You A Merry Christmas and as soon as I saw it I just knew I NEEDED it :)

Aren't they adorable?!

I used my Copics to colour the images and then used Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink around the outside of the panel.

The stars and snowflakes are actually done with sparkly gold and silver pens but unfortunately I couldn't get a shot of them "shining".

I found some old, but beautiful, patterned paper that I decided to zigzag stitch around and tied a little button on with some thin twine.

The sentiment is also from some patterned paper that I've been hoarding but finally decided to cut into :)

Copics used ;

E 000, 13, 21, 42, 43, 44

W 00, 1, 3, 7

R 20, 22, 27, 29, 30, 59

Y 13, 15, 28

YG 11, 13, 17

G 28

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Chocolate Baroque - hand coloured

Crafty Hazelnuts - patterned paper

 Allsorts Challenge - use design paper

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Fly Away With Me

It was my daughter's birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for her.

I chose this cute Gorjuss stamp called  Fly Away With Me  to use as she really loves these girls. 

It is one of their small stamps and so was very quick to colour with my Copics and I used her favourite colours too :)

I created a galaxy background using Distress inks, paint splashes and a few die-cut stars.

I fussy cut the girl out and used foam tape to give her more dimension on the card.

I also used a simple Happy Birthday sentiment from the Up In the Air set by MFT.

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 33, 35, 39

W 00, 1

R 20, 22

YG 01, 13

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges ;

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Bright, cheerful colours

Dare 2B Artsy - Bright colours

Stamping Sensations - fantasy and magical

My daughter really loved her Birthday card!  YAY!! :)

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Irish Fairy

I've had lots of fun playing with my gel plate, stencils and stamps this week :)

With St. Patrick's Day coming up, I was reminded of the stories my Dad would tell me of finding fairy houses in the woods when he was a boy living in Ireland.  I really loved those stories and so I was inspired to create this Irish fairy card.

I used Twisted Citron and Speckled Egg Distress Oxides on my gel press to create a background.

Then I used the Speckled Egg with the TCW stencil - Ethereal.  I also used the TCW stencil - mini confetti and lifted off some of the ink with water and sponged some Black Distress Ink around the edges through this stencil also.

I used these Lavinia Stamps to create the scene : Bella's House, Berry Wreath, Fairy Foragers, Mini Meadow Mushrooms, and Fairy Buttercups. 

I stamped Bella's House separately and coloured it with my warm grey Copics.  I had originally thought of having a colourful fairy house and so had coloured and cut it out a few times but I like the grey version better.  I stuck my other attempts together on the back of this one to give the house some depth without the amount of height foam tape gives.

I sponged around the edge with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide and black Distress ink and added some word stickers and white gel pen for highlights.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge - use something green

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Lavinia Stamps - Spring blooms

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge - a bit o' green

Fairy Stamper Hugs Challenge - anything magical

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Play with Style

 

I have a card to share using a new Dreamerland Crafts stamp called Play a Love Song.

I think she is so sweet!!!

The background was created by blending Mermaid Lagoon, Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides.

I wanted a musical background but I don't have a stencil like that so I created my own using a die instead.  I cut a few of the MFT Music Notes dies from a Masking Magic sheet which created my own sticky but repositionable stencil :)  I then applied mermaid lagoon Distress Oxide lightly over the top 2/3rds of the card.

I paired her with a Dreamerland Crafts sentiment from the Birthday 06 set.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and embossed just the "style" with white embossing powder.

I used some watered down white Gesso to flick dots over the card.

The girl is coloured with copics but I used a silver glitter gel pen to colour her flute.

I fussy cut her out and attached her with foam adhesive for some dimension.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Stamping Sensations - colour my world

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday- anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Happy Hippos Yay

 

I have a cute birthday card to share today.

As soon as I saw the current MFT colour challenge I just knew I wanted to give it a try with one of my favourite MFT stamp sets,  Happy Hippos.

This trio is adorable and I think almost everyone would love a card featuring them.

I coloured everything with Copics and fussy cut them out.

I adhered them to a scalloped circle die cut and stamped the sentiment which is from the MFT set Birthday Chicks.  I really love this sentiment and it worked out perfectly for this card.

I decided to make it a slimline card and I created the background by using Distress Oxide Inks through a Tim Holtz Gradient Circle stencil.  I was lucky enough to be given this stencil as a Christmas present and it's the first time I've used it.  I LOVE how it turned out!!!  I used Twisted Citron all over the stencil first and then put some Cracked Pistachio over the top of some of those circles also to create a totally new colour (similar to what was needed for the colour challenge).

Copics used :

W 00, 1, 3, 5

Y 000, 13, 15

R 30

BV 000, 00, 02, 04

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

MFT colour challenge : 

Stamping Sensations - colour my world

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - slimline card

Thanks so much for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Wish Big

 I have a card to share today using some new goodies I was lucky enough to receive for Christmas.

I had a lovely time playing  with a new stencil from TCW called Fantasy Tile, my new Distress Oxides and a gorgeous Lavinia stamp called Fairytale. 

I used Raspberry, Pumpkin, Lemonade, Citron and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxides through the stencil in a kind of rainbow pattern on white paper.  But it looked a bit "much" to me :)  So I decided to lightly go over it with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide and then I loved it. :)

I stamped the beautiful fairy stamp over the top and used the Bold ABC die from Whimsy Stamps for the word Big and "wish" was made with some rub on letters onto white card.  

The urge to colour or glitter her wings was very strong but I resisted the temptation because I loved the look of the plain black silhouette against the stencilled background.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

TCP Tuesday challenge - Spring

We love Chocolate Baroque - feminine

Stamping Sensations - favourite stamps

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Simon Says Stamps - make your own background

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Your Love

 

I have a card to share today featuring a gorgeous new stamp from Dreamerland Crafts called Your Love Lifts Me Up.  

It does come with that beautiful sentiment but I decided to just use the girl and bird so that I could use this card for any occasion.

This is such a gorgeous stamp set and I loved colouring them.

I decided they were so sweet that they would work really well with this heart border die and I kept the card nice and simple.

Copics used ;

Y 11,15

YG 000, 03

RV 00, 55, 63, 66

R 20, 22

BV 00

E 00, 00, 11, 13, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

We love Chocolate Baroque - feminine

Stamping Sensations - favourite stamps

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Dragon's Castle

I was lucky enough to be given some new Lavinia Stamps for Christmas and I've had a lot of fun playing with them over the holidays :)

I've used 3 new to me stamps on this card : Mideela (small), Tree Branch and Dragon Stone Castle.

 

I also bought myself a crafty Christmas present (because I've been so good :) )

Some new Distress Oxide inks.

I've had Distress Inks for a long time but I finally took the plunge and bought oxides and they really are gorgeous.

I used Walnut Stain, Ripe Persimmon and Speckled Egg on this card.

I also used Walnut Stain with a stencil for the Ethereal words at the base and with the Tree Branch stamp.

The dragon was stamped with Peeled Paint archival ink  and I added some black ink to the edges before stamping it.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps - a Winter's Night

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Stamping Sensations - Favourite Stamps

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy