Christmas in July!

Christmas! In July?!  

I do not usually make any Christmas Cards before September, or even start buying Christmas Stash!

But I have been doing a lot of digital scrapbooking over at The LilyPad and completing a lot of challenges. This week is Christmas in July.

I have made this card for oe of the challenges, using digital papers and elements called "A Season to Remember" by Amber LaBau which you can buy in the Lilypad store. I am absolutely in love with digital scrapbooking!  You can buy so much for so little, and you can keep it forever!!

Of course, I had to use a Wryn digi as the main image on my card!  It's Cocoa Wishes, one of my favourite Tiddly Ink Christmas images.  I've paper pieced her  and coloured her with copics. I am pleased with how cute she looks :)

Walk like an Egyptian

Egyptian Cuties

Sorry!  I am a bit late today with my Tiddly Tuesday post!  I keep forgetting what day of the week it is, now there's no school! 

Home Tweet Home

Home Tweet Home

This is a fabby new image over at Tiddly Inks perfect for a Fabby Friday!  I have been experimenting with patterned paper scraps instead of the usual mat and layers.  I was inspired by scrapbooking, which I have been doing quite a lot of recently :)  

Wryn is a Building Queen in this new stamp, and she comes with the free birdhouse and sentiment. Gotta love a bargain...

She's coloured up with Copics :) as follows

Skin :   E000 E00 E21 E11 E04 R20

Hair :   E51 E53 E43 E57

Brown:E31 E33 E35 E37

Green: YG00 YG03 YG17 G99

Blue:    B60 B93 B95 B97 B99

Have a super Fabby Friday, see you on Tuesday for a new challenge :) 

Happy Birthday!! Anything Goes...

Goody Gumdrops

 It's an Anything Goes Challenge today! Is it just me or does it seem like a while like we've given you free rein with your Challenge make?  You can go wild!!

OOh Goody Gumdrops, it's one of my favourite Sweet Tooths! She is perfect, she reminds me of a teacher (great for end-of-year thank you cards) or an old-fashioned Nanny like Mary Poppins!

I've coloured her with Copics as follows : 

Skin : E000 E00 E21 E11 E04 R20

Hair: E51 E53 E43 E57

Grey: C3 C5 C7

Blue: G00 BG000 BG10 BG13 BG49

Yelllow: Y11 Y15 Y17 E08

My make is a neutral newsprint digi paper which I've printed out on Neenah cardstock.  I've used Stampin' Up Flower Patched stamps inked with Coastal Canbana and Crushed Curry for the background.  The Sentiment is Stampin Up, also, from the Crazy About You stamp and die set.  I am a bit obsessive about Stampin' Up at the moment, I can't get enough :)

Magical Friendship

Magical Friendship

Another Fabby Friday is here again!  I can't believe the time is gong so quickly!  Only one more week of school left here...

I've made this pretty card with Magical Friendship which also come in clear stamp set.

I have used plain cardstock cut with Spellbinders ovals.  The lacy effect is made with die cuts from Tattered Lace. The dies were a set of two that came with a magazine.

The girls are coloured with Copics.  The dotty background was very therapeutic to make :)

The sentiment stamp is from Stampin Up.

Let's Go Gothic

My make for the Gothic Challenge at Tiddly Inks this week.  This is Owlette who comes with a freebie digi - this twisty tree.  The suitcases are also free, you can get them here.  They seem to go very well with the Gothic ladies, who always look like they're off on an adventure! 

I've used Copics and promarkers to colour my images.  I made a shadow box type affair from Santoro papers, which turned out pretty well considering I made it up as I went along!  It even folds flat so I am feeling fairly impressed with myself ... ;)

Skin: E000 E00 E21 E04 

Hair: E71 Tawny Owl E77

Dress: Pastel Pink, Dusky Pink, E04 Shale E77 E79;  E71 Tawny Owl E77 

Tree, Owl: Sandstone Caramel E57

I coloured the outline of the  images in Grey Green and Olive Green, which looks a bit green in the photos, but actually blends quite well with the background papers in RL.  

I used my blender pen on a scrap of fabric and pressed it over the outer and inner skirt pieces to create some texture, then darkened up the shadows in the areas that looked too bleached out.

Don't forget to enter your Gothic makes into the Challenge!

I will Owl-ways love you.

Wryn - Owl Will Always Love You

Here's this weeks make with the GORGEOUS newly released Wryn, I have been waiting for ages to post this for you xx.  I've used the lovely Docrafts Owl Folk papers and embellishments, such good value for money and widely available in the UK.  I've coloured her with Copics and Promarkers to match :)

3-step Card 

I used my Silhouette .studio3 file to cut the 3-step insert.  I designed it myself, which is good news as it means you can download it for free using the link on the right.  The insert is cut using Spellbinders scalloped ovals.

Happy Crafting, everyone!! Enjoy xx