Wet or dry embossing

Hi there!

Today the reminder challenge over at the Scrapbook Stamp Society challenge blog must be Anything Goes – Option : Embossing Wet or Dry.

For my card I used Sherri Ann Baldy “Winged one Cynthia”. You can find it by clicking the image title.

Since I don’t have many embossing folders for anything other than Christmas, and no embossing powder at all, I had to go with paper that was already embossed. Luckily I found some of that some time ago in the local supermarket and thought that would be fun to use here.

I’m not good at colouring wings, so I hope you’ll forgive that. I hope to be better one of these days, but I loved colouring the rest of her.

On her legs I tried to use the technique I earned when I coloured my Mindful Me projects and I think they turned out fine.

I used the following Copic markers for the project:

Skin: E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 and E04

Hair: W7, W5 and W3

Eyes: YG67, YG63 and YG03

Dress: YG11 and YG03 (layers)

Jewelry: BG59

Wings: UG11, Y00, BV000, BG000 and R20

There’s not that many colours in this image, and I’ve made it that way on purpose, because I’m experimenting with layering the same colour and see, what darker nuances comes out of it.

As embellishments on the card, I put 3 difference size teal coloured pearls on opposite corners.

Then I tried out a super idea I got from someone (sorry, I forgot the name) whose card I saw in a FB group.  I have a lot of big flowers that I have refrained from using because of their size. This person had used them as a sort of background for her other flower decoration. I had to make a go at it, and I think this turned out well. So now I’ve passed the idea on J. Enjoy experimenting, I certainly do.

I hope you like my card. Feel free to leave a message to let me know. Please join my blog if you would like to see my projects on a regular basis.

Be Happy Crafting! 

My valentine

Hi there!

Today the reminder challenge over at the Scrapbook Stamp Society challenge blog must be Anything Goes – Option : Valentine.

For my card I used Sherri Ann Baldy “IMG030” You can find it by clicking the image title.

I chose this image because to me, she looks like she’s dreaming. And who’s not dreaming of a Valentine? At the same time she’s looking sooo cute, I had to have a go at colouring her.

I loved colouring her, and I used the following Copic markers for the project:

Skin: E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 and E04

Hair + eyes: E18, E15 and E13

Scarf:  YG17, G00 and R20

Blouse + bow on leg: R20 (shadows are multiple layers of R20)

Skirt: YG17, G00, R27 (roses) and R20

Shoes: C5, C3 and C1

Shadow beneath her: C2

There’s not that many colours in this image, and I’ve made it that way on purpose.

Since I thought this card had to be somewhat romantic, I’ve kept the backgrounds in red nuances and some years ago I bought the paper with the flower hearts on, some of which is sparkling. I think it’s just right for this image. I’ve added a sparkling heart to the corner of the image in the same colour as its Bordeaux backing paper.

The two texts I made myself, printed them and glued them on the Bordeaux backing paper as well.  

I hope you like my card. Feel free to leave a message to let me know. Please join my blog if you would like to see my projects on a regular basis.

Be Happy Crafting!

I will enter this card into the following challenges:

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Walking the dog

Hi there!

Today I’m showing my project in the World Wide Open Design Team challenge blog. As usual the theme is “Anything goes”.

For my project I’ve used Sherri Ann Baldy IMG845. You can find it by clicking the image title.

The image is was fun to colour because the lines are different from the other Bestie images I usually colour. There are not a lot of layers and dots, so the markers can flow easily on the image. I like that. It doesn’t always need to be complicated to colour.

I chose to colour her outfit in black/grey and teal and as contrast the red purse and earrings. I loved that.

I used the following Copic markers for the project:

Skin: E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 and E04

Eyes: YG67, YG63 and YG03

Hair: E18, E15 (I think, I totally forgot to write the hair colours down, so it’s my best guess)

Scarf, blouse and skirt: BG49, BG45 and BG53

Jacket: 100, C7, C5 and C3

Purse: R59, R27 and R32

As embellishments on the card, I’ve used the following die cuts:  houses, a lamp post and a dog. Since this is a February project and we usually have blizards up here in Denmark in Febuary, I added a few sticker snowflakes. So, she’s actually walking her dog in snowy streets. (Today its actually raining cats and dogs up here). 

I hope you like my card. Feel free to leave a message to let me know. Please join my blog if you would like to see my projects on a regular basis.

Be Happy Crafting!

I will enter this card into the following challenges:

Kind of belated New Years resolution

Hi there!

Today the challenge over at the Scrapbook Stamp Society challenge blog is Anything Goes – Option: Add 3 of something.

I call it kind of a New Years resolution, but am not quite sure that it is, Anyway, I don't do New Year resolutions myself.

For my card I used Sherri Ann Baldy “Always believe angel”. You can find it by clicking the image title.

The sentiment below the Always Believe Angel is a great one, and it reminds me, that hopefully something wonderful is about to happen to me, and it did!

I’m going for a job interview tomorrow and this position is really something. I’ve been doing it all my work life, and I love it. I will tell you more about it, if I get the job, but if this doesn’t come true then next Monday, February 1^st, I’ll be going back to school to take a 19 week class within economics and ending up with an exam to put on my CV. I cannot say how much I’m looking forward to it.

So never forget, wonderful things do happen!!

I used the following Copic markers for the project:

Skin: E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 and E04

Hair: E47, E15 and YR23

Eyes: YG63, YG03 and YG00

Wings: shaded with C2

Blouse: BG23 and BG10

For once an image that didn’t take tons of colours J

A while ago I was in one of the local supermarkets and I found some glitter tape in silver and copper. I’ve used the silver tape to put her into a little frame and onto blue card. I have some glitter paper in different colours, and luckily one of the blue ones matched the blue card to perfection. This was again layered on teal and blue backgrounds.

To follow the theme of the challenge, I added 3 gems to 3 corners and on the last corner I stuck 3 star pins behind the tilted image.

I hope you like my card. Feel free to leave a message to let me know. Please join my blog if you would like to see my projects on a regular basis.

Be Happy Crafting!

I will enter this card into the following challenges:

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A 1st Birthday

Hi there,

On Thurday my nephews youngest daughter, Luna, will be 1 year old. Yesterday I was invited to celebrate the first birthday party in her life.

Of course she should have a card from me even though she's still too young to know about it and be interested in it, but maybe that'll come later, and perhaps then she'll think it's fun to have such cards from her dads aunt.

I've had the image coloured up for quite a while now, but have been unable to find a suitable background or some nice embellishments, that would go with it. When I told my friend, Maryann, what kind of idea I had with this image, she told me that she was sure she had something I could use for it. I was thrilled when I saw it, because that was exactly, what I was looking for when I was unable to get hold of a circus background.

I had to crop the background so I got as much as possible of the carousel on the card.

The image is PAYASA by Alicia Bell. Alicia has some awesome images for all occassions, and I love colouring them.

On this card I also added the number 1 to signify the occassion for which Luna got the card.

I hope you like my card. Feel free to leave a message to let me know. Please join my blog if you would like to see my projects on a regular basis.

Be Happy Crafting! 

I have entered this project into the following challenges:

1. http://aliciabelchallengeblog.blogspot.dk/2016/01/challenge-14-anything-goes-or-dont-be.html   no. 8
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