Gorgeous new rubbah from Crafts and Me

I have one of the brand new beautiful Janna Prosvirina stamps to show you today. She is called Dragonfly and I think she is gorgeous! There are a whole load of beautiful new rubbah stamps coming out next week at the brilliant Crafts and Me and as normal for the first week of the new release newsletter subscribers will get 10% off of them and trust me you will want them all :D

For my card I thought I would try and keep it simple to show her off. I have inked all round the edges of the card in 3 different colours (Pool party, Lucky limeade and then soft suede) Next I stamped the Inkadinkado butterflies out randomly over my inking in soft suede to almost make my own DP.
The stunning image I coloured with the following pro and flex markers....

Skin: Saffron, Vanilla, Ivory

Hair: Gold, Canary, Lemon

Dress: Indigo blue, True blue, Surf blue

Branch: Bunt Sienna, Cinnamon

Dotty background: Meadow green, Cloud blue, Tea green, pastel green

I have then used Marianne D corners 1 dies to just kind of frame the image and glazed her wings so they shine.

I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend and that you all manged to get your hands on the new beauties when they are released.

Things with wings at Marianne's Design Divas

Our theme this month at Marianne's Design Divas is Wings. It can be anything with wings from aeroplanes to butterflies.

We are sponsored by Cuddly Buddly
with this amazing prize :D

And there is a second prize from Marianne D herself of this lot......

For my card I have used the following Marianne D goodies Craftables die - rectangle CR1202, Sweet summer papers, Flower Ribbons - Bright Pink Small FR1127.

The adorable image is Two tutus from Mo's Digital pencil.

I have coloured them in the following pro and flex markers....

Skin: Saffron, Vanilla, Ivory

Hair: Black, Umber, Chestnut, Caramel

Wings: Gold, Canary, Lemon and edged in metallic silver

Tights: Tea Rose, Pale pink, Muted pink

Leotard and flowers in hair: Vermillion, Carmine, Watermellon, Cocktail pink

Skirt: Pale blossom for shadow.

Embossing at Crafts and Me

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It is the time of the week when we at Crafts and Me challenges set you a new challenge and this week we want you to do some embossing.

The prize this week is from Crafts and Me

For my card I have used the stunning Genevieve. I have coloured her with promarkers then inked all round the edge of the picture quite roughly before covering it in gold embossing powder. I have not tried that effect before and I quite like it. I have then also used some dry embossed gold card across the card and stamped the heart boarders at the top and the bottom with a Marianne D stamp from the bear sentiments stamp set (SF1113).

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Fashionable stamping - Embossing
Let's ink it up - Distressing

Time to get cooking with Kenny K

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Our theme this week over at Kenny K's Krafty girlz challenges is a Recipe 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments (embellies can be 3 of the same or 3 different types)

This weeks first sponsor is Kenny K's Downloads

The prize from Kenny is the winner's choice of 5 digi's.

Our second sponsor is the amazing K-design




For my card I have used the great Download Diva as my 1 image and I have coloured her with promarkers. The 2 papers I have used are from 2 different Marianne D paper packs. The darker green one is from Indian Summer paper bloc and the other lighter one with the tiny flowers on is from Flower power paper bloc. The pearls, gems and ribbon which are my 3 embellishments are from my stash.



I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Drunken stampers - Use Kraft
Sweet Stampin' - Girly but no pink
Totally Gorjuss - Bling
Card makin' Mamas - Make it girly

Swirls and Pearls at Marianne's Design Divas

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It is time for another Marianne's Design Divas challenge and we want you to show us some pearls and swirls :D and we have a brilliant prize

Sponsored by

The lovely Nikki is giving one lucky person this lot

I have made a nice simple card for this time round the stamps for the main image and for my swirls down the side, that I then embossed in gold, I have used Marianne D's Elines Oriental lady stamp - EC0127 . I have coloured this pretty lady with promarkers and added touches of gold with a gold metalic pro marker. The pearls are from my stash.



I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Just keep on creating - Anything goes
Scrapbooking Sisters - Anything goes

Sepia tones

This is my first go at Sepia tones and apart from the hair I think it went pretty well. I picked all my browns and creams then coloured them onto a piece of card before ordering them from darkest to lightest and creating a reference:

I then decided where my lightsource was going to be (top left) and coloured darkest shades to lightest. For skin I used Ivory, Almond and Satin.

Things with wings at Crafts and Me

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It is time for another challenge over at the Crafts and Me challenge and this time is the digi teams turn but I could not resist this gorgeous new stamp any longer :D She is from the brand new release and called Golden guitar fairy.



I have coloured her with the following pro markers and flex markers:
Hair ; Gold, Canary, Lemon
Skin ; Saffron, Vanilla, Ivory
Top and eyes: Midnight blue, French navy, Azure
Shorts; Cocoa, Cinnamon, sandstone
Wings;Burgundy, Amaranth Red, Lipstick Red
Outline; Pastel Beige
Guitar; Red gold (metallic marker), Burgundy, Amaranth Red, Lipstick Red, Umber, Henna, Cocoa

Then just for that touch of sparkle I have added some sakura stardust clear pen to her wings. For the back ground I have used something new to me a stampin' up stampin' around roller called music notes. The ink is also from Stampin' up and I have to say I got a whole load of colours so expect to see more of them. This one is soft suede and I have also used it for the distressing rond the edges. If there is anything from stampin' up you would like just drop me an email and I will order it for you and you will only need to pay £1 postage rather than the normal £4.95. Also at the moment if you order £45 worth or over you will get your choice of stamp set free from their sale-a-bration range :D The deal is only available till the 31st of march.
The gems are from my stash and the sentiment is from Crafty Emma's Store.

Emboss it with Kenny K

This week we at Kenny K's Krafty girlz challenges have a brand new challenge where we want you to use embossing on your creation. There is an amazing prize up for grabs again and here is what you could win.....

5 Digi's from Kenny K's Downloads

and Marianne Design is giving away this lot....

A clear stamps and a fancy edge die and pack of ribbons. from there popular ranges.

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For my car I have used the brilliant Home Improvement I have coloured her with promarkers and then attached her with foam pads so she stands out a bit. For the embossing part I have used a cuttle bug embossing folder on the yellow card then gone over it with some green ink to make it stand out a bit more.

I have coloured her with the following pro markers:

Skin:Saffron, Vanilla, Ivory
Hair:Lipstick red, Mandarin (flex), Sunflower, Lemon
Top:Green,Bright green,
Hat:Gold, Canary, Lemon
Shorts:China blue, Cornflower blue
Shoes/gloves: Sandstone, Canary

Drill: black,Cool grey 5, silver metallic

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Drunken stamper - Texture
Crafty Ann - Bold and bright
Crafty Catz - Favourite things (I LOVE LOVE LOVE Kenny K, Promarkers and the black gems)
The stamp man - Texture
C.R.A.F.T. - No DP