Hi everyone, ready for a new challenge?

OK then, its Glitter n Sparkles new challenge , and this week its funky colours!

We have a new sponsor the lovely Lacey sunshine

And my image is called Eleanor circus clown

Isn't she cute?

Ihave gone for bright pink and blue, the backing papers are from My craft studio, just cut and layered i cut a couple of hearts and added to the top corner and drew some strings coming off them with a black marker, then once she was coloured i cut her out and added her, and some hand cut flowers, with added bling centres.

You could win some fab images this week from our sponsors

Lacey sunshine offering a $20 gift cerificate for the store

QKR Stampede offering 5 images

Delicious Doodles offering 4 images

&

Di Digi Downloads offering a $10 certificate to spend in the store

Hope you can come play along 

Hugs x

Visible Image & Edward

Hi all, hope you are all well and maybe getting a little sunshine, its been grey and chilly today, hope it improves soon, we need some summer!

Anyway it is Saturday so time for another Visible Image DT post, this week i have 2 cards for you using the wonderful Edward and Winter Tree stamps

this first one is as you might have guessed is for all those twilight fans out there, Mr sparkly Edward in all his vampy glory.

 i started off stamping and colouring Edward, he is coloured in pro markers, then i covered his face and hand in dries clear glue, and sprinkled him with glamour dust,  ( well what else could i use for such a sparkly fella ).

while he was drying i went on line and found a picture of the sky, took it into my graphics program and made it darker, then i found the moon cut it out and stuck to the pic, its a blue moon :)

then i used the gorgeous Winter Tree stamp, and stamped all around the edge to give the feel of the woods at night, finally i popped Edward on and mounted the whole thing onto some silver mirri.

next one 

Mr mean and moody himself, Edward as Heathcliff....

once again i stamped Edward, but this time i used pattern papers and paper pieced his clothes, one they had been stamped cut and stuck down i used pro markers to add shading.

the background is a photo of the moors, which i once again took into my graphics program and this time i turned it black and white, i added a quote from Wuthering Heights, Stamped the Winter Tree again, and added Edward, then mounted onto black card.

how wonderful is that tree? and Edward is just fab to colour be it sparkly vamp or mean and moody rejected love.

if you like what you see head over to the Visible Image store and take a look at all the other fab characters, and wonderful stamps they have.

hugs x

dont forget to visit the Visible Image Blog, lots of inspiration and of course the monthly challenge which this month is Brighten your day:)

and of course our facebook page 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/visibleimage/

I am entering these into the following challenges

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/new-challenge-makes-for-men.html

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/challenge-168-simply-does-it.html

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/?p=6209

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.uk/

http://asimplefive.blogspot.co.uk/

Hi guys :)

well here i am with my final piece for Simply steampunk challenges, i have loved my time as a guest dt member and i tell you peeps if you love steampunk run over and check them out .

OK so here it is, Halloweenie 5

Isn't he a lovely sad little fella!

not sure my colours show very well in this one again, they are fine in real life but a bit subtle for the camera, oh well you can get the general feel of it lol

the image is as always done with pro markers then fussy cut, i went around the edge with glossy accents, and once dry i went over with Cast Bronze Gilding Wax, which i got from the lovely Lisa at That Craft Place, oh boy does she have an Aladdin's cave of goodies.

i took a plain brown card, and some vintage brown paper, which i tore into 4 and then distressed the edges with of all things, a foot file LOL , (don't have a fancy paper distresser) .

then i cut loads of cogs on my craft robo from silver mirri, but of course silver isn't the right colour so our come the pro markers and a dab of gilding wax to look like rust..

next they are layered up all around the image, quite a simple make but effective i think, 

so i would like to say a great big thank you to the girls at Simply Steampunk, and of course 

Simply Betty Stamps, for her fab fab images.

THANKS GIRLS 

xxx

Happy Monday all

Its time for another challenge at Artistic inspirations

the theme is Lace & Flowers and who doesn't love lace and flowers, my make might not be what you would expect from me for a lace and flower challenge but trust me it does have both

my image is Scarecrow & Sunflowers form our lovely sponsor Eureka

they are offering the winner 5 digi images from their store :)

OK onto my make don't know if  you guys remember i had a sunflower digi to work with a few weeks back and made an altered bean tin project.... well this Little guy just screamed to be made into a complimentary tin lol

I used the same papers, made some more paper lace in the same paper and added the lace trim around the top and bottom, then i used the sunflower image from the other bean tin and made small sunflowers to go around the edges a bit, you can just see them in the background to the side.

The main image was printed coloured and layered, shaped then added to finish off the tin.

They look so bright and happy sitting on my shelf together .

Hope you like it and will come play along at 

Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog

hugs x

hi everyone

hope your all well, today its Glitter n sparkle challenge, and the theme is ribbons, i was given this image and the theme and i have to admit i was stuck, then my lovely hubby said what about the Chinese ribbon dance! bingo, i had an idea lol

so off i trot to google images and find this wonderful pic of the ribbon dance in action, i took my colour pallet from the dancers, the papers are My craft studio and the colours changed to match. mat onto a coordinating card and added some fancy metal corners, then coloured and cut my character and added some ribbon that i had coloured with pro markers to match the dancers in the pic.

so thanks lex you gave me a fab idea xx

OK so our sponsors this week are

 Crafty Sentiments offering a Dr Toby digi

Sassy Studio Designs offering 4 images

Scribbles offering 3 images

so its over to you , lets see what you can do with ribbons 

hugs x

Visible Image and Molly May 11th

Happy Saturday peeps, hope your all having a lovely weekend

as its Saturday it is of course my Visible Image dt post for the week, and today we have Molly

I have gone for a 5 x 5 tent fold base, and a 5 x 3,1/2 topper, the papers are from My craft studio and i changed the colours to suit Molly who i had coloured with pro markers in a stunning blue, and black combo.

once i had layered the papers and topper i took some Black Rose trim and ran across the bottom then added some real pretty gem flowers in the fab blue. Molly has been fussy cut and added on sticky pads, her Skelly head hair bands are glittered and have gem eyes. finally i added a pretty glittered butterfly.

I have to say i love this blue, and Molly is such a fun character to work with you really need her in your collection x

Also over this weekend there is a  Fathers day special of 20% off so go have a peep and treat yourself.

and don't forget your entries for the challenge,Brighten your Day

over on the Visible Image Blog

https://www.facebook.com/groups/visibleimage/

Hey guys, what is up with this weather!? 

wish it would make up its mind, i don't know what to wear  each morning lol, solution, ? stay in PJ's and get crafting :)

today i bring you my Design team piece for this weeks Delicious Doodles challenge, Anything but a Card, and i have to say the dt have done some smashing inspirational projects.

here's mine

I have used Wistful Fairy, and although she is coloured in the most beautiful soft soft pinks they don't show in the pic, (I'm seriously getting mad with myself over my photography skills lol)

this is actually a journal, it was a bright pink kind of alligator skin (faux of course) i covered the whole thing in Gesso, and then painted with palest pink acrylic, i chose a pretty paper ( one of my faves) printed it out and tore it to size to give the soft edges. i had added the branch in my graphics program so i printed it out twice and fussy cut some of the flowers, sticking them over the flat image to give dimension.

The beautiful fairy was coloured and cut  and then tiny tiny gems added to her crown and dress.

i have used flowers and a gem birdcage from my stash, and a few gem sprays. and a string of Aurora pearls along the spine edge of the front on the lace.

i added some lace down the spine

and the back is covered in the same paper as the front

i hope you like my wistful fairy journal

maybe ill fill it with lots of wistful dreamy ideas :)

come join in the fun at 

Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog 

hugs x