The look out

I am so glad I signed up to the Sweet November email list and this month this amazingly beautiful digi was a freebie just for being signed up. Don't worry as you can still grab her she is called the Look out and while you are there why not sign up so you can get whatever the next freebie is :D

I coloured her with the following copic markers:

Skin: E33, E21, E00

Tail: V06, R85, R81

Hair: Y38, Y17, Y06, Y02

Rock: W5, W3, W1

Water: B00, B000

Of course I couldn't just leave the tail without adding some spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and then covering it with glossy accents :)

I had great fun ink smooshing the background with Seedless preserves, Wilted Violet and dusty concord distress oxide. I haven't done any ink smooshing in ages and had so much fun I did a few backgrounds so expect to see more :D

The sentiment is from the Heffy doodle oceans of love set and the layered banner die is also from Heffy doodle in the tag along die set. To finish it all off I used a range of nuvo drops to create some more sparkle and shine around her.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Colour crazy challenge - Any thing goes

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Your next stamp - sparkle and shine

As you like it - Favorite embelishment (nuvo drops because they are so versatile and add great sparkle and shine)

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Hello beautiful

I had a lot of fun getting inky making this card. I started by inking the background with wilted violet, mermaid lagoon and tumbled glass distress oxides and then tried out my distress oxide sprays in fossilized amber and wilted violet just to add some more interest to the back ground.

The great big hello sentiment is from Crafters companions script words set and I embossed it in gold embossing powder so it adds some more shine to the card.

Then we go onto the main event which is another stunning mermaid digi from the incredible Sweet november stamps. She is called Sparkle moon drifter and I just love the shape of her and how her hair flows. She was so much fun to colour with my spectrum noir tri-blends and then I couldn't resist adding a mix of nuvo drops to give her tail sparkle and shine.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Time out challenge - Free (what cuold be more free than swimming in the ocean :) )

Colour crazy challenge - Any colouring goes

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Your next Stamp - Sparkle and shine

Patties creations - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

You're a treasure

I have lots of people that I could send this to right now. Friends are so important and this whole thing I think really shows how much people are there for each other even when we can't be physically there. This adorable March Mertot is a digi from Sweet November stamps. If you haven't checked out their store yet then you are missing out. There is a growing range of adorable images from the incredibly talented Amy Young. Don't forget to sign up to the newsletter to be kept in the loop for all the updates and special offers as well while you are looking around their store.

I coloured her with copics using the following colours:

Hair: RV69, R59, R27, R17

Skin: E31, E21, E00

Tail: 100, C7, C5, C3, C1

Top:G28, G17, G14

treasure chest: E49, E37, E35 + Y17, Y06, Y11

Sand: E35, YR31

Water: B000

I also added Spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and glossy accents to her tail so its really sparkly and shiny.

I used a mix of papers again for this card The red keys paper is from Dovecrafts folkland set and the blue seahorses are from the First edition Beyond the shore paper set. I added some further texture with Nuvo gold drops and the sentiment which I embossed with gold wow! embossing powder is from Create a smile all hands on deck stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Creative Crafters - Anything goes

Crafty gals corner - for the ladies

Crafty Hazelnuts patterned paper - Use patterned paper

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog and I would love if you wanted to follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Possitive vibes

This little guy just makes me feel so happy and summery. This whole Gnome matter what set is just so cute. I coloured this one with my Nuvo alcohol markers. The background I made by cutting a rectangle out of white card with the stitched rectangle die then using the grassy lass die cut to cut the grass shape across it. Next I inked the sky half in Mermaid lagoon and a touch of faded jeans and the grass half in twisted citron with a touch of mowed lawn distress oxides. Finally I put them back together and layered them on another piece of white card then black card again which I cut using the stitched rectangle dies.

The sentiment is from the Heffy Doodle whatcha saying now? set and I cut the speach bubble from the coordinating die set. For a finishing touch I added the nuvo drops right across the whole card.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Give a crafter a cookie - Photo inspiration and I have used the colours from the cookies to inspire me.

Southern Girls - Anything goes

Heffy Doodlers FB group - Happy mail

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Love to craft - Anything Goes

Paper craft challenges - Spring

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back :)

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Mr McFlurry

I am so in love with all these Sweet November digis. I love the way you can just get them instantly and start playing. This little cutie is called Mr McFlurry. I have coloured him with the following copics:

Snow man:BG01, B000 + YR07, YR16 for his nose

Hat and scarf: RV69, R59, R27, R14

Squirrels: W5, W3,W1 + R81

Acorns: YG95, YG91

Wreath: G28, G17, G14, YG41

Then of course I had to add some little nuvo drops to the holly berries.

The paper is from First editions Jolly Christmas paper pad and the sentiment I cut using Heffy Doodle stitched strips of ease and the sentiment itself is from Heffy Doodles Warm hugs stamp set.

I have no idea why I am suddenly in a bit of a Christmas mood but it can only be a good thing and save on my panic later in the year if I have got a few made now I guess.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The Holly and the ivy - Anything Christmas goes

Artsy stamper - It's a guy thing

Fab n' Funky - Christmas

The paper Girls - All about boys

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas goes

Cute card Thursday - Stripes!

Christmas kickstart - Wreathed in Christmas smiles

As you like it - Favorite embellishment (Mine are Nuvo drops I love how versatile they are and can add sparkle or shine or texture in almost every colour)

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

My first Christmas card of the year

I can't really believe I have made a Christmas card already and in this heat! This Kraftin' Kimmie Fox really spoke to me though. My Nan's maiden name was Fox so they are kinda a special animal for me :)

This little dude is from the Furry Holiday Wishes stamp set and the sentiment comes from the same set. I coloured him up with the following copic markers:

Fur:YR27, YR68, YR15 + E41 on tip of tail/ under chin

In ears: YR61

Jumper: G7, G14, YG03

Shorts: C9, C7, C3

Candy cane: R59, R29 + B00, B000

I wanted the fox to be the standout of this card so kept the background quite simple. I used the starfall stencil from Heffy Doodle with some Golden Era Nuvo Glacier paste on some dark blue card stock then tore a piece of white card to give a sort of snow mound for him to be standing on. For a little bit of extra sparkle and dimension I put in a few sequins.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The Holly and the ivy - Anything Christmas goes

A place to start - Make your own background

Artsy stamper - It's a guy thing

Path of positivity - Furry or feathery friends

Fab n' Funky - Christmas

The paper Girls - All about boys

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Interactive fun

This little alien has been crying out to be part of an interactive card for way too long. So I have finally got him onto one. This card was so much fun to make. I have coloured all the elements which are from a mix of Heffy doodle Spaced out and You're weird stamp sets with spectrum noir tri-blend markers and used the coordinating dies for the you're weird and spaced out sets to cut them out. Then I added glossy accents to the port hole on the space ship and covered the earth in glossy accents. I gave the alien a googly eye and fixed the space ship on an action wobble to give some more dimension.

For the back ground I used a mix of squeezed lemonade and fossilized amber distress oxides and then used the stargazer background die to cut the stars out of a piece of dark blue card. For a little added something I also used a crystal clear sparkle pen to add some shine to the blue card. I really hope this card makes you smile :)

I am entering it for the following challenges:

Heffy Doodlers FB group - Happy mail

The house that stamps built - Anything goes

Sisterhood of crafters - Favorite technique (making an interactive card. I love using action wobbles and googly eyes they always make me smile)

Stampotique - Anything goes

Feel better soon

As soon as I saw this cute little piggy I knew I needed to add him to my collection. He is from My favorite things Piggy Pebbles stamp set. I coloured him up with spectrum noir tri-blend markers and then teamed him with papers from the paper addicts colour pop and First Editions perfect moments paper packs. I added some bright yellow nuvo drops and the sentiment from Crafters Companion frame sentiments set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more - Anything goes

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Creative moments - Anything goes

I believe in you

I coloured this super cute Annie the angel from Stamping bella with spectrum noir tri blends. I added some extra sparkle to her wings with a spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen.

To frame her I created this background with the scene it stencil from Time for tea designs. I used Twisted citron, spun sugar, worn lipstick and picked raspberry distress oxide inks.

For the sentiment I used the time for tea unicorn in training stamp set and then embossed it with Wow! ebony embossing powder.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Dream Valley - Add some sparkle

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything goes

Crafters castle - Anything goes

The sisterhood of snarky stampers - Y is for Yellow

The fairy and unicorn - Anything fantasy goes

Coffee Helps

I created the background for this card using the Time for tea scene it stencil. For the grass I used twisted citron and mowed lawn distress inks and picked raspberry and wilted violet distress inks for the clouds.

The sentiment from Stamping Bella just cried out to be used with this adorable greetings farm Miss Anya coffee break stamp. I coloured her with spectrum noir tri-blend pens and then added some sparkle to the heart on her top with a spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and then some glossy accents on her glasses.

To finish off the background I added some nuvo drops.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Arty Divas - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

A place to start - Create a custom background without using design paper

Thanks for everything

I want to say a massive thank you to anyone who has made a purchase from my little online store over the last few weeks. I genuinely do a little happy dance for every one of them and it means so much to me. I am glad I can keep posting to you all so that you can all enjoy some crafting in this tough time. I know it is certainly what is keeping me sane.
I have a card for you today using this adorable little lady Garden girl carnation from Stamping Bella. She is out of stock in my store right now but is on they way to me along with a load more so watch this space if you want to add her to your collection.

I coloured her with the following Copic markers:
Skin: E33, E21, E00
Hair: 100, C7, C5, C3
Flower and skirt: RV69, R29, R35 + G28, G17, G14
Outline: B02, B00
Ground: E31

The Thanks is a shadow die from Time for Tea designs. I covered it in Nuvo drops and then glossy accents to make more of a feature of it. The embossing is using Crafters companion sakura silhouet embossing folder.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Arty Divas - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

A place to start - Create a custom background without using design paper

Crafting happiness - Anything goes with optional twist of red

I Lava you

I really love this geography rocks stamp set and I had the idea to combine it with some of these amazing nuvo drops as soon as I saw it. I used a selection of yellow bird, ripened pumpkin and moroccan red.

I blended Barn door, Carved pumpkin and Antique linen distress oxide inks.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

Heffy Doodlers - Happy mail

Classic design challenge - Anything goes

Craft-dee bowz - Anything goes

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Creative craft cottage - Make it masculine

Strawberry Fields forever

Yippee it's the weekend and it is sunny! What are all of your plans for the next few days? I am just about to try and sort out my loft. It badly needs some attention and I have been putting it off for far too long.

Anyway onto better crafty things and how cute is this little girl from digital pencil?? She is called Berry Fairy Aliz and I coloured her up with spectrum noir Tri blends and added some sparkle to her wings with a spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen. The papers are a mix of first edition The promise and Paper Addicts colour pop packs.

The sentiment is from Heffy doodles round a bout sentiments and I have put it on a curvy banner made from the Heffy doodles curved banner die.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Mo's digital pencil - A great sketch that I have followed

 Colour crazy challenge - Anything coloured goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional extra of outdoors

Creative fingers - Anything goes

You are awesome

I love these super cute Gull gang stamp set. I coloured these cutie up with spectrum noir illustrator pens. Then I used some scraps I had from another inked background I did. For it I used the Wave to me stencil which I inked through with a mix of tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon and blueprint sketch oxide inks. For the main back ground I wanted to add some texture so used an old sizzix embossing folder. The sentiment is from Heffy Doodles whatcha saying now? sentiment set.

  

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 Through the craft room door - Anything goes

The sisterhood of crafters - Birds, bees or butterflies

Fab n funky - Hand coloured image

Ink blending scattered hearts

For this one I got ink blending. I used Spun sugar, worn lipstick and Picked raspberry distress oxide inks and taylored expressions ink blending brushes. Then I cut it using the scattered heart background plate die. I didn't want to distract from the ink blending so I just  backed it on grey card and added a the thanks sentiment which I covered in white embossing powder. To finish it off I added some sherbert shimmer nuvo drops

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Paper fun day challenge - Anything goes

IKEs world - Colour pallet

Crafty sentiment - Anything goes

Green, Blue and purple scattered hearts

I am so in love with the dream big sentiment. I layered up the blue and purple cuts I did from the scattered hearts die and slightly off set them so that you can just see the purple peeking from under the blue. What better to go with this sentiment than a super cute unicorn from the unicorn in training stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Word art Wednesday - Anything goes

For this one I went tone on tone. I love the way this turned out. I used the green scattered hearts die cut and backed it on the same green card. I think the subtle texture this gives shows off this moo-vellous highland cow. I gave it a pop of colour with the Time for tea design rainbow brights essentials paper.
The frame is from the smile and scalloped frame die set. I cut two of the smaller frames and chopped the second one up to make some scalloped borders either side of the spotty design paper.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Make my Monday - Tone on tone background

Orange and yellow scattered hearts

Orange is not normally a colour that I use but I was determined to use up all the rainbow pieces I cut our with the scattered heart die as they were too nice to go to waste. I noticed that the hearts could fit in different gaps and make more of a pattern and I already had this lovely mermaid from the Mermazing stamp set coloured up using spectrum noir illustrator pens. This time I covered the thanks shadow die in couple of layers of gold Wow! embossing powder.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafty creations - Anything goes

Crafty gals corner - For the ladies

Then the yellow one was calling to be used with the mice. Who doesn't love a grey and yellow combo?? I coloured the adorable mouse from the baked with love stamp set with spectrum noir illustrator pens. I stamped the background with the cheese stamps using mustard seed distress oxide. Then to finish it I added some English mustard nuvo drops.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

A place to start - Create a background

Fab n funky - Hand coloured image

A rainbow of Scattered hearts

 I have had so much fun playing with this Scattered hearts die from Time for Tea. I will split this into a few posts but I wanted to use it in a range of different ways. 

So first off I cut it out of a rainbow of coloured card. I inlaid some hearts from each colour into the black background plate. Then I added the time for tea Thanks shadow sentiment on top of it. It took a while to find all the right sized hearts to fit back into the die but I totally think it was worth it :D

 I am entering this card for the following challenges:

A place to start - Create a custom background
All fun challenges - Anything goes

Next I used some of the hearts that were left over to make into little butterflies. I hand cut some bodies for them. For the background I stamped out the thanks a bunch flowers in Mustard seed distress oxide.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Use your stuff - Flowers and butterflies

International art and soul - Butterflies and flowers
The sisterhood of Crafters - Birds, butterflies or bees

April Mer tot

 

This adorable little April Mer tot by Sweet November is another great digi. I am loving digi's at the moment as I like that I do not have to wait for the post. I can just buy them and get colouring :D 

This cute little one I coloured up with my copics using the following colours;

Skin: E31, E21, E00 (R81 for her tongue)

Hair: E35, Y17, Y15, Y11, Y00

Tail and top: B39, B29, B24, B12

I then added some night sky, midnight blue and sea breeze nuvo drops to her tail to give some dimension. The paper is from a mix of First edition beyond the shore and Dovecrafts Folkland packs. I hand drew some dots around the edges and then added some more Night sky nuvo drops just to finish it off. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
The sisterhood of snarky stampers - Magic

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything fantasy goes

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Cute card Thursday - Anything goes

Toucan do this

 

I am so in love with these toucans from Time for tea designs and I just couldn't resist doing a bit of a CAS card to show them off. I have coloured them with copics and then mounted them on foam pads so they stand out a bit more. The cloudy back ground was made with the time for tea scene it stencil and the frame is from the time for tea smile sentiment and scalloped frame die set.

The sentiment is also from the Toucan do this stamp set and then just to make it look a little bit less open I added a few Sea breeze nuvo drops.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Path of positivity - I opted for feathery friends

Scribbles design challenge - B is for birds or bunnies 

CCC digi creation - For the men/ boys

Creative Craft cottage - Make it masculine

Time for some sparkle with Tide Mayfin

 

 I saw this beauty from Sweet November that was released last week and I just had to have her. I got the chance to play with my copics yesterday and I am falling more in love with both the copics and the Sweet November digi's the more time I spend playing with them :D 

I coloured Tide Mayfin with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E21, E00

Hair: E49, E59, E37, E35, E31

Tail: BV08, V09, V06, V04, V15, V01

Fish:Y17, Y06, Y11

Top: Y00

Background: BG01, B000

After colouring her I added some sparkle to her tail with a spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen. Then to make it even more sparkly and shiny I covered it with glossy accents.

The pretty paper is from the Beyond the shore First Edition paper pack. I cut around my image with Heffy Doodles stitched rectangles to give it a bit of interest around the edges. The brilliant thanks shadow die is from Time for tea I have covered it with a few layers of fairy tale Wow! Embossing powder.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - Favoritecolours (I love purple and blue)

Arty Divas - Anything goes

Crafty sentiments design - Anything goes 

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Try it on Tuesday - Lovely ladies

 

Fairy fun

This is the first time I have made a shadow box card and I have to say that I loved it! I used the Time for tea box clever die to give me the base and the layers in between and it made the whole thing so easy to do. I love how it looks like a little scene.

OK so for this I used a range of other time for tea goodies as well, The super cute fairies and mushroom house are from the Fairy garden stamp set and then I added some extra little mushrooms and flowers from the Hip hop hooray stamp set. I coloured them all with Spectrum noir tri-blends and fussy cut them all out. For the shadow box itself I used the Scene it stencil to do the sky and tumbled glass distress oxide. The grass I used a Heffy doodle grassy lass die to cut the grass shape and then inked it with a mix of twisted citron and mowed lawn distress oxide.

I am entering this card for the following challenges: 

The paper girls - May day photo inspiration (I used the colours and some flowers)

Dare 2B Artzy - In the garden

 A Place to start - Create a custom background

All fun challenges - Anything goes

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

Crafty Animals - Anything goes

Hope to sea you soon

I could send this card to so many people at the moment. I am really loving having the extra time to be able to craft but I am missing seeing people too. I hope you are all keeping safe.

For this card I have used a whole range of fun Heffy Doodle products. The back ground I inked with tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon and blueprint sketch distress oxides through the bubble waves stencil. 

The shaker itself I made using the tag along die. This die makes shakers so simple as you can just cut the front, back, acetate and I even used it to cut the foam frame so it all fitted together perfectly! 

The adorable shark is from the oceans of love stamp set as is the sentiment. For the background in the shaker I again did some ink blending with the same colours but this time I used the rays the roof stencil before adding all my little shaker bits. I coloured the shark with Nuvo markers.

I cut one of the thinnest stitched strips of ease and embossed my sentiment on it with some opaque bright white Wow! embossing powder then finished the whole card off by adding a few gold coast nuvo drops. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

A Place to start - Create a custom background 

Make my Monday - Tone on tone background

All fun challenges - Anything goes

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

Crafty Animals - Anything goes

Creative craft cottage - Make it masculine 

Dies R Us - Seas the day