Playing with Nuvo shimmer powder

 

I had so much fun creating this card. Colouring up this stunning Digi stamp from Sweet November Stamps called Skipper Openwater. I coloured her with the following copic pens:

Tail: YR18, YR16, Y17

C7, C5, C3, C1, C0

Hair: C9, C7, C5, C3

Skin: E59, E57, E55, E53

Plus I made her tail sparkle with a Spectrum noir sparkle pen :)

This video shows how I made this amazing sparkly and fun background using Nuvo Blue Blitz and Atlantis Burst shimmer powders.

The sentiment is from another Sweet November Stamps set this time it is a clear set called Spring Fairies.

I am going to enter this card for the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

Corrosive challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

You are fabulous

Honestly these digi sets from The Greeting Farm are just so much fun to play with! This one I kept nice and simple I mixed the adorable birthday girls and birthday boys sets. I kept it all on one layer and coloured it with my copics and then added sparkle with a spectrum noir clear sparkle pen.

 

In case you have missed it The Greetings farm have a DT call going on and you can find all of the details HERE. 

I am entering these cards for the following challenges:

  

Crafty Sentiments- Anything goes

Digi Choosday - Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything goes 

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Huge hugs

Amy xx

Bubbly baby Mertot

I am still so happy to be showing this next cutie as GDT for this weeks Sweet November release. This adorable bubble mertot is called May Mertot and is available in the Sweet November store now as a digi stamp so you can get her straight away. For me this bubble was crying out to be made into a shaker card.

I have coloured this cutie with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E21, E00

Hair: C9, C7, C5, C3

Tail: YR27, YR68, YR15

Toy: BG49, BG23, G00

Bubble background: BG15, G00

As normal for me I had to cover her tail in spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and glossy accents.

I cut her out using Heffy Doodles stitched circles and did a couple of smaller stitched circles as extra bubbles that I then added some whatcha saying? sentiments to. For the shaker itself I cut another same sized circle from acetate and to finish it cut a thin circle frame in foam and in black card to just cover up the foam and just edge all the stitched circles/ bubbles.

For the background I used the Create a smile geometrics stamp set with the Altenew sweet dreams ink cubes to just give a bubbly background.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Make my Monday - For a baby

Ike's World - R is for round or dots

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

The sisterhood of crafters - Favorite technique (I love stamping/ making back grounds)

Little Red Wagon - Use backing paper or make your own. (I have made my own)

Cute card thursday - Anything goes

Southern Girls - Anything goes

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Huge hugs

Amy xx

GDT for Sweet November

I can not tell you how excited I am to have been asked to be GDT for the incredible Sweet November for the release this week. I have had so much fun with the 2 new little mer tots. For this first card I have used the adorable June Mertot.

I decided to decoupage her as that is something I have not done with an image in ages and I love the way it make her look more 3D. I coloured her with my copics using the following colours:

Skin: E33, E21, E00 + a touch of R81

Hair: V06, R85, R81

Tail: G07, G14, YG03

Fish: Y38, Y02, Y000

As normal for me I had to cover her tail in spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and glossy accents.

I made the background with distress oxide inks (Seedless preserves, Worn lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade) I then flicked some water over my inking and then sprayed some wilted violet distress oxide spray. The Dream big shadow sentiment is from time for tea and the smaller sentiment is from an old Stampin' up! stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Allsorts _ Magical worlds

Sisterhood of narky stampers - I is for ink

Get creative - Fantasy

Simon Says Stamp - Make your own background

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Huge hugs

Amy xx

Whale hello there

Yes you guessed it her is another result of the ink smooshing session the other day For this one I used Tumbled glass, salty ocean and chipped sapphire distress ink :D This one was crying out to be used for some kind of sea theme and I couldn't resist colouring up this beauty and her friend that comes with her. She is another Sweet November digi called Glimmer Surfside and humphrey.

I coloured them with the following copic markers:

Skin: E08, E37, E33, E31

Hair: C7, C5, C3

Tail: G07, G14, YG03

Top: E01

Whale back: C9, C7, C5

Whale belly: C1, C0

As normal for me I couldn't resist adding the spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen to her tail after it was coloured and then covering it with glossy accents.

The sentiment is stamped in Chipped Sapphire distress oxide ink and comes from the Heffy Doodle Oceans of love stamp set. Then I used a range of Nuvo drops all around them to add some more sparkle and dimension.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Allsorts _ Magical worlds

Sisterhood of narky stampers - I is for ink

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Huge hugs

Amy xx

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)

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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

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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

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

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

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