Buggin' Drummer

Good morning blogging friends...

Today we have a new challenge for you over at Divas by Design.

Our theme for this week is a really easy Anything Goes

And our generous sponsors are Live and Love Crafts

This is a card I made for my BILs birthday using a Kenny K image called Buggin' Drummer. 

It suits him down to a T. He's always playing the drums or some sort of music. 

The papers are Dovecraft Funky Vintage and the stars were from leftover card cut using Die-namics Stacking Stars. I added a sentiment from LOTV and a TH ticket. 

The image has been coloured using my trusty Copics:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, R21

Green: G21, G94, G99

Yellow:  Y11,Y15, Y17

Tongue: R32, R35, R37

Red: R22, R24, R27, R29

Drums: B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Skins: E50, E51, E53

Trousers: E53, E55, E57, E59

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges -

Ooh-La-La Creations - Magnificent Men

The Pink Elephant Challenge - #217 Digital images or Digital papers

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

The Squirrel and Fox - It's Raining Men

Crafty Catz - Men/Boys

Thanks so much for dropping by and your lovely comments. Enjoy the rest of your week.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Hobby House Midway Reminder

Good morning blogging friends..

Hope you've got a wonderful weekend planned with more craft time than housework!

Today's card is one I made for the midway reminder over at The Hobby House.

This month's challenge is our Hobby House Artists. 

You must use an image from one of the artists stocked by The Hobby House. It can be either a stamp, digi or topper from the following artists

Mo Manning

Elisabeth Bell

Kenny K

Silvia Zet

Apart from our image stipulation it's Anything Goes.

I chose this gorgeous image from the Gingerbread Wishes topper sheet. 

The papers are Dovecraft's Back to Basics Christmas and have been distressed with Walnut stain. Embellishments from The Hobby House include roses, Cherry blossom, jingle bells, rhinestone sparklers and Shabby White Frantage.

The rest of the embellishments have been made using die cuts:

Joy Crafts floral flourishes - Leaves
Memory Box Catalina Wreath (with a liberal coating of frantage!)
DooHickey Vintage Tag

The card was the splodge here and there with some Snowtex to give it more of a Christmasy feel.

Here's a close up of the lovely Elizabeth Bell topper.

And a stightly angled view...

Hope you can join us for this month's challenge. There's a fantastic £25 voucher to spend in The Hobby House up for grabs.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Divas by Design DT - Water Theme

Good morning everyone...

Hope you're keeping well and managing to catch the last little bits of summer sun before Autumn arrives.

It was back to work on Monday for me and a whole 8 week helf term to look forward to! 

Unfortunately we didn't finish my craft room before I went back, but we're making progress. I'll post some pictures when we're finished. I've got lots of cupboards, but when I suggested that I'd need to buy some more stash to fill them Hubby didn't seem to agree. A girl can try :)

I'm here today to tell you about this weeks challenge over at Divas by Design.

This week the theme is

Water

Lots of different possibilities here. Why not pop on over and get some inspiration from my lovely teamies.

I've used Magnolia's Mermaid Tilda. Shame on me I bought her ages ago and this is the first time she has seen ink.

The papers are En France by Prima and have all been distressed with Walnut DI.

I mounted her behind a Kraft circle with copper brads to make it look like you were seeing her through a porthole window. The background was made following a tutorial on the Make It Crafty website. I coloured Tilda first before masking her and then colouring the background. I added glossy accents to the bubbles to make them stand out

Copics used

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, R20

Hair: E41, E43, E44, E47

Scales : E50, E51, E53, BG0000, BG10, BG11, BV20, BG13

Bubbles: C00, C0, BG0000 & blender

Background : BG11, B00, BG000

Other Ingredients :

Flowers : WOC and The Hobby House

Dies: Magnolia So wrapped lovely heart, Marianne Garden Branch LR0151 and Die-namics Mix and Match Banner

Lace : Live and Love Crafts

Charms : The Hobby House

Gesso splodged here and there

Thanks so much for popping by I really appreciate the visit and the lovely comments you leave.

Until next time

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Anything Goes Challenge - In the Garden

Good morning blogging friends...

It's a beautiful sunny morning here, hope the sun is shining where you are.

Today sees a new challenge over at Anything Goes and this fortnight it's...

In the Garden 

and we'd like to see some lovely butterflies too.

It's our 100th Challenge today so we would love it if you could join us. We reall enjoy visiting your blogs and see all your gorgeous creations!

My image is Sarah Kay's Bernadette Admiring her Spring Flowers.

I've teamed her with Prima papers from the Zephyr pad. She's been coloured to match the paper, but I'm not sure that I like the end result. It's a little too bold for me.

Copic colours used:

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

Top: YR00, YR02, YR04, YR07

Jeans: BG000, BG10, BG11, BG13

Watering Can: C00, C0, C1, C3, C5

Hair: YR20, Y21, YR23, E33, E35

Flowers and Follage: Y38, R81, R83, R85

For the embellishments I've added ribbon, a watering can charm, brad, pearl flourish and a selection of flowers.

The orange doily has been cut using Cheery Lynn's Kiwi Doily DL108. I must have run this through my cuttlebug about 20 times and it's the first time it's cut all the detail out properly! Perhaps I've been using too thick a guage of card before...or maybe it just needs 20 runs through the machine! grrr.

The edges have all be inked with Walnut stain and distressed.

Thank you so much for dropping by . I would love it if you left a comment so that I can pop on over to your blog and repay the compliment.

Off to lay the laminate in my Craft room today. We're getting there slowly.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs, 

Janine xx

Hobby House DT Inspiration

Good morning Blogging friends.....

I'm still busy decorating my craft room, which is why I've been such a bad blogger recently.

Just popping on today to show you the inspirational piece that I've made for The Hobby House.

It's a small gift bag which I've decorated using another of the lovely toppers which Jill sells at The Hobby House. They're so good to use when time is short!

The papers are by Authentique and are called Wonder.  I've used Magnolia's Heart die tag and Marianne's snowflake LR0185, which I've frantaged with aged white and shabby green.

Here is a list of all the Hobby House products I've used to embellish my gift bag.

Mo Manning Christmas Fairies topper

Bluebell Wood mat & layer

Roses

Cherry Blossoms

Rhinestone Sparkler

Red Jingle Bells

Pearl String

'JOY' charm

Organza Ribbon

Frantage

Thank you for dropping by I really do appreciate it.

Off to do some more decorating.....

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

The Hobby House - Half Way Reminder

Good morning blogging friends...

By the time you read this I shall be travelling back home from a weeks break and ready to finish off my craft room. Can't wait to have it all finished and move back in. I should be able to find everything again!

I'm back today with my card for the midway reminder over at The Hobby House.

Our challenge this month is 

Christmas

Why not make an early start on your Christmas cards and also be in with a chance of winning £25 (excluding postage) to spend at The Hobby House. A double whammy :)

I've used a Mo Manning topper from the Christmas Fairies sheet. She's called Christmas Holly Fairy. These toppers are great for making quicker cards as you cut out all the colouring time.

The papers are a magazine freebie and are My Mind's Eye 'Snowed In'. They've all been distressed and inked with Walnut Stain.

All the embellishments have been dabbed with 'Snowtex' and the snowflake die has also had a little frantage.

Dies used :-

TH Snow Flurries, DooHickey Vintage Tag, Go Kreate Large Frilly #7

Hobby House Products:

Christmas Fairies Topper (Mo Manning images)

Bluebell Wood Mat & Layer Kit

Mulberry Roses and Cherry Blossom

Ribbon & Lace

Small Silver Bells

Small Bobbins

Rhinestones and Sparklers

Frantage (in the shop)

Wow, that's a long list! Jill has loads of lovely embellishments, as you can see!

Hope you can join us :)

Thank you for dropping by. 

I'd love it if you could leave a comment so I know you dropped in and also so I can stop by your place.

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Anything Goes DT - By the Sea

Good morning blogger friends...

Can't believe where the time is going! It's already time for another challenge over at Anything Goes.

This fortnight our theme is

By the Sea

Hope you can join us with some lovely summer creations.

I dug out a really cute Magnolia stamp for my card today.

Isn't he a cutie? This is Edwin in Miami from Magnolia's Summer Memories 2012 Collection.

The papers are Maja Designs Vintage Spring Basics. I must get some more of these. They're just so versatile.

Edwin has been coloured with Copics.

Face : E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, R20, R32

Shorts & Shoes : B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

T-Shirt : E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Hair : R59, R57, R55, R51, R31

Sand : E50, E21, E30, E31, E34, E41, E53, YR20, W1

Sea : BG0000, BG000, B21, B23, B93 & white gel pen

Sky : BG000, C00, C0, C1

The card has been embellished with a compass charm, some little bobbins and a fence made with a Marianne Creatable die. All papers have been distressed with Walnut stain.

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx