I love her jewel-sea...

Today I’m sharing another book calendar I’ve made for a friend’s birthday featuring Beach Pretty from Saturated Canary.

I’ve followed the sketch at Dei Sketchtanten to decorate not only the outside, where I’ve flipped the sketch, but also the inside where the awesome image is featured.

This is not just a book calendar but also a holder for notes, the card (my message is on the reverse of the ‘inside’ (back of where the image is located) and holder for the actual gift of the pen.  Pretty nifty, right?  You can find a tutorial to make this book calendar by Clarissa over at the Noor blog although I altered it to make this a 6x6, my favourite card size and so I could use 12x12 cardstock.  As this features notes I am entering it in the current challenge at Fun with Shapes and More.

Now over at Saturated Canary they have a colouring challenge going on featuring the lovely Beach Pretty and her sister image, Beach Ink.  It’s almost over so everyone who wants to vote has probably already voted but I’m still going to enter my book calendar over there as there are three other ways to win and I had heaps of fun colouring this beauty up.  Oh, and as it is a colouring challenge, here’s a close-up of the image, complete with the stray bits of Fran-tage that blew all over it, kinda looks like sand particles, right?!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes BG000, BG01, BG02, BG05

Lips R27, R29, R59

Hair E29, E53, E55, E57

Outfit BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Earrings Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Towel B23, B24, B37, B39, B41

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Blue

Embellishments

Dress It Up Buttons ~ Ocean View

Francheville ~ Hinge Clip

Petaloo Botanica Collection ~ Sugared Blooms Royal Blue

ScrapBerry’s Resins ~ Seaside

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye, Walnut Stain & Weathered Wood

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Broken China

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Typhoon

House of Paper Romanesque ~ Pearl

Maja Design Life by the Sea ~ The East Coast, Landmark, Sailing & Seaside Cottage

Prima Seashore ~ Under the Sea

Ribbons & Trims etc

Gorjuss ~ Baker’s Twine Blue and White

Stamps

Saturated Canary ~ Beach Pretty

Challenges

Dei Sketchtanten ~ Sketch #7

 Fun with Shapes and More # 178 ~ Notes

Saturated Canary ~ Colouring Challenge

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How did it get so late so soon?

What do you do when you realise it’s someone’s birthday today and you don’t have a card made?  Reach for your go to image (1920’s Kody from Some Odd Girl is mine for male cards), crop it and go CAS, of course!

Now because I am not so flash with layouts I did take some time out to go find a suitable layout, it saved me time in the end as it took the guesswork out for me.  The current one at CAS on Sundays worked beautifully with my image and the need to crop (no time to colour a full image) although I did layer up the background papers to add some additional weight and interest to the card.

Now this card is both CAS and for a guy so I am entering it in the current challenge at Cardz for Guyz.  I’m also entering it in Stamping Sensations’ current challenge where the theme is also a male card.  And given all my white space on this card I’m also linking it up at AAA Cards in their bare naked CAS challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E53, E55, E57, 0

Lips E11

Hair N5, N7, N9, 100

Outfit C00, C1, V20, V22, V25, W3, W5, W7

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Circles

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Herbal Garden Medium & Pinecone

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Black Cat & Great White

Ribbons & Trims etc

Fabric Tape from stash

Stamps

Some Odd Girl ~ 1920’s Kody (retired)

Challenges

AAA Cards #35 ~ Bare Naked CAS

 

Cardz for Guyz #62 ~ CAS

CAS on Sunday #54 ~ Sketch

Savvy Handmade Cards ~ Casual Masculine Card

Stamping Sensations ~ One for the Guys

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…and each moment is a day

I needed a card for a 50th birthday which seemed the perfect excuse to colour up two gorgeous images from Abigail Larson available at Simply B Stamps, Mr Roberts and Clocks.

Now you can’t see Clocks on the outside of this card as it’s a special ‘peek-a-boo’ card I made following a tut by Norma of From my Craft Room (you’ve got check out her lovely work and awesome tuts).  So here is a view with Clocks.

While this is a fab card type it doesn’t exactly leave you with much space to write, am going to have a think on it and maybe shift from my usual and favourite 6x6 size and see if I can alter the pattern to give more space inside.

For now though, I am happy with the card, which I’ve kept fairly simple as it is, hopefully obviously, for a male.  Shopping our Stash have a metal challenge going and if there’s something my stash is full of it's metal.  So in I went and hunted around, I tried to spell out more of my sentiment in metal but just didn’t have words that worked so went with two variants on the same emotion in different styles of embellishment.  Loved the clock hands, I’ve been hoarding them for a while, so added them even though they’re black and my time piece is silver.

I went with the mostly green colour as the recipient is Irish by heritage and with my green I am entering this in the current challenge at Creative Card Crew. I was a bit conflicted on whether to add in the number 50 on the front but contented myself with a clock set to five as I think reaching a half century is a bit of a touchy thing for the recipient.  But I still have a number, twelve in fact, so I am also linking this up at Addicted to Stamps’ current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E49, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E43, E44, E47, E49 & N1, N2, N4, N5

Outfit G94, YG61, YG63, YG67 & E70, E71, E74, E77, E79, T0, T4, T2, T3, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Pebbles Cream Chalk ~ Metallic Beige

Embellishments

Ingvild Bolme Junkyard Findings ~ Clock Hands, Jeans Plates & Vintage Tub Knobs

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Time Pieces

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Forest Moss & Walnut Stain

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock Dotted Swiss ~ Clover Leaf

Bazzill Cardstock Smoothies ~ Carob Cream

Core’dinations Graphic 45 Timeless ~ Hermit Clocks

FabScraps Retro Twist ~ Fantasy Flight

Prima Cartographer ~ Les Yeux

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Clocks & Mr Roberts

Challenges

Addicted to Stamps #99 ~ Use a number

Creative Card Crew #82 ~ Green

Shopping our Stash #191: Not-So-Heavy Metal

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How the heart feels a languid grief...

It’s our second challenge over at Show Your Digi Love and I’ve made a special card featuring an image I’ve had for ages but never coloured up, the stunning Fairy Princess of Autumn by Enys Guerrero available at Sweet Pea Stamps.

My card is actually a box card; I followed a tutorial over at Noor Design by Tiets.  It’s supposed to have tea light candles in it but is going to someone who doesn’t really use them so I’m going to fill it with chocolates instead.  Here’s what the inside looks like, it’s hard to tell in the photo but the gold medallion in the middle on the right side is actually printed on organza ribbon, which is there to hold the chocolates in but in real life is see-through so you can actually see what’s inside the box.

As this is really a glorified gift box and it is for a gift (a thank you for someone whose place I’m staying at for a crafty weekend), I am entering it in the current challenge at Hanna and Friends.

The front of the card follows the current sketch over at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards, a great one that allowed me to add lots of delightfully shabby elements.  To pick those elements I’ve played along with the tic tac toe challenge at Fussy and Fancy.  I really couldn’t pick a column or row so I just went with every one of the elements as they were all fabby so I have a charm (I’m thinking the Tim Holtz Foliage counts as a charm, it’s metal and has a loop to hang it),  several die cuts (the corner element, the oval and the label on the tag inside, lace (love the one I used, sadly it is no longer available), dry embossing on the corner die cut (it’s a bit hard to see as I’ve covered a bit of it but the label is also embossed), ribbon (two kinds, the organza and the jute), pearls (around the oval frame), a sentiment (on my tag), wet embossing (the sentiment on the tag, which is why it’s a bit difficult to actually read it!) and sparkle (I used gilding flakes on the embossing, also the gold veins on the leaves and the glittery printing on the organza ribbon).

And a closer look at the tag I made (needed somewhere to write a message!).

 

I love how this turned out and am really happy with my colouring of the image; she is such a beautiful image.

Now hopefully I’ve inspired you to go through your own digi stash, yes, that one you have full of gorgeous and fun images you’ve never got around to colouring, and join us at Show Your Digi Love.  Our challenges are always anything goes and just for fun (a fab badge is yours though and guest DT spot if you want it) and this month we are asking you to choose your favourite image from Aurora Wings, The East Wind and Sweet Pea Stamps.  We’d love to see your makes with one of the fab images from one of these talented artists, or even all three!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Lips R24, R29, R59

Hair E43, E44, E47, E49

Outfit E23, E25, E27, E29, R39, R59, R85, R89, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Brambles E23, E27, E29

Wings E17, E18, E25, R22, R59, Y21, 26

Chalks & Powders etc

IndigoBlu Mega-Flake ~ Lancashire Rose

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Embossing Folder ~ Briar Rose

Joy! Crafts Die ~ Square Frame 6002/0147

Sizzix Die & Embossing Folder ~ Labels

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~Ironwork Accents

Wild Rose Studio Die ~ Oval Frames

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Mini Mix Teastained Red

Prima Flowers ~ Merlot Capri

Tim Holz Idea-ology ~ Foliage

Inks & Paints etc

Rub’nBuff ~ Spanish Copper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Gathered Twigs, Tea Dye & Vintage Photo

Viva Décor Inka-Gold ~ Old Gold

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Bitter Chocolate

BoBunny Autumn Song ~ Dot, Harvest, Notes & Sunflower

Creative Memories ~ Reminisce Travel

Echo Park Reflections Fall ~ Autumn Stripes & Count Your Blessings

Gold Paper from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

DMC ~ Memory Thread

Green Tara Pearl Trim ~ 3mm Ivory

Jute Ribbon from stash

Live and Love Crafts Lace ~ Reinette Champagne

Maroon Organza Ribbon with Gold Print from stash

Stamps

Sweet Pea Stamps Enys Guerrero ~ Fairy Princess of Autumn

Challenges

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #85 ~ Layout

Fussy and Fancy #133 ~ Tic tac toe (charm, die or punch, lace | dry embossing, ribbon, pearls | sentiment, wet embossing, sparkle)

Hanna and Friends #216 ~ Little gifts

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