Falling For Steampunk

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

Well the cooler weather is certainly settling in here now, with lots of rain on the forecast. It's a great excuse for crafting though! Krista Smith has an end of summer challenge in her Facebook group right now, so I thought it was about time that I coloured this image that I printed off ages ago ('Steampunk Style' from back in the Saturated Canary days).

Steampunk always make me think of sepia tones, which are very autumnal, so I've kept the whole card with a sepia vibe.

Thank you for taking the time to visit today

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Card blank
• Bronze card
• Gear die
• Paper flowers
• Plastic flower centre
• Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo & Walnut Stain
• ProMarkers - Cocoa, Caramel, Umber, Burnt Sienna, Saddle Brown, Champagne, Raw Sienna, Sandstone, Walnut & Cinnamon
• Prismacolor Pencils - Sienna Brown, Dark Brown, Light Umber, Burnt Ochre, Pumpkin Orange & White

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. The Cutie Pie Challenge - #162 Girls
2. The Corrosive Challenge - #8 ATG
3. Digi Choosday - WK33 ATG
4. Cute Card Thursday - #691 ATG
5. Crafty Creations - #424 ATG
6. Crafts Galore Encore - #90 ATG
7. Classic Design Challenge - #8 ATG
8. I ♥ ProMarkers - #441 ATG

Big Hair, Don't Care!

I love images with big, flowing hair... I just don't love colouring them! I think I just try too hard with hair and then hate it.  

Considering this, I grabbed one of Make It Crafty Zoe's e-books 'Colouring Long Hair in fine detail' as it comes with a gorgeous image 'Zoe' by Krista Smith.

I usually colour all of the hair with my darkest shade first, working down to the lightest.  I often lose any highlight areas this way though, as I'm not really thinking about it.  Zoe's technique is to think about the highlight area first, then start with medium colour and take a section at a time.  

I'm really pleased with how the image came out, so I decided to put her on a card.

Products used:

• Kraft card
• Green card
• Spellbinders dies
• Recollections ribbon
• Heart Tinklings and word chipboard from MIC
• Spectrum Noir Sparkle 'Onyx Black'
• ProMarkers - Cinnamon, Tan, Sunkissed Pink, Putty, Umber, Henna, Cocoa, Caramel, Warm Grey 3, Hot Pink, Lipstick, Olive, Pear, Cardinal, Ruby, Holly, Lush Green, Mint Green, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna & Ginger

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Make It Crafty - Anything Goes
2. Pammies Inky Pinkies - #1828 AG
3. TTCRD - 17-24 July AG
4. Crafty Creations - #370 AG