A Patriotic Bunch

Before I'd even started watching the video for my monthly class (Kit & Clowder) I wanted to colour up Power Poppy's gorgeous 'Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher' for their 'Get Krafty' challenge. 

I never colour with pencils, so this was a great challenge to try. I didn't actually plan to go with patriotic colours for this image, but I used the Lyra Super Ferby pencils I bought for my husband. There's only 18 colours in this set, so not a lot to choose from! My flowers and leaves are all coloured using two shades so I at least get some light and dark.  For the pitcher I used gold and silver to get a bit of texture.

Other products used:

• Kraft card blank
• Papermania 'Portobello Road' Designer Die Cut, Clear Stamp, Ribbon & Bow
• Buttons
• 3D foam pads
• Woodware corner rounder punch
• Whispers Ink, Royal Blue

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Power Poppy - Get Krafty!
2. Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - September Anything Goes
4. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - WK38 Anything Goes
5. Creatalicious - #123 Anything Goes/Leaves

Siren's Call

Mitzi's 'Siren' image definitely called to me... I had to have her! She's so sultry and mysterious and I love the sketchy look.  There's a Crop It theme at Aurora Wings Challenge Blog right now so I thought I would do something different. I have done triple-stamping with rubber before, but never with a digital image.  I digitally cropped the image a couple of times then printed out three images, one being full size.  I coloured the background of the full size image, left the middle image black and white and fully coloured the smallest image to give more impact to the cropping. I matted on black for further emphasis before gluing all the layers together. 

Products used:

• Turquoise & black cardstock
• Cheesecloth
• Hemp twine
• Shell charm
• ProMarkers - Cool Aqua, Powder Blue, Moss, Khaki, Pastel Beige, Satin, Hot Pink, Holly, Lush Green, Spice, Apricot, Oatmeal, Burnt Orange, Peach, Warm Grey 1-3 & Tea Green
• White Sakura Gelly Roll
• Clear Wink of Stella

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Stamps by Aurora Wings - Crop It
2. Through The Craft Room Door - Sep 19-26 Anything Goes
3. CCC Digi Creations - #81 Three of a Kind
4. The Sketchy Challenge - #127 Anything Goes
5. Simon Says Monday - Heavy Metal

Rockabilly Birthday

I've had some Hannah Lynn freebie images for a while and not coloured them up, but a certain Mr.Kenny Kiernan's birthday was coming and gave me the perfect excuse to colour this gorgeous 'Rockabilly' image (from the Tattoo Darlings colouring book).  I happen to know that both Kenny and Elena are big fans of Hannah Lynn (Elena has already told me that she's stealing this card for her office!!).
I've coloured her in bright, bold tones to reflect the style of the image and to make the tattoos stand out, and teamed her with some camo paper and star eyelets to complete the look. 
Product list:

• White cardstock
• Kraft cardstock
• Recollections designer paper
• Star eyelets
• Tonic Tim Holtz paper distresser
• ProMarkers - Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Tan, Dusky Pink, Almond, French Navy, Aegean, Sky Blue, Shale, Crimson, Berry, Lipstick, Holly, Lush Green, Mint Green, Black, Cool Grey 1, 2 & 5, Warm Grey 4 & 5, Blue Pearl, Powder Blue, Midnight, China Blue, Cardinal, Gold, Canary, Arctic Blue, Cerise, Bright Green, Satin, Burnt Orange, Pumpkin, Sunflower, Caramel, Sandstone, Slate, Purple & Lavendar

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Creative Fingers - #137 Anything Goes
2. World Wide Open Design Team - #26 Anything Goes
3. The Sketchy Challenge - #127 Anything Goes
4. The Ribbon Girl - September Any Image
5. Colour Crazy - WK38 Anything Goes