Colour Crazy Challenge: Winnie Mermaid

Hello!

Today sees the start of a new colouring challenge at the Colour Crazy Challenge Blog. The challenge is always Anything Goes, but, of course, your card must feature some hand colouring. You can use any colouring medium you wish. 

This week Polkadoodles is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose Winnie Mermaid Mermazing - Anchor's Away. My digi was the black and white line digi, as this is a colouring challenge, but it is also available in pre-coloured form here.

Here is my card:



I printed the digi and die cut it with a scalloped oval die.  I used Copic markers to colour the image, adding some white highlights and some Stickles Crystal glitter. I inked the background lightly while the die was in place, so that I got an even, crisp edge to the inking line on the outside. I used a blending brush and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.

I used design paper for my background, tucking a doily behind the image. The mermaid image is popped on foam pads to give some dimension to the card. The paper's edges were inked with Broken China Distress Oxide. I die cut some seaweed from the design paper and inked the edges. I arranged the seaweed, leaving the fronds loose and curled, with dried flowers which I dyed with Dylusions ink spray, and Little Birdie flowers. I die cut a circle, stamped the 'Little Claire' sentiment, inked the edges and popped the sentiment disc on foam pads.

Many, many thanks to Polkadoodles for sponsoring this challenge.

I hope you'll find time to share your hand coloured projects at the Colour Crazy Challenge! 
We'd love to see what you make!

That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Creative Moments #174 AG 20/08

* Polkadoodles #33 AG 26/08 TOP 3

* A Perfect Time To Craft AG 28/08 WINNER

* Classic Design Team Aug AG 28/08 

Happy Little Stampers AG With Dies 31/08

* A Bit More Time To Craft #98 AG 31/08 WINNER

Creatalicious #169 AG with Sparkle 31/08

* Crafters Cafe #225 Dots or Stripes 31/08
* Crafting by Designs Aug AG 31/08
* Creative Crafters #19 08/09
*  Not Just Cards AG 08/09



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* Colour Crazy: Knitty Kitty

Hello!

Today sees the start of a new colouring challenge at the Colour Crazy Challenge Blog. The challenge is always Anything Goes, but of course your card must feature some colouring. You can use any colouring medium you wish. 

This week Knitty Kitty Digis (also known as Eekers) is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose Knitted Kitty No 64.
Here is my card:



So, as you can see I had a go at colouring a knitted jumper for the kitty. I read Annabel's brilliant instructions and followed along with her step by step, photo tutorial which can be found here. What can I say ... I found it extremely tricky and you'll notice that I dropped a few stitches along the way and had trouble keeping my tension even!! But overall I'm happy with my first attempt - it's something that takes lots of practice to perfect.
I started by colouring the jumper with Copic markers, then used pencils to get the knitted design. Once my kitty was coloured I fussy cut him and ran a black marker around the cut edge to conceal any cutting imperfections.
The background is Distress Oxides in Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves through a new-to-me, Honey Doo Crafts Mesh Stencil (it's one of those optical illusion images - can you see the non-existent dots at the crossroads of each line?). The edges of the background are inked in black. I cut a white doily to rest the kitty upon and to make him stand out from the background. I added a strip of black and white washi to ground the kitty.
I stamped the sentiment and matted it on to black card. The background too was matted onto black card and adhered to a white card base.

Many thanks to Knitty Kitty Digis for sponsoring this challenge.

I hope you'll find time to share your hand coloured projects at the Colour Crazy Challenge! 
We'd love to see what you make!

That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Simon Says Stamp Make Your Own Background 24/07
* Cute Card Thursday #591 Bright Colours 24/07
* 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #28 AG 26/07

* Crafty Catz #471 AG 26/07
* Simply Create Too #151 AG 26/07
* Craft Rocket #61 Animals 27/07
* Polkadoodles #29 AG 28/07
* Cardz TV #94 AG 31/07
* As You Like It Favourite Bird or Beast 31/07
I love Kitty Cats - always had them as family pets.
* SUYP #44 AG 05/08
* Creative Fingers #168 AG 09/08



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* Colour Crazy: Penelope Hugs

Hello!

Today sees the start of a new colouring challenge at the Colour Crazy Challenge Blog. The challenge is always Anything Goes, but of course your card must feature some colouring. You can use any colouring medium you wish. 

This week Oddball Art is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose Penelope No 3.
Here is my card using one of my favourite colour combos pink and green:



I cut the image with a Cottage Cutz Stitched Rectangle die and coloured Penelope with Copic markers, adding a few white highlights. Leaving the die in place, I blended Memento Pear Tart ink to the stamp background. I matted the image onto pink card.

The background is made from patterned glitter card by Deco Time. I chose two coordinating patterns and glued them together with a thin strip of pink card separating them. I matted the background papers onto pink card.  Next I added a strip of pale pink sheer organza ribbon along the bottom of the card. The image and mat was popped on foam tape and added to the centre of the background.  



I cut two pieces of the ribbon and tied a knot in them, then attached the 'bow' to the bottom left side of the image. I die cut a flower circle, blended Picked Raspberry ink around the edges and stamped the word 'Hugs' in black. This was placed to the centre right of the image. I had some pale pink mulberry paper flowers in my stash, but as they were too pale, I added some colour with Distress Ink. When they were dry, I re-shaped them and glued a green gem to the centre of each. I arranged them in the top left corner along with some die cut leaves.

Many thanks to Oddball Art for sponsoring this challenge.

I hope you'll find time to share your coloured projects at the Colour Crazy Challenge! 
We'd love to see what you make!

That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Dream Valley #204 Summer Colours 22/06
* Crafty Creations #392 AG 25/06
* Penny's Challenges #435 AG 25/06
* Little Red Wagon Summer Fun 26/06
* CRAFT Challenge #518 Summer 27/06
* Creativ Fusion #12 AG 29/06
* The Crafty Addicts #61 AG 02/07

*Crafty Gals Corner #194 Polka Dots 03/07
* Cardz 4 Galz #99 Favourite Colour Combo 03/07
* Ellibelle's Corner Summer Colours 31/07



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* Colour Crazy: Summer Puppy

Hello!

Today sees the start of a new colouring challenge at the Colour Crazy Challenge Blog. The challenge is always Anything Goes, but of course your card must feature some colouring: use any medium you wish. This week Fabrika Fantasy is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose Summer Puppy. Here is my card:



I coloured this cute puppy with Copic markers and gave him a glossy nose and shiny eyes with Glossy Accents. His background is Fossilised Amber Distress Oxide inked through a hexagonal stencil. The white card is also edged in this ink. The puppy, flower cluster and butterfly were fussy cut and  arranged onto the background. Strips of torn washi tape were used to ground the puppy. The 'Hello' sentiment is made from Tim Holtz Alpha Stickers. The white card was matted onto kraft card and popped onto a white card blank.

Many thanks to Fabrika Fantasy for sponsoring this challenge.

I hope you'll find time to share your projects at the Colour Crazy Challenge! 
We'd love to see what you make!

That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Through The Purple Haze #155 Spring Forward 30/04

* Penny's Challenges #426 AG 01/05
* Crafty Creations #389 AG 07/05

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* Colour Crazy Challenge: Coffee Love

Hello!

Today sees the start of a new colouring challenge at the Colour Crazy Challenge Blog. The challenge is always Anything Goes, but of course your card must feature some colouring: use any medium you wish. This week Little Blue Button Stamps is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose Coffee Love. Here is my card:



I coloured the digi with Copic markers and added some white Posca pen highlights. I fussy cut her leaving a thin white border so that she would stand out from the background. The background was made with Distress Oxides. I blended Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Fossilised Amber and finally Spiced Pumpkin onto smooth card. Once I was happy with the blend I sprinkled some water droplets to beach out some of the colour. I then stencilled over parts of the background to give a little more texture.




I matted my background onto kraft card and then orange card, inking all edges with Vintage Photo. I added a strip of the background card as a banner along the bottom and adhered some hessian trim. The Coffee Girl is popped on foam pads for dimension and the sentiment, from Vera Lane Studio, was printed, die cut and attached to a tag along with the coffee cup from the Coffee Love digi set. Finally I added three large, flat backed, coffee coloured pearls.

Many thanks to Little Blue Button Stamps for sponsoring this challenge.

I hope you'll find time to share your projects at the Colour Crazy Challenge! 
We'd love to see what you make!

That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Crafting from the Heart #239 AG JFF 31/03

* Crafty Sentiments #26 AG 01/04

* TTCRD  March 26th 02/04

* Penny's Challenges #423 AG 02/04 TOP 3

* Crafting by Designs Spring Blog Hop 02/04 WINNER

Simon Says Stamp #60 AG 03/04
* Polkadoodles  #13 AG 05/04
* Crafty Creations #387 AG 08/04
* As You Like It Favourite Colouring Medium & Why 10/04
Copic markers - quick and blend easily - huge range of colours.
* Cardz TV #86 AG 11/04

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* Colour Crazy Challenge: Super Dad

Hello!

I am delighted to be back as a Guest DT on the Colour Crazy Challenge blog for a further three months. 

The challenge is always Anything Goes, but of course your card must feature some colouring: use any medium you wish. This week the fantastic Bugaboo Stamps is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose Super Dad. Here is my card:

My image was die cut and coloured with Copic markers. I replaced the die so that I could blend ink onto the stamp background - I used Memento Danube Blue and, on the edges, Nautical Blue. I love how keeping the die in place creates a crisp white border.
The background is two sheets of design paper, die cut with Sue Wilson Double Stitched Squares. I alternated the squares and attached them to a 6 x 6 cm card blank. I also die cut two banners which I attached on foam for dimension. The image was placed on top of the banners. I added a printed sentiment using the Baby Powder font from Vera Lane Studio. It was also cut with a stitched rectangle die and inked with blue to match the rest of the card. A red felt heart was attached to the top left hand corner.

Many thanks to Bugaboo Stamps for sponsoring this challenge.

I hope you'll find time to share your projects at the Colour Crazy Challenge! 

That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Artistic Inspirations #212 AG 04/03

* Cutie Pie #132 One for the Boys 05/03

* Penny's Challenges #419 05/03

* Crafty Catz #451 AG 07/03

* Not Just Cards Feb AG 10/03
* Crafty Creations #385 12/03 (#2)

* Cardz TV #84 AG 14/03

* The Happy Craft Challenge March AG 30/03

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* Colour Crazy: Alice the Alpaca

Hello!

I am delighted to be back for my final time as a Guest DT on the Colour Crazy Challenge blog. 

The challenge is always Anything Goes, but of course your card must feature some colouring: use any medium you wish. This week the super cool Dr. Digi is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose  Alice the Alpaca

Here is the tag I made:



Isn't Alice sweet! I decided to give her some sleek fur, as she's all spruced up for a party. I did this by layering strokes of Copic markers. I added a few white highlights to her hooves and eyes with a white Posca paint pen. I fussy cut her leaving a thin white border and popped her on foam pads. 
Her background was coloured with Distress Oxides in Spiced Pumpkin and Fired Brick applied with a piece of folded acetate. Water was dripped to bleach out some colour and white, black and gold paint splatters were applied. I added a little stamped text and inked all around the tag edges with Vintage Photo. Next I stamped a scalloped border using an Inkylicious stamp and heat embossed it in Bronze metallic. I swiped the Versamark pad along the all the other tag edges to heat emboss them in bronze also. 
Next I added modelling paste through a freebie stencil I received with a papercraft magazine. Once this was dry I went over the modelling paste with my white Posca pen to revert it back to white, a technique I learned from a bloggy friend, Bonnie. 
Some hessian trim was adhered to the bottom of the tag; I frayed the ends and I applied some gold metallic paint to this with my finger. Alice was popped on top of the hessian. 
I used alpha stamps to stamp out the sentiment, then cut it into strips and inked the edges in Spiced Pumpkin. It is glued directly onto the background and outlined with a black fine liner pen. I die cut some tiny stars and heat embossed them with bronze powder and attached them around the sentiment. 
Finally, some orange raffia strings were looped through the top of the tag and the ends threaded with wooden beads.



 Here are the Copic markers I used:



Many thanks to Dr. Digi for sponsoring this challenge.



I hope you'll find time to share your projects at the Colour Crazy Challenge! 



That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Creative Moments #161 AG 05/02
Crafting by Designs Animals 05/02
* Crafty Friends #102 Animal/Bird 08/02
* Love to Craft #31 AG 08/02 (2/5)
* Not Just Cards Jan AG 10/02
* Crafty Creations #383 AG 11/02

* Digi Choosday #5 AG 12/02
* Crafty Animals #23 AG with an animal 26/02
* Classic Design Team Challenge #2 AG 26/02
* 613 Avenue Create #218 AG/Critter 28/02
* Love 2 Create #2 AG Mixed Media 28/02

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* Colour Crazy: Polkadoodles Winnie and Robin

Hello!

I am delighted to be back as a Guest DT on the Colour Crazy Challenge blog. 

The challenge is always Anything Goes, but of course your card must feature some colouring: use any medium you wish. This fortnight the lovely Polkadoodles is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose the beautiful Robin Gift Branch.

Here is the card I made:

Little Winnie and her robin were coloured with Copic markers and given some white Posca pen highlights and some Glossy Accent holly berries. They were cut with a Sue Wilson Stitched Square die and the image background was inked with Memento Desert Sand. A frame was created from textured gold paper. 
The snowflake paper was a gift from Lozzie. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo so that no white core was showing. The snowflake paper was matted onto gold paper and then added to a 7 x 7 inch card base. The Winnie and robin image and frame were popped on foam tape onto the snowflake paper to create some dimension. The sentiment was die cut from gold card.

Many thanks to Polkadoodles for sponsoring this challenge.
I hope you'll find time to share your projects at the Colour Crazy Challenge! 
Challenge #51 is open for 2 weeks.



That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Digi Choosday #51 AG 25/12 (#3 Using Polkadoodles digi)

Modsquad Challenge Winter/Christmas + die 26/12 (#2)
* A Perfect Time To Craft #12 AG 27/12 (#3)
* Classic Design Team Challenge #12 27/12 (#3)
* Country View Challenges #12 AG 31/12
* Love to Craft #29 AG 31/10 (#4)
* Crafting by Designs Holiday AG 31/12 (#2)
Die Cuttin Divas #400 Happy Holidays 01/01 (#2)
* That's Crafty #5 AG 02/01 (#3)
* Crafty Gals Corner #181 AG 02/01 (#2) WINNER

* Crafty Sentiments Celebrate 08/01
* Penny's Challenges #411 AG 09/01 (#2)
* Dream Valley #192 Christmas 14/01 (#2)

I am still having trouble with Blogger. 
I'm sorry, but I cannot comment on blogs that only allow Google account users to leave comments. For some reason, if you have comment moderation then I can comment. I have no idea why and any suggestions are most welcome!

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* Colour Crazy: Deer Duo

I am still having trouble with Blogger. 
I'm sorry, but I cannot comment on blogs that only allow Google account users to leave comments. For some reason, if you have comment moderation then I can comment. I have no idea why and any suggestions are most welcome!

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Hello!

I am delighted to be a Guest DT at the Colour Crazy Challenge blog for the next three months.

The challenge is always Anything Goes, but of course your card must feature some colouring using any medium you wish. This week Bugaboo is the sponsor.

I was lucky to receive a digi stamp to work with and I chose Deer Duo. I decided to work with non-traditional Christmas colours:

The background is ink blended on Art Card using Distress Inks. I used a birch tree die to cut tree trunks out of kraft card; I added some Vintage Photo ink to the edges of the tree trunks to make them stand out a bit more. The digi was coloured with Copics and added to the background on foam pads for dimension. I added a die cut sentiment. I matted the scene onto kraft card, distressed and inked the edges and then placed it onto a white card base. 

 That's all from me for today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Crafting from the Heart #229 AG 26/11

* 613 Avenue Create #215 AG 30/11 (#5)
* Ellibelle's Creative Moments AG 31/11 (#2)
* Crafters Castle #11 AG/The Holidays 31/11
* Creative Moments #157 AG 02/12
* Papercraft Challenges #25 Lots of Dimension 02/12
* Cutie Pie Challenge #129 Winter Layers 02/12
* That's Crafty Winter Wonderland 02/12 (#2)
* Christmas at Sweet Stampin AG 10/12
* The Cats Pajamas #352 Winter Holiday 18/12

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments.