Stephanie-Emma

Bowtastic

2012-05-28T10:00:00.000+01:00

The theme at Crafty Boots Challenges this fortnight is Bowtastic - as set by ME! :)

Everything I have used on this card is from Crafty Boots but I shall add the links to the particular products as I go through it.

The card base is the 203mm Elegant Square card blanks.

For the orange background I sprayed Adirondack color wash spray in Sunset Orange.

The image is the freebie this week on the Crafty Boots Challenges blog and has been designed by Denise.

I actually printed the bow twice.

I cut the back loop off the first and then sprayed it using the Sunset Orange Color Wash spray.

Next I used the Mini Harlequin template and sprayed Color Wash in Purple Twilight through the template.

The second bow I sprayed in the Purple Twilight Color Wash only.

After sticking the two bows together using Glossy Accents, I sprayed the whole bow image with Perfect Pearl mist.

To finish the card off I sprayed some Icing Sugar card candi with the Purple Twilight color wash spray.

I hope you will join in with our challenge which actually has a lot of optional elements this week but if all else fails it is also Anything Goes so absolutely anything can be entered!!

Dandelion fairy

2012-05-23T23:54:00.001+01:00

I have had this little Dandelion fairy from Some Odd Girl coloured for a few days but wasn't sure what to do with her. I finally came up with this, but can't decide if I like it!

I coloured the fairy with Copics, I really want to try pointillism but the funky patterns on her dress is as close as I've got so far!! I also added some opaque white to her dress too though.

I liked the dots and wanted to continue that theme so carried on doing different dots around the image. I also then found some dotty punches including the Swiss Cheese edger punch from Crafty Boots which I think looks really cool punched around the image.

Copic colours I used were: BG000, BG01, BG02, BG10, BG13, BG15, R20, R22, R24, R27, E00, E02, E11, G21, W3 as well as gold and clear Spica pens and the opaque white.

Hopefully you can see the sparkle of the Spica pens a bit better here. They really are super sparkly!

I added some letter stickers and some ribbon and used another punch to punch the edges of the backing card.

There's something I'm not sure about on this card but I *LOVE* this little fairy and am quite pleased with her and all my dots!!

Happy Birthday Kate

2012-05-23T10:00:00.012+01:00

I think it's something to do with the colours but I love this card even though it's fairly simple!

I used a Lili of the Valley stamp which I got before Christmas but hadn't yet used and coloured her with Copics.

I cut a frame using nesties to put her in and added stickers to the frame as this card is for our friend Kate whose birthday is today.

I used the same purple card behind a patterned paper from the Lime Twist collection by My Minds Eye and the same silver stickers to spell 'Happy Birthday'.

A simple tag using Crafty Boots

2012-05-20T17:43:00.000+01:00

To share with you today is a very simple 'Thank you' tag but it is quite special as it uses our new 'Crafty Boots' digital stamp! Crafty Boots was designed by our very own DT Zoe and is the first in the 'Boots' range!

Crafty Boots is (in my opinion!) just gorgeous!! I kept the tag really simple to show her off as I didn't think she needed anything else but herself. I have coloured Crafty Boots with Copic marker pens (I have had a number of enquiries about stocking these pens and I can tell you that we are looking into it!).

I have cut Crafty Boots out and not used the floor and ribbon reels that are actually included in the image. I wanted to show that she can also be used on her own.

The pink paper behind her is from the 'Love Me' paper pack from Crafty Boots and I have put glitter film on it.

I have also used some Icing Sugar candi from Crafty Boots but I coloured it with Copics to match Crafty Boots' jumper and used candi stamps (coming soon!) to stamp the word Thankyou.

The base of the tag is just a rectangular piece of gold card which I had lying around. I used some pink twine instead of ribbon at the top of the tag.

Final card for the Some Odd Girl Facebook Fun Day challenge

2012-05-20T01:51:00.000+01:00

OK so I couldn't help myself making one last card for the Some Odd Girl Bright challenge for their Facebook Fun Day.

This one isn't as bright as the others but it is bright blue so I hope it's OK... I love it anyway.

If I were to send a card to myself, this would be it!

I used Renew again who is available in the UK from Crafty Boots.

I coloured her with Copics:

Face: E00, E11, E02, R20, R22, E25,

Hair: E33, E35, E37

Dress: BG11, BG13, BG15

I also used Copic opaque white on her eyes and cheeks (Thanks Kristy & Melissa for introducing me to this!!)

The shaped card base is available from Crafty Boots and I stuck pearls all the way around the edge.

I also stamped the sentiments (from the Renew stamp set!) directly onto the card base using Pool Party ink pad from Stampin Up.

Both the patterned papers are from the My Minds Eye 'Fly a Kite' paper stack (available from Crafty Boots) and I used a nestie shape to mount Renew on. I also threaded some blue and white bakers twine around the edge of the circle in between the hearts.

I also used some gorgeous lace on the card. This card really does have all my favourite things - lace, pearls 'BG' colours, Some Odd Girls (and in particular the gorgeous Renew!!), hearts, stars... I really am pleased with this card.

It was weird at first trying to create cards without a particular project, event or recipient in mind but I really enjoyed doing something that was just for me. I think I shall keep this one and stick it on the wall next to my desk.

Now though after all the excitement today I shall listen to my "me" card and go to bed now to relax, renew and restore!

I hope that everyone else who joined in the Fun Day had lots of fun and enjoyed the sneak peeks of the new sets - and the discounts for digis!!

Crafty Boots will be stocking all of the new sets for UK customers but due to the time it takes for them to ship here from the US it might not be until mid June! I shall let you know as soon as they are here though as I have already had people asking me about the fabby mermaids!!!

Night night SOGgies! :) xxx

Another BRIGHT card for Some Odd Girl's Facebook fun day!

2012-05-19T20:24:00.005+01:00

Here is another card for the Some Odd Girl Facebook Fun Day's BRIGHT challenge!!

This time I used Renew who can be purchased in the UK from Crafty Boots

For the background I used an 8x8 card blank from Crafty Boots and used Distress inks (mustard seed and squeezed lemonade) to distress the card blank.

I then used some grand nestabilities to cut out the papers and the shape. Added some flat backed fems in the corners, ribbon and some baker's twine.

I coloured Renew with Copics. I am taking a Copic colouring course at the moment which is run by Kristy from Some Odd Girl and Melissa who is on the Some Odd Girl design team. The course is definitely helping me improve and I'm really happy with this one!! :)

Some Odd Girl Facebook Fun Day

2012-05-19T18:04:00.004+01:00

Today Some Odd Girls are having a Facebook Fun Day event filled with discount codes, giveaways and some fantastic tutorials.

One part of the fun filled day is a 'BRIGHT' challenge. So here is my first bright card (hopefully there will be more but this one took me way too long!!)

I tried to follow the resist embossing tutorial up there this morning but my heat gun died half way through so had to resort to patterned papers instead but I hope it's still suitable bright!!!

I used the fabulous Nouveau Girl clear stamp 'Royal' who is available from Crafty Boots in the UK

I coloured her with Copics (E00, E15, RV21, RV23, V06, V09, R20, R22, BG02) and I absolutely *LOVE* this cutie - you will see her a lot around here I can tell you!!!

The marbled paper you can see behind her I made at the Crafty Boots craft class last night (it started as plain white glossy card - cool huh??)

The sentiment I stamps is also from the same set as Royal.

I covered the pink chevron backing paper with pink glitter film and the candis are the Gold Wedding candi from Crafty Boots but I coloured them with my V06 copic to match the underside of Royal's dress.

Go and check out all the fab tuts on the Some Odd Girl blog and stop by their Facebook page to join in the fun!! xx

Happy Birthday Faye!

2012-05-16T10:00:00.000+01:00

Today is Faye's birthday and this is the card that I made for her.

It's quite plain and simple but I was happy with it and didn't think it really needed much more!

I used an elegant square card blank from Crafty Boots and a digital stamp from Sylvia Zet's Wee Stamps.

I coloured her with Copics and cut her out with a grand nestability scalloped circle. I then cut another mat with the next size up in green from an Echo Park paper pad.

Finally I added a birthday sentiment and a flat backed pearl.

Crafty Boots Challenges ~ Good Luck

2012-05-14T10:00:00.003+01:00

The theme at Crafty Boots Challenges this week has been set by Sara and is Good Luck!

I was lacking a bit in inspiration for this challenge but here is the card I came up with!!

I used an image from Some Odd Girl. I stamped her in Squeezed Lemonade distress ink from the Spring Distress Ink set (currently sold out but available to preorder from Crafty Boots!).

The stars and sentiment are from the same stamp set and have been stamped in Squeezed Lemonade and Shaded Lilac from the same Spring ink pad set.

I coloured the image with Copics and also used Spica pens on her eyelashes and wings but you can't see very well in the photo.

I stamped the words Good Luck in Peacock Feathers distress ink pad (from the Spring set again) using alphabet stamps from Stampin Up.

The flowers are from two Petaloo sets at Crafty Boots. The top one was white but I coloured it using the Squeezed Lemonade distress ink again.

The backing paper is also from Crafty Boots and is new in stock - 'Sofia' from the Gypsy Sisters Kaisercraft collection.

Hope you will pop on over to Crafty Boots challenges and join in - there is also a Design Team call out until Friday 25th May - see the challenge blog for more details!!

More Pan Pastels

2012-05-14T10:00:00.002+01:00

Today is Zoe's birthday and this is the card that I have sent to her for her birthday.

When I made this a few weeks back Zoe had been asking about PanPastels so I decided to use them on her card. I LOVE the Ultramarine Blue colour and (I think) Zoe's football team have blue as their colour so I decided I definitely had to go with that!

I stamped a flower stamp from the Artistic Stamper in embossing ink and then applied the pastel over the card picking up the colour.

The image I used is a 'Pip' stamp from Sugar Nellie and I coloured her with Copics, and Wink of Stella on her bow.

The sentiment is from the Circles Birthday sentiments from Crafty Boots but I put some of the blue pastel on it to make it all match!

Hope you have a great day Zo! xxx

Wryn & Mo

2012-05-13T10:00:00.014+01:00

Today is my best friend Lucy's birthday and this is the card that I made to send her.

I used a scallop edge card blank from Crafty Boots and some turquoise glitter card as the background. To this I added some papers from the Up Up & Away collection by First Edition Papers and matted these on a darker purple card.

The image is 'Wryn & Mo, love you the most' from Tiddly Inks. I coloured them with Copics and wish I had made a note of what colours as I'm never normally happy with blonde hair but quite liked this and like the foxy colour I got too!!

Finally I added turquoise pearls around the scalloped edge and some pale blue card candi from the 'Ocean Spray' pack from Crafty Boots. which I stamped her name on.

Daffy Digis ~ only @ Crafty Boots

2012-05-05T22:24:00.002+01:00

How cute is he?????

This is the big cat which is one of the new digital stamps on sale at Crafty Boots under the 'Daffy Digis' range!

I have coloured him with copics. The papers I used are from the Everyday Fun paper pad from Crafty Boots, with orange card underneath.

Finally I used some orange buttons and some orange bakers twine.

Check out the fab digis at www.craftyboots.com and give this big cat a home!

MORE bumping!!

2012-05-01T22:32:00.000+01:00

I could not resist doing some more bumping as soon as I got home from Gabrielle's class. I only have a couple of paints but luckily one is YELLOW! Which ties in nicely with this fortnight's YELLOW challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges.

I started with some black card and the circle grid template from Crafty Boots. First I used some blue paint and then the yellow. I loved this effect so much I didn't really want to cover it up, so I added a sentiment from the in circles birthday messages and left it at that!!

Don't forget to come and show us your yellow projects at Crafty Boots Challenges!!

Cupcake Mae

2012-05-01T10:00:00.001+01:00

This is the card I made for my friend Heather's birthday - see the candi stamps are back again!! I added candi's around the edge of a scalloped edge card blank from Crafty Boots and used stamps to spell out 'Happy Birthday Heather'.

I used some pink paper from the Dawn Bibby flower patch collection as the background with some turquoise 'Gemstones' paper on top of that. I also cut a frame from the Dawn Bibby card and stuck it so that my image - Cupcake Mae from Some Odd Girls - was inside the frame.

I coloured Mae with Copics and used glossy accents on the cherry.

Not sure why but whenever I use this stamp I feel a need to colour her hair a bizarre bright colour!! I think it suits her though!

Crafty Boots Challenge - Yellow!

2012-04-30T10:00:00.018+01:00

The theme this fortnight at Crafty Boots Challenges has been set by Faye and is YELLOW! Yellow is my favourite colour but I never realised how little yellow I had in my stash!!!

I used a Magnolia Tilda stamp for this challenge and coloured her with Copics, I did have a bit of pink for her clothes and used glossy accents over the yellow of her balloon to make it super shiny.

I cut Tilda out with a grand nestability and used the next size up to cut a matching mat in yellow. To this second mat I added some gold/yellow candi with a name stamped on using Candi stamps.

I used polka dot yellow paper and ribbon for my background and also some yellow flowers and a birthday sentiment!

Hope you will join us at Crafty Boots Challenges with some yellow projects!!

First play with Art Parts

2012-04-29T22:10:00.000+01:00

I just found this I totally forgot to blog it!

I made this heart frame for a friend's new baby Sienna.

I used the heart art parts and distress stains in worn lipstick and dusty concord. I also spritzed gold perfect pearls over the top.

I cut the letters using the Tim Holtz Vintage Market die and stuck pearls above and below the name.

I cut the Tim Holtz tattered florals die from 'Clearly for Art' and inked it with pink, purple, gold and pearl alcohol inks.

Finally..... I added a button from the Accoutrements Fanciful set to the centre of the flower.

I punched holes with my crop-a-dile and used ribbon from my stash.

Spunky Sprite

2012-04-28T18:04:00.001+01:00

I coloured up this image for the Created from Color Copic calss that I am taking so thought I would make this little fairy up into a card.

The digi stamp is from Some Odd Girl and has been coloured with Copics and some wink of stella on the wings.

I cut a scalloped circle out of the pink 'Confetti' paper from Crafty Boots and sat her on there. The backing paper is from Sarah Hurley.

I put some tissue tape along the bottom of the backing paper and then added some little pink bows to one side of the scalloped circle and some butterflies cut with Stampin Up embosslits Beautiful Wings to the other side.

tiny bows

embosslits butterflies

Wink of Stella

I am entering this card into the Some Odd Girl colour challenge.

Bumping!!

2012-04-28T17:09:00.000+01:00

Today I went to another of Gabrielle's Crafty Thoughts classes. As always it was great fun!

This month we were making a journal using acrylic paints and masks. I didn't quite finish mine and managed to make some nasty splodges on the front cover of mine so when I came home I finished the middle pages and tried to fix the cover! I'm really pleased with how it came out.

The cover had one pink line along by the 'n' where I had gone over the edge of the mask, in the class I tried making a matching line on the left - still looked awful, put another one down the middle and was then really disappointed as I loved the dots but now had 3 massive stripes down it!!! When I got home I used some gems to cover up the stripes and I actually really like it!!

I also added flat backed pearls down the edges as it looked like it was missing something. I also added some sparkle medium to the letters to make them 'pop' a bit more as they were blending in a bit...

Second page:

Third page - I *love* this star mask!

Fourth page - I did this one when I got home...

Fifth page - I also did this one when I got home and made a RIGHT mess with it :(

Back cover - I did this at the class and I was pleased with this. I love this mask too and used some Wendy Vecchi stamps too.

Close up of the charms we used...

Close up of the Sparkle Medium

I had a great day and can't wait for next month when we're going to be altering books!

Happy Birthday Gabrielle!

2012-04-19T15:46:00.000+01:00

Today is the lovely Gabrielle's birthday (she's offering some birthday blog candy so head on over to her blog for a chance to win that!) and this is the card I made for her.

I couldn't wait to play with the new Pan Pastels from Crafty Boots. I LOVE the blues, particularly Ultramarine Blue so I used that colour to create the 'sky' background for this card. I stamped a spotty background stamp from The Artistic Stamper in embossing ink and then applied the pastel over the top. I was really pleased with the patchy effect I got which is when I decided it looked like a sky!!!

What better stamp to use for a sky then than my new Lili of the Valley stamp this teddy in his hot air balloon. I didn't really want to add much else but stamped a Stampin Up happy birthday stamp from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set, punched it out with a circle punch and coloured over it using the Orange PanPastel (like the sun you see??).

Finally... I could not resist using my new candi stamps again (these may feature a lot in the next few cards!!!). In my head using icing sugar candi would make it look like clouds, which it didn't, but I still like it so spelt Gabrielle's name. I love how easy it is to personalise a card by stamping on card candi!

I hope Gabrielle had a good birthday, thanks to her lessons in using PanPastels I really enjoyed making her card!! :)

Crafty Boots Challenge - No girls allowed

2012-04-16T10:00:00.001+01:00

The theme at Crafty Boots Challenges this month is 'No girls allowed' so no images of girls are allowed! This is not easy for me but luckily I went to Ally Pally at the weekend and had some fabby new stamps to play with!!!

I got some new tiny alphabet stamps for stamping on Card Candi.

I made this card entirely from candi - no papers at all, and most importantly no images of girls!

There are a number of varieties of Card Candi sold at Crafty Boots.

Happy Birthday Mum

2012-04-15T23:31:00.000+01:00

Today was my Mum's birthday and we had a lovely lunch to celebrate. This is the card I made her.

I used the confetti paper pack from Crafty Books and piece of purple paper which I punched using a Martha Stewart edger punch.

I used a scalloped doily, also from Crafty Boots, and added card candi around the edge which I stamped to say 'Mum' all the way round. I also stamped to say Happy Birthday and added these candies to the bottom of the card.

The image I used is Cupcake Mae from Some Odd Girls. I coloured her with copics and put some glossy accents on the cherry in her hair to make it shine!

Wishes

2012-04-11T13:21:00.000+01:00

OK so I realise that my photos are suddenly all really dark :( not sure what's wrong with my phone camera but this was the best I could do... I will have to get the proper camera out in future I think until I get a new one!

My Mum needed a card for a 21st birthday and this is what I came up with.

The card blank is a large elegant square card blank from Crafty Boots.

I stamped the birthday sentiment which is from a Stampin Up stamp set straight onto the card balnk.

I added a square of metallic turquoise card with a pink patterned paper diagonal to it on top. I used crystal stickers to add a '21' to the turquoise.

Under the doily is a strip of 'Rich Razzleberry' card from Stampin Up which I stuck some pink/purpley metallic ribbon to before putting through a Martha Stewart edger punch.

The scalloped doily is from Crafty Boots and I glued flat backed pearls around the edge (and one gem as there was an odd number of scallops!!)

The image is 'Wishes' from Some Odd Girl and I coloured her with Copics and wink of Stella on her wings for a bit of sparkle.

Here's a photo before I cut her out to show the Wink of Stella:

Head in the Clouds Kaylee

2012-04-11T13:08:00.001+01:00

I made this card for my sister who is pregnant.

I made the background by swiping an embossing pad some paper through a Crafters Workshop template from Crafty Boots. I then used clear embossing powder on the circle pattern.

After heating I used a brayer and a big and juicy ink pad to create what was meant to be a sort of sunset effect.

The image is Head in the Clouds Kaylee from Some Odd Girl and I coloured her with copics, tumbled glass distress ink on the cloud and cosmic shimmer on her wings.

Kaylee didn't look quite right straight on to the background so I used this cloud patterned paper by My Minds Eye - also from Crafty Boots, although I'm still not 100% happy with it.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment which is a Tim Holtz stamp in purple, punched it out with a scalloped circle punch and then used Spun Sugar distress ink for the pink colour.

Some Odd Girl colour inspiration challenge

2012-04-09T21:20:00.000+01:00

I am still loving the Some Odd Girl stamps and had already coloured this gorgeous 'Spunky Sprite' when I saw their latest colour inspiration challenge:

I'd already coloured my little fairy in with pink and turquoise so decided to use her to make a card to enter this challenge.

I struggled to find anything brown... it turns out in the tonnes and tonnes of paper I have I do not have anything brown but I found a way around this. I started with a piece of kraft card for the lighter brown colour in the challenge and then used a template and some vintage photo distress ink to get the pattern and darker brown colour around the edges.

I wanted a bit more pink and turquoise so got some acrylic balls in those colours and stuck them around the edge of the image shape which I cut out with a grand nestability.

I also used some diamante corner stickers and some letters and numbers as I was so pleased with this little Sprite that I decided to use her for my sister's 30th birthday card.

I coloured the little fairy with copics and also some wink of stella on her wings although you can't see the sparkle very well in the photos :(

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Some Odd girl colour inspiration challenge

Anything Goes Challenge Blog challenge 64

Crafty Boots Challenge - Nautical

2012-04-02T10:00:00.001+01:00

The theme at Crafty Boots Challenges this week is Nautical. I chose to interpret this as nautical colours as I didn't have any nautical type stamps!!

I was inspired by a tag made by Freya and so decided to try the same technique she used.

I used a flower stamp and embossed it in clear embossing powder on a Elegant Square card blank from Crafty Boots. Then I covered the card with Tumbled Glass distress ink. I then coloured the centres of the flowers with fired brick and put red pearls in the very middle of them.

The image is one of the new fairy digi stamps from Some Odd Girl and I coloured her with copics. I also used a clear wink of stella pen on her wings so they are all sparkly but I couldn't quite capture that in the photos!

Finally I added a flower from Crafty Boots, and some stampin up ribbon which started white but I coloured it using Fired Brick distress ink.