Simon Says - "Are you All White ?"

WOW you certainly enjoyed last week's challenge - over 460 entries - thank you all and I hope you enjoy this week challenge as much - I certainly did.

This week at Simon Says Stamp our challenge is to make your project ALL WHITE the only colour to be used should be on any image you decide to use.

I enjoy making scene's if you'll pardon the pun!! I enjoyed colouring these images when I put them together last time I couldn't resist doing it again and creating a totally different look and card.

The Lili of the Valley image 'Carol singers' was stamped, masked and the Magnolia Winter Houses was stamped over the mask. The image/s were then coloured in Copics and I used a mixture of fun flock and flowersoft on the fur hats. On the trees and edges of the image I've used Stardust stickles. The base of the card is embossed using Tim Holtz's checkerboard folder - not a likely choice but I love it and think it gives a gorgeous embossed base. The snowflakes are cut with Spellbinder Create a Flake 1 and coated with Diamond dust and the holly leaves with a Crealies die. I used the Floral accents die for the edges and added pearls from my stash. The lace around the edge and ribbon are also from my stash, whilst the sentiment is CC Designs and cut with a Spellbinders Fancy Tag.
Guess what - I've just found another ooops - I haven't coloured my little chap's shoes - how could I miss that??? Too late now - he'll just have to keep his white trainers on!!!

Products
Lili of the Valley - Carol Singers
Spellbinders Frameabilites Scalloped edge Frame
Spellbinders Floral Accents
Create a Flake 1
Tim Holtz Checkerboard and Cracked Embossing Folder

This card also fits the following challenges

Fussy and Fancy - Winter Wonderland
ABC Christmas Challenge - Winter Wonderland - white an optional extra
The Creative Card Crew - Let's punch it
A Spoonful of Sugar - Relish to Embellish

As usual, our fantastic Heidi is giving to the lucky winner a $25 shopping spree in the Simon Says Stamp Store where you will find the most amazing goodies including some scrummy new Hero Arts Stamps and also the new Whiff of Joy Christmas stamps !

Right my bags are packed and I'm ready to leave for the Flughaven (Airport). There's not a lot in them - I'm leaving plenty of space for the goodies I get at the NEC. Don't forget - if you see me do please stop and say Hello I'd love to meet you all!!!

Copic Creations - 1/11

It time for another challenge at Copic Creations and what a fun challenge this is - actually there is an option of two challenges this time.

Our main challenge is tackling the many (E - earth tone) BROWN Copic colors, and/or a secondary challenge of MAKING a SCENE! (Our sponsor this week offers some fabulous digi images to help you out with this part.)

We’d like to warmly welcome this week’s awesome sponsor, Make “it” Crafty, an online craft store and papercrafting community created by the SUPER talented and VERY sweet Zoe McGrath!! We also have the amazing Mag from Zoe's DT team as a guest this week.

I hope you have a few minutes to take a peek at all the features available at the Make it Crafty site. You’ll find everything you need for papercrafting, including all the most popular supplies, some very cool scenic digital stamps to create a scene with your favorite character stamps, and some very helpful video tutorials showcasing Copic coloring, various other techniques and how to use digi images in MS Word.

I have quite a few of  Zoe's fabulous images, waiting for the time to use but I did use the Haunted House on my House Mouse card this week - they are fabulous and I can't wait to start on some more. I have attempted to both create a scene and use the brown colours.

This is Whimsical log and Fluttering Sapphire Fairy. I 'shrank' the fairy and rotated her slightly to fit into the scene (perhaps should have shrank her a little more!!) She reminded me so much of Tinkerbell from Peter Pan I wanted her to remain quite light and fairy like so I Coloured with the palest B0000, YR0000 etc then went over her dress with Perfect Pearls. Her wings are stardust stickled and I gave her a 'halo' of glitter and glitter shapes - you can see this better on the picture below.

The log is coloured in a mixture of the E's - mainly the E 70's but I have used touches of E31 to add a little warmth and E50 for the highlights. I also used W1 to do some blending. 

The papers used are MME and the edges are inked with Faded Jeans distress ink then stickled with Stardust.

Please take a little time to check out my 'teamies' creations - they are truly amazing!!!

Hope you all have a great week, I'm flying back to the UK on Wednesday and meeting up with my BG teamies, amongst others, at the NEC next week - can't wait. If any of you are there and see me - please say hello - I love meet you and say hello and perhaps go for coffee if you can drag me away from buying everything in sight!!

Basic Grey

It's time again for another challenge at  Basic Grey - we loved all the autumnal colours and scenes you created for us last challenge.  This fortnight we have a sketch by lil ol' me - do hope you like it, it's not too difficult. 

Please don't forget to use at least one Basic Grey product on your creations to be eligible for the prize and could you please name the product used as there are so many Basic Grey products out especially now they  have brought out dies and embossing folder.

As always, our wonderful sponsor Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky winner a fab $25 shopping spree in the Simon Says Superstore

I've used this amazing image from Dewdrops Craftz called the sorceror. She is coloured with distress inks and the papers used are from Basic Greys Cappella and Basics Kraft pads. I've distressed all my edges with the TH distressing tool, inked them with Walnut stain and gold stickled them. The borders, the flowers and leaves are all cut with  Crealies dies and I've used gold seed pearls for the flower center.


I'm not going back to the UK for Christmas so I have about 10 little goody bags for family to make up and 4 DT cards to do by Tuesday - eeeeek!!!
So it's head down and get stuck in for me this weekend. Hope you all have a great one.

DP2 - Pick a Season

It's pick a Season time at the Mo's Digital Challenge this week, and I actually had this image coloured and ready to go - I won't tell you why or you will realise how stupid I can be - if you don't already know (lol).

Suffice to say it was another in the long line of my Ooopsies!!

This fabulous image (Winter Delivery) is coloured in a mixture of Copics and distress inks - again don't ask - another brain dead moment! The papers are by Rayher and a couple of years old - I bought huge sheets that will probably last longer than I will. I can't find my silver marker (can't find the gold one either) so I dipped the edges of the card into glue and then silver glitter. The snowflakes are Spellbinders Create a Flake 1 and the leaves cut with a Crealies die - I should have known better than use silver mirri card as it photographs black - but at least you can see some of the shine. The label is again ancient stash (I'm really working hard on using it all up this year) and the ribbon is also from my stash.

Right on with some commenting - last night I had a power cut, this morning I couldn't get on my blog, or into my email - Google was telling my I didn't have the right password - I did!!! I think I've become disaster prone recently so is it any wonder I have so many ooopsies!!

Eline's Baby is Truly Scrumptious

We have another fabulous sketch for you at Truly Scrumptious this week and your optional extra is -

Petals, Pearls and Pins. You can use either one or all three - as you choose.

This week we are delighted to welcome Meljen Designs as our sponsor. 
Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital and rubber images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at theMeljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at theWHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

Melissa provided the DT with images to work with, unfortunately I had already done my card in my effort to get all my DT cards done before I fly back to the UK next week.

The image and the papers are both Eline's which you can purchase HERE from and she is coloured  with Copics and her wings glittered with Stardust stickles. The flowers and leaves are cut with  Crealies dies, the butterfly with an MS punch and the sentiment is one from the talented Jami's free download sheet which you can find HERE.

My petals are my flowers, my pearls are the centre of the flowers and on the pin which I have used as the body of the butterfly.


Hope you all have a fabulous Wednesday - I'm going to blitz my craftroom as the mess I've left in my wake of getting ahead with my DT cards before I head back to the UK has become unbearable.
Thanks for stopping by.