First Holy Communion cards and LOTV Fairies challenge

I was recently asked to make 3 First Holy Communion cards, I was a bit concerned at first until I was told they could be cute ones....



A card for Sophie, using a Manga Girl 2 image from Funky Kits.



The cards for Cait and Lucy were made using the Dandelion Clock image from Lili of the Valley, and I have just discovered the LOTV challenge this week is 'Fairies' so I am going to enter these cards.



The patterned papers for all three cards were from various First Edition paper stacks, papers for matting were from core'dinations color core cardstock stacks and glitter card from stash. All images coloured with copic markers. The names were cut using George & Basic Shapes cartridge. All other embellishments from stash!

Welcome Baby Boy!

Here's a card I made earlier using the cute Vintage Baby stamp from Funky Kits. I needed to make some cards for new display and thought it was about time I made a card for a boy using this stamp.



Coloured with, you've guessed it.... copics. Papers are DCWV Nana's Nursery boy stack, distressed the edges with Distress Inks, Broken China.

My craft room looks like a hurricane has hit, I've been out there crafting all weekend, the best place to be with the grotty weather we've had.
Hope you've had a great weekend.

Totally Gorjuss

Its been a while since this stamp has seen any ink but when I saw the sketch at Totally Gorjuss I knew I had to use this stamp and ribbon which has been in my stash for a while but I've not been brave enough to cut yet!!



Goth girl stamp from Funky Kits, coloured with copics. Paper from DCWV Glitter stack, sentiment from Craftwork Cards mounted onto die cut shapes made using SU punches.
Another outing for my new border punch and another auburn haired character.....

Challenge catch up......

I managed a little 'me' time today - here's what I made.



I thought it was about time I inked up this lovely stamp again from Funky Kits, coloured with copics as per Copic Colour Challenge this week, yes, there is a bit of E33 Sand, a tiny little bit used in shading the hair, the layout is from Sketch Saturday. I am also entering this for the Simon Says Stamp challenge which is to make a card for a new baby and the Crafty Creations challenge of celebration - what better celebration is there?
Papers are DCWV, hearts from stash, Martha Stewart punch, pearlescent card from Range, paper edges tinted with Tattered Rose distress inks.

Manga Girl at The Sugar Bowl

Here's my entry for The Sugar Bowl sketch challenge this week.



I've been working at this all evening, with various images and distress inks, it just wasn't happening, so out came the copics and here we have it. I wanted to use papers from the Hopscotch pad by Kay & Co, so the colours for the image were dictated by that.

Stamps - Manga Girl 1 from Funky Kits, sentiment from SU!
Papers - DSP - Hopscotch, Kay & Co, blue card from stash
Colouring - copics and Memento ink pad Paris Dusk
Tools - MS border punch, SU! large oval & scalloped oval punches
Embellies - Gems from Papermania

Jackie, if you are reading this, yes I did get it finished, just in time!!

Manga Girl 2 does Copic Colour challenge

I am having great problems with Blogger tonight, every time I go to upload photos it freezes my laptop - anyone else having the same problem?

I am writing this post in the hope that Mr Blogger will start behaving and let me post this card before the deadline of midnight, I've been trying for the past couple of hours .....

The colours this week at Copic Colour challenge are Y06 Yellow, B12 Icy Blue, & RV02 Sugar Almond Pink and I've got all 3 of those woo hoo!!

I had to ink up my new Manga Girl 2 stamp for these vivid colours, then I had great problems trying to find papers to go with the pink :-s
I settled on these from a DCWV Spring paper stack and some pearlescent card from stash. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts clear set, stamped onto tags made with SU punches. Flowers cut with an X-Cut punch from off cuts.