Be Happy

Welcome one and all.  Hope you are having a good week.

My card today uses a La La Land Crafts digi, Singing Marci.  I've used her before but I think she is such a versatile image.

I used brownish reds and pinks for this version.  The patterned paper is from a collection called Hazy Days.

These little embellishments are from a new die set.  This is My Favourite Things Blueprints #11.

The butterflies are a Tim Holtz on the edge die.  I cut two colours and layered them up.

Hope you like her.  TTFN Jude xx

Paper Doll

Hello again and welcome to Tuesday.

I have another very simple card using a La La Land image to share with you today.

This is Paper Doll Marci - she's such a sweetie.  I coloured her entirely with Copics.  I'm really enjoying using these and I'm finding my colouring has improved greatly.

I didn't feel the image needed a lot of fuss, so I used one paper, some ribbon, a paper heart, a crochet flower and a ribbon flower.

TTFN Jude xx

P.S I've entered this into a challenge at http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.co.uk

Born to be wild

This is the card I made for Alan's birthday on Monday.  I used it being for a man as an excuse to go a bit grungy, lol.

The image is from La La Land Crafts and is called Outlaw Luka.

(Buy him here - http://shop.lalalandcrafts.com/Outlaw-Luka-Sentiments-INCLUDED-Digi-Stamp-DGS5096.htm)

I took a long time to colour him as I wanted to get a good quality image.  He was a lot of fun to do!

The cogs are cut by layering up the different sizes in the Spellbinder cogs set.

The sentiment is one that came with the image and fit Alan quite well.  Well maybe 30 years ago, lol!

So there he is.  Outlaw Luka on his trike.

Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Practice makes ....better ;)

Happy Sunday everyone!

We have been away this weekend for Alan's birthday, so I haven't made a card that I can share.  Instead I thought I'd try to inspire all the would be colourists amongst you.

A few months ago I hadn't done any proper colouring since I was a child.  Then I discovered what you can do with alcohol markers if you practice - a lot!!

What do you think?

The image is Singing Marci from La La Land Crafts. 

I've used both Copics and Promarkers on these. 

This one is totally Promarkers.

And this is all Copics! (Excuse the smudge, my pen leaked!!)

For comparison I will share one of my early attempts, that I was happy with at the time lol.

I think I've improved, what about you??

TTFN Jude xx

"La la, la la la la"

 Happy Sunday everyone.

Today I have a card featuring Singing Marci from La La Land Crafts.  Jen used the same digi a few days ago but I thought I'd show you a different colour scheme for her.

Marci is coloured with Copics and Promarkers, then cut out by hand.

This feather bunting was silver when I bought it.  I changed the colour with Distress stains and paints.

The flower is made up of layers of burlap with feathers, a large black paper flower and small ready made roses.

I layered several papers, die cutting some for interest.

Hope you like her.

TTFN Jude xx

Singing Marci

Good morning all, hope you are well. 

Today's card is made using the other of our new La La Land Crafts digi stamps. This one is Singing Marci. 

I coloured her with Spectrum Noirs and then cut her out and rounded the corners. 

I decided to stick with the blue for the papers, so chose some coordinating ones from different collections. 

I used a couple of white paper doilies in the layers, and a piece of blue material cut using a Tonic die backed with double sided adhesive. 

I added the Noir butterfly die cut to the side, 

and then added more material flower shapes and some paper flowers to the top. Then I added a little clear butterfly in with the flowers.

Finally I finished it off with a tag, sentiment and little pearl decoration. 

I am definitely struggling in the old mojo department at the minute, this card took me over two hours to put together. And that was after the colouring! lol.

Anyway hope if was worth it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Beret Marci 2

Good morning and welcome to August! hope you are all well. 

Today I have another Beret Marci card to share with you. 

I wanted to practice colouring again, and these La La Land digi stamps are great to practice on lol. But then I didn't have anything to make in to a card so it had to be this again ;o)) But I really don't mind as she is such a sweet stamp. 

I coloured her with Spectrum Noirs and cut her out with a Spellbinders Labels 29 die.

I used paper from a Parisian Dreams pad, with card from Coredinations in a raspberry colour.

I didn't want to put too much on the card as I wanted to be able to see the paper, so I just went with a couple of simple die cuts.

The Love sentiment is a Paper Smooches die, and the hearts are from a Memory Box die. 

I cut them both from the raspberry card, backed with double sided adhesive.

Hope you like it, see you soon, take care.

xxx

Beret Marci

Good morning all and happy Saturday. Well I have finally made a card. 1st one in 10 days! I know just not like me at all. But even though the will to get crafty has returned, the old Mojo hasn't, so this card has been a bit of an effort lol. 

The image is Beret Marci from La La Land Crafts. I do love these images, they are very cute. 

I have coloured her with my Spectrum's and then cut her out by hand. 

The papers are a mixture of a random piece from the stash combined with a piece of one of the Santoro 12 x 12 pieces. They really are too lovely to cut up but we are making ourselves use them more lol. Then I used a couple of different shades of teal/blue Coredinations card to sit Marci on.

I added the picket fence and lamp post, then the banner die in the corner all cut from DCWV self adhesive border strips. 

Then I finished her off with one of the sentiments that comes with the La La Land digi stamps and a little blue pearl.

Hope you like it, see you soon.

Take care.

xxx

Happy Birthday K

Good morning everyone, hope you are well. Today is my daughter K's 26th birthday. (Gosh that makes me feel old lol). So happy birthday love, hope you have a great day xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

As we aren't seeing K until later, I can't share her birthday cards yet. So today's card is one I made for Jude's birthday a couple of weeks ago. 

The image is Faerie Marci from La La Land Crafts. I coloured her with Spectrum Noirs and then cut her out and rounded the corners. 

The papers are from the stash but I'm not sure what range they are from. 

The stamp is one I have had for ages and this time I stamped it with Teal Stazon ink. Then I cut around the sentiment by hand and added it to the side of the card mounted on foam pads. 

The I just finished it off with a few pink pearls. 

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx