Creative Creations Challenges - Monochromatic

Good Morning!! Wow what a fantastic turn out to the anything goes challenge over at CCC!!! Some really amazing entries! 

So I'm here this week to share the latest challenge with you - we have kinda gone outside the box again :)  Although I will confess this is one of my favourite themes!! 

Monochromatic! 

and we have a wonderful sponsor

Kenny K

They are offering our lucky winner 5 digs of the winners choice from the store :)

Now I don't know why I LOVE this theme so much, I kinda feel its a bit no thinking - specially when you keep it simple like Black and White ;) 

I just love xxx available here from the store :) she is so amazing to colour and so cute at the same time! She was coloured with copics 

W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W6, W7, W8, W9

The star border has been cut on my cameo - the first time I tried this whole boarder thing and I have to say somewhat impressed with it! I think it will be used more and more :)  

Well I hope you like my creation for the challenge this week! I would like to enter my card into the following challenges; 

That Craft Place - Monochromatic

613 Avenue Cards - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Monochromatic

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope you will pop to the CCC blog and take a look at what the rest of the DT have created!!! 

Hope to see you again soon :) 

Hugs

Me

x

The Betty Hop

Good Evening!!! 

I hope your here for the Betty hop tonight! This has been so exciting!! 

Anyway I hope you have come from the talented Trudie  if not then pop over to the wonderful Betty and see what she has made to start us off!!! 

The idea of this hop came about on the SBS fan page on Facebook - the only rules was it has to be a Betty image from Simply B Stamps that you use - should really be your favourite.  Well I have quite a few and so it was very hard to decided…. But  there was one I constantly came back to - it was one of the first ones I brought.  So introducing Movie Gala Betty.

I just love this one - one thing I have noticed though is that I always colour her monochromatic, I don't know why - when ever she comes up to colour she is always done in similar colours - I suppose I just feel it suits her! 

I coloured the image with copics 

E50, E01, E03, E55

The papers are from my box of loose papers and the 'unforgettable' was in there too.  The butterflies are punched from kraft card using my martha stewart butterfly trio punch.  The rhinestones are from my stash as well as the corners - I must get more of them as I LOVE using them at the moment!  I also used my SU distressing tool and my TH inks to age the edges.  

 I really hope you like my card, I have had fun making it and can't with to give it to someone special! So now you much hop along to Celina to see what she has made! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

see you soon

x

The Black Swan

Eveing all - well on the up - yes I sure am - feeling so so so much better now! OK its only thanks to Night Nurse that I am - but I so hope I keep up like this - have felt so so poorly recently! 

Anyway - back to why I'm here - can you guess??? Yep the 13 Days of Halloween Challenges - I can't believe we are up to day 10! only three more days :( 

I have SO been enjoying challenging myself the last couple of weeks - trying hard to think outside the box and make something different and test spooky!!! 

Well Im here with the latest challenge - it stumped me at first - the theme is 

'The show' 

yep - I know that didn't mean much to me at first then I read what it was about! 

'Ghouls, Killers and Witches on the big screen - use any non 'persona' image and make it resemble your favourite movie ghoul, ghost, witch or scary persona' 

Ha ha it made NO sense to me - so after goggling 'persona' and lots of chatting I have finally come up with something…. 

The Black Swan - (Not to be confused with the 1942 swashbuckler film 'the black swan')

Its an American psychological thriller and horror film - the plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious NYC company.  The production requires the ballerina to play both the innocent and fragile White Swan as well as the dark and sensual Black Swan - between two dancers whom audition for the part are bot are embodied with qualities for each part - when the two dancer compete - for one the pressure causes them to lose their tenuous grip on reality as the defends into a living nightmare

Now I will confess and say i have only ever seen snippets of this film - and Im not one for being scared outa my seat - and the bits that I have seen did me NO favours - My sister and my mum have both seen it all the way through and found it quite scary!  And so here is my take on the film 'The Black Swan'  

The image is the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy Lola from Simply B Stamps - now I LOVE this girl and it was pretty hard to colour her the way I have - Now I NEVER thought I would colour and image other than the way I thought it should be - and this is NOT how I saw her - BUT I am so so happy with how she has turned out!!! She was coloured with copics 

E000, E00, E02, W2, W4, W5, W7 

I die cut her with my oval scalloped nesties and then added memento start nights around the endue.  The paper is a DP that I purchased a LONG time ago - and I have no idea where from.  I also used my sissiz corner dies the I attached to the back of the image to give the swirls and y QC ballet shoes die! 

Well I really hope you like my creation - I have to say I LOVE it - and so did my sister when she saw it! I would like to enter this card to the following challenges 

Simply Challenged Challenges - 13 Days of Halloween - Day 10 - The Show

ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes

Fairy Tale - Monochrome with dies and/or punches

Thanks so much for stopping by - remember the Boo! Hop (Im sure the other girls would LOVE to have you stop by too!!!) sign up - you could win $15 to spend at Simply B Stamps  - If you have a moment I would LOVE to know what you think of my card! 

See you soon 

Hugs

x

Skeleton Dance

Evening - well yes I sure know its evening - starting to feel somewhat rough again - i think once this is posted its wind down for bed! How are you anyway!? SO yes I have been playing with crafty stuff on and off all day!! Once again its for the wonderful challenges over at Simply Challenged Challenges - were now on Day 8 - I can't believe it!!!

So this theme is Skeleton Dance - Its a colour and element challenge must use bones/skulls/skeletons and ONLY black and white - well the black and white were easy - but Skeletons…. Ummmmm yep thats where I thought I was stumped….

Ok I can't get it much closer…. I have made another halloween decoration for my home! 

I made it using squares of papers and then rolled them into cones, then I used silicone to glue them to a disk behind and then added my image (coloured in black and white) die cut with my nesties onto the decoration. First I used the gorgeous Betty Skellington, 

Then I had to use the fab Little Skeleton Oscar - I found it so hard not to colour him in colour! The papers are digital ones - you can't see but one does have skeletons all over it!!! 

and then finally I had to use the puppy from Betty Skellington, just so cute! Again these were digi papers!  Now you may be thinking - OK so she has covered the black and white but what about the Skeletons…. 

Well when I went shopping last week I purchased a string of them, after moving them about a bit  I managed to put each decoration in-between skeletons…. 

ewwww he is a bit eerie!!! Well I hope you like my creation - I know I'm happy with this one! I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Simply Challenged Challenges - 13 Days Of Halloween - Day 8 - Skeleton Dance

Anything But A Card - Halloween 

Catered Crop - Circles

Heck Of A Challenge - Spooktacular

Thanks for stopping by - I would love to know what you think if you have a moment! Hope to see you again soon! 

Hugs

x

When Betty From The Movies Went Sepia

Evening, how are we all? Well been non stop with school runs today! Nancy loved her 1st day at nursery, I'm dreading Thursday though... think she cottoned on that I snuck off, we will have to wait and see how it all goes! Anyway tonight I have been a busy bee.... I decided that i was going to try and colour in sepia...

And I think I'm part way there - OK so this was the second attempt, my first attempt hasn't been mounted yet, may try to do that later tonight!!  But I'm so impressed with how she turned out.  SHe was coloured using Copics 

E50, E51, E53, E55

The papers are from the Bo Bunny 6x6 Gabrielle Collection, I distressed the edges using my SU distressing tool and then used Tim Holtz Tea Dye around the edges. The flowers were all from my stash and so were the pins.

To say I only used four pens I am so happy with how it all turned out! I hope you like my card as much as I do, I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Simply Challenged Challenges - Embrace you inner Betty

Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Girls Girls Girls 

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Truly Madly Crafty - Monochromatic

Black and White

Evening! what been happening out here then? Well I was meant to be getting my crafty on today... and it kinda didn't happen, got myself tied up with 101 other things! on the plus side we have got the wardrobes out of the girls room ready for the electrician tomorrow.... but now I want the room finished yesterday!

I wanted to get this posted yesterday but never got time.  

This is one of the beautiful images from Loo-Loo design, I am the proud owner of two of these beautiful digs and I can't wait to get more

This is the beautiful Maya.  You know why I fell in love with her, yes the butterflies! I just had to snap her up, I sat tapping my fingers waiting for the e-mail with her on!

I used some cut out butterflies from the Whimsy Spring Letter Seal set I have as I just felt it finished it off!

I decided that I wanted to do as little as possible with her, she didn't need a lot of colour to me.  So I went for clean and simple, black and white. 

Yes its that Whimsy Stamp again, I'm obsessed with it! but I had to layer up the butterflies! Well nothing more to tell you about this one! I hope you like her! I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

Anything Goes Challenge - Things With Wings

LEJ Designs - things With Wings

Paper Creations Ink - In The Garden

Paper Pretties - Use Ribbon 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! 

x

Top Tip Tuesday - Spotty Dotty

Good Morning! well I hope this works as I have scheduled it and I'm hopefully having a well deserved lay in! So fingers crossed!!  How are we all today, the weather has been so rubbish, want the hot days back now please! Anyway I'm here to share with you tis weeks challenge over at TTT! Now there is a lovely tutorial over on the TTT blog so please pop over and take a look! 

This weeks sponsors are; 

Simon Says Stamp

Stamp Fairy

We also have some guest designers from Stamp Fairy - You are amazing girls! I just have to get me the toothfairy image now! Anyway... The theme this week is;

Spotty Dotty

Now I had to sit and look and think... for a long while before it all came together for me!
Oh yes the good old cuttlebug folder came out and did some work with my old big shot... it was nice that we had some time together@  

OK yes this stamp is appearing LOADS at the moment, Numpty I am showed hubby the card.... before I added the sentiment and it was meant to be his birthday card! DOH! Oh well, so yes I am getting ahead of myself with my Fathers Day cards! 

This as many of you will know is a Stampin' Up stamp I purchased last year, it hasn't had much use up till now! I can't help but use it, although I have come across another long lost stamp that I have ideas for next week... roll on the kids back at school is all I will say....

Anyway... the sentiment is a LOTV stamp... Just LOVE this set! 

Yes its a new addition but you can never have too many sentiment stamps.. can you now! 

Before I go I would like yo enter this card into the following challenges; 

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Smudge Antics - Anything Goes

Tammy's Scrapping Corner - Anything Goes - Twist Embossing  

Pile It On - S for SPEED! and hubby says you need some speed!

Sentimental Sunday - Silhouette plus sentiment

Thanks for stopping by, remember to pop at the TTT blog and see all the FAB DT and GDT creations over there! 

Hope to see you soon 

Hugs

x

Life is beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish...

As said by Charlie Chaplin, I had heard loads about him, but never really known much, if that makes any sense?! 

Well he was my inspiration tonight, I need to make a male card for my cousin, and as you all know I dislike making male cards, men, man, what ever you want to call call them, I personally have a disliking to making them cards, little boys are so easy to create for!

On the subject of boys... Mark (hubby) has a friend over and as he is helping take more paper off the walls tomorrow so he is staying the night.  Now 3 years ago we went to Canada and Richard got the name 'Scary Hairy Man', I will never know why we called him that!  My little Amelia (at just over 4 1/2) was over the moon that Richard was coming over, when he came in that house my little Amelia started blushing! It was so adorable!!

Anyway onto what I'm here for!  

This is the beautiful 'The Tramp' from Mo Manning.  I have had him sat on the computer for ages and never used him, never had the 'get up and go' to colour him.  Tonight I have out done my self and Im very proud! 

He was coloured with pencils all bar the skin, again the wonderful copics came out, just the normal ones, E02, E00, E000 and R20 for his cheek!  The background was distressed with Tim Holtz brushed corduroy and my wonderful lil sponge thing I have to help me along the way! 

I printed everything from my computer, the sentiments were all printed from just using the word document.  I have started to make the first letters on words larger than the rest as I feel it stands more! I believe the font is apple chancery, I love this font and seem to use it a lot at the moment! 

While making this card I needed to research a bit about Charlie Chaplin, I love using quotes  from the real person and this one just stood out to me, I would have used so many different ones but this one just felt right! 

Now this little tool is one that hasn't seen the light of day for a long time! My quickutz, the card looked blank and as Chaplin was a composer as well as a director, actor ect I felt musical notes would finish the card nicely! I just cut then from kraft card stock. 

Yes I even got the guts to decorate the inside of the card, not something that I often do! So all in all it was a pretty good night! I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

Crafty Bloggers Network - Distressing

Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and hope you will come back soon!

x

Theres Magic In the Air Challenge

Hi everyone, first of all I would like to welcome all the new members to the DT for Theres Magic in the Air,

Belinda Lewis

Chelsea Barnes

Ildiko Cseh

Jenn Cockran

Julie Smith

Lucy Marino

Molly Ritterbeck

Sheng Vang

Suzi McKenzie 

It would be lovely if you have the time for you to stop by and say a quick hello to them! Im looking forward to working with you all! 

Well this week over at Theres Magic in the air it was my turn to pick the theme, this was a first for me, I was so excited!!!! OHHH I had so much fun thinking of what to choose, and I decided to pick one of my favourites! 

MONOCHROMATIC!!! 

Oh how I love the effect, OK so i'm still a bit scared of doing anything other then black and white, but hey I will get there, its all a learning curve!

The prize for this weeks winner is 2 digis of your choice from the Paper Cupcakes Store! 

This week I used the adorable image Birthday Wishes availabe from the Paper Cupcakes store,

I didnt knw what to put as a sentiment on this one, so I am still thinking! If you have any ideas, please let me know!

I used my Ice Grey pro-markers to colour the whole picture,  then matted and layered on black and white! 

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

The Shabby Tea Room - Party Time

I hope you will join us in my favourite challenge! I look forward to seeing what you create, Also if you have time pop over to the Theres Magic in the Air blog and take a look at what the rest of the team created! 

This week Challenge Entry's

Hi everyone, as you can guess been busy with parties, crafting, parties and more crafting! managed to sit down and focus for all of 20 mins this morning and came up with this one! Im entering it into a few challenges this week, just to give it a go! I hope you like it!

I have entered it into

Kenny K's Challenge - Monochromatic!

One Stop Card Crafts - Sassy Christmas!

Papertake Weekly - Red and Green must not be seen!

A Spoon full of Sugar - Christmas Cards

Simon Says Stamp - red or green

Stamps R Us - holiday card

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Monochromatic

Digis with attitude - Anything goes - digital stamps

Incy Wincy Challenge 72 - use non traditional christmas colours in your christmas creation

Cupcake craft Challenges - Non Traditional Christmas

Stamp with Fun - X-mas

Digital Tuesday - Baby, It's cold outside

Stamp Something - Anything Digi

let me know what you think... Thanks for looking!

xxx