Swoonie Colours

 Hello crafty peeps.

I'm sharing a card today which I made using the new strip sentiments from Tonic Studios which have just been released. 

I did something a bit different!!

I stenciled using Petal Pattern stencil with the very gorgeous Dream In Colour hybrid ink pads.

The Apricot cardstock looks quite orange on this pic but IRL it is the prettiest softest colour.

You can see it better here.

I used a very old scalloped edge die to make a border

I didn't want to stick the actual words onto the outside edge because I wanted it to look almost as though it has been printed onto it. 

So what I did was to cut 2 outside edges,  then I cut the inside edge die - the words - into one of them and  stuck them together with the latter in top.  

Then I cut  another set of words in Aqua Wave card and just popped them into the aperture in the stuck together die cuts.

Here are some links to the products I've used here.

Tonic Studios Petal Pattern Stencil

Tonic Studios Dream in Colour Hybrid Ink Pads

Tonic Studios Blending Sponges

Tonic Studios Gems

Tonic Studios Enjoy Sentiment - on pre-order at the moment

Thank you for stopping by and crafty hugs to all xx

     

   

Writing My Own Story

Hello lovely crafty peeps and hope you are all OK.

 I have a card to share which I made using the most fabulous  Polka Doodles 

Ula Create

... and here she is.

Not only is she gorgeous,  she is a dream to colour. 

I used Copics  here and these are the colours I used - 

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R02, R05

Hair - E31, E35, E39, E50

Clothes - BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV01, BV13, C0, C00, C3, C5 RV00, RV85

Grounding - C00, C0, C4

The sentiment is wonderful I think and useful not only for card making, but also if you're a scrapbook-er  or you make albums and memory books as well.

The papers are from the Perfect Days 6x6 paper pack.

What I think is great about this pack is their versatility. 

There are papers in there that are so pretty but there are also papers which would work really well for a male card.

I made the rolled rose out of a scrap of paper that was left over, but before I rolled it, I backed it with some 240gsm card. Then when I rolled it up, it sort of went crinkly and I really liked the effect it gave.

On the right hand side of the card, there appears to be a long strip of flowery paper.  

The card base is 7x7" but the paper pad is 6x6 so I just cut out 2 squares and stuck them at either end. 

The sentiment covers the gaps!! 

    

You can find Ula Create  here and Perfect Days here

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you like the card. 

Crafty hugs,

Dawny P x 

Just Be Yourself

Hello crafty friends.

My card today is ...

... this one here. 

I made it using the very gorgeous  Polka Doodles Ula Be Yourself

I coloured her with Copics using these colours - 

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R02, R05

Hair - E31, E35, E39, E50

Clothes - C00, C0, C4, C7,  R59, RV0000, RV00, RV10, RV85

Grounding - C00, C0, C4

That sentiment .......  I just love it :)

I doodled a border and cut it  out  to frame the image. 

I also gave her wings a little bit of fairy dust using a Tonic Studios Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss pen.

It would have been rude not to!!

The beautiful papers are Belle Papillon. 

I just matted them onto a bit of  Tonic Studios Pewter Grey cardstock 

I didn't use much paper here - you don't have to when they're as pretty as these are.

The lace border was made using 

I added a die cut flower and leaves and some bits and bobs and that was it - all finished.  

Thanks for stopping b today and hope you likee.

Hugs to all and see you soon xx

Wednesday Blues (and Browns!!)

Hello lovely crafty peeps and hope you are all enjoying this nice bit of sunshine.

The card I'm sharing today is made using the brand new  Tonic Studios Verso Daisy Lace Easel die set.

And ...

... this is what I did. 

This beautiful set makes short work of putting together a nice easel card and there are lots of lovely layers to add too.

You even get some flower dies and a sentiment : )

AND there's a whopper of a layering set that works with this one so that you can mix and match - I'll share a card I made with that tomorrow.

See that ribbon? 

Well it started out in life as a bit of plain white organza ribbon. I hunted high and low for some brown ribbon but could I find any??? 

Nope!! 

So I spritzed  it with some of the new Mica Mist that is in the Woodland Walk collection which has also been released today (such lush colours). 

I love the shape and detail in this set.

Right, I will be back tomorrow with another card I made using this new release. 

You can see more detail plus inspiration right here 

Enjoy your evening and hugs to all xx

The Copics Have Returned (& A Bit of News Too)!!

Good morning loves and isn’t it a nice Spring morning.

So after a very long lay off, I picked up my Copics again.

I’m a bit rusty because, well, you can’t not do something for a long time and expect to get back to where you were at your last go.
But I will get there, for sure.

So what have I been colouring?

This little beauty, that’s what and I sooo enjoyed it.

So her name is Winnie Hooray– you probably knew that – and she is a Polka Doodles lovely.

I coloured her using the following Copic pens -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E13, R02, R05
Hair – E09, E31, E34, E35, E39, E50, E59
Clothes – R59, RV000, RV00, RV10, RV85, W000, W00, W1, W3, W5, W7
Grouding – W00, W01, W03, W05

It’s been a long time (a very very long time!!) since I’ve  listed pens lol.

I added a couple of  glittery Nuvo Drops as well.

I just LOVE these  sentiments - I thought they fit the image so well (plus it makes my heart sing to colour).

I used the  Tonic Tim Holtz Stamping Platform to stamp ‘Sing’ by the image.
It makes it so much easier than trying to line it up using your eyes – especially if your eyes are as bad as mine (old age is a terrible thing!!).

OK so I said there was news and I’ve been sitting on this for weeks now and bursting to share.

I’ve only gone and joned Nikky and her amazing DT over at Polka Doodles – wooohoo. 
I am so pleased because I’ve missed using images and I love hers so much.
I still love using dies but there’s something therapeutic about sitting down quietly with your pens and just chilling.

Thanks heaps for having me Nikky xx

So here’s what I used to make the card – if you click on the images, it will take you to where you can get the products ….

         

             



So that’s it for today.
l’ll  be back soon with another make but until then, enjoy the Spring sunshine and hugs to everyone xxx

Hellooeeeeee

Good morning and I am very pleased to be back in the land of blog again.

I will be back to posting on here regularly now and we will have a mixture of colouring, die cutting and even perhaps a dash of mixed media??

So what have we got today then?

Well recently, a good friend of mine (Alison Whelan who works for Tonic), organised a crafty retreat weekend down at Bridgend  in aid of Marie Curie and myself and some of the Tonic DT all did a workshop each.

Mine was colouring, and this …

… is what I did.

I coloured it with Tonic Studios Nuvo Aqua Flow Pens – oh my, they are nice to use.

The colours I used here are –

Evergreen Fern, Fresh Green, Aqua Splash, Azure Blue & Indigo Dawn.

I also used some Craft Perfect cardstock -   Mauve Purple and Ocean Blue -  and some Caribbean Ocean Nuvo Drops.  

If you are new to watercolouring, then these are a really good way to begin – they are so easy to use.

Anyway I will keep the first one post short and sweet and I’ll see you very soon with another make.

Have the most fabulous of days and hugs to all,

Dawny P xx

The UIltimate Crafty Chill Out?

Well hello there my lovelies.

It’s been a while since I popped over here but I thought that I’d share a couplke of images with you.
I haven’t turned them into a card YET but I will : )

I’ve been having a play with these beauties   ….

They come in 2 sets and they are LUSH.

So this is what I did -

I coloured this Magnolia image using the following pencils -

Skin - Barely Bisque (H&ST)
Caramel Popcorn (H&ST)
Roast Chestnut (H&ST Toffee Apple (BV)

Hair - Pale Blonde (H&ST)
Iced Tea (H&ST)
Roast Chestnut (H&ST)
Cocoa Bean (BV)

The rest -

Dress, flip flops and headband - Scuba Blue (BV)
Bucket - Heather Dusk (H&ST)
Shells – Soft Apricot (H&ST)
Sand - Caramel Popcorn (H&ST)
Grounding - Heather Dusk (H&ST)

And for this Lili of the Valley I used -

Skin - Barely Bisque (H&ST)
Caramel Popcorn (H&ST)
Roast Chestnut (H&ST)

Hair - Pale Blonde (H&ST)
Iced Tea (H&ST)
Roast Chestnut (H&ST)
Cocoa Bean (BV)

Teddy - Caramel Popcorn (H&ST)
Pale Blonde (H&ST)
Roast Chestnut (H&ST)
Iced Tea (H&ST)

Clothes -  Toffee Apple (BV)
Lemon Grass (BV)
Imperial Jade (BV)
Roast Chestnut (H&ST)
Heather Dusk (H&ST)
Wild Mushroom (H&ST)
Raven Black (BV)
Grounding - Heather Dusk (H&ST)
Wild Mushroom (H&ST)

I hope you like them and I have a couple more to share so I’ll be back before too long.
Hope you are all OK and crafty hugs to all xx