No Place Like Gnome

Hello lovelies - hope we are all OK today and that nobody has been too badly affected by these dreadful floods.

So I'm sharing my sweet Polkadoodles Gnome Is Where The Heart Is card today - I think I mentioned it yesterday.

 I cannot tell you how much I love these images :) 

And I LOVE colouring them - I could do this all day.

I coloured her with quite a few Copics and then went over a few places with my polychromos pencils.

I actually remembered to write down the pens I used and they were - 

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, E50 R00, R05

Clothes & shoes - C00, C0, C3, C4, C5, C9, R00, R05, R17, R27, R59

Flowers -  Y03, Y08

Plantpot -  E000, E13, YR00 YR20

Grass -  YG00, YG03, YG95

Grounding C00, C1

I might have got the colours mixed up for the plant pot - I'll have to check!!

I stamped out the heart from the set then coloured it with R27 and cut it out. Then I covered it with Tonic Studios Crystal Glaze before adding some Posca Pen dots. 

I also gave her a Posca Pen polka dot hat and ribbons because I like her to match!!

That's rather good alliteration there!!

And you'll notice that the gingham ribbon is back :)

Didn't take long did it lol.

I stamped out the flowers then cut them out (badly - I am rubbish at cutting out)  and then doused them with glitter. I also added glitter to the flowers on the actual image.

I shouldn't have favourites, but ....

Right I better be off. 

I'll be back tomorrow with some Easter goodies and some very bright and zingy colours. 

I thought it would cheer us all up a bit.

I'll add my affiliate links below and I'll see you then. 

Take care and stay safe and well xx

Polkadoodles Link - 

Gnome Is Where The Heart Is

 

The Same But Different - but Still Verrrrry Cute Part 1 - And I've Been Colouring!!

Hello lovelies and hope you are all safe and well.

You know how it is - you see a card and you like it and you want to buy (or you do buy) the stuff to make it then you can't think of anything else to do with it. 

We've all been there, right!!!

Well I know I have. 

So it gave me an idea.

I was inking up this cute little Polkadoodles Fuzzypuffs hedgie and dragging the Copics out of retirement, poor things, and I was looking at what I had on my desk (including the bits of paper I had chopped off of the 6x6 pieces from the pad) and I thought I'd try to make up 3 different things just from what was in front of me, plus bits and bobs I had in my stash. 

Just to see if I could.

And those things were - 

       

         Fess up time.   

There was once more thing I used but it wasn't on my desk to start with - more in a tick!!   And I'll add my affiliate links to the products I used at the end, in case you want a little moochie!! 

So that's what I had and this is the first thing  I did - 

Isn't he sweet!!

So I used the stamping dynamic duo that are my Tim Holtz Stamping Platform and my Nuvo Black Shadow Hybrid Ink. 

It's fool proof, I kid you not. 

And then I brought him to life him with Copics and Polychromos pencils (it's been such a loooong time lol). 

I really enjoyed colouring him and he's ever so easy to do. 

But if colouring isn't your thing, and it isn't for everybody, then there's good news because he is available as a pre-coloured digi download and the link for that is at the end.

I added a bit of dimension by cutting the butterfly out twice. 

And of course, I had to add a gingham bow because I just cannot help myself at times!!

You can't really see it in the pics but I went over parts of the paper with an Aqua Shimmer pen. It's such a pretty effect and quick is not the word!! 

You can just about see it on the flower at the bottom of the pic. If  you haven't got one of these bad boys, honestly, you should try them.  I also went around the image with it - it hides a multitude of sins :)

Now here's why I had to fess up .... oh dear!!

So you see the little glittery bees?

Weeeell I had a mishap. 

They weren't originally there and neither were the pink gingham mats on each side. 

But some clumsy oaf (I wonder who!!) added some black Nuvo drops to finish it off and then put her fingers in them and smudged them. 

It was looking fab as well, cry cry.

So I had to add those side panels to cover up the mess. 

Then I thought it looked a bit bare. And speaking of bare, I had a bit of a eureka moment because I remembered that there was a little bee that would double as a butterfly in the Beary Cute Great Outdoors Critter Die set. 

Saved by the bee, and they are sooo cute!!

So tomorrow, I'll share a card which I made using basically the bits of paper I'd chopped off. They're the bits you'd usually chuck in the bin. But I stopped myself just in time and I'm glad I did because I really liked the result I got. 

So I'll see you tomorrow with that one, and then on Wednesday, I'll share the last one I did.

Stay safe and well and take care. 

Huggiest of hugs xxx

Polkadoodles Links -

Fuzzypuffs Earlie Butterfly - Clear Stamp Set

Earlie Hedgehog Butterfly - Fuzzypuffs COLOUR digi stamp 

printable download

Butterfly Daisy 6 x 6" paper pack

Perfect Wishes clear stamp set

Butterfly Trio - 3 craft cutting dies

Beary Cute Great Outdoors Critter Die set

Tonic Studios Links - UK

Nuvo - Aqua Shimmer Pen - Opal Quartz

Nuvo - Crystal Drops - Ebony Black

Nuvo - Ink Pad - Black Shadow

Tim Holtz - Stamping Platform

Tonic Studios Links - USA

Nuvo - Aqua Shimmer Pen - Opal Quartz

Nuvo - Crystal Drops - Ebony Black

Nuvo - Ink Pad - Black Shadow

 

What's White and a Bit Sparkly?

Hello lovelies - I've been a bit of a slacker for a couple of days. Well I haven't really, I've just had a lot of work on my desk which I needed to focus on. 

But I hope you are all safe and well.

So the card I'm sharing today was made using the new Tonic Studios Special Occasions dies which are available over at Create and Craft or if you want to hang on, you'll be able to get them from Tonic or other retailers from 4th December, so not long now.

I've added my affiliate links at the bottom so if this is something you'd like,  you can always nip over and leave your email address so you can be notified when they will ship.

For this card, I used just the largest outside edge die to create the card base, and the centre sentiment bit from the die set. 

You may have noticed that it's a bit sparkly!! 

Well that's because I added quite a bit of bling to it in the form of glitter. 

Just to give you the heads up, Tonic have a huge sale on at the mo for all things sparkly and shiny - loads of serious bargains to be had. And again, my affiliate links to that bit on the websites are below - honestly it's worth a peek!!

I went around the edge of the frame with a glue pen. 

The tip of the glue pen is perfect for this and you get a nice straight edge. 

The glitter strips are just strips of double sided tape laid over the card, the backing tape removed and the glitter sprinkled on. 

I think glitter card can be expensive so why not make your own!!

Finally I just went around the edge of the framed bit with some Nuvo Drops.

So there's the card and I hope you like it. 

You could easily change up the colours and it'd give you a completely different look. 

Right, I better get back to my shed. 

Not sure if I told you this but since I am now retired and officially a layabout, I've treated myself to a crafty space in the form of a summer house. 

Well that's what the sales bods called it. 

I call it my shed. 

If I ever get it tidy, I'll take pics and share!!

Take care and please stay safe and well. I think there's light at the end of the Covid tunnel for us all so we just have to hang on in there.

Huggiest of hugs xx

UK

Tonic Studios UK Special Occasion Layer Frame - Birthday - 3892E

https://bit.ly/37u0SpA

Tonic UK Glitter Deals

https://bit.ly/3lqWVXi

Tonic Studios UK Large Flat Tip Glue Pen

https://bit.ly/3mppOoc

Tonic Studios UK 6mm Double Sided Tape

https://bit.ly/36nc73I

Tonic Studios UK Nuvo Drops

https://bit.ly/3qjqvSj

USA

Tonic USA Glitter Deals

https://bit.ly/33wvmpA

Tonic Studios USA Large Flat Tip Glue Pen

https://bit.ly/37pjpmQ

Tonic Studios USA 6mm Double Sided Tape

https://bit.ly/36nojkO

Tonic Studios USA Nuvo Drops

https://bit.ly/3og3e1J

 

 

Hello lovelies and hope you are all OK today.

I'm sharing a card I made a while back when I was having a play with some Tonic Studios Glacier Pastes. I made a batch of backgrounds and then turned them into something that resembled a card lol.

And this was one of them.

Now I know I bang on a bit sometimes about this doesn't take long, and this one is quick etc etc. and you must think I'm such a lazy so and so. I'm really not but I do love cards and projects which come together quickly but I still want them to look good as well. And sometimes we are just 'busy' I guess.

So anyway, this is a super quick and easy card to do and just by changing the background you could use this for anybody, male or female. 

You wouldn't even have to put a glacier paste background behind, it - just some plain card would look just as good.

This is the set I used (it's linked below). 

So I cut the 'love' bit straight into a piece of white card and the 'with' from a scrap of background I had left over. Then just stuck it all together and added a bit of Nuvo-dropage. 

10 minutes max!!

I tried to capture the sheen from the background. 

I don't think I'll be giving David Bailey any sleepless nights though hahaaa.

But it is pretty gorgeous :)

Link to my YouTube channel for how I made the background here  and for other ideas with the pastes, there's a showcase of finished cards here.

So there we are all done.

 I hope you like it and I've linked below to stuff I used. These are affiliate links which mean that it won't cost you any more if you buy, but if you do, I will get a small commission (thank you xx).

Take care and please stay safe and well and I'll see you soon xx

For UK and Europe -

Tonic Studios - With Love Die Set - 3427E

Nuvo - Glacier Paste - Mambo Melon - 1906N

Nuvo - Glacier Paste - Frostbite - 1905N

Nuvo - Crystal Drops - Rhubarb Crumble - 679n

Craft Perfect - Adhesives - Dimensional Foam Pads - 25mm (24 pads) - 9752e

Nuvo - Adhesives - Deluxe Adhesive - 200n

For USA - 

Tonic - Die - Sentiments - Love Life - 3427e

Nuvo - Glacier Paste - Mambo Melon - 1906n

Nuvo - Glacier Paste - Frostbite - 1905n

Nuvo - Crystal Drops - Rhubarb Crumble - 679n

Craft Perfect - Adhesives - Dimensional Foam Pads - 25mmx25mm Squares - 24 Squares - 9752e

Nuvo - Adhesives - Deluxe Adhesive - 200n

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