One Stitch at a Time Challenge 49

One Stitch at a Time is having a birthday! And to celebrate, there's candy on some DT blogs, and loads of prizes for this week's challenge. And the theme for the challenge is 'Pretty Things'.

Sponsors this week: The Stamping Boutique, Robyn's Fetish, Copic Markers, Hobby Habitat, Dezina World, and Robin's Nest. How's that for a lineup?

'Pretty' is one of those words that describes so many possiblities. For me, it means lovely colours, shiny things, lace, flowers, butterflies. I loved the image I chose for this challenge. It's a silhouette from Floppe Latte which is available from the Stitchy Bear shop. In fact, I liked it so much, I used it in two different ways!

This first project is fairly traditional - except that I've used Twinkling H2Os instead of my usual Promarkers. I thought the 'pretty' tag suggested adding that bit of sparkle. I adjusted the colour of the silhouette in Photoshop Elements before printing it onto watercolour paper. Then, I tried to reproduce a gradient effect using the paints. The papers are from the Papermania Capsule collection, and I've coloured some Prima flowers with the paints I used in the image.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Pear Tree Designs where it's a 'Free for All',
Craft Your Passion where 'Anything Goes'
Charisma Cardz where the theme is 'Myth and Fantasy'
Sweet Stamping where the theme is 'Love Bug' or an insect on your card (butterfly in image).
Little Claire's where 'Anything Goes'

And now for something a bit different. This time, I've gone for a largely digital effect.

I coloured the image in Photoshop Elements - the sky is a pale lilac shading in to turquoise but doesn't show well. Then, I printed five copies on polyester film. I cut panels to size, and cut out rectangular apertures using my nesties to make the 'fairy light'. The card uses the last printed image, and I've mounted it on holographic card. Here, I've also used my borderabilities and some ribbon, and on both, I've added a die cut butterfly.

Here's a picture of what I'm calling my 'fairy lights' where you can see some of the shading.

I'd like to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp challenge which is for 'Anything but a Card.

And a close up of the card so you can see the detail.

I'd like to enter this card and 'fairy light' into the following challenges:
Top Tip Tuesday where the theme is 'Frame It',
Stamping with the Dragon whose theme is 'Anything Goes'.

Hope you can join us this week, and don't forget to check out the other DT members' beautiful creations..

Blue and Pink, This time!

I know, I go all week without a peep, and then I go mad! Ok, some would say I'm always mad, but I don't like to listen to them too much.

Another outing for my Coloursoft pencils - this time on a Sarah Kay image, again stamped on Cartridge paper in Memento ink. The paper is from Papermania, edged with a Martha Stewart border punch, and I used my Spellbinder's Lotus medallion die in my Wizard. The sentiment was a gift from a crafty friend, and the hearts were punched, coated in 3D glaze and then dusted with Glamour dust.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Friday Sketcher whose sketch I followed,
The Stampman whose theme is 'Hearts' ,
2 Sisters whose theme is 'Hearts'
For Fun Challenges where the theme is 'Hearts'.
Stampin' Royalty where the theme is 'Hearts'

Blue with Yellow

So, this week I splashed out and bought myself a set of Derwent Coloursoft pencils. I've heard good reports about them - both as a means of colouriing mages, and as a way of achieving more subtle shading after colouring with Promarkers. So, I've been playing.

For this card, I've only used the pencils, and I stamped the image in Memento ink on fairly heavy weight cartridge paper.

The image is a Ching Chou Kuik from Sweet Pea Stamps, and the papers are from Papermania. The sentiment was one given to me by a crafty friend, and I finished the card with some blue flower gems.

I don't think the pencils will replace my Promarkers, but they do give a different effect, so I expect I'll use them whenever I want something a little different.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sweet Pea Stampers where the challenge this time is a sketch,
Charisma Cardz where the theme is 'myths and fantasy'.
Little Claire's where 'Anything Goes'

One Stitch at a Time Challenge 48 - Digi Fun!

This week at One Stitch at a Time, we're challenging you to have fun with digis!

We have two sponsors this week,

Robin's Nest who're offering a $25 gift voucher
and

(Creative Craft World) who're offering Five Promakers to some lucky winner.


This week, I had the chance to play with some images from Stitchy Stamps, and when I had a look through the shop, I spotted the ideal images for my daughter's birthday card. (She'll be 17 next month.)

I've used three images, from left to right, Short Shorts, Bashful and Hippie. They're intended to represent my daughter (in the middle) and two of her best pals. One has a tendency to wear shorts that emphasise her already very long legs, and the other isn't particularly a hippie, but she's got very long, straight hair, and the rest has to be left to the imagination! I've added names on the card, but brushed them out of the photo to protect the innocent!

I combined the three images in Photoshop Elements, then printed and coloured with Promarkers. I tried to get three very different skin tones - my daughter, like me, is a west coast Scottish pale, the girl on the left has a much stronger tone, while the one on the right is dark. It's definitely a challenge when I drag myself away from my standard dusky pink/blush/ivory combination!

I shaded the background with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink applied with a shaving brush, and added some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. The papers are from a Flower Power CD I got from Crafty Emma's.

Hope you can join us this week with your digis! And don't forget to join us at One Stitch at a Time next week because we're One Year Old!

We've got lots of extras in store for the celebration. Don't miss it!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday where they want 'Anything Girlie',
Papertake Weekly where 'Anything Goes plus Flowers'
Lothian Crafts where they want pastel colours,
I Love Promarkers where 'anything goes',
Stamp Something where they're having their February Digital Day,
Totally Papercrafts where the theme is Friendship (My daughter and two best friends.)
Paper Sundaes who want more than one image (three, combined before printing).
CD Sunday who whose theme is 'Friendship' (my daughter and two friends) combined with something from a CD (the background papers).