CHALLENGE NO 222 AT DP2 - USE A RIBBON

Another fun challenge over at Mo's and I've used this fun Party Elephant image which I coloured with Copics and decoupaged just for a change. The image is quite frou frou so I've kept the rest of the card fairly simple

Have a Happy Day yourself...

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BRIGHTER DAYS....

We could all do with a few of those; right? Though it's pretty gorgeous in Essex today, I must admit.

I've been drooling over Clearly Besotted's beautiful range of stamps and dies for a while now and finally gave into temptation. My first couple of sets arrived the other day and I couldn't wait to rip off the cellophane and get stamping so here's a little card I made out of a few snippets that were lying around on my desk... In hindsight I really wish I'd sewn around the border but this little card was so quick to make I can soon make another one.

Thanks for dropping by. Hope you've got sunshine where you are too.

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ANYTHING GOES AT HMFMC164

Woohoo! There's a new challenge at HMFC and I needed to make a thank you card for a lovely chap I know, with a wicked sense of humour; so this fabulous image and corny (groan...) sentiment seemed perfect for the job

I used my Copics to do the colouring

and kept the rest of the card very simple

Here's the inside

Well it made me smile anyway...

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Roll Up! Roll Up!

My nephew's birthday is coming to town, along with this gorgeous Whipper Snapper Clown I managed to pick up in the New Year Sales (whoop whoop!). My nephew under 5 so I went for bold and bright with lots of Glossy Accents on that fab car. This was definitely a job for my Copics and I'm pleased with the way it turned out. I just hope my nephew likes it too...

Copious use of Glossy Accents give the car dimension and I added a smidgeon of my other crafting staple - Glamour Dust - to the little hearts being fired out of the exhaust... (actually not sure The Nephew will appreciate the hearts but hey)

Glorious day here. Dare I say it feels almost like Spring. I'm off to walk the dogs while it lasts. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.


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LOTV Monthly Challenge - NAME THAT TUNE

Well no prizes for guessing my "tune" is that old Louis Armstrong classic GONE FISHIN'

I coloured my image with Copics and Prisma Pencils

Here are a few close up's but don't look too closely at my colouring; it needs work...

Love these cute buttons I found in my stash

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HMFC 163 - Colour Challenge - Amethyst, white and one other colour

I used a Happy Hoppers image for this one, coloured in with my Prisma Pencils

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I've squirreled away beautiful papers

for the longest time and it's about time I used some of them. I found this gorgeous orange paper while I was looking for something else (isn't it always the way). Here's what I did with it...

I used a Kraft card base and a deep rusty red as a contrast with the orange paper

I used some Black Soot DI to edge the wings and then sprinkled on some Holographic Embossing Powder for a subtle sparkle

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