Natalie and Amy go mono

Before I get to my card for this months challenge ...Do you want to join me for a crafty getaway this year? It is in October you get a great goody bag to play with and get to meet and craft with other crafters and bloggers. If that sounds good to you there are still spaces and you can find more details <a href="http://acraftyweekend.blogspot.co.uk/">HERE</a>

 Now onto this months challenge we want you to create something in mono :D I LOVE my colours so this is always a challenge for me.

For my card this time I have used 6 x 6 Kraft card, Spellbinders resplendent rectangles, Hansa Yellow pan pastel  that are all available in our shop. The main image is from Local King Rubber stamps and there were a few happy acciendts involved in the making of this card. First I stamped my image and die cut him then put the lid from the ink pad on him so got a mark at the side :( Not to be defeated I then made some more similar marks all the way round and added the panpastel to give it a more worn effect. Trouble is then I went to seal the pastel with hair spray but grabbed the spray and sparkle but accident so they endded up sparkley! Despite all of that I quite like this card and I even like the sparkle lol.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Anyone for Anya?

I have been having a play in my craft room and am getting back into making again I have been having a bit of a block for a while but feel more in the mood now :D I am still trying to clear my craft room up properly but decided to have a quick break to upload this card. This is an adorable lady from The greetings farm and I have coloured her with my pro markers. I am sorry I can not remember where the papers are from and the ribbon is just from my stash but the sentiment you can grab HERE.

I am getting all excited already planning things to get everyone playing with at this years craft weekends. I have arranged getaways for crafters for the last 2 years and have another one planned for this year again. If you would like to join us and have a nice relaxing time meeting other crafters, trying some new things if you want to and getting a goody bag to play with and take home then you can get more details HERE.

 I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Gingerloft - The colour green
 

Natalie and Amy show us all the things you love

This month over at Natalie and Amy's challenge we want you to get creative with as many of your favourite things as you can get into your make :D

For my card I have used a brilliant Kraftin' Kimmie stamp Lola Lollipop for the main image and coloured her with the following Spectrum pens...

Skin: TN2, EB1

Hair: BG10, BG7, BG6, BG4, BG2

Dress: LV3, LV2, LV1

Lollipop:JG6, JG1, CG3 and EB2 for the stick.

The paper is from Dovecrafts Garden party set and the beautiful tape is from Marianne D's music set. The gems are from my stash and the sentiment is from another Kraftin' Kimmie set called Lulu and friends. I have then doodled round the edges as you might have noticed I like doing that. So there a quite a few favourites in there from the stamps and the spectrums I coloured her with to the papers and the gems and then the doodling and finished off with the clean and simple feel.

Go team GB!!

I can not believe how well team GB are doing in the Olympics I hope they can keep it going. My card today is using one of the mini release images from Kenny K's Downloads. This guy was so much fun to colour :D The sentiment is "You light my fire" and I stamped it with alphabet set E from my shop. The image I have coloured with the following pro markers...

Skin: Saffron, Vanilla, Ivory

Hari: Umber, Burnt sienna

Clothes: Putty for shade

Belt and head dress: Holly, Grass

Flame: Lipstick red, Amber, Gold

Torch: Cool grey 5, Ice grey 3, Ice grey 1

Ground: Sandstone

The card blank is a 6 x 6 scalloped edge card from my shop, I have inked all the edges with antique linen distress ink then added some lemon liquid pearls around the scallops. The paper is from papermania's capsule collection and so are the super cute little buttons. I have layer the paper on some DCVW metallic paper. The image it's self I have edged with gold stickles.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The Squirrel & the Fox - Make it sporty

Craft Your Days Away - Olympic dreams