Kandy's Krafts: March 2016

Thursday, 24 March 2016

Bailey

Good morning folks. Hope you are all well.

Well I am in the middle of my last holiday week of the year and I have been crafting my little heart out playing with my goodies from the NEC.

Boy did we have good day out, lots of chatting, coffeeing and shopping.

My mate Wendy and I arrived home, tired, spent out but happy.

A new challenge starts today at Crafty Girls Creations with a theme of the usual 'always anything goes'.

Our sponsor for this challenge is: -

Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette

I have used a digi stamp from our sponsor called 'Bailey'.

I printed her out in serif and coloured her in using the following copic markers: -

E000 | E00 | E01 | G21 | G24 | G28

My backing papers came from a serif digi kit called 'Fantasy Elves' which I have inked around the edges with tim holtz distress ink - hickory smoke. Before printing I also included the sentiment which was from the same digi kit.

The flowers were made with the same backing paper and stamped using the same distress ink. The stamps are from a company called 'Honey Doo Crafts' and they were a new release at the NEC called Flower Veins. The leaves are a die from Sue Wilson Creative Expressions.

I finished off with some card candi in the middle of the flowers and some nuvo tonic pearl drops as accents - the black one.

To see more ideas from our design team and to enter your own project into the challenge just follow the link HERE.

Thank you for visiting and I do hope to see you again very soon.

Challenges entered: -

Crafting with an Attitude - Challenge 13 - ATG

Craft Rocket Challenge 11 - ATG

Jades Sparkling Butterflies - Challenge 15 ATG/use diecuts or punches

Friday, 18 March 2016

An Organised Woman

Good morning everyone.

This time tomorrow I will be on my way to the NEC for the Hobbycrafts show with my friend Wendy. A day of yacking, shopping and coffeeing - what more could a girl want! Mind you I was disappointed to find that Clarity wasn't going this time, I have just started getting into Groovi Parchment and had a sizeable shopping list - had to order that direct.

I'll let you know how our day went.

Today we start a lovely new challenge at Simply Create Too.

Our theme for this challenge is

Be funny / make a joke

I decided to go with a card created in Serif Craft Artist using the Born to Shop digi kits.

If you want to see more ideas from our design team follow the link HERE to our blog.

You can also enter your own project too - any project not just cards - so long as you follow the theme.

Looking forward to seeing your entries.

Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope to see you soon.

Take care,

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Art Will Set Us Free

Hi folks,hope you are all well.

We have a new challenge beginning at Crafty Girlz today.

Theme is the usual 'Anything Goes'.

Our sponsor is

Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps

I chose to use a digital stamp from our sponsor called

'Art Will Set Us Free'.

After printing my image out I coloured her in using copic sketch markers and fussy cut her using my BSC on direct to scan facility followed by cutting a mat out in black.

I have then produced my card in Craft Artist Serif Digital Programme using a digi kit called 'Knitty Gritty'. I printed out my background and secured my image.

I wanted to show that digi crafting and 'real life' crafting can cross and be worked together.

To view more ideas from our design team and to enter your own project into our challenge please follow the link HERE.

Thank you for visiting today and for any comments you choose to leave.

Take care and hope to see you again.

Thursday, 10 March 2016

Rock My World

Good morning all.

I love Thursdays mainly because it is my last day of the week as I don't work Fridays so roll on 4pm. I know, shouldn't wish my life away.

Well we start a new challenge at Crafty Girls Creations this morning.

Challenge 16 has a theme of 'Anything Goes'

Our sponsor is

All Dressed Up

The digi image I have used from our sponsor is called

Rock My World

My shopping list

white 8x8 base card

blue card

white card

copic marker pens =

E000 | E00 | E01 | W1 | W3 | W5 | W7 | C7 | YG03 | B95 | B97 | B99

lime green embossing powder

nuvo crystal drops in lime green

music stamps - mine were from a company called Dimensions

shaped die

To see more designs from our design team follow the link HERE to our blog where you can also enter you own project.

Thank you for visiting and for any comments you choose to leave, I do so enjoy reading them.

Take care and hope to see you again soon.

Monday, 7 March 2016

Cathy the Crafter

Good morning.

We have a brand new challenge starting at Crafting from the Heart.

Our theme for challenge 102 is 'Always Anything Goes'

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Polka Doodles

I have used a gorgeous digi stamp called 'Cathy the Crafter'.

My Shopping List

base white card

backing paper (printed from serif craft artist)

plain white card

pink card

vellum

patchwork embosslicous embossing folder

stamps from Dreamees

white detail embossing powder

nuvo glitter crystal drops

I have die cut my backing paper using creative expressions double pierced rectangles set a.

I cut my oval and frame using my BSC.

My flowers were stamped onto vellum and embossed using detailed white embossing powder then coloured in on the rear with copic marker pen.

My image was printed out using serif craft artist, fussy cut on the direct to cut facility on my BSC with a 1mm border and then cut a mat in black adding a 2mm border.

I coloured my sweet little image using copic marker pens as follows: -

skin = E000 | E00 | E01

hair = E31 | E33 | E35 | Y21

jeans = B05 | B06 | B26

top = R82 | RV09

Although, unfortunately, in the photograph it is not clear but I have used my glitter crystal drops on all the white dots on the backing paper and also in the centres of the flowers.

To see more designs from our design team using our sponsors digi stamps follow the link HERE.

Don't forget to enter your own project into the challenge for a chance to win a lovely prize from our sponsor.

We also have a FACEBOOK page where you can showcase your own projects and enter another challenge plus speak to like minded crafters.

Thank you for visiting and for your comments I do appreciate them.

See you again and take care.

This design has been entered into: -

Craft Your Passion Challenge 302 - ATG

Sparkle & Sprinkle March Challenge

3 Mannequins

Good morning folks.

We start a new challenge at Get Creative this morning.

Our theme is - St Patricks Day

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Pattie's Creations Digital Stamps

I have used a digi stamp from our sponsor called 'Little Black Dress 1 on Mannequin'

To fit in with our theme I have used the colours from the Irish flag and also made my own backing paper in serif craft artist by downloading a copyright free shamrock.

I also took my digi stamp into serif, removed the white from the actual dress and placed some materials from different digi kits behind. Then cut out the images using the direct to cut facility on my BSC. I coloured the mannequin using copics.

The frame is orange card and made using creative expressions noble double pierced rectangle dies set A and B.

I then finished off my card with woodland green nuvo crystal drops.

For more samples from our sponsor and to enter your own project into our challenge just follow the link HERE.

Thank you for visiting and for any comments you choose to leave they are so welcome.

Take care.