Primrose in Black and White

Hello everyone! I'm back to share some Black and White inspiration! It's sometimes difficult to know which markers to buy when you start your Copic collection - there are so many to choose from! - but I think buying Grey markers is always a great investment since you can use them for shading and for monochrome images. My C markers were the ones I bought very early and I never regretted that choice, I use them a lot! 

For today's post, I have chosen an image from Make it Crafty called Primrose. 

With black and white, I always try to alternate between light and dark areas so that a light colour will be next to a dark area - not too many dark areas next to each other otherwise you sometimes cannot see the drawing very well. 

So first I coloured the skin, choosing my lightest colours - I used C00, 0, 1, 2. 

Next I coloured the hair with my darkest markers - 100, C5, 7, 9. I even let a very few spots white for highlights.

The flowers were done in a light colour because most of them were next to the black hair, using C1 and C4. For the leaves, I used C5, 7, 9. 

I also added touches of light grey to the banner in C00, 0, 1 - because white is never just white and needs colouring too.

I stamped a sentiment in the banner, added a little Make it Crafty mini heart chipboard and used black Bo Bunny DPs for my base. And voilà! 

Thank you very much for your visit, have a fab day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Kraftin' Kimmie Saturday Challenge

Hello everyone! Today is the start of a new challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and our challenge this week is "SUMMER"! Create a card, scrapbook page, altered item etc with a SUMMER theme and submit your design for your chance to WIN!

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and one winner per month will be drawn from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $40 Gift Card to the Shop! All entries are welcome but you must use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp in order to win!

Here is my card for today :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Oceans of Love

Colouring: Zig Clean Colour Real Brush on Canson Montval

Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

January Release Krafty Hop

 

  Hello everyone! Today we are celebrating the amazing release of ALL of our January stamps at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! All FOUR new sets are now available in the shop! So let's hop around and see all the new stamps in action!

First up is STACEY SLAPSHOT! Then our sweet FURRY ANGELS! Next up is the fabulous GIRL POWER! And lastly the stunning HAPPY THOUGHTS!

And if you have to have it ALL, we also have our January Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes ALL FOUR of the new stamp sets together and at a discount! But only for a limited time and while supplies last!

Also we are having a KRAFTY GUEST DESIGNER CALL! You can read all the details on the Krafty Friends Facebook page - hope you enter ;)!

Here is my card for today using a sweet girl from the GIRL POWER set! 

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Girl Power

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card
Chipboard: Make it Crafty Star Chipboard
Dies: MFT and Lawn Fawn
DPs: Simple Stories

Thank you very much for your visit, happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

January Krafty Peeks... Day FOUR and a Challenge!

  Hello everyone! Welcome to our fourth and final day of our January Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today's set is an absolutely gorgeous sentiment set by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen, called HAPPY THOUGHTS!!

It's also Challenge Day and the challenge is ANYTHING GOES (as it always is during release week)! So create a card a card, scrapbook page or altered item ! We would love to see your KKS designs. You have a week to play and at the end of the month, a WINNER will be announced from all the weekly challenges for January! We hope you can play along for a chance to win a $40 Gift Certificate to the krafty shop!

Here is my make for today :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Happy Thoughts and Dandy Lion

Colouring: Zig Clean Color Real Brush on Canson Montval
Other: Wink of Stella glitter pen, white gel pen

I love these big sentiments that you can match with so many characters! I combined mine with an image that is one of our rerelease stamps in clear, one that I loved and thought would match the sentiment to perfection - Dandy Lion. I watercoloured everything using Zig pens and added a few touches of Polychromos in the hair, wink of stella on the dandelions and white gelp pen to give the idea of spreading in the wind and "coming your way".

We hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes beginning today at 1pm EST at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY! And don't forget about our WINTER KRAFTY KROP going on all day today on the Krafty Friends Facebook Page! 

All of the Krafty Krew and Guests listed below have lots of designs to share with you! Be sure to hop around and leave some love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a gift voucher to the store! The winner will be announced at the party today! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,
Delphine xx

January Krafty Peeks... Day THREE

 

 Hello everyone! Welcome to Day THREE of our January Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Are you lovin' it all so far ;)? Today's set is an awesome TEEN set by artist Emilie Goulet, called GIRL POWER! I just love this set!!!

Here is my card with the skateboard girl for today:

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Girl Power

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card
Dies: MFT
DPs: Kaisercraft
Other: Make it Crafty Star Chipboard, silver glitter pen

I coloured my girl in Copics and fussy cut cut my image. I then used an MFT tag die on Kaisercraft DP, picked another DP and a die cut arrow, by Kaisercraft too. I then stamped 2 sentiments from the Girl Power set on the arrow and added a few Make it Crafty Stars, covered in silver glitter pen.

Copics used:
Skin: E000, 00, 11
Hair: BV04, C7, 9
Blue: B02, 04, 16, 37
Purple: V09, 15, 17
Black: 100, C5, 7, 9

All the Krafty Team and Guests are listed below and be sure to hop around and leave some love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a $10 gift voucher to the store EACH DAY of the week! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends Facebook Page!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY beginning at 1pm EST on Saturday afternoon! We'll be checking out ALL of the FOUR new stamp sets, giving away prizes and having
fun!

Oh and we have a fabulous Winter Krafty Krop running all day on Saturday on the Krafty Friends Facebook Page with challenges and prizes! The fun starts at 10am EST but the challenges will be open for a full week so everyone has a chance to WIN!
Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

January Krafty Peeks... Day TWO

 Hello everyone! Welcome to Day TWO of our January Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today's set is very special. Our Kim designed it with artist Cheryl Grant right after losing her sweet Daisy dog. There are many of us who have lost a furry friend over the years, and sending a little handmade card is always a lovely touch. 
Let's look at this set, called FURRY ANGELS! 

Here is my card with it for today:

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Furry Angels

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card
DPs and Dies: MFT
Other: Make it Crafty Star Chipboard

I coloured my dog in Copics and die cut my image. I used the following markers:
Dog: E40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47
Wings: BG000
Ground: W0, 1, 3

All the Krafty Team and Guests are listed below and be sure to hop around and leave some love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a $10 gift voucher to the store! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends Facebook Page!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY beginning at 1pm EST on Saturday afternoon! We'll be checking out ALL of the FOUR new stamp sets, giving away prizes and having fun! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

January Krafty Peeks... Day ONE

 Hello everyone! Welcome to Day ONE of our first Release of 2018 at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today we have an amazing winter set by artist Annie Rodrigue called STACEY SLAPSHOT! 

Here is my card with it for today:

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps STACEY SLAPSHOT

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card
DPs: MFT
Other: Make it Crafty Star Chipboard

I coloured my character in Copics and fussy cut my image. I used the following markers:

Skin: E000, 00, 11
Hair: 100, BV04, C7, 9
Blue: B00, 02, 04, 16
Red: R35, 37, 39
Gold: Y28

All the Krafty Team and Guests are listed below and be sure to hop around and leave some love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a $10 gift voucher to the store! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends Facebook Page!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY beginning at 1pm EST on Saturday afternoon! We'll be checking out ALL of the FOUR new stamp sets, giving away prizes and having fun!Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Make it Crafty Skin Colouring Challenge

Hello everyone! I'm back to share my inspiration card for our current SKIN Colouring Challenge at Make it Crafty! You can see all my teamies' gorgeous makes and enter the challenge HERE!

For my card, I used Zoe's fabulous Colouring Faces E-Book and cased one of the examples as shown on pages 28 and following. I applied the techniques and step by step explanations about the skin and hair to one of my all time favourite digis - Anastasia. Here is the result:

I printed Anastasia on Make it Colour Blending Card and cropped her so that she would fit into my Delicate Love Oval Frame Chipboard. I coloured her in Copics, and for the frame I used Posca markers in soft colours reminiscent of the brown and pink used in my image. I also added a Love Word Chipboard, painted in the same colours and covered in Stardust Stickles. For my card base, I used a piece of Bo Bunny paper.

Here is a close up on the image:

Copics used:
Skin: E000, 00, 11, RV02, B60
Hair: E25, 59, YR23
Eyes: B000, 02, 60, 63
Red: C5, R35, 37, 39
Pink: RV11 + Polychromos

Make it Crafty Products
Anastasia digi image
Delicate Love Oval Frame Chipboard
Love Word Chipboard
Basic Techniques When Colouring Faces E-Book

That's all from me today! Thank you very much for your visit, hope you will join our Skin Challenge! Hugs, Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge

Hello everyone! Today is the start of a new challenge at Paperbabe Stamps, an easy one for our first challenge of the year - ANYTHING GOES! So no reason not to join us, right ;)? There is lots of inspiration by my teamies, so don't forget to visit the blog HERE to see it all! 

I made a watercoloured CAS card for today with an elegant lady...

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Paperangel and Whimsical Woodland Set 1 (sentiment)

Colouring: Zig Clean Color Real Brush on Canson Montval

I used my Paperangel Stamp Set and decided to only create a lady - you can turn your ladies into gorgeous angels or leave them as simple ladies with this beautiful stamp set. I stamped in Versafine Toffee Ink and watercoloured my image using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. I added a sentiment and a little heart from the Whimsical Woodland Set 1, and that's it :)

Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Tiddly Inks Challenge #209

Hello everyone! And Happy New Year! May 2018 be filled with moments of happiness for you all! It's our first Tuesday in the new year and the beginning of a new challenge at Tiddly Inks! Our theme this month is "ANYTHING GOES" - to start nice and easy ;)! Here is my little card for today:

Image: Tiddly Inks Hello My Deer

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card

Chipboard: Make it Crafty Hello Word Chipboard and Mini Hearts Chipboard

Die: Lawn Fawn

I coloured the adorable Hello My Deer image in Copics then die cut it. For the chipboard, I didn't colour the Hello Word at all but coloured the 2 Hearts with gel pens. 

For more inspiration, don't forget to visit the challenge blog HERE!

Thank you very much for your visit, hope you can join us! Hugs,

Delphine xx