Make It Colourful #39 and challenges

Hello all! I hope you are well? Two good news, the weekend is almost here:-) and we have a brand new challenge for you at Make It Colourful, sponsored by Make It Crafty:-)! The theme this week is "Texture", so we would like you to create your own texture using your colouring medium. My teamies cards are fantastic examples, you can see them all in the gallery HERE.

Bonjour à toutes! Deux bonnes nouvelles, 1- c'est presque le week-end et 2- nous avons un nouveau challenge Make It Colourful pour vous, sponsorisé par Make It Crafty! Le thème? "Texture", il faut se concentrer sur l'aspect/ le rendu des différentes matières. Ca semble compliqué, mais ça ne l'est pas tant que ça:-)... Mes collègues vous ont préparé des exemples superbes, à voir dans la galerie ICI...

My card and recipe, then a few explanations...

Stamps: Make It Crafty Little Village Scene, Sugar Nellie Knitted With Love, LOTV sentiment

Copics

Make It Colour Blending card

DPs: BoBunny

 Die: Magnolia Heart Swirl

For my scene, I "mirrored" my MIC image and slightly rotated it to have the angle I wanted. For the colouring, I tried to add texture to different things but I especially tried to focus on the wood of the fence and also on the clothes/hat of the fairy... Let's look at the image only...

Je me suis concentrée sur le bois de la barrière et aussi sur le bonnet de la fée (ça ne se voit pas mais je vais expliquer...)

For the fence, I did not blend my colours too much and gave brushstrokes to render the "veins" of the wood. As for the fairy...

Pour le bois, j'ai donné quelques coups de Copic pour rendre les veines du bois et ne pas avoir une barrière toute lisse. Quant à la fée...

For the trim of the hat and pompoms, I used C0, 1, 3 and made little dots. Now I also tried something invisible on the purple part of the hat:-), but I will explain what I tried to do (and failed to do). The tiny  white dots are not due to the paper, but to what I did. I did  not want the hat to look completely smooth and I read a fascinating article by Marianne Walker on how to colour a sweater HERE. I put a couple of drops of colourless blender on a felt pad, and very gently (way too gently, because of fear LOL!!!) dabbed on the purple surface. I did the same thing on the woolen heart too.

Pour le bord du bonnet et les pompons, j'ai utilisé mes Copic C0, 1, 3 et fait des petits points. Ensuite j'ai fait quelque chose d'invisible sur le violet du bonnet... Je vous explique ce que j'ai essayé (et raté!). Les minuscules points blancs ne sont pas liés au papier... Je voulais éviter d'avoir une surface lisse et je me suis inspirée d'un super article de Marianne Walker sur la colorisation d'un pull ICI. J'ai mis quelques gouttes de colourless blender sur un petit bout de feutre de mon applicateur alcool et j'ai délicatement (trop délicatement, mais à cause de la peur!!!) tamponné le bonnet. J'ai fait la même chose sur le gros coeur en laine, je voulais voir quelques fibres... Subtil...

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Sugar Bowl - #70 Maria Therese's great sketch (optional CAS)

Charisma Cardz - #43 Anything Goes

Meljen's Designs - #82 Christmas

Dutch Dare - #136 Pearls and Swirls

The Paper Shelter - #37 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

One last thing before I go, until Sunday the 30th, if you place an order at Make It Crafty, you will get a fantastic spoooky freebie you don't want to miss, all the details can be found HERE! Thank you for stopping by today, have a lovely day!

Dernière chose, si vous passez commande chez Make It Crafty jusqu'à dimanche, vous recevrez une superbe image en cadeau, regardez LA! Merci de votre visite et à bientôt,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Delphine

It LOOKS like a card, but...

Hello all! I hope you are well? I am slowly catching up with you, thank you for your patience! Today is time for another fantastic challenge at ABC Christmas and this week the letter is R for Recycling, with Ribbon or Rhinestones! We are being sponsored by Digital Delights who are offering the lucky winner three digital images of their choice.

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que vous allez bien! Je commence à rattraper mon retard dans mes visites, merci de votre patience! Aujourd'hui, nouveau challenge chez ABC Christmas et nous voici à la lettre R comme "Recyclage, avec ruban ou rhinestones (brillants en français?)" Nous sommes sponsorisés par Digital Delights et vous pourrez peut-être gagner 3 images de votre choix.

My teamies have come up with great ideas using recycled products, so for inspiration and for hints and tips by our Carissa, please visit ABC Christmas:-)

La DT s'est surpassée, et pour plein d'idées, vous pouvez faire un petit tour sur le blog d'ABC Christmas:-)

Here is my make which looks like a card... 

Voici donc ma création, qui a l'air d'être une carte tout à fait normale...

 and what it is in fact... et en fait...

 ...a magnet on a card base used to show my magnet. I have wanted to try that for a long time and found great examples and explanation on Kim's blog. And my fridge being almost completely covered with magnets from my sons' yoghurts, I thought I could recycle them, especially since some are really old! I stamped my image on regular colouring paper, then pasted it on a thick piece of Canson cardstock (I had a piece left from the one I used for my Copic storage box, but that's another story:-)), then I spilt Diamond Glaze all over my image and let it dry, all night long, to make sure it would be dry when I touched it:-). I made a big mistake, I did not completely cover the back of my image with tape, almost all of it, except for one spot, and the paper "warped" there. So should I do it again, I would use tape to cover the whole area.

... c'est un aimant, placé sur un fond de carte pour la présentation. Cela faisait longtemps que j'avais envie d'essayer et j'ai trouvé de supers exemples et explications sur le blog de Kim. Et comme j'ai la chance d'avoir un frigo recouvert de magnets grâce à tous les yaourts comsommés par mes enfants, vous comprenez d'où vient mon idée! J'ai tamponné mon image sur mon papier habituel, je l'ai coloriée puis collée avec mon double face sur du carton Canson épais (un reste du carton utilisé pour ma boîte de rangement Copic, mais c'est une autre histoire), puis j'ai recouvert mon image de Diamond Glaze et j'ai laissé sécher toute la nuit. J'ai fait une grosse erreur, je n'ai pas totalement recouvert le dos de mon image de double face, j'ai presque tout couvert mais la petite partie non couverte a gondolé... Si c'était à refaire, il faudrait donc couvrir TOUTE la surface.

Close up on the magnet and recipe... Gros plan sur le magnet et recette...

Stamps: Sugar Nellie Festive Friends, Penny Black sentiment

Copics

Paper from an old Craft magazine

Embellishments: Ribbon and rhinestones

Other: thick cardboard, Diamond Glaze

I would like to enter my magnet into the following challenges:
Divas By Design -  #9 Christmas in August
Lollipop Crafts - #46 Recycle It
Stampavie and More - #150 Christmas in Summer
Crafts 4 Eternity - #34 Christmas projects
Stampin' For the Weekend - #15 Holidays
Dutch Dare - #127 Anything but a card (second entry - magnet this time)
Crop Stop - #34 Anything Goes

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Wednesday! Merci beaucoup de votre visite et à très vite! Bisous,
Hugs,
Delphine xx

ABC Christmas Challenge O is for...

Hello all! And, if you have not seen my previous post, thank you very much again for all your comments:-)!
I hope you are well despite the autumnal weather... Christmas will be here soon!!! Today at ABC Christmas Challenge, the letter is O for Old, so Jayne would like you to use a stamp/digi that is more than a year old! Our sponsor is Wild Rose Studios, who are offering the winner a choice of 2 stamps from their fantastic store! You can see some examples on my teamies' gorgeous creations here:-)

Bonjour à toutes! Quel temps, on se croirait en automne... attention Noël sera là très vite:-)! Nouveau challenge chez ABC Christmas, O comme Old/Vieux, on souhaite vous voir utiliser une image qui date de plus d'un an. Wild Rose Studios est notre sponsor et offrira au gagnant 2 tampons de son choix.

Here is my card...

The image and recipe...

Stamp: Pip With Presents by E. Bell (discontinued Sugar Nellie)

Copics

DPs: Craft Creations

Other: Papermania Adhesive Dots, Stamperia ribbon

Last view and challenges...

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Stamp Something - Christmas in July
Stamping With the Dragon - Christmas in July
Crafty Emma's Store - Christmas
Paper Sundaes - #78 Christmas in July
Thank you very much for your visit and see you soon! Merci de votre visite et à très bientôt! Bisous,
Hugs
Delphine xx

Baubles, baubles...

Hello all! I hope you are well? As promised, a card for today, for the following challenges:

The Sugar Bowl - #47 Maria Therese' s great sketch (Theme: Ribbons and bows)

Mad For Markers - Christmas Card using non traditional Colours (with Copic Markers)

Paper Sundaes - #44 Pick Your Sundae Toppings (Punches, ribbon, embossing and blue - I used punches and ribbon)

ABC Challenge - H is for Holidays

Cute Card Thursday - #138 Anything goes

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que vous allez bien! Comme promis, une petite carte pour les challenges ci-dessus!

And a close up on this manga image I love, the recipe and a few explanations!

Gros plan sur cette image que j'adore, recette et explications à suivre!

Stamps: Baubles by Sugar Nellie (Sentiment by The Greeting Farm and Magnolia Baubles in the foreground)

Copics: Girl: E000, 00, 11, RV000, 00, 02, V04, 06, 12 Baubles: B000, 00, 02, 32, 34, 37, RV02, 04, V12, 15, 17, Y13, 15, 17 and Copic Spica Glitter Pens (Lilac, Gold, Clear)

DPs: BoBunny (2 different papers, one for the big snowflake)

Punches: MS Doily lace, ? Small and Medium Retro Flower

Other: Ink Blending Tool with Spun Sugar Distress Ink for the background, ribbon and pearl from stash, and gold DMC thread

The big baubles in the foreground are a stamp by Magnolia, I cut them out, added DMC thread so I can hang them:-) and put them on foam pads.
Les boules sont en fait un tampon Magnolia, je les ai découpées, j'ai ajouté du fil DMC pour faire les attaches et les ai collées avec de la mousse 3D.

As you can tell, I made the flower... I cut 4 pieces of ribbon the same size, stitched the ends of each piece together to have 4 "bracelets", then piled my 4 pieces and stitched them together with just a few stitches in the middle of the flower. I used the image of the big snowflake next to it for inspiration... Then I added the punched flowers and pearl.

La fleur est totalement artisanale, comme vous pouvez le voir... J'ai utilisé 4 bouts de ruban de même longueur, j'ai cousu les extrémités de chacun afin d'avoir 4 sortes de bracelets, puis je les ai empilés et fixés ensemble en faisant quelques points au milieu de la fleur. C'est le gros flocon à côté qui m'a inspirée... Et puis j'ai ajouté mes fleurs perforées et ma perle.

And a last view...

That's it! Sorry, that was a long post:-)! Thank you very much for your visit and all the lovely comments you take the time to leave me:-)
C'est tout! Désolée, j'ai fait long aujourd'hui! Un grand merci pour votre visite et les si gentils commentaires que vous prenez le temps de me laisser! Bises,
Hugs,
Delphine xx

Unbelievable... a card!

Hi everyone! I hope you are well. A crazy week and a crazy day again for me! No problem with going back to school for my 10-year-old son, but for my 3-year-old, that is a different story... He just kept crying and crying this morning, telling me he didn't want to go, didn't want to sleep at school, I couldn't leave him... He didn't have a great day and while he was waiting to have lunch he realised some parents were here to pick up their children, so he left the line and ran to the door, you know just in case... I just hope he gets used to school really fast...

Anyway (sigh), I have a little card tonight. I will not tell you how long it has taken me (I am too ashamed, soooo long) and it is for 2 challenges:

The Sugar Bowl - Lilian's great sketch

Stamp Something - Something cute (I think she is cute!)

And a close up...

Stamp: Sugar Nellie - Miss Claus

Copics: C1, 3, 5, 7, E000, 00, R35, 37, 39, 59, 85, RV 01, 13, 21, 34

DPs: Daisy and Dandelion

Dies: Shapeabilities (Flourish Accents)

Other: Doodlebug crushed velvet flock, Ink Blending Tool with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, pearls

And a last view...

I guess that's all for tonight! And many thanks again for all the lovely comments you always leave me, they really make my day!

Hugs,
Delphine xxx

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 34

Hi everyone! No stitching today! But an image coloured with Tombows again... Today's card is for the Sugar Bowl Challenge (challenge 34) only and we are asked to follow Tiets's great sketch and use punches (2 for me). Here is my card...

Stamps: Sugar Nellie - Manga Fairy, Personal Impressions - sentiment

Colouring: Tombows (055, 090, 451, 636, 673, 676, 761, 772, 947, 977) and distress ink (tattered rose for the skin)

Papers: Craftwork Cards and Bazzill (purple/dotted but you can't see it on my photo!)

Punches: MS Doily Lace, Carl (Circle)

Tools: CB folder (Swiss dots), Nestabilities (large circles, for the largest circle), ink blending tool, star dust stickles and gems from stash

And a close up...

I have used my Tombow 725 to ink the embossed CS and the sentiment.

Before leaving you, I think I should tell you that I am very happy because I won the Copic Colour Challenge last week and it is the lovely Squirrel who told me the good news! Thanks Squirrel :-)!
Good night friends and talk to you soon!

Hugs,
Delphine xx

SN Manga Fairy (purple)

Flashback, part 2!

Here is the card I made for two challenges - Totally Gorjuss (Dimension) and Cute Card Thursday Challenge 96 (Fairy Fantastic). I used a Sugar Nellie stamp, coloured it with Copics this time, and I added some Star Dust Stickles to my fairy's wings.

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Flashback, 2e partie...
Deuxième carte, faite pour les challenges "Dimension" de Totally Gorjuss et "Challenge 96 Fairy Fantastic" de Cute Card Thursday. Tampon Sugar Nelllie encore, colorié avec des feutres Copic cette fois-ci, et j'ai ajouté du vernis pailleté Star Dust Stickles aux ailes de ma fée.

Copics: V000, V12, V15, V17, Y11, Y21, Y26, B00, Copic Spica lavender

Bisous,
xx
Delphine