Orange and Black

It’s time to dig out the colors of Halloween … it’s just around the corner. But who says that it has to always be scary? I wanted to take a different route for my project at Make it Colourful so I chose to color up the gorgeous Christine Soprano.

I just love all of the folds in her dress, don’t you? And the no lines coloring really brings out the softness.

I printed my image onto Make it Colour blending card and colored her with Copics:

• Skin – E11, E21, E00, E000, R12
• Clothes – 100, C9, C7, C5, YR27, YR68, YR15, E30

For some more Orange and Black and spooky scenes be sure to hop on over, they are AMAZING!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

• Designed to Color – anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody – anything goes
• Graph’It color challenge- Halloween colors

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.

My Little Sweet Pea

It’s Midway at Totally Tilda for our gardening challenge. We want to see your Tilda creation with seed packets and/or gardening tools.

Our very generous sponsor for this chall is

The Ribbon Girl

For my card I used the adorable Sweet Pea Tilda. I thought she would make the perfect gardening gal.

The card shape and all the mats were done using my Silhouette Cameo. Behind Tilda I used Spellbinders Petite Scallops dies.

I stamped Tilda using Tim Holtz Spun Sugar distress ink pad onto Make it Colour blending card and then colored her with Copics.

• Skin – E25, E11, E21, E000, R12
• Clothes – R85, R83, R81, G99, G94, G82
• Hair – E57, E39, E35

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

• Marvelous Magnolias Challenge:  Anything Goes
• Anything Goes Challenge:  In the Garden
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge:  Make your Mark, using markers.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting and be sure to hop on over to Totally Tilda and check out all of the lovely creations. We would love for you to play along!

Green Thumb Tilda

Today starts a new challenge at Totally Tilda and we want to see Tilda doing some gardening. We want to see some packets or gardening tools on your project.

This week we are very lucky to be sponsored by the lovely The Ribbon Girl
If you haven't been over to the Ribbon Girl shop you should go and have a peek at all the lovely goodies for sale over there .... everything is so yummy !!
Thank you so much for sponsoring us  xx.

For my card I chose to use Watercan Tilda.

The seed packets are handmade using my new Graphic 45’s Secret Garden. The fence is real and came in a kit so not sure where it is from but I thought it was a perfect addition for this theme. The ‘grow’ and ‘garden’ brads I have had for awhile and finally found a use for them … woohoo!

I colored Tilda using the No Line technique (yes again). I stamped her with Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Spun Sugar onto Make it Colour blending card and colored her with Copics.

• Skin – E25, E11, E21, E000, R12
• Hair – E47, E39, E53
• Watering can and spade – C8, C6, C4, C2, E55
• Clothes – R24, R17, R14, R12, E43, E42, E41, E40

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

• Time for a Magnolia Challenge:  Anything Goes
• Addicted To Stamps and More:  Anything Goes
• Tilda’s Town – something old, something new

Thanks for stopping by and visiting!

On a Moonlit Night

For my inspiration post at Make it Crafty I chose to follow along with the challenge on the Make it Colourful blog. That challenge is Orange/Black and/or Spooky background. I chose to use the whole theme.

This was a challenge for me but I had a blast! Since being a part of Zoe's fantastic Inspiration team I have had the opportunity to broaden, and enhance, my coloring. This is the first time I attempted a background like this and I am pleased with the results. So, how did I do it? I used several different copic colors to color the moon and the sky. 

For the moon, before I colored the main color, I used T1 and added little blotches of color throughout the moon.

After that I then outlined the moon with BG000, BG000, and E51. I colored the remaining part of the moon with E50. 

For Moxi's hair I colored the darkest areas with N7 and N6 and then added YR27, YR68 and YR15 using mainly YR68 over the N's. What I found with doing this is the YR68 picked up the N's and moved them into the YR68 giving a nice blending look.

After the scene was completely colored I went over some of the 'shiny' areas with Prisma pencils. Remember, when using pencils, to do this after your image is colored as the tips of your Copics could be damaged if coloring over the pencil. I created the smoky/spooky portion using light gray, white and a touch of black.

I really enjoyed creating this scene and let me tell ya, working with scenes is becoming very addicting! Why not give it a try yourself and you will see what I mean.

Make it Crafty products

• Moxi Sprite Digi Stamp
• Eerie Scene Digi Stamp

Other Products

• Copics:
• Moxi - E11, E21, E000, N7, N6, N5, N4, N3, YR27, YR68, YR15
• Scene - YG99, YG95, YG93, E49, E44, E43, E42, E50, E51, BG0000, BG000, T1, T3, T4, BV29, BV25, BV23, BV20
• Tim Holtz Distress Markers 
• Primsa Watercolor pencils
• Make it Colour blending card

I am entering this in the following challenges:

• Digitally Sweet – anything goes
• Graph’It color challenge – background effects
• Digi Galore – anything goes
• Corrosive challenge – all about fall

Thanks for stopping by!

Good luck

It’s Midway at Totally Tilda for our Seaside or BBQ challenge.

Our challenge is sponsored by the lovely Nikki from Bunny-Zoe crafts

And the Prize is

For my card I chose to use Salute Tilda. I really like the no lines coloring technique if you can’t tell, I really enjoy watching the image come to life as the color is added. Since I am not a master of shading this helps my image look more dimensional to me.

I really love the style of Jenny Dix’s cards, the offset on her easel cards and the awesome embellishments she uses so I decided to try an offset easel. Thanks Jenny for all of the fantastic inspiration!

List of materials:

• Salute Tilda
• Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles 1
• Spellbinders Grand Circles 
• Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8
• Magnolia Doohickey Tag
• Flowers and pearls from Wild Orchid
• Palm Tree chipboard
• Make it Colour blending card
• Copics

• Skin – E25, E11, E21, E00, E000, R12, R11
• Clothes – B39, B37, B34, N6, YR24, YR23, YR21, N7, N5, N4, R27, R24, R22
• Hair – E57, E35, E53

I would like to participate in the following challenges:

• Tilda’s Town – anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp – anything goes
• Time for a Magnolia challenge – anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and visiting!

By the Seaside

It’s time for a new challenge at Totally Tilda and this time we would like to see your creations by the seaside or BBQ.

Our sponsor is the lovely Nikki from Bunny-Zoe crafts

And the Prize is

For my creation I am using Flip Flop Tilda. She’s a perfect fit for being at the beach.

I am really in to the no lines coloring technique, I think this is my favorite way to color now. It is so cool to see the image really come alive with dimension even though it is a flat image.

Supplies:

• Flip flop Tilda
• Make it Colour blending card
• Cheesecloth
• Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers reinker
• Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers distress ink pad
• Flowers and ribbon from my stash
• Copics
• Flower soft, ultra fine – sand
• Spellbinders Large Scallop Octagons and Large Octagons

I used the following colors to color Tilda

• Skin – E25, E11, E21, E000, E000, R12
• Clothes – BG18, BG15, BG13, BG10, G28, E87, E84
• Hair – E59, E39, E35

I am participating in the following the challenges

• Daring Cardmakers Challenge: Just Beachy is the theme
• Challenge and Candies: Colours, scents and tastes of Summer
• Crafty Ribbons – anything goes with ribbon
• Anything Goes challenge – by the sea
• {Pin}spirational – photo inspiration

Thanks for stopping by and visiting!

Such a Cool Dude

It's time again for another male card. Like a lot of us, I too struggle with the feeling that the card is plain but I like making male cards with digital images. Why? Because I can enlarge them and make them the focal point. 

See what I mean? This card has absolutely no embellishments, only cardstock and the image. I added pop dots behind the image and also and the matting behind the image. I think that it really pops!

Supplies:

• Urban Nico from Make it Crafty 
• Copics: E25, E11, E21, E00, E000, R11, W3, R02, N8, N6, N4, E53, E43, E41, E40, B99, B97, B95, B93, B91, YR27, YR21
• Make it Colour Blending Card 
• Bazill Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by and visiting