A Scruffy Christmas with Make it Crafty

I've been in a crafty slump recently, but Zoe's amazing Christmas discount offer & inspiration has got my fingers tingling & wanting to colour again.  I decided to colour Scruffy as he looks as though he's a little down in the dumps like I've been - and he's so darn cute!!! No way of staying grumpy when he's around - he definitely made me smile - I hope he does you too.

Clean & simple as is my favourite style. I've teamed him with words from the Christmas Adapt-a-word & three sizes of Star Tinklings. Here's his close up. He's caught the light a bit so looks a bit shiny which he isn't in real life. I had fun colouring the bells to make them look rounded.

I coloured the chippies with gold gel pen & added a layer of Stickles Stardust. I've said it before & I'll say it again - I LOVE Chippies!!!

The Tinkling Stars are so shiny!

I hope Scruffy has made you smile. Don't to check out the Christmas Specials section on the Make it Crafty website - there's 20% off a range of Christmas digis, rubbers stamps & chippies. It's for a limited time only so don't miss out!

Products used:

Digi - Scruffy

Chipboard - Christmas Adapt-A-Word

Mini Star Tinklings in three sizes.

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - Y11, Y15, Y17, YR24

R24, R27, R29, R59, W7

G14, G17, G28, W7

Bells - Y11, Y15, Y17, YR24, YR28

Cast Shadow - W2, W3, W5

Dimension Challenge with Tiddly Inks Stamps

I had such fun creating this for the Dimension Challenge over at Tiddly Inks Stamps Challenge blog. Whenever I have a dimensional challenge the shadow boxes from Make it Crafty spring straight to mind. I love the amazing effect they give! I've used the Thin Circle Shadow Box as a base for Rudolf Reindeer and his friends and love how they're flying through the sky!

I used the Confetti Sparkle digi paper from The Lovely Studio as the background and finished it with the Happy and Christmas layered words from Make it Crafty.

You can see all the dimension! The reindeer are flying across the sky! I love how the shadow boxes from  Make it Crafty come with a flat packed 3D stand so they are freestanding. So clever!

I layered the second and fourth reindeer to add even more dimension & the whole string is lifted from the outer circle with foam pads.

Here's a close up of Rudolf Reindeer. I used him four times, but with different scarf colours, noses and spot colours on their rump they don't immediately appear to be the same image. I've added a touch of Stardust Stickles to the top of the scarves & some of the stars to give a bit of shimmer.

Here's a close up of the Happy and Christmas layered words from Make it Crafty. 

I hope you like my creation and will come and join in the Dimension Challenge over at Tiddly Inks Stamps Challenge blog. 

A Flowery Card with Make it Crafty

I'll freely admit that I've had a major crafting slump & have struggled to create anything over the last few months. I mentioned this to Zoe & she decided to set me a challenge to get my mojo working again. This is what she set me....

Now I'll freely admit I sat with my mouth open at this - I mean I love flowers in real life, but they never tend to be the first thing I go to to colour. Fussy cutting .... layering ..... argh!!!!

OK big breaths ..... big girl pants on and off I go.

Actually I'll admit it took me nearly two weeks to get crafting, but I'm pleased with what I produced in the end. Here it is.

Here's a close up of the main rose & leaves from the main rose and leaves from the Floral Elements Three Digi Stamps Set. The set contains two rose heads, three smaller flower/ buds and some leaves. They're in .PNG format so are really easy to layer and build into an arrangement.

I layered the elements together & printed them all as one and then with some of the leaves & the flowers separately. Once I'd coloured them I used my Silver Bullet Cutting machine to print & cut them (yes I cheated - I didn't fussy cut by hand). I layered the different elements using 1mm, 2mm and 3mm foam pads.

As a finishing touch I added clear Wink of Stella to some of the petals.

I coloured the 2 inch Hello Brush Script Word Chipboard with my Copics and then added a layer of Stickles Stardust.

I finished it off with a layer of Glossy Accents on the chippie & Stickles & Glossy Accents on the bubble elements.

I hope you like my creation. It's taken a while but I think my mojo is finally beginning to return. I'm happy as I've really missed crafting!

Products Used:
Digi - Floral Elements Three Digi Stamps Set from Make it Crafty
Chipboard - Hello Brush Script Word Chipboard from Make it Crafty

Copics Used:
R81, R83, R85, R89
G82, G46, G29
Clear Wink of Stella
Stickles Stardust
Glossy Accents