Artful Ramblings

Our Creative Corner - Colour challenge

Ok, so I have been doing way to much crafting recently, the washing (dishes and clothes) have been piling up.

I have resisted doing much craft today apart from some colouring while I ate breakfast and whil Ethan was doing some colouring too.

Found some stamped images my sister had done for me with her's, so when Ethan saw me use them he had to have a go too!

I helped him make some cards yesterday with his coloured in Magnolia stamps, he mainly gets me to use the water and paintbrush on it afterwards although he has been trying that out too. Of course he just has to have them cut out, so I do that too. I think he was trying to do shading on the cheeks, hence the striped facepaint effect on some of them... he is only 3 and 9 months.

I thought you would like to see his first Magnolia cards, so here they are... and some images ready to make more...

I had a go at the OCC challenge of 2 shades of blue and a neutral. Not sure if I've cheated slightly with what looks like 4 shades of blue and 2 neutrals!

I just love how one image can look so different depending how it is coloured.

Ingredients
Paper - Anna Griffin
Stamps - Magnolia, Hero Arts and Anitas
Punches - Fiskars and Leone Em
Ribbon - American Crafts
Flowers - Prima
Pencils - Derwent Watercolour
Misc - Pebeo Pearl Touch

Sketch and Stash no1

Another challenge blog has been birthed this month, do check it out here.

Here is the sketch they posted...

And here is my card, as you can see, I flipped it a bit.

Ingredients:
Paper - Anna Griffin
Stamp - Magnolia and Inkadinkado
Flower - Prima and from stash
Punches - Mc Gill and Martha Stewart
Pencils - Derwent Watercolour
Pen - Sakura

ISMAKI sketch no 2 of 2009

I told you I was going Magnolia mad, here's one I made last night, staying up to a silly time to finish!

I don't often do a Ismaki sketch, I find them very detailed and need a good motif to base it round. So they suit me just fine at the moment, I'm in a detailed mood.

I've used the butterflies as my diamonds, cheating slightly I know... If you look close enough they're about to fly off.

Thanks for looking!

Ingredients:
Paper - Cosmo Cricket and TLC
Stamp - Magnolia and Rubber Stamp Tapestry
Pencils - Derwent Watercolour
Flowers - Prima and from stash.
Swirls - Quickutz.
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart.
Vintage lace, brad and glitter from stash.

2 Sketches 4 You - Laura's sketch

As you will see from this and subsequent posts, I've been getting into my Magnolia stamps, all 2 of them! I have been so inspired by some of the talented cardmakers who use these. I have also been putting one of my New Year resolutions into practice and using up stash!

Ingredients
Paper - GinX, Anna Griffin, Brenda Walton
Stamp - Magnolia
Pencils - Derwent Watercolour
Leaf Punch - The Punch Bunch
Swirls - Quickutz
Ribbon, card and flowers from stash

Review of 2008

I have noticed on a few blogs I have looked at people have done a `review'. I have choosen my fave pieces from each month of last yr. Enjoy... and if you decide to do the same, please leave a comment so I can come and have a look!

January
This piece was made for the Salt challenge of `Grace'