Hello Pretty coloured with Distress Reinkers/Zig Pens

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. It's the start of half term for me, so I am looking forward to some rest, relaxation and craftiness.

This morning I am popping in to share some Polkadoodles inspiration.

I have coloured up another of the beautiful Holly digis.  This gorgeous lady is called Hello Pretty. She is available as a black and white or pre-coloured image.

Links to the materials I have used are at the bottom of this post. Just click on a picture to be taken directly to the product.

 

I have coloured her with a mixture of distress reinkers and zig watercolour pens.

Colour list:
Skin (Zig pens) Natural Beige, Oatmeal, Beige, Pink
Hair: (DI reinkers) Walnut Stain, Antique Linen
Dress and Flower: (DI reinkers) Victorian Velvet, Scattered Straw
Heart: (Zig pens) Deep Red, Wine Red
Shoes: (Zig pen) Brick Beige

The papers I have used for this card are from the Vintage Journal and Ephemera paper collection. They are lush and you get so much in the pack. You don't just get get papers, there are journaling cards, sentiments, quotes, and postcards

 I've used a fair bit of shabby white frantage on this creation and I thought I would share with you how I transformed the plain brown doily.

Once I had die cut it

I pressed it into the Versamark ink pad, sprinkled on the frantage and heat set it with a heat gun. It doesn't have to be tidy and most of it is hidden. I think it looks so pretty with the frantage on it. I used the same method with the leaves.

 

I also cut some flowers with the Flowers 2 dies. I cut the two largest dies for this project using some the scraps from the Vintage Journal and Ephemera paper collection. Once cut I scrunched them up, edged them with walnut stain distress ink and using my ball tools gave them a bit of shape, pierced a hole in the middle and fed through some stamens.

Here you can see the doily and one of the paper flowers.



I hope this post has been inspiring. We would love to see your creations in our FB group

Happy crafting:)

Hugs
Gina xx

I am a member of several Design Teams, please note that all my ideas and views are my own. I participate in an affiliate program for Polkadoodles products which means that I earn a small commission when products are purchased through the links I post here (at no additional cost to you). I use this money to buy more crafting goodies. If you like any of the products I post, I would be be very grateful if you would support me through clicking the links below when you shop, just click on a picture below or any of the links above to be taken to the product.

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Shy Tilda Coloured with Distress Reinkers

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and managed to have some crafty time, and if you are in the U.K. survived yesterday's storm.

We have a new 'Anything Goes' challenge at Ally's Angels beginning today.

This month I have coloured up the very first Tilda I ever bought, so she is very old, but still very cute. I have masked her with Spring Fence.

I stamped her onto Artistico watercolour paper and have coloured her with distress reinkers.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dress: Spun Sugar, Seedless Preserves

Shoes: Hickory Smoke

Fence and Flowers: Gathered Twigs, Victorian Velvet

Grass: Shabby Shutters

I have added some shabby white frantage to the die cut swirl and doily to give some texture.

All the embellishments are from my crafty stash.

The winner of the challenge will win this fabulous prize:

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs

Gina xx

Be My Valentine

Good morning everyone,

I hope your week is going well.

Today I am sharing a valentines card for the new challenge at Creative Inspirations. Out theme for this month is .......

Anything Goes

This super cute digi is from All Dressed Up. They are our sponsors this month and we were lucky to be given an image to play with.  I fell in love with him the instant I saw him. I have coloured him with distress reinkers and added a bit of pencil here and there.

DI list:
Bear: Gathered Twigs
Bow and Balloon: Barn Door, Aged Mahogany

I used a large heart shaped die to cut the shape of the card and used various other heart
dies which are tucked underneath the layers.

As I mentioned earlier, All Dressed Up are sponsoring our challenge this month



The lucky winner will win two images of the winners choice.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

Holly Ladybird - New Release from Polkadoodles Coloured with Zig Watercolour Pens

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all well and are enjoying your weekend.

This morning I am popping in to share some Polkadoodles inspiration.

Have you seen the new Holly digis that were released this month? Wow they are beautiful! There are eight gorgeous images to choose from and they come as pre-coloured or as a black and white image if you fancy colouring your own.

I have coloured up the very gorgeous Holly Ladybird with a my new zig watercolour pens. They are so easy to use and blend beautifully. 

Here she is partially coloured. For her skin tone I used three colours: natural beige, oatmeal and beige then I added in some pale pink and finally pink for the cheeks. For her hair I used natural beige, beige and dark brown.

The dots are on her dress are pebeo drawing gum. Once you have finished colouring you just rub them out and you end up with white polka dots.

Colour list:

Skin: Natural Beige, Oatmeal, Bela, Pale Pink,Pink

Hair: Natural Beige, Beige and Dark Brown,

Dress: Blue Gray, Pale Pink, Wine Red (Heart)

Shoes: Blue Gray, Wine Red

Tree: Beige, Dark Brown

Ladybirds: Wine Red, Black

Leaves and Flowers: Pale Pink, Victorian Velvet (distress ink), Mid Green, Olive Green

The papers are from the beautiful Belle Papillon Big Kahuna collection (what a stunning collection).

Thank you so much for popping in.

Happy crafting:)

Gina xx

Disclosure:

I am a member of several Design Teams, please note that all my ideas and views are my own. I participate in an affiliate program for Polkadoodles products which means that I earn a small commission when products are purchased through the links I post here (at no additional cost to you). I use this money to buy more crafting goodies. If you like any of the products I post, I would be be very grateful if you would support me through clicking the links below when you shop, just click on a picture below or any of the links above to be taken to the product.

Thank you😊

  

Winter Birthday Celebrations Shaker Card Coloured with Zig Watercolour Pens

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are having a relaxing and creative Sunday and  I hope you are all well.

Today I am popping in with some Polkadoodles inspiration.

I have made a shaker card and coloured up a beautiful Winnie from the Winter Birthday Celebrations collection called 'Invitation'. She can be bought as a black and white or pre-coloured imaged.

I have put links to the materials I have used at the bottom of this post, just click on a picture to be taken directly to the product.

I have coloured her with my new Zig Watercolour pens which I was to lucky to receive as a Christmas present, I am so in love with them. They blend beautifully and have a great brush tip. There are so many different ways they can be used too.

Around the outside of the image, I have sprinkled some shabby white frantage.

Zig pens list:
Skin: Natural Beige, Oatmeal, Beige, Pink
Hair: Natural Beige, Brown, Dark Oatmeal
Coat and hat: Pale Pink, Light Pink
Dress: Natural Beige, Dark Oatmeal
Scarf: Blue Gray
Balloon: Pale Pink
Post Box: Natural Beige, Beige, Dark Oatmeal
Gloves: Pale Pink

The gorgeous polka dot paper was printed from the Work and Play 10 Paper Heaven 6 collection

 I have cut the pretty Daisy Border die in brown card, I then cut it a second time in the polka dot paper, cut out some of the daisies and added them to the daisy border and added a few white pearls to finish it off.



This gorgeous flower was cut from the Daisy Cluster die in the pink polka dot paper and I inserted a few stamens into the middle.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

Disclosure:

I am a member of several Design Teams, please note that all my ideas and views are my own. I participate in an affiliate program for Polkadoodles products which means that I earn a small commission when products are purchased through the links I post here (at no additional cost to you). I use this money to buy more crafting goodies. If you like any of the products I post, I would be be very grateful if you would support me through clicking the links below when you shop, just click on a picture below or any of the links above to be taken to the product.

Thank you😊

     

   

A Saturated Canary Stamp for the Brand New Challenge at Ally's Angels

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday! Well it's been a busy first week back at school, but a fun week too. I hope you have a  fabulous and hopefully crafty weekend:)

We have our first challenge of the year at Ally's Angels and as always the theme is .......

Anything Goes

I coloured up an old Saturated Canary stamp called Yuki. She is an older stamp, but I still love colouring her. She has been coloured with distress reinkers.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dress and Shoes: Victorian Velvet, Gathered Wood

Tights: Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen

I've tucked a paper doily just under the image on the left hand side and the pretty die cut on the right hand side is cut from a Joy Crafts die. The gorgeous swirl is a Magnolia Doo Hickeys die cut.

The cute little 'With Love' tag is from an LOTV set of tag stamps and the little stamp (on the right hand side) is from a Marianne set of stamps, both have been stamped with walnut stain distress ink.

The winner of this challenge will receive this lovely prize:

That's all from me today.

 Thank you for popping in.

Have a fab weekend.

Hugs

Gina xx

Happy New Year! Brand New Challenge at Creative Inspirations

Good morning everyone,

Happy New year to you all, I hope it will be a happy, healthy and prosperous one for you.

Did you have a good Christmas? We had a very busy time, we were away for most of Christmas and arrived home on Sunday. It was lovely visiting family and Santa was very good to me, he gave me lots of lovely things including a few new crafty bits and pieces:)

To start the new year off Creative Inspirations has a brand new challenge today.......

Something New or Something Old

We would like to see your creations featuring something new to your craft stash. Whether you treated yourself to a new stamp or some papers ... or you could do the opposite and use something that you've had sitting in your stash for ages that's become neglected! For example a favourite stamp that you haven't used for years ... Please state what the item is that you have used.

I have coloured up Lovely Rose Tilda and used my new Zig watercolour pens to colour her with, these were a present from Santa and it is my first time of using them. 

Colours used:

Skin: Natural Beige, Oatmeal, Pale Pink and Pink

Hair: Natural Beige, Dark Brown

Dress Boots: Light Gray, Gray, Blue Gray, Black

Boots: Light Gray, Dark Gray, Black

Rose: Light Pink, Light Carmine, Pink, Mid Green, Olive Green

Present: Light Gray, Dark Gray, Light Pink, Pink

This month we have a brand new company sponsoring us, they are offering the winner a $15 Gift E-Card.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx