An Arty Farty day

I have had the best day. It has been sweltering outside so I spent the day in my studio with the air con turned right up or is that down? Anyway it was nice and cool. I decided to work on the  Colour INKspiration challenge. These were the colours that we had to use.

I had in mind someone holding a bunch of balloons as I wanted to play with my new bundles from the Occasions Catalogue. I decided it should be a little girl.

She is made up of a hand drawn body and hair,  a 1" circle punch for the head and her eyes and bows are from the Owl punch. I wanted her eyes to look like buttons, I am thinking she looks a bit scarey. I might redo those eyes. What do you think, change or leave? (Added new eyes, um still not sure, leave a comment and let me know)

I then worked on another lady, this time just the face in front of a background of balloons.

First I drew the face and then painted it with the Aqua painters and a little sponging. The hair started out as one of our oval thinlits, I cut and shaped it, also painting it with the Aqua painter. I am pretty happy with how she turned out.

Then I decided on some plain and simple ones.

Before I cut out the balloon I stamped all the colours from the challenge on to Whisper White card stock. Then I cut it out with the Big Shot using the Lift Me Up Bundle.


The last one has a background of Gorgeous Grunge in every one of the colours.

Simple always looks so good, don't you think?

Eek, I think I have an addiction...

I know I love Stampin Up products BUT I think I have found something that I can't get enough of. The Envelope Punch Board is the love of my life (except for my family of course). I am addicted, I can't stop playing with it, I even played with it at a friends Christmas break up, get together.

I have made boxes, gift tags, gift boxes, onesies, bon bons, gift bags, chockie boxes, mini bags, bows, oh and also envelopes. Should I be worried? Do I need an "Intervention"? I wonder who else is addicted, maybe we should start an EPB anonymous club.

These are some of the goodies I have made.

 

 

So am I addicted? I do hope so (smile).....

More little gals

Having a bit of a creative urge at the moment so have made a few quirky cards. It's quite weird when I get in the "zone" the entire room goes quiet and I can't hear a thing. I think this is part of working on the right side of our brain. It is a great feeling, does anyone else ever zone out when they are creating?

The first little gal has hair made from the Heart to Heart punch. The next one I pleated her skirt with the Scoring board, Argggg very fiddly. The next one I made her overalls and then dropped ink on the waist so had to give her a skirt as well. I actually think she looks really trendy. A happy accident I say. The last one I was making a scallop waistband but it didn't look right so I ended up making it into hot pants. I love her boots.

Here they are completed.Sorry the images are a bit blurred as I had packaged them up before I took the photos.

Then I decided to change tack and make a little lady so here she is too. As you can see I was on a roll.  Not sure I am happy with her but one of the family will appreciate her.

Not really a little lady

Well I made another little lady, but she is not the same type as I usually make. My Grand daughter turned 9 and she is crazy on Lala Loopsey. So of course I just had to make her a card with this Little Lady on it. I got the image from a colouring book and then did my magic. Piecing it all together.

She loved it and her eyes just lit up when she saw it. That just made my day. I've made a few more since then as she is pretty cute.

Happy Birthday Little Lady

One of my special friends had a birthday recently. She is special so I had to make her one of my  special Little Ladies.

She has a beautiful voice so my lady is holding a sparkly microphone. The dress top is made from one of our paper Doilies. Also a little piece was used for the cap. The background was made from Espresso Coordinations card. She loved it and I loved making it for her.

Birthday wishes

A good friend turned 75 and so a special card was in order. Isn't it funny how you can make heaps of cards to choose from but it never seems to be the right one. Well in this case I made two that I wanted to give her.

I gave her the Crumb Cake 75 card. What one would you have given her?