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Thank you for stopping by...

Thank you for visiting me today, I hope you see something here that you like. I love colouring digital images and I am on a few Design Teams.I am taking art classes with Kit and Clowder, and Make it Crafty. I hope maybe you will get some new ideas here or you can leave comments and links so I will be picking up new ideas from you. Anyway I will put on the kettle and have some cupcakes at the ready...

Thursday 25 July 2013

Happy Birthday Manwai

A birthday easel for our dear son-in-law. I thought the image was perfect till I realised this chap is a bit, shall we say, casual. Manwai goes to work very smartly dressed and has black hair not brown but maybe this is him at the weekend, relaxed, playing World of Warcraft into the night! Phew.... he did like the card anyway thank goodness.
So, the recipe...
Adorable scorable cardstock for the all of the base.
Image from mo's digital pencil printed onto neenah and coloured with promarkers.
The frames, greeting and little message 'book' made using m.c.s.
Buttons from a huge button box (thank you mother-in-law)
Ribbon from stash.

I think there are a few challenges I would like to enter with this project so I'll have a look round see what's about.
http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ “easel does it”
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk     Best Dressed....a bit ironic (thanks Dips)

Thank you so much for all the kind messages (I even passed on the hugs) about Colin. We have a hospital visit next Friday for a biopsy to see which treatment is best for him. Today we have had the horrible news that Manwai's father has been taken into hospital suddenly with bowel cancer, no warning, no symptoms except for a bit of a stomach ache. This, in an elderly man is so worrying and really very frightening..Manwai's father passed away last night. This has frightened me.

Sunday 21 July 2013

On the beach...

This beautiful digi image is by the very talented Elizabeth Dulemba at http://dulemba.com/ (just click on the 'colour' option for a free digi) coloured with my promarkers, the summer collection really has some gorgeous colours. I printed the image onto neenah which I think allows blending easily. The background digi is by a company I have only recently found out about, Make it Crafty the link is on my sidebar. The flowers and pins are wild orchid craft and the shells are from a hidden stash of goodies...I say hidden 'cos I have only recently found them in a box in the craft room. The cardstock is Hunky Dory and the base card is Adorable Scorable.
I am entering this into the following challenges..

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/    make a scene
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/ the beach
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/ the great outdoors
http://panpasteluk.blogspot.co.uk/ Summertime