Rose heart bouquet colouring page

This is my second adult colouring page that I have drawn for Digistamps4Joy called "Rose heart Bouquet". I actually had a lot of fun colouring this in! The image is sized for an A4 page.

I coloured it in with a combination of Copic pens and Spectrum Noire pens, then added highlights with a white pencil.

New items used - digital colouring page image

Rose lady

Our new artist at Digistamps4Joy is Tanya O'Connor and she drew this gorgeous digi called "Strong Lady 3". What a gorgeous image - I love all those roses around this lady! If you purchase this digistamp, both Tanya and I will donate part of the proceeds to the Cancer Association of South Africa, so indirectly you are also donating to CANSA. 

I coloured her in with a combination of Copic pens and Spectrum Noire pens, added the requisite bling (of course!), mounted it on 2 papers that I found in my stash, and added some ribbon and a gem.

New items used - digistamp
Old items used - BP, green cardstock, patterned papers, white pastel pencil for highlights.

New digistamp at Digistamps4Joy

One of the new digistamps in the DS4J store on Sunday 29th September. I sometimes think God had a sense of humour when he created all these animals on planet earth - I mean - who in their right mind would design such a funny looking BIRD like the Ostrich? Long legs with the knee joint that works 'back-to-front' (so never stand in front of an ostrich), a bird that runs and not flies yet has a wingspan of 2 metres, The fastest 2-legged creature on earth, and that long long neck with a tiny head on top. YET, despite all these funny characteristics, this bird has the most amazing eyes! I love those huge, soft, eyes.

This new digi (The "O" look) is available in the Digistamps4Joy shop. The digi was coloured with watercolour pencils and OMS, and the clouds were chalked in. Diecut swirls were added.

New items used - digistamp
Old items used - DP from stash
Crafts 4 eternity - anything goes
Creative corner challenges - great outdoors
Patties Creations
Sister act card challenge - anything goes

New digistamp at Digistamps4Joy - "Gwyneth"

GWYNETH

This is my latest digistamp -  a rather vintage woman in an evening gown - and I have called her "Gwyneth" and she is available in the Digistamps4Joy shop. I coloured her in with watercolour pencils and SN pens, and created a centre-stepper card. The lace borders were cut with a MS punch then wet-embossed with white embossing powder with a fine glitter in it.

New items used - digistamp
Old items used - flocked DP from stash, glitter glue, flowers, brads, pearls, sentiment sticker
CMC Ccopic challenge - anything goes
Rogue Red Head - fashionista
Alphabet challenge - newest stamp
Creative Fingers - anything goes
Patties Creations - anything goes

New digistamps 2nd June 2013

TWINS

I drew two separate little baby rompers for the new releases on Sunday 2nd June. While deciding on what sort of card to make, I had a wild thought - 'hey, what about a card for 'twin babies' - one boy, one girl"! So I merged the two png files in Word, printed out the image, and coloured it up with my SN pens. Then I took the SN Blender pen and created little 'dots' of bleached out pink spots on the girl's romper. The blender pen gave such a lovely soft look to the pink, and I love it!

This is a centre-stepper card. I cut a paper doily in half, stamped/chalked one half blue and the other half pink. Added an adhesive plastic lace to the bottom of the card, and then remembered I still had all these little pink and blue dummies and nappy pins, bought for my daughter's stork party! Glad I never turfed them out! A little ribbon and cord here and there, glitter glue on the girl's smocking, and the card is complete.

The digistamps are called  'Girl's romper" and "Boy's romper"

New items used - digistamps, plastic lace
Old items used - cardstock and DP from stash, glitter glue, baby embellishments, doily
Aud sentiments challenge blog - anything goes
Rhedd and Rosies - ribbons 'n lace
Chalk n stock - anything with chalk goes
Crafty ribbons challenge - circles and ribbon

New digistamp at DS4J (28 April 2013) - SPRING

Yes, I'm a little late in posting this card, but "better late than never" as the saying goes. I actually made this card for this 28th April but forgot to post it. Just too many things on my mind at the moment.

So here it is. It is a sentiment I drew for the shop to celebrate the start of spring - in the northern hemisphere of course! Here at home we are heading into winter, and I've already put my winter sheets onto the bed.

 The digistamp is called  'Spring sentiment",and I tried to capture the feeling of new blooms, blossoms, and new life. The digi is coloured with my alcohol pens. Something slightly different. I glued a piece of acetate to the inside of the card then cut out the front in scallops so that the acetate shows through. Some of the flower embellishments were then glued to the acetate.

New items used - digistamp
Old items used - cardstock from stash, acetate, flower gems, flower embellishments
Crafty calendar challenge - blooms
Pumpkin spice - flowers
Sugar creek hollow - flowers
Annabelle stamps - anything goes

FREEBIE FRIDAY at Digistamps4Joy

There is a super duper FREEBIE going up for grabs for 2 days (3-5 May) at the

Digistamps4Joy SHOP. 

Run over there and grab the freebie quickly. You will have to have an account at the shop, but this is free and easy, and no obligations for further purchases. Then click on the Freebie category on the left hand side, add to cart, check out, choose a payment method (you will not have to pay!!!), and confirm the order.

Tulip basket

This digistamp is perfect for Mother's Day which is around the corner, or for entering the current DS4J Challenge (Women are Special). I dare you to head on over to the DS4J Blog and see what the DT have made with this image!

New digistamp - Home relocation

I love these little insects - the Dung Beetle. I mean, who in their right mind would build their home and have their kids in a ball of dung? And then still move it around like a mad man? During some of my field excursions for work - while chasing my favourite insect the locust - I often encounter dung beetles. I've watched 2 or 3 of them fighting over the same ball of dung, pushing it in all directions over amazing obstacles, and often just going around in circles - and they NEVER give up! A lesson in life?

 The digistamp is a new one in the shop and called  'Home relocation", and I used a little artistic license to draw this one by adding 'screwheads to the joints and wing joints. The eyes are also a bit 'cartoony'.

The image is coloured with my pencils, and I still think there is much better control with colouring pencils than with alcohol pens - but that's my opinion of course. Very little else added to the card except my handmade Washi tape and one diecut swirl.

New items used - digistamp
Old items used - cardstock from stash, handwade Washi tape, glitter glue
Catch the bug - bugs
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - wonderful wings
Card crafters circle - dies and/or embossing
Casual Fridays - CAS

New digistamps = Colour stain

SIGH ... sometimes I amaze myself with my stupidity, and I have not quite figured out yet whether I 'really' am a little stupid, or it's just that I normally have about 10 issues swirling around in my mind, so that I do not concentrate properly! This card is a perfect example! The digistamp is a new one in the shop and called  'Colour stain".

Can YOU see where I went wrong with the colouring? grrr ... will re-do it another day. Right now am too busy hopping on one leg from kicking myself! The nail varnish level inside the bottle is angled wrongly - it should be level, horizontal, from left-to-right and NOT at an angle like I coloured it! Even IF the bottle was tipped, the surface should be horizontal with the earth's surface (unless I'm standing on the moon which I'm not!). Funny how one only sees errors AFTER one has photographed the card.

Now that I've finished hopping on one leg, I can tell you a little about what I used. The image eas coloured with alcohol pens, and I added 3 layers of glossy accents to the spilt nail varnish. The butterfly is made up of 2 layers - one with pink/silver foil, and the top later with acetate and a glittered edge. The bunting is made from small shapes I cut out of self-made Washi tape (I'm busy with a tutorial!).

New items used - digistamp, handmade Washi tape
Old items used - DP from stash, glitter glue

New DS4J digistamp - Cityscape

Now this is a digistamp I have not seen before, so I drew this one and called it 'Cityscape". My thought was to try and create a night scene, so instead of printing onto white card, I printed the digistamp onto a darkish grey piece of scrapbooking cardstock, and it created JUST the mood I was looking for!

The buildings were hardly coloured in - all I used was 3 shades of warm grey alcohol pens to create shadows. The 'lights' in the buildings were created with a fluorescent gel pen - just a touch here and there! The sunset and water were both coloured with watercolour pencils, but because the cardstock has a texture to it, the colours did not blend as normal, but I actually like this patchy result!

Now here's the whole interesting part of this card .... see that psychedelic background print? That is not some paper I bought, but a gelli-printed background that my 5yr old granddaughter Xandrea made with my homemade gelatine plate, and was her very first effort!!! So proud of her. On its own, the page looked like a mess, but behind my digi, it suddenly came to life! I absolutely LOVE it!!!

A little bit of gold paper and gold peel-offs and the card is completed.

New items used - digistamp, gelli-printed paper
Old items used - cardstock,peel-offs

Challenges entered

2 Sisters challenge - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Crafty Catz - anything goes

New DS4J digistamp - Pizza pizzaz

I have called this digi 'Pizza pizzaz". As I may no longer 'wheat products', at least I can still draw and colour in a pizza!

I used a new die as I thought the inside looks just like a tomato (sorry, my twisted mind)!! Digistamp is coloured with SN and Copic pens.

New items used - digistamp, die
Old items used - paper from stash, sentiment.

Challenges entered
Crafty Catz - anything goes
2 Sisters challenge - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

FREEBIE FRIDAY at Digistamps4Joy 5 April 2013

There are TWO super FREEBIES going up for grabs for 3 days (5-7 April) at the

Digistamps4Joy SHOP. 

Run over there and grab the freebies quickly. You will have to have an account at the shop, but this is free and easy, and no obligations for further purchases. Then click on the Freebie category on the left hand side, add to cart, check out, choose a payment method (you will not have to pay!!!), and confirm the order.

The first free image is a "Pinwheel flower" template!

Can you remember making these as a child? Well now you can still make it but use it as an embellishment on your card or scrapbook page! I made a one-piece paper handbag and decorated the front of the handbag with the pinwheel! And just in case you've forgotten how to make a pinwheel I also set up a video for you to watch! VIDEO

The second freebie is from Jen who is celebrating 400 images in my store, and she has drawn this beautiful set of 4 shoes.

Now you need to head on over to the DS4J Blog and see what the DT have made with this image!

New digistamps at DS4J - Ooh-la-la

Not sure what was going through my head when I drew this digi, but it probably had something to do with most of the new digistamps being released this Sunday at Digistamps4Joy, being wedding related! Either way, this is what evolved, including the spotty border! I have called this digi 'Ooh-la-la", and after I coloured in her shoes and the spotty border in a vibrant red, the rest of the card sort of just 'evolved'.

No embossing or glitter, but I did use two MS punches to create the lacy border and the lace strip. The red ribbon at the bottom of the card was in my stash - funny I never saw it before! Digistamp is coloured with SN and Copic pens.

New items used - digistamp
Old items used - paper from stash, ribbon.

Challenges entered
Hiding in my craftroom - freestyle
Sweet stampin challenge - oh so girly
Clearly inspired - anything goes

New digistamps at DS4J - Wedding Bouquet

The majority of the images for the 31st March 2013 release ended up being wedding images! This is the one I drew called 'Wedding bouquet". The digistamp was inspired by my Sister-in-law's own wedding bouquet, and my colouring is in line with the same colours of flowers she had in her bouquet.

The embossed paper behind the image is made with a new embossing folder from Couture Creations called "Washed away". I found the shiny pearls in my local craft shop, and the daisy ribbon and blue bow are both from my stash. Image is coloured with SN and Copic pens, and tiny dots of glitter added to the gyps flowers.

New items used - digistamp, embossing folder, shiny pearls
Old items used - glitter glue, ribbon, paper from stash.

Challenges entered
Di's digistamps - flowers
My Sheri Crafts - spring has sprung
Totally gorjuss - something blue

New digistamp at Digistamps4Joy - Angel Angie

I believe in angels and so this little drawing is in line with that thinking. The new image is one I drew for Digistamps4Joy and is called "Angel Angie". 

I used a LOOOOT of bling on this card! The punched border behind the image is made with a new MS punch I bought, and the diecut leaf and swirl are both from new dies. The pearl and pearly leaf are both from Blueberry Bear, and the flowers from the stash. Image is coloured with SN and Copic pens, and lots of glitter glue added.

New items used - MS punch, leaf and swirl dies, pearls and pearly leaves
Old items used - glitter glue, flowers, paper from stash.
Challenges entered
Brown sugar - anything goes
Clearly inspired - anything goes
Dilly beans - glitter
Jelly park - pretty pastels

New digistamp at Digistamps4Joy - Gretel's house

This is one of those 'nice-to-look-at-but-can't-eat' drawings! I have always loved sweets, but have recently had to cut all sugar out of my diet, so this is a bitter-sweet card LOL! The new image is one I drew for Digistamps4Joy and is called "Gretel's house", and I merged it with another DS4J image called "Let's go".

The punched border behind the image is made with a new MS punch I bought, and the red ribbon is threaded through a ribbon punched border. Not much else except for a bit of card candi and some glitter on the sweets. Images are coloured with SN and Copic pens. I hope this card is 'sweet' enough!

New items used - MS punch, digistamp
Old items used - glitter glue, ribbon, paper from stash, card candi.
Challenges entered
Creative inspirations - anything goes
Avenue 613 - anything goes
One crazy stamper - anything goes
Nana Vics 4th challenge - anything goes
Robyns fetish - food or drink

Get Together event

Digistamps4Joy and Shelly's images have been celebrating a 'shared' challenge on Paper Craft Planet. The two group owners (myself and Shelly) each provided one free image, and the requirement is that BOTH images must be used and made up on one card. This is the side-step card I made with the two images viz:
"Egg basket" from Digistamps4Joy and "Peter" from Shelly's Images.

All the images were coloured with my SN and Copic pens, edges chalked to create depth, and a white gel pen used to create highlights. The sentiment and background papers all come from a free scrapbooking kit at Scrappy Nats.
If you have not downloaded these 2 Group images yet, head on over to Paper Craft Planet to the Digistamps4Joy group and get the voucher code and instructions! All entries are to be posted in both group discussions.
New items used: free easter egg images from online colouring pages, Scrappynat kit
Old items used: digistamps from DS4J and Shelly's Images, glitter

Challenges entered with this card.
Chalk-ah-lot - easter with chalk
Creative inspirations paint - anything goes
Glitter n sparkle - animals
Kenny Ks krafty krew - anything goes
Hobby cutz - Easter

New DS4J digistamp - "3D Flower set"

I drew this 'set' of 3 flowers based on the same principle as using a nested die in the Cuttlebug or a cutting file on a cutting machine viz. 3 flowers sized from medium to small, plus a leaf and a stem. The idea is that this digistamp set can be printed directly onto patterned card, OR can be printed on white card and coloured in. I chose to the former, but added another 'twist' to the use of this digi. One of my DT members (Pam) kindly converted my digi set into a SVG cutting file for me! So I basically completed two tasks in one! I re-sized the flowers to a larger size, cut them out with MTC on my cutting machine, chalked, curved, and glittered the edges of the flowers, and glued one on top of the other to create a 3D effect.

The punched border is made with a new MS punch I bought, and the embossed background is also a new embossing plate. I very lightly chalked the embossed page with a light pink chalk. I think the flower turned out quite nicely, don't you?

New items used - embossing plate, punch, digistamp
Old items used - glitter glue, ribbon, paper from stash.
Challenges entered
Lady Annes - anything goes with a stamp
Reasonable ribbon - flowers and ribbon
Sparkle 'n sprinkle - anything goes with glitter
Tando creative - flowers
2 sisters - flowers for spring
CDAC - anything goes
One crazy stamper - anything goes
Nana Vics 4th challenge - anything goes
One stop craft challenge - anything goes

New Digistamps4Joy digistamp - "Weskus fishermans cottage"

This is one of those "out-of-the-box" cards for me. I drew the image (Weskus fisherman's cottage), then got this weird idea that perhaps I should try watercolour paints and paper. After searching and searching for my watercolour paper, and then battling to get the printer to print on it, I eventually succeeded! Now bear in mind that I have not done any watercolour painting since 2009, so am a bit rusty on the technique, and had to first practice on a scrap of paper.  

The card is VERY simply made up - just the image pasted onto one piece of dark brown cardstock to create a frame, and then this pasted onto beige cardstock. No embellishments, no sentiment, NO glitter (yep a record for me!), no ribbon, no flowers - got the drift?
New items used - new digistamp
Old items used - paper from stash.
Challenges entered
Lady Annes - anything goes with a stamp
CDAC - anything goes
One crazy stamper - anything goes
Nana Vics 4th challenge - anything goes
Simply less is more - frame it
One stop craft challenge - anything goes
So artful - shades of brown + cream

New digistamp at Digistamps4Joy - "Bicycle"

I drew this stamp "Bicycle" for the shop, thinking what on earth am I going to make with this. Yet it was actually quite fun, and I can now see quite a few possibilities. At least 'real' bicycles now come in such a range of colours that this image could easily be adjusted for boy, girl, or vintage cards.

The bicycle was coloured in with alcohol pens and 'platinum' Stickles glitter glue added to the bicycle frame (yes, I used it again!).  The sentiment was created on the PC, and various die cuts and punches were used. Those funny little pink shapes in the corners are actually the bits that normally get thrown out when I diecut a specific shape (not used here), but I glittered them up and stuck 3 down in each corner. What do you think - does it work?
New items used - new digistamp
Old items used - gem flowers, paper from stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Allsorts - for a lady
Kraftin Kimmie stamps - springy pastel colours
Catch the bug - anything goes
Totally gorjuss - anything goes with pink
Picture and scrap - pastel colours
Lady Annes - anything goes sentiment