Challenge 97 - Favourite colour combo

For this challenge we have the fabulous 

ArtbyMiRan

The prize is 3 images from the store.

Theme:  Favourite colour combo

For my card I chose Dreaming of Spring.  I really love this image, the way Mi Ran have drawn her staring off into the distance.  I don't think I have a favourite colour combo but I seem to be drawn towards purple & green when I make my cards so this is the colour combo I chose.  I also included a blue to match the sky in my image.  The papers are from my stash, bought over the years.  I coloured the image with spectrum noir pencils. The butterfly was cut using a tonic die and the sentiment is from Crafters Companion.  The card background is from a digikit in CraftArtist.  Pearls from The Works.

I hope my card has given you some inspiration and if you want to leave your favourite colour combo project on the challenge you may be in with a chance of winning the fabulous prize.  Hop over and leave some love to my team mates.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday 366 - sketch by Vanessa

Sister Act Challenges 111 - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet #114 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday 378 - Add a quote

Papertake Weekly - Ohh so pretty (I think the butterfly is pretty)

Crafting When We Can Challenges #40 = Sketch by Ang

I can't believe how time flies.  It doesn't seem like 2 minutes since I was writing my last Challenge post.  The quality of work from our DT is awesome and if you haven't hopped over to the Challenge you should even if it's just to see their work.

This Challenge our sponsor is the talented Heather from 

Lacy Sunshine

We were given our choice of images from the Lacy Sunshine shop and I chose 

Lizabeth with Butterfly Kisses

The theme for this Challenge is a sketch by Ang

My base card is a linen effect white card with the papers from a Craftworks Cards Vintage Rose paper pack.  I coloured my image using the mica paints from The Works.  The bling is from Poundland and the charm is off a mobile phone charm that I used to have on my Glitter Girl ball tool.  The Sentiment if from a sheet of various sentiment but I don't know the manufacturer.  

I nearly had a mishap with this card.  I made the design up on the base layer of paper then went to stick the paper on the base card when I realised the paper was too big to go on the card  DUH!.  I was very lucky that I had enough room to cut away a border from the top and right side so it would fit.  Moral of the story is to always make sure your base layer fits the base card you are using.  I don't know why I decided to make up the design before I stuck my base layer to the card as it makes it very difficult to stick it to the base card using double sided tape.  I think I'm still tired (that's my excuse).

CHALLENGES

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #162 - Add a sentiment

Fairytale Challenge #63 - Photo inspiration (flowers and colour)

Gingerloft Challenge - The Colour Green

Bunny Zoe's Crafts  - Girly

Crafting When We Can Challenge 38 - Birthstone

I can't believe how quick the weeks are passing and what's with the English weather. In one day we had strong winds, brilliant sunshine and snow.  I colleague of mine said that's why the British probably talk about the weather so much as it's always changing and we never know what's next.

Anyhoo onto my card for this challenge.  We are sponsored by the talented Krista at

Saturated Canary

Theme

Birthstones

I printed the image onto watercolour paper using a laser printer (what a performance that was).  I then used some mica paints I bought from The Works years ago, it must be a least 7 to create the picture.  It wasn't going to be a full scene but I made a mistake with the blue so turned it into water and sky.  Then I added a green stripe for the land and silver clouds in the sky.  

I know the image Cerridwen  is butterflies but I like her emerging from the water with the butterflies helping to dry her hair by holding it in the wind.

The blue wasn't the only error I made I coloured her dress in purple and green orginally then when I went to post my card I realised that the theme was birthstones so I re coloured the dress.  I had to find a birthstone and found Alexandrite which is a reddy purple.  Then added the picture to CraftArtist and made a card around it.  I used the digikit Inkblot Butterflies.

I think what I will do is print out and give my daughter the card and frame the picture as I really like it and the mica paint make it shiny.  OOOooo shiiiiny.

Here is the card and the original picture

Hop over to the Challenge and leave us your Birthstone inspired projects. 

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Nursery Rhyme, Childrens Story e.t.c

This is my entry for Dezinaworlds Spot Prize Challenge.  The image is from Dezinaworld and I have coloured it with my £2.99 pearl paints from The Works.  The moon has been painted then I have gone over it with a yellow Sakura glaze pen.  The stars are from my stash.

I had some trouble with the sea, it's too green.  I tried to make it a bit more bluey but it didn't work very well, the pearl paints don't blend very well but it gave a bit of a shadow which is what I wanted.   As you can guess I went for "The Owl and the Pussy Cat.  The boat is a pea green and the sky is darker IRL.

I was discussing with a friend today how I find it difficult to put lots of "things" on my cards, if I can't see a connection between the embellishments and the theme of my card I can't bring myself to put them on.  I am going to work on this but it may take a while.  You'll know what I mean if you look at the entries to Dezinaworlds Spot Prize, they are little works of art and I don't envy June trying to decide who the winner will be.

Hope everyone is having a good week, I'm off now to see if I can find any reviews for the CraftArtist digital craft/scrapbook CDs Create and Craft have as the Pick of the Week.