LOC #33: Ikes Art and The Stamping Chef - favourite Films

Well...I have just been thinking about Johnny Depp all afternoon...

My image from Ike's Art is Hatter!

I don't know what came first - my colouring the Hatter in my golds, oranges and pink Promarkers or seeing this sketch and colour combo from Fusion...

Anyway I decided to use the sketch from Fusion - a few pieces of paper from my scraps to matt and layer on a handmade paper orange card blank.
In my folder of images to be coloured  I came across the teacups...I used the same Promarkers...
and added a flower...

Hope you will join us at LOC - favourite films!

I will also link this to Fusion...

Happy Crafting!

Delicious Doodles GDT in June

The challenge at Delicious Doodles this week is 'Stitch It!'

I used faux stitching around the pink cardstock mats using a fine ruby red Promarker

and the leaves are some SU stitched embellishments.

My inspiration was working in the garden in June... with twine and flowers...and worms!

The Shakespeare quotation 'The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on' came to mind

and I used the letters of June from DD's Creepy Alpha's,

 coloured with various red and pink Promarkers.

Happy Crafting!!

More Owl ATCs

Recently I was very fortunate to win several images from Fresh Brewed Designs!

 Two that I chose featured owls...

Very handy for the UK ATC Swap on facebook!

Plus this week's challenge at Wicked Wednesday is black and white and one other colour.

This is what I came up with:

Each card starts with a layer of orange 'foam'.

 The images and sentiments are matted onto shiny handmade orange cardstock.

I used bright orange Promarker for the colouring

- and then a couple of orange embellishments!

 Last month's theme at UK ATC Swap was black and white plus one colour...
I was very pleased to see my set had arrived in the post!

Happy Crafting!

June Smeared and Smudged Blog Hop

June Monthly Member Blog Hop

Black Dragon
Susan - You are here!
Anna
Titbelsoeur
Erin
Teresa
Shoni
Dominike
Evil Edna
The Nanny
Stefanie

You should have arrived here on the June Smeared and Smudged Members' Blog Hop -

you will find the hop order above...

The challenge was  ALTER A FOUND OBJECT.

No cards or scrapbook pages allowed, the item must be 3-D and must have started out as something you found at a thrift store, on the side of the road, in the back of your closet, etc. 

Well, this little gift box has been kicking around my craft room for a couple of years - when my friend Nancy, another expat, was leaving Abu Dhabi, she had several things to 'dispose of' !
This was one...

I decided I would embellish it!

 I started with a Dragonslair digi the frame of which linked to the shape of the box

"Happy and you know it"

I then printed out words from the song and images of hands and feet Smeared Ink images on turquoise blue textured cardstock.

This gave me the two sides and ends:

That left me with the top:

I then found a skull, drawn by my Teamie at LOC, the lovely Lisa Tyrell

which I printed three times in different colours so I could paper-piece the rose together.

By the way Lisa has some June Blog Candy here!!

I then added flowers and ribbon...I have been singing the song all day!

Next you should go to Anna

Happy Crafting!

A few more Christmas cards, a few more sketches!

In July I will start designing for Sketch~N~Scrap - I can't wait!!

But in the meantime here are three more Christmas cards with the sketches I based them on...

once again I have used an 'ATC' as the feature.

 I make many of these and my friends often ask what I do with them...

well I keep them in my collection - sometimes I can find a use for them!!

The cards are all basically matted and layered with papers from my scraps'

This first sketch is from Freshly made Sketches #140

and here is my take on it:

My second sketch is from Sketch N Stash #141

My interpretation uses brand new lace from Crawford market - and everything else from my stash!!

The ATC was an attempt at using postage stamps in a 'decopatch' way.

 
 I will link this card to Fresh Brewed Flowers and Lace

My final sketch today is from Seize the Sketch #22

Here I have added a strip of Washi tape for the horizontal line

I will also link this to

CHNC extra for June

12 months of Christmas

Happy Crafting!