Tuesday 17 June 2014

You're a star

This week at Creative Moments our sponsor is
The Theme is
Anything Goes/For the boys


I choose the surfer image.
 I used the colours i always use for skin and hair
(Hair :  Tan,  Gold  &  Pastel Yellow
Skin :  Satin, Almond, & Vanilla)


I decided to just use a few colours for the image itself.I choose just two, lipstick red and azure
The surf board was just three sections, but didn't like the plainness,
so added a few patterns (you know how i try and include some zentagle in my creations!!)

Once i had coloured the image, i matted it onto a piece of black card.
I then cut two pieces of paper to mat and layer it over.
to finish it off i cut out a You're a star sentiment (tonic), 
and matted it on to another piece of contrasting paper.


Friday 6 June 2014

Book mark

At Brown Sugar Challenge
this week our sponsor is

And the theme is Bookmarks.

I decided to use the little girl reading a book.

I started by taking some small "pages" of a book - small sections cut from an old book,
 on to an A5 card blank
I then i had to decide on which colours to use.

I currently make cards to send to sick children (Postal Pals),
so i looked for someone who likes to read,
and as one of their favourite colours is purple,
i went with shades of purple.

I wasn't sure how to make the image into a bookmark,
 so i printed out the image bigger,  so i could make a bookmark out of just the pencil.

I used the following colours:
Purple, Lilac, Orchid, Lavender,
Amethyst & Plum.

The hair and skin colours are the usual ones i use.
(Hair :  Tan,  Gold  &  Pastel Yellow
Skin :  Satin, Almond, & Vanilla)

Once i coloured the image i mounted it on to 3 different shades of purple.
Then on mounted it onto the card blank with foam tape,  
so i could create a pocket to put the bookmark in.

I hope my intended recipient  will love this card and find the bookmark useful.

 I hope you like my creation
And hope you come back and visit my blog soon
  Mel







Wednesday 4 June 2014

East Wind 4th June

Over at Creative Moments
 this week  our sponsor is East Wind
Anything Goes/Monochromatic 

I chose the image Aurora Flora Kiss

I decide to just use mainly purples 
Other than the hair & skin tone

To colour the image i used the following colours:
Hair: Tan, Caramel &  Pastel Beige
Skin: Vanilla, Almond & Satin
Lips: Blossom

For the flowers  i used :
Lavender, Orchid, Lilac, Violet, Purple & Amethyst
plus apple for the leaves.
The dress was just orchid.

Once i had coloured the image i matted it with a little bit of green, to pick up the colour of the leaves.
To finish off the card i mounted it on to a piece of purple (hunkydory card).

I then die cut 3 x frond finesse flourishes and a with love sentiment (both tonic)

I hope you like my creation
And hope you come back and visit my blog soon
  Mel