I think I am hooked on embossing

Hi everyone :D

Well it is bit of a dull day here but no rain yet so not all bad. Since the last rubber girls challenge to use embossing I have to say I have got a bit hooked. For this card I have used Crafts and Me's Pink Lightning  and I have coloured her in the following pro and flex markers.....

Skin: Saffron, Vanilla, Ivory
Hair: Mandarin, Pumpkin, Gold, Tulip yellow
Tights & brown on wings: Umber, Burnt Sienna, Cocoa, Caramel
Dress & green on wings: Holly, Sea green, Grass, Bright green

I hope you like her and that you will all find time to take part in the current challenge over at the Crafts and Me challenge blog where we want to see your favourite colour combo.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

The sweetest gift ever from Dollie James

Hi everyone :D
It is my turn to post again and I hope you have all been able to stock up on the amazing new stamps that have just been released over in the Crafts and me store. Don't forget for newsletter readers there's a 10% Discount on all the new releases from 4th-11th April While stocks last. And while you are there take a look at the seriously yummy new papers too :D


For my first card today I have used one of the new stamps from our new artist Dollie Jame. She is called the sweetest gift ever and you can get your hands on her HERE. I have coloured her with promarkers and I have to say I LOVED colouring all that hair.

For my second card I have gone for the lovely Pink lightning and again coloured her with my promarkers.

I hope you all have a great Easter weekend.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Challenge # 28 - Use yellow

Hello Everyone,
Teresa here, It's my turn to choose the theme this week and I've gone for yellow with all the sunshine we have been having here and as summer is coming everyone thought arrrrh! I don't know if that would look right, but the d.t's cards have turned out beautiful and so cheery.
You can create anything as long as it has YELLOW in it.

While I am here we are CELEBRATING having a new digi team making us one big happy family here at Crafts and ME by having our 1st BLOG HOP starting on the 1ST APRIL and running for 2WEEKS, there are lots of prizes up for grabs on the way and a prize at the winners gate. lol!

THE CHALLENGE STARTS AT 6PM GMT ON THE 1ST APRIL ON THE CHALLENGE BLOG BUTTON ON THE SIDE BAR, PLEASE COME ALONG AND JOIN IN THE FUN WITH US.

Now onto our sponsor for this week the lovely Kimmie from Kraftin Kimmie is sponsoring this challenge and giving the lucky winner a choice of any two stamps, yes any two stamps! from the Kraftin Kimmie store. WE HAVE A LOVELY RANGE OF KIMMIES STAMPS IN THE STORE HERE

Take a look at these fabulous d.t's yellow cards they are sharing with you, aren't they wonderful?

TRISH
Using Petal Melody By Lemon Shortbread available HERE
Front View

Side View

AMY

Using Pink lightning available HERE


Sylvia

Using Glacier Lily Fairy by Hannah Lynn

close up

(please click on the images to view in full size)

TRACY

Using "Pansy Sisters" By Sara Burrier HERE

Angela

Using "Krista" By Hannah Lynn (Unmounted Rubber Stamp)

Gina

Used Return to Hased

Vicky

Using 'Violet Angel' by Jasmine-Becket Griffith & Ultrafine Lemon Glitter here.

Don't forget our challenges run weekly now, which means more prizes for you!

Teresa x

Pink Lighting, Not So Pink

Hi everyone. Angela here and today is my day to share my creation with you. I used one of my favorite stamps by one of my favorite Artist, "Pink Lighting" by Jasmine Beckett-Griffith. I wanted to make this card for my daughter and use her favorite colors Black and Teal, but I added a touch of cream.

Here is a close up of the colored image.

I love this image and those little rolls in of her hair and those beautiful butterfly wings.

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Here are the Copic colors I used to color her.

Skin: YR000,YR0000,E50,E01,E11

Hair: E50,E53,YR30,E23,E33,E17,E25,E49 and E29

Teal/Aquas- BG0000,BG11,BG13,BG49

Blacks:C9,C8,C7,C5,C3,C1,C0

Well I hope you enjoyed my creation. I have the hardest time getting a good pic when it comes to black and reds. I think it makes the skin look washed out.

Well thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a great week and weekend.
Don't forget to enter our challenge this week anything goes

Petal Melody

Hello all you lovely peeps how are you all today? Did you all have a nice weekend? Well my daughter is back at school today after being off for the last 2 weeks........hopefully she will cope well & they wont push her too hard especially physio.

Anyway how are you liking the digi team girls they are fantastic aren't they?

Well its the rubbah girls this week.....that does sound funny when you say it lol.....it makes my hubby laugh every time lol.

Today I am showing you 'Petal Melody' by Lemon Shortbread which is exclusive to Crafts & Me only you can find her & her friends here.

Here is my version of her.....

As you can see the weather is beautiful up here along the coast so I took advantage & took the photo's outside. She is coloured with Copics.....unfortunately I dont have the colours used I kept them out so I would write the list down but then yesterday I sorted a new storage solution for my pens as I needed something to hold my Copics & my Promarkers & being mobile. I will put piccy's on my blog soon.

Speaking of Promarkers Teresa has them in the store now so pop on over here to take a peek.

The bottom edge of the card I did myself I was playing over the weekend to give my cards a fancy edge lol.

The inside is decorated to compliment the front. For the actual layout I followed a sketch.

Here she is in all her glory.........she is soooo pretty & an absolute dream to colour she will be used often because she is perfect for so many occasions I think.

I also want to show you the card I made for the challenge last week just incase you havnt seen them.

Here is 'Pink Lightning' by Jasmine Beckett-Griffith available here.

....Yes I know she is more like pink & blue lightning. Let me tell you she is a joy to colour, she has become my favourite stamp. As I'm on quite a few DT's I see quite a few of these stamps on my travels & its fabulous to see them done in all their different ways.....they really do suit any colour scheme & any type card from bright & colourful to soft & pastel..... These are so soooo easy to colour I didnt want to stop colouring this one it was like the pen just flowed.......if that makes sense.

She has stickles added to her wings.

I finally got around to make a twisted easel card I cant believe how easy these are.....they really are so simple to make.

Teresa has had new stock in so as well as some fabulous Promarkers she also has the new Kraftin Kimmie stamps as well. She will also be getting some new sweet pea stamps so you will want to keep your eyes open for them as well.

Remember the stamps I've shown here are exclusive to Crafts & Me only.

Pop over to the challenge blog & join in the fun there we are now a weekly challenge with prizes every week. Also for this week Teresa is celebrating so another person chosen by random will win 8 digi images.....yes 8 so why not pop along & join in after all you have to be in it to win it.

Well thats all from me I will leave you in peace now lol enjoy the rest of your day.

Thank you so much for stopping by us girls do love to see you here.

Take care

Pink Lightening

Hello all you crafters out there,I had some me time at the weekend and spent it crafting made several cards and this is one i just had to ink up this Beauty one of the NEW Jasmine Becket-Griffith rubber stamps available exclusively at CRAFTS and ME Store she is called Pink Lightening and you can find her HERE Teresa has now added all the other new stamps to the store from Lemon Shortbread new Melody,s Sara Burrier,Hannah Lynn you can find them HERE all of which were showcased on here by the Design Team,scroll down and have a nosey if you have time.
I stamped the image and cut it out to add a bit of depth to my card.Colored her with promarkers,Shes more like purple pink lightening, i think this beauty would look fab any colour i cant wait to see what you customers do with her and all the other gorgeous images now available at the store.

Oh and Theres still another week for you to add your entries for CRAFTS and ME,s current challenge which our fab DT Amy set and it,s THINGS with WINGS.
(hugs)
Trish (-:

Crafts & Me's Newest Artist - JASMINE BECKET-GRIFFITH!!!

I am so excited to introduce to you at Crafts and Me, the very talented Jasmine Becket-Griffith who is joining us with her magical, fantasy images.
I would like to say a massive thank you to Jasmine for letting me turn her wonderful paintings, into deeply etched unmounted red rubber stamps so that we can all get great enjoyment out of using them.

Here is little bio about Jasmine

Jasmine Becket-Griffith is a professional painter working in acrylic paints.  Having the goal of bringing a bit of magic into the mundane world, her paintings blend realism with wide-eyed wonder, pop surrealism, gothic fantasy and classical themes. Jasmine is also well-known for her lines of licensed merchandise and projects with the Bradford Exchange, Disney, the Hamilton Collection and her dolls with Ashton-Drake. She and her husband/assistant Matt are long-time residents of beautiful Celebration, Florida.

We will be showcasing Jasmine's new stamps which will be released at the forthcoming Stamperama Show on 6th February and a shop release date will be announced soon after so if you're at the show you'll be amongst the first to grab these awesome designs!

Please do check out Jasmine's Website with her beautiful array of designs, I'm soooo excited as I LOVE her work, Teresa will tell you she had to pick my jaw off the floor when she told me!

So here is the first of the designs which I hope you love as much as I do - PINK LIGHTNING.  You can see Jasmine's original painting here.