Funky Coffee

The Digital Ink challenge this week is a sketch:

I was determined to use the funky coffee cup digi freebie from Lost In Paper Scraps, so I made it fit the sketch! I coloured it with watercolour pencils and decoupaged the larger circles.

The backing papers are a freebie download I found on a digital scrapping blog (I can't remember which one, when I do, I'll edit this post!) I've doodled a fine black line twice around the edges of the two layers and then added a white gel pen one over the top.

Edges have been lightly inked with my trusty fading black pad, and then I added some purple ribbon (it is in real life, just it looks a bit murky in the photo). So I've rotated the sketch a little to make it fit what I wanted to use!

• Backing papers: Freebie digi download
• Image: Coffee cup from Lost In Paper Scraps
• Ribbon: My stash
  
  

Got My Eye On You!

Isn't this a cute one eyed monster?! I'd coloured this in a while ago but not got round to using it, so decided that it would fit perfectly the Digital Ink challenge which is:

Fall Y'all!

Plus the above photo for colour inspiration. The trees in the UK are slowly turning that colour, although I think all the leaves will have dropped before they get to the richness of the photo - it keeps raining - bleugh!!

The backing papers I've used are from Now That's Funky with a bit of edge inking and rounding.

The image, coloured with watercolour pencils is from Lost In Paper Scraps and is a freebie image. The monster has been added with foam pads to give a bit of a lift, and the tiny resin flowers are from my stash (I've had these about 5 or 6 years!)

I'd like to say a big thank you to the Digital Ink DT as I was picked as the winner of last week's challenge and I won a very cute digital girlie image, which I have printed and it is sat in my pile for colouring! Thank you again - it really made my day!

• Backing papers: Now That's Funky from Funky Hand
• Image: Lost in Paper Scraps freebie coloured with watercolour pencils
• Resin flowers: My stash
  
  

Train and Colours

The Digitial Ink challenge this week is a colour combination:

I've used a lovely Crafty Downloads image which I resized to fit my card. The blue backing paper is a digital download from A Work In Progress but I can't remember which collection, and the stripy one was a magazine freebie. And I've had that one ages too so can't remember where it is from - sorry!

I've coloured the image with felt tips plus a bit of white gel pen highlighting because the colours of the backing papers are so strong, I thought that watercolour pencils would be a little insipid. I've inked the edges of the papers with some really quite faded black ink which I refuse to throw away as I've found that by dropping a little coca cola on the pad it revives it enormously! The red grosgrain ribbon is from my stash.

I've had a real busy weekend this week. For a change. Hope to be able to show you some of the highlights of it some point over the next few days. Which, incidentally, is also going to be a busy one and I'm out nearly every night this week.....!

• Backing papers: Dark blue freebie from A Work In Progress, stripy one from a magazine
• Image: Crafty Downloads coloured with felt tips
• Ribbon: From my stash
  

Birthday Dino

Following last Saturday's mega Birthday party for the boys I could think of nothing better than to take some Dustin Pike images and my watercolour pencils with me to a 10am Sunday Birthday party for Isabel (she of the flying fairy Birthday card!)

And whilst chaos reigned around me with screaming kids, I merrily coloured away! I managed three images, this being the first and I thought it would fit nicely with the second Digital Ink challenge which is this sketch:

I rotated it slightly as the dino did not look right portrait style and because I'd already coloured the image, I had the task of sorting through my scrap box to find suitable papers. I hate to throw any scrap away that is bigger than a postage stamp - yeah, I'm a miser!

Anyway, I found these papers, all Funky Hand and I think from Now That's Funky - printed off as A5 size so I get a smaller pattern. I carefully cut a square around the dino to make him stand out a little, inked the edges and the edges of the papers.

The sentiment is a Snag 'Em stamp which I've cut a really poor circle around it, layered it onto some similar papers (same cd, different collection) and then covered a large brad with some scrap paper because the brad was just not the right shade of green!

And that's it! A fairly quick card to make all because I had 2 hours of relative peace and quiet to spend colouring!

• Backing papers: Now That's Funky cd from Funky Hand
• Image: Dustin Pike coloured with watercolour pencils
• Sentiment: Snag 'Em Duo stamp
  

Poppies are Red and my Photos are Wonky

Well, I stumbled across a brand new challenge blog - I say stumbled because it just sort of leapt out at me! My fellow Polkadoodle DT mate Boni is part of Digital Ink DT and this is their first challenge!

The digital image of the poppy is free to download from the blog and the challenge this week is to use it!

So I have! I really must apologise for the wonky photo - I just don't know what happened here. possibly the elation of it still being light when I got home from work. Not sure, so just tilt your head slightly and it will look fine!

I've used plain cardstock for mounting the image onto - black green and red, all from my stash. I've rounded and inked edges too to soften it.

I've coloured the image with watercolour pencils - it was really an easy image to colour and it's the first time I've attempted a flower, so quite pleased with myself!


The ribbon is from my stash and the red chunky button is Woodware (I never knew they made buttons, but they do, or at least brand them!)

Great challenge and I'm looking forward to next weeks!

By the time you read this (I've set it to publish at a specific time) I shall be hopefully sufficiently organised for a joint Birthday party for both boys this afternoon. I'm expecting around 35 kids and have hired a sports hall. Personally, I'm looking forward to the egg and spoon race that I have organised.... heheheheh!

• Cardstock: My stash
• Image: Freebie to use for the challenge from Digital Ink, coloured with watercolour pencils
• Ribbon: My stash
• Button: Woodware