To a Fun Guy!

Morning all.

Were almost halfway through September already, I can't quite believe it. It's still very warm as I type this post even though it's now officially autumn!

Over at Cardz4Guyz we have a hew theme for you to get your creative heads around. This month we would like to see your makes on the theme of:-

A FALL THEME or COLOURS

Here's my take, I've used both an autumnal theme and rich autumnal colours.

With all the rain we've had in the last few weeks along with warm weather the mushrooms and fungi are popping up all over the garden and surrounding fields. These are part of a larger stamp set from Chocolate Baroque which I've coloured with Copics and fussy cut. The background is a Gelli plate panel that went wrong but when put behind the mushroom and foliage you can't see it! The foliage was die cut sometime ago and put into a container for times just like this! A simple circular aperture frames the mushrooms and foliage. The sentiment is from Altenew and I popped it on my panel with foam tape as was the rest of the top panel and central design.

I thought I could write 'to a fun guy' on the inside to complete!!!

So where wiill the new theme take you? As always the team have some brill ideas on the C4G blog if you need a little help, so looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery!

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Masculine Mushrooms!

Masculine

Color Hues #140

A new month and a new colour combination from Color Hues.

Nancy is hosting this challenge and she has gone with a combination similar to this card. I did initially think of using a similar masculine image but while I was rootling through my printed off images I came across one I'd not used before from LOTV, Annabel Roller Girl and I thought the colours would suit this tomboy image.

I used Copics B91,93,95,97,99 for the blues, along with a collection of Es for the browns and found a piece of NitWits paper I bought in a pad many years ago from LOTV's shop in Farsley which matched the colours perfectly. I think I'd been saving the pad and completely forgot about this dotty DP. I have lots of NitWits digi papers but my paper is not as firm as the pad version so I was hanging onto it!!

My top panel was embossed with another vintage EF, Cuttlebug, which I've had for nearly 20 years but is a goodie that doesn't get out to play much these days. The DP was glued to my base card, then the die cut and embossed panel added with foam tape before Annabel was added on top. No sentiment as the EF says it all!

So where will this new colour combo take you? As always the rest of the team have some fab inspo over on the Color Hues blog along with our wonderful GD Michele.

Looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery!

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There are lots of lines I could have played along with but I think I'll go with 

Layers - For the Kids - Circles

Here's one I made earlier!

I was cleaning up the front end of my computer yesterday and came across this card I made a few months back using Uniko's Pure Floral Rose and it's perfect for a few challenges that are just coming to an end so I thought I would share now!

It's on the same lines as one I made using Uniko's Peony set here. The ladies at my Wednesday art group loved it and so I did a class to show them how to watercolour a stamped bloom but in the end I used the Lily set as it was simpler for them to paint. Perhaps now we have done a simple flower we may go back and try this bloom.

I used watercolours instead of inks to paint my rose which I stamped with a pale ink on mixed media paper so that the outline didn't show. The finished bloom was then fussy cut and attached to my die cut panel on which I'd stamped the greeting, a mix of Doodle Flowers and an older set, You Are, Yes You, with Memento London Fog.

The diecut panel was then added to a white top folding note card.

On another note, the garden is finally looking a little more green after the deluges of the last couple of days. However the water tank isn't as full as we thought it would be. Reason? The heavy rain washed grot off the tractor shed and blocked the newly cleaned gutters and blocked the filter so it was going straight down the overflow! Anyway the OH found out before the next set of thunderstorms arrived yesterday, so hopefully it will get topped up now all the grot has been washed away!

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Summer Blooms

Patchwork Hotair Balloon

Morning all.

Over at Cardz4Guyz we have a new challenge starting where Caz has chosen the theme of -

HOTAIR BALLOONS

I thought at first I would use my Uniko Up and Away but in the end used this sweet digi from LOTV called Patchwork Hotair Balloon.

After printing off the digi, I used Copics to colour before fussy cutting him out. Copics are my go to for colouring characters like this cute bear. I love the flexibility of the nib as well as the range of colours and shades and tones. It allows me to get a smooth, graduated look to my colouring that I haven't achieved with Promarkers or the Altenew alcohol ink pens, their nibs are too firm for my taste.

Rather that phaff with the tiny details on the balloon, I simply shaded each panel then added white gel pen over the top on two of the panels and a darker shade of the turquoise on the others. I chose the colours to match my DP which was a scrap in my bits box!

My DP was attached to my card blank, leaving a white strip above and below, because it was too small to fully cover it, then the next layer was added. This was made again using a scrap of linen effect card which I die cut with a couple of cloud dies. and cutting another smaller one to add over the top, I ended up with the largest cloud left over for another project. On more scrap white, I used my darkest Turquoise marker to colour 2 strips of card which I added to the top and bottom edge of the die cut panel. My sentiment, Uniko was stamped onto an oval die cut and added below the basket. The finished panel was then added on foam pads over the DP.

So where will the new theme take you? Don't forget it needs to be MASCULINE in focus!

For more ideas check out the rest of the team over on the C4G blog!

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Favourite Colouring Medium

(Copics are my go to for colouring characters like this cute bear. I love the flexibility of the nib as well as the range of colours and shades and tones. It allows me to get a smooth, graduated look to my colouring that I haven't achieved with Promarkers or the Altenew alcohol ink pens, their nibs are too firm for my taste.)

Color Hues # 139

Afternoon folks.

We are already halfway through the month of August so we have another colour duo for you from Color Hues! Marcia has chosen a duo which literally radiates the summer heat we are experiencing here this year. Here's my take using one of the Stampingbella's Snapshots images.

I was looking through my stash of images and found this partially coloured one, I must have decided to put it to one side, then forgot about it! Anyway, it was perfect for the new challenge.

I used Copics to colour the image, trimmed it down and then went looking for some DP to use in my design. 

In my orange/yellow DP pile, I found a piece of Japanese paper that my friend Jenny brought back from visiting her son in Japan many years ago! It was a perfect colour match, the orange and yellow blossom and waves outlined in gold.

This is a solid rubber stamp and I always struggle to get the sentiment in the correct place, I much prefer the polymer variety for this reason!

Anyway, that's all from me but please check out the rest of the team and our GD Priscilla for more yellow and orange inspo.