Goodbye Make It Crafty

Well here we go - my last blog post for Make it Crafty. Zoe has made the hard decision to close Make it Crafty so she can concentrate on her photography & other things. I know I won't be the only one to thank her from the bottom of my heart for creating Make it Crafty & sharing her love & talent with us. Make it Crafty has been a huge part of my crafting life - I can't even remember how long I've been a fan, but it's years. 

Being a member of the DT has been such an honour. Zoe was amazing and the various members of the DT over the years have been amazing. I've made lifelong friends through this DT. Some of the Challenge themes literally had me quacking in my boots & gave me nightmares, but Zoe helped us push those boundaries & following her lead developed my colouring skills so much. It's been an incredible team to be part of. 

So to send Make it Crafty out with a bang we're having one final DT Blog Hop. We're featuring three beautiful new fairies - and the great news is that you will get these fairies free if you place an order in the Make it Crafty Store before it closes. They'll automatically be added to your order - no need to add them to your cart. 

Make sure to purchase any digis, rubber stamps, chippies or colouring tutorials before they're gone for good & make triple sure you've backed them up (in several places if possible) as once the store is gone you won't be able to retrieve them if your computer crashes.

Details of the Blog Hop & a chance to win a surprise in the post from Zoe are at the bottom of the post. 

I chose the lovely Princess Fairy & decided she ought to be nestled in a Christmas Tree as it's that time of year. I've never created a Christmas tree from scratch before, but I think it looks ok. 

Here's a close up of Princess Fairy. She looks so happy & serene - not worried by the occasional craziness of Christmas at all. 

Always hard to capture on camera, but I added plenty of sparkles - what fairy is complete without a good sprinkle of shimmer. I used Wink of Stella & some metallic gel pens.

I love MIC Chippies so much. They really add a finishing touch to any card. I coloured them with copics, Wink of Stella & Gold gel pen to give plenty of sparkle.

I layered them up with the 'Wishes' half layered on top of the 'Christmas'. I love the dimension it gives. 

Digi - Princess Fairy from Make it Crafty

Chippies - Christmas Layered Word

Wishes Layered Word

Copics

Skin - E00, E000, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - Y11, Y15, Y17, Polychromo pencils

Dress - E50, E51, E53, E55,

Tree - Various greens including G82, G67, G69, G99, G14, G17

I really hope you like her & enjoy the hop.

To be in with a change of a surprise in the post from Zoe leave a comment at every step of the hop. The thing I'd love to hear is your favourite Make it Crafty Memory.

Winner will be drawn on Sunday 1st Dec. 

Zoe thank you so much for having me as part of your DT. 

It's been such an honour & meant the world to me. 

Here's the Blog Hop List:

Andrea

Delphine

Lucy (yep that's me - You Are Here!)

Marika

Nicoletta

Sadia

Make it Crafty

A Very Fairy Door - The Sequel - Kickstarter project

Well here we go - the lesser spotted Lucy colouring again. A rare occurrence these days I know, but mojo is still missing after all this time. I know it will come back - I'm hoping soon. Despite mojo being low on the ground I couldn't resist asking if I could be part of the next step in the 'A Very Fairy Door' story. 

I don't know if you remember but a few years ago the lovely Carlie Brown & Kimberly Brown wrote a beautiful story about the fairies who visit through a fairy door in houses. The wonderful Krista Smith of Saturated Canary illustrations made the story come to life. The book was dreamt up to appeal to children at home and also help poorly children in the Children's Hospital of East Ontario. It was a beautiful book with a lovely story & a real fairy door to go in the child's room. The Kickstarter campaign was successful and many children around the world discovered the magic of the book.

Now Carlie, Kimberly are back with a new story - A Very Fairy Adventure! It's a beautiful 40 page children's book with new characters including the Fairy Baby Maeve illustrated by Krista.  It's being created through fundraising on Kickstarter. You can pledge support at various different levels & receive different levels of rewards. For crafters there's the chance to own four new Krista Smith digi stamps, for parents & grandparents (and just the young at heart) there's the chance to own the new book and even get the original book complete with Fairy Door if you weren't lucky enough to get one first time round. You can find all the information here: A Very Fairy Adventure Kickstarter.

I'm lucky enough to be able to play with the exclusive new Krista Smith A Very Fairy Adventure digi stamps before they're released (who am I kidding - I begged to be allowed to). This first one I played with is the boy fairy who features in the new A Very Fairy Adventure. I coloured him with my copics & had such fun. These characters really are a dream to colour. 

Here's his close up. What a character eh! I can't wait to see what adventures he gets up to in A Very Fairy Adventure!

The sentiment is the Believe Layered Sentiment Chipboard word from Make it Crafty (I do love these chippies - so great to use). I added Wink of Stella to give it some shimmer over the copic colour.

It's so tricky to capture sparkle in photos. I added Wink of Stella to his wings - cos what fairy doesn't have sparkly wings? 

Digi - Exclusive Digi Stamp available through a pledge on the A Very Fairy Adventure Kickstarter.

Chipboard - Believe Layered Sentiment Chipboard word from Make it Crafty

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E53, E55, E57, E59

Clothes - G82, G46, G29, E53, E55, E57, E59

Wings - G40, G82, Wink of Stella

Cast Shadow - W2, W3, W5

I really hope you pop over the the A Very Fairy Adventure and pledge on Kickstarter. There's a reward level to appeal to everyone and every dollar helps reach the target for publication. Come and join the Facebook page too to keep an eye on the excitement.

A Fairy Bluebell Birthday

Well it's been a very long time since I posted. A mixture of physical health problems and emotional wobbliness has meant I've hardly done any crafting at all this year. Mojo seems to be on a very extended break. I know it will come back, but I do miss that itch to create. The recent beautiful display of bluebells in my garden encouraged me to get my pens out and colour lovely Bluebell Fairy

I'm really lucky as my Mum is a keen gardener so I'm surrounded by a beautiful garden. This year we had bluebells in the traditional blue, but also in white & purple. Really pretty especially with the yellow pop of cowslip too. The joys of an English Country Garden.

I decided to stick with the classic blue for Fairy Bluebell.

Here's a few close ups.

A little quirky thing but I love the effect of her wing popping over the edge of the card.

Here's a close up of her bluebell skirt. I added a bit of glow from her lantern.

I used Happy Script Word and Birthday Brush Script Word chippies from Make it Crafty and coloured them with a few layers of Platinum Brilliance Ink pad to give a good shine.

A final bit of shimmer with some Clear Wink of Stella on her wings and I was finished.

Well what fairy is complete without a little shimmer & shine?

I do hope you like her & I hope it won't be nearly as long until I'm sharing creations with you again x

Digi - Fairy Bluebell Digi Stamp

Chipboard - Happy Script Word, Birthday Brush Script Word

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E53, E55, E57

Dress- B63, B66, B69, B79

Eyes & Lantern Stem - G40, G82, G29

Lantern - Y000, Y00, Y02, Y15

Lets Go Dotty! Challenge with Tiddly Inks Stamps

It's challenge time over at Tiddly Inks Challenge and the theme is Lets Go Dotty..... I'm worried I may have taken the title a little too seriously! Sooooo many dots! I decided to use Eat More Cake as I knew she'd look super cute in polka dots.

I'm still in a major crafting funk at the moment due to health etc so it was nice to get my pens out and have a play.  I added all the dottyness with my Sakura Glaze White Gel Pen. It goes on clear, but then gives really bright white spots once it dries. A magic that Zoe from Make it Crafty introduced me to. Here's her close up.

I used some chipboard from Make it Crafty for the sentiment and continued the dottyness on those. I told you I got a bit carried away with dots!

Digi - Eat More Cake from Tiddly Inks Stamps

Chipboard - Birthday Single Layered Word and Wishes from the Birthday Adapt-a Word from Make it Crafty

Copics used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 cheeks

Hair - Y11, Y15, Y17, YR24

Dress & Shoes - B24, B26, B29, B99

Flowers - R27, R29, R59, YR04, YR27

Shadows - W2, W3, W5

Dots - Sakura Glaze White Gel Pen

I hope you come over and join in the Tiddly Inks Lets Get Dotty Challenge. I'd love to know what you think.

Tiddly Inks April Challenge

For the April Tiddly Inks Challenge we're all Showcasing the same image - this lovely mermaid couple. 

I decided to use the precoloured version of the https://www.tiddlyinks.com/digital-stamps/little-valentines-mermaids-stickers-and-digital-stamps/stickers and created an April planner sheet. I made the planner sheet from scratch (with a few interesting mistakes along the way) and sized the stickers to fit. I didn't have any printable sticker paper so used a large sized address label - it's amazing what you can adapt when you want to.

Here's the completed pages added into my notebook. Love how it turns out!

A close up of the pages.

It was different for me using precoloured images rather than colouring myself, but it was lots of fun.

Don;t forget to come over to the Tiddly Inks Challenge to see the DT creations & join in the challenge yourself. 

Make it Crafty Fairy Blog Hop

Yay! We are so excited to share the gorgeous new Flower Fairies from Make it Crafty with you. It has been quite a while since we've released new images, that we thought it was worthy of a blog hop and of course a give away. :) These are the new Fairies:

Fairy Bluebell Digi Stamp

Fairy Lily Digi Stamp

Fairy Tulip Digi Stamp

It's just a quick hop, with of course gorgeous colouring to inspire you, so be sure to leave a comment on each blog post so that we know you 'hopped' on by. PLUS there are three secret giveaways along the way and if you win, you will be able to choose to keep your favourite fairy!

Of course if you can not wait to find out if you are a winner, be sure to head on over and snap up your favourite fairy now and Zoe will be more than happy to refund you should you win!

Ekk! It's time for a new release at Make it Crafty and  Blog Hop to go with it!

You should start the Blog Hop at Nicoletta's Blog and hop through the blog list to see all the DT and Guest DT creations.

Blog Hop List

• Nicoletta 
• Mindy
• Sadia
• Marika
• Rosie
• Lucy (you are here)
• Saskia
• Delphine

Now you know I have a soft spot for fairies and these fairies are no exception. I chose Lily Fairy and decided to base her on a Stargazer Lily. It's one of my favourite lilies - such a beautiful vibrant colour with pretty spotty details. I decided to make her the full focus so for once haven't added a sentiment to the front of the card.

Here's her close up. I coloured her wings to look like the stargazer lily leaves, her hair decoration to look like cala lily and I kept the shading on her hair to a touches of grey so she's almost a platinum blonde.

Now a close up of her dress - the lily flower. I tried to build in the bright yellow & green you get at the base of the stargazer lily flower & then the beautiful vibrant pinks of the main petals. A challenge to colour, but I hope I achieved the look.

 Here she is complete. I really hope you like her.

Digi Used:

Copics Used:

Thank you so much for joining us on this fun little blog hop and I hope you'll have a quick chance to leave a comment before you continue hopping. I may just be the lucky one hiding a little fairy for you. ;)

Blog Hop List

• Nicoletta 
• Mindy
• Sadia
• Marika
• Rosie
• Lucy (you are here)
• Saskia
• Delphine

Winter Snowflake Fairy with Make it Crafty

My crafty mojo is definitely missing at the moment, so it was a nice surprise when the idea for this card popped into my head asking to be made. I chose Fairy Butterfly Bliss digi from Make it Crafty and paired her with the Winter Snowflake Edge Chipboard.

I used two layers of Wow Super Fine White Embossing Power on the  Winter Snowflake Edge Chipboard. and then added some White Frost Shimmer paint on the stars to give it a bit of sparkle.

I kept the colouring on Fairy Butterfly Bliss digi subtle as I wanted her to look like a winter fairy who was scattering snowflakes (helped by some dots of White Sakura Glaze pen). I added some Frost White Shimmer paint to her dress make her extra magical.  I coloured the background with my copics keeping the blending not completely smooth so it resembles the Northern Lights.

On her wings I used Wink of Stella & Sakura Stardust to add sparkle & shimmer. I cut around the edges of her wings which allowed me to slip the Winter Snowflake Edge Chipboard behind her wings giving the card extra dimension. 

I hope you like her.

Digis Used:

Fairy Butterfly Bliss digi from Make it Crafty

Chipboard Used:

Winter Snowflake Edge Chipboard from Make it Crafty

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E51, E53, E55

Dress - BG10, BG11, BG13, Frost White Shimmer Paint

Wings - B00, B01, B02, Wink of Stella, Sakura Stardust pen

Background - B14, B16, B18