Basic Grey Challenge #24 ~ Mad Skillz

Hello Saturday already?... which means we have a new challenge on Basic Grey Challenges...

Gingham... I have no gingham within my basic grey collection of papers but thought this lemonade paper was as close as. I couldn't possibly resist these fabulous KennyK images when I spotted them around blogland! So totally Funky!!! I had originally coloured her for another challenge that has passed and thought it went pretty well with these BG papers. I have followed the fabby sketch #146 from Mojo Monday. The sentiment I have applied glossy accents to, and I have also embellished the backing paper with some Viva Decor glitter liner, fab stuff! Ooo the Washi tape came out for this card too LOL!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey:lemonade;

Stamps: KennyKdigis: Mad Skillz; The Greeting farm: talk loud;

Ink: printer & Archival: black; Copic: markers*; spica glitter; 

Ranger: distress inks: spun sugar; Viva Decor: glitter liner;

Dies: Spellbinders nestabilties: ovals; circle; labels 3;

Other: BasicGrey: ribbon doilies; TGF: Washi Tape; glossy accents; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, E00, 11, 13 & R20, lips: R14, Hair: E08, 97, 99, eyes: B41; Outfit: E40, 41, RV10, 21, 23, 34, R29, 39, B60 and a little colourless blender!!!

 

Thank you for visiting today, and I'm so pleased you're enjoying my colouring tutorial, I would love to see your amazing grass backgrounds too, so stop by and tell me so I can pop over and admire :)

 

Have a fantastic weekend, HuGs Kim :)

BasicGrey Colour Combo & Cutting Cafe

Challenge 23 - Colour Combo

Well its time for another challenge over at BasicGrey and this time its a colour combo, we would like you to pick one of the following colour combos for your creations (Skin and white card colours are allowed too),

Pink and Green

Pink and Brown

Blue and Brown

So what are you waiting for, pick your favorite combo and get crafting :), but of course not to forget to use at least one item from BasicGrey on your creation...

Regina has very kindly offered one lucky winner , two downloads of your choice from her wonderful store, how fab is that ♥

We got the chance to use her amazing cupcake designs, I printed the cupcake out twice onto heavy weight cartridge, a mini cupcake, the sentiment and cherry. I have coloured using my copics, The cup case I have stamped BG Inspire heart stamps and shaded with distress inks using a mask over the cupcake top! For the shiny icing I have gone over the top with liquid applique and while still wet, sprinkled the top (the table, the carpet, my face & head, the whole room it seems) with sparkly glitter! The cherry I have coloured and cut out. The sentiment I have cut using circle and ribbon slider to create hole! The mini cupcake I thought would make a cute charm, so I coloured with copics and cut out! Then finished off with a good dollop of glossy accents and adhered to a brad through the ribbon!

click images for a close look

Materials:

Paper: Basic Grey - Bittersweet, heavy weight cartridge,

Stamps: The Cutting Cafe - Cupcakes, Basic Grey - Inspire me,

Die's: Nestabilities - Circles, squares, cutb'g - corner

Ink: Printer - Black, Tim's - Distress inks, colourbox queues, Copic Markers,

Other: Basic Grey - brad, infuse ribbon, Glossy Accents, MM - ribbon punch, Liquid applique, glitter, 3D foam,

Thanks for stopping by have a great weekend, HuGs Kim ♥

Basic Grey - My Sweet Valentine's

I really wanted to get all this uploaded earlier but I've had such a busy weekend! My baby turned five yesterday... wow we've been entertaining and partying everyday and still have a little lunch party to go to tomorrow! So much fun....

Challenge 18 - Digi Print Challenge

We have a special challenge for you this week, we would like to see you use one (or all if you want to) of my illustrations (Only people taking part in this challenge are allowed to use these images (for now anyway) and of course when the challenge is over you can continue to use them if you wish but please remember that these images are copyright to me and should only be used according to my terms of use), oh and course not forgetting to use at least one item from BasicGrey somewhere on your creation :)

So here's my creation with my illustrations hope I did myself justice... I drew this boy as a shy boy giving his valentine's a gift without being soppy or in any way romantic, notice the blush on this shy boy's face? So typical!

I printed the image onto a heavy weight cartridge but it came out a little faint, I used my copic markers to colour the rest and cut with my labels die, with the die in place then inked the edges with distress inks! The card base I have stamped with script stamp and distress inks!

The word Valentine's I printed directly onto basic grey patterned paper. I then cut out and laid it to the back of the darker paper to draw around. I cut just a little away from the pencil line so that I could achieve a shadow effect! The cut out word has been raised on 3D foam and I've highlighted with white gel pen and added shadow with grey marker to distinguish between the letters!!

Materials:

Paper: Basic Grey - Bittersweet, heavy weight cartridge,

Stamps/image: My drawings - Shy Boy, Valentine's, Script

Die's: Nestabilities - Labels 1,squares, sizzix - neet knacks,

Ink: Distress inks, sakura - pastel, copic sketch markers,

Other: Doodlebug - rubons, edge distresser, Adhesive gems and Bling, 3D foam,

I hope you like and get a chance to have a go. It's such a wonderful feeling to see such talented designers using my sketches, WOW our design team has done some amazing creations hope you have a look! Thanks you!

So... onto some other big news, As you know I am a member of the wonderfully talented design team over on Basic Grey Challenges blog and I took the chance and entered one of my card's into the Basic Grey gallery and I received an email to tell me it was accepted so off you go and have a look at my card in the Official Basic Grey Gallery! Woo Hoo! I would like to thank Martine of course for her wonderful sketch, you've helped make it all possible! Thank you sweetie x!


If you made it down to here, thank you, and I'm really looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations! Hope you have a great weekend, Happy HuGs Kim x

BG Aperture - Gift With Bow

This card is for the Basic Grey Challenge using my image Gift with Bow

The aperture I created using label 1 dies, it's very hard to see... the inner frame is made with glitter card, you may see it better in the close up! I also used the same glitter card for the right hand trim, layered with adhesive lace and embellished with red gems and used glossy accents to create cute little flowers.

So I printed my image twice one on patterned paper then the next on the plain red colour. I then cut each piece out, I embellished the bow using my copics, white ink pad and white gel pen. I have raised the bow on thin ink pads to give dimension! The patterned paper I inked the edges! Then the gift I adhered over the aperture.

click images for a close look

Materials:
Paper: BG - wassail, MM cardstock - redrock, white glitter card,
Die's: Nestabilities - long rectangles, Labels 1,
Stamps: PPS - What Every Gal Needs, PTI - silent night,
Ink: Hero Arts Shadow, Colourbox - Frost white, Copics, gel pen.
Other: Adhesive lace, pretty gems, glossy accents, 3d foam,

Myself and Dillon are recovering quite well, thank you for your kind thoughts and wishes, HuGs to you all, have great Monday! Kim x