Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #99 ~ Picture Inspiration

This Fortnight's challenge is a summery picture inspiration...

Don't you just love the summery colours? I trimmed my cardstock to a DL size inspired by the stick of rocks in the picture.

First I created an ombre background using some yummy distress oxides.

I then stamped the girl's face and drew in her hair, I went for a sketchy look with her bunches quite low down on her head. I've coloured her in copics to add to the sugary sweet colour palette.

The sentiment was double stamped with grey ink too, to add a shadow, not sure how well this worked though? I finished off the card with a few decorative elements like the hearts and dots, just to give it a cute 'summer fun' cartoon(ish) vibe.

I thought I would also enter my project to these fabulous challenges too...
A bit more time to craft ~ Anything Goes

More mixed media challenge ~ Pastel

Creative crafters challenge ~ Anything Goes

Ally's angel ~ Anything Goes

Sweet stampers challenge ~ Summer

Qkr stampede ~ Anything Goes

Love to craft ~ Anything Goes
Craft rocket ~ Anything Goes

Daring cardmakers ~ Picture

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Thank you so much for visiting,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend!

HuGs Kim x

Craft Stamper Take it, Make it Challenge Six

Good Morning, well I have been a bit busy for the last few weeks... designing,  Christmas card making and getting all the decorations out and dressing the tree, so it didn't leave a lot of time for other inky stuff but I'm sure the recipient has received their card so thought it fitted perfectly into the

Craft Stamper Take it, Make it Challenge Six

As always, the challenge will be based on a technique showcased in the magazine, but this time we don't have one particular project in mind. Katy decided that as there are three projects featuring an 'ombre' effect in the January issue, then this is the technique we'll be focussing on!

an 'ombre' effect is just graduating colours of ink/paint/whatever....but feel free to interpret the theme as you wish! 

I got out my Oriental Zen set and created an ombre background in graduating tones of green to tan inks, stamping off to get a fainter impression.

The peony, I have stamped twice, one with the leaves, then cut out with a border to look like a die cut, I cut the main flower with a border too. The sentiment comes from the Tree Hugs stamp set.

I hope you get some time to join in, the challenge runs for two months so plenty of inky time.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderfully creative day

BiG HuGs

Kim x