Pike's Playground has NEW rules!!

What if.....

 we set you a challenge once a fortnight

you MUST USE a DOODLE DRAGON IMAGE

and......

now instead of just one or two of you winning a prize

EVERYBODY  who enters gets a FREE digi!!!
(for more details please visit Dustin Pike's Blog HERE)


Like the sound of the new rules - great eh, and the image will be made available to challenge entrants FREE months before it's due for general release!!!


Without further ado here are the details of todays new challenge:

"BLING IT UP"
(add something shiny)

Yeah, I know I should stick to colouring and leave the poetry to others!!

and for the bling part of the challenge I added........

Diamond Glaze on his hat buckle

Viva Iridescent Glitter Glue on the coins in the crock of gold

Flat backed gold pearls

Pearlised lime green paper

and finally

2 coins!

and of course I cannot possibly forget that he was coloured with Copics (now there's a surprise)

Hop on over to Dustin's Blog to see what my teamies came up with and I look forward to seeing your entries - and don't forget EVERYONE who enters now gets a FREE DIGI

In the meantime I'd like to enter this cheeky little chappie into these.....

2 Sisters Challenge - anything goes

Allsorts Challenge - anything goes

SSDS Challenge - Manly card

Sweetstamping Challenge - Its a man thing

ABC Challenge - J for Jazz it up

Crafty Hugs

P.S.  Have you noticed that I've made a few changes to the blog recently - I have added a translator for my non-English speaking followers and for non-Blogspot readers who will shortly be losing the Google Friend Connect service I've added RSS and email so you can still keep up with my blog posts - hope this helps ♥

Colours of Autumn challenge

Yeah, I know spring has yet to arrive for most of us!!

but...

 Make it Crafty's challenge is

"Autumn Colours"

Now I splurged this week on a couple of new Magnolia stamps and one in particular sums up

the phrase "make it crafty" - what do you think??

When I think of autumn, I envisage trees a glow with vivid russets, reds and yellows, a crispness in the air and mushrooms popping up all over my lawn (grrrr - if any budding gardeners out there know how to get rid of unwanted fungi please let me know)

Make it Crafty digi - Little Toadstools

Make it Crafty chippie

Magnolia stamp- Tilda stamping

Flat backed pearls

Chalk ink

Copics

No Copics list today - (sorry, I developed a migraine shortly after doing this and in my marshmallow-head daze after it had gone I put my pens back without taking a picture)

Did you know.........

Digi's come into their own because of their versatility - resize, invert and as in this case create your own backing paper.  The "mushroom montage" was created in Photoshop Elements, adding and resizing fungi until it filled my design area, then I reduced their transparency to 50%, pale enough to be subtle but not so wishy washy that they disappeared.  I chose really pale muted shades to colour them in - E40, E50 and some pale W's - just enough to give a hint of colour. 

Try it for yourself and I'd love to hear how you get on.

Feel free to hop on over to the Make it Crafty Gallery where you can see some awesome autumnal projects from my teamies to inspire you - and then have a go yourself - I can't wait to see what you create.

Hugs

Copic Marker Europe

Hello there everyone, hope you're having a great weekend!

I have some fab news to share with you today - I have been asked to Guest Design for....

Copic Marker Europe!!

I couldn't resist this adorable little guy whilst at a craft show recently, isn't he the cutest!!

Stamp:

"Revolver Hero" by Nellie Snellen

Dies:

Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals

Quickutz Corner and Stars

Go-Kreate alphabet

Paper:

DCWV - All About Boys Stack

Misc:

Chalk ink - various shades

Glitter glue

Cowboy ribbon from stash

...............and the all important Copic list....

Anyway, I'd like to thank Copic Marker Europe for inviting me and if you haven't visited their blog before click HERE as it's a treasure trove of Copic information!

I'd like to enter my card in the following:

Allsorts Challenge - #142 Anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs - #133 A recipe (3 embellies, 2 papers, 1 image)

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Die cut challenge

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Brown, Orange, Teal

Crafty Hugs