'Surfs Up!'

Today sees the start of a new month which means a new challenge over at The Craft Garden! This month we have a great challenge

PICTURE INSPIRATION!

to see the picture you can either scroll down to the end of my post or click here!

I decided to use the sand, waves & bright colours as my inspiration.

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Cute Card Thursday- here comes Summer

Milk Coffee- bright colours

Paper Crafting Journey- spots or stripes

Addicted To Stamps- holidays

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Surfs Up!' by The Stamping Chef

Promarker/Flexmarker

Skin- tan, coral, sunkissed pink & blush

Eyes- azure

Sakura watercolour pencils

Hair- 40, 43 & 21

Bikini- 23, 22, 18 & 16

Surfboard- 39, 71, 61, 60, 58, 51 & 50

Sea- 55, 54, 17 & 14

Sand- 27

Sun (on sentiment)- 22 & 19

Tim Holtz distress inks

Sky & circle sentiment- tumbled glass

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Beach Babe' by Fancy Pants

'Circle Sentiment' by Cats Life Press

'Crystal Ice' Stickles

My stash- blue card

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

'Incire Flower' die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD 024

'6" scalloped square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fab creations the DT have made using this picture for inspiration.....

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'Happy Birthday To Ya!'

It's time for a new challenge to start over at 'Try Stampin' On Tuesday' this week we have a fantastic sketch for you to follow with the option of adding the twist! You will find the sketch at the end of my post or click here! This weeks added twist is....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

just add your Happy Birthday sentiment to your creation & pop over here & add it to the linky!

I decided to use one of the many freebie stamps I have collected over the years & it's been coloured with my new Sakura watercolour pencils which are fantastic!

I must admit I very rarely put different patterned papers together, but after sitting & playing with my scrap box papers I kinda like the result....gonna have to get my scrap box of papers out again!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Eureka Stamps- animals
Catered Crop- good birthdays
Bloggers Challenge- 2 or more design papers
Quirky Crafts- pile high 3D it
Crafting Musketeers- butterflies

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Teddie' a freebie from my stash

Coloured with Sakura watercolour pencils

Colour distressing done using 'turquoise' Panpastel

Papers & Embellishments

'Pampered Paws' (paw prints) by Digital Delights

'Grandma's Kitchen' (pinked checked) by DCWV

'Tea House' (turquoise checked) by Dovecraft

'Bazoo' (turquoise patterned) by Helz Cuppleditch

My stash black card

'Banner & Sentiment stamps' from the Forever Friends 'The Good Life' collection

Tools & Glues

'Collall all purpose glue' from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D glue with tools' from Natalie & Amy's

Sizzix Bigshot

'Oval' (with image) die cut by Sizzix 657563

'Oval #4' (black) die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD047

5" square card blank 

Please pop over to the main challenge blog & see what fab creations the DT have made using this sketch!

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you are all safe & warm in this awful weather we are having.

hugs xx

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