Summer Dreams by Make It Crafty

As you can see I'm stilling going in circles...

I'm having so much fun with my Spellbinders Circles, Grand Circles & Grand Scalloped Circles I don't want to stop.

I've had this cute image from Make It Crafty printed and waiting for me for several days.  Sometimes I'm a little intimidated by an image and this is one of those.  The folds in her dress are one of the reasons and then her hair, could I make it look real?

I colored her with Copic markers BG75, BG72, BG70, W7, W5, W3, E97, E95, E93, E0000, E000, E00, R20, C6, C3, B66, B63.  The cloud background is done with a template and BG70.  After coloring her I'm really happy with the way the folds in her dress look and I think her hair is believably black. 

The "happy birthday to you" is a sentiment circle from The Cutting Cafe and I used Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious papers.  For one last added detail I punched 2 Martha Stewart butterflies, stacked them and added three black half pearls to them. 

I've had a couple of comments about doing a cloud tutorial using the Copic markers.  I wish you could come over and sit at my craft table so we could spend an afternoon coloring together.

The clouds are super easy so I'd better do that for you soon, thanks for asking! 

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Challenges:
Inspire Me Friday's - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Girly Girls
Birthday Sundaes - Anything Goes Birthday Card
Digi Design House - Summer
Karen's Doodles - Shaped Cards

Make It Crafty Annalise & Ribbon Swing

I have a fun card I made to share with you today using merged images from Make It Crafty.  The girl is a separate image from the swing, she's called Annalise and the swing is called Ribbon Swing.  They have a challenge going on to merge some of their images and I wanted to play!

Annalise and her ribbon swing are colored with Copic markers YG67, YG63, YG61, C0, C00, C1, R20, R22, R24, E99, E25, E53, E44, E43, E42, E00, E000, E0000, BG10, BG11, BG13, BG72, BG75, B97, Y21, YR24, YR21.  I also made a cloud background using Stormy Sky distress ink.  

I used the "out of the box" technique with a Spellbinders circle die to cut her out and matted her with another Spellbinders Scalloped circle die.  I also used a Martha Stewart punch around the page punch for a border along the bottom and a couple of Cuttlebug embossing folders for texture.   The cardstock colors for my card are Neenah Navy Linen & Solar White, Stampin' Up! Cameo Coral and Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist.  I added two extra punched flowers to mirror the one in her hair and centers are Dew Drops, then two more Dew Drops down in the opposite left corner.  

I have a couple more digital images from Make It Crafty that I can't wait to color and make into cards.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Challenges:

Make It Colourful - Merged Images
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Karen's Doodles - Double Trouble, use 2 images
Crafts & Me - Favorites
Card Makin' Mama's - Summertime
Inspire Me Friday's - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Summer Fun

Tiddly Inks & Make It Crafty July Release News

 Make It Crafty and Tiddly Inks have been craftily plotting the coordinated release of a collection of Victorian and Steampunk images. Like all good things, creative genius takes time---

On July 14, 2011 Zoe and Christy and their design teams will release a delightful combination of images, and they welcome you to anticipate the release of "Mix and Match with Make It Crafty and Tiddly Inks."