Orange & Black

Now I dont often use orange in my card making but Orange & Black was the colour combo thrown down for the challenge this fortnight over at Mad for Markers and as Halloween has passed I really had to stop and think about how I was going to get my orange in!  Well it happened in the form of Jade from TGF this has to be one of my all time favourite stamps, so that was the easy part I used W 7, 5, 3 1, C 7, 5 black, YR 68, R 00, 11.  Now to find orange papers so I hunted through my 6x6 papermania pads that I bought when I was starting out and found both papers so I stitched the panels to some paler orange cs which I also used for the Vintage Label die and the fancy hearts border, both by Crafty Cutters available at Crafty Sentiments Designs.  The sentiment stamp is also TGF then I added some punched leaves, flower, button and fastenator.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts #91 ~ Stitch It

Friday Sketch Challenge #4

Quirky Crafts #23 ~ Attitude

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GDT spot over at Mad For Markers

I was so thrilled to win a GDT spot over at Mad For Markers, the wonderful owner of the Mad For Markers online shop is a good blogging buddy, who I am sure many of you know,Sammi who I met way back when I first started blogging and I have much to blame thank her for, my love of TGF images and of course my passion for Copics!  If it wasnt for Sammi I probably would not have tried copics!  Anyway whenever I get the chance I like to play along with the challenges over at the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog and just recently I was thrilled when Mr Random Org picked my card!  So with out further ado here is my card for the current challenge which is 'Your favourite Copic colour combinations' and I managed to include 3 of mine on my one card.  I have used a digi stamp from Charmed Cards and Crafts and coloured the jeans using B97, 93 & 95 (combo 1) Skin R00 & 11 (combo 2) hair E33, 35 & 37 (combo 3) papers are from a digi kit by A Work in Progress and Sweet Blossom Designs called True Blue, the sentiment and die cut are both from Crafty Sentiments then I just added a few buttons.  Thanks Mad For Markers loved being GDT.x

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz #103 ~ Recipe 1 image 2 papers and 3 buttons

Mad for Markers ~ Colour Challenge

Boy oh Boy did I find the new challenge this month over at Mad For Markers a challenge.  The challenge is to use colours from the RV, YR and BG families which I didnt think would pose too much of a problem but I was very wrong!  The hardest thing I found with the colours I actually have inthose ranges was getting my skin tone right!  I must have wasted at least 4 images in  the process before I got to one I liked! lol still it was all good practice! and I got there in the end!  I have used another of the images from TGF which I got a Sillyu Monkey Crafts closing down sale, this time I have used Hope & Grace Sing, my papers are from the M&MBI paper pad which I have had for a while now but I love and I have hidden a message under the image and after I had sorted out the flap I couldnt get it to stay closed enough then remembered some tiny little magnets I bought ages ago but I cant remeber where from and they have worked perfectly.  The leaves are punched from scraps of cs and the flowers are from my stash.  I am pleased with this card but it certainly was a challenge to make and I so wanted ot get it right as its my Mothers Day card, now I'm just wondering if my mum will be tempted to look or if she will be good and not be tempted, only time will tell! lol

The colours I ended up using are: Skin - YR 61, guitar - YR 23, bikini - BG 96, hair - YR 31 & 23 flower - YR 16 & 68

 

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity #12 ~ Something Hidden

Anyone For Anya ~ A Sketch

OSAAT # 55 ~ Mothers Day/Babies

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