2020 Blog Catch Up - Mo Manning Images

Continuing with my 2020 blog catch-up from today I'm showcasing images from artists I love but am not on the DT for. It's so nice to have the opportunity to play with images that I just WANT to play with. These gorgeous images are from Mo Manning at Mo's Digital Pencil. I was blessed to have been on Mo's Dream Team a while ago and have never lost my love for her art, just finding the time to use it was my issue. 

The flower on the card below is made using Heartfelt Creations stamps, dies and shaping mold. The leaves are a die from La-La Land Crafts.

I created the card below for my daughter to send to a friend in England. She wanted a little bit of "Aussie" to go with it so I after sending her image options she chose Mo's gorgeous laughing baby and a cute Koala image from Whimsy Stamps, their Love for Australia set. The papers are from a digital set I bought years ago from Valerian Digital (I couldn't find a link for them so I'm not sure if they are still in business). The cute little feet were made from paper clay and a mold I bought at a craft show.

My Simply Betty Stamps Cards for 2020 - A Catch Up

Welcome to my next blog catch up for 2020. Today I'm showcasing my DT makes for Simply Betty Stamps. 

Betty has such a gorgeous and unique style of art and I love her beautiful images. Some of these cards were made last year but don't seem to have appeared on my blog so here they are. 

Unfortunately I'm not as into the Halloween style of images as Betty is - maybe because we don't really celebrate Halloween here in Australia, but there are so many stunning images to find instore if you're like me.

Sadly Betty hasn't been drawing as much this year - she's been concentrating on her gorgeous fabrics and they are well worth checking out if you love to sew - her fabric site is Ms Fits Fabrics - hopefully she'll have more stock soon but I believe there is a pre-order section.

I'll be back again soon with another catch up and there will be NEW card posts coming soon too :)

My Aurora Wings Stamps Cards for 2020 - A Catch Up

Thanks to those you let me know they don't do Instagram and would prefer I keep updating my blog. I thought I'd play a little catch up of my 2020 makes in stages - as I said I haven't been quite as busy as in past years but I have been dabbling - but there are still a few so catch up posts seemed the best way to go.

This post is showcasing most of my Aurora Wings makes. I love Mitzi's images and always enjoy colouring them in and am so proud to be on her Design Team.

I'll make sure to update my blog with more catch-ups and regular posts soon - in the meantime I hope you enjoy checking these out.

 

Sorry I've Been MIA

 WOW it's been ages since I've posted here on my blog and for that I apologise. I'm not sure if people are still using blogs - but if you'd like me to keep updating mine leave me a comment on this post and I'll get back to it ;) 

I have been creating - not as prolifically as in the past as I've been working full time on and off and part time generally. It took me some time to get into the rhythm of all that and now Covid-19 has made me move to a new rhythm of working from home!

If you want to see what I have been creating you can check out my instagram page - I have been updating that a lot more regularly as I can do that on my phone during my lunch break if needed. My page is called debpamment so shouldn't be too hard to find if you want to look. In the meantime I will post the odd thing here as well - unless I get enough comments to post here regularly :)

In the meantime - Keep Safe in this weird year that is 2020!

Challenge Me a Christmas Card

 

Oh dear it's been a while since I posted on my blog! I have been crafting a little but work has taken up most of my time and I have been using my instagram (debpamment) account to post my recent makes. Luckily my good friend Michelle Lupton asked me once again to play a part in her Challenge me a Christmas Card challenge so here I am back on my poor neglected blog.

The theme we chose for today was "Christmas Windows". I set the gorgeous Lily of the Valley carolers into a scene I created using images from Make it Crafty. Sadly Make it Crafty has closed down recently but luckily I have the gorgeous scene making images in my digi library. 

I coloured the image up and cut out the windows. I then popped the whole panel up on 3D tape so I could pop some die cut branches inside the "room" and decorate it to form a Christmas tree. I hope you like it.

I'll be heading over to check out Michelle's take on our theme once the post publishes, you can check it out too - just click THIS LINK.

Here's a little close up of the image.

Aurora Wings New Facebook Challenge

There have been some changes over at Aurora Wings with the challenge blog shutting down. But don't despair - we are now running a fabulous Facebook monthly challenge which you can found on the Aurora Wings Facebook page HERE.

Our first challenge is "Anything Goes" and the graphic above is a collage of snippets of the DT makes - I hope it whets your appetite to go and check out the full makes! 

For my card I decided to go back to the start of MY Aurora Wings journey and celebrate the new beginning by using the very first Aurora Wings image I ever coloured. This beauty is called Gardenia. The card above is my new make and the one below is the card I created back in February of 2014!

We hope you come along and join us, maybe even re-visit your first image!?!?!

Aurora Wings Challenge #74

It's time to kick off the year with a new challenge from Aurora Wings and it's a favourite of many...

I've used the gorgeus Dark Princess which is available in both the Digi Store or on Etsy. I hadn't realised at the time she's in the challenge banner too ;)

I know she's a DARK Princess but it's Summer here in Australia and with holidays, sunshine and blue skies I thought I'd bring a little bit of Summer into my colouring too. It just goes to show how fabulously versatile Mitzi's gorgeous images are. 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the AMAZING DT inspiration on our BLOG. We also have a very active Facebook Fan Group with additional contests, challenges and inspiration.  We hope to see you there.

Copics Used

E11, E04, E00, E000, R20, R11, 100, C10, C6, C4, BG75, BG07, BG02, YR09, YR04, YR01

Three Cards from Teddy Bo

I was so excited when Teddy Bo & Co returned at the start of the year and couldn't wait to start colouring up some of the new cuties. These guys are some of my all time favourite bear images. 

In all the excitement I forgot to post them here on my blog - so apologies for posting them all in one go!

The first one is TeddyBea_281. Don't you just LOVE that large draped heart?!?!!

Copics Used

E49, E44, E43, E42, E40, E15, E13, E11, R89, R27, R24, R21, R20, 100, W4, W2, W00, YG99, YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91, YR27, Y19, Y15, white gel pen

And this nursing cutie is TeddyBea_029

Copics Used

E44, E43, E42, E41, E37, E33, E30, R27, R24, R22, R20, C10, C8, C6, C4, C2, C0, C00, B06, B04, Y28, Y26, Y21

And lastly this one is Little Drummer Boy Bear.

Copics Used 

E99, E97, E44, E43, E42, E40, E18, E15, E13, R20, YR65, YG99, YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91, 100, C6, C4, C2

Simply Betty Stamps Progressive Challenge - February 2019

My humblest of apologies - this was meant to have been posted a week ago but then life just got in the way!

For our first progressive challenge of 2019 Betty threw the DT a curve ball - she gave us a Christmassy image but the challenge was to use NO RED AT ALL - not even on her lips!!! This gorgeous image is called Peppermint Betty and I managed to complete the challenge by going monochromatic, in sepia tones. 

If you want to check out the rules and the other inspiration to join in, you can check out the Facebook post HERE.

Copics Used

E99, E97, E49, E47, E44, E43, E37, E11, E04, E00, E000, YR02, YR01, white gel pen 

Challenge me a Christmas Card - Holly Jolly

Last year my friend Michelle Lupton asked me if I wanted to play in her .....

I had so much fun last year that I didn't hesitate when she asked me to play again this year. Our theme for the post today was "Holly Jolly" which was open to lots of interpretation. I chose to use this gorgeous image called "Christmas Mouse" from Whimsy Stamps. He was a freebie on the Whimsy Stamps Facebook page and I just couldn't wait to colour him up. By framing him with some die cut Holly I managed to fulfill the challenge brief. I can't wait to see how Michelle interpreted the challenge - you can pop over and check out Michelle's post with me :)