Tiddly Inks Fab Friday -

Hey folks!

Well been having major wifi issues and this card should have posted today but didn't and now I have just noticed!!

So here is my little card for today's Fab Friday over on the Tiddly Inks Blog.

So I have used this little cutie called Fluttering By to say Hi and coloured her with Spectrum Noir markers.  Once I finished colouring I did some fussy cutting.  The papers are from LOTV which I layered onto bazzill card, did my usual doodling around the edges. I added a piece of lace to one of the layers. The leaves have been cut using my die-namics layered leaves die and added some little paper flowers.  I then added those teeny die cut butterflies and glittered then up.

Pop over to the Tiddly Inks blog to check out the rest of the teams cards.

Fi

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Spectrum Noir September Tutorial -18th

Hi everybody, today I am sharing my tutorial on how to colour with blendable pencils on kraft and using blending solution.

I really need to practise a bit more but there was a few people on the Facebook group looking for some tips, so ladies hopefully this will help you.

First of all I cut a piece of kraft card to size and stamped the image using memento ink.

Next I added skin tone to the arms, legs, face and neck.

Next I added colour to the dress, making it a bit darker at the edges.

I then used blending solution with a paper stump to the coloured areas, I feel using the blending solution gives the image a softer touch and takes away the pencil lines.  The image will look darker to start with on the areas you have used the solution.

Once the dress dried I then added colour to the book and then started to colour the socks

I then went over the coloured area again with pencil and then started colouring the hair.

I then used the blending solution all over....

I then went over all coloured areas again just to highlight the image.

I then trimmed the image to size and here's my final card, I added some little pearls and gems and some twine. 

blendable pencil colors used: 001, 002, 009, 024, 042, 065, 066, 088, 112, 117, 119, 120

Pop over to the Spectrum Noir blog for more tutorials from the team.

Fi

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Tiddly Inks Challenge - Don't be square

Howdy folks!

Now I did have this scheduled but for some reason it disappeared from my blog so better late than never!

This fortnight's challenge over at Tiddly Inks is "Don't be Square"....how easy can it be?  Now round isn't my thing but I think I managed it!

I have used Wryn New Nest and coloured her with Spectrum Noir pens.  I layered 2 different papers onto the circle card, I also die-cut some little clouds to give more a little scene look. I added some ribbon, flowers and gems.

Fi

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Tiddly Inks Fab Friday - Faythe Flies

Hey folks!

Well here I am with my first card for Tiddly Inks, yes I am super excited to be on the team...and I so love my watermark...lol!

So I have used this little cutie called Faythe Flies and coloured her with Spectrum Noir markers.  Once I finished colouring I did some fussy cutting.  The papers are from <> which I layered onto bazzill card, did my usual doodling and then distressed  the edges. The leaves have been cut using my die-namics layered leaves die and the flowers are a mix of die cut and paper flowers.  I then added those teeny die cut butterflies and glittered then up.

Pop over to the Tiddly Inks blog to check out the rest of the teams cards.

Fi

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Spectrum Noir September Challenge

Hi everyone.

There's a new challenge over on the Spectrum Noir Facebook Page, this months challenge is "embossing"...

You can also pop over to the Spectrum Noir blog to find out loads of tips and techniques on using all your Spectrum Noir products.

I have used MFT Scribbled roses stamp set, MFT Scribbled roses dies and MFT scribbled roses overlays.

I first cut a square of watercolour card to size and gave it a quick wash of water.  I then randomly stamped the roses using versamark ink and then embossed using white embossing powder. I then coloured the roses using Spectrum Aqua markers, I made the colour quite bold to start with and then when it was almost dry I loaded a large brush with water and went over the stamped image...this made it a bit softer and made the colours blend into each other.  I thought it looked a bit plain so I decided to stitch around the edge of the card in orange. I die cut the roses and leaves and then using my ebrush sprayed them with Spectrum Noir markers.  I layered the white overlay on top and then positioned onto the card.  I added some pearls and gems to finish.

Hope you likey!

Spectrum Noir pens used:
CG2, DG2, OR1, OR2, EB1
Spectrum Aqua markers used:
Teal, Sunset, Lime, Topaz

challenges:
Stamping Sensations - anything goes with a stamp and a die
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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