The Voice Of The Sea

Good morning, today I 'm sharing with you my art journal page. This is for the anything goes challenge over on Ally's Angels.    I wanted to use a summer time theme.   I stamped this lovely image from Crafty Individuals, Ocean Dreams  that came free with Creative Stamping magazine #135  magazine onto some mixed media paper. 

I used Versafine Ink, which is suitable for watercolours as it does not bleed.  I then created a watercolour wash over the stamped image using distress inks in blues and greens.  I dropped clean water into the drying wash to create some texture.  I coloured the turtle with some brush pens that are water reactive and finished off with some white chalk pen and sparkle pens. I will incorporate this into my journal.   

I hope you like this and have a go at an art journal page, its a lovely way to unwind and get a bit creative with your paints.  

Thank  you for stopping by and taking a look at my blog. 

Happy Crafting xx 

Magazine #135 Craft Stash 

Mouse & Pine Cone

Good Morning, this was my art club piece from my time as a Bonny Snowdon Ignite member.  This little guy was drawn on Bristol Board with a combination of  polychromos and luminance  pencils.  

It was nice to be able to see what everyone else was drawing and how we all had our own unique style of drawing.  This only took a relatively short amount of time to complete as it was quite loose style.  It came together quick quickly. 

Thanks for stopping bye 

x 

Debbie 

Tulips - Coloured Pencil on Pastelmat

Good Morning, today I am sharing with you my finally completed Tulips drawing.  This was drawn on Pastelmat, light grey.  I really enjoyed using this surface to use my coloured pencils on, they blend so easily with just with a cotton bud.  This was completed in 2 halves, 1 year apart.  The first part was done as free lesson just drawing 1 tulip, the second part was finished as a member of the Bonny Snowdon Ignite a year later.  I trialled it for a short time and really enjoyed it.  However, I am not focused enough to commit to one hobby as I have several, all craft related so I completed my drawing and happy with the result.  I enjoy realistic drawing when I find the time to do it. 

Using Pastelmat with pencils was very different to my experience using it with pastel pencils which I hated however I really enjoyed using my pencils on this surface. I used trace down to transfer the line drawing.  

This drawing took me several hours to complete, I have found that coloured pencil drawing is very very time consuming as there is lots and lots of light layers.  I am a bit too impatient to commit to this as a singular hobby.  I prefer to just dip in and out when my mood suits. 

 Thank you for stopping bye x 

Debbie 

Die Welt unter der Lupe - zu Lande - Bumblebee

Good Morning, today I'm sharing with you my Rita Berman page, the bumblebee. 

This is my first book I have of Rita's and it's stunning.  I will have to collect more !   I'm fairly new to the colouring world having dabbled on and off for a little bit so my collection is growing quite fast!   

I got this inspiration for this page's background from My Colourful Country Life's You Tube Channel. She is a talented colourist/artist and creates the most beautiful pages which inspired me to try her technique of the bokeh background.  She is such a wealth of information and knowledge and I'm learning lots from her channel over on YouTube.  

I also used my recently purchased Color Cubes from Sarah Renae Clark as  I wanted some nice bright colours for this summery page.  I am loving these cubes, it really helps with inspiration however I will need to get the digital versions to compliment the physical cards as it can be a little tricky to actually select a colour palette from 500 cards in a box ! 

Color Cube card 407 for overall inspiration palette.  

I used my polychromos pencils to colour this along with  a white jelly roll pen and some sparkle pens to finish it off.  I always track my pages in my colour planner so I can refer back to what colours I have used.  

Everything is my own purchased products, no affiliated links 

 x Happy Colouring x 

Debbie 

Flower Dreams - All Dressed Up

Hello Crafters

Today I have made a fabric card from a lovely image  Flower Dreams from 

All Dressed Up  such a lovely Etsy Shop with some beautiful images to work with.

I used some vintage fabric for the background of my focal image Flower Dreams. Isn't she just adorable, such a delightful image.  

I wanted to go with green and pink theme again which is my favourite combo of colours to use. 

I stitched round the edge of my chosen vintage fabric and then adhered this to a 6 x 6 card base.  I then die cut 2 squares from Velum and then made a frame with velum and embossed the frame for some texture. I love the translucency of the Velum. 

The blue circle from a previous die cut waste and thought that would add some interest plus help accent the blues in the flowers.   

I used my scan n cut to fussy cut the little girl and coloured her with Spectrum Noir pencils and finished with gel pens for a pop of sparkle.  Lastly, I heat embossed the sentiment and added some little butterflies with gems. 

I hope you find a bit of inspiration here.  

Happy Crafting 

Debbie 

I am entering this card into: 

Dream Valley Challenges https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-314-make-it-female_15.html

Christmas with the Cutting Cafe

Our challenge theme for the week is.

Christmas

 Anything that fits this theme qualifies for entering into this challenge. (Please tell us how you feel it fits in with this subject).

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Our sponsor for this challenge is

 Cutting Cafe

I wanted to go with a vintage Christmas theme.  I used my scan n cut to fussy cut the digital image and then coloured her in with my pencils.  I wanted to layer some book page music sheets and go with a traditional theme of red and green.  I used my eyelet setter to add interest to the sentiment.  

I hope you can find some inspiration.

Happy Crafting x 

Debbie 

thank you for stopping bye ! 

I'm entering this card into: 

Hello Spring - My Journal Page

Hello fellow crafters, today is journal page day. I'm sharing a page from my journal that I am working on. This is for the Ally's Angels Challenge as always anything goes.  I wanted to get a bit arty with mixed medial and really enjoyed creating this one.  The stamps were freebies in Creative Stamping Magazine.  

Check out the challenge over on: 

I stamped and fussy cut the lightbulb and coloured this with some distress inks.  I used some metallic pens on the screw part of the bulb.  I distress inked the backgrounds and used some stencils to create some texture along with some spritzed water to diffuse the ink.  Finished with some washi tape.  

Thanks for stopping bye.

Happy Crafting 

Debbie x 

Mad Hatter

Hello Crafters, it's another challenge over on CRAFT Challenge and this weeks sponsor is 

The theme this week is Inspired by a Movie.

Well I decided on the Mad Hatter's Tea Party for my theme.  I love Alice in Wonderland, it's so whimsical. If you visit Llandudno in Wales, there is a park with some beautiful Alice in Wonderland sculptures set in a lovely park. You can see Alice spotted around the town as this article explains it wonderfully.

" The Welsh connection runs much deeper – all the way back to 1861, when the eight year old Alice Pleasance Liddell (the real 'Alice' in Wonderland) spent the first of many summer holidays in Llandudno. Her holiday home ‘Penmorfa’, was built on Llandudno’s West Shore. The Liddells were close family friends with Charles Dodgson, who wrote the books under his more famous pen-name, Lewis Carroll.

It’s long been speculated that Carroll visited the Liddells at the holiday home they built here, and was inspired by Alice and her adventures in Llandudno."

It is such a lovely place to visit, we often visit.  

Back to my card. 

I used Kraft card blank and trimmed it to A6.  I used my trusty pink and green colour theme, I just love these two colour combinations. With it being a digital stamp, Mad Hatter, I used my coloured pencils for this, as often said before, I just don't get along with alcohol markers.  I prefer the softer blends of the pencils.  

  

I used some fussy cut butterflies and some elements of paper emphera such as the little cards and clocks. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can be inspired by my little blog

 Happy Crafting

Debbie x  

I am entering this card into : 
The Paper Funday Challenges: April 2024 Challenge #64 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Sweet Treats

Possoms Teapot

Good afternoon, it's another challenge over at CRAFT Challenge again and this week's sponsors are 

       Colour of Love  

For this project, the theme was Not A Card.  As  I also make junk journals, I decided to make a lovely journal card.  I love turning essentially junk items into something pretty.  I used a tag that came with a pet toy, I keep all sorts of things, you would be amazed once you join the junk journal world, the possibilities are endless so you end up keeping all sorts of stuff.  

I firstly backed the store tag with some coffee dyed paper, I make this in batches and it smells lovely ! I used a ordinary glue stick to adhere the coffee paper to the store tag for some nice writing space.  

On the front of tag, I printed out the lovely image from Colour of Love, the possoms are adorable aren't they? I loved colouring this little image.  I then inked the background and inked the edges.  

I simply adhered the topper to the front of the store tag and left the colours of the tag as they went really well with topper. Put the eyelet in and ribbon and added some decorative lace and a bow and some ribbon trim.

All in all a pretty little journal card made from what would have been thrown away.  

I hope you can take a look around and see what things could be used to make pretty tags and journal cards. It's a great way to stretch your creativity.

Happy Crafting x 

I'm entering this into the following : 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/03/weeks-7734.html

Egg Painting - Easter

Hello crafters, welcome to my corner of blogland.  It's another challenge again over at CRAFT Challenge, Easter / Spring theme and this week the sponsor is 

All Dressed Up

The prize is 2 images.

So over to this week's project.  I decided to make a cute rocker card using the Egg Painting digi stamp as a central topper.   I  just love how sweet this digi stamp is, isn't she adorable. I also love bunnies.   I coloured this with a combination of Derwent pencils and Polychromos in a pastel, soft spring colours.  The topper was finished using sparkle pens and some stickles around the edge. When I colour my digi stamps, I print them out onto smooth cardstock and then build up layers very lightly using very soft circle movements to get a nice blend.  Sometimes I blend over the top with a white pencil or a specifically designed colourless blender tool.  You can mix colours on the paper directly to get subtle hues and tones.  I tend to do 3 tones per colour to get some depth into the image to avoid it becoming flat.  To achieve real realism it can take many hours of work however on my cards, I don't spend that long to get a nice result, as long as there is a bit of variation in tones it can have a nice effect. 

I finished the card with some paper flowers, added some shimmer, stamped the sentiment and fussy cut the stamped tag out. 

I would like to enter the following Challenges

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/03/week-772.html

https://theoutlawzchallenges-thursday.blogspot.com/2024/03/twisted-thursdays-march-7-april-3-2024.html

https://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2024/03/256-flora-and-fauna.html

Happy Crafting 

Debbie x 

Polkadoodles - Snowdrift Friends Tag

Hello crafters, today I am sharing a lovely little gift tag made for our new challenge over on C.R.A.F.T Challenge #712. This weeks sponsors are

Polkadoodles 

The prize is : 3 Images 

So why don't you pop along and have a peek. 

So back to my tag, as I make journals, I thought I would do a tag to go into my Christmas themed journal or perhaps I might just keep it for a lovely tag for a gift.  

This tag measures 6.5 inches x 3 inches cut from linen cardstock and puched a hole for the ribbon.  

I printed off the Snowdrift Friends image and watercoloured the images with my Faber Castell watercolour pencils then trimmed it to make a focal topper.  Added some hessian ribbon and bow  and a sentiment.  It's been finished with shimmer and stickles clear glitter.  

I probably will make a few of these for my stash as they are very quick and easy to make.  You can also print the image different sizes for bigger or smaller projects. 

I'm entering this card into : 

Spring Chic - The Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady Spring Flowers

Good Afternoon, today I'm sharing with you a card I made for the challenge over at Ally's Angels, as always the theme is anything goes. 

So back to my card, I opted for some beautiful digital papers downloaded at Craftworld, these are from a boxed magazine kit featuring the delightful CDEL, stamps, dies and embossing folder. This is on my wish list as I adore Edith Holden.  I have 3 copies of the Country Diary of Edwardian Lady book.  

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I printed 3 digital papers out, stitched around them and added some lace trims.  I fussy cut out a little bee from the embellishment paper set.  I used Kraft Card for a little country chic effect. I added shimmer to the petals and a little fussy cut bee.  

The dogwood rose featured on these papers is native to our beautiful English countryside here in the UK.  It has a gorgeous scent and bees and insects adore it. It produces lovely rosehips as well. 

The book

  

I also junk journal and have made a number of beautiful emphera pieces for my journals with altered book pages.  It's just a beautiful book. 

The magazine - no affiliated links this is just a lovely magazine 

Thanks for visiting my blog

I'm entering this card into 

Paperminutes #836 - Sewing / Stitching
Try it on Tuesday Spring
Birds Butterflies and Blooms
Triple B March 2024 Challenge

April Showers

 Good Morning Everyone 

A new week a new challenge over on 

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 

This week's sponsor is 

 Jan's Digital Stamp Shop

So for this project I used the April Showers digi stamps.

This is such a cute digi stamp.  Firstly used a LOTV digi watercolour background stamp then added the image on top and printed it out on a 6 x 6 card blank. I then fussy cut the umbrellas to decoupage onto the printed card for some dimension.  I watercoloured the umbrellas with some shimmer pastel watercolour paint from a set I picked up in Hobby Craft a couple of years ago, they are so delicate and shimmery perfect for adding a touch of sparkle to a project.  The colours are very rich I am quite impressed with this set.  I finished it off with the sentiment. 

I am entering this in the following 

 

Challenge 2 - Craft, Card making & Scrapbooking mixed media challenge - Anything Goes

My Bestie's Spanish Challenge Blog - AG MARCH - CHALLENGE #116 - 2024

Happy Crafting 

Thanks for visiting x

Debbie 

Bunny Joy

Good Morning Everyone

It is another new challenge over at

CRAFT Challenge.

This week's lovely sponsor is Sweet n Sassy 

There is some great prizes to be won

For my card this week I decided to use up some card blanks with pre-cut ovals that were really designed for cross stitch designs.  I had a lovely oval embossing folder which fitted around the aperture perfectly.  

I embossed the oval and inserted some floral, sparkly paper behind the aperture to mount my fussy cut BunnyJoy digital stamp.  I coloured the digi stamp with my polychromos and finished with some sparkle pens. I finished off with a sentiment from my stash.  

I would like to enter this card for the following

A perfect time to craft  AG 

Thanks for visiting 

Happy Crafting x 

Debbie 

Christmas Walkies - All Dressed Up

                     Hello lovely craft people, today I am sharing with you a new challenge over on: 

CRAFT Challenge.

For the next two weeks is

Christmas

Our fabulous sponsors for this week are

 

 All Dressed Up

Come along and play with us there are some great prizes to be won. 

For my card, I used the lovely Christmas Walkies digital stamp.  I printed this out onto some plain Navigator Printer paper, this was then coloured using my polychromos pencils.  I wanted to go for a lovely pink/green combo.  I love searching for colour combos on Pinterest they always have a multitude of lovely colour combinations to use.  

I used some backing papers from my stash, stitched round the edge and then on the central image I faux stitched with a matching pencil.  Added some shimmer and stickles with a sentiment.  

I will be back soon with another fabulous project for the lovely C.R.A.F.T Challenge. 

Thanks for stopping bye. 

Till then, happy crafting x

Debbie 

I am entering this card into the following: 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/02/week-768.html

Peace On Earth Christmas : Peace on Earth Challenge #58

Step Into Spring - Pansies with a Twist

Hello, today I'm sharing my latest projects with you.  I have designed this for the Anything Goes Challenge over @ Ally's Angels Challenge Blog.   

I wanted to carry on with my Spring Theme and chose a lovely pansy napkin to work with on this simple thank you card. 

I layered a 5 x 7 card blank with some lemon coloured cardstock and stitched around the edges with some Gutterman co 232 ( navy blue ) thread .   You could always use a blue marker for this part. Next I used a napkin backed onto some A4 sticker paper, all  you do is peel away the 3 ply napkin and then adhere it to the sticker paper.  Amanda from Create with Scrimpingmommy  over on  her You Tube channel  shows you how easy this technique is. It's genius way of using up napkins to achieve a textured look on paper and not too bulky.  You can then use it like any other paper.  

I then embellished it with a simple sentiment and some ribbon and finished off with some shimmer Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens in clear. 

I decided after I did the card that I would use the left over napkin paper to make a matching Birthday Tag.  

Recipe 

5x7 card base

Coordinating  Card Stock 
Decorative Napkin 
A4 1  Label Sheet [ amazon stock this ] 
Circle die 
Sentiment
Ribbon 

I am entering this card into the following challenges;

Allsorts Challenge Blog 

Thanks for Visiting 

Happy Crafting 

Debbie 

Fairies of Spring

Hello, today I am sharing with you a card I have made for my mum.  I'm using an old stamp set from Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine, it came with free fairy stamps and embossing folder.

I opted for the fresh green floral backing paper as it's bright and cheerful. 

I stamped the image onto watercolour paper and coloured her in with shimmery watercolour paint. 

I'm entering this card into the following blog challenges Allsorts Challenge Blog, Crafting from the heart Challenge Blog,  The Crafty Addicts Blog first for a long time.  

thank you for visiting my blog. 

 

Debbie x

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Welcome

Hello, my name is Debbie affectionately named, paper elf ,  by my hubby.  I was really stuck for a blog title when he popped into my craft room and asked what his paper elf was up to ! It stuck and hence Paper Elf was created.  I am new to blogging and wanted to give it a go to document my crafting and share my makes.  I absolutely love crafting.     I have been crafting now  for about 6 years on and off and    I look forward to sharing my makes with you.  Thank you for visiting.   

Happy Crafting x Debbie