Teenager

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It is release day over at The East Wind etsy store and today is the release of a new digital stamp Lucy Loo 'Teenager'. Grab her here>> Teenager

Here is my Instagram sneak peek

Yep you can follow me on Instagram at www.instagram.com/ericabruton

And here is my reveal. Isn't she totally teenagaer cool!

I have a relative who plays softball for Australia under 19 girls and so I thought I would colour her in Australian sport colours of green and gold. I used my Polychromos pencils to colour her. The papers I used are all from Kaisercraft and the sentiment stamp is from Whimsy Stamps. The twine is from Whimsy Farm twine.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Paradise of stamps Challenge 23 anything goes

Jo's scrap shack #100 anything goes

Simply papercraft  Challenge 10 anything goes

QKR stampede challenge #151 anything goes

Thanks for dropping by

Erica x

Sundae

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Today I coloured a stamp just for fun and this time around it was a Kenny K digital stamp called Sundae. You can grab the digi here >> Sundae

Its a cute image and I hadn't made a lovey dovey card in a while so this is what i did :)

I coloured the image with my polychromos and mounted it onto some kaisercraft cardstock (denim) I used patterned papers from the kaisercraft paper pad 'save the date'. It was filled with typical party themed papers which included ice-creams and bunting. The ice-cream paper I used on the spellbinders heart die.

I saw recently a lady using paper straws to embellish her cards and I figured I had some in my pantry that had been there for like...ever. So thought this was the best opportunity to get them out and see how they looked. I rekon they look pretty fab in the corner there.

I always like to pretty up the inside of the card to match the front so I have used some scraps of the paper I used on the front and also added some cute yellow bunting to finish it off.

So that's that. A new card to add to my collection.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Digi Choosday  wk 31 -embellish it

KennyK's Krafty Krew challenge #200 - banner day

Clear it out challenge - anything goes using a stash item, August 4th

Artistic Inspirations -anything goes with a twist of water #137

Paradise of stamps challenge 23 &24 anything goes

Thanks for dropping by

Erica

P.S don't forget you can follow me on Instagram too www.instagram.com/ericabruton

Maria Mariposa

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Today I am entering the Art by MiRan progressive challenge with this new digital stamp Maria Mariposa.

I had some spare time set aside for myself and decided to let loose and again go beyond the norm.

I have used polychromos to colour the stamp in and inktense and water for the background and the little plants around her feet.

I wanted to try a different skin tone. Who says fairies have normal skin tone anyways ;)

I think i used every leafy die I had. There is a kaisercraft one, lala land crafts and a martha stewart leaf punch. I wanted her to look as if she was hiding in her little magical forest so i have covered the edge of the colouring to make her blend into her surroundings as best as I could. 

Bit closer look.

Thanks for dropping by. feel free to follow me on instagram too instagram.com/ericabruton

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Art by MiRan challenge blog #37 anything goes

The Art by MiRan facebook Progressive challenge for July

Paradise of Stamps challenge #21 -anything goes

Ghetto Fabulous

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Today is new release day over at The East Wind. This time it is Ashley 'Ghetto Fabulous'.

I have coloured Ashley with polychromos and using a reference of her to do so.

the card I designed using my silhouette program and I cut it using my cameo. I have heat embossed around the stars with gorgeous sparkly gold embossing powder. 

The sentiment stamp is from The Greeting Farm.

Today (21st of July) is the last day of 50% off all the Ashley digital images

50% of all the Ashley stamp sales will be donated to help Ashley financially with her chemotherapy.

You can find this image here >>Ghetto Fabulous

Go and have a look at all the other Ashley stamps there too while you are there :)

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspiration challenge #136  anything goes

LTSCB Challenge #58 - anything goes

Get creative challenges #19 Must have stars

Dream valley challenges #111 - wet or dry embossing

lil' patch of crafty friends DT inspiration for challenge #14

Hi everyone, thanks for dropping by.

Today I have a Christmas card to show you. I have used a gorgeous image called Pink Roses Christmas Angels from Cottage Rose Graphics who is one of the sponsors for this weeks challenge

Cottage rose are generously donating $20 to spend in store on their gorgeous images that you can use in your creations as a prize.

Here i have a side view of my card I have created. 

I decided to go with a centre step card for the card base.

As you see from the front, the card style gives a great 3D effect. I decided to give the Pink Roses Christmas Angels centre stage and keep the embellishments and cardstock i used to create the card with all the one colour to make the image really pop. The snowflake die I used was a tim holtz one and i added a little sparkle to each snowflake with some crystal kindy glitz. The ribbon I had in my stash. It was actually a ball of wool/ribbon i picked up ages ago for $1 from spotlight at the end of last winter.

The little metal embellishment 'Peace on earth' i picked up from ebay.

Click on the sponsors image to be taken to their etsy store and discover their gorgeous images. You won't be disappointed, trust me.

Then feel free to enter the Challenge over at Lil' patch of crafty friends. The challenge is anything goes so you can make anything your heart desires and who knows you may just win!

The other generous sponsors for the challenge are 

Fresh Brewed designs with a prize of 3 images

Ching-chou Kuik with a prize of 1 image

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Calender Challenge- christmas in July and DT call

Sweet Stampin' - No designer paper

My time to craft challenge blog #300 Christmas in July

Thanks for stopping by, follow me over on instagram if you like @ericabruton

Catch you next time, Erica

Ragged Romeo

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I had a custom order for an engagement card and got to colour up this adorable image from Mo Manning called 'Ragged romeo' you can grab it here > click me

I used polychromos to colour the stamp and inktense for the sepia background.

I love how it turned out and it will be sad to pop it into the post today but thems the breaks.

I used spellbinders lace hearts dies to cut out a bunch of hearts to layer the base of the card.

Flowers are from i am roses and thankfully i had the right colours to match...phew

Here is the inside of the card and i matched up one of the diecuts with the front one so you can't tell its there until you open it.

I will be adding this card into the following challenges

DP2 challenge #253 Anything goes with a mo image and optional summer fun theme

craft your passion #270 Anything goes

Create and inspire Challenge #25

Witchery

New release day over at The East Wind!

Here is my instagram sneak peek

and here she is 'Witchery'. Isn't she gorgeous? you can grab her from unky's etsy shop here>click me

The border edge punch is a martha stewart one called doily lace. the cardstock is from Kaisercraft and I have heat embossed with some black zing embossing powder around the edge of the picture.

I used Polychromos pencils to colour her and here you can see my midway point i guess with colouring her hair. i was going for mousey blonde i guess. I looked at it and it needed more of the blonde colour to fill the gaps.

You can see in this pic i have pretty much finished with her hair and have moved onto the hair piece. I have started leaving a white edge to the outer most part of the area i am colouring. it breaks the areas up and shows where some of the light would catch. I notice it mostly around the gathered hair at the top of her head.

Anyways enough of me prattling on.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges.

Card Mania Challenge #70 - anything goes

Crafting from the heart #68 - anything goes

craft your passion #270 - anything goes

Simon says stamp blog monday challenge - anything goes

613 avenue create challenge #132 - anything goes with option CYOC

Thanks for dropping by :)

You can follow me on Instagram at www.instagram.com/ericabruton

Catchya next time

Erica