Jena blue Christmas

I managed to get another Christmas card made in time to post out to some family members.

This time i have used a non Christmas stamp but still looks great. this is Jena blue bird from Make it Crafty.

I have coloured the image using copics. I think I am getting the hang of the markers. I still need a few more colours but I need a few more $$'s until I can fix that, lol
The leaf dies are from Kaisercraft and the flowers are from my stash and from I love roses.
I am entering this card into the following challenges.

Die cuttin' divas -#246 Christmas anything goes
Holly Jolly Christmas challenge - anything goes christmas run until the end of december
Inky Chicks #60 merry christmas
Tuesday throwdown #274 anything goes
colouring in scrapland #6 Christmas
Crafty boots Christmas challenge
Artistic Inspirations #146 anything goes with a twist of Christmas
The paper girls challenge #93 Christmas

Harbour Bridge

A new digital stamp has been released from The East Wind today. It is called 'Harbour Bridge'

I have coloured her with Polychromos as per usual and i thought i would add a couple of progress pics of her hair showing which pencils i have used.

First pic shows adding the first dark colour mapping out the shadows.

second pic i go over the darkest colour with my second darkest colour bringing it out a little further.

Third pic shows the next lighter colour again bringing out the colour further along the hair into the light cast. I went back over my darker colour again also to get a bit more depth.

Last pic here shows how i add Indigo to really make the strands of hair and shadows pop.

This pic below shows how i map out the skin shading.

Here she is all finished with polychromos.

and last of all the finished image using Inktense for the sky and the image mounted onto a card :)

If you have ever seen the Sydney Harbour Bridge fireworks show on New Years you would understand the waterfall of fireworks pouring off the bridge. it is my favourite part of the show and so I had to add it here.

Hopefully that bunch of photos give you some idea how i go about colouring and may even help you.

Don't forget to drop on over to The East Wind facebook page and join in the 1000 followers celebration. Lots of fun and games with some great prizes to be won too. Hope to see you there :)

Erica

P.s you can follow me on Instagram @ericabruton

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

2 crafty girls challenge #8 anything goes

Art Impressions Challenge 174 ready for resolutions

Creative fingers #99 anything goes

Simply papercraft challenge #19 anything goes

White witch

Today is release day for this gorgeous image from The East Wind called 'White Witch'. Isn't she gorgeous?

I have printed the image with no lines and coloured her with polychromos. I decided to go with a hair colour I rarely do, strawberry blonde.

The wording is computer generated and the frame was cut with a cameo.

Head on over to the etsy shop and purchase her. She comes in 4 different formats.

Don't forget The East Wind facebook fan page has reached 1000 followers and we are having a party to celebrate with games and prizes. Starts on the 11th and goes until the 13th december so please join in the fun with us :)

Thanks for dropping by

Erica

P.S you can follow me on Instagram @ericabruton

I will be entering this card into the following challenges
Clear it out challenges - anything goes
Retarte 66 anything goes
Sweet Stamps challenge blog- december anything goes
Craft your passion challenges - 291 anything goes
Crafting from the heart challenge 89 anything goes
Craft rocket challenges #5 December challenge anything goes

Dear Santa

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas....dare I say. Especially with this new release digital stamp from The East Wind

Here is my Instagram sneak peek

And here is my reveal. Isn't she darling?

As you can see below I have made an explosion card and adhered my coloured image to the lid. i figured she looks as though she was dreaming and going with the title I thought... . . .

                                                                  why not pop a 3D santa in the middle :)

I coloured the stamp with polychromos pencils and inktense pencil for the red edge. I glued it to the lid of the explosion card and then gold heat embossed the edge. I decorated the card with some kaisercraft christmas papers i had lying around and a little green whimsy farm twine. i also used a tim holtz alteration die to die cut out some snowflakes. i stuck those onto the side tabs on the inside of the card(they are a little hard to see though in the pics).

It will be a sweet little gift to give to someone at Christmas don't you think?

The East Wind also has a challenge blog. The link is on the right hand side of my blog. Just click on it and you will be taken to it. 

Don't forget you can follow me on Instagram @ericabruton

Thanks for dropping by, Erica xx

I will be entering this card into the following challenges - 

A snowflakes promise #10 anything goes with a winter or christmas theme

Inky chicks Challenge #59- silent night

Our daily bread designs challenge blog - christmas inspiration

Unicorn challenge blog. challenge #3 christmas is coming

Crafting from the heart Challenge #86 anything goes

Not just cards November challenge - #26  anything goes

DT inspiration for Lil patch of crafty friends

It is the start of a new challenge over on the Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog.

I have some inspiration for you using one of our wonderful sponsor for the challenge, Ching Chou Kuik.

She has kindly donated a prize of 3 of her fabulous images to a winner.

I have used her image Snowflake angel for my christmas card creation.

Here you can see my card closed

and here is the card opened and on display.

I used polychromos pencils to colour in the image and mounted it on kaisercraft, frost, cardstock. The patterned paper is 'baubles' from the kaisercraft Silver Bells collection. I love the paper as it is covered in silver tinsel and blue and pink baubles. 

The snowflakes are a tim holtz alterations die.

The 'Merry Christmas' sentiment is a clear polymer stamp from kaisercraft also. It was a Christmas stamp set from last year.

The card design is called an easel card. It is an easy card fold to make and quite effective too.

So I hope you have gained a bit of inspiration from my creation. Please join in the anything goes challenge on the Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends blog. Pop on over and have a look at all the other DT makes. They won't disappoint you :)

Thanks

Erica

p.s you can also follow me on Instagram @ericabruton

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Ching-Chou Kuiks November challenge Christmas

Crafting with dragonflies Challenge #47 Let it Snow

Inspirational challenges #95 anything goes with silver

Alphabet challenge blog T is for Tis the season

C.R.A.F.T challenge #337 Christmas

Inspiration Destination challenge #59 anything goes

Aurora 'sharing autumn'

New release for The East Wind. 

This is my Instagram sneak peek....

 and here is the reveal :)

I loved colouring this digital stamp. It is called Aurora 'sharing autumn' and you can purchase the stamp from The East Wind etsy store

I used polychromos to colour the stamp and then inktense to watercolour the background. I was aiming for sunset clouds to keep with autumn colours throughout. The leaves are cut using my cameo and the cardstock is from kaisercraft.

I love how my creation turned out.

Go grab the stamp and have a go colouring her up. you can share your make over on the facebook fan page of The East Wind or you could even take a look at the current challenge on the East Wind challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget you can follow me on Instagram @ericabruton

Erica xx

I will be entering this card in the following challenges

Art by MiRan challenge blog #45 anything goes

Brown sugar challenge blog #172 no patterned paper

Whimsy stamps challenge 87 fall colours or christmas

Try it on tuesday create a scene challenge

Eureka stamps challenge #166 the colours of fall

Wryn

A cute card I put together for my daughter's little friend who loves frogs. Do you know how hard it was to find a cute image with a frog? It was pretty hard but I found this one over at Tiddlyinks. 

This digital stamp is called 'Wryn' and was perfect for the card.

I have coloured the stamp with polychromos and added a little clear kindyglitz to the stars to make them sparkle.

All papers and cardstock are from kaisercraft and the flowers are from I am roses.

The die is also from kaisercraft.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges.

The corrosive challenge  #237 add a sentiment

We love 2 create challenge blog #23 anything creative

Creative fingers #97 Anything goes

Crafting with friends #10 anything goes

simply papercraft #17 anything goes

crafting from the heart #85 anything goes

thanks so much for dropping by. 

You can follow me on instagram too @ericabruton

Cheers, Erica