Apple seed

Ugggh I have the flu or something so I am a tad late with this blog post.

yesterday was release day of the following amazing digital stamp by Unky from The East Wind. It is called 'Apple Seed' and you can purchase the image here.

Here is my first sneak peek I shared around and on Instagram...

here is the second sneak peek I shared on Instagram

Here is the reveal!!

I loved this image as soon as I saw it and had to put my hand up to colour it. I am so into colouring images to full effect and this was a great one to use. I decided to colour her as if she was a witch in a mirror holding out an apple with a spell on it. Care for a bite?

The frame was cut with a cameo and I heat embossed it with silver/metallic embossing powder.

I used Polychromos pencils to colour her and from memory the following pencils were used.

Apple

-dark red

-cadmium red

-deep red

-scarlet red

-dark indigo

Skin

Light yellow ochre

-nougat

-dark naples ochre

-ivory

-dark sepia

Cape and background

-Dark indigo

-warm grey

-black

-nougat

So that is that :) I love her!

Don't forget the East Wind has a closed facebook page which has a challenge 'all about the hair' running until the 17th of September so be sure to colour up one of the awesome images and go all out on the hair!

The East Wind also has a challenge blog and has a challenge which is just about to finish (don't worry a new challenge will be on it's way if you don't make it in time) where you need to add corrugated cardboard to your creation. You can find the blog here.

Thanks for dropping by.

You can find me on Instagram @ericabruton and don't forget to hashtag your fab east wind colouring so I can check them out :)

Erica xx

I am entering this card into the following challenges

City crafter challenge blog #278 feeling flat

Shopping our stash #218 Mirror Mirror, use something reflective

Sweet Stamps Blog Sept anything goes

Unicorn challenge blog #1 mythical and magical

The pencil case wk 1 anything goes

Great impressions stamp blog September challenge Trick or Tree...t

My own

Hello (waving) I have something rather special to share today. it is an image i drew and coloured all by myself. No digital or rubber stamp. Just plain old greylead pencil and an eraser then got to work with colouring pencils.

She starts off a bit plain and ordinary but I can imagine how she is going to turn out once i get my pencils to work so I have tried not to add too much detail

I have water coloured in a background of cloud/sky with inktense pencils as well as a base colour for her hair which i have then started here colouring with polychromos.

She is getting skin!! I have made a nose from cinnamon and light flesh

Here I have coloured her eyes but as you can see the eye on the left is a bit well lets say droopy...bring in the eraser!

Tada! all fixed..well as good as i could get :)

And here she is all trimmed and framed. She is 5" x 7" and turned out pretty much as I had imagined :)

This drawing is going to a school in Laverton, Victoria for a fundraising auction. if you happen to be in the are the auction is being held on the 11th of september. All the details can be found via this>> link

Thanks for dropping by. 

You can follow me on Instagram and keep up with my many other creations as well as my DT makes for The East Wind at instagram.com/ericabruton

i am entering this drawing into the following challenges

The pencil case Wk1 anything goes

Suzy Bee bloomin blogspot #95 anything goes - create your own background

Sisterhood of snarky stampers #41 i is for image only

Not just cards #23 anything goes

Enchanted Forest

Another new digital stamp release from The East WInd today. This is my instagram sneak peek

and to follow are some colouring progress pictures as I go along.

i have used Faber Castell Polychromos pencils to colour this image. However i did use Inktense watercolour pencil to colour the edge of the background.

I coloured her hair with

-black

-raw umber

-brown ochre

-naples yellow and

-light cadmium yellow

I usually start with the lighter colour to feel out the shaded areas then go over the shade with darker colours blending as i go and fill in any gaps where needed with the lightest colour.

Next i decided to colour the main tree showing.

I used

-cadmium lemon yellow as my base colour all over

-light green was next but I was sure not to go too close to the edge

-pine green finished off the darker areas

i then went over the whole tree with a pencil stump just to give a smooth look.

That hat was next to get coloured and I used

-dark indigo for the darkest edges of the hat

-I think it was helioblue-reddish was used

-prussian blue was also used as the main blue colour

-black was to darken the edges

I had to finish the hat and i used

-deep scarlet red for the base making sure to leave white areas to depict light cast

-middle cadmium red was next to darken the shade

-dark red finished off the shading.

i again used a pencil stump to give a smooth finish.

Here is 'Enchanted Forest' all coloured up and put onto a card.

you can get this awesome digital stamp from The East Wind etsy store >>here

This is one of many of Unky's September releases that you certainly won't be disappointed in colouring. She really has outdone herself this month with fantastic images...just wait!

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Get creative challenges - #22 no printed paper

Crafty cardmakers challenge #146 - no patterned papers

Crafting from the heart #75 anything goes

The pencil case Wk1 Anything goes

Aurora 'Holly Olive'

Its new release day over on the etsy shop of The East Wind. The new release digital lineart is Aurora 'Holly Olive'

Here is my Instagram sneak peek

You can see me using my very frayed brush watercolouring with my inktense pencils

Here is another peek....

And here is my card all done 

Isn't she a gorgeous image for Christmas??

I used Derwent Inktense and Faber Castell Polychromos to colour her.

I mounted her on a cut frame made from Kaisercraft Tomato cardstock and then on Pebble, Tomato and .....a green cardstock(sorry can't remember the name of it) 

I added some red liquid pearls on the frame to give the look of berries and that's it all done :)

So head on over to The East Wind etsy store and snap her up and colour her in,

There are plenty of challenges going on over at The East Wind challenge blog as well as the facebook group.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges

Alphabet challenge blog N for no design papers

Creative fingers challenge Blog Challenge #90 Anything goes

Digitally sweet challenges #141 Celebrations

Simply papercraft challenges #11 anything goes

Crafting with attitude challenge blog #6 anything goes

A snowflakes promise blog #3 have a winter theme

Thanks for dropping by and don't forget to follow me on Instagram at www.instagram.com/ericabruton

Catchya Erica xx

DT inspiration for Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends C#16 - Anything goes

 Hello again (waving)

It is new challenge time over at Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends with C#16-anything goes

Our fabulous sponsors for this challenge are....

Sherri Baldy 'Besties' digi stamps (click on pic for store link)with a prize of 

3 images chosen from what the DT's used which are pictured below.

The other sponsor is Michele R Designs (click on pic for store link)

Offering a prize of 10 Euro gift voucher to spend on her gorgeous digital papers and elements.

Now onto my Design inspiration :)

I chose image number 3 to colour in with Polychromos pencils from Sherri Baldy. 

Michele R Designs was kind enough for the DT's to use her Shabby Vintage Rose digital papers and elements collection. I used Shabby Vintage Rose 7 for my base patterned paper and Shabby Vintage Rose 1, for the patterned paper framed around the stamp.

The bunting is also part of the Shabby Rose Collection and I sized it to fit my card front , printed it out, fussy cut it out then stuck it on the front as you can see.

The piece of patterned paper on an angle with the rose in the corner is also a digital paper from the collection called Shabby Vintage Rose 9.

The twine I have tied in cute bows at the end of the bunting is from Angie over at Whimsy Farm Twine.

              

So that was the card front now the inside.

I have made a book fold card this time around. It folds reasonably flat but looks great when it is opened up. 

Here is a template that I found on Pinterest that you may find easy enough to follow otherwise there are dozens of templates if you search in google images.

So I used the same patterned papers that I used on the front. I added another element from the Shabby Vintage Rose collection, a little postcard. I resized it to make sure it would fit nicely, printed it, cut it out and stuck it onto some cardstock and roughed up the edges a bit. 

 A view from the top so you can see all the snazzy folds :)

Well I hope I have inspired you to get out some pencils and your printer to design a wonderful card all of your own. 

Thanks for dropping by and don't forget to enter the challenge over at Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends

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

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

The corrosive challenge #231 Utterly feminine

A gem of a challenge #151 One for the girls

Digi Designs challenge blog use ribbon/lace/twine any or all

Teenager

Hello again (waving) 

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

Hi everyone (waving)

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