Stuart...

Stuart is a giraffe drawn by Lily Chivers from Octopode factory.
I have to admit I am rather obsessed with her images. With their Tim Burton-esque look they appeal very much to my craft journalling side.
Not everyone's cup of tea...but definately mine :)

I am going to enter him into The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge which the theme is Circles.

as you can see I have made a background from Versamark ink and bubble wrap. Tim Holtz Distress ink on the top.
I coloured Stuart with Promarkers (bright colours for his mohawk mane and legs) and doodled around to give it more character. To finish, I put a 'real' mini safety pin through his nose to prove he's a perfect Punk.
Hope you like him. You may have seen him on my Instagram account (lollipopdaisy) as I tend to post my work there if I don't have time to blog.
Much Love till next time xxx

DT Project week 25! RUDY REINDEER from Cutting Cafe

Hi Guys!

This week I have gone totally out of my comfort zone! I saw how basic the image was and thought.Hmmm what can I do to that??? I literally dreamt the idea!! (I know I'm weird lol)

So what did I do??? I made some earrings!! I bought some shrink plastic and traced the image thro. Coloured and punched a hole ...heated it it then made the earring finding and Voila!

...don't let me kid you. It took 5 attempts! I cut the image out but the antlers stuck to each other..used my fast heat gun and they burned-the smell was gross! Covered with glossy accents and the colours ran....couldn't find my round nose pliers, so, had to make the findings with a paintbrush and snub nose pliers-nightmare!

Anyway here is the finished article...hope you like it!

I used;

white shrink plastic 

Cutting Cafe Rudy Reindeer Digi Stamp

Promarkers

Letraset 0.7 fine liner

chameleon 'white' glitter

jewellery wire

heat gun-slower one is best!!!

few aurora borealis beads

pliers/paintbrush ;oP 

scissors

gems

Thanks for reading and hope you all have a Fantastic Weekend.

Much Love!

daisylou xxx

Glitter Geeks Design Team Week by Bugaboo

Ok this week we were given a few images to choose from and the theme Hilarious. This was the funniest I thought so here is my card: 

As you can see I made this into an easel card. I coloured the image with Promarkers, used Anna Griffin papers - the holly and lime green ones. Also the 3d sentiment is AG. The glitter sparkle paper (at the back) is from DCWV.

The flames I used glitter and gems. The metal holly corners I bought years ago from QVC. You are supposed to use brads but I preferred gems to make the berries. Granny's ruffles are sparkled with Ranger Stickles. Her glasses are just grey Promarker the covered with silver glitter. I tried it without colouring first but found it wasn't as dense colour as I wanted.

Ok the 'Pimp my Sled' the message that came with the character I made by trawling the inet for some Grafitti I liked and copied it. Coloured with a fine nib on my Promarker so it matched in.

That's it! All done for another week.

Thanks for looking and don't be afraid to comment I love to read what you think good or bad.

Take Care,

daisylou xxx

Glitter Geek Design Team

Hi Guys,

Sorry I have been AWOL for so long. I have been quite ill with an ear infection which left me completely deaf for nearly 3 weeks. I was allergic to the given meds and had to go to hospital to the ENT consultant..basically it was a nightmare! 

On top of me being ill, Miss Scarlett has had a tummy bug so she has been to the vets for injections and medications too.

Anyway that's the bad news out of the way...I have some brilliant news! The Glitter Geeks have invited me to become a member of their Design Team!! :) I will be adding my work when I can. ... Steph has been wonderful with understanding all my health issues and contributing issues. They are a lovely bunch of girlies and feel honoured to be a part of it all.

http://glittergeeks.blogspot.com/

I haven't been able to craft so I have been watching Barbara Gray's new DvD. Taken many tips and hoping to make Clarity cards for my Christmas cards this year...Not as easy as it looks I can tell you! 

Going to take ALOT of practise before I can make my work into cards.

Ok, as I haven't got any new cards I thought I would show you all some cards and 'just colouring in' I did a few months before I started this blog. *be warned there might be a few pics!*

Graphicus Stamp and Promarkers

House Mouse Stamps

House Mouse Stamps

House Mouse stamp

Easel card for a six year old.

Gorjuss Girl stamp

Gorjuss Girl stamp

The same Gorjuss Girl stamp just different colours.

Gorjuss Girl and Grey Promarkers.

KanBan Stamp and glittered Tim Holtz Swirls

Gorjuss Girl Stamp

Polka Doodles backing paper, stamp from stash.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!

 TTFN! 

 Love Daisylou xxx