Happy Halloween!

Hello to all.  Wishing all of you who celebrate a Happy Halloween!  Sharing a fun vintage style 'spooky' sketch and colour of a skull.  I have used the Spectrum Noir Metallic pencils for the drawing which is based on various vintage anatomical drawings.

Hand Drawn Vintage Style Skull – Halloween Theme
Spectrum Noir Metallic Pencils:
Mica, nickel, violet, silver, pink, purple
Spectrum Noir Premium Black Paper 
Spectrum Noir Blending Solution
and paper stumps to create a smooth blend
Crafter's Companion Black Matt Card and kraft card

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this post and look at my blog.

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3D Stepper Card.

Hello to all.  A Holly Hobbie share for today.  I adore these sweet images.  This stamp was inked several times, is coloured and mounted on the card to produce a 3D image.  I hope you can pick up the detail in the side view of the stepper card.

3D image Stepper Card

Stamp - A Treat for Two.

Spectrum Noir markers used:

Vintage: GY1, GY2, DP1, DP2, DP4, PV3,

MG1, MG2, MG3, MG4, MG5, AP1, AP2, AP4,

Nature: GY3, GY4, AG1, AG2, RB1, RB2,

MB1, MB2, MB3,

Brights: DR2, DR4, BP7, GB6

Darks: DR6, TN9

FS2, TN2, FS6, CT2, IG2, IG1, EB1, EB7,

LV1, LV2, LV3, DR5 GB8

Spectrum Noir ColourBlend Pencil 12 pack:

Ladybug, Flame Red, Wisteria

Neenah Classic Crest Card

Image stamped three times, fussy cut and applied in layers to create 3D depth.

Stepper Card Base

Various Digital Designer Papers printed on

Satin Finish Papers

Crafter's Companion Luxury Card cut with

Crafter's Companion edge die

Pearl Strip and various die cuts from stash

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this post and look at my blog.

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Metallic Horse!

Hello to all.  Sharing a Spectrum Noir metallic pencil freehand drawing of a horse.  I have been concentrating on improving my colouring/sketching skills recently and love the wonderful results produced by using the metallic pencils on black card. 

Materials list:

Sketched Image - Hand Drawn Horse
Spectrum Noir Metallic Pencils used for horse and background
Spectrum Noir Premium Black Paper
Crafter's Companion Black Matt Card and kraft card

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Merry Christmas Box!

Hello to all.  Something a bit different to share today.  

I have started to make a collection of Christmas boxes and small gift containers.  

This project is made from double sided Centura Pearl card and has an image from the Barkley Christmas CD-ROM. 

 I love these cute images. 

Materials List:

Image from Barkley CD-ROM

Watercolour card

Centura Pearl

Embossing Folder 

Various festive Crafter's Companion cutting dies and sentiment stamp

Pearls, ribbon and silver card layer from stash.

Happy crafting fun to all!

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In the Night Orchard.

Hello lovely people.  I had the most fabulous afternoon yesterday just sitting and colouring this image with Spectrum Noir ColourBlend pencils.  I love colouring with pencils and wanted to share this with you!  

Image is from Norma J Burnell - Night Orchard

Spectrum Noir ColourBlend pencils - mostly in autumnal shades to reflect the season.

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Sugar and Spice.

Hello to all.  Sharing a sweet Mo Manning image today coloured with Spectrum Noir ColourBlend pencils.  My camera has decided to refuse to work so this picture was taken with the phone.  Its so dark here that I couldn't get a picture without the flash.  Hope you can see this OK!

Materials list:

Sugar and Spice from Mo Manning 

Spectrum Noir ColourBlend pencils

Catitude designer papers

Crafter's Companion Kraft card 

Various cutting dies 

Flowers from my stash.

Its #wearitpink day on the 20th, so a fitting card for a great cause!

Happy crafting fun to all!

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This Little Piggy!

Hello to all!  Sharing a quick Spectrum Noir ArtLiner sketch for #inktober2017.   I have so much fun sketching and drawing with these pens.  The theme of #INKTOBER for the 16th was greedy (slightly late here).  I don't think he is greedy.  He just looks like a happy boy to me!

Materials used

Sheena Stamping Card

Spectrum Noir ArtLiners. I used the grey and black brush nibs and 01 fine nib pen.

Sketching pencil and white gel pen.

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Having a ball!

Hello to all.  Sharing a cute Mo Manning image on a Halloween themed card.   

The sentiment is computer generated and goes with the Halloween theme.

Stamp is Jasmine by Mo Manning on Neenah Classic Crest.

Spectrum Noir markers and pencils.

Digital papers and Trends Card

Flowers, dots and glitter are from my stash.

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Sweet Violet!

Hello to all.  My colouring share for today is to highlight the versatility of the Spectrum Noir metallic pencils. 

 These rich creamy pencils have been used to colour a digital stamped image on black matt card.  

You can create so much depth and tone on your image with the 12 pencils in this set.  

 I particularly like the detail created on the hair.  

Two of the Spectrum Noir ColourBlend pencils have been used as highlights - Mulberry and Black.  

Image Violet – Mayumi Ogihara
Spectrum Nor Metallic Pencils full set
Spectrum Noir ColourBlend Pencils:
Black, mulberry
Spectrum Noir Blending Solution
and paper stumps to a create smooth blend to face
Crafter's Companion Black Matt Card and kraft card

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Floral Happiness!

Hello to all.  Another cute Holly Hobbie share from me, this time in pinks and golds.  

This is such a sweet image. 

 I have used lovely rich gold detail, ribbon and flowers to decorate the card! 

A Bouquet of Happiness.

Spectrum Noir markers used:

24 pack:

Pastels: FS4, FS1, DG1, LG1, PP2, CR3, GB2, TN1,

LY1, LY2, LY3, GT1, IBI, IG3,

Lights: TN5, IG5, TN4, TN3, IB2, PP4, BP1, GB3

LG4, LG3, CR4, CR5, GB1

Darks: TN6, GB9, IG7, EB3, EB4, EB6, TN9

Brights: CG3, GB6, LG5, GB7 BP5, BP7, PP6

Spectrum Noir ColourBlend Pencils 12 Pack:

Pollen, Candle Glow, Bright Red, Coral,

Lady Bug, BumbleBee

Neenah Classic Crest Card

Centura Pearl A3 Double Sided Card

Centura Pearl Metallics Card – Precious Metals

Various Digital Designer Paper

printed onto Satin Finish Papers

Various Crafter's Companion Die Cuts

Ribbons, flower centre and gems from stash.

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Flamingo Love!

Hello to all.  Sharing a cute card featuring my sketched flamingo image created for Inktober.  I have been enjoying sketching and colouring with my Spectrum Noir ArtLiner markers.  These really are super pens.

Materials list:

My own sketched and coloured image with Spectrum Noir ArtLiner brush nibs and fine nib pens.

Crafter's Companion Stamp - Script Words

Crafter's Companion Black Matt Card

Designer papers, ribbon, button and thread from my stash.

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Sweet Pencil Puppy!

Hello to all.  I have created some freehand drawings using Spectrum Noir Metallic pencils. 
I will be sharing these with you over the next few weeks. The pencils are so rich and creamy and very versatile.  
 It was so much fun creating the texture and depth on the fur of this sweet little puppy.

Materials list:

Sketched Image  - Hand Drawn Cute Puppy
Spectrum Noir Metallic Pencils:
Full set used for puppy and background
Spectrum Noir Premium Black Paper
Crafter's Companion Black Matt Card and kraft card

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Fabulous Fun Frog!

Hello to all.  Sharing a sweet frog sketch and colour made for this months Inktober Challenge.  
Sketching is still relatively new to me and I enjoy this so much.  
This cute Amazonian Tree Frog was created with Spectum Noir ARTLINERS and Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers.

Materials list:  

Spectrum Noir ARTLINERS - black brush nib and fine liner 01

Sectrum Noir Illustrators BO1, BO2, BO3, 

IG2, IG4, IG6, IG8

IB1, GY6, GY2, Blender Pen 

White Gel pen highlights

Premium marker pad

Black Matt Card.

Happy crafting fun to all!

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