Here it is the Event for my first ever class!

Oooh it's really happening I'm going to be teaching a class!

New Job Card...

Made this card for someone very dear to me who's just got a new job. This is a Bloobel Stamps called Thumbs Up

https://www.bloobel.com/products/thumbs-up-digi

Copics Used:

Face & Hair E11, E21, E31, E51, E50, R85, E27, E23

Outfit: B41, B95, B97, C1, C3, Y19, Y38, YR68

WHITE GEL PEN

WOW I am going to teach a colouring class in July

WOW what a week, I have been asked by the owner at Kraft Crazy, to do a colouring class as she has always loved my colourings.  Well after some thought and encouragement from family and friends I have agreed and within days of Tracey puting the information on her FB page she has filled all the places.  

So here I am I am going to be a tutor, helping other with their colouring.  When I started colouring again and taking online classes I never thought I would be lucky enough to be teaching myself.  Yes it's just a small class of local women but it's a start and maybe I can help them to get the same confidence that I have with my colour with theirs.

Work in progress finished...

Just finished this and I'm so so happy with how it's come out even with the ink blob on the end of the hair right side. Hence the background done the way I have.

This is a My Besties Digital Stamps Called Birthstones Besties.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/128937450/instant-download-digital-stamp-digi?ref=shop_home_active_1

Copics used

Hair Y15, E23, E27, E31, E35, E57, E79 Skin E11, E21, E31, E51, R27, R46, R83, R85
Wings BV02, BV31 Flower YG03, YG17, YG63, YG67, B45, B95 Dress Y15, Y17, Y19, E23, E31, E35 Legs E23, E35, R46, R59 Base C1, C3, C5
Painters White Pen & Crafters Companion Clear Sparkle Pen

Work in Progress

This is my work in progress it's a My Besties Digital stamp from the Birth Stone range. I'm not completely happy with it but it's coming along.

As a special treat until the end of May you can get 50% of My Besties Stamps

CODE: YOURSPECIAL50

http://www.mybestiesshop.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

Spectrum Noir Aquatints ink Old Style

Now if you are like me you may already have the original version of the Aquatints in the large bottles. A few weeks ago Sheena had the new version of the Aquatints which are now in a pen. Sheena was using these new pens and I came so close to buying them, until I remembered that I already had the full set in a box unused.  Sheena even said on air that the pens are just a new delivery system for the Aquatints, they haven't been seen for about 2 years. I have also found out that the Aquatints are the same colours as the Sparkle Pens so everything works together.

As I watched Sheena I really liked these pens as the biggest problem with the old system was that it was very easy to knock them over or just make a mess. But as I watched I realised 95% of the time Sheena is just pooling ink onto her mat and using the ink that way so the whole need for the pen is not really there. Plus I realised that they have just given the inks colour names now instead of the number codes.

So I had an idea I thought what if I got some small bottles and filled them with the inks I already own. How much would that cost? So I went off to Amazon and found the bottles (50 x 10ml) and some droppers which both together cost about £10. They did take 2 weeks to come but I didn't mind that.

So yesterday I set about sorting out a colour chart. Only issue is that SN never gave the original ink names they just had numbers. So after hours of searching the net I found the information I needed and made myself a chart (I've included a copy of this chart with the photo, feel free to use if it will help). So I sorted out the numbers into the sets and I coloured two charts at a time the same (one was to be used as a label on the bottles) once dry I cut up one of the charts and taped them to each bottle. It did take me sometime but I am really pleased with the end result.

I now have all 34 colours in a easy format that are now so easy to use. Plus I can quickly see which colours are which and the really good thing is I can refill these bottles two more times...

Here's the links for the droppers and bottles. I went for 100 droppers and 50 bottles you can get less just remember you need 34 bottles if you've got the full set. Cost has gone down a bit will cost you around £10 (I have Prime so get next day delivery on some items). The bottles did take about 2 weeks as they came from China but they are good quality and are well worth the money.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071CV4MCX/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SUMAJU-Polyethylene-Disposable-Laboratory-Experiment/dp/B071NLLG61/ref=sr_1_4?s=kitchen&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1524957947&sr=1-4&keywords=Disposable+Dropper&refinements=p_76%3A419158031 

Girls Night in Colouring

On the last Thursday of every month we have a Girls Night in at our local craft shop The Stamp Shack.  I decided to start some colouring I didn't get as much done as I would have liked but the was a lot of chatting and laughter going on.

This is a My Besties Digital Stamps Called Birthstones Besties. I do have the full set but you can just download by month.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/128937450/instant-download-digital-stamp-digi?ref=shop_home_active_1

Besties Knitting #141

Yesterday I managed to get this 99% finished at our weekly crafty coffee morning. I've just got the last 1%, done real happy with how this came out. 

This is an My Besties Stamp, called Besties Knitting #141.

http://www.mybestiesshop.com/store/p5859/INSTANT_DOWNLOAD_Digital_Digi_Stamps_Big_Eye_Big_Head_Dolls_Digi_My_-_Knitting_Bestie_%22img141%22_By_Sherri_Baldy.html

Copics used:

Skin & Hair: E11, E21, E23, E25, E27, E31, E35, E93
Top: B39, B95, B97, B99
Lips & Flower: R27, R46, R59
Knitting: YG03, YG63, YG67
Socks: YR68, Y11, Y17, Y19
Cat & Shadows: C1, C3, C8, W2, W5, W7. 

Sad Goodbye

It's a dear friends funeral this afternoon and I've coloured this to make a card for the family. I've used distressed markers here using them as a watercolour on watercolouring paper. This is a PowerPoppy digi stamp called JOYFUL LILIES.

Distressed Markers:

BLACK SOOT, SAULTY OCEAN, CRUSHED OLIVE, PICKED RASPBERRY, MUSTARD SEED,  BROKEN CHINA, WILD HONEY, FOREST MOSS, FRAYED BURLAP.

https://powerpoppy.com/collections/digital-stamps/products/joyful-lilies

All Dressed Up Stamps

It was are Crafty Coffee Morning at my local craft shop. I decided to colour this stamp as a change from flower stamps. Really pleased with how this is coming on just need to make sure I finish it.

All Dressed Up - A Kiss For Valentines

Copics used:
E23, E25, E27, E31, E35, E42, R81, R83, R85, RV95, V05, V06, V09, YG03, YG63, YG67

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/221727635/kiss-for-valentines?ref=shop_home_active_1