Sorry I forgot.......

Morning to you all,
Hope you are all doing ok....special wishes and hugs to those of you who are not feeling too good at the moment.  Especially for you Mum, hope you start to feel better real soon.


I have a card to share today that I coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils.  I think the two mediums work really well together and you can get a great result.

Heres the colours for you:

 
Elephant - TB1 TB3 CT1 65, 68, 74
Grass - CG3, 57, 58
Flowers - 34, 37, 33
Mouse - 104, 87, 9
Background - OR1, 15, 19

Image - Rachel Anne Miller - Crafters Companion 

Thanks for stopping by.
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Wishing you........

Morning to you all,
Hope you are having a lovely weekend..... not much happening here other than lots of crafting :)

I am truly hooked on water colouring at the moment and have had the opportunity to use the Spectrum Aqua tints and the new Spectrum Aqua pens both of which I love for different reasons.

This image from Crafters Companion was coloured with the Aquatints

 Collections used Landscape, Pretty Pastels, Bright and Beautiful

The image is stamped onto Crafters Companion water colour card with Archival ink and then the aquatints are blended with a water brush.  I love the vibrancy of the colours even though they are a water based ink.

Hope to have a few more cards to share this week.

Have a good day and thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxxx

Catch up....

Happy New Year to you all.....hope you all enjoyed the festivities and also managed to relax and chill a little bit too.  
I haven't been well on and off since Boxing Day night with what I think is gallbladder or gall stone problems :(   I have been in bed for a couple of days and an afternoon so I must be poorly as I never take to my bed.  Feeling not too bad today and ventured out for a bit to pick up a few groceries.

I haven't made any new years resolutions other than going back to Slimming World last week and really want to get stuck back into that again this year.  I have still lost just over 3 stone so that's pretty good for me to have maintained the loss really for most of last year but I have a long way still to go and need to get on the losing streak again.


I have a card to share that again is CAS.....should I try a different style...probably but I just find it so difficult so I am just going to keep doing what I enjoy.

This one is for the challenge over at Spectrum Noir

This is coloured with Spectrum Noir Aquatints which I still love

I used colours from Bright and Beautiful, Landscape and Perfectly Primary.

The image is by Rachel Anne Miller and is available from Crafters Companion.

Off to do as little bit more colouring I think.

Thanks again for popping over.

Hugs Sally xxxx

September Challenge over at Spectrum Noir - Friendships

Morning to you all,
Wow hasn't the weather been fantastic here in the UK for the last few days :)  Summer hasn't left us just yet.

Today is 36 years since my eldest brother was killed in a road accident.....It just doesn't seem possible and so long ago that I can bearly remember him....I was only 8 (given my age away now!)....nearly turning 9 so it almost feels like I never had an older brother.  I do miss him though, probably more in later years as I always wonder what he would have ended up doing...something practical...I think probably a Joiner as he loved woodwork :)...... Miss you Lee xx


Ok so I am here to share a card.....

As you know I am now on the Spectrum Noir DT so this is my first month of creating cards for the monthly challenges.....This month is Friendships
I was fortunate enough to be given some CC images to play with, so todays card is using a super cute image from Rachel Anne Miller called - Squeeze

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils

Outline: CT1
Face: 5,88
Coat: 61,62,63
Trousers:28
Hair: 87, 110

Bunny 16,86,87,29,34
Mouse :112

Paper from stash

Embossing folder - CC

Sentiment - CC

Thanks for stopping by today.

Love n hugs 

Sally xxxx

Exciting Announcement!

Hello to you all,

Hope all is good with you.

If you are a regular follower you will know that I absolutely love colouring images and have tried various mediums with my favourite by far being pencils.   

Well the exciting announcement is that I was approached by Spectrum Noir to join their DT as a pencil colourist!!!!!   To say I was shocked and surprised is an understatement......... so I now have a full set of Spectrum Noir pencils that I have been getting the hang of and so far so good :)

I am now officially a team member and you can see the post here

Here are three cards that I made recently with the new pencils......

This is a Crafters Companion image called Wild about You from Rachel Anne Miller

 I had to include my all time favourite bear from Lili of the Valley stamped onto kraft Neenah desert storm card

 And finally an image that has never been coloured before from Penny Black Transparent set - A good catch

I am still getting a hang of the colours and it is a great excuse to have to practice some more.

I will be back soon.

Have a great day.

Hugs Sally xxxx