Stampers Delights Chibi New Release

It's the first weekend of April and time for the new releases from Stampers Delights. Today it is the Chibi images in the spotlight. Janice has created some lovely crafting themed images for you all. Also look out for the new limited physical stamps coming into the store. They will be great for those of you who like a more traditional approach to stamping.

I have used the Chibi image to make the front cover of a new Art Journal.

Materials used:

Stampers Delights - Love My Markers

A Bit More Time To Craft (Lozzi) - Fun Digi Papers Set

brushos in various colours

Liquid Pearls - Garnet

watercolour paper

printer card

That Craft Place blending card

Copic pens:

skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04,      R20, 

hair - R14, R27, R46, R59

dress - YG01, YG06, G05     Y00, Y11, Y15, YR23

pen - C0, C1, C3, C5     V15, V17

shoes - C1, C3, C5, C7

I used a paper from the Fun set printed onto A4 card and stuck to the front of a sketch book.  The watercolour paper was used with the brushos to make a mat for the main image.

The heart shape is covered in garnet liquid pearls and the lettering has been coloured with various Copic pens.

Do head over to the Stampers Delights store to see other images in the series as they are released. You can find the clear stamps here.

Here are some useful links for you:

Stampers Delights Store

Stampers Delights FB Group

Stampers Delights Inspiration Blog

Stampers Delights Challenge Blog 

Thank you for dropping in. Take care and stay safe.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes (Must be coloured) 
Creative Fingers #183 - Anything Goes 
Simply Create Too #159 - Anything But A Card 
Krafty Chicks #501 - Stamp Act 
Your Scrapbook Place - April Anything Goes 
Love To Craft Challenge Blog # 45 - Anything Goes 
A Bit More Time To Craft #113 - Anything Goes 
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - April Anything Goes 
Crafty Creations #408 - Anything Goes 

Scrapper's Delights First Progressive Challenge for 2020

Happy New Year to you all. I am hoping that this year takes a bit longer to work through! Last year hurtled past too quickly for my liking.
The first progressive challenge of the year at Scrapper's Delights has a delightful Chibi image and one useful for male cards.

Materials used: 

Scrapper's Delights - Chibi Make Mine A

A Bit More Time To Craft Papers - Coffee Delight 

acrylic greetings stamp

black archival ink pad

X-Press It card

7" x 5" card blank

gold mirri card

Copic pens:

skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04  R20

hair - YR14, YR18, E08, E18

eyes - E13, E15, E18

shirt - YG21, YG03, YG17, YG67

trousers - C0, C1, C3, C5, C7

shoes - W00, W0, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9

coffee cup - C0, C1      B000, B00, B01

The background papers are printed on printer card and cut to size. 

The challenge runs for a month and it would be great to see you enter. You can get information on how to get the image from the Scrapper's Delights Facebook page here, if you entered the December challenge you will be sent the new image automatically.

Just to let you know that the Scrapper's Delights January Sale has started. Here is the code you can use: 

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:

Your Scrapbook Place January - Anything Goes 

A Bit More Time To Craft #107 - Anything Goes 

Creative Inspirations January Challenge - Something New or Something Old   (new digi stamp, old digi papers set)

Love To Craft #42 - Anything Goes 

October's Progressive Challenge at Scrapper's Delights

Time for a new challenge at the Scrapper's Delights Facebook page. This month the image has us reaching for the winter woollies as Autumn is here and Winter approaches.

Materials used:

Scrapper's Delights - Drink on the Run (available on request from the Facebook Page)

Presscut Centre Stepper Card die set

A Bit More Time To Craft - Leaves 

printer paper

white card

X-Press It card

black card

Copic pens:

skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04     R20

hair - Y21, YR23, E15, E18

eyes - B12, B24, B28

dress - V05, RV66, RV69, V09, V99

scarf - Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17, Y19     G02, G05, G07, G29     C0, C1, C3

gloves - C0, C1, C3, C5

trousers - YG03, YG17, YG67, G29

phone - R29, R39, R59, R89     C0, C01

handbag - E84, E87, E89     W3, W5, W7

boots - W1, W3, W5, W7, W9     C0 C1,C5

The sentiment came with the image and you also get two backgrounds, one with snowflakes and one with leaves, that you can colour or leave plain.

To make the background paper I used a sheet from the Leaves set from A Bit More Time To Craft. The original has quite large leaves so I used resizing, copying and pasting multiple times to get the leaves to the size I wanted. It took a bit of time but I think it worked really well for the small size needed.

The card blank and the scalloped mats were cut using the die set. The black pieces were cut by hand.

The challenge goes on for a month and the image is free on request from the Facebook page. I hope you will join us.

Thank you for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #451 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations #400 - Anything Goes 

Addicted To Stamps And More #362 - Make Your Mark  

Crafting By Designs October - Anything Goes 

PIP Challenge #1940 - Anything Goes 

A Bit More Time To Craft #101 - Anything Goes 

Get Creative #85 - Anything Goes/Twist Shaped Card 

Path of Positivity New Challenge - Have Courage

Courage is not one of the qualities I associate with myself! I was chronically shy for much of my life and I mean chronically shy. Speaking to people was so out of my comfort zone it was the other side of the universe. Notice the use of the past tense. I am happy to say that I am no longer chronically shy, after years of working at it, I am now just shy with new people or in new situations.

Looking back now I don't think people realise how debilitating shyness can be. Imagine not being able to even ask a bus driver to stop at your stop so travelling on the next stop to get off and then walking back up the road - yep been there many times when at school. It's not that you don't want to speak it is just mentally impossible.

So can you imagine the agonising that went into pressing the send button on my first blog post or sharing the first colouring online. It has not been an easy journey but honestly I am glad I persevered. In some ways it is an in between stage, this sharing on line is not as threatening as speaking face to face with someone you do not know. Thankfully the comments have been positive and the confidence boosted and with that comes the courage. So now I will speak to strangers, I make the effort, and each successful encounter builds up the courage.

So next time you meet someone who is on the quiet side, before you put them down as stand-offish just remember that they may just be churning inside trying to overcome their own shyness.

I just love the quote that came with the image I have used for my card as it says it all and certainly fits my own circumstances.

Materials used:

Beccy's Place - Safari Digital Stamp Set (lion and quote) 

Sheen Douglas A4 embossing folder - Jungle leaves

Adirondack ink pad - meadow

X-Press It card

7" x 5" card blank

white card

Copic pens:

mane - W9, E37, E08, YR27, YR24, YR12, YR21, YR23

body fur - E31, E33, E35, E39, W9

eye - YR16, YR07, YR68

mouth - E00, R20, R21 

I used the embossing folder with white card and then brushed meadow ink over it to highlight the leaves.

So have you got the courage to have a go at our challenge this month? The theme of Courage is optional so you can do anything. If entering challenges is old hat to you then well done and you have no excuse not to have a go! If you lack confidence but really would like to try it then I would urge you to summon up every ounce of courage you can find and give it a go. The whole ethos of this particular challenge is that it is Positive so you will be among friends who are just waiting to encourage you. If you do decide to enter and it is the first time you have tried then please put a comment on the challenge blog and I will do my best to come and pay you a visit with some encouragement from someone who knows how hard that road can be.

All the details of the challenge and the link can be found on the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog.  We have two sponsors this month, Beccy's Place and Scribbles Designs both offering prizes

Thank you for sticking with me on a very personal post. Hope to see you in the challenge. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:

A Bit More Time To Craft #101 - Anything Goes 

613 Avenue Create #226 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #115 - Anything Goes 

PIP Challenge #1940 - Anything Goes 

Creative Moments #178 - Anything Goes 

Show Us Your Pussycats #47 - Anything With A Cat Goes (In my book lions are just big cats!)

Beccy's Challenges October - Anything With Beccy's Images