Going For Gold!

There is a new challenge over on the Kuretake blog and it's open to everyone!  Whoop!!!

With the Olympics just around the corner and some fabby metallic pens from Kuretake you can create all sorts of projects.

I used the Zig Painty pen along with some of the new Papermania Happy Days papers to create my card for the challenge.

Here's how I made it :)

Emboss a white card blank with the Papermania Happy Days Haberdashery embossing folder and cut out the inner circle before inking over the design.

Then coloured the embossed buttons and outer edges with the Kuretake Painty Twin.

Next  die cut a ticket shape from the fab Papermania Happy Days Ticket Stubs Detail Die and place the ticket over an inked image on the Papermania Happy Days Ticket Stubs Urban Stamp before edging with the painty pen and adding it to the card.

To add some gold coloured dots on the ticket stub colour some adhesive gems using the painty pen.  Leave to dry before adding to the ticket.

Next ink and fold in half a Happy Days Big Bloomer and attach to the card.  

 

Colour a button with the painty pen and attach to the centre of the bloomer with some ribbon behind.

The inside of the card was then covered with the Happy Days Papers.

I hope I have inspired you to have a go at the challenge?  If so head on over to the Kuretake blog now and enter your works of art!

You can stock up on metallic pens {here} and I see there is a special offer at the moment :)

Thanks for stopping by

xx

Spring Blooms With Kuretake

A new challenge is up over on the Kuretake Blog and it's one to remind us that spring is here (believe it or not!)
The challenge is to create flowers, so here is my card

I used a mixture of the Calligraphy pens and Brushable pens to create some of the flowers on this card.  I love the way that you can blend the pens together to create unique colours and shades to your petals.

Here is a step by step which hopefully shows you one of the many styles of flowers you can achieve.

To blend the pens together, hold one pen upright and then gently 'kiss' the other colour on top.  The colour will drain into the one below.  Repeat on the other side if required.

To create a circular flower place the pen flat on the paper and then twist the paper around, still holding the pen on the paper, until a circle is formed.  Cut out if desired to add as an embellishment and decorate with bling :)

For the 3D rose, take a Basically Bare chipboard flower and gently move between your fingers to break down the fibres.  Don't worry if creases appear as this will add an effect to the petals.

Cut a spiral in the flower.  If the chipboard starts to split then separate to create a two flowers.

Roll up from the outside in and secure with glue.

Colour as desired. Here I have coloured with some pink kurecolor and some pearl glimmer mist.

Hope you are inspired to have a go at the challenge, you'll have heaps of fun I am sure.
Thanks for stopping by :)