Happy Birthday to Nina Collins!!!!

This blog post is extra special because it marks the birthday of our dear friend Nina Collins!!   I actually have a lot to thank Nina for (even though she may not know it), because it was her birthday card that got me in gear with drawing digi stamps.

Although there are a plethera of fairy themed stamps, both digi and rubber, and I do own many of each, I was given the challenge by my other half to draw a fairy image especially for Nina.  Some of you may have seen the image in the Crafty Boots Shop already, but this is her debut in colored form.

The image is colored with Pro and Flex Markers, and it is one of the (now many) Daffy's Digis available only @ Crafty Boots.  I am sure Nina won't mind if her special fairy is available to others :)

The flowers are from a bundle I got from Create and Craft.  As I said in a previous post, I love these flowers and should have bought two bundles...or three...or four.  The colors are gorgeous and the detail is really amazing.  I used various papers from my stash including K&C, Create and Craft.  The sentiment is from Hunkydory.  I cut the shaped layers using a Grand Nestie.  Since I didn't particularly want to make an enormous card, I decided to have the layers extend over the top of a half A4 landscape card.  I still had to make a custom envelope, but I was hoping the entension would give it a bit of 'lift'.


Happy Birthday to you Nina!!!!  I hope you have a wonderful day and an even more wonderful year to come!!

xx Denise

Crafty Boots Challenge - Good Luck

Hello crafty people.....

This Monday marks the start of another 2 week challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges.  This time, the theme is 'Good Luck'. Please check out the challenge website here to get some inspiration from the lovely creations the rest of the design team has come up with.

As for my creation, I have to be honest and admit that I remembered the DT cards were 'due' at the last minute, so I worried that I wouldn't be able to put anything together that I would be happy enough to share.  Had I been a clever girl I would have held off on posting the Good Luck card with my own piggy digi image.  Guess I am not a clever girl!  Luckily (see what I did there).. luckily I had this lovely digi image in my files, courtesy of Hope Jacare Doodles from Stitchy Bears, so I was able to make a card that I ended up being very happy with!

Without further suspese, here 'tis....

I colored the image in with Pro and Flex Markers, then cut the layer out with a Grand Nesties Die.  I thought, what is a wedding without a bit of shimmer, so I added holographic mirror card behind both the image layer and the swirl paper layer (which by the way is from Hunkydory).  I very nearly left it at that, but I thought it needed just a little something extra.   I decided to add the beautiful paper flowers that I recently ordered from Create and Craft.  I love them, and should have ordered two sets - but remember, I am not a clever girl ;)

As I said, I ended up very happy with the result.  Too bad everyone I know that is getting married in the near future will probably see this card (as they are part of the Crafty Boots  DT, or twitter friends or both!).  That is what they make storage for I suppose!

Anyway, we would love to see your Good Luck related creations, so pop over to Crafty Boots Challenges to link up.  Also...Crafty Boots Challenges is having a design team call, so if you are the crafty sort, and want to join in with a lovely group of crafty people, please check out the details here..

Thank you so much for looking, and I hope you can come back soon.  Not to be a broken record, but all comments are very much appreciated!

xx Denise

A Debut! (aka Chubby Cheeky Peeking Piggy)

Hello everyone.  This is a very special blog post for me, as it is the debut of one of my very own digi stamps...yes, my own!

I had been thinking about trying to join the world of digi stamp designing, but as a not very confident soul at heart, I spent ages just THINKING about it.  Finally I did more than just think and started putting some of my drawings out for opinions from some of my crafty friends - and they liked them.  Long story short, thanks to the super mega cool and generous Stephanie-Emma who runs the Crafty Boots Challenge Blog, and more conveniently, the Crafty Boots Online Store, my digis are now available to purchase under the branding of Daffy's Digis only at Crafty Boots. Wow, I can't believe I am actually a selling 'artist'. 

At the moment they are all just displayed at the store as line art, so I thought it might help to color and card up some of the images.  Stephanie-Emma has already blogged one of them so pop round to hers to have a look...  I decided to start with this fella....

The yellow dotted backing paper is from the a Woodland Folks set, while the pink squares and stripes layer, as well as the sentiment, are from the Crafter's Companion Card Making by Numbers kit.  I think the flowers are from Create and Craft.  They have been in my stash for longer than I have been blogging my cards (and before I realized people might want to know what materials I had used for the cards).




Thanks for looking, and please check out the full range of Daffy's Digis only at Crafty Boots.

More than ever, I would love to read your honest comments of the card and the image.  Even constructive critique is well received as I am always striving to improve!

Take care and I hope you come back to visit very soon!
xx Denise