Paper Crafts Festival

I spent a fun day at Penrith Panthers Paper Crafts Festival today. The Stampin' Up! team did an amazing job and were definitely the most outstanding display as you can see from the photos.

I caught up with my friend Cherryn and her friend Veronica for lunch and we had a great chat about all things paper! The crafting bug is something that provides a lot of joy for me, and I love sharing my crafting passion with others.

Have a wonderfully creative weekend!

Vicki x💝

Hand Drawn Frames. Bella and Pretty Kitty.

Hello, and welcome! 

I have been doing Zentangle drawings lately, and decided that a curvy hand-drawn frame would look perfect with a black and white card. 

I knew which stamp set to choose and went straight to these two coordinating sets. 

I started with the inside of the cards first, because I wanted to use my Copic markers to shade parts of the image before committing to the front panels. 

I used cool greys, C1 and C3, and a 0.3 black Copic Multiliner to give some definition in the shadows, and to "ground" the image of the kitty.

For the outside of the cards I added C5 for a little more depth of shadow. 

For the kitty frame, I simply drew some wavy lines with breaks in the lines and made sure the image was in front of the framed area.

                 For the Puppy Card I started with 2 wavy parallel lines, then sectioned them off with curved stripes, then coloured leaving the centres blank to look like the frame was 3D. It gives an interesting effect, and is very simple to do, once you have practised a few times on scratch paper.

I hope you enjoyed today's project. I like both frames, but I'm not sure which you prefer. Leave me a comment below, and thanks for visiting today.

Bella and Friends Wood Mount #141867

Clear Mount #3141870

Pretty Kitty Wood mount 141861

Clear Mount #141864

Thankful Thoughts Wood mount #141519

Clear Mount #141522

Thanks so much for shopping with me!  Vicki  x 💝