Anything goes at CaSS - April

Me again with this month's DT card for Christmas at Sweet Stampin'.  Our theme is always "Anything Goes at Christmas" so you can play along using whatever image/technique you like.

I'm trying to push myself out of my colouring comfort zone (red and white or red/white/green for Christmas cards) so it took a while to decide on a colour combo for this image.

Although it looks black in the photo the card base is actually purple Bazzill and overall I'm quite pleased with the way the purple/green combo has turned out.  Both the image and the sentiment are from Lili of the Valley - I'm really enjoying revisiting these images after neglecting them for a while.

Do pop over to CaSS to check out the inspiration projects my lovely teamies have made.  Hope you can play along with us this month!

Tracey xx

Inspired by Sandy Allnock

Hi there.  At the risk of stating the obvious, it's good to be on holiday 😊.  It's also good that today is pretty cold, too cold in fact for me to be doing what I ought to be doing, which is working in the garden.  So for now I'm trying not to look at the mess outside and instead I'm treating myself to a little long overdue crafty time.

I'm a huge fan of Sandy Allnock and while I certainly don't have her artistic talent, I find her videos so helpful.  I was bowled over by her "Winter Whites" treatment of a beautiful Concord & 9th stamp and decided that I would have a try at creating something similar.

With the exception of colouring hair and sometimes fur, my really light E number Copics are rarely used, so colouring an image with just those markers was quite a challenge!  Sandy's video here shows you how it's done and there are tons of inspirational ideas to be found on her website.

I'll be back mid-week with the next CaSS DT card.  In the meantime enjoy the rest of your weekend and the week ahead.

Tracey xx