29 Faces #2

:) Great to have new followers for this blog, welcome all!

To catch up with 29 Faces challenge I drew this joyous woman.

I think using pencil is the oldest technique I have been practising. Still it's challenging...

29 Faces: The 1st.

I have been hoping I could get a chance to take part to 29 faces -challenge. Now I noticed the challenge is running in this September, yay! :) Since a little I've enjoyed drawing faces. They are so challenging and yet intriguing. Nowadays I don't draw them as often - but this is a good reason to continue.

To the point! Here's the 1st face of September:

This is actually an ATC card sized picture. I used black ink and watercolour pencils to make it.

A Card from Violet and Black

I was excited to find a new challenge which had colour combination violet/black as the current challenge. Violet and its tones are my favourite colours!

This challenge blog is Paperminutes.

Here's my card - could not resist the Halloween mood when I came up with this happy little Vampiria flying up. :) It's been a while since I  drew a vampire character. My inspiration came from a fantasy book series that I was fond of being nine years old: The Little Vampire.

Details: I painted the patterned background paper with acrylic colour to make the pattern stand out better. The vampire picture I drew with black ink and coloured with violet watercolour.

Glad you came to peek out this card, x

A Glimpse of This Summer

During this summer I had "crafter's block" if you could say so. I kept all the fabrics ready but struggled to get anything fit together.
 Anyway, I at least got done some congratulatory cards and maybe they helped me to get on with the hobby. :) I guess also the holiday time offered some new places to relax and see things differently.

Here's a name day card...

One birthday card...

And a card for house-warming party. :)

A new favourite place of mine where my fiancé's family's summer cottage near the water. :)

We circled the area a lot with bicycles, and saw some beautiful sailing ships too:

Thanks for looking! Have a lovely autumn!

From the Bottom of the Heart

Hello!
Got this collage ready in the last minute, but I hope you like it! :)

Taking part to Collage Obsession's challenge Purple. My all-time favourite colour!

Thanks for visiting! x

If the Broom Fits...

Seen any black cats?

Well here's a bunch of them! Still cute kittens...
Maybe it's a bit early for the Halloween, so let's say this little witch is just training for her first flight. ;-)

Taking part to Wicked Wednesday's 97th ATC challenge "broomsticks and black cats".

Materials: Used some Graphic 45's Times Nouveau Collections paper for the background, and Distressed & inked the edges with frayed burlap colour (of Tim Holtz of course). The main image is from Heartwarming Vintage. Inked the edges after using a corner cutter and attached them together with the red brads. Finally wrote the phrase on top with waterproof black ink.

Thanks for looking!

A Mix of Cool Colours and Warm Thoughts

Here's something I that just emerged from my subcontiusness. Planning to hang it on the wall, not sure in which room though...

Taking part to Take a Word challenge "Cool Colours". Thanks for the challenge! x

I used watercolours and water-based inks for stamping and painting the background. The stamp in the centre I made with permanent ink so I could continue adding layers of colour. I also washed the colours off few times to make them blend together. Finally I glued some flowers, the butterfly, pearls and the key and decorated them with sparkling glue.