Finally the new Blog is here .... Welcome to the Pencil Case

Wooooooo hello everyone, today is finally the day I can invite you to visit our brand new challenge blog The Pencil Case, a challenge blog and a place to share our love of the Amazing Lyra Pencils!!!

Lyra Rembrandt Polycolour pencils are available from Jacksons and other good Art & Craft stores across the UK.  If you are a retailer and would like to stock this product please contact us here.

Some of you may have seen my being a bit of a tease on face book so now you all know the secret as to what i've been using!

These pencils are amazing, they are creamy, vibrant and so blend-able, I totally love them, the best thin is you don't need the entire range to get amazing results ... I have been working with the tin of 36 and while there aren't skin colours in the range you can totally create your own from the colours there!

So back to the challenge ... for the first week of course its Anything goes and we are sponsored by the lovely lady Nikky Hall and Polkadoodles!

So here I have used Mermaid digital image, I coloured her on Kraft card to show you how vibrant the colours are .... no need to colour in white first either I went straight in with my colours!

I also drew and coloured some bubbles with my pencils to create an under water bubbly scene!

I have added Kaisercraft papers, anda sweet sentiment from Stampin up with bubbly die cuts and a double bow and charm to finish.

If you want to know the colours I used pop on over to the challenge blog, there is loads more inspiration from my teamies there for you too!

Hugs xx Cara xx

Frosted Winter - Cocoa Mug Tag

Morning my lovelies,

Today I'm sharing another project made with the wonderful Octavia - Frosted Winter collection.

I have made a tag .... shaped like a cocoa mug!!

I also cheated a bit and used one of the pre -coloured images, perfect for when you are running short on time!

Everything on this project (with the exception of the bow and charm) can be found in the collection!

I added some stickles around the sentiment and glossy accents to the polar bears nose and eyes and a sprinkling of gems to finish.

I hope you like it.

Hugs xx Cara xx

Inky Pinkies GDT

Hello again ... twice in one day!!

I have some exciting news i've been allowed to join the fab ladies of the Inky Pinkies Facebook colouring group for a guest term and i'm sharing my very first post today!

So here goes .. I used the fabulous Ickyink image Oddella with Bag and coloured her with my Graph'it Markers:

I also attempted a bit of a background too, I added shading with my markers and then I stamped and embossed dragonflies using different colours of powder.

I added lots of die cuts and flowers to embellish.

I hope you like her.

Why not pop on over to the group and add your own projects!!

Hugs xx Cara xx

Frosted Winter Inspiration

Good morning!!

Today I'm sharing another project made with the brand new Octavia Collection Frosted Winter.

I adore this collection and have had so much fun playing.

This time I decided to make a wall hanging using an MDF Plaque which I covered in Denim sheets from Dutch Doobadoo.

Everything else but the die cuts are from the collection.

I coloured the image with my Graph'it Markers and added details to the fur with my pencils.

I do hope you like it!

Huge Hugs xx Cara xx

Octavia Frosted Winter inspiration

Happy Friday everyone,

I'm back today with some more inspiration for the fabulous new collection from Polkadoodles Octavia Frosted Winter.  I have given the link to the full collection which I used to make the tag but you can also buy individual elements if you say just want the images or the papers, why not pop over and take a look at the store, if you follow the link to the store you can also fins a section containing discount coupons too :)

Back to my make ... I made a tag for a change .... a very CAS tag too..

I used my Portrait to cut the tag shape (from the Silhouette Store) I created several layers and sandwiched the papers from the collection between so they would show through.

I coloured the beautiful Octavia and her furry fox friend with my Graph'it Markers and added fine details with my pencils.

The Sentiment is also from the collection.

I hope you like my project!

Hugs xx Cara xx

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting By Design - Get ready for christmas
Inky Impressions - Christmas in August

Polkadoodles Launch Party - Frosted Winter!!

Wooooooo today is finally here, it is the release of the new winter Octavia collection from the fantastic Polkadoodles ... this is the wonderful Frosted Winter:

This collection is stunning and contains everything you could ever need for your christmas/winter makes!

I have used a dig image, papers, sentiment and flowers from the collection, I also used more papers and another sentiment to create an insert (silly me forgot to get a picture of that part)

I used my Graph'it markers to colour Octavia and I used gold and silver pencils to add details to the fur on her coat and hat.

I went slightly crazy with the stickles too but thats' the law on winter snowy cards right ;)

So I hope you like her .....if you want to see more where not come and join the launch party on facebook .. there might be a little treat over there too :D

Hugs xx Cara xx

Dee Dee coloured in Pencils

Morning crafters and a huge welcome to my new followers, I am so pleased you have chosen to take time out of your days to visit my little world!

I have been doing some more colouring and would like to share with you Dee Dee ...she is a beautiful Hannah Lynn digi image and she can be found here!

I have coloured her with my pencils (hopefully will be able to reveal which soon eeeeeeeeek)

I did stuff up her nose a bit but hey ho we all make mistakes right :)

This is another teeny tiny card, i'm really enjoying making smaller card lately, they seem to come together so much more quickly - even though the images are a little fiddly to colour!

I hope you like today's card!

Hugs xx Cara xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Card makers - Warm summer colours
melonheadz friends - hand coloured image
the shabby tea room - photo inspiration