Rubber Romance!

Hello all! Hope you're all excited about the Strictly final! I am hoping Ricky will win. Chris is sweet but he really is about half as good as Ricky so I'm hoping talent rather than "character" will win out tonight. We've had loads of snow here in Essex. I was meant to test drive a new car today- that went out the window!!

Anyway on to my first post which is a sketch over at Friday Sketchers. I really enjoyed doing this sketch and found it quite challenging but really good fun. I used this Rubber Romance image which I coloured with Lyra pencils. Have you noticed my new shading technique? I've decided to experiment with more bold shading, I really like it- how about you? The teacup, spoon and both sentiments were from a Hanna stamps set which I thought combined really well with this image. I also used my new pearls which I'm totally lovin! They make such a great alternative to hot fix crystals which are really delicate.

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Rubber Romance & Hanna Stamps); Lyra pencils; Nesties; Papers (Basic Grey); Pearls (Ebay)

And finally the last of my Christmas cards- yay!! First up is a Pink Petticoat one. I coloured with watercolour pencils added some glitter highlights and some doodling. The papers are by Artic Frog and sentiment is Lili of the Valley.

Crafty stash used: Image (Pink Petticoat); Watercolour pencils; Papers (Artic Frog); Assorted cardstock; Flower (Poppicrafts); Snowflake (The Works); Gold Stickles; Brad (Woodware); Sentiment (LOTV)

These cute penguins (no idea who by!) I coloured with copics. I used my Martha Stewart punch to create a border. The sentiment is by See D's and I used my nesties to create an interesting tag shape.

Crafty stash: Stamps (? & See D's); Copics; Papers (Polar Bear Press); Assorted cardstock; Nesties; Ribbon (Poppicrafts); Punch (Martha Stewart)

And finally this cute Penny Black sheep I coloured with copics. I added some doodling and cut out with nesties. Papers are Artic Frog again and DCWV.

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Penny Black); Copics; Papers (DCWV; Artic Frog); Assorted cardstock; Flower (Poppicrafts); Snowflake (The Works); Brad (Woodware); Sentiment (LOTV)

This will probably be my last post before Christmas so I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Thanks so much for all your support and comments throughout the year. Do please continue to visit me as I will be having a blog makeover in the new year and will be giving away some candy to celebrate!