Cute as a Cup Cake

Hello Bloggers

It's time for the next 

Lemon Shortbread Challenge

& as always we have an 'Anything Goes' theme

I used the sweet

Cupcakes Delight

digi image for my make this week

Isn't she cute :)

I coloured her with ProMarkers, colours listed below, and used papers & sentiment tag that were free in a craft magazine recently. I coloured the front cupcake, cherries and her hat twice so I could layer them up, added glossy accents to her eyes & the cherries and clear glitter pen to the cupcake sprinkles

I hope you will join in our challenge this time, if you use a Lemon Shortbread image you can win more digi's

Happy Crafting

xxx

ProMarkers Used

eyes: twilight sky, grey green, soft green

skin: copics E02 E11 YR00 YR000

hair: mustard, pastel yellow, vanilla

shoes/cherries: burgundy, cardinal red, ruby

dress/hat: grey green, soft green, tea green

midnight blue, china blue, cobalt blue

cupcakes: midnight blue, china blue, cobalt blue

walnut, burnt sienna, cocoa

antique pink, dusky rose, budding rose

duck egg, cool aqua, tea green

summer sun, mustard, buttercup, ivory

apron: burgundy, cardinal red, ruby

walnut, burnt sienna, cocoa

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

Flowers & Curls

Hello Bloggers

How can it be April already!! It will soon be time to start on my Christmas cards again lol

But for today I'm sharing my DT make for 

Challenge #13 at Lemon Shortbread

I used 'Flowers & Curls Girl' isn't she stunning. She is coloured with my ProMarkers and I added clear glitter Wink of Stella over her blur hair and purple Liquid Pearls to the small flower centres

I hope you will join our challenge this time and also share your Lemon Shortbread makes on our Facebook page

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Through the Craft Room Door
Crafting from the Heart
Dream Valley Challenges
Lost Coast Designs - sentiment is rubber stamp
Melonheadz Friends
Come and Get It
Corrosive Challenge

Whoops, Sorry I'm Late

Hello Bloggers

and a big sorry from me

I've been having problems with my laptop and couldn't get onto my blog to do my post for the Lemon Shortbread Challenge #12 but thankfully I've been reunited with a fully working laptop and can share my make with you now

I used 'Star Girl' and decided to use her for an altered notebook I was making. The notebook was only 4"x3" so I had to make her quite small to fit. I coloured her with ProMarkers and added clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to her stars. I covered the notebook with papers that I distressed with mini ink pads and added ruffled ribbon to the spine edge before finishing with some flat back star embellishments

You can find her and all of the other great Lemon Shortbread digi images in the Etsy shop here and don't forget to enter the challenge and you could win some images

Happy Crafting

Kate

xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

Scrap-Creations

StampArt

Sweet Stamps

Through the Craft Room Door

Artistic Inspirations

Colouring in Scrapland

Crafting from the Heart

Craft Your Passion

Dream Valley Challenges

Get Creative

Sweet Roses

Hi Bloggers

Brrrrrr its so cold at the minute, where's the lovely Spring weather? I can't wait for the plants and flowers to start sprouting and growing in my garden again, I love flowers and decided to use a very floral image for my DT make at Lemon Shortbread this time

Isn't she just so pretty

She is called 'Rose Wavy Hair' and is available here. I coloured her with ProMarkers, colours listed below, and once she was finished I knew she would be perfect for another Pocket Letter swap where the theme is 'Shabby Chic with Pink'

I made some paper and lace flowers, ribbon pull bows, a decorated pin and scrunched up netting to decorate along with air dry clay bird & cherub, die cut butterflies, teeny rolled roses and pearl trim

I hope my partner loves it as much as I loved making it, and yes it was scary to chop her up after I coloured her 

I hope you will join our challenge this time where you could win some fabulous Lemon Shortbread digi stamps

Happy Crafting

xxx

ProMarkers Used

skin - apricot, coral, oatmeal, blush

dress - sorbet, blossom, pale blossom

dress trim & roses - maroon, tropical orchid, pink carnation, fuchsia pink

leaves - marsh green, soft green, fresh meadow

hair - buttercup, daffodil bloom, ivory, blender

flowers - coral, sunkissed pink, dusky pink, putty

eyes - silver lining

I would like to enter this into these challenges

WOW! Challenge #10 at Lemon Shortbread Already

Hello Bloggers

I cant believe we are at Challenge #10 already here at Lemon Shortbread, time is whizzing by

I knew as soon as I saw this digi that I had to make a Mothers Day card for my mum using it, and as its Mothers Day on Sunday here is the UK I don't have long to wait to see if she likes it. She loves gardening and and last summer we did a lot of gardening together working on the front garden of my new bungalow, this year we hope to remodel the back garden

Isn't she so sweet

She is called Gardening Girl and I coloured her with ProMarkers (colours listed below) and all my papers & the frame embellishments are from the Papermania Bellissima collection. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and the flowers & lace are from my stash

I hope you will come along and join our challenge, which as always is

Anything Goes

and if you use a Lemon Shortbread image you can win 4 images of your choice. Take a look at all the wonderful images Vera draws here

I look forward to seeing all your fab entries

Happy Crafting

xxx

ProMarkers Used

skin - apricot, coral, oatmeal, blush

hair - walnut, burnt sienna, cocoa, cinnamon

eyes/tray - burnt sienna, cocoa, cinnamon

trousers/gloves/bow - grey green, pebble blue, tea green

top/hat/shoes/butterflies/flowers - coral, sunkissed pink, dusky pink

potted plants - summer sun, mustard, buttercup

coral, sunkissed pick, dusky pink

pesto, marsh green, pressed leaf

olive green, herb green, pear green

apple, leaf green, meadow green

denim, frozen lake

bushes - pesto, marsh green, pressed leaf

path - khaki, frosted leaf, pastel beige

sky - denim blue, dolphin blue, frozen lake

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

Dragonfly Journeys

Crafty Friends

Crazy 4 Challenges

Sweet Stampin'

Art by Miran

Crafting With Friends

Creative Fingers

Simply Papercraft

The Stamping Boutique

Polkadoodles - sentiment/lace/flower

Sweet Valentine

Hello Bloggers

It's the start of Challenge #9 at Lemon Shortbread and I am sharing something different with you today that's had me hooked since September last year

Pocket Letters!

I just love these things. Little pieces of art, the same size as ATC's or trading cards, displayed in plastic envelopes. I joined a pocket letter swap group and we make them on themes and add little crafting goodies to the back of the pockets, along with a note and a teabag/coffee sachet/hot choc sachet. It is just a great way of making new friends, sharing your artwork and swapping goodies :)

So onto my make this week

I used the super Heart Sunglasses Girl, coloured with ProMarkers and fussy cut her out before sticking her to the front of the plastic wallet. The ATC's I kept quite simple and stuck mainly to the red & black theme using die cuts & a doily I coloured black, washi tape, ribbon and some flatback gems & pearls

I added a February calendar tab to the front of the plastic wallet and coloured a metal double heart embellishment sticking it over the 14th. I love that this image is 'grown up' and can be used for many occasions

As you can see you don't have to just stick to cards when using digi image and can enter our 'Anything Goes' challenges with any type of crafting that uses a digi. If you enter using a Lemon Shortbread image and you win, you get an extra image. So come along and join our challenge, and also join our Facebook group for all the latest news and new releases

Happy Crafting

xxx

ProMarkers Used

skin - coral, apricot, oatmeal, blush

hair - black, cool greys 5 & 4 & 3

dress/shoes/glasses - poppy, sunset, lipstick red, black, ice greys 5 & 4 & 3

I would like to enter this into these challenges:
Ching-Chou Kuik
The Crafters Cafe
Crafts and Me
Doodle Pantry
Live and Love Crafts
Noor Design
Paper Creator
Pearly Sparkles
Deep Ocean Challenge

For You

Hi Bloggers

Today is the start of Challenge #8 at Lemon Shortbread, I can't believe its number 8 already

I used the gorgeous 

Toadstool Seeds Fairy

for my card this week

I love this image. I had the perfect embellishments to match the image, a long (over 1m) strip of felt toadstools/mushrooms that I brought months ago for £1 from Lidl. I coloured her with ProMarkers, colours listed below, and added liquid pearls to the bell on her hat. I kept the layers quite simple with plain red & white card along with swirly green paper and Doodlebug glittered paper from my stash. Other than the small flat backed pearls and the simple sentiment I didn't feel the need to add anything else and I'm really happy with how my card turned out

I hope you will come along and join our challenge this time, as always we have an 'Anything Goes' theme with the chance to win up to 4 Lemon Shortbread images

Don't forget to join out Facebook group where you can keep up to date with the latest news and releases, and share your makes

Happy Crafting

xxx

Pro Markers Used

skin - coral, apricot, oatmeal, blush

eyes/hair - silver lining

dress/grass - olive green, herb green, pear green

hat/roses/toadstools/bag - crimson, ruby, chilli red, amber, gold, sunflower

sky - blue pearl, pastel blue, blender

I would like to enter this into these challenges:
Card Mania
CCC Digi Creations
Petal Lu
Sisters of Craft