Crafty Catz DT - Flowers

Morning all and welcome back to another Crafty Catz challenge.

Wow! what a week. I could literally crawl into bed and not emerge for 2 days I'm that tired, but despite that, no lie in this morning as I took the day off to take my sister in law out to celebrate her birthday with a Chocolate High Tea. I can think of worse things to get out of bed for!

Anyway onto the challenge. This weeks theme has been set by the lovely Janette and is Flowers. We're sponsored this week by the team at Bugaboo, who are offering our lucky winner 7 images of their choice. 

This week I've foregone a normal card so that I can play with my watercolour postcards again. I printed the image as a washout and dug out the old watercolour pencils to come up with this.

I found it really hard to get a true colour picture this week, but hopefully you get the idea. I had great fun playing with this image and I love the soft whimsical effect that has been created as a result. 

I hope you're inspired to make a card - or another craft project and will play along with us this week at Crafty Catz. Until next time, happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Different Hair Colour

Morning all, 

Wow! it's been an insane few weeks I can tell you. Conferences, exhibitions (and water coming through the ceiling of the exhibition space - stress!), formal dinners at work and a few too many tears shed thanks to horrible members of staff. To say I need a break is an understatement, but we have another week of the academic year to go and then I'm off for a conference in Durham so who knows when I'll actually get some me time. 

In the meanwhile, I'm trying in vain to keep on top of card making and general crafts projects. But one product I was recently sent I just had to play with - free time, or lack thereof, be damned. And it was perfect for this weeks Crafty Catz Challenge which has been set by the lovely Nina and is sponsored by Inky Impressions. 

Winners Prize : $10 gift voucher

This week you are being challenged to colour your images with Different Hair Colours - so no browns and blonds; we're looking for purple, pinks and blues! 

So my project this week is a Postcard. I was sent this amazing tin of watercolour postcards by Hahnemuhle. You get 100 blank 6x4" watercolour card blanks for you to create your own images on and send. I love the idea of creating postcards, rather than just cards - it means I can colour images but not worry about layers and embellishments, and my friends can get more random notes in the post. 

So this week I started by using one of Mo's amazing images and colouring it with promarkers

I used so many promarkers I frankly lost track but it was good fun to do and although there is a small amount of bleed through on the reverse, it's not so bad as to prohibit this being sent as a card. What I do want to do is find some sort of sealant though to stop any bleeding if it gets wet due to the weather. I think a product like that used for art journalling may be the answer, but all suggestions are welcomed. 

Anyway, I hope you like my alternative to a card this week and don't forget to join in this week. Until next time, happy crafting!

Oh and I'd like to enter this into Craft My Life - Anything but a Card (I hope it qualifies - if not, just let me know)