Movie Night

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The new theme at Crafty Calendar Challenge today is 'Masculine' and we have a fabulous sponsor. Make something matching our theme for the chance to win a $25 Voucher for Lawn Fawn.

Distressing Curly

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The theme this month at Crafty Calendar Challenge is 'Distress It' and we're sponsored by 

Sheepski Designs

I've had the gorgeous image 'Curly' to play with. 

First I pulled the image into CraftArtist as I wanted to add a background paper behind him but leave the image white for colouring in. Normally I would just use the Cutout Studio tool to remove everything outside the image outline. However in this case you'll notice that the image is all open at the bottom

which would mean that the Cutout Studio tool would remove a lot of Curly's body too.

Essentially what you need is to have an unbroken line all the way around the image, so I used the pencil drawing tool to draw a line from the back of Curly to the front (I've used a much thicker line in the picture below so you can see what I mean).

All you need to do then is select both the image and the extra line together and choose 'Convert to Picture' from the Tools dropdown menu (just press OK when it comes up with a settings window).

This time when you remove the outside white space with Cutout Studio you get a more solid looking Curly.

The background I chose for him was a paper from the Beautiful Dreamer digi paper kit by Glitz Designs which is a lovely newspaper print. The edges look as if they've been coloured with black soot distress ink.

I sized it to 15cm square and then put Curly in the bottom left corner so my scrappy 'pencil' line was mostly off the edge.

After printing off onto 240gsm super smooth white card I coloured him in with Copic markers
Coat: E53, E25, E35, E23, E59
Horns: E70, E71 and E74 followed by C1 over the top.
Ears: E53 and RV11  
Nose: E70, E71 and E74 followed by RV11 over the top.

For the distressing I used a Core'dinations sanding block around the edges of the card to remove the top layer of paper, revealing the white underneath.

I finished off with a sentiment stamped using 'Say It How it is' set by Dyan Reavley and added a bit more distressing by colouring the edges of each word box with Pumice Stone distress ink.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

C.R.A.F.T. #511 distress your project
Copic UK Official FB Group  Anything Goes option of Avatar
Colour Crazy Challenge #17 Anything Goes 
Southern Girls Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Elsa the Piggy

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We've got a 'Recipe' theme this month at Crafty Calendar Challenge

 - use 1 ribbon and 2 or more designer papers

A Lap Full of Kittens

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The theme for this month's challenge at Crafty Calendar is 'For a Child' and we're sponsored by A Day For Daisies

Hello from the Walrus

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The new challenge starting at Crafty Calendar today is 'add texture and use ribbon'.

Make It Flowery

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The new challenge starting today at Crafty Calendar is 'Make it Flowery', and we are sponsored by the lovely Sheepski Designs

Little mice all in a row

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There's a new challenge starting today at Crafty Calendar with a theme of "It's Christmas Time" and you have a chance to win a $25 voucher from Lawn Fawn

Filled with Cake

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It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar, with a theme of Paper Piecing.

Autumn Cardigan

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It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar. The sponsor this month is Lemon Shortbread and our theme is Autumn.

Unusual Folds

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It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar. I'm very excited to tell you that our sponsor this month is Lili of the Valley and you have a chance to win 3 of their fabulous digi stamps.

Fairy Fun

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It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this month is Dots and/or Stripes and our sponsor is the fabulous
A Day for Daisies

Totally Girly

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It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar. Our theme this month is 'Totally Girly' and we have two fab sponsors.

Three of Something

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There's a new challenge today at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is 'Three of Something' - I've used 3 buttons and 3 patterned papers.

Things with wings

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It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar.

Buttons and Bows

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It's the first Saturday of the month and our new challenge at Crafty Calendar is 'Buttons and/or Bows'

Fluffy Hugs for Crafty Calendar Challenge

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It's the first Saturday of the month and our new challenge at Crafty Calendar is 'Add a tag or...make one'

When Superheroes Get Old

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It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar. 

Our theme this month is '2 or more layers' so I have decoupaged my main character and the sentiment

Mythical Creatures

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It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar. Our theme this month is "Mythical Creatures".

It's Christmoose

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It's the first Saturday of the month (aargh, it's December already) so it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar. Our theme this month is "It's Christmas".

We have two fab sponsors this month:- 

Crafty Ribbons

and 

Bugaboo Stamps 

For my inspiration card I've used Moose Ornaments from Bugaboo, which I printed onto Simply the Best card from Limetree Crafts and coloured with Promarkers/Flexmarkers (with a couple of Graph'Its/Marvy markers thrown in).

To turn the picture into a bauble I die-cut it into a circle and then cut out the cap and hook shape* from a scrap of yellow card. I edged both pieces with Antique Linen distress ink and added a green organza bow. 

* (I enlarged the 'red' bauble on my computer until it was the same size as my die-cut circle, printed it onto thin paper and cut it out to make a template)

Other ingredients:-

computer sentiment using Troutkings font

Cookin Cookies papers from Nitwit

Sizzix holly die

standard 2 hole punch

white uni-ball gel pen

red card

3D foam

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:- 

 The Ribbon Girls Any image
Catch The Bug  merry and bright
Fab 'n' Funky #373 Christmas
Crafting By Designs December Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #357 Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Gifts Galore in Autumn Colours

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It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar. Our theme for November is 'Autumn Colours'.