Every Good Gift...

Welcome

As soon as I saw that this was the verse for the week over at Word Art Wednesday, I thought of the contrast between light and dark, which is what I have based my colours on.

I started by deciding to layer the scripture on the blue glitter card - and sponging around the sentiment before I removed the die.   The difference in the die sizes was larger than I wanted, so I drew around the outside of the die on the back of the blue layer, and then cut it with scissors.

The background layer is sparkly, which only really shows in this photograph. I decided to use the debossed side of the folder (which, to admit the truth,  means that I put the card in the folder without really thinking and discovered the sparkly side was the debossed side.)

I then added the flowers - the centre one is a Prima one that came in white, but I sprayed it with perfect pearls for a touch of colour, and added the blue (Kaisercraft) roses either side, again contrasting light and dark colours.  They were layered over some s/b leaf die cuts.

The ribbon is from a short piece of gold I have had on hand for years - I do not know where it came from., but it was soft to handle and perfect for this card. (The camera has made it look more silver than it is IRL).

Top Tip - I hold the bow to the ribbon, and ribbon to the card with glue dots.

  

Blue and silver rhinestones finished the card.

I am linking this to:

Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #2 - Anything Goes with Twist - use glitter

Dream Valley Challenge # 95 - Anything Goes

Craft-dee Bowz November Challenge - Use a handmade bow

Card Mania Challenge #60 - Use a Digi (the sentiment)

Top Tip Tuesday - Buttons or Bows.

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Sweet stamps Challenge #197 - Bordered Sentiment

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #179 - Free is Good (the ribbon)

Our Daily Bread SLC #218 - Use the word Blessings.

(Blue, black, bling, lemon, leaves, embossing, glitter,sparkle, sponging)

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed.

Sweet Baby Girl

Welcome

I would like say hello to  Ellie of My Creative Moments who is a new follower.

Please pop over to her blog as see her wonderful work.

I made this card as an order for a soon to be Great Aunt - she knew the arrival was to be a wee girl, and wanted an appropriate card, but not a 'fussy' card, and this is the result.

I started with a scrap of embossed white card and sponged it using Spun Sugar DI., and layered if over some (ancient) patterned paper on the bright pink base.

The 'pram' was first cut with a spellbinders oval from some beautiful textured paper that is almost as old as the pp.  I then cut the oval to suit, sponged the edges with memento Poppy ink, and added the deep red 'wheels' and handle.  Some narrow lace was mounted behind the edge of the hood.  

The rose is one I crocheted in white, but I wiped it over the Spun Sugar ink to give it some colour.

The sentiment was embossed onto some of the red paper and popped under the edge of the rose, then there were pink and white pearls added to finish the card.

My customer was very happy with the card.

I am linking this to:

Vandicrafts Artistry Challenge #18 - Anything Goes

Sisters of Craft November Challenge - Anything goes

Seema Crafts November Challenge - Monochrome

Mema's Crafts November Challenge - Anything Goes

A Girl Who Crafts November Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

I Am Excited!!!

Welcome

It is with great excitement that I can share that I have been asked to be a Guest DT member for a short spell on Word Art Wednesday.

This is my first card, and the scripture is from Psalm 100:4

I die cut the verse with a s/b rectangle die, and sponged the edges  with Bamboo Leaves ink before removing it from the die, then mounted it onto a scalloped rectangle.

This was mounted over a panel I had made using the 'ink, spray, smash' technique that I learnt from MariLynn, aka  Missippi McGyver. The panel was edged with a doodle using a .25mm Micron pen in brown.

The gorgeous butterfly was one I received in a RAK from Grace at 

Th-INK-ing of You

and  was mounted over a white panel embossed with the s/b folder

 Lovely Lattice

The final detail was the wee bow, made with a scrap of ribbon, the tail end of a piece that came in the same package from Grace. 

I am really happy with the outcome.

I am linking this to:

Scrapy Land Challenge #6 - Add Texture (and use a die that Scrapy Land sells)

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Thank-full

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #204 - Anything Goes

Paper Pretty's Challenge #337 - Be Thankful/Thanksgiving

Little Red Wagon Challenge #264 - Lots of Layers

Inspiration Destination Challenge #8 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #56 - Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #91 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Peaceful Greetings

Welcome

I would like to welcome two new followers to my blog, 

Angela Conkin of  Heartly Handcrafted

and Diane Hasthorpe of  Tawny Inspirations

please pop over to their blogs to see their wonderful work.

I made this card in response to a challenge, but never got it linked up ...  a not uncommon occurrence I believe!

I sponged the 'sky' in Chipped Sapphire and Faded Jeans DI 

After the ink dried (assisted by the heat gun) I embossed the image with detailed silver embossing powder, some of which caught on the sky and when heated, it now looks like millions of tiny stars in the background.

The last detail was to fill in the capital letters with a silver pen.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #158 - Anything Goes

That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations November Challenge - Anything Christmas

Penny Black Challenge - Anything Goes

Mt Perfect Life - Any Christmas Card Goes

Jelly Park Challenge for December - A festive/Christmas card

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Humphrey's Animal Antics

Welcome

This fortnight's challenge from CCC Digi Creations is Animal Antics. 

I loved this image from our wonderful sponsor Oak Pond Creations.

 It reminded me of a wonderful children's book that I own, Humphrey's First Christmas by Carol Heyer.  Humphrey is a camel with serious attitude!!

I coloured both Humphrey and the background with chalks,

Then 'sat' him on a red (with a silver pattern) blanket to ground him.

Love the expression on his face!

I even gave the 'blanket' a fringe.

Although the photo looks as though the sky is light, IRL it is quite dark, hence the stars.

I enjoyed making this card, and hope you have enjoyed it too.

I am linking this to:

Sister Act Card Challenge #83 - Anything Goes

Jo's Stamp Shack Fun Friday Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #120 - Anything Goes

A Crafty Mess Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Milk Coffee Challenge - Hand coloured image

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #98 - Anything Goes

Chalk- n-Stock November Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #158 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Sunshine Wishes

Welcome

I made this card for a young person who was recovering from surgery, and I wanted to cheer up their day.

I started this with a piece of white card painted with Sparkling H2O's

 

I then stamped the snail image (from Whippersnapper Designs - which was a RAK from the lovely Michelle  of Inspiration Blooms) with Tuxedo black ink and then water-coloured it. 

The corner treatment started with a grosgrain ribbon across the corner, then a narrow sateen ribbon, the flower and a matching sateen ribbon bow.

The sentiment (and the sun and cloud image) are from a retired Craft's Meow set called Sending You Sunshine.

The card was finished with a few pale blue rhinestones after mounting it on a red base.

I am linking this to:

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday Challenge #189 - Anything Goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday Challenge #61 - Anything Goes with twist, Add Ribbon

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #158 - Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination challenge #5 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #55 - Anything Goes

Crafting With Dragonflies - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #121 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May you day be blessed.

Sprays, a Mask and a Flower

 Welcome

I would like to welcome a new follower, Dangina Martinez.  She is a wonderful card maker, and I encourage you to pop over to her blog to look at her wonderful work.

I got out to the studio today and had some time to play :-) - time is in fairly short supply at the moment with our enlarged family!!

I started by applying a mask to the card and sprayed it with red pepper and gold shimmer spray to form a centre panel.

I cut out a spiral flower from a dictionary page with a spellbinders die, and coloured it with distress inks before shaping it, and then touching it with some gold paste.  I am really enjoying using these pastes.

 I had demolished another project recently, and used the flourishes from that for this card, They had been embossed with TH Green Crackle Embossing.

I used my trusty Kiwistamping stamp for the gold embossed sentiment.

I am linking this to:

Art by Miran Challenge #18 - Anything goes

A Crafty Mess Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #157 - Anything Goes

Showcase Your Style Challenge #1 - Bingo (Sentiment, Red, Embossing)

Vandicrafts Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge #99 - Recycle or Re- Purpose (the swirls)

Paper Creators Challenge #32 - Anything Goes

Inkspirational Challenge #69 - Word - Shine (the gleam on the petals)

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Colours of Autumn

Challenge up Your World Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Gone Fishin'

Welcome

I wanted  a fishing theme for this card as it was destined for a keen fisherman.

The image was from... I went to look for this and found a lot of my files have corrupted and I am not sure, but think it came from Graphics Fairy, as she has a good selection of Retro images on her site. 

The image was coloured with chalks/pastels, the edges distressed and sponged with Tea Dye DI.

The image panel was mounted over some T.H. Embossed Kraft card, and finished with a sentiment tag and fish charm, before being mounted on the blue base.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Add A Sentiment

Through The Purple Haze Challenge #66- Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Good 'Ole Days

My Craft Spot Challenge #156 - Metal

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenges #1 - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations Challenge #116 - Anything Goes/Happy Birthday

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday Challenge #188 - Anything Goes

Paper Minutes Challenge #346- Show us Real Men

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Tagging Along

Welcome

Made for the CCC Digi Challenge #12 - use a Digi and a Tag, this tag uses the Angel Petals image from our sponsor Art By Kathryn 

I printed her out on watercolour paper and painted her with Twinkling H2O's.

After painting both the image and background, I masked her off and over stamped the background with a script stamp inked with Platinum Planet.

The overall shimmer on the card is fabulous. I then sponged the edges of the watercolour of the paper and mounted onto a fractionally larger black card.

The final touches were the ribbons, one of which I coloured with Broken China DI, and silver cord and three silver stars.

I am linking this to:

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #52 - Any Digi Goes

Card and Scrap Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

A Girl Who Crafts November Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Glitter 'n' Sparkle Challenge #109 - Anything But Square

Anything But A Card #41 - Anything Goes

AAA Cards Challenge - Play with Watercolours

Avenue 613 Challenge #96 - Anything Goes (with optional Twist)

Come And Get It Winter Challenge - Photo inspiration

Thank you for visiting - any comments you leave are deeply appreciated.

May your day be blessed.

I'm Late, I'm Late.......

Welcome

I am back, and as we adjust to having extended family living with us, it's somewhat shambolic around here :-), subsequently I am late for this posting, and another one which hopefully I will get done tomorrow.

Thankfully I had made this tag for the Creative Craft Cottage Challenge # 29 in advance.  The challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge with a suggested colour palette.  I took two colours from the palette and made a tag.

The white base was covered with tissue paper I had swiped with Bundled Sage D.I. after crumpling it - I Stamped the Eiffel Tower on the tissue, then also rubbed some Gold and Bronze Inka Gold Rub.

A strip of washi tape was added to one side of the tag before I layered it onto the pink backing. A pink die cut sprayed with silver shimmer paint, two tags stamped with Crushed Velvet, some silver braid and rhinestones, some ribbon and it was finished.

I love how this turned out.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #1 - Anything goes

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog November Challenge - Anything Goes

The Sisters Of Craft November Challenge - Anything Goes

Really reasonable Ribbon Challenge #105 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

One Crazy Stamper November Challenge - Anything Goes

Mema's Crafts November Challenge - Anything Goes

Card And Scrap Challenge #85 - Layers

A Girl Who Crafts Novber Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed