Dreaming Lass

Welcome

I had fun in the studio this afternoon and this is one of the results. 

I started with the image which arrived in a packet of blog candy from Shelly of 

My Creative Rumblings

I coloured it with Prismacolor pencils, and added glitter to the swirl of stars by her head - unfortunately I was a bit heavy handed, and the glitter spots are larger than I intended.

I cut the edge of the paper with a Paper Smooches Die that arrived last year - sent with love from Kary of Papercrafting and Travel

The sentiment is one of my originals, from a New Zealand firm, Montaga.  Embossed in silver it adds a lovely elegant look to the card.

The final detail was a touch of washi tape 'lace'.  

The back ground paper was from a 'Rosie's' pad - I had no ink to match it to sponge the edges, so sponged Pumice Stone and Broken China distress inks on the edges, and they blended to make a great edge.

I am linking this to:

Darnell's NBUS Challenge #4

(My NBUS is the die I used on the edge of the image)

Stempelsonne Challenge #137 - Anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #99 - Anything goes

Simply Papercraft Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too Challenge #82 - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede Challenge #132 - Add A Sentiment

Digitally Sweet Challenge #133 - Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's Challenge #73 - Anything Goes -Add A Sentiment

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #176 - Anything Goes

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Backgrounds and Butterflies

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Although we are well into Autumn here, this card has a spring feel to it.

I started with finding a small bag of 'backgrounds' I had made when teaching my class various techniques last year. I was tidying my desk at the time, and got distracted.....

 I tried them against various colours of card stock, and decided that the green was the one to use.  This was embossed with a daisy embossing folder that came with a magazine.

This background was made using the ink, spray, smash(or smooch) technique

This background was made using Spiced Marmalade DI on string wrapped around a block.  It was a cotton string that squished out flat in the stamping.

The featured butterfly is a cuttlebug die and embossing folder, one of my earliest purchases.  It was cut in the gold card and the vellum, but only the vellum was embossed, then layered. The pearls were the finishing touch. 

The other smaller butterflies were cut and embossed from a sizzex die.

The sentiment was embossed on vellum, and then the vellum was torn and wrapped around the panel before it was mounted on the base.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Boots Challenge - Think Spring

Craft Your Passion Challenge #254 - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #52 - Anything Goes

Hoarders Anonymous March Challenge - Go Green

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Retro Rubber Challenge #10 - Emboss it 

(the stamp is all of 10 years or more old.)

Papertake Weekly Challenge - A Cut Above

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge #144 - Create your own backgrounds

Deep Ocean Challenge #100 - Easter/Spring and Celebration

Eureka Stamps Challenge #133 - Think Spring

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Twisty Turny Bear and Mouse

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I had one of my class members ask for 'different' folds, so I taught this twisty-turny fold this month, which I found a tutorial for here on YouTube

Be warned, this is a photo heavy post :-)

Because our card measurements are not quite the same as the American ones, the image panel turns out to be just rectangular, but other than that, the same folds etc apply, and they still fit into a standard envelope

My accents included some strips of glitter on double sided tape. 

I also took the dp and glitter strip onto the inside - here (above) you can see the way the card opens.

This was my trial card that I made before the class

The balloon had stickles applied, which I let dry before putting some dimensional glue over it - it gives a fabulous effect.

I also added some patterned paper and glitter to the bottom left corner, which gives a fabulous, continuous look to the card that really completes it nicely.

Both the stamps featured on these cards are from Hastings Rubber Stamps, a New Zealand firm.

I am linking this to:

Kraftin' Kimmie's Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Scrappers Delight Challenge #43 - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination Challnge #25 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #175 - Anything Goes

Scrapbooker PhD Chalenge #21 - Bling - the glitter

Dare To Be Sassy Thursday Challenge #273 - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #107 - Anything Goes

D L Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #152 - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts Challenge #81 - Shaped cards

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

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Bearing Birthday Wishes

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This card started as an experiment with some watercolour paper and paints, followed by a couple of sprays of glimmer mist.  I sponged the edges of it with blue ink, and then matched it up to the canary yellow card, and got stuck.

I was rifling through my 'yet to use' pile when I came across a set of stamps from a magazine, and decided to use this image.  He was stamped and embossed, then coloured with  Prisma colour pencils and blended with baby oil.  My first try at blending, and I was quite happy with it.

The sentiment was stamped and embossed and cut into a banner shape and  the edges sponged.

After mounting the banner and image on foam dots the card looked bare, so I raided the 'butterfly jar' and found these gorgeous ones cut from glitter card scraps, and had them flitting across the card and landed on the bear and flowers.

This shot shows the glimmer and gleam.  To finish the card I added the bling, The strip had a few rhinestones over, so those were added to the sentiment banner.

I am linking this to:

Use Your Stuff Challenge #177 - Create Your Own Background

Not Just Cards Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots Challenge - Spring

Craft Your Passion Challenge #253 - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #51 - Anything Goes

Card Mania Challenge #66 - Spring

Bunny Zoe's Crafts March Challenge - Spring Colours

Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #77 - Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge #50 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #174 - Anything Goes

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Sweet Pea Baby

Welcome

Today I am sharing a card for the new challenge "OneFor The Girls"

over at CCC Digi Challenge.

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear, and I worked with their beautiful 

Sweet Pea image

This is my result

I coloured the image in chalks. Needless to say I used pinks, but added some purple under tones and shading.

The sentiment was also a digital one, a freebie shared by Paulette from TLC Creations, which I changed colour to deep pink and printed on pink card.  I cut it using a S/B die from the labels 14 set,  sponging some ink around it before I removed the die.

I sponged the same ink around the edges of the white panel, added ribbon and sequins and mounted it on the pink base.  And remembered to 'gussy up' the inside too.

I am linking this to:

Sister Act Challenge #97 - Anything Goes

Craft For the Crais - Bingo Challenge - top line

A Gem of a Challenge #130 - Pretty in Pink

Bug a boo Theme Challenge - Spring into Spring

Little Claire Monthly Challenge #55 - Spring Colours

Frosted Designs Friday Challenge - Think Pink

Fairy Tale Challenge #113 - Flower Power

The Alphabet Challenge - B is for Beautiful Babies

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #174 - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #100 - Celebration

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Gears and Gold

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I had fun the other day with more modelling paste and a stencil, and once that was dry, some watercolour paints, inks and finally some gold inca paste.

Loved the wonderful textured result, and the sheen from the gold paste.

The sentiment from Hero Arts was stamped onto white card, the card was shaped, and then mounted onto red card shaped to match, and a red rivet hammered in to hang it from the bakers twine.

The panel was then mounted on some paper from a Kaiser Craft 6x6 pad called Class Act - I sponged the edges with Tea Dye DI.

The final details were some gold brads top and bottom before all was mounted on a red card base.

I am linking this to:

Scrappers Delight Challenge #42 - Anything Goes

A Girl Who Crafts March Challenge - Anything Goes

Connie Can Crop March Challenge #32 - Birthday Wishes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - March - Anything goes

Mema's Crafts March Challenge - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper March Challenge - Anything Goes

SanDee and Amalie's Steampunk March Challenge - Gear it up

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #174 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Boys Boys Boys

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Stitched Heart

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Life has thrown me a few curved balls these past few days, but I am back!!

I really enjoyed making this card - I was inspired by a valentines card in a magazine I was given, where there were three 'threads' of  hearts, with only one heart layered. This is my 'take' on it.  

The background is from a Prima Printed Kraft pad.  I stamped the sentiment and embossed it with white EP.

I cut the heart from S/B die d'lights - the filigree was cut with white card and sponged with Gold Delicata ink, the solid layer was cut from a mid-pink glitter card.  I attached them to the kraft layer by piercing the layers and then stitching them down.

I finished the card by doing a line of faux stitching around the edge and adding the pearls.  Although both the embossing and the faux stitching showed white in the photographs, IRL they were a creamy shade for some reason, which is why I used the champagne coloured pearls.  The kraft layer was mounted onto an off white base.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #174 - Anything Goes

The Sisters Of Craft March Challenge - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge #315 - Something Old -

 the sentiment stamp is over 10 years old - it was one of my originals

One Crazy Stamper March Challenge - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Mema's Crafts March Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper March Challenge - Anything Goes

Country View March Challenge - Anything Goes

Card And Scrap Challenge #92 - Use Bling, Glitter or Pearls

Sweet stamps Challenge #212 - Anything Goes

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Herself, Her Majesty??

Welcome

When I saw this image that Paulette at TLC Creations shared for Valentines day, I loved it immediately.  I have not used it as a Valentine, but as an encouragement card.

I wanted to mount it on an angle, and although I printed it fairly large, it worked - I used a brown card immediately behind it, as it bought out the colours in the image.

I then placed that over a blue layer.  it was a reject piece from another project, so I used the debossed side and it worked perfectly to add interest as well as pick up the dash of blue in the image.

All the edges were sponged with gold Delicata ink, which gave it a slightly grungy look.

Lace and bling was used to finish the card - there was a mistake in the (hand made by me) lace, you can see the start of it at the extreme right edge of the photo -  which I left in there deliberately, and stated why to the recipient when I sent the card.

I had thought of the person I sent it to as soon as I saw the image, and she loved the card.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #173 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Get Your Girly On

Scrapbooker PhD Challenge #21 - Bling

Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #97 - Girly Girl

Crafting By design March Challenge - Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie's Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - For a Special Lady/Girly

Scrappers Delight Challenge #42 - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #217 - One For The Girls

Inspiration Destination Challenge #23 - Anything Goes

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Bling, Ribbon and a Rose

Welcome

I have another follower I would like to welcome, but  I think they may be following anonymously as I cannot find them, or their blog if they have one, so welcome, and I hope you enjoy visiting.

This card started with modelling paste through a stencil onto water colour paper. It was coloured with water colour paints, and a layer of Tattered Angels Grape Chalkboard spray followed - it gives a very subtle sheen to the background, and deepened the overall colour quite unexpectedly.

I then stamped an image from  Layers Of Color (now defunct) in cocoa ink onto off white card, and coloured it with chalks and cut it with a S/B die, Labels 14.  After creating the clouds, I then stamped and embossed the greeting.

Some bling from Prima was added,

and a piece of hem binding with a bow and flower added to complete the card.

I did try to take a photograph of the flower, which I had sprayed with Perfect Pearls Perfect Red, but the camera kept focussing on the background not the rose.

The main panel was mounted on a cream base, and the edges sponged with pink ink to complete the card.

I am linking this to:

Whimsy Inspirations Challenge #80 - Use a Sentiment

Stamping Royalty Challenge #269 - Use Embossing

Scrappy Land Challenge #13 - ATG plus use a die they sell

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #217 - For the Girls

Mod Squad Challenge - Make a Background

Little Red Wagon Challenge #279 - Birds of a feather

Inspiration Destination Challenge #23 - Anything Goes

Crafting By Design March Challenge - Anything Goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday Challenge #75 - ATG with Ribbon

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #173 - Anything Goes

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We Are No Evil Owls

 Welcome.

Today is the start of our CCC Digi Challenge #20 - All That Glitters.

Our sponsor is the lovely Aurora Wings

I chose to use this "We Are No Evil" image - love these owls!

I started by printing the image onto Cryogenic paper, which has a very subtle sparkle that shows through whatever medium you colour with - in this case my   prismacolour pencils.

To enhance the sparkle/glitter theme I then mounted them over a part sheet of glitter card, and used Stickles on the leaves.

I repeated the glitter card and corrugated layer on the foot of the easel card.

The buttons were coloured with silver mixative (alcohol ink), and the edges of the off white base sponged with green inks.  I used two inks to get the shade I wanted.

I am linking this to:

Sister Act Card Challenge #95 - Anything Goes

Digi Designs Challenge - Birthdays

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - All or Nothing

Jos Scrap Shack Challenge #77 - Anything Goes

Digitally Sweet Challenges #129 - Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge #215 - Emboss it

Simply Create Too Challenge #80 - St Patricks Day or Mainly Green

Brown Sugar Challenge #135 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #5 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #172 - Anything Goes

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