Digi Topiary

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Firstly I would like to wish all who visit a blessed and joyful Christmas

I have need of numerous' thinking of you' cards at the moment, having just heard of two more extended family members who have been hit with serious illnesses.  I HATE CANCER!!

The image I used was a freebie from Ginny Maxam,  here at her blog

I coloured it with chalks/pastels, distressed and sponged the edges of the panels. 

 

The floral part of the image was initially pink, but then I realised that the butterfly was also pink, so I added a layer of purple...

 then masked the floral part of the image and sprayed it with a silver glimmer mist.  It can be seen in the above photo, and also the fact that I coloured the butterflies with metallic pens.  The finishing detail was the lace at the bottom of the card.

I used this as a class card to demonstrate how digi images can be re-sized, as the class images were smaller, and I also encouraged the class to colour and mount the images as they wanted too, so each card was different.

I am linking this to:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make it Sparkle

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #102 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge # 150 - Anything Goes

The Mod Squad Challenge - A Little Bit of Spring

The Paper Shelter Blog Christmas Break Challenge - Anything Goes

Sunny Days Crafting Challenge #28 - Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #262-263 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #117 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #31 - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #78 - Anything Goes

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Negative Smile

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Needless to say after I taught the class how to use die cuts in a back ground, there were lots of negative 'smiles' left around, and I was able to use these two as the feature on a card.

I also tried my hand at a shaker card, using layers of card for the 'walls' of the shaker box, rather than tape. It worked, albeit a fiddly exercise on this card, as some of the margins were very narrow.

I could not find my packet of gold sequins, so I sat and fiddled and picked out the gold ones from a mixture of odds and ends that I have on hand, then added some gold glitter and gold micro beads, which has made a really nice mix.

The sentiment was designed and computer generated by moi.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge weeks #260-261 - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create Challenge #192 - Anything Goes (optional twist holiday happiness)

One Stitch At A Time Challenge #277 - Anything Goes with lots of Sparkle

The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge #5 - Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #238 - Everything Goes

Sparkle 'n' Sprinkle December Challenge - Use loose glitter, embossing powder or flocking (I used loose glitter in the shaker element)

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #92 - Anything goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #342 - Anything Goes

Jos Stamp Shack Fun Day Friday Challenge #169 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz challenge #351 - Anything Goes

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A Poppy, Bees and Beads

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At the class I ran last week I taught how to use a die cut as a background.  I saw this technique used on a card in a blog that I follow, but cannot find the post now to give credit to the  artist . If anyone recognizes it, please let me know.

I altered the word and placed it on an angle in the background, offsetting each row.

After some thoughts, and watching how someone else modified their card, I added some wee bees to the flower and background, (all fancied up with some Kindy Glitz on their wings), and some beads to the centre of the flower (an old one {10 years or so} from Hero Arts). What cannot be seen in the photo is that I also painted the flower with WOS.

Here is a photo of the finished card, with an embossed sentiment on a hand cut banner.

I am linking this to:

One Stitch At A Time Challenge #277 - Use Lots of Sparkle

The Alphabet Challenge Blog - U is for Use Something Red

The Ribbon Girl December Challenge - Use any Image

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #47 - Anything Goes

HeARTful Stamping December Challenge - Anything Goes

Lacy Sunshine's December Challenge - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge Week #50 - Anything Goes

Penny Black December Challenge - Black and White plus one

Word Art Wednesday Challenge weeks #260-261 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

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CAS Masculine Birthday

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This card was made for one of three birthdays I have on one day in December!! 

It was made for a man who can only be described as a minimalist - he hates clutter and anything "fancy shamancy"!!

The kraft card was embossed with a shadow diamond folder after gold (heat) embossing the simple sentiment

The kraft panel was cut on an angle, and then I die cut and adhered some gears in a blue/green card to the orange base, tucking them under the panel as needed. 

I tucked a gift card into the card and voila, one birthday done and dusted!!

I am linking this to:

Creative Moments Challenge #108 - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Challenge #101 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge #330 - Masculine

Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #224 - CAS

Through The Purple Haze Challenge #115 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge #149 (Team Trace) - Anything goes

Little miss Muffet Challenge #153 - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #31 - Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude Challenge #22 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #260 & 261 - Anything Goes

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Die Cut Sparkles

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I made this card for an elderly friend recently, using  NBUS die set by Ultimate Crafts

(Framed Butterfly and Flourishes Set)

I die cut all the pieces in silver glitter paper, and adhered it to a matt green piece of patterned paper

I stamped and silver embossed the sentiment on a snippet of grey card, the same as the card base, sponged the edges with London Fog Memento ink, and added a bow in silver cord.

I was able to capture some of the glitter in these photographs

Unfortunately the green paper still shows as gray.

The recipient loved it and thanked me numerous time for it.

Note to self: next time use a firmer card for the die cut as the frame is very narrow and hard to get straight.

I am linking this to:

Lil' patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #47 - Anything Goes

Glitter 'n' Sparkle Challenge #218 - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create Challenge #192 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #342 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heard Challenge #140 - Anything Goes

Craft-dee BowZ December Challenge - Anything Goes with a bow

Artistic inspirations Challenge #169 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelters 6th Birthday Blog Hop and Challenge

Brown Sugar Challenge #228 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #260 & #261 - Anything Goes

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Lighthouse Birthday

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My 'invisible' new follower is Sue, of Sue's Card Craft - do pop over and have a look at her wonderful cards.  Thank you for following me Sue.

This card was made for a family member who loves lighthouses

I started with the main stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs set Keep My Lamp Burning, and stamped it in Memento London Fog ink on a grey recycled paper from my local printer.  I stamped using my Misti, thankfully, as it needed several applications, but even then it is not perfect - I should have been more patient.

This was mounted over a striped paper, which also has a clear sparkling stripe in it. I used my vertical birthday greeting, embossing it in a nautical blue ep.

The silver cord was knotted and adhered and three brads placed in the wide end of the cord. 

The brads were initially 'gold', but I tapped them onto my versamark ink pad, then into the blue ep, then heat set it - I repeated this several times.  I love the results.

I am linking this to:

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #26 - Anything Goes

Our Daily Bread Designs ODBDSLC #281 - Lets get Sentimental

The Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Birthdays

The Male Room Challenge #50 - I chose the December Celebrations theme

Crafty Creations Challenge #330 - Masculine

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #49 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #30 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #108 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #115 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #260-261 - Anything Goes

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This Year's Christmas Card

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I would also like to extend a warm welcome to my latest follower - I cannot see a new photo, but the total number has gone up one.  If you would like to introduce yourself, that would be wonderful.

When Our Daily Bread Designs introduced their Christmas dies back in October I feel in love with them immediately, and bought this nativity set, and the word Peace.

I started the card by loosely painting the background with Rich Cobalt, Ocean Wave and Sunflower Twinkling H2O's, then masked the bottom of the card and sprayed it with Lindy's Blue Hawaiian Blue mica spray.

The word, star and angel were cut from gold paper and the nativity from thin black card and glued onto the base. 

This shot gives an idea of the sparkle this has. 

I made two prototype cards, and DH decided which one he would prefer.  This alternate one has just a sprayed background, which looked quite 'arty farty'. To be honest it was my favourite, but as his name is on the cards, I chose to honour his choice.

I am linking this to:

Inspiration Destination Challenge #114 - Anything Goes

Creatalicous Challenge #104 Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge #275  - Christmas Card

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge #22 - Anything Goes

CCC Digi Creations Challenge #62 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge #48 - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft Challenge #42 - Anything Goes

Creative Artiste Mixed Mesdia Challenge #21 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #258-258 - Anything Goes

Crafting Musketeers Challenge #44 - Anything Goes

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