Gone Fishin'

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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

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Tagging Along

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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

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

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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

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Golden Leaves

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I was inspired to make this card by a challenge which required the use of newsprint.

I also like to have at least one sympathy card 'on hand'.

The sentiment stamp is part of a retired Layers of Color set, designed by Nina Brackett, which I gold embossed.

The leaves were cut with a Sizzix die I have had for years and never used.... 

I coloured them with various distress inks, using colour dusters. The tips were tapped onto a Versamark pad, then gold embossed, and then some Viva Gold gold and bronze pastes were touched onto them

The final details were the gold sequins and the single line frame.

I am linking this to:

Jelly Park Challenge - Autumn/Fall

Great Impressions October Challenge - Autumn elegance

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #155 - Anything Goes

Simply Less is More Challenge #195 - Use Newsprint

Amusing Challenge - Anything goes

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I may not be around for the next wee while, we are having a massive change in lifestyle and this may not leave much time for blogging in the short term.  I look forward to being back in 'blogland' when life settles down again. :-)

Bright and Bold

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I love trying new techniques, and I learnt this one at a craft show some time ago.  It uses Opalite Reflective Interference ink pads on glossy card stock. This time I used black for my base.

I mounted this feature panel onto an orange handmade paper,

embossed the sentiment in white onto vellum which I tore to fit,

and this was layered onto an embossed blue paper, and a slightly darker blue card base.

Ribbon and pearls were added to finish the card.

I am linking this to:

Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge #333 - Happy Birthday

Imagination Destination Challenge #4 - Anything Goes

Stamplorations October Challenge - Stamping and Embossing

Sister Act Card Challenge #80 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Challenge #73 - Shopping in Your Craft room

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #124 - Orange and Black

Creative Fingers Challenge #54 - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #117 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #155 - Anything Goes

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Birthday Blues

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This is a masculine card that started with the paper that came as a freebie years ago from Paulette at Create with TLC, called Dad's Honey Do Paper.

I teamed it up with some gray card I embossed with a retro squares folder.

I then cut several pieces of blue card with a SB zig-zag edge die to form some  borders.

Then a scalloped oval, a plain oval that I sponged lightly with blue ink,

and then the final layer was an embossed SB label cut from silver card, with a blue embossed sentiment. 

All cuts were made on my wonderful, faithful Cuttlebug.

The final touch were some black half pearls.

 I don't think I have ever used so many layers to form a masculine card, but I was more than happy with the outcome.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wedensday Challenge # 155 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Not just Cards Challenge #4 - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Melon Headz Challenge - Lots of Layers

House of Cards October Challenge - Punches and Dies

Exploring Cricut - Happy Birthday

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #125 - It's OnlyWords

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Use a Sentiment

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Archery Birthday

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I made this card for a young boy who is very keen on archery.  

 I started by embossing only part of the Sycamore tree folder, and chalking the trunk and branches with a cotton bud (Q Tip)to make it look as though it is starting to leaf up, being spring here in the Antipodes.  

The background was also coloured with chalks

To ensure the card looked authentic, I researched (Googled) the colours of the archery target before I started - four die cuts later (s/b circles through my trusty Cuttlebug) and I had the target, then some strips of brown card were added for the legs.

The arrow was stamped and gold embossed, then trimmed to fit the card.

 The sentiment was also gold embossed, and the panel mounted on an orange base.

I am linking this to:

Party Time Tuesday Challenge #186 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps Challenge #192 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Use a Sentiment

The Paper Girls Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards Challenge #4 - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspiration Challenge #114 - Anything Goes/Halloween

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #154 - Anything Goes

Chalk-ah-lot Challenge #67 - Use green and chalk

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