I've Got the Blues, Again

  Welcome

The way blogger is behaving as I try to prepare this post really is giving me the blues!!

Although the title was because it is another card with shades of blue...

This card is for the new challenge at Word Art Wednesday, where our sponsor this challenge is

Stamps of Life, who are generously donating a gift of their product to the winner.

I had in mind to make a masculine card for this scripture - it is so beautiful and bold, which often works well for the masculine style cards

  

I started with the deep blue base cardstock on my desk, and decided to use a diagonal cut on the patterned paper, so clear embossed an old Hero Arts background stamp on the end of it.

I then decided to try double embossing the lighter blue card to use as the background...

I first embossed it with a woven style folder, and then with the large dots, inking the folder before I ran the card through, there was a major oops moment, but that was covered with the scripture panel.

When I cut the scripture print, I made another oops, so to counterbalance that fact that the print was off centre, I tied some blue metallic cord around one edge.

The inside was decorated with a wee strip of the embossed panel - it was just big enough

I am linking this to:

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #133 - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #5 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #138 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #536 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #200 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge #5 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore February Challenge #84 - Anything Goes

Daisy, Daisy!

Welcome

I was lacking inspiration the other week when I made this, so it is a CASE of a magazine sample.

The embossing folder, dies and stamp were all freebies with the magazine

I changed the colours from pinks to blues, and altered the placement of the die cut oval to the right, and lower on the card front

Kept the flowers to one layer not two, and changed the sentiment to a birthday one, and also heat embossed it

I added some blue rhinestones (none on the original) and replaced the die cut grass across the bottom with a ribbon and bow.  

After adhering the front panel, I realised it was slightly wonky, so added the 'stitching' to make it look intentional. 

There are no mistakes, just embellishment opportunities, as a dear friend of mine would say :) 

The inside was finished with a wee piece of sparkly sellotape (scotch tape)

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2014 - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Challenge - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps January Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge # 81 -Anything Goes

A Place to Start January Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Three Room Challenge #20 - Use Embossing Powder

Allsorts Challenge #608 - Beautiful Blooms

Pixies Crafty Workshop Challenge #395 - Anything Goes using snippets

Creative Fingers Challenge #200 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #475 - 476 - Anything Goes

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Tea (or Coffee) and Best Wishes

Welcome

As promised - the card I made for the Word Art Wednesday challenge using the sponsors image.😊

Our sponsor is Stamp Simply Clear Stamps, who have donated an awesome prize for the winner. 

I used the set Coffee or Tea Duo that has both the most elegant stamps and die cuts

I combined it with paper and cut outs from the Kaiser Craft Rose Avenue designer paper

Love this elegant cup, and the steam, tag and stamp are also from the Stamp Simply set, 

stamped and edged in Memento Rhubarb ink.  I shaded the cup lightly with prisma color pencils

The stamp was also used with the rhubarb ink - I didn't realise that the dots on the paper were slightly 'plastic-y' and the ink did not adhere to them... 

Loved that the sentiment was in the cut outs in the pad of paper.

once I was satisfied with the layout, and had assembled all the elements, I then mounted it over a piece of rose gold thin card, which really bought the whole card to life

The inside of the card was finished with some washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Creations January Challenge #417 - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash Challenge # 437 - I Need a Cup of Coffee

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday January Challenge - Something Old and/or Something New

(Something new - the stamp and die set)

The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge - So Delicate

The House The Stamps Built Challenge j1321- Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #585 - Die-ing to get Crafty

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Die Cuts and/or Embossing Folders

Ike's World Challenge #140 - Friends/Friendship/Anything Goes

(The friend who this card was made for, and I have shared many a cuppa)

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #137 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #3 - Anything Goes

Gold, Roses and Scripture

Welcome,

It's time once again for another challenge over at Word Art Wednesday, and this week our sponsor is Stamp Simply Clear Stamps, 

and there is a wonderful prize on offer of either two stamp sets, or one stamp and die set.

I so enjoyed making this card - it came together so quickly and I was very happy about it - until I realised I had not used the sponsors product that I had been so generously supplied with.... 😥

 I made another card using the Stamp Simple products that I will blog tomorrow.

Our scripture this week, wonderfully presented by Karen Murray, is available free on the Word Art Wednesday blog site.

All the edges were embossed with WOW Glitter Gold embossing powder, and it really does glitter - I am so impressed!

This paper was so gorgeous, that the only embellishment was this gorgeous gold (elastic) cord, that has been begging to be used for far longer than I can remember!

I finished the inside with a strip of black from a trimming of the patterned paper.

I cannot recall the name of the paper, but I have had the 6x6 pad for a couple of years now.

I am linking this to:

Jan's Digi Stamps January Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anyting Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #3 - Anything Goes

Every Body Art Challenge #481 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge # 137- Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

A Place To Start Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #97 - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2103 - Anything Goes

A Sparkly Hoot

Welcome

I meant to be back waaaaaaay before this, but real life has a habit of butting into my plans!

I enjoyed making this card.  

I started with a digi owl image, a freebie from Jane's Doodles, and coloured him with metallic pens

The sentiment was computer generated, printed on vellum, and embossed with WOW black Glitter ep

This shows the sparkle of the metallics

I trimmed the image panel down, and mounted it onto black card that I had wound gold thread around, and also splattered with gold paint to make a starry sky impression.  

That was them mounted over dark blue card

This inside had a strip of  gold metallic dotted washi down one side.

I am linking this to: 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2103 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps January Challenge - Anything Goes

Incy Woincy Challenge - Anything Goes

Colouring In Scrapland January Challenge - Anything Goes

(Twist - slimline card)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #150 + 6th Birthday - Anything goes

Creative moments Challenge #206 - Anything Goes

Uniko Challenge #63 - Anything Goes

(Opt Twist, use a stencil) 

The Paper Funday January Challenge #25 - Anything Goes

(Opt Twist - use blue)

Createful Heart Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #473 - 474 - Anything Goes

House Mouse Love

Welcome

Some time ago I won a House Mouse image from Mia in her Birthday giveaway - I love these images and I was so happy to (finally) receive this one this past week, which I inked up and coloured in very short notice :)

I coloured it with my Faber Castell Polychromo pencils.  I wanted it to take the eye, so I framed part of it with a snippet of purple card, then mounted it on the lemon coloured card base

 

The sentiment was stamped using CP  Rouge ink, and the rhinestones added top and bottom

To add a wee bit more bling, I layered clear WoS over the violets.

The inside was decorated with some washi tape.

I am linking this to:

House Mouse & Friends Challenge#331 - Anything Goes, or (optional) New

Pattie's Creations Challenge #178 - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week#1 - Anything Goes

The Paper Players Challenge #522 - New

A new stamp

Get Creative January Challenge #97 - Anything Goes  

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #2 - Anything Goes

We Love Chocolate Baroque January Challenge - Feminine - for a Woman or Girl

This is for a young girl

CCC Digi Challenge #121 - Include a Sentiment

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - New

The image is new

Catch the Bug New Year Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #473- 474 - Anything Goes

Circles and Stripes and Gold Thread

Welcome

This is the first challenge for 2021 for Word Art Wednesday, 

 our sponsor is Taylored Expressions, and they are providing a $30 voucher for the winner.

The wonderful scripture was designed by Karen Murray, and is available free on the Word Art Wednesday blog site.

This month I decided to go with a tall and slender card format, no, not following the slimline trend, but rather making the most of the piece of patterned paper that was on my desk, and had been there waaaay longer than I can remember- well before I moved!!

I chose some card that matched, and folded the (half A4) sheet to form the card base.

As the edge was very plain, and I have no extra long embossing folders, I scored a random geometric pattern with a bone folder, and highlighted it by sponging on some tea dye DI ink very gently.

I printed out the scripture with a green background to match the paper, then die cut it with a stitched rectangle die, and mounted it over some loosely coiled, very fine gold thread

Below the feature panel I added some banners, cut from the snippet of paper that I had trimmed - it was two sided paper, so I could get the differing orientation of the stripes

The final snippet was added to the inside of the card.

I am linking this to:

The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday Challenge #375 - Think Spring

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #1 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #136 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday Challenge - Uplifting or Positive Quote

A Place To Start Challenge #1 for 2021 - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #97 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps January Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2101 - Anything Goes

'Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #149 - Anything Goes