Watery Thank You

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I recently wanted to join the "Mermaid" trend in card making, but I had no stamps.  This came about as I had made a very soft chalked background that looked like seaweed, but I had no stamp to use on it, so I enlisted Mr G**gle and found a free image, which I altered to suit my taste.

To make the background I used chalks/pastels through a leaf stencil, colouring first with one colour, sealing it with a burst of hairspray, and then moving the stencil and colouring it with the second colour.

The Thanks was a Simon Says die cut of sparkle paper, and the rest of the sentiment was computer generated.

I coloured the  Mermaid image with my Chromocolor pencils, and mounted her over a S/B scalloped circle die cut that I had painted with Semco Mica paints, using green and  blue paints to match the background

The final touch were some translucent sequins and 'eyelash' yarn glued to the side of the card - I also glued this inside my card, but the photograph was blurry.

This is the original card which I made as a sample for my class, and the background was much softer, and the layout slightly different, with metallic cord across the bottom and some white Pico dots.

I am linking this to:

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #319 - On Trend

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #49 - Anything Goes

Cuttlebug Mania - Anything goes using a Die Cut or Embossing

Create and Make Challenge #14 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Cards Und More Challenge # 192 - Anything Goes

Double D Challenge - Glitter, Glitter, Glitter

Inspiration Destination Challenge #133 - Anything Goes - Optional Twist of a recipe

(I did not use the recipe)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #298-299 - Anything Goes

Lacy Bird

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I was tidying my desk not long before I went away and came across a card kit that Ginny Maxam had sent me some time ago, so I put my thinking cap on and came up with this card.

All the elements on the card, with the exception of the ribbon and rhinestones, came in the kit

Unfortunately the platinum embossing powder was difficult to see on the dark blue paper, and after heating I found that it was somewhat 'speckled'!! 

The paper for the base had a rough edge that I wanted to keep, so I accented it by inking it (and the other edges) with Delicata Golden Glitz ink

I loved the lacy panel that was in the kit, and was pleased that it showed up so well over the dark paper.  The paper strip on the side had soft yellow shading on it, so I drew that out and brightened the card with some yellow organza ribbon over it.

I repeatedly painted the bird die cut with WoS and managed to capture some of the sparkle in this photo.  I finished the bird with a clear rhinestone eye.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Girls Challenge #39 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #382 - Anything Goes

Love To Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge #101 - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack FFC #204 - Anything Goes

Just Keep On Crafting September Link-Up - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #266 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1736 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #173 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #298-299 - Anything Goes

Masculine Praying Sympathy

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It's good to be back - my sabbatical was spent firstly visiting family 'over the ditch' in Australia. While there I was able to contact, and spend some time, with  Alicia, who is a lovely, talented and very generous fellow crafter. I then visited the fabulous Lovely Linda who made me most welcome and I had a wonderful four days with her and her family - a real blessing!!   I headed home totally broke, with several kilo's more luggage, most of which was craft supplies!  

This card was a commissioned one, and the customer wanted a masculine sympathy card.

I concentrated on using texture on a simple layout, embossing the white layer with the Argyle folder.

The sentiment from ODBD Praying For You set was gold embossed, and cut with a Spellbinders classic oval die, sponged, and mounted over a S/B scalloped oval cut in a subdued gold paper.

This was mounted over some burlap ribbon, then onto the embossed layer, then the red base card. The final details were the gold rhinestones.

The inside sentiment was stamped in the Espresso ink used for the sponging - the verse is from the same ODBD used on the front of the card.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Girls Challenge #138 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Retro, Smash Your Stash

(The stamps, ink and embossing folder are all years old)

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #170 - Anything Goes

Scrapy Land Challenge #72 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #187 - Thinking of You/Sympathy

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #366 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #298-299 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge #349 - Anything Goes

Crafting By Design September Challenge - Anything Goes

Sabbatical

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Just a short note to say that I am taking a sabbatical from blogging/blogland and will not be here until early next month.

Thank you for being understanding

Daisy Doodles SunBEEm

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The other week I printed off and coloured some digi images that I have had for ages - this one (and it is one of several) was in the file labeled Daisy Doodles, but I cannot find anywhere to link you to the original source. I suspect what I have were freebies.

I coloured the image with pencils,  diecut around it and sponged with a pale blue ink before removing the die.  This was matted over a cork die cut, which was sponged with espresso ink.

The image has lots of whimsical wee details like this bee, with his glamorous Kindy Glitz wings,

and the snail on the side of the pot, also sharing the glamour with a glittery trail, 

To finish the card I stamped and gold embossed the sentiment, cut it using a labels die and threaded it on gingham ribbon. 

A gingham bow was added to the stem of the flower, and embellished with a rhinestone

Clear rhinestones were added around the card, and it was assembled on a multi coloured polka dot background, then layered it onto the orange base.

I am linking this to:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge # 63 - Anything Goes

Emerald City Crafts Challenge #2 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge #200 - Birthday Wishes

Crafty Friends Challenge #64 - Anything Goes

Di's Digi Challenge - Flower Fancy

Scrappers Delight August Challenge - Anything Goes

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes 4 Kids

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Flowers

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge # 1733 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #294-295 - Anything Goes

Rose Sympathy

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The majority of my cards are fairly CAS, and I particularly like sympathy cards to be CAS.

I started with a piece of silver card, and embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder It is an old one, called Ironworks if I remember rightly.  I discovered when making this, that if the folder has a geometric design on it, I can lengthen the embossed pattern to cover the full length of the fractionally longer A4 cardstock that we work with.

I stamped and silver embossed the rose and sentiment  on snippets of card, then die cut them using Memory Box Stitched Rectangles.

I painted the rose using Semco mica based watercolour paints

I added a small bow to the stem of the rose once it was painted

The card was finished with a sentiment on the inside - stamped in black ink.

It is straight - just that the card was on an angle when I photographed it.

I am linking this to:

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #490 - Embossing

Star Stampz Challenge - Hand Coloured Image

Crafting By Design August Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge #347 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge #304 - Blooming Days

Scrapy Day Challenge #71 - Anything Goes, 

(Used Memory Box Dies)

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #47 - F is for Flowers

Southern Girls Challenge #166 - Use Any Image

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #169 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #294 - 295 - Anything Goes

Encouraging Nail Polish!!

Welcome,

Do you like my blog's new look?  I am loving it.  The beautiful Loll from 

Stamping With Loll has done it for me.

The tree silhouette is of a Cabbage Tree - something that is very common here in New Zealand, and that I have had on various properties that I have lived at.

It's good to be back in 'blogland' - life has been challenging the last week and I have needed some time out from a lot of things.  

This card was made using another nail polish background against a glitter card that was named Caramel - it's a soft gold with beige undertones.

I used a die from the ODBD Filigree Frames set to cut the base for the sentiment, which is part of the ODBD set Grace's Hope - it was stamped in Memento Brilliance Ink - Thyme Green

The Butterfly (Memory Box Pippi) was cut from some almost bronze toned paper that I had glued over some thin card to give it some strength.

I adhered some bronze rhinestones for the butterfly body and in the corners.

The base of the card was some kraft coloured card, with the edges sponged with Espresso ink.

On the inside I stamped two complementary sentiments from the ODBD Faith Card Sentiment set.

I am linking this to:

2 Sisters On The Blog Challenge #6 - Anything Goes

Come and Get it Challenge - Time to Die - Use Die Cuts

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #63 - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations August Challenge - Anything Goes

Scrappers Delights August Challenge - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week#31 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #135 - Anything Goes

Cut It Up Challenge #127 - Friendship

Emerald City Crafts Challenge #2 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #294 - 295 - Anything Goes