Trevor

Good morning everyone, I have made a birthday card for a friend today.  Thought I would try out one of the background techniques taught by Alyce Keegan in her colouring classes over at Kit and Clowder.  What an amazing lady she is!!

Card recipe: 

Grey pearl cardstock from crafty stash
Silver mirror card from crafty stash
Image of car downloaded from internet
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Copics and alcohol rub used for background

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 grey pearl card to make a 7in x 5in card blank.

After creating my background I cut around the whole image and matt and layered it onto some silver mirror card before adding to my main card using wet glue.

Finally, I added the sentiment on the lower left hand side to complete.

I must admit I am really pleased with the way this background turned out.  I used this image because our friend has recently purchased a Skoda Octavia Estate in Silver and I thought he might appreciate this.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I've created.

Alexandra

Hi everyone, here is what I've been working on today.  This is my entry for the Sweet Escape Challenge 5.  I absolutely adore the images from this company and love working with them.

Card recipe: 

White hammered cardstock from crafty stash
White cardstock from crafty stash
Pink cardstock from Create and Craft
White paper from crafty stash
Feathers from crafty stash
Tattered Lace fancy stepper dies
Butterfly embellishments and sentiment from Hunkydory
Sweet Escape Alexandra digi image coloured with Copics, Prismacolor pencils and Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter pens
Peel off borders from crafty stash
Tonic fancy rectangle dies and glitter drops

To create this card I used the stepper dies and matt and layered together to form the card basis.

After colouring my image I die cut her and added to the centre panel of my card attaching the feathers behind using wet glue.

I die cut the flowers and leaves from the same die set and added them to the side panels using glue gel.  I added some pink glitter drops to the centre of the flowers.

Finally, I added the peel off borders on the bottom of the front panel and then the butterfly embellishments with the sentiment in the middle.

Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you like my project for today.

Ruby

Hi everyone, here is a birthday card I have made for our niece's daughter.  They went to Disney World at the end of last year and had a fabulous time, so thought I would make a card using some of their memories!

Card recipe: 

White shaped card blank from crafty stash
Double sided pink card from Create and Craft
Silver mirror card from crafty stash
Photograph paper from crafty stash
Tonic die
Corner punch

To create this card I used a fancy shaped card blank.  To this I added a smaller piece of pink card which I rounded at the corners using the corner punch.

I also used the corner punch on all four pictures and silver mirror card before matt and layering and then adding to my card.

Finally, I added the die cut sentiment which I cut using the reverse of the dark pink card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I've created.

Inspiration Destination Challenge 74

Welcome to another challenge over at Inspiration Destination, we would love you to join us and you can find the link here Inspiration Destination

This week we have two fantastic sponsors. Fabrika Fantasy and Bugaboo.

My first DT make for this week is using an image from Fabrika Fantasy.

Card recipe: 

White cardstock from crafty stash
Backing papers from DCWV
Butterfly embellishment and sentiment from Hunkydory
Tonic square dies
Fabrika Fantasy Water Fairy digi image coloured with Copics, Prismacolor pencils and Spectrum Noir Sparkle glitter pens

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 white card to make a 15cm x 15cm square card blank.  To this I added a smaller piece of backing paper.

After colouring my image I die cut her and matt and layered onto another piece of backing paper before adding to my main card.

Finally, I added the butterfly to the top right hand side and the sentiment at the left hand lower side to complete.

My second DT make for this week is using an image from Bugaboo.

Card recipe: 

Kraft card from Creata
Brown card from crafty stash
White cardstock from crafty stash
Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink
Bugaboo With enough coffee owl digi image coloured with Copics
Black fine line pen
Tonic square dies

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 kraft card to make a 15cm x 15cm square card blank.

After colouring my image I die cut him and matt and layered onto a piece of brown card before adding to my main card.

I used the black fine line pen to make the pattern resembling part of the owl around the edge of the kraft card.

Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you like my DT makes for this week's challenge.

Spring Clean Honey

Hello everyone, here is one of my makes for today.  I am entering this into the Scrappers Delight February 2016 Challenge.  Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.768201326613949&type=1.

Card recipe: 

White cardstock from crafty stash
Pink cardstock from Hougie Crafts
Green satin board from Create and Craft
Tonic fancy oval dies
Wild Rose die from Sheen Douglass
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Scrappers Delight freebie Spring Clean Honey digi image coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils
One of the new elements embossing folders from Sheena Douglass
Tonic white crystal drops

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 white card to make a 15cm x 15cm square card blank.  To this I added a piece of the pink card which had been placed through the embossing folded and then sanded back to reveal the white core.

After colouring my image I die cut her and matt and layered onto some green satin board before adding to my main card using wet glue.

I die cut three of the wild roses and added to the left hand side finishing with some crystal drops in the centre.

Finally, I added the sentiment at the bottom left hand side to complete.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I've created.

Trevor

Hi everyone, here is a birthday card I have made for our brother-in-law.

Card recipe: 

Grey cardstock from crafty stash
Green cardstock from Create and Craft
Black textured paper from crafty stash
Fabulous freebie image from Jane Maday coloured with Prismacolor Pencils
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Corner punch

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 grey card to make a 15cm by 15cm square card blank.  To this I added a piece of green card.

After colour my image I matt and layered onto the black textured paper before adding to my card at a jaunty angle.

Finally, I added the sentiment to complete.

Thanks for visiting by blog today and I hope you like my birthday card.

Pineapple Sprite

Hi everyone, here is one of my makes for today.  I am entering this into the Aurora Wings Challenge 23 Sprite Delights.  Here is the link http://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/challenge-23-sprite-delight-iii.html.

Card recipe: 

White hammered cardstock from crafty stash.
Backing card from DCWV
Green cardstock from Create & Craft
Tonic fancy oval dies
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Flower embellishment from crafty stash
Organza bow
Aurora Wings freebie Pineapple Sprite coloured with Promarkers and Copics
Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 white hammered card to make a 15cm x 15cm square card blank.  To this I added a smaller piece of backing card using wet glue.

After colouring my image I die cut and matt and layered onto a slightly larger piece of the green card before adding to my main card.

Finally, I added the sentiment in the top right hand corner and the flower and bow embellishments at the bottom right hand corner.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I've created.

http://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/challenge-23-sprite-delight-iii.html

Julia Spiri Challenge Blog - 18 February 2016

Good morning everyone, welcome to another challenge at  Julia Spiri.  The theme this week is Vencie and I have used one of the Venice collections for my DT project.

Card recipe: 

White cardstock from crafty stash
Pink cardstock from crafty stash
Backing card from DCWV
Yellow cardstock from crafty stash
Crafters Companion Desire Renaissance die
Mask embellishment from crafty stash  (I believe I got some of these in a Christmas cracker a couple of years ago - new they would come in hand some time).
Faux gems
Julia Spiri  Venice coloured with Copics, Derwent pencils, Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils and Spectrum Noir Sparkle glitter pens
Black fine line pen
Tonic fancy rectangle dies

To create this card I first used the die to form the top of my card, next I folded in half and trimmed away the top back.  Then I added some pink card to the front of my main card.

After colouring my image I die cut her and matt and layered onto some yellow card and some backing card before attaching to my main card.

Finally, I added the mask to the top right hand side and wrote the word Valentine also down the right hand side to complete.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you like my DT make for this week's challenge.

Links 

Esty Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JuliaSpiri

Challenge Blog

http://juliaspirichallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Facebook Fan Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stampsbyjuliaspiri/

Julia Spiri on Pinterest

https://www.pinterest.com/fotosgraciosas/

Julia Spiri on Google+

google.com/+JuliaSpiri

 

Challenges entered:

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.no/
http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cck-digitalstamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/ching-chou-kuik-digital-stamps.html
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?upload_flow=use_temp_photo_type&qn=6d5eb78b83eb069c521e8913b0105b5c&av=100000114631366&id=100000114631366&tid=493361277491306&skipClustering=true&qn=6d5eb78b83eb069c521e8913b0105b5c&uploader=html5&success=1&failure=0&photo_order%5B0%5D=1267384766608666&waterfallStats%5BuploadTime%5D=3327&waterfallStats%5BuploadNumTotal%5D=1&waterfallStats%5BuploadBytes%5D=118225&waterfallStats%5BuploadBandwidth%5D=35.53501653140968&waterfallStats%5BeditorHasOrder%5D=true&waterfallStats%5BnumFBIDs%5D=1&ref=album&set=oa.540850896075677



Inspiration Destination Challenge 73

Welcome to another challenge over at Inspiration Destination, we would love you to join us and you can find the link here Inspiration Destination

This week we have the fantastic sponsor, KennyK.

Card recipe: 

Black cardstock from crafty stash
Red cardstock from crafty stash
White cardstock from crafty stash
Spellbinders heart dies
Tim Holtz Barn Door distress ink
Sentiment from My Paper Stash
KennyK Delores D'ammage digi image coloured with Copics and Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 black card to make the easel card blank.  I then added a piece of red card to the base of my easel card and a smaller piece to the flap.

Next I cut four hearts and layered them up.  I added one set to the flap to which I attached the sentiment and the other to the base of my case using foam tape.

Finally, I attached my image to the left hand side of the flat to complete my card.







Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like my DT make for this week's challenge.

Feathers

Hi everyone, here is one of my makes for today.  I am entering this into the Artbymiran February Progressive Challenge.

Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.917882034997848&type=1

Card recipe: 

White hammered cardstock from crafty stash
White cardstock from crafty stash
Pink cardstock from crafty stash
Blue cardstock from crafty stash
Tonic fancy rectangle dies
Blue organza ribbon
Flower embellishments from crafty stash

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 white hammered card to make an A5 portrait card blank.  To this I added some blue card.

I then matt and layered some white and blue card and added to my main card making a panel down the centre.

After colouring my image I die cut her and matt and layered onto some pink card before added in the centre of my main card.

I added the blow the top right hand corner and the flower embellishments on the lower left hand side to complete.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I've created.

Mermaid

Hi everyone, here is one of my makes for today.  I am entering this into the Artbymiran Anything Goes Challenge.  You can find the link here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.909450449174340&type=1.

Card recipe: 

White fancy shaped card from crafty stash
Double sided pink card from Create and Craft
White cardstock from crafty stash
Ribbon bow from crafty stash
Tonic rectangle die
Artbymiran Mermaid digi image coloured with Copics, Rainbow gel pens and Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils

To create this card I used a fancy shaped card blank from crafty stash.  To this I added some double sided pink card and then alternated with the dark and light pink going across the card.

After colouring my image I added her to the centre of my card and added a bow at the top to complete.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I've created.

Birthday Wishes

Hi everyone, here is what I've been working on today.  This is one of the new Paris collection "Promenade in Paris" www.etsy.com/listing/267726588 ...  from Julia Spiri,

This is also a birthday card for our niece.

Card recipe: 

White hammered cardstock from crafty stash
Blue cardstock from Create and Craft
Backing paper from Hunkydory
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Julia Spiri Promenade in Paris coloured with Copics and Prismacolor Pencils
Flower rose embellishments from crafty stash
Tattered Lace leaf die
Tonic fancy rectangle dies

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 white hammered cardstock to make a 7in x 5in card blank.  I added a piece of backing paper to cover the front of my card.

After colouring my image I die cut her and matt and layered onto a piece of blue card which was die cut slightly larger before adding to my main card at a jaunty angle.

I added the sentiment on the top left hand side and the roses and leaf die on the right hand side to complete.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I've created with one of the new Paris collection.

Links 

Esty Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JuliaSpiri

Challenge Blog

http://juliaspirichallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Facebook Fan Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stampsbyjuliaspiri/

Julia Spiri on Pinterest

https://www.pinterest.com/fotosgraciosas/

Julia Spiri on Google+

google.com/+JuliaSpiri

Winter Games

Hi everyone, here is one of my project for today.  I am entering this into the Winter is Everywhere Challenge over at Fabrika Fantasy.  Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.469454916575868&type=1

Card recipe: 

Dark blue hammered cardstock from crafty stash
White cardstock from crafty stash
Aqua Tint inks from Sheena Douglass
White Pebeo
Fabrika Fantasy Winter Games 1 digi image coloured with Copics
Drawing Gum from Sheens Douglass

To create this card, first of all after printing my image I covered it in drawing gum so that when this had dried I could work on the background.

The background was created using the Aqua Tint inks which I diluted with water to create the shading.  Once this was dry, I rubbed off the drawing gum from my image and then coloured it.

The snow was created by using the white pebeo, dipping in a small ball tool and dabbing onto the whole scene.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like my project.

Little White Dove

Good morning everyone, here is one of my makes for today.  I am entering this into the following challenge:

http://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Card recipe: 

Kraft cardstock from crafty stash
Backing card from Crafters Companion
Tonic oval dies
Feathers from crafty stash
Rangers Raisin distress ink
Gold and Silver swirl embellishment
My Besties
Running Bear and Little White Dove digi image coloured with Copics and Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 kraft card to make a 15cm x 15cm square card blank.  To this I added a piece of the backing paper.

After colouring my image I die cut her, inked around the edges and stuck some feathers behind before adding to my main card using glue gel.

Finally, I added the swirl to complete.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I've created.

Inspiration Destination Challenge 72

Welcome to another challenge over at Inspiration Destination, we would love you to join us and you can find the link here Inspiration Destination

This week we have two fantastic sponsors, Inky Impressions and The Cutting Café.

My first DT make for this week is using an image from Inky Impressions.

Card recipe: 

Pink shaped card blank from Hougie Crafts
White cardstock from crafty stash
Chair decoupage from Creata
Inky Impressions sentiment and Mocha digi image coloured with Copics and Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils
Distressed embossing folder from Sheena Douglass
Pink Organza ribbon

To create this card I used one of the lovely shaped card blanks.  I ran the front of the card through the embossing folder and then sanded back to reveal the white core.

I added a piece of pink organza ribbon around the spine of the card.  Next I added my chair decoupage to my main card then after colouring my image I fussy cut around her and added her to my card using foam pads.

Finally, I added the sentiment on the left hand side to complete.

My second DT make this week is using elements from The Cutting Café.

Card recipe: 

Grey textured card from Hougie Crafts
Blue textured card from Hougie Crafts
White cardstock from crafty stash
Fence die from Sheena Douglass
Copics and Fiskars Glitter pens
Butterfly embellishment from Hunkydory
The Cutting Café Bendi card (see full details here)

To create this card I used elements from the Bendi Card .

I fussy cut around the butterflies and coloured with Copics and the glitter pens before adding to the top back panel of my card.

I added the sentiment to the middle layer and attached a butterfly embellishment.

I die cut the fence and added to the bottom panel after colouring the grassy bits with Copics.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you like my DT makes for this week's challenge.

Julia Spiri Challenge - 4 February 2016

Good morning everyone, welcome to another challenge over at Julia Spiri.  You can find the link below.

Card recipe: 

White cardstock from crafty stash
Backing card from DCWV
Tonic square dies
Sentiment from My Paper Stash
Julia Spiri Wedding Day coloured with Copics, Derwent and Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils
Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink
Graph It Silver pen

To create this card I scored and folded a sheet of A4 white card to make a 15cm x 15cm square card blank.  To this I added a smaller piece of the backing card.

After colouring my image I die cut her out, edged around with the distress ink, then added to another piece of backing card before adding to my main card using foam tape.

Finally, I added the sentiment at the bottom left hand side to complete.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you like my DT make for this challenge.


Challenges entered:

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.no/
http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/
http://spellbindingstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/february-anything-goes.html
http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/challenge-115-anything-goes-with-fun.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/493361277491306/

Links 

Esty Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JuliaSpiri

Challenge Blog

http://juliaspirichallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Facebook Fan Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stampsbyjuliaspiri/

Julia Spiri on Pinterest

https://www.pinterest.com/fotosgraciosas/

Julia Spiri on Google+

google.com/+JuliaSpiri

Inspiration Destination Challenge 71

Welcome to another challenge over at Inspiration Destination, we would love you to join us and you can find the link here Inspiration Destination

This week we have two fantastic sponsors Just Inklined and Little Blue Button Stamps.

My first DT make for this week is using an image from Little Blue Button Stamps.

Card recipe: 

White cardstock from crafty stash
Blue co-ordination card
Tattered Lace Double Sided Stepper dies
Sheena Douglass Wild Rose dies
Faux gems
Sentiment from My Paper Stash
Little Blue Button Stamps Dread girl digi image coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils

Do create this card I used the Double Sided Stepper dies, cutting in white and blue card.

I die cut the flowers in the same blue card and added a faux gem to the centre of each before adding to the panels on the left hand side of my card.

After colouring my image I fussy cut around her and added her to the right hand panel using foam tape.

Finally, I added the sentiment below my image.

My second DT make for this week is using an image from Just Inklined.

 Card recipe: 

White shaped card blank from crafty stash
Black cardstock from crafty stash
Tonic fancy oval dies
Sentiment from My Paper Stash
Faux flower gems
Just Inklined Love Cats coloured with Pebeo Acrylics, Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils and Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter pens
Drawing Gum by Sheena Douglass

To create this card I used a shaped card blank.

I then cut a piece of black card to add to the shaped card.

After printing my image I covered it with drawing gum so that I could work on the background using the Pebeo Acrylic paint.  Once the background was dry I rubbed off the drawing gum to reveal my white image which I then coloured and die cut around before adding to my card using foam tape.

Finally, I added the sentiment on the left hand side to complete.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like my DT makes for this week's challenge.

Love ...

Hi everyone, here is one of the cards I have been working on today.  I am entering this into the KS February Challenge.

Card recipe: 

White cardstock from crafty stash
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Water Colour card from Crafters Companion
Flower stamp from Sheena Douglass
Spectrum Noir Aqua pens
Karleigh Sue I Heart Fall coloured with Copics, Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils and Sakura white 3D Glaze pen
Black fine pen liner

To make this card I first of all created the background by daubing various colours onto my glass mat, spritzing with water and then placing my water colour card onto this, pressing down hard.  Once this had dried I stamped the flowers using the same colour Aqua pens and used a brush to draw out the colour.

I scored and folded a sheet of A4 white card to make a 15cm x 15cm square card blank to which I added the background using wet glue.

After colouring my image I fussy cut around her and cut the leaves out before adding her to the front of my card.

I added the sentiment to the top left hand side using foam tape and drew a couple of squiggly lines around the edge of my card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like what I have  created and will leave me some comments.

Sisters of Craft Challenge - February 2016

Good morning everyone, welcome to another challenge over at Sisters of Craft.  You can find the link here  http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/.  This month our sponsor is the wonderful Lunagirl.

Card recipe: 

White cardstock from crafty stash
Backing papers from DCWV
Tattered Lace Centre Stepper dies
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Lunagirl Butterflies & Wings images
Rounded corner punch

To create this card I used the stepper dies which I cut in white and the matts in the backing papers.

After cutting out my image I matt and layered onto some white card, rounded off the corners and added to the centre panel of my stepper card using foam tape.

I cut out four butterflies and added them to the side and front bottom panels before finishing with the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you like my DT make for this month's challenge.