Hi there 🙂 This fun card is my DT inspiration for the new challenge at the Sheepski Designs Facebook group. All of our challenges are ATG, but each month there’s an optional theme, if you need a bit of a nudge 🙂 This time, the optional theme is Fur, Feathers, Wings. I used Mel’s Crow for my card, coloring it up with my Copics and fussy cutting it out.
I printed off a funny sentiment, perfect for a friend with a sense of humour. I die cut some clouds and layered it on the blue base, then matted it with black. After popping the image in the clouds, I layered up the inside of the card with the conclusion to the sentiment 🙂
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Hi there 🙂 I hope everyone is doing well <3 I’m sharing my DT project for the Creative Fingers current challenge. We are being sponsored by our wonderful leader, Angelique, who is offering this stamp and die set to the lucky winner!
I used a lovely pear blossom digi from Graciellie Designs, it is found in this set. After coloring it with my Copics, I fussy cut it out.
I die cut the beautiful lattice frame (I can’t remember whose die this is….as I threw out the packaging!) out of plain white CS, and layered it on a kraft base, then popped the image on with foam dots. The sentiment was printed on my computer, then cut out with a stitched fishtail banner die. A few pale pink pearls finish this off.
I love how all the elements came together to make a subtle statement for a sympathy card <3
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Hello there 🙂 I hope that this post finds everyone safe and healthy <3 This is my inspiration card for the challenge on the Aurora Wings Facebook group. Our challenges are ATG, either a finished project, or just a coloring. We also love to see your past projects, too!! I used one of Mitzi’s less common images for my card. You can find Forgotten Summer exclusively at aurorawings.com I colored the image with my Copics, printing and coloring some of the leaves multiple times, so I could pop them up to add dimension.
I added a bit of clear shimmer to the wings, and some gold Liquid Pearls, before cutting it out and layering it on an embossed background paper. I stamped and embossed the sentiment before cutting it out. The final touch was a white mat, that I added a gold embossed edge to. I love the peacefulness of this card….something so needed in these uncertain times. Take care!
Hey there 🙂 I hope everyone is staying healthy….and sane….in the craziness that has overtook the world <3 I’m here to share my inspiration for the current challenge at the Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook group. This month, our theme is Easter/Florals, but the DT were also challenged to implement the spotlight technique in their project this week. I managed to fit both themes in, but instead of a spot of light, I went with a ray of light, and used my Copics to color a strip in the center of the Sweet Bunny image.
To keep the focus on the “light”, I elected to keep everything on the card but the “ray” black and white. I found some blue CS to carry the ray through, and layered everything on a black and white floral background. The black matting, pearls and sentiment add some contrast and enhance the colored strip.
Hi there 🙂 With everyone making beautiful spring cards, I figured I’d post something on the other end of the spectrum 🙂 I made this Christmas card using a sweet image from Polkadoodles, called Cute Robins with Stockings, from the Winnie White Christmas collection. I colored them with my Copics, adding a few touches of white Posca.
I framed them by layering them on a shimmery die cut. I used the same shimmer paper to cut the sentiment, and to mat the background, which I embossed with a feather embossing folder. Some simple square gems finish this card off 🙂 HoHoHo, lol.
Hi there 🙂 I’m here with my first inspiration post for the challenge at the Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook group. Our theme this month is Easter &/or Florals. There is a ton of images that fit this theme over at the CCK Etsy store, so be sure to check them out….we’d love to see your creation!! I’ve used Fantasy Easter Ocean, from THIS set, for my card. I colored it with my Copics, and added some accents with white Posca and a bit of glitter.
I dug around in my papers, and found the floral print that’s used for the background, and an egg print that I used for an additional layer. I matted the layers with Easter colored CS, and added a fishtail banner die cut when I layered everything up. The sentiment is stamped with a freebie stamp that I got from a magazine a few eons ago. I die cut some small pink blossoms to mirror the flowers in the image, and arranged them on the die cut strip and around some bunnies punched with a MS punch.
I wish that it looked as spring-y outside as this card looks, but I’m afraid we have a little while to go for that!!!
Hi there 🙂 I hope that everyone is doing well. I’m sharing my DT inspiration for Creative Fingers Challenge today. All of our challenges are ATG……we love to see whatever you create!!! This time we have one of our amazing regular sponsors, Bugaboo Stamps. Jodie has images for every occasion in her store, so be sure to check it out!!! I used the fun Frame It Birthday for my card. I colored it up with my Copics, and added some accents with a white Posca. I cut a black and a red square out of card stock, and layered everything, tucking in some yellow streamers and green confetti. I die cut the number 10 twice, once in blue and once in black to give a shadow effect. I finished off by adding some dots and squiggles with my Posca and a black fineliner.
Hi!!! What an exciting day it is today! Aurora Wings has a brand new release ….. and I’m proud to say that I’m now a member of the Showcase Team!!! Anyone that knows me, knows how exciting this is for me, as I’ve long been a huge fan of Mitzi’s images!! The showcase blog is full of yummy inspiration, featuring three new adorable Sprites (and if you keep reading….there might even be a little something extra!) These Sprites can be found in the New Release section at the Etsy Store and New Releases at AuroraWings.com, as well as at the individual links mentioned in the card descriptions. All my images were colored with Copics.
First up, I have Peony Sprite (PNG or JPG). I picked the paper before I started coloring her, so she’s a bit different color than what you commonly see in peonies. I had a massive peony crop at an old house of mine, and the blooms were every shade of pink and white…..some rich red ones like this little one would have been nice 🙂 After coloring her, I cut and matted her with some stacking dies, then set to assembling my card in a new to me fold 🙂 When folded up, the Sprite conceals the stamped sentiment, and the whole card is flat and easy to mail 🙂
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Next up is the adorable Dogwood Sprite (PNG or JPG). Although dogwood has a number of different color variations, I used the white with a hint of yellow, which is the provincial flower for my neighboring province, Alberta 🙂 With the pale coloring of the blossoms, I gave the Sprite some rich black hair as contrast. I used some dark printed papers for the layout as well, and embellished my card with a bunch of dogwood blossoms that I printed, colored and fussy cut out before arranging them on die cut branches. To give the edges a bit of interest, I actually used some edging scissors that have been collecting dust!! A die cut sentiment and some black pearls, finished the card off.
Finally, I have the Agapanthus Sprite to share with you (PNG or JPG). I was not familiar with this beautiful flower, so did a bit of Googling, where I found that another name is Lily of the Nile….still not familiar, lol. How absolutely beautiful she is, and I really wish I lived in a warmer climate so I could grow some!!! After coloring her, I fussy cut her out, so I could pop her on the center part of a shimmery die cut layer. The silver part of the sentiment goes well with the rhinestone embellies on the branches….and I used some tiny alpha stickers to complete the sentiment.
As is always the case on new release weekend, Mitzi has some coupon codes for you to use to go shopping 🙂 These codes are valid the whole weekend on all current digi and PDF listings(not just the new releases!) at the Aurora Wings Etsy Store and AuroraWings.com.
Oh, wait…what’s this I found???? hehehe
This adorable Popcorn Sprite is a gift with purchase this weekend!!!! This sweetie will be emailed to everyone that makes a qualifying purchase this weekend!! Woohoo!!!
When I saw this Sprite, I thought of the traditional red and white popcorn box, and decided to create something quite literal, by making a box card!!! Luckily, I had the right red and white striped paper for this, and just had to print of the popcorn logo and color it. I also printed some extra heads and used the popcorn “hair” as some extra pieces in the box, along with the tickets that I printed and the Tim Holtz film strip. The sentiment was printed on my computer 🙂
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I hope you enjoy these fabulous new images from Aurora Wings, and find some inspiration from the whole teams amazing projects on the Showcase Blog 🙂 I can hardly wait to see what you come up with…..be sure to share with us at our Facebook group challenge 🙂
Hello 🙂 It’s been a little while since I’ve had time to do a project that wasn’t for a DT!!! I turned to a favorite artist’s image, Mo Manning from Mo’s Digital Pencil. There seems to be an image for every occasion, and every person in her store! I will be needing an anniversary card for 2 cat lovers in a while, and how much more perfect is this Cat Love image?!?!?! I immediately thought of the ying yang symbol when I saw the two of them cuddled up like that, so I colored them with my Copics in black and white.
I found two black and white dot print papers, which made up the background. I made up the sentiment on my computer, printing it twice in opposite colors, cutting it in half and placing it on the opposing colors of the background. Everything was matted in red, and I used that same red to die cut a heart background, and use the little heart off cuts to scatter around the sentiment of this card 🙂
Hi there 🙂 This is my last inspiration card for this month at the Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook group. Our challenge theme this month is Love/Valentine’s/For Someone Special. I saw this image, Love Barn Owls, in the Etsy store, and immediately thought it would make a great anniversary card!! It’s a greyscale image, so it’s easier to color, as there is guidance with the shading already there!! I did it up in my Copics, then die cut it out so I could frame it with an inlaid die frame.
I found the cute heart print paper that made the perfect background for this card, then cut out some feathers in a blue that matches the feathers in the image (really, they do…..camera/photo is playing nasty tricks again!). After inking up the feathers, I arranged them so that the gold die cut sentiment could be placed on top of them.
