Author edenlandPosted on 6 Comments on OMG

OMG

Hi there 🙂 Well, it’s been awhile, but summer has thrown even more at me, and I’ve been dealing with that, and not in the mood for blogging. Another restart!!! I have a co-worker that’s getting up there in years (aren’t we all!), but he has a fantastic sense of humor. I had him in mind when I made this card, featuring a bunch of candles from the Lili of the Valley Candles Stamp Set. I merged 3 of the big groupings together so they fit a slim line card shape, and also printed off some of the “extras”. I colored them with my Prismacolor pencils, then fussy cut the extra candle shapes, and popped them up here and there with some adhesive foam.

I added some gold sparkles to the flames of the popped up candles. I had printed a part of the sentiment when I did the candles, and after everything was colored and assembled, I added a die cut sentiment, that I also popped up with foam. Hopefully this card will bring a smile to an extra special co-worker 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Crafty Calendar – September ATG

As You Like It – Favorite Cardbase? Slimline! Why? No worries about envelopes, as you can get a box at the dollar store for cheap 🙂

Dragonfly Dreams – Happy Birthday

Crafts Galore Encore – September ATG

Coloring With Pencils – August ATG

Author edenlandPosted on 3 Comments on Merry Mice

Merry Mice

Hi there 🙂 I kept going with the whole Christmas in July thing, and made this card up. This is an adorable image from Di’s Digital Stamps (although ALL her images are adorable!). I colored these sweeties up with my Copics, adding a few accents with white Posca.

I messed around with a few different layouts, before deciding on trying something new. I don’t know what this kind of card is called, but it’s a fun card type for larger images.

After getting the card base assembled, I layered on some red and white paper that I’ve had lying around for years. I centered the image on the inside of the card, so it shows through, then added an inlaid die cut sentiment and some sprigs of holly to the front piece. A few white enamel dots and some red gemstone “berries” finish this card off.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Di’s Digi Challenge – Die Cuts and/or Punches

Crafty Gals Corner – #233 Christmas in July

ABC Christmas Challenge – N is for New (card type), O is for Old (paper, gemstones)

Passion for Markers – #652 Dies and/or Punches

Mirtillamente Challenge – #12 August ATG

Author edenlandPosted on 5 Comments on Brunches of Wishes

Brunches of Wishes

Hi there 🙂 This was an extremely fun – and challenging – card to make. My kid’s boyfriend was approaching, and when I asked for card ideas, I was told: “His favorite color is green, he likes to cook and eat, but his favorite is breakfast – he even has a tattoo of bacon and eggs. Oh, and he likes rainbows….not the arch kind…the prism kind.” This little speech was accompanied by an evil gleam in the eye, lol. Challenge accepted!!!!! First thing was to find some cute breakfast-y images, and I really scored at Terevela Design on Etsy!! I chose to use the Kawaii Breakfast set, because they were just too darn cute with their little faces! I picked out a few of the characters, then colored them up with my Copics and fussy cut them out. I’d been thinking about making him a shaker card before hearing the “requirement” list, but I was not deterred!! I brought out some of my Fimo, and made up some little breakfast shaker elements 🙂 I made the sun into the shaker element, and positioned everything on the green (of course) card base. The sentiment was printed on my computer, and leads into the inside of the card….

I love how this all came together, and was pleased to hear that he absolutely loved the card 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Penny’s Papercrafty Challenge – #527 ATG

Incy Wincy Designs – August Food and Drink +/or Monochrome

Crafts Galore Encore – #102 August ATG

Jan’s Digi Stamp Challenge – August ATG

Creative Knockouts – #464 Birthday Wishes

Author edenlandPosted on 6 Comments on Celebrate!

Celebrate!

Hi there 🙂 I needed a festive birthday card, and reached for this amazing image from Power Poppy. I used the no line version in the Cuppa Cupcake set, and colored it with my Copics. I had the background papers picked out and a general idea of what I wanted to do, do I was able to color in the background of the image to match the papers, and give the glass an even more transparent look.

I cut a number of streamers out of coordinating colors of scrap paper, and a shiny “celebrate” with a Paper Rose die. A few silver sequins finish off this fun and festive card.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Incy Wincy Designs – August – Food and Drink and/or Monochrome

Penny’s Papercrafty Challenge – #527 ATG

Passion for Markers – Week 652 Dies and/or Punches

A Gem of a Challenge – Week 16 ATG

Country View Challenges – August Happy Birthday

Author edenlandPosted on 2 Comments on Birthday At the Beach

Birthday At the Beach

Hi there 🙂 With the beautiful summer weather that we’ve been having, I just had to do a summery card!! This image from Bugaboo stamps fit the bill perfectly 🙂 I had fun coloring JJ up, using a whole rainbow of Copic colors – a great way to “test” seldom used markers to make sure they aren’t drying up!

I had the perfect background paper to go with the rainbow colors in the image. I die cut the sentiment in the image piece, so the striped paper would show through the negative part. I added a couple summer drink brads, and a squiggly strip of white to finish this card off 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Creative Inspirations – July Summer Sun

Paper Funday Challenge – #43 ATG with Optional Twist, A Day at the Beach

Let’s Craft & Create – #185 AG + Fun In the Sun

Simon Wednesday Challenge – ATG

Author edenlandPosted on 2 Comments on Good Luck

Good Luck

Hi there 🙂 I just got an order for a card for a person leaving their job to pursue other interests. Wouldn’t you know it, I didn’t have any that would be “right” in my stash!! So, I made this quick card, featuring an image from Crafty Moments. The group of birds was perfect for this card, I thought, as it was from a group of co-workers 🙂 Although there hasn’t been any new posts for years, the blog is still alive, and there’s some cute freebie images there 🙂 I colored up the birds with my Copics, and added a cloud background. A quick run of an ink pad around the image, and some matting had it all ready to adhere to the backing. I die cut the sentiment twice and popped it on the card.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG July 19th

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – #2230 ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – #186 ATG

A Gem of a Challenge – Week 15 ATG

Author edenlandPosted on 3 Comments on Falala

Falala

Hi there 🙂 It’s hard to believe that July is drawing to a close soon!! At least I’ve managed to get a few Christmas in July cards done, although not nearly as many as I wanted to! I used an adorable image from Mo’s Digital Pencil for this card. I colored up Singing Elf Flynn with my Copics, then fussy cut him out.

I wanted to use a musical theme with this card, so dug around and found a piece of a page from an old book of music. I trimmed it into shape with a slimline die, then took a closer look at the words…lol….not Christmas! Well, being stubborn, and never wanting to throw things out, I got out some of my seldomly used sprays and gave the piece a few quick squirts to disguise the words. I went through my scrap drawer, and discovered 2 things. 1. I had no scraps of blue to match the image. 2. I have tons and tons of white scraps from trimming the card bases I make!! I took a handful of these white scraps, and cut out the sentiment and a bunch of snowflakes. I then colored the shadow part of the sentiment with one of the same markers that I used on the image…..tada! perfect match 🙂 I was laying things out, and the words were still bugging me (tbh, they still are, but oh well). I found a small snowflake stamp, and stamped and embossed the background in some random places, to disguise the words even more. I glued down little Flynn, then positioned the sentiment and die cut snowflakes. A teeny bit of sparkle on the snowflakes and a blue mat (colored with Copics) finish this card off.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Pixie’s Snippets Playground – #433 Christmas in July – I managed to use up some of my pile of white snippets with the snowflakes and sentiment, as well as the piece of book page 🙂

Creative Knockouts – #462 Christmas in July

Crafty Gals Corner – #233 Christmas in July

Papercraft Challenges – #84 Christmas in July

Your Scrapbook Place – July ATG

Author edenlandPosted on 5 Comments on Birthday in Monochrome

Birthday in Monochrome

Hi there 🙂 I was thrilled to be asked to be Guest Designer at Coloring With Pencils Challenge this month. I was given an image from one of their sponsors, Color of Love, to make my card with. I decided to use a monochrome palette to color Garden of Eden Enchantress with my Prismacolor Pencils. After finishing the image, I added a backround with pencils and a stencil, then distressed the edges.

I found some coordinating pieces of gray and black CS, distressed the edges, then layered them on the card base with a piece of black lace. After adhering the image, I added a cluster of black and white roses, some black leather leaves and some black baubles. The small stamped sentiment was the final touch for this card.

I’d like to thank the team at Coloring With Pencils for inviting me to join them this month as GDT!!!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

613 Ave Create – July ATG with Optional Black & White

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – #2230 ATG

Author edenlandPosted on 2 Comments on The Sweet Things

The Sweet Things

Hi there 🙂 I made this card featuring the sweet image, Macaron Friends, from Graciellie Designs. I think it was inspired by binge watching all the Great Bake-Off shows (UK, American, Canadian…..so far, lol). I colored the image up with my Copics, then fussy cut them out.

I love the sentiment that came with this digital set, and messed around with a number of ideas on how I could come up with a layout that let both the image and the sentiment shine. Although this window gatefold was no the initial idea, I kept at it, after making a few boo boos, lol.

I added a stitching effect with my white Posca, then scattered some enamel dots for a bit of embellishment 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

A Gem of a Challenge – Week 15 ATG

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge – Week 29 ATG

Aud Sentiments – #295 ATG

Creative Knockouts – #461 Celebrations

The Corrosive Challenge – #7 July ATG

Author edenlandPosted on 6 Comments on Bauble Wreath

Bauble Wreath

Hi there 🙂 With all the Christmas in July stuff going on, I figured there was no better time to add to my stash of holiday cards! I made up this CAS card using an image from Pattie’s Creations. I colored up Christmas Wreath with my Copics and added a few highlights with my white Posca pen.

After matting the image in green, I placed it on a background embossed with circles, to reflect the shape of the baubles in the wreath. A quick die cut sentiment, and more green matting finish this card off 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge – #196 ATG

Passion for Markers – Week 649 Christmas in July

Aud Sentiments – #295 ATG (with a sentiment)

Dare 2B Artzy – Christmas in July

Crafty Catz Challenge – #603 ATG