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.
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 🙂
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!!!
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 🙂
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 🙂
Hi there 🙂 This image brought back so many memories of venturing out to find the “perfect” Christmas tree!! I just had to color the truck red, as my dad’s truck was that color! This image is from Star Jam Lines, and it, plus so many more amazing images can be found on Olya’s Facebook page! I colored the image with my Copics, then stamped a seasonal greeting.
The frame was die cut, then I brushed on a bit of gold ink to soften it a bit. I had a small piece of cloud print paper, that I layered with some die cut “snow banks”. To complete the background scene, I added some die cut pine trees from a lovely border die. Some snowy glitter was added to the snow, as well as the tree branches.
Hi there 🙂 I needed a thank you card, and this gorgeous image, Skirt of Flowers, from A Day for Daisies (yay! the store is up and running again!), was the perfect image to work with 🙂 I colored it with my Copics, then cut it out, so it was framed with a die cut silver frame. I found a subtle print CS for the background, and added a die cut sentiment. The card was crying out for something else, so I went digging around in my stash, concentrating on the stuff I usually ignore. I found some pretty peel off branches in silver, and added some tiny pink die cut flowers. Just to drive my self nuts, I carefully added some 1mm rhinestones to the centres of the blooms.
Hi there 🙂 It’s been ages since I’ve used a Selina Fenech image in one of my makes!! Although her images are considered coloring pages, I shrink them down to cardmaking size 🙂 Too beautiful not to share! This particular image was a freebie on her Facebook page awhile back. I colored this beauty up with my Copics, then added some Wink of Stella to the tail for some shimmer. I was actually able to get a picture that shows this shimmer!!!!
I matted the image up with a couple of coordinating pieces of card stock, then set it aside as I worked on the base of the card. I cut a circle background with a cool die from Crafty Meraky out of white, and layered it over another piece of white, for a faux embossed background that reminded me a bit of bubbles. I then arranged an assortment of seaweed and shells that I die cut with Marianne dies along the bottom border. A pretty pink sentiment die cut was tucked between the image and the die cut arrangement. I carefully arranged pearls around the seaweed and shells, and even more carefully, added teeny pearl accents to the mermaid. In keeping with me trying to use stuff from my stash that’s been sitting unused for forever, some Flower Soft was the perfect finishing touch!!
As You Like It Challenge – Fave Feminine or Masculine? Feminine, because there is such a huge assortment of images, embellishments and dies that are aimed at more feminine creations!
Hi there 🙂 Time for a new challenge over at Creative Fingers. All of our challenges are ATG, and this time we have 2 prizes on offer. Tindaloo is offering a digi prize, and Angelique is offering this beautiful horse stamp set.
For my card, I used an image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy, another store that has sadly closed their doors. This hippo may have been yawning, but I thought it would be funnier for him to be shouting a big old Happy Birthday!! I colored him up with my Copics, and fussy cut him out.
For the background, I used chalks to make almost a comic book effect of shouting, then placed the die cut sentiment over the top. I added a couple paper fringes on the side for just a bit more fun.
Hello there 🙂 I needed a bookmark, and there is no way that I was going to use a scrap of paper or some such nonsense….crafters don’t do that!! Lol. I printed this cute little Pirate Parrot from Fabrika Fantasy in a small enough size to use on this. After coloring him with my Copics, I fussy cut him out.
I die cut a banner that was the appropriate size, and used Distress Inks to make some clouds and a sandy background. For the palm trees, I die cut some trees, then used the negative part of the cut and black inks to stencil them into the background. After adhering the image to the bookmark, I attached a tassel that I made with some coordinating colors of embroidery floss 🙂 No more losing my place with this little cutie!
