Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Rory's Birthday Party

 


It is time for another challenge for Team B at Through The Craft Room Door


The Sponsor for this challenge is Color of Love (Formerly Lacy Sunshine)

The prize is 3 Digital Stamps from their store.


I chose Rory's Birthday Party to work with and coloured the image with Promarkers in mainly bright primary colours. Quite by chance whilst I was making it I found out it was the neighbour over the roads little girls birthday yesterday so I ended up personalising it to give to her.

The base of the card has been made with a sheet of A4 card. To this I added a striped paper in co-ordinating colours and distressed the edges with an inkpad.

The image has been matted onto red card and I have used my favourite red spotty lacy ribbon. I have used this so many times over the years. I love how versatile it is looking pretty and feminine on some projects, then bold and bright on others.

The die is from a new sentiment set that came from Crafter's Companion. There are different sentiments with the dies to layer the embellishments on top. I have cut these out with scraps of shimmery card and some red glitter card. I replaced the dot on the I with a heart gem.

I added personalisation with some letter stickers and a rub-on number. Finally I added a cupcake charm. Her Aunty made her the most amazing cake and she brought some over for us which was a lovely thing to do. With lockdown we have become a lot closer to the immediate neighbours and many have children. It is lovely to see how their individual personalities are developing and how even though we don't have children they have embraced us into their lives. We are very lucky to have so many lovely neighbours who have become friends.

Our challenges at Through the Craft Room Door are always Anything Goes so easy to enter. I hope you will join us.

Card Details -

Size – A5
Colouring Medium - Promarkers
Embellishments – Ribbon, gem, charm, rub on number, alphabet stickers

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Monday, 16 November 2020

Silly Sally Smiles - Guest DT at Colouring in Scrapland

 


I won the September challenge at Colouring in Scrapland 
and was invited to be the Guest Designer this month.


The Sponsor for this challenge is Oddball Art Co. who are offering a prize of $10 to spend on digistamps at their store. The winner is chosen by random org between all participants. 


I was given this fabulous set to work with Silly Sally Smiles IMG 307 which comprises the smiling girl, the cutest sunshine and some lovely sentiments. 

The challenges at Colouring in Scrapland are always Anything Goes with an optional theme. This month the option is to Make a Tag




In complete coincidence I had just ordered a new Sunburst Cut and Emboss folder from Crafter's Companion which I knew would be absolutely perfect to go with this set so I was totally inspired and knew what I was going to do with it so I opted for the Anything Goes rather than make a tag. It would have been criminal not to use this folder on such a perfectly matched image.

The embossing folder cuts a circular aperture and then embosses the sun rays around it. I cut a section in a lovely yellow cardstock and then applied rub on chalks in red for the centre and radiated outwards with an orange. I matted this onto gold card and then onto the white card blank. I then cut the circle aperture through both layers.

I sized the digis so the smiley sun would peek out from the inside of the card. I coloured the sun and the girl with Promarkers and fussy cut around the outlines. The shorter sun rays were not stuck down and have been folded outwards to give more texture.

Finally the sentiment on the inside has ben die cut with a Crea-Nest-Lies die, the heat coloured with a Promarker and chalked around the edge in red and the main shape in orange. It helped to separate it from the white card blank and makes it more cheery.


Thankyou to Colouring in Scrapland for inviting me to be a Guest Designer and giving me the opportunity to work with this super cute set.

Card Details -

Size - A5
Digital Image & Sentiment - Silly Sally Smiles IMG 307 by Oddball Art Co.
Colouring Medium - Promarkers, rub on chalks
Dies - Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Circle Open Scallop
Embossing Folder - Sunburst Cut & Emboss by Crafter's Companion

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Sunday, 15 November 2020

Snowman Heart Cupcake

 


Over at The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up it is the Merry Maidens turn to showcase some fabulous Christmas cards.


This paper pack Geometric Man designed by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles 
is up for grabs to the lucky winner who follows the optional Twist to make the card suitable for a man in honour of Movember.







If you want the chance to win this month's featured paper pack, be sure to create a card that features the twist.


The Sponsor for this challenge is Limited Runs who is offering a $10 gift certificate from their store.



I don't have access to a colour printer at the moment and cannot print out the digital papers so I have made a hybrid digital card. This way I can honour both the image artist, and use Lisa's digital papers. The added bonus is I then have the image already coloured to make into a physical card at a later date.


I chose to use this cute little image Snowman Heart Cupcake and coloured it with Promarkers. I made a starry sky background using a colouring technique from Beccy's Place. The blending creates a halo effect around the stars and this is enhanced with Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle pen, white gel pen and silver Stickles glitter glue. I used a red glitter gel pen to colour the heart.

I have used baby blue Stickles glitter glue for the top of the cupcake and added some diamond dust to the snow. The frosting and textured snow is courtesy of Aleenes Glitter snow embossing paste so there is tremendous texture to the image. This was then scanned to produce a digital copy to then make my card.

I use a program called Affinity Designer on the Mac and it is fabulous for creating digital scrapbook pages and cards like these.


I used sketch 194 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for the layout.

The base layer of the card is a plain dark blue. The next layer is the Grunge paper taken from the Geometric Man paper pack. I then added a half sheet of the Chevrons paper from the same pack.

Following the sketch circle layers are then created in the blue and Grunge to create a frame for the image to sit inside. I then created smaller circles to frame the sentiment.

The Merry Christmas Circle sentiment is a very old freebie from Bizzy Becs blog. This is still available to download here if you would like it. The heart sentiments inside this is from Daisy Doodles whose store is unfortunately now retired. The 2 combined make it suitable to give to your significant other.


Finally there have been some snowflakes added from Snow Much Fun. I have added some 'brads' to the centres which are simply small circles of the blue and Grunge papers.

I do hope you will take part in our challenge and look forward to seeing your creations.


Supplies Used :  

Digital Image -  Snowman Heart Cupcake by Limited Runs
Digital Papers - Geometric Man by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.
Digital Embellishments - Snow Much Fun Glitter Snowflakes by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.
Digital Sentiments - Circle sentiment by Bizzy Becs & Heart sentiment by Daisy Doodles (Retired)
Colouring Medium Used - Promarkers, Red glitter gel pen, White gel pen
Embellishments - Baby Blue & Stardust Stickles glitter glues, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle pen, Aleene's Glitter Snow embossing paste


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Waiting For Santa Window

 


Earlier in the year I made a digital card with this image for my DT work at 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. As part of my DT duties I need to be able to use the digital papers that Lisa makes at Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. I cannot print in colour at present so I colour whatever the sponsor's image is and then digitise it to make a fully digital card. This then gives me an already coloured image that i can use to make a physical card at a later date.

For Day 13 at Beccy's Place Month Long Holiday Cards Challenge the prompt is the letter K 
I have chosen K for Kitties and Kraft

The image is Waiting for Santa Window from the Fleaz Navidad set by Ike's Art. I have coloured it with Promarkers and added some details with coloured pencils. I used a gold gel pen on create a plaid pattern on window blind and tree pot. I added a white gel pen to the windows to create snowdrifts and some snowflakes. A clear glitter pen was used to add sparkle. Finally a green metallic gel pen was used to colour the Christmas tree.

I used Sketch 195 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for the layout


The base is some green cardstock and I made a square card as large as the sheet would allow. This has a kraft text paper on it that came in a big bundle years ago from Craftwork Cards. On this I added a scrap of tartan paper and matted with gold.

The circle element I used some pre-cut sentiment dies from Kanban that I have had for at least 15 years. They were all the rage at that time and I did use a lot years ago. I used them as I thought it would be a good way of adding a sentiment.

The gold snowflake strip was an element from a pre-printed Papermania die cut sheet. Finally I added 3 tree shaped brads.

Card Details -

Size – 6.5” x 6.5”
Digital Image - Waiting For Santa Window from the Fleaz Navidad set  (Ike's Art)
Die Cuts – Kanban die cut frames
Paper – Traditional Christmas (The Works). Kraft paper (Craftwork Cards)
Colouring Medium – Promarkers, gold, green & White gel pens, pencils
Embellishments – Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen, brads


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Saturday, 14 November 2020

Snowflake Window

 



For Day 11 at Beccy's Place Month Long Holiday Cards Challenge the prompt is to try something new whether that be a new technique, a new fold, a new product.

I have done a two-fer with this as I have tried a new fold and not one, but 2 new products.

I don't know what they call this type of fold. I saw something similar but I don't think it had as many folds as this and I kind of made it up as I went along.

I used an A5 sheet of blue card with a metallic sheen on it. I cut the large Frosted Window Snowflake aperture. This gave me 9mm each side to stick the concertina edge to it.

I started by making a template with a scrap piece of paper and the number of folds made it a little wider than a standard sheet of card. Fortunately I was able to use a larger piece but I suppose I could have reduced the number of folds to make it fit an A4 sheet. I wanted to have enough of a gap from front to back to make sure it stood up without falling over.

The back of the card has a lovely swirly vellum from the Glittering Snowflakes vellum pad.

Using some silver glitter paper I cut a border with the Joyful Snowflakes die. It is so pretty and swirly and was a birthday present from my sister 💝

Before I assembled the front panel I used the Snowfall stencil to add some Glitter snow embossing paste to the blue. When this was dry I used some red line double sided tape to add it to the accordion folds. It is really sturdy and holds its shape well. I cannot stand to use poor quality or flimsy cardstock. You can see the dimension in the side view photo below.




Gaps in the embossing have been filled with some glitter gem stickers from The Works.

Finally I added some assorted gems in shades of blue to the larger snowflakes.

This has left me with a large blue snowflake to use on a future card too ☺ 

Card Details -

Size – A5
Dies –  Frosted Window & Joyful Snowflakes (Crafter’s Companion) 
Paper – Glittering Snowflakes Vellum (Crafter’s Companion)
Stencil – Snowfall (Newton’s Nook)
Embellishments – Aleene’s Glitter Snow 3d Embossing Paste, Glitter Snowflake stickers (The Works) Assorted gems


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Friday, 13 November 2020

Joy To The World

 


For Day 11 at Beccy's Place Month Long Holiday Cards Challenge the prompt is the letter J 
I have chosen J for Joy.

The centrepiece of this card is the embossing folder Joy To The World which I got in a random goodie bag earlier in the year from Crafter's Companion. (Every time I say 'Joy To The World' in my head I am singing the hymn. I haven't heard it it sung it since I was in the school choir)

I embossed it onto some green Core'dinations cardstock and sanded it back to reveal the white core.

Using Promarkers I coloured the embossed areas to bring out against the background. I used a gold gilding wax to go round the shapes. The shine is shimmer looks a bit more subtle than in this photograph (so hard to get the lighting right at this time of year 😞)

I distressed the edges with a black ink pad and matted onto gold and red card.

The base is a sheet of A4 cream card and I used a damask patterned paper for the background. The card felt like it was going down a vintage style look and I tried lots of different paper combinations until I opted for this. I selected some nice ribbons that had a delicate shimmer and were not a solid block of colour. The bow arrangement started off with a solid gold lame bow that was recycled. I fed in strips of  very pale green ribbon and added a poinsettia underneath to create a contrast as it got lost otherwise.

The main poinsettia is many layers of flower forming foam that have been cut with some dies from Crafter's Companion. The gold berries have been recycled from posh Christmas Crackers and I added some of the red ones I bought from The Range.

I went food shopping with my Mother in Law yesterday and surprised the hell out of her because I bought myself a poinsettia plant. I used to absolutely hate them so she really could not get over me buying one. I think as I am getting more into gardening I recognise they add such vibrant colour in the dull winter months. Having read the care instructions it is likely I will probably kill it so here is a picture of it looking healthy LOL


Card Details -

Size – A5
Embossing Folder – Joy To the World (Crafter’s Companion)
Dies – Poinsettias (Crafter’s Companion)
Paper - At Christmas Time (Papermania)
Colouring Medium – Promarkers, Gold gilding Wax (Pebeo)
Embellishments – Holiday Hues Flower forming foam & Stamens (Crafter's Companion), ribbon, beaded berries, ribbon, bow


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Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Playful Penguins



For Day 10 at Beccy's Place Month Long Holiday Cards Challenge the prompt is the letter I. 
I have chosen I for Igloo (that's a new one for your list Beccy)

Earlier in the year I won a challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge and the prize was some rubber stamps and this Icy Igloo embossing folder from Crafter's Companion.

I embossed the whole folder in the light blue for the sky and used some silver rub on wax to highlight the snowflakes.

I cut a section of glittery paper for the snow on the ground. I then embossed 2 of the igloos in white card and cut the bottom layer of the whole igloo. I coloured the back/inside of the igloo in a medium grey to add depth to it. The 2nd layer I cut just the doorway and used a lighter grey Promarker. I always wondered why they had so many greys in them but quite glad for projects like this.... I used the silver wax to define the lines in the ice bricks and create shading on the doorway. It is really shimmery in the flesh and just like the shine you get off blocks of ice.

The little penguins are some really thick felt stickers I have had for a few years. They have never been used before, suffocating in their plastic packaging and desperate to come out to play. The naughty penguins are having a snowball fight with some mini glitter snowballs I found in The Range just before lockdown #2. The top one has had a right knock on his head judging by how his eyes are rolling.

Finally the sentiment is a 2 part die from Crafter's Companion. I cut the background in the dark blue that I used for matting the overall scene. The white top layer was so fine that I ran the thin card through my Xyron first. Fortunately it was just wide enough. The die cut is so fine I think it would have been quite difficult to add glue to it without some of it going through otherwise.

I was in 2 minds whether to cut the flourish off the end to make the sentiment more centralised. The more I look at it the more I realise I might have OCD issues.... LOL

Anyhoo, I am very pleased with this card as everything apart from the cardstock is brand new and Never Before Used Schtuff so I know Darnell will love this card as she is the champion of getting you to use your goodies that are languishing in their hidey places and never been used.

Card Details -

Size – A5
Embossing Folder – Icy Igloo by Crafter’s Companion
Dies – Yuletide Sentiment by Crafter’s Companion
Colouring Medium – Promarkers, silver rub on wax
Embellishments – Felt penguin sticker, Docrafts Mini snowballs


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