Bertha's Bread Baking Bonanza

 

It is the start of a new month (OMG May already!) and I am back with my DT hat on for 

The Freebie/Progressive Challenge at The Outlawz.

As long as you made a card with the April freebie you will automatically get the May image free. It is a fabulous way to use images from artists you many not have used before. Also sometimes the image is completely different to something you would normally use. It has been a good way for me to stretch my creativity and take me out of my comfort zone. 

I would highly recommend anyone who is not already taking part to jump in and have a go. We are a really friendly bunch at The Outlawz.

This month we are sponsored by Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

We have been given this fun image Bertha's Bread Baking Bonanza to play with. During the early months of the pandemic last year many people were baking and clearing the shelves of flour. I myself rarely bake as you tend to eat the things that you shouldn't if you are trying to lose weight..... I can bake but it is better for my waistline that I don't 😉

I thought it might make a fun birthday card and planned to team it with a baking sentiment. I found the perfect one from Doodle Dragon Studios. I used to subscribe to an annual thing on Dustin Pike's blog and you got loads and load of images over the course of a year and this was one of them.

I found in my stash a die cut sheet from Hunky Dory with birthday cakes and cupcakes, frames and sentiments and started with that as my colour scheme.

I decided to make a Z fold card so Bertha could go on the front taking centre stage in all her baking glory. I coloured the image with Promarkers and added gel pen for silver streaks in her hair. The image was fussy cut and popped up on thin foam pads.

The card front has been covered with some lovely spotty vellum which was a bargain some years ago. I got 5 A4 sheets for only £1 from The Works. It is a lovely thickness too so you don't see the adhesive underneath. I added the die cut frame and popped Bertha inside busily baking away. I have adorned her with some self adhesive pearls and added some puffy sticker cupcakes from Paperchase.

The inside of the card has another frame from the die cut set. I loved the little hearts as it goes perfectly with the 'Baked With Love' sentiment. This has been coloured with Promarkers and a red glittery gel pen. I used a die from Spellbinders to cut the label shape and drew a line around it with a silver gel pen.

The cupcake is a decal that has been cut from a vinyl wallpaper. Whenever I go to the DIY stores I am always on the lookout for samples of wallpaper that have nice patterns or something interesting that might be suitable for using on a card.

The back panel of the card has this lovely cake, spotty frame and sentiment all from the die cut sheet.

This photo shows the card opened out and you can see how perfect the spotty vellum goes with the images. 

I have to be honest and say this is an image I would not have chosen to work with but it made me think outside the box and stretched my creativity to think of how I could use it. I am really pleased with how it turned out.

I hope we will see you enter our challenge at The Outlawz and look forward to seeing the entries using this image.

Card Details -

Size - 6” Z Fold Card

Digital Image - Bertha’s Bread Baking Bonanza (Dr. Digi’s House of Stamps)

Digital Sentiment - Baked With Love (Doodle Dragon Studios/Dustin Pike) (Retired)

Dies - Petite Labels 1 (Spellbinders D Lites)

Paper - Large Spot vellum from The Works

Pre-Printed Die Cuts - Let’s Eat Cake Simply Scrumptious Deluxe Card Collection (Hunkydory) 

Colouring Medium - Promarkers, gel pens

Embellishments - self adhesive Pearls, puffy cupcake stickers & wallpaper

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #50 Anything Goes With a Critter
• A Bit More Time to Craft - #139 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #5-2021 Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments - #273 Birthday Sentiment
• Cardz TV - #139 Anything Goes
• Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
• CD Sunday Plus - #59 - Anything Goes with a Digital
• Classic Design Challenge - #5 Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge - #16 Anything Goes with Colouring
• Crafty Animals - #50 Anything Goes with an Animal or Insect
• Crafty Catz - #549 Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations - #420 Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #210 Anything Goes
• Creative Craft Cottage - #139 Include An Animal
• Creative Fingers - #207 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #213 Anything Goes
• Dies R Us - #168 Anything Goes with a Store Brand Die (Spellbinders)
• Digi Choosday - #17 Anything Goes
• Di’s Digi Designs - Hand Coloured Image
• Dragonfly Dreams - Feature a Creature
• Gem of A Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• House That Stamps Built - #A2821 Anything Goes
• I Love Promarkers - #434 Anything Goes / Girly Card
• Jan’s Digi Stamps - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - #557 Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread - #144 Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #156 Anything Goes
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes
• Papercraft Challenges - #69 Fruits, Food & Vegetables
• Paper Shelter - #467 Birthday Card
• Passion For Markers - #589 Include a Sentiment
• Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge - #181 Birthdays
• Penny’s Challenge - #495 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #17 Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede - #419 Anything Goes
• Scrapping4fun Challenges - #191 Ladies
• Show Us Your Pussycats - #65 Furrything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
• The Creative Crafters - #39 Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #489-490 Anything Goes
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #4 Anything Goes