Showing posts with label Congratulations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congratulations. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 August 2021

New Car

 


It is the start of a new month 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 July freebie you will automatically get the August image free. If you have not taken part before you can request this month's image so head on over there and join in the fun.

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 Twinkle Lane Designs


We have been given the great set New Car to play with this month. You get the image of the car, a torn up L plate, 3 sentiments and 2 blank number plates. There are some great example cards made by the Twinkle Lane DT on their blog and on the Etsy store page. The car can be used for so many types of cards and is very versatile.

I decided to make a Driving Test congratulations card as it is something I rarely make.

I planned to make this a square card and thought a backing paper made with the L plates would be a good backdrop for the car. I use a graphics program Affinity Designer and it is very easy to add each motif into layers and manipulate them to fit the desired size. I made a digital mock up of the card to get the sizing for all the elements and then created the background. I printed the car and sentiment separately so I could mount them on top of the paper.

Once printed I coloured the L plates with a superfine tipped red Sharpie marker. I matted this on some red card and added to a white card base.

The car was coloured with Promarkers. I fussy cut this out and added foam pads to raise it up. The sentiment was matted onto a small piece of black card.

If you fancy having a go with this image I hope we will see you enter our challenge at 
The Outlawz and look forward to seeing the entries.

Card Details -


Size - 6” Square

Digital Image - New Car (Twinkle Lane Designs)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers, Sharpie Ultrafine marker, 



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

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Tuesday, 13 July 2021

A Sporty Celebration

 


At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.


One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.



A really good teacher friend had the fabulous news that they have been promoted to the head of PE. What a perfect excuse/reason to create a celebratory card combining 2 really versatile stamp sets Let's Celebrate & School Sports.  Kate really has packs to suit every occasion in her store.


I started out by making a tall slimline card using a sheet of A4 card as the base and dividing into 3 panels. This enabled me to make a traditional celebration card with the champagne bottle, glass and sentiment from Let's Celebrate Stamps.

I coloured the image using Promarkers adding shading with coloured pencils. A gold glitter marker has been added to the foil on the bottle and bubbles on the champagne. I added some star gems in the background and doodled borders with a fine tipped grey pen.  The label is blank and id the perfect place to add some personalisation.

All panels of the card have a patterned card stock with gold foiling which is a patterned file folder I found in The Range. I loved the design and thought it would work well on cards. I always look for supplies in unexpected places!




The middle panel is dedicated to the sports. I am not entirely sure what sports she teaches but going back to my school days hockey, netball, basketball, football were all popular so I thought I would be safe with the ones I chose.

The top image was made with the basketball hoop and I placed the ball so it was just about to pop in. The digital stamps have a white fill background so it is easy to place them in this manner in a basic digital program ( I am on a Mac and use Affinity Designer)

The centre image is the trophy, a trainer and a whistle. I am sure we all remember PE teachers and their whistles.....

The bottom image is 2 hockey sticks and a ball. 


This is a close up of all the stamps together. The back panel has been left blank for the hand written sentiment. I gave this card with a celebratory bottle of Prosecco and both were very well received.



Over at Kate Hadfield Designs there is lots going on. Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.


Card Details -


Size - 3 Panel DL Slimline

Digital Images - Let’s Celebrate Stamps (Kate Hadfield Designs) & School Sports Stamps (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers, Arteza Expert pencils, Gel pens, Spectrum Noir gold glitter marker

Paper - Noteworthy File Folders from The Range

Embellishments - Star Gems



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




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Thursday, 14 May 2020

VE Day 75th Celebrations


On Friday it was a Bank Holiday in the UK to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of VE day. 
Before the Covid-19 outbreak we were due to celebrate as a nation by holding street parties and all manner of different events. Due to the lockdown situation this was somewhat curtailed.

The neighbour opposite me had put a flyer through the doors to suggest we do something like have our lunches at 1pm at the end of our drive so we would all be able to celebrate together whist maintaining social distance.

Many of our neighbours put bunting up on the Thursday night and I didn't have any so I made some from cardstock and string and put it up on Friday morning. It was an amazing day spend with people who we have missed seeing properly for the last couple of months. The weather was fantastic and many of us were still out at 1am having imbibed a few alcoholic beverages. I think it was the blowout we all desperately needed after so long being cooped up.

The UK Prime Minister was due to make an announcement on the Sunday about the next steps and we were all fully expecting to be told that the lockdown situation would not change (and we were right!, not much has changed)


Anyhoo, I wanted to make a card for our friend to say thank you for organising it. I had used an embossing folder to make some Union flags, intending to cut the sections and piece together. I didn't have time to do them in the end but I thought it might work to make a card from.

I found this sketch from Feeling Sketchy and my plan came together.


The embossing folder is from the Portobello Road collection by Papermania. It is the first time I have used it so felt good to actually make use of it :) I embossed Red, White and Blue cardstock. White is the base layer and I then cut the blue and red sections to make the flag.

Using offcuts of card from my bunting I made a miniature version and added it to red white and blue bakers twine. I then added a sentiment. 

The card base is a pre-bought one, I feel they are too flimsy for card bases so I usually put 2 of these together to strengthen. This was perfect for sandwiching the twine between the 2 cards.

We had been asked to keep our bunting up for a few days as a neighbour up the road had passed away 4 weeks before. Her husband had said she would have loved the celebrations. Her funeral was on Monday and many of us were outside in our driveways to send the car off, all clapping. It was a great sense of solidarity at a sad time for Terry and his family.

I popped the card through the door for on Monday afternoon and a short time later got a lovely text from her saying how much she appreciated it and that she would be keeping it on her dressing table. That is a great compliment to me.

I am linking this card to The Card Concept challenge 135. This image of patriotic Red White and Blue with flags is absolutely perfect inspiration for this card



Card Details -

Size - 7" x 5"
Embossing Folder - Union Jack from Papermania
Embellishments - Bakers Twine
  
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)






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