Monday, 15 June 2020

Gingham




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


The optional Twist for this challenge is "Gingham" inspired by the prize paper pack on offer for the winner Gingham 1 designed by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.

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




This months we are sponsored by Oddball Art and the prize is $10 to spend in their store. 



For my card I have used Rudolph image 485. This is a beautifully elegant reindeer suitable for any Christmas card.


I have coloured Rudolph with Promarkers & Flexmarkers and added some texture with a blender pen to create a mottled effect in the hide as you would see on a real deer. I also added some white gel pen to the antlers.

As I don't have access to a colour printer at the moment I have scanned in the image and used it to make a digital card.

I use a program called Affinity Designer on the Mac and created a square card. The base layer is This Way Sign paper from Welcome to The North Pole by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.


The image has been matted onto a layer of plain red and then plain brown. The gingham is Light Salmon from Gingham 1.

The sentiment is from Holiday Hoopla Word Art from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. 
I just loved the Santa hat and felt it would suit going to the North Pole, after all that is where Santa lives.



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


Digital Supplies Used :  

Image :  Rudolph Image 485 by Oddball Art
Coloured with Promarkers, & Gel Pens
Papers -  Welcome To The North Pole & Gingham 1 packs by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.
Sentiment - Holiday Hoopla Word Art from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)
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Thursday, 11 June 2020

Male Birthday


I am the first to admit that I struggle with making cards for men. There is just not enough opportunity to add girly stuff. It is quite ironic as I am not really a feminine girly girl but love to make female orientated cards.... 

I bought some Julie Hickey dies from Hochanda last year which are perfect for men's cards. This card is one I made for my nephew CJ. He has grown up all his life with Aunty Mandy making his cards, I try to make them personalised for him or relevant to hobbies and pastime he is interested in.

The card base is a silver cardstock that has embossed stars in it. I have added some balloon patterned paper that was from a birthday pack by Dovecraft.

The lighter frame has been cut with one of the dies. This card is a textured metallic card I have had in my stash for many years. It has a pattern on it which reminds me of streamers and party poppers.

I added a layer of holographic silver card under this and separated the layers with 3D foam. Happy is a silver peel off which has been coloured black with a Sharpie marker pen. Birthday is one of the Julie Hickey dies. CJ is lettering from a Cuttlebug alphabet.

The gift has been recylcled from and old Christmas card. The blue and red balloons have been cut from the same backing paper and I have added silver star peel offs and various gems. Finally some Papermania twine has been added to the balloons.

Card Details -

 

Size - A5

Dies - Happy Frame & Birthday word by Julie Hickey Designs. Red Tag Sale Cuttlebug alphabet by Provo Craft

Designer Paper - Dovecraft

Embellishments - Twine & diamante gems


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


 

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Sunday, 7 June 2020

Prosecco Birthday



This is the card I made for my Sister in Law's Birthday. Crafter's Companion have recently had some amazing sales and this Prosecco Celebration stamp & die set was included in a mystery goodie bag.

I have always liked making shaker cards and you use the dies to make the little bottle which about 5" high so a decent size to work with. I cut from gold card, acetate for the window and black card for the back. I used small black foam squares all round the edge to give the space for the shaker section. I used an embossing bag to rub over the glitter and around the inside edge of the foam to stop the shaker contents sticking to it.  It is filled with White and gold seed beads and glitter. 

Using the provided dies I created a label, used a gold gel pen on the inside edge. I added peel off letters with a gem to personalise it. The label around the neck I added a heart gem.

The card base is covered with one of my favourite glittery papers from DCWV. I added some happy birthday sentiment card from stash which I have had for many, many years. 

The black panel behind the bottle and the gold one behind the sentiment are both from the Baroque frames dies set from Crafter's Companion. The cork has been cut using the die set. I cut this 3 times to make it thicker and added some thin wire to make it look more authentic. I added 'champagne' gems to look like fizzy bubbles popping out the top of the bottle.

Finally the sentiment is a rubber stamp from the set. I have never been particularly keep on stamping as my results have been very hit and miss over the years. That is until I got my Tim Holtz stamping platform. The fact I can do 2 or 3 imprints in the same place EVERY time is a game changer for me. No more using too little or too much ink and ruining it for either reason. I used a Versafine ink pad and the imprint is so crisp and clear. I couldn't be more delighted with it.

I really enjoyed making this card. I probably would not have bought this set as it is quite expensive but as part of a mystery goody bag it was tremendous value. I think it has so many potential uses for different occasions that it will be a very useful set to have in my stash.

Card Details -

 

Size - A5

Dies - Prosecco Celebration & Baroque frames by Crafter's Companion

Rubber Stamp - Prosecco Celebration by Crafter's Companion

Embellishments - seed beads, glitter, diamante gems


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




 


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Friday, 29 May 2020

Amelia Mermaid



Over at the Outlawz Challenges there is a progressive freebie challenge. If you complete and upload a card the previous month you will automatically get the image to work with for the following month. It is a great way of using image of a different style than you would usually use and also from different artists.

This month we have been given Amelia Mermaid by Elena Zinski Art. I have coloured with Promarkers and a silver Sharpie for the sunglasses. The image has been mounted onto dark blue card.



I used sketch 182 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for the layout. 

I made a smaller version of the fish bowl card so used the same papers as before from my stash. The holographic paper makes it difficult to photograph as I have to be careful not to put a reflection of myself in it but the wave effect does suit the image being in the water.



I found a suitable sentiment from TLC Creations that I have had for years. Paulette is very generous with her freebies and I would definitely recommend that you follow her blog.  The sentiment has been coloured with a blue Promarker as I felt leaving it white was too stark.

Finally I added homemade enamel dots which have been made by melting pony beads. I found the tutorial here on Creative Bug on the Loose from many years ago.

Card Details -

 

Size - 6" x 6"

Image - Amelia Mermaid by Elena Zinski Art

Sentiment - Summer Brings by TLC Creations

Colouring Medium - Promarkers & Silver Sharpie

Embellishments - Homemade enamel dots


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





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Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Fish Bowl


On the Stamper's Delights Facebook Group there is a monthly progressive freebie challenge. This month it is a great Fish Bowl set where you can create your own scene. There are so many possibilities with permutations that you can create with this set.


I used the fish bowl, coral, grass and the happy fish from this set. I also added a cute little Seahorse from Bugaboo Stamps. The image has been coloured with Promarker pens and I added some silver gel pen bubbles

The sentiment is a very old freebie from Marlene Shaw who used to design under the name 'Disguised as a Grownup'. It seemed perfect for the lockdown situation we have found ourselves in with the Covid-19 virus.



I used sketch 182 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for the layout. The base layer of paper I wanted to use circles to emulate the bubbles in the fishbowl. I then used some holographic paper for the lower section which has waves in it. Finally I added homemade enamel dots which have been made by melting pony beads. I found the tutorial here on Creative Bug on the Loose from many years ago.

Card Details -

Size - 8" x 8"
Images - Fish Bowl from Stamper's Delights & Seahorse from Bugaboo Stamps
Colouring Medium - Promarker & silver gel pen
Embellishments - Homemade enamel dots

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

 

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Saturday, 23 May 2020

Birthday Elephant


It is my Sister in Law's Birthday today and her Mom asked me to make a card for her as she can't get out to the shops. I offered to get one for her but she insisted she wanted me to make one as mine are better than shop bought ones. It is the first time she has ever said anything like that so I was quite pleased.

She loves elephants so I used the Birthday Elephant digital stamp from Bugaboo Stamps. I have coloured it with Promarkers and added a bit of sparkle using a Sakura clear glitter pen. I have added some gems to the star and heart symbols around the image.

I have used the latest sketch from Stella Says Sketch for the layout, stretching it to fit an A5 size card. 


The base of the card has been covered with a glittered paper from DCWV.  I used colours from that to colour the image and for the matting layers. Both sentiments have been recycled from shop bought cards.


Card Details -

Size - A5
Image - Birthday Elephant by Bugaboo Stamps
Colouring Medium - Promarkers & Sakura clear glitter pen
Embellishments - self adhesive gems

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

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