Sunday, 15 March 2020

Ice Ice Baby


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 "Ice Ice Baby" inspired by the prize paper pack on offer for the winner Winter Weather designed by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.




This month we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who have a fabulous range of images in their store including some lovely Christmas ones. It is no secret to regular visitors to my blog that I absolutely love Jodie's images and she is so generous with free images every week and also mothy subscriber and Facebook freebies. 


I chose Little Penguin Decorate Tree to work with. I loves me a Christmas tree and as we needed to feature ice or snow I felt the image would lend itself to this very well.

Digi Singles,Little Penguin Winter - decorate tree,Bugaboo Stamps,

I coloured the image using a combination of Promarkers, Spectrum Noir and gel pens. I followed a tutorial on Beccy's Place of how to colour the night sky to add stars and snowflakes to the background. Beccy's instructions were so easy to follow and I am so pleased with the finished result. The ground has loads of irridescent glitter and is textured with glue 'snowdrifts'


I have used the latest Stella Says Sketch 806 from the Catch the Bug blog for the layout.

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 Photo on the Mac and created an A5 landscape card. The base layer is Abstract Frost, and I have created 3 panels using the Snow Swirls and Let it Snow papers all  from the Winter Weather paper pack by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.

I have added a snowflake from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. 


I then added some blue brads in different sizes to highlight the snowflakes. This is from a digital kit I have had on my computer for many years and I don't know who the designer is.

Finally I added the sentiment from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. I think it may have been an old freebie Lisa had on her blog a long time ago.

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

Digital Supplies Used :  

Image :  Little Penguin Decorate Tree from Bugaboo Stamps
Coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle pen & White Gel Pen
Papers - All from the Winter Weather pack from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles
Embellishment - Glitter Snowflake 1 from Snow Much Fun - Decosse's Dynamite Doodles


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






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Friday, 13 March 2020

80th Birthday Celebrations


Paul's Mum & Dad were divorced many years ago and his Dad re-married over 30 years ago. It is his wife's 80th birthday later in the month and they are going on a month long golfing holiday to Mauritius next week as they usually do at this time of year. They go to the same golf resort twice a year for their birthdays and they really spoil them. I am sure as it is Noreen's 80th she will be treated like a queen.

Edited 18/03 - They were due to fly today and their flight was cancelled on 16th due to the Coronavirus :(

I have made this card using an image from the Champagne digital stamp set from Beccy's Place. I felt this would be a perfect image for this special celebration. It has been printed out quite large and I created a decoupage layer for the strawberries and champagne glasses. 

I coloured the image with a combination of Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens adding a gold Sharpie for the foil on the bottle and a much finer nibbed gel pen. I added an 'N' to the bottle for Noreen and a clear glitter Spectrum Noir pen to the glasses to create a sparkly lustre. You can see the close up below, it looks really lovely in the light with a subtle sparkle. 


The image has been matted onto red cardstock and the decoupage layer mounted onto foam pads for dimension. It was very fiddly cutting thin slivers for the glass stems though....

The card base is an 8" x 8" pre-bought scalloped one. I added a layer of black card and then some metallic Happy Birthday text card I have had in my stash for a million years. I think it might be from a Dawn Bibby kit I had from QVC at least 10 years ago! Go me for using up some old stash :)

The sentiment panel is a cool one from Spellbinders. You get the outside shape, a circle die, a little heart and numbers 0-9. As it cuts the lettering around the circle it is quite awkward to mount on 3d foam so I have cut this out 3 times in black card. This makes it a bit like a 'thicker' sticker and much more stable. I cut out layers of hearts and circles and then the number 80 is 2 layers of card thick. Finally I added heart gems from the wedding section of The Range and some tiny gems to emulate champagne bubbles above the glasses.  

Card Details -

Size - 8" x 8"
Image - Champagne by Beccy's Place
Dies - Happy Birthday With Numbers - Spellbinders Shapeabilities
Colouring Medium - Promarker, Spectrum Noir, Sharpie, Pentel Gel Pen
Embellishments - Heart gems from The Range, Docrafts self adhesive gems


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


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Monday, 9 March 2020

Mom's Birthday


It's my Mother In Law's birthday on the 13th and this is the card I have made for her.

She absolutely loves Fuchsias so I decided to use this digital image from Beccy's Place. This is a free image on her site and she also includes a colour version.

I coloured the image using a combination of Spectrum Noir and Promarkers. I recently bought a mystery bag from Crafters Companion and there were 2 packs of Spectrum Noir pens in it. Having used Promarkers exclusively for the last few years I was surprised how good these pens were. The pink is really bright and there was no streaking at all. I added gel pens to the stamen.

The image is matted onto pink card. The purple card has been cut with a square die set Layers, Frames & Banners from Julie Hickey Designs.

The base card has been covered with a green paper from Hot Off The Press. Using a Mandala die from Crafter's Companion I cut a lace edged piece pice of card. It is quite a thick card and the die was very intricate but has cut very well.

I added some rich purple ribbon. A sentiment panel from Craftwork Cards has been matted onto scraps of card and mounted on 3d foam. I have added a mixture of flowers from my stash and some gems. Finally a Mum peel off from Docrafts completes the card.

Card Details -

Size - 8" x 8"
Image - Fuchsia from Beccy's Place
Dies - Square Layers, Frames & Banners from Julie Hickey Designs. Gemini Mandala Create a Card on Edge from Crafter's Companion
Colouring Medium - Promarkers & Spectrum Noir
Embellishments - Flowers, gems


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


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Wednesday, 4 March 2020

Joy


Crafter's Companion are having a DT call on Facebook and I have put myself in the mix. I have no idea if I am good enough or if my style is what they are after but if I don't enter I'll never know will I?

As an example of my work I have submitted this card which I made using a Crafter's Companion Cut and Emboss folder. I had seem someone use it on a Facebook group and absolutely loved it. It is so simple and classic. I adore snowflakes and the fact it is right front and centre in this image makes for a simple but effective card.

I cut it out using some heavyweight white card which took the embossing really well. My bigshot cut the lettering very crisply and I have of course kept the letters to make another card in future. I have loads of big snowflakes that will be perfect to go with them.

I used metallic wax that you rub ion with your finger to highlight the embossed snowflakes. I find it is better to be very sparing and use a light touch, building up the colour as you go along. You can add more but if you use too much you can easily ruin the project (don't ask me how I know....)

I had added some 'string' using gold peel off strips that came from Lakeland Limited a million years ago. The main image corners were rounded with a punch and I cut some matte metallic gold paper to go underneath so the letters are highlighted and this is also the border. Again the corners have been trimmed.

This whole section has then been added to a card blank made using an A4 sheet of textured card.

Now we get to the best bit..... twinkle. I added loads of self adhesive gems to the centres of the small snowflakes and different sizes to the large one. The finishing touch is the fabric bows that are in a gold lame type fabric.

I have linked all my social media to the DT entry. I do hope they will have a look at my old blog (linked in the tab at the top) as this has so many years of my cardmaking that went dormant hence having to start this new blog.
Card Details -

Size - A5
Embossing Folder / Die - Joy Gemini Cut & Emboss Folder from Crafter's Companion
Punch - Woodware corner punch
Colouring Medium - Gold Rub on wax
Embellishments - Gems, fabric bows

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

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