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Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Imagine That #7 Party Animals

It’s time for Challenge #7 at Imagine That! Digis by Kris and if you took part in the last challenge you will have received the Party Animals pack which has this super image of Skipper & Munchkin with several options of message in the balloon, a blank one and extra sentiments. If you didn’t take part then don’t panic because you can buy the full set for only $2.50 which is fabulous value for just one image on it’s own!


Pop over to the store to see this image and all the other amazing sets. This set is available as a coloured option and there are some fabulous digi paper packs too so lots to choose from.

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Regular listeners will know that I am not particularly adept at making cards for the male species. I much prefer pretty flowers, papers, glitter and cutesy images so I declared this particular image perfect for a male’s card. I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers using browns and greens as I knew it would be perfect with my Basic Grey Archaic papers. I added some swirls to the tortoise with a fine tipped pen and opted for the Hoppy Birthday balloon image.

The layout is from a sketch at Sketch Saturday and I was struggling a bit with what to do for the 2 lines at the top right when inspiration struck and I thought I could use a couple of ribbon loops tied to the Nestabilities die. Finally I added the ‘Party’ peel off sentiment coloured with black marker onto a scrap of card.

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I do hope you will join in with our challenge. Progressive freebies are so much fun and a great way up building up your digi collection too. Pop over to our blog and see what the rest of the DT have made for our first proper outing. They are very inspiring and you won’t be disappointed J

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-
Card size – 6” Square
Image – Party Animals from Imagine That 
Sentiment – Peel off Sticker
Paper – Archaic by Basic Grey
Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities Lacy Squares die, 3d foam
Embellishments – grosgrain ribbon from stash
Techniques – Diecutting

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


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Sunday, 21 April 2013

OSAAT #160 Use A Digi


There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time 

Use a Digi

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet and there is a fabulous prize of all the images used by the DT on Challenge #158 for the lucky winner who uses a Store image

Please head on over to the NEW LOOK  & REBRANDED Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers. There is also a weekly free image with a purchase of over $3.

Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can sign up to the newsletter & become a follower at the

Stitchy Bear Store Blog


You must use a store image to win the main prizes and all other entries will be in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store

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It was Choccy’s turn to choose an image this week from Luke Carr Designs and we are using Sword. The image immediately made me think of a child battling dragons so I went looking through my stash for some suitable paper and found a completely unused pad of Archaic paper by Basic Grey. It has dinosaurs not dragons but I declared it close enough J

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers using browns and blues and cut the image out using a Nestabilities die that looks a bit like a heraldic shield. I distressed the edges with an inkpad and raised it on 3D foam.

I used a sketch from Sketch N Stash for the layout. I covered my card blank with a sheet of the brown paper, cut the spotty and dinosaur paper into quadrants and added the image in the middle. The sentiment was a freebie from an older blog Making Our Mark which I cut into a banner shape and added with more foam tape.

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 Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-
Card size – 6” Square
Image – Sword by Luke Carr Designs

Paper – Archaic by Basic Grey
Sentiment – Making Our Mark
Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities dies, 3d foam pads, small ink pad
Techniques – Diecutting & Distressing

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


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Sunday, 10 March 2013

OSAAT #154 Use a Digi


There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and this time it is a favourite…….

Use a Digi

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps and there is a fabulous prize of the images our DT used for challenge #152 for the lucky winner who uses a Store image


Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers.

Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can become a follower at the
Stitchy Bear Store Blog


You must use a store image to win the main prizes and all other entries will be in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store

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It was my turn to choose and image for Choccy and myself to use and in celebration of Spring it just had to be daffodils. I really do like the floral images that Floppy Latte does and this Floral Frame 7 is a fabulous example of her attention to detail that makes her floral designs so realist and a pleasure to work with.

I selected a word art from Diana at All About Me. She is so very generous with her digi kits and offers many word arts for free. This one is from Pink Spring and is available here. I coloured the image in Promarkers and Flexmarkers and cut it out using my super sharp Fiskars embroidery scissors. The blades are so precise and completely necessary for such detailed designs as this.

I used a sketch from Sketchy Challenges for the layout. The base designer paper is from Basic Grey. The doily is a die cut which has been inked with a brown distress pad to knock the edges back. The orange strip has been trimmed with a Martha Stewart punch. Finally a gold glittery butterfly has been added which was a purchase from Hobbycraft a good 3 years ago.

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 Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-
Card size – 6” Square
Image – Flower Frame 7 by Floppy Latte Designs
Sentiment – Pink Spring freebie kit by All About Me
 Paper – Hello Luscious by Basic Grey & Birdsong by Papermania
Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Distress ink pad, Nelies Flower doily die, Martha Stewart punch
Embellishments – Hobbycraft gliiter butterfly sticker

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

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Monday, 26 March 2012

Daisy Doodles #56 Spring




At Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges we have a new challenge today

Spring

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For my card the image I have used is these beautiful daffodils Spring Has Sprung. For only $2 you get this fabulous image and a Spring sentiment in 3 formats, blooming bargain!  Head over to the Daisy Doodles Store to check these out and all the other great digi’s that are available !




I really loved working with this little bunch of daffodils and nothing quite says Spring more than these gorgeous flashes of colour in your garden. I coloured the image in with Promarkers and Flexmarkers adding subtle shading in the oranges and yellows. The spotty paper on the background has been inked around the edges to soften it and the orange paper has been punched with my Martha Stewart trellis punch. I love how easily this punches and it is great for adding another paper yet sill allowing the background to poke through. The sentiment id a die cut from Hunkydory raised on 3d foam.
                                                                                               
I hope you will pop over to the blog to see the lovely creations on there from the rest of the DT and we look forward to seeing your entries in for our Spring challenge.

I'll see you again next week with another lovely Daisy Doodles design.


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – 6” Square
Image – Spring Has Sprung by Daisy’s Digi Doodles
Patterned Paper – My Minds Eye & Basic Grey
Tools - Scissors, 3d Foam pads, Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Martha Stewart Punch, small inkpad
Embellishments – Sentiment panel Hunkydory
Techniques – Punching & distressing

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


Diva’s By Design #27 – Distressing
Fresh Brewed Designs #88 – Dots
Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Flowers
Little Darlings #19 – Colours of Spring
Little Red Wagon#125 – Clean & Simple
My Mum's Craft Shop #49 – Use a Digi
Pixie Cottage #113 – Easter or Spring
Sassy Cheryl’s #107 – Think Spring
Scrapbook Sisters #76 – Anything Goes
Whimsical Wednesday – Spring
Whimsy Inspirations #31 – Anything Goes
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Friday, 15 April 2011

Bunny



This Easter card is made using a freebie image from Daisy Doodles. I have coloured it in with Promarkers and added a white fluffy tail with puff paint by Woodware. I haven't used it for ages and it still amazes me how much it puffs up with a heat gun. Small children are pleased by little things LOL

I used the sketch at Gem of a Challenge for the layout of the card and it measures a finished size of A5.

I have used one of my new Nestabilities sets to cut a mat out for the image with a paper by Basic Grey. I used a Marianne creatables die to cut the chick paper and a Fiskars punch on the Easter text paper. Both Easter papers are by Papermania, another half price bargain purchase from WH Smiths at Christmas.

I have added some Easter letter chipboard stickers from a pack I used on another Easter card. The little chick in the corners is from that too, isn't she sweet with her little pink ribbon :)

Last but not least I added some embroidered flowers which were one of the very 1st purchases I made in 2002 when I started cardmaking. They were on a lovely trim of assorted colours and I very carefully cut each flower and stored them, never to be used until now.



I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order) :-
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Sunday, 27 February 2011

Bee Bear

Over at the CDAC Just Some Lines is the host for the colour challenge and has given us this gorgeous freebie to work with and the spring colours of pink, blue, green & yellow.

I started with the sketch from the latest challenge over at Basic Grey and thus with the exception of the scrap of yellow damask paper from Papermania, all the other papers are by BG from the Two Scoops collection.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and I used a new Marianne Creatables die to cut it out. This is such a pretty frame and I have only just used it this weekend!! I have used another die to cut the sentiment mat. The sentiment is a Papermania adhesive sticker with some glitter added to it.

Accessories are mulberry paper daffodils, Flora Doodles fabric flower with matching centre. Double layered dahlias with Paperchase gem centres, lacy pink ribbon from the Rag Market and yellow bow from Papermania.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-
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Thursday, 3 February 2011

Glitterbabe Daffodil


This lovely bright card has been made using a Daffodil digi from Glitterbabe and the current sketch from Unscripted Sketches.

The image has been coloured in with Promarkers. The yellow paper is Basic Grey and the floral paper is from the DCWV Citrus Mat Stack. The spotty orange the image is mounted on has been recycled from the inside of a shop bought card which was given to me. I have used a Nestabilities labels die to cut the image and mat out and used a small brown inkpad to distress the edges.

I have added a lovely ruffled lace trim from my Rag Market shopping trip last week and cut a double layered flower out from the rest of the floral paper, mounting on 3d foam for added dimension. I have added various sized red gems to the flower centres and a small sentiment from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-
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