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Monday, 9 April 2012

Daisy Doodles #57 Easter




At Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges we have a new challenge today


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For my card the image I have used this cute little chick Chucky Egg you get this fabulous image with the sentiment in 3 formats for only $1. Head over to the Daisy Doodles Store to check these out and all the other great digi’s that are available !



I coloured in the image using Promarkers & Flexmarkers and used a Nestabilities die to cut it out. I used the latest sketch at Eat Sleep Stamp for the layout and am rather proud to say that both papers are scraps from the First Edition Spring Drop paper pad. The pale yellow card blank is from a Lets Make Cards pack.
                                                                                               
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 Easter challenge.

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


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – A6
Image – Chucky Egg by Daisy’s Digi Doodles
Patterned Paper – Spring Drop First Edition by Dovecraft
Tools - 3d Foam pads, Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilitie Die
Techniques – Diecutting

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

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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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Monday, 11 April 2011

Guest Designer at Shelly's Images


This week is my 2nd stint as a Guest Designer for Shelly's Images. They are having a DT call at the moment and I would have loved to enter but now I am on 4 DT's I think that is enough for the time being :)

The gorgeous image I was given to work with is Some Bunny and can be purchased from the Shelly's Images store here. I love how realistic the image is. Don't get me wrong I loves my cutesy images but I think it must be harder for a designer to get the attention to detail right when you are designing the more realistic ones like this is.

I have used the current sketch from Truly Scrumptious for the layout. The image is coloured using Promarkers and I used a blending pen to stomp on the coloured design to create some texture to the bunnies fur. The size of the finished card is A5 so you can see how clear the design has come out at a large size.

I have covered the base of the card with a pretty paper from Pink Petticoat which was a freebie in an issue of Creative Cardmaking magazine. We are so lucky that in the UK we have a few magazines where the freebie papers are such good quality that you do actually use them. However we also have some that are fabulous magazines but the papers are printed on the shiny thin paper and they are just not useable. Goodness only knows why they keep doing it. I always give these ones away to an old persons craft club as they always need materials.

Anyhoo, the pretty paper is so springlike with lots of Easter and spring references on it. I cut a strip of green card and used my Martha Stewart doily punch on it. The purple ribbon is a fabulous find. As I live in Birmingham we have a diverse array of cultures and there is a large Indian community. I love going to the Rag Market which is a big indoor market and there are a lot of stallholders with fabrics and haberdashery items. There is one Indian lady who has the most amazing trims, laces, ribbons and I usually buy loads of bits and pieces from her. This particular braid is 2 different sequin trims that are woven together with a metallic thread. Indian ladies would use it on the bottom of Sari's and on the hems of the trousers. She was fascinated that I would use these trims for cards. Just goes to show you can find crafty supplies in lots of places if you think outside the box.

Last but not least I added some little sequin flowers and popped some gems on the centres. The chipboard sentiment with the button is from a bargain pack of Easter items I bought from WH Smith's in the their January sale. The most amazing thing is that I could actually find them :)

Thankyou so much to Shelly's Images for again giving me this Guest Designer opportunity and please check out the creations that the Design Team have made with this image too on Shelly's Images Blog

I would like to enter this Card into the following challenges (in alphabetical order):-
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Saturday, 28 February 2009

Anyone for an Easter Egg ?

The last card I submitted for the Spring Forum Challenge was this Easter Egg shaped card. I made a template and the card measures A5.

I used Making Memories Cosmopolitan paper for the bottom half. The reverse of it was the pale pink that I used to make the Marths Stewart punched trim which has been lighly inked on the edges.

The top is DCWV textured card which has been run through a Cuttlebug folder. The ribbon is Papermania, the textured foil eggs are from The Early Learning Centre, the glittered chipboard one is from the DCWV drawers from QVC and the bunny was recycled from a Joanna Sheen catalogue.

This is the favourite of my 3 cards. The photograph doesn't reflect the colours very well as the lighting is a bit 'yellow'. Taking photos is the UK at the moment is a bit hit and miss due to the dull lighting most of the time.
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2 Sketches 4 You - Julie Campbell Bonus Sketch

This is the 2nd card I submitted for the Spring competition. I used one of the sketches that I'd not been anble to submit a card for by Julie Campbell who is a DT member over at 2 Sketches 4 You.

The papers are a double sided wrapping paper from Paperchase, the gems are also from there. The glittered egg and sentiment are from a Lets Make Cards pack. 
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CPS 103 & Forum Spring Challenge

This is one of the 3 cards that I submitted into the Easter/Spring forum challenge with bonus points awarded for bunnies.

I used the CPS sketch 103 as I hadn't been able to submit a card in time for the blog.

The glittery paper is from the DCWV Spring drawer set from QVC. The glitter bunny is from a Lets Make Cards pack and the paper daffodil is from my stash and was bought from Ebay yonks and yonks ago.

I inked the edges of the card as it looked a little stark. I don't usually make Easter cards so it is a breaw away from the norm for me.
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Sunday, 30 March 2008

Easter Cards

Here are some cards I made for Easter.

I think it is probably the first time I have made Easter cards for many years as it is not normally something I would card make for.

However, I just loved these images from Pink Petticoat and purchased them for a friend as a thankyou for being just fab! If you read this you know who you are.

All cards were made using blanks from Let's Make Cards, I have a number of these now and have put them in a box on my desk to use them 1st. The paper used on the 1st one was from a magazine freebie paper pack. I embellished the card with Primas and gems from Papermania.
The other 2 cards were for members of my family.

The patterned paper I had forgotten I bought it last year. It is a double sided wrapping paper from Paperchase. I love how bright it is and thought it went perfectly with the fun images from Pink Petticoat.

The ribbon is from Docrafts/Papermania.
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