happy 18th

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This card was made for a young man turning 18 he plays in a brass band so I decided to keep it pretty simple and music focused
1.The papers were from a free paper pack I got in a magazine years ago and never found a use for it fit the bill for this card perfectly
2. It was done from a sketch the 18 was diecut with my Cuttlebug using some cookie cutter dies I thought the size and the cut out circles would fit nicely on this card
3. The Happy birthday was a precut chipboard out of my stash I altered the colour with a gold sharpie
4.The music score along the bottom of the card was punched from my Fiskars Avantedge edge punch. It was cut from a metallic paper and run through my Xyron sticker maker.
5. In keeping with the music theme I hand cut the large musical note from the same kit as the papers
6. The horizontal strip and the diamond on which the sentiment is mounted both are printed with random musical notes
7. the black cardstock adhered to the card blank and the brown tones I felt were in keeping with the male theme
8. all papers were adhered with double sided tape in order according to the sketch.
had to rack my brain a bit for this one but I think it worked out in the end

challenges this card is entered in:

cheerfulsketcheschallenge.blogspot   February Challenge

pearls and lace

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This image is from Di's digis she was coloured with spectrum noir pens.
1. the lilac cardstock was first embossed through my cuttlebug
2. this embossing was sanded and chalked with mauve chalk to make it stand out from the background
3. the image was diecut through my cuttlebug as was the ace doily
4. I coloured the white background with flesh coloured crayon and inked the edge with a mauve stamp pad
5. the image was centered and glued to the lace doily which was then adhered to the embossed cardstock
6. all adhered with double sided tape to my card blank
 all from my existing stash I think she fits the theme perfectly
                 

challenges she is entered in:

creativecraftcottage.blogspot  Challenge #58 Pearls and/or Lace 

merry go round and round

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first prize at Ikes World February Challenge

this delightful image is from Ikes World
1. the image was coloured with spectrum noir pens and some sharpie ultrafines
2. the cardstock is one that has been in my stash for years I got it in a pack and never really found a use for it
3.The doily is from my mini8 punch garland of flowers
4. I then cut the centre out with a creative memories cutting system small circle.  I didnt want to cover up that cardstock
5. the edges of the large doily were chalked there is another small doily under the image diecut some time ago and never used fit this project perfectly
6. after trimming the cardstock to fit I started gluing items down in order. Because it is a glitter cardstock I used a fairly strong glue
7. the sentiment was stamped onto an already punched yellow card and this was outlined with versamark stamp pad. after mounting with foam squares I chalked it with a yellow glitter chalk (not real clear in the picture
it was a fun card to do

challenges this card s entered in:

ikesworldchallengeblog challenge #57 going round in circles

beach babe

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this delightful image is from Mari's digistamp shop
1.she was coloured with polychromos pencils and then cut out including the blue background
2. the doily was diecut with a Kaisercraft die through my cuttle bug
3. the red cardstock from my stash was trimmed to fit my card blank two corners were punched before adhering
4.the doily was glued down first then I adhered the image to my doily
5. took me a while to work out embellishments until I found a seashell page in one of my colouring books. The A4 page was reduced to A6 before copying and printing
6. the shells were outlined with a red sharpie ultrafine and individually cut out by hand
7. after putting them through my Xyron stickermaker they were added to the card
8. the sentiment was simply a stamp that was coloured and punched out then chalked with red glitter chalk before mounting on the premade flower with foam squares

8. 3 little diamantes in two corners completed this card.

Challenges she is entered in: 

maridigischallenge.blogspot  challenge #10 vacation rentals

hearts and flowers

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1. the imageon this card came from my Fanciful Faces colouring book from Creative Haven
2. she was coloured with polychromos pencils
3. the image was scanned and prined out in A6 size to make her suitable for  card
4. the love hearts were cut from my Fiskars cutting plates and both were inked before adding to the card
5. the purple cardstock was embossed and chalked then trimmed to fit before adhering to card blank
6. the image in its heart was mounted with foam squares to give the card a bit of dimension
7. the sentiment and flowers were added after the card was assembled
then I added the foil sticker edges and corners t give her a little bit of bling
8. my three of a kind are my flowers
I don't do a lot of flowers and definitely never three on one card

challenges she is entered in:

craftingforallseasons Challenge #120 Three Of A Kind

searching for peace

This delightful scene was coloured from 'tiny woods' colouring book from Kaisercraft

1. coloured with polychromos
2. background faber castell pastel blocks (blended with cotton wool)
 and soft pastels from art spectrum (blended with an eraser of all things I accidently stumbled on this one)
3. clouds were drawn from a stencils and coloured with pitt pastel pencils white and grey
this one will probably get framed
blogs I have entered this in:
 pathofpositivitychallenge. challenge 35 Desire
 

kitten love

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This gorgeous little stamp was designed by Julia Spiri
1. the image was coloured with pastel pencils and pastel blocks
2. it was then trimmed and the corners rounded and I inked the edges
3. the background doily was die cut with my cuttlebug out of pink cardstock
4. the edges of the doily were inked ith the same colour ink (pink petunia versamagic)
5. the pale mauve cardstock was trimmed to fit and was stencilled using a darker mauve eyeshadow and edged with a pink brush tip pen from Faber Castell
6. all pieces were adhered in order and five small diamantes in each corner completed my card

Challenges she is entered in:

 juliaspirichallengeblog challenge #11 love is in the air
giveacrafteracookie.blogspot challenge #37 

Yoga Kitty

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1. This delightful image is from my colouring book Cats by Desmedoilles reduced to A6 before copying and printing
2. It was coloured with polychromos pencils by Faber-Castell
3. After colouring the A6 card was trimmed and the corners rounded
4. It was then mounted on a dark red cardstock which also had the corners rounded
5. The purple patterned paper out of my stash was trimmed to fit my card
6. The sentiment is from a rubber stamp coloured with sharpies and fussycut before mounting with foam squares
7. and some little diamantes for the corners

hope you like it

challenges he is entered in:

giveacrafteracookie.blogspot challenge #37
showusyourpussies.blogspot 

ahoy there

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1st prize winner at Meet at Scrappers Corner

1.This little fellow from My Bestiewas coloured with polychromos encils
2.I did do a background with pastels but didn't like it so fussy cut him and glued him to a pirate themed paper in a 6"x6" pad
3.the little priate in the row boat was also fussy cut from the same paperpad and run through a xyron sticker maker as were the anchor the pennants and an extra cloud
4. It was finished off with the tag dicut in my cuttlebug and 'ahoy there' and outline done with a white gel pen.

challenges he is entered in: 

giveacrafteracookie.blogspot challenge #36

meetatthescrapperscorner.blogspot challenge #21 anything goes

World's Greatest Shave

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1.This delightful image from My Besties was coloured with polychromos pencils
2.The background was done with pastels.
3.Once I had diecut the orange card I inked it around the edges
4.then I cut the image to fit and rounded the corners this was aso lightly inked around the edges.
6.The image was adhered at an angle to fit nicely into the diecut mat.
5.The yellow paper in the background was stamped with a background stamp once I had added the matted image I coloured the visible flowers with staedtler triplus pens and edged the whole card with a Triplus fineliner in red.
6.The bow was made from ribbon out of my stash.
Hope you like her

challenges she is entered in:

meetatthescrapperscorner.blogspot Challenge # 21anything goes