OSAAT #142 - Use A Digi

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

Anything Goes

We have a new sponsor this week. Rick St Dennis has a fabulous prize for the lucky winner who uses a Stitchy 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.

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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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Goodness me, this is my 900th post! That's a lot of cardmaking and waffle, thankfully though for you my dear readers most of it has been cardmaking......

It was my turn to pick an image for me and teamie Choccy to work with and as I am still frantically trying to get my Christmas cards done I chose this Christmas Candle image from Kaz Kraftz. You get 2 different files, one which is the candle image in 2 different sizes and the other which is the candle and a topper of the floral section for decoupage. It is this one I chose to work with for my card.

I coloured the image using Promarkers & Flexmarkers and kept to the traditional red and green Christmas colours. I used some Woodware applique paint for the wax on the candle so it is raised and shiny, just like dripping wax would be. I also used some glossy accents to add shine to the candle flame and the pool of wax on the top of the candle. Unfortunately the photo doesn’t show the shine as much as it should. It is so dark and dismal in the UK and this was lit with 2 lamps. After several attempts I had to admit defeat L  I added some Stickles glitter glue and gold and red to the poinsettia and a few accents using a gold gel pen.

The card blank was distressed around the edges with a small blank ink pad. The main backing paper is from a Dovecrafts pad, Back to Basic Christmas. I used a Nestabilities die to cut a mat from a scrap of green card. The oval of text paper is from Papermania and then the candle image is laid onto this.

The glittery spotty ribbon is from Dovecraft, the Papermania sentiment has been matted onto some more green card and the added gems are from a DCWV Christmas kit.

I was lucky enough to be asked to make a project using an image from our Sponsor Rick St Dennis which is coming up on the next post.

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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 -  A6

Image – Christmas Candle by Kaz Krafts

Sentiment – Docrafts/Papermania

Paper – Kanban freebie from Creative Cardmaking Magazine & Back to Basics Christmas by Dovecraft

Embellishments –Woodware applique puffy paint, Stickles glitter glue, Glossy Accents, Gems by DCWV, Ribbon by Dovecraft

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities die, small inkpad

Techniques – Distressing, Decoupage, Die cutting

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

• 2 Sisters Challenge #120 – Christmas Sparkle
• Addicted To Stamps #44 - Christmastime
• Artistic Inspirations #17 – Anything Goes
• ATC’s & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments #68 – Bingo (3D item, Bling, Happy)
• Avadares Challenge #6 – Anything With A Digi
• Broken Box Stock #15 – Happy Holidays
• Catch The Bug – Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody #8 – Anything Goes
• Corrosive Challenge #163 – Anything Goes
• Crafting For All Seasons #41 – Flowers
• Crafts 4 Eternity R#100 – Any Christmas Project
• Crafts and Me #112 – Ribbon or Trim
• Crafty Boots Challenge – Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments – Red, White & Green
• Creative Stamp Friends #65 – Christmas
• Crimbo Crackers #29 – Anything Goes Christmas
• Cupcake Craftroom – Anything Goes for Christmas
• DL Art Thankful Thursday – Any December Holiday
• Diva’s By Design #63 – Glitter & Sparkle
• Drunken Stampers #108 – Fire & Ice
• Eclectic Ellapu #8 – Santa Paws or Snowflakes
• Eureka Stamps #16 – Holiday Fun
• Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
• For Fun Challenges – Christmas With Sparkle
• Forever Friends #50 – Glitter & Sparkle
• Fussy & Fancy  #77 – I Love Christmas
• Gingerloft #53 – Leaves
• Glitter & Sparkle #9 – Flowers
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Merry Christmas
• Great Impressions Stamps – Anything Goes
• Hooked on Crafts #27 – Christmas
• House of Gilli #46 – Die Cuts
• I Love Promarkers #145 – Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #87 – Anything Goes
• Jingle Bells – Anything Holiday Goes
• Lady Anne’s Stamp Challenge – Anything Goes
• Ladybug Crafts #4 – Christmas and/or Winter
• LEJ Designs #31 – Favorite Technique (decoupage a digi image)
• Lexi’s Creations #78 – Christmas
• My Graphico #141 – Anything Goes
• My Sheri Crafts #99 – Tis The Season
• No Matter Which #5 – Christmas
• Ooh La La Creations #119 – Spots & Dots
• Outlawz CPC113012  – Anything Goes
• Papercraft Star #122 – Holiday greenery
• Paper Makeup Digi Makeover #64 – Christmas
• Paper Shelter #92 – Christmas is Coming
• Papertake Weekly  – Free For All
• Partytime Tuesday #96 – Anything Goes
• Passion For Promarkers - #177 Distressing
• Pixie Dust Studio – Winter Holiday Creations
• Platypus Creek #21 – Christmas Flowers
• QKR Stampede #16 – Christmas
• Ribbon Girls - Christmas
• Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes
• Simply Create #12 – Anything Goes
• Sketchy Colours #142 – Red Green & White
• Squigglefly #47 – Glitter & Bling
• Stamp Your Life #1 – Anything Goes
• Stampavie & More #182 – Anything But Square
• Stempelsonne Challenge #77 – Anything Goes with a Stamp
• Sweet Stampin’ Challenge – Ribbons & Snowflakes (on paper)
• Tanda Teaser #203 – Anything Christmas
• There’s Magic in The Air – Sparkle
• Through The Craftroom Door #46 – Anything Goes
• Totally Gorjuss #160  - Anything Goes With Glitter
• Tuesday Alchemy #42 – Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown #125 – Lots of Layers
• Unique Crafters Challenge – Christmas
• Wags n Whiskers #93 – Christmas
• Whimsy Inspirations #53 – Traditional Christmas Colours