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Thursday, 14 April 2011

Tree of Life


This gorgeous digi image is called Tree of Life and is by Nana Vic. She very generously gave it to us over at CDAC to make a card for a challenge. She has painted several of these as triple canvases and they look amazing. I love all the detail in it and the intricacy of the design. It was a pleasure to colour in and I am really pleased with how my card came it.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and the dots have a variety of Stickles glitter glue in silver, gold and irridescent as well as gold liquid pearls and a metallic gold pen. They all add a sumptuous feel to the card.

The panels have been mounted on 3d foam. I used a sheet of A4 pearlescent bronze card for the base and added some luxury embossed swirl paper from Kanban which has a metallic sheen to it. It's almost a shame to cover the swirls up but it fits in really well with the image and I knew it would be a perfect compliment. Amazingly I actually found it in my stash too, must be more organised than I though LOL.

To finish I tied some jute string in a knot, added my little charm (thought the red would pick up the apples in the tree) The sentiment is also from Kanban and is mounted on 3D foam either side of the string.

I am so please with how this turned out that I may have a go at making one larger so I can frame it for in our hallway.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order) :-
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AIF076 Party Animal & A Freebie



We have a new challenge for you today at AI Factory and this week we have an Party Animal theme. We want to see you create a Birthday card with animals on them.

We're showcasing a fabulous Clipart set of Cupkaes which is available from the AI Store here.
You get 12 different cupcake images on a sheet. The store is being re-vamped at the moment, a lot of time has been spent on it and it looks great but please bear with us whilst the products are being loaded back into the store.


Now for the details of my card. I have used one of the images from the Cupcake Circles sheet in green and yellow and this provided me with the colour palette to work with for the rest of the card.

I chose a digi image from Doodle Pantry of Harold the duck holding a pretty flower and he is coloured in with Promarkers. The DP's are from Papermania and all corners have been rounded off. The ribbon is a bargain I got a load of assorted ribbons really cheap at Poundland last week. The dinky little cupcakes are padded stickers from Paperchase, don't you just love the little smiley faces, they are so cute :)

The cupcake image has been adorned by a huge gem for the cherry on the top and I have added gold Stickles glue to the sprinkles on the frosting

The sentiment was made by myself. I knew what I wanted the sentiment to be and made it using a fun font caller Jokerman. I have attached both the Jpeg and PNG versions to this post which you are very welcome to download. All I ask is if you do take the sentiments please leave me some love in the comments and link back to me if you do use it. I would love to come and take a look at how you have used it.




To enter this week's challenge visit the AI Factory Challenge Blog where you will see the full rules and details. If you play along with us and upload your image you could win this week's image.

You are not required to use an AI Factory image to enter, but there are some great freebies available here in the freebies section of the store. You will need to link up your entry before midnight EST on Wednesday April 20th. If you use an online gallery Such as AiF, PCP or SCS then please tag your entry with the challenge code AIF076 so we can see all your cards in one place. Whilst you are at our challenge site please take a look at the rest of the DT's wonderful creations.

I look forward to seeing your entries in our challenge and Good Luck !

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

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Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Pigglet by Nana Vic

This baby card was made using a digistamp set from Nana Vic. On CDAC she very generously allowed us to pick out a free digi from her store to use on a card. This lovely little piggy is from a set of 4 baby animals, all of which are cute and great for babies cards. I coloured the image with Promarkers and cut it out using a Nestabilities shape.

All the papers used on this card as well as the chipboard shape are from a QVC kit. I inked all the edges of the papers with s small inkpad. The colours are very soft pinks & greens so this really helped to define each layer.

To complete the card I added some gorgeous lace and a rub on sentiment from Kaisercraft.

We have a friend who is expecting a baby any time now so that gives me a couple of baby cards in my stash ready for the occasion.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in alphabetical order) :-
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Spring Jessica


This card was made using an April showers theme with a digital image called Jessica from Guylou's Inimitibility. Very apt for us at the moment as after a few days of glorious sunshine we are back to normal UK weather, rain, clouds and cold. We even had massive hailstones last night, definitely April showers!

I bought a pack of Papermania Kraft cards and envelopes on Monday. It is something I haven't ever used before so I thought I would experiment. ( I know, which rock have I been hiding under???? Kraft is EVERYWHERE)

The DP is from the Dovecraft Sweet Owl First Editions pad. I love those packs, there are some luscious papers and they are quite a thick quality. I have wrapped the card with an elasticated twine and popped the main image on 3d foam for dimension. I then created a second layer with the outside of the umbrella. The image is coloured with Promarkers. Last but not least the sentiment is a Papermania adhesive rub-0n with glitter rubbed into it.

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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Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge # 17


It's Stef's turn to set the challenge over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges this week and she had provides us with a sketch to work with.

I used an Hello Rufus which is available to purchase HERE in the Critters section at the Happileigh Scrappin' Store.

For my creation I started with an A4 sheet of card to create and A5 blank. This has been inked around the edges and I have cut DP from DCWV Glitter Stack and distressed the edges. I have coloured the images with Promarkers and created lots of layers to give dimension to Rufus and to the likkle ladybird. Finally I have added a couple of enlarged ladybirds in circles, popped up onto 3D foam and added the sentiment which was cut using a Quickutz cookie cutter die.

Please pop on over to see the lovely creations my Happi Sisters have added. There are lots of lovely cards to feast your eyes upon.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do your entry counts twice and with freebies available here it is easy to use one of Leigh's fabulous digis.


We would love to see lots of entries in this challenge. Leigh gives away her lovely digis to the top 3 so it is well worth entering and me and the DT love to see your creations, so come on over toHappileigh Scrappin' Challenges to join the fun.

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Sunday, 10 April 2011

OSAAT Challenge #57 and a Freebie


Over at OSAAT we have a new challenge for you which is to make something for a new baby


For this Challenge there will be one winner and we are sponsored by
The Stamping Boutique and they are offering a prize of:-

5 digi stamps of winner's choice


In the Newsletter this week we have Dora in the Designer's spotlight. If you don't already subscribe I would suggest that you sign up as there are some fabulous images given away as freebies and you will always be kept up to date with the latest image news.

While you are there don't forget that for the Month of April we have a store collab with the theme of Mother's Day & Babies which is free with a $10 purchase.

For my card this week I have used a great digi called Tweet Tweet by Gingerloft. I printed out the image twice so I could layer the nest and tweety birds up on 3d foam to create some dimension. I coloured the image with Promarkers and kept to a very simple colour pallette. I figured this would make an ideal card for when you don't know what the couple are expecting.

The paper I used is from a First Editions pad by Dovecraft called Sweet Owl and I have added an inked edge to soften it a little. I added a strip of dark brown which has been stamped with a Fiskars punch and offset the image, something which for me is very hard to do. I pretty much always keep things straight and actually find it hard to fight this urge.... I added some Craftywork Cards Candi dots and the gorgeous felt flower embellishment was an amazing find. I had coloured the image a few days before and just needed to put the card together. I popped to the shops on Thursday, came across some scrummy embellishments in Poundland and they were the EXACT colours to match, obviously they had to be purchased so I could use one on this card ( as if I really needed an excuse to buy something...LOL )

Last but not least I finished the card off with a sentiment that has been cut using a Nestie die and inked around the edges. Now I have quite a few digi sentiments and was sure I had one with this kind of baby and nest theme. Well if I have I can't find it anywhere!! I thus decided to make my own. If like me you also can't find one I have added a JPG and PNG file to this post and you are more than welcome to snag them if you can find them useful.


I you do download them I would be very grateful if you would leave me some love. If you use them on a project please link back to me and let me know so I can come and take a peek at your creation.

I really enjoyed visiting the blogs last week and seeing the most gorgeous of creations. I hope you will join in with our challenge this week and look forward to passing on some love.


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