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Sunday, 31 March 2013

OSAAT #157


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

Spring

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet and there is a fabulous prize $9 to spend in the store 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.

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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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As today is Easter Sunday for this Spring challenge I thought it would be lovely to showcase some fabulous papers Easter Morning 2 from Panda Bear Designs with this gorgeous image Easter Bouquet from Stitchy Stamps.

 I decided which papers I wanted to use, I loved the green bordered one and thought it would frame the pink marbled very well. I used a dark green sheet of A4 paper for the base, layered the green paper on it and used a new Nestabilities die for the pink paper. It has such a pretty feminine border and suited the soft pink paper and this delicate card.

Using the colours of spring I shaded the image with it’s pretty flowers with my Promarkers & Flexmarkers adding some glitter pens by Sakura and gems to the small flower centres. The whole image was cut out and mounted onto thin 3d foam squares. It was very fiddly to cut out but this enabled me to curl the ends of the grass and add more texture so I feel it was worth it.
Finally the sentiment is from Bits N Bobs. This has been cut out with a Nestabilities die and I have used some rub on wax to highlight the edges and embossed border.

Well today is a beautiful Spring Day in the UK, The clocks have gone forward and it is Easter Sunday. I shall be visiting a farm, communing with Nature, seeing lots of baby animals and possibly bottle feeding some lambs. Have a fabulous Easter everyone, hope you get to spend some quality time with your loved ones.

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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 – A5
Digi Paper – Easter Morning 2 by Panda Bear Designs
Image – Easter Bouquet  by Stitchy Stamps
Sentiment – Freebie from Bits N Bobs
Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities dies, sakura glitter pens, 3d foam pads
Embellishments – gems, rub on wax
Techniques – Diecutting, Distressing

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



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PCP Digi Collaboration


Over on Paper Craft Planet 2 digital companies have got together to do a joint challenge with great freebies. The concept is that you must use both items on the same project, thus showcasing each artist on their pages. This is such a great idea for a challenge and actually gets the old grey matter thinking of how to use the 2 together.

The lovely bunny is Peter from Shelly’s Images and the Egg Basket is from DS4J
Both images have been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers, cut out and mounted onto 3d foam. I used a nestabilites die to cut out a fancy mat for Peter to sit on and gave him a few little butterflies to keep him company. I also added one fluttering inside the white space of the basket.

The from of the card is covered with some Pink Petticoat paper that was a magazine freebie from at least a year ago. The sentiment is by Birdie Brown and has been die cut with a Quickutz Cookie cutter die and distress inked around the edges.

I do hope that this type of collaboration keeps going, it is such a unique get together and I really enjoyed using both images together. Thanks for the challenge guys J

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-
Card size –6” Square
Images – Peter by Shelly’s Images & Egg Basket by DS4J
Sentiment – Birdie Brown
Paper – Pink Petticoat Magazine Freebie
Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities dies, Quickutz Die, 3d foam pads
Embellishments – Butterfly stickers
Techniques – Diecutting, Distressing

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

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Saturday, 30 March 2013

Snowy Day


Birdie Brown is celebrating her 2nd birthday and has two challenges this month to celebrate. This card has been made for the 2nd challenge Anything Goes using a freebie from November called Snowy Day (which is still available, hop on over there to download this cutie)

I chose a sketch from The Critter Challenge for the layout and coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers adding some white gel pen to the snowflakes so they pop more.

The paper I have used is a wrapping paper from Paperchase which has silver metallic snowflakes on it. I thought I had used all this paper up but found a couple of small pieces left. It has been my most used ‘go to’ snowflake paper but it is a few years old now so don’t think I will be able to get any more

The sentiment is a freebie from Elegant Word Art by Bethany and I have cut it out using a Quickutz cookie cutter die and mounted on 3d foam, as is the image. The snowflakes are a Spellbinders to which I have added a couple of gemstones.

We have had so much snow in Birmingham last weekend and some of it still remains but I still never tire of Snowmen images and tis one is such a cutie, I can me using it again J

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – 6” x 4”
Images – Snowy Day by Birdie Brown
Sentiment – Freebie by WordArt by Bethany
Paper – Wrapping paper from Paperchase
Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Spellbinders die, Quickutz cookie cutter die, white gel pen, 3d foam
Embellishments – miscellaneous gems
Techniques - Diecutting

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


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Friday, 29 March 2013

CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge


The new challenges at CDAC are great as they have a fabulous time window, however I have had this image coloured up for about 6 weeks and am so annoyed with myself that it has taken me until tonight to make my card.

The Progressive Challenge for Round 1 gave us this lovely angel from Shelly's Images aptly named Angelic and it also came with a great sentiment. I however opted to make one of my own. I have attached it below and you are more than welcome to download it if you feel it will be of any use to you. 

The image was coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and I created a second layer with the body and heart. Both are mounted on 3d foam. The wings have been covered with Stickles glitter glue and left free so they could be curled up away from the card.

The base card is an A4 sheet of red marbled card. The roses paper is from a Dovecraft pad and the red roses are embossed and glossy. The hearts are also from a sheet of the same paper pad.

I used a sketch from Come And Get It for the layout. The ribbon is one of my favourites and I added it to a scrap of red card so the lace trim contrasted against the paper better. Finally I added the sentiment onto a scrap of card and mounted on 3d foam.

This is completely different to any card I have ever made. In fact I would guess that many people would look at this and not think it was one of mine. It is not an image that I would have thought to use, that is the beauty of these progressive challenges though as it does encourage you to work with something a bit different.

Now for the freebie sentiment I have used. The JPG and PNG file are both included. I ask that you do not claim them as your own, give credit to me if you use them and if possible pop a message on my blog so I can see your creation.



Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5
Image – Angelic by Shelly's Images
Sentiment - Made By Mandy
Paper – Rose Garden First Edition pad by Dovecraft
Embellishments – Lace Edge ribbon, Stickles Glitter glue
Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3d foam, gold gel pen
Techniques – Decoupage

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

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Sunday, 24 March 2013

OSAAT #156 Use A Digi


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

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 #154 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 Choccy’s turn to choose something for us to work with this week and she chose Ester the Easter Bunny from Reece’s Scrap Pieces. This fun kit has so many elements in it to play with, 10 papers, 3 coloured clip art and 3 digi stamps.
For the 1st time ever I have created a completely digital card. I use a programme called Xara which is a desk top publishing package. I have used it for many years and it is fabulous for the manipulation of digi images but you can also use it to create digital scrapbook pages and I thought I would have a play and make a digital card.

I created a base white layer and to this added my main backing paper. Then the bright pink side section. The main image has been layered onto another white square, just like matting and layering on a real card. The ‘ribbon’ of bunnies was created by cropping down the sheet which has a border of bunnies and stretching it slightly to fit. The eggs were added in the top corner and rotated slightly at an angle.

The digi sentiment is a freebie from Tracey at Brossart Addiction. She is very generous and has some lovely sentiments. When I popped it on the spotty paper one of the dots was right in the middle of the T and looked funny so I coloured it in and it looks much better. Don’t you just love how versatile digis are?

I am very pleased with my 1st attempt at a digi card. This pack has got so many items you can use and I hope I have inspired you to  ‘Use A Digi’

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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 – Ester the Easter Bunny by Reece’s Scrap Pieces
Sentiment – Freebie from Brossart Addiction

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

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Friday, 22 March 2013

Janey's Digis Red Hot Poker


purple instead as I thought it would make a nice twist on the normal colours you see this vibrant flower.

I have used my Promarkers and Flexmarkers in various shades of purples making it very light at the bottom and going up to much more vibrant colours at the top. It was fun to play with different colours and keep blending and adding until I was happy with it.

I have used sketch #10 by I {Heart} Card Sketches for the layout. It really suited the shape of the image and allowed me to mat it on a piece of metallic cardsrtock which is actually a panel from a box of perfume, Midnight Fantasy by Britney Spears. Pretty perfect as it is a sweet floral scent and the box was too pretty not to use. The butterfly paper is from the Dreamcatcher pad by First Edition.


The sentiment is a digi freebie from MM Designs and as it is blooming snowing again it is very true of how I see the spots of colour that lovely flowers bring. I have used an assortment of fabric and paper flowers all held together with a glittery Papermania brad.

The Red Hot Poker image can be purchased from the Etsy store. For inspiration please pop over to the blog and Facebook page where our very talented designers will be regularly showcasing these amazing images.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – A5
Images – Red Hot Poker by Janey’s Digi Designs
Sentiment – Freebie from MM Designs
Paper – Dreamcatcher First Editions pad by Dovecraft
Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers,
Embellishments – Papermania Brad, assorted paper and fabric flowers

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


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