Imagine That March Progressive Freebie

Over at Imagine That there is a Progressive Freebie challenge every month.

The digi pack we were given this month is Kitty in Flowers which has this cute kitty in a flowerpot and some great sentiments. I love the banner but the colours were not right for this project. However, I am sure I will be using it for something else J

The image is coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers. I used the Meow sentiment and coloured the little flowers with a red glitter gel pen.

The card base is a patterned one from DCWV. I am having a huge sort out of my Craft Room as it is tiny and overflowing. I came across a box which had loads of card blanks in there and I am putting everything in rainbow colour order and when I saw this one I knew it would be perfect. This image was coloured a few weeks ago and If I had made this card then I wouldn’t have found the card blank would I? Things happen for a reason J

I cut the image out with my trusty Fiskars embroidery scissors and added it to the card raised on thin 3d foam squares. The sentiment was cut with as Quickutz Cookie Cutter die. The lush ribbon is from my recent win from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I added some paper flowers with brad centres and called it done.

I am very late adding my card as we have had the unfortunate event of my Husband’s 101 Year old Grandma passing away. She would have loved the bright colours in this card and I am going to miss making cards for her. She really loved the amount of work I put into them for her and saved all the cards she was given for me so that I could cut them up and recycle elements from them. She passed away a week on Friday and we have only had the death certificate today so can now start the funeral plans.  It’s very sad that she has passed but you can’t be too sad for a lady who lived to her grand age and still had all her marbles. She suffered for only the last few days so not a bad end when all is said and done. Paul is very upset as she has been there all his 45 years but I tell him he is lucky, most people his age would not have a Grandparent still alive for so many years. Doesn’t make it any easier though I guess. I say many years of happy memories should last him for his whole life. My 

If you don’t already participate in Kris’s challenges you don’t know what you are missing. There will be a new one starting tomorrow so why don’t you head on over there. Hopefully I won’t be adding mine so late next month……..

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – 6” Square

Digi Image & sentiment– Kitty In Flowers from Imagine That!

Patterned Card Base – DCWV

Tools – Promarkers & Flexmarkers, glitter gel pen, Quickutz Cookie Cutter Die

Embellishments – Paper flowers, Flocked brad, shiny brad, Ribbon

Techniques – Die cutting

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

• Imagine That! Digis by Kris – March Progressive Freebie

OSAAT #164 Use A Digi

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

Use A Digi

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet and there is a fabulous prize of all the images used by the DT on Challenge #162 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. There is also a weekly free image with a purchase of over $3.

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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

Next week we have an extra special challenge with lots of prizes and you will need to use an image from our store

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This week my card is using one for the 3 images from the Pallaria set by Beary Dust Designs. I shoes to use this one as the fairy is flying and that enabled me to use the perfect sentiment to go with it.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers adding lots of stickles glitter. I chose purples for my colour palette so that I could match it up with these pretty papers with flowers and butterflies on.

I used a sketch from The Sketchy Challenge for the layout, matting and layering with some purple and white card throughout. I used a Nellie Snellen die for the doily which protrudes from the corner. The sentiment is a freebie from Vibygor Krafts and has been cut using a Quickutz Cookie Cutter die. I used a Fiskars border punch and my Martha Stewart butterfly punch with lots of self adhesive gems for decoration. Finally I added some gems to the image and my purple fairy is complete.

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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 – Pallaria by Beary Dust Stamps

Paper – Lucy Cromwell Designstax by Papermania

Sentiment – Digi Freebie from Vibygor Krafts

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Dies from Quickutz and Nellie Snellen, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Fiskars border Punch

Embellishments – self adhesive gems, stickles glitter glue icicle

Techniques – Diecutting & Punching

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

• A & T Challenge - #24 Bling
• Crafty Blogger’s Network - #11 Bingo Board (Diecut/punch, Doily, gems)
• Nana Vic’s – #4 Anything Goes
• Natalie & Amy’s Challenge - #9 Things With Wings
• No Matter Which - #9 Things With Wings
• Our Creative Corner – Anything Goes
• Sketchy Challenges - #47 Sketch for Layout
• Sparkles Forum Challenge - #44 Monochromatic
• Wags ‘n Whiskers - #104 Anything Goes
• Word Play Saturday - Magical

Bella & Skipper

As I took part in the progressive freebie last time from Imagine That I got this brilliant image Bella & Skipper to play with which came with a sentiment ‘Hello My Friend’. I loved the little froggy and decided to use the Toadally Awesome sentiment, corny I know……

I used a sketch from Sketch n Stash for the layout and selected papers from the Animal Antics First Edition pad. The image is coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I actually can’t believe how much green I used on this card. Regular listeners will know that it isn’t a colour I use much and this really is quite a lot for me. Maybe it is growing on me finally!

I used a Quickutz Cookie Cutter die set to trim down the sentiment and my Martha Stewart butterfly punch on the last oddments of paper to cut some butterflies. I quite liked the effect of layering the striped ones on top of the plain and folding the wings up. I must have seen that somewhere recently as I haven’t done that previously.

After adding a few gems in the centres of the butterflies and flowers I declared this card finished.

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – 5” square

Image – Bella & Skipper from Imagine That 

Sentiment – Toadally Awesome by From The Heart

Paper – Animal Antics First Edtion pad by Dovecraft

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Quickutz Cookie Cutter dies, Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Embellishments  - Self adhesive gems

Techniques – Diecutting & Punching

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

• Bearly Mine - #84 Anything Goes
• Craftin Desert Divas - #5 Use a Pun
• Crafting By Designs – Anything Goes
• Crafty Boots – Stamped Character
• Creative Card Crew - #35 Bling
• Creative Craft Challenge – #9 All About Animals
• Critter Sketch Challenge – #162 Flowers
• Cutie Pie Challenges – #43 Lots of layers
• Die Cutting Diva’s - #113 Anything Goes
• Get Inky - #3 Floral Fun
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Animals
• Imagine That Digis by Kris - #5 Progressive Freebie
• Party Time Tuesdays  – #118 Anything Goes
• Passion For Promarkers - #196 Dies and / or punches
• Pause Dream Enjoy - #9 Outdoor Critters
• Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes
• Sketch N Stash - #112 Sketch for Layout
• Squigglefly – #17 Odd Numbers of elements, (3 butterflies, 3 DP, 1 Sentiment, 1 image)
• There She Goes - #205 April Showers, May Flowers
• Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #77  Anything Goes

Simply Betty Stamps Elaine

On the Simply Betty Stamps fan group on Facebook Betty runs a monthly competition where you can request the ‘free’ image and you have to make sure you enter a card or you won’t be allowed request any more.

The image above is Elaine and it is part of a larger image of a lady wearing the most fabulous gown. However, when I saw it the only thing that was running through my mind was the kitty song that Penny & Sheldon sings from the Bing Bang Theory. I am not a complete lover of the show but a number of my FB buddies are and they kept mentioning this kitty song so I did a bit of searching on YouTube and found this video. It is quite cute and inspired me to make a sentiment to go with the image. I have included it below in JPG and PNG if you would like to use it

   

If you do download it please give credit back to me if you use it and do not claim as your own. I would love to see any projects you make with it so please leave me a comment and I’ll hop on over

Anyhoo, Back to the card….. The pretty paper is from a new paper pad New Bloom. It is all purples and turquoise, really pretty papers. The purple ovals are shiny and metallic, very pretty but awkward to photograph! It did however give me the perfect excuse to use the lurex ribbon from my stash J

I used a sketch from Chocolate Coffee & Cards for the layout. The sentiment I used to replace the 3 dots, it just wouldn’t fit anywhere else. I used Quickutz Cookuie Cutter dies to cut he image and the matting layer. Finally I added some die cut swirls embellished with glitter and this allowed me to enter the card into the challenge onto the Simply B Blog too.

I had a lovely chilled out day in my craftroom yesterday making cards and catching up on Once Upon a Time. It was nice to make cards for the end of the month challenges and to be able to watch the awful rain and not have to go out in it J

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – 5” Square

Image – Elaine by Simply Betty Stamps

Paper – New Bloom First Edition pad

Sentiment – Freebie from Made By Mandy (me!)

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3d foam pads, Quickutz Cookie Cutter die, Crealies Creative Swirls die

Embellishments – Stickles glitter glue, lurex ribbon

Techniques – Diecutting

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

• Artistic Inspirations – #38 Card for a Lady
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Chocolate Coffee & Cards - #37 Sketch for layout
• Eureka Stamps  – #36 Animal catwalk
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Insects or Animals
• Love To Create – #62 Bingo (Sentiment, Ribbon, Bling)
• Make It Monday –  #137 Anything Goes
• Natalie & Amy’s Challenge - #8 Monochromatic
• Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover – #85 Animal Friends
• Passion For Promarkers - #195 Animals
• Simply Betty FB Fan Page - #2 Elaine
• Whoopsi Daisy – Use Circles

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):-

• 613 Avenue Create – #13 Anything Goes option flowers
• A & T Challenge - #22 Hearts
• Alota Rubber Stamps - #103 Springtime
• Can You Digi It - #32 Pick A Season (Spring)
• CDAC Seasonal Fun – Spring/Easter
• Challenges 4 Everybody  – #17 Anything Goes
• Corrosive Challenge - #171 Spring Fling
• Crafty Creations  – #215 Easter
• Creatalicious Challenges - #46 Lovely Easter
• Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #13 Animals
• Cuttin & Stampin - #12 Easter
• Digistamps 4Joy - #63 Easter
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Easter
• I Love Promarkers - #161 Spring Is In The Air
• Inky Impressions - #103 Easter/Spring
• Jen’s Digi Stamps – Spring
• Loves Rubber Stamps - #45 Easter
• My Graphico – #148 Anything Goes
• Red Carpet Studio - #30 Easter Parade
• Shelly’s Images TTT – Show Us What You Got
• Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes
• Sisterhood of Crafters – Easter/Spring
• Stamp n Doodle – Easter or Spring
• Use It Tuesday - #52 All About Spring (1 year old paper, 6 year old butterfly stickers)
• Word Art Wednesday - #73  Anything Goes