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Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Diving Candace

Recently I won a prize at Cupcake Inspirations blog and it was for a set of digis called Splash of Fun from Chi Chi Memories and this card uses Diving Candace from that set.

Using the latest sketch over at Chi Chi Memories blog I have covered the base of the card with a cool paper which has shells and starfish on it from DCWV. The image is coloured with Promarkers and matted onto a scrap of card which has different shades of blue on the background. The sentiment is also mounted on this. Both are raised with 3d foam.

I have used different shades of blue and green ric rac ribbon to emulate seaweed and used a leaf punch to cut loads of leaves in two different shades of green. I am really pleased with how this card has turned out and I am also getting a chance to use papers that have been in my stash for years and years.

Card Size - A5
Sentiment - Die cut from Let's Make Cards magazine
Paper - DCWV
Embellishments - Ric Rac, large gems from Paperchase
Tools - 3d Foam pads, leaf punch

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order) :-
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Monday, 25 July 2011

CCM #51 Butterflies




Over at Crafty Cardmakers we have a new challenge today which is to feature Butterflies on your project. I know we will get lots of entries for this challenge because butterflies are so popular, especially with me.

As it happens I just visited the Butterfly Farm at Stratford Upon Avon on Saturday. If you like Butterflies and other insects it is a great place to visit as you go into a massive warm green house and there are just hundreds of beautiful butterflies of all types and colours flying around freely and if you are really lucky they sometimes land on you :)

This is me with only 2 of the 4 butterflies that landed on me, I've only ever had 1 before. There was one on my boob too which you can't see in this shot. The weird thing is that I have just one tattoo, a pink and purple butterfly and it is on that shoulder, maybe they knew somehow??

The butterfly farm is my happy place, I come out feeling so calm and serene having witnessed the beauty of these amazing creatures just flittering about without a care in the world. It is the first time I have driven there and it only took an hour, when we used to go on the train before it used to take almost 2 hours so that was a nice bonus.

Anyhoo, sorry for waffling on and back to the card......

The butterflies I have used for this project are a digi coloured with Promarkers and I added some Sakura glitter pen to them but it hasn't photographed very well so may be hard to see. I really liked as it had a small butterfly in the writing too. I have curled the wings and used tiny foam pads to stick down the body only.

I used a sketch for the layout and stuck to a pallete of purples. The main background paper is by DCWV and the spotty paper is an embossed glitter one from My Minds Eye. I have used a toning plain cardstock for matting and these areas are raised on 3D foam. scraps of the cardstock were then punched with a Martha Stewart design to create a double layered 'ribbon'

We would love it if you took part in this challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers. My fellow DT have made some absolutely gorgeous cards with flutterbies and it would be great to see your entries.


We are sponsored by The Stampman and they are offering a prize of a £10 store voucher for one lucky winner so you could even win a prize!

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size - A5
Sentiment - The Basic Sentiments - Raindrop Echo Designs
Paper - DCWV Peeking Posies, My Minds Eye Glitter embossed spotty
Embellishments - Bit of Sakura Glitter pen
Tools - 3d Foam pads, Martha Stewart decorative punch

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order) :-
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Happileigh Scrappin' #32 - Shaped Cards



We have a new challenge today over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges which has been set by Leigh and that is to Make a Shaped Card

My card is rather simple in the respect that I took one of the New Releases from last week Daisy Teapot and enlarged it to A5 size and made a teapot shaped card from that. I printed out the image on my really smooth cardstock from Rymans stationers and coloured it in with my Promarkers. I used soft blues as my main teapot colours so that the vibrant colours of the flowers would stand out. I was really pleased with the even coverage that the Promarkers gave me, so much so that Leigh thought I had printed it out onto blue cardstock :)

The card I print my digi's out on is great for colouring as you don't get any bleeding but it is too thin for a card base. I stuck the image to plain white card and cut around the shape. To finished it off I used a black permanent Sharpie pen to go around the edge and cover any white that was showing from the thicker cardstock.

There are loads of fabulous images in the Happileigh Scrappin' Store and Leigh has also got some gorgeous new designs available. With every purchase you this image and sentiment free........


Also for every 3 images you purchase you can choose an extra one absolutely free. There are loads of fab images just itching to be played with so you will find it easy to spend your pennies I promise you :)

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 and they are all so different.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do you willbe entered into a separate draw. 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 to


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size - A5
Images - Daisy Teapot by Happileigh Scrappin'

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-
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Sunday, 24 July 2011

OSAAT #72 - Digis With Attitude Sponsor


At One Stitch of a Time one of our sponsors this week by Digi's With Attitude who are offering a prize to one of our 2 lucky winners.


I was very fortunate to work with one of their digi designs, Beach Tween and she was such fun to colour. I used a colour scheme I wouldn't normally do which is purple and orange. I don't make Halloween cards and as this seems to be a traditional scheme for that season.

Using a sketch from My Time Made Easy for the layout I cut scraps of DCWV paper to size and used a toning linen textured paper for the matted layers. The spotty ribbon is from my stash. I made a flower ensemble with 2 Flora Doodle fabric flowers, an opened out bead cap and a gem brad from Papermania.

 I couldn't find a matching sentiment in my stash, I wanted to use beach babe or something similar so in the end I made it up myself. I have included the wordart below in both JPG and PNG formats which you are most welcome to download. Just right click to enlarge it and save as on your computer.


If you do download it please let me know by leaving a comment and please link any cards you make with it back to me. **BORING BIT ** These are for personal use only and must not be sold, nor should you claim that you have made them.


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size - A5
Image - Beach Tween by Digi's With Attitude
Sentiment - Made by Mandy (Me!!)
Paper - DCWV Peeking Posies, Linen textured paper for matting ALL SCRAPS :)
Embellishments - ribbon, Flora Doodles fabric flowers, Bead cap, Papermania gem brad
Tools - 3d Foam pads, Quickutz Cookie Cutter dies (for sentiment)


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order) :-
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OSAAT #72 - Pearls & Swirls



There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At A Time it is to feature
Pearls & Swirls on your design.


We have 2 prizes up for grabs this week from Digi's With Attitude




If you don't already subscribe to the Stitchy Bear Newsletter I would suggest that you sign up as you will always be kept up to date with the latest image news.

In the spotlight this week is my team mate Josephine who is extremely talented. I am honoured to work with her on 2 DT's and she constantly amazes me with the work she produces. We are very lucky to have her.

Pop over to the store and make sure you sign up for it. While you are there don't forget that for the Month of July we have a new store collab with the theme of Weddings & Sympathy which is free with a $10 purchase.


We have an amazing opportunity for you too. To celebrate the ad campaign we are having in Papercraft Essentials Magazine and to reward our loay followers we are having a "Pretty in Print" contest.


Who wouldn't want the opportunity to be published ? Please click on the link above to be taken to the post on OSAAT which explains all the rules for entry.

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For my card I was fortunate to use a Gingerloft image called Vintage Peacock. This is the 2nd Peacock card I have done this week and the lovely thing is that both the images and the style of the card are very different.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers in shades of blues & turquoise.(another blue one Janey xxx) I have added some blue glitter glue and a smattering of a clear Sakura glitter pen. The image was matted on scrap card and mounted on 3d foam.

The card layout is from a sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I covered an irridescent card with a sheet of embossed metallic paper by Kanban. The paper has the most gorgeous silver swirls in it and it is so very elegant. It fitted the challenge them perfectly but more importantly I think it really complements the grace and beauty of the digi design. I used matching blue paper to create a ribbon with a Martha Stewart punch.

The three lines on the sketch i couldn't think what to do. Twine didn't seem classy enough and i had no very thin ribbon that I felt would look right then I suddenly remembered funky fibres......remember them???? I have a tub with assorted fibres and wools etc and found the PERFECT MATCH for the colours and everything, don't you just love it when that happens?? All the card required to finish off was a sentiment from my stash and some Kanban pearls which are in a dark bluey grey.


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size - A5
Sketch - Tuesday Morning Sketches #103
Papers - Kanban
Image - Vintage Peacock by Gingerloft
Tools - 3D Foam, Martha Stewart Doily Punch, Promarkers
Embellishments - Pearls, Sakura Glitter, glitter glue, Funky Fibres
Techniques - Punching

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