Imagine That #10 Hedgehog Friends

  

It’s the 1st of the month and time for Challenge #10 at Imagine That! Digis by Kris and if you took part in the last challenge you will have received the Hedgehog Friends outline pack which has 4 images with 3 different sentiments.

Pop over to the store to see this image and all the other amazing sets. This set is also available as a coloured option.

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If you saw the last card I made using the Hedgehog Greetings pack you will know that I have a friend who runs a hedgehog sanctuary from her home. At the moment she is looking after 9 babies and between them they need 53 feeds per day. She asked me to make some thankyou cards for the people who make donations to her and I have used these images to make another couple for her. I do plan to make a lot more for her as my way of donating to her. I may also have asked if I can cuddle a baby hedgehog or two J

As I will be mass producing them I have used the colour images of the Hedgie Boy and Hedgie Girl and printed them onto matte photo paper. They have a slight sheen to them and the colours have printed out so well. I flipped the little boy around so they are both facing the same way. These are matted onto scraps of cardstock from my ‘go to here first’ scraps box. There are no embellishments to keep bulk and postage costs down. As much as much as I love adding bling etc it is not cost effective for a non profit organisation that is run on donations.

The cards have been made using the same background paper. I was very lucky to have recently won 5 sheets of this in 12” x 12” size so they will make quite a few cards. I have used up scraps of papers from the Woodland Friends paper pack by Docrafts. I made the girl hedgie more feminine with a punched border. To finish off I have added one of the sentiments from the digi pack.

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I do hope you will join in with our challenge. Progressive freebies are so much fun and a great way up building up your digi collection too. Pop over to our blog and see what the rest of the DT have made. They are very inspiring and you won’t be disappointed J

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A6

Image & Sentiment – Hedgehog Friends from Imagine That 

Paper – Woodland Friends by Docrafts

Tools – Fiskars Treading Water punch

Techniques – Punching

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

OSAAT #165

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

Use A SBDO Digi

We have a verys special challenge this time where all entries must use a digi from Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet and there are lots of prizes to be won.

If you don’t have any images in your stash we have even helped you out by having a yard sale with 35% off until 31^st May so what are you waiting for? Head on over to the store and use this as the ideal opportunity to buy the images you have had on your wishlist and enter this special challenge.

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This week my card is using this gorgeous image Fuchsia & Hummingbird from Delicious Doodles. It is such a pretty image and was crying out to be coloured.

Using Promarkers and Flexmarkers I used shades of pinks and purples to colour the bulk of the image. I printed out a second layer for the hummingbird so I could decoupage it and trimmed into the wings so they are layered up with different heights of 3d foam.

I used an old sketch from Sunday Sketch & Stamp for the layout and used this to position my papers which are from the Woodland Friends collection by Docrafts . The ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is a rub in from Royal & Langnickel. Finally I added some stickles glitter glue to the end of the stamens.

The sentiment is particularly poignant as when I saw this image it immediately reminded me of one of the most amazing nature experiences I have ever had. When we went to the USA in 2001 part of the holiday was in LA. We went to Santa Monica on the bus and were walking towards the beach past residential houses, turned a corner and came face to face with a tiny hummingbird sipping the nectar from Hibiscus flowers growing amongst a hedge in someone’s front garden. It was absolutely fascinating to be so close to this little creature, you could hear it’s wings flapping so many times and it skittered from one flower to another and wasn’t in the least bit bothered that I was only a foot away from it. Even after so many years this memory brings me so much happiness and I am sure it will be something that will remain in my soul forever.

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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 – Fucshia & Hummingbird by Delicious Doodles

Paper – Woodland Friends by Docrafts

Sentiment – Rub on from Royal & Langnickel

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3d foam

Embellishments – Stickles glitter glue crystal, satin ribbon

Techniques – Decoupage

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

Allways Something Creative - #53 Plants or flowers

Alphabet Challenge – H is for Happy

CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft

Desert Island Crafters – #54  (1, 7, 8)

Everybody Art – #237 Flowers

Freshly Brewed Designs – Flowers

I Love Promarkers - #169 Anything Goes

Inklings & Yarns - #16 Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - #104 Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers - #199 Anything Goes

Path of Positivity -  #2 Positive Quote and story behind it

Perfect Sentiment – #80 Anything Goes

Rhedd & Rosie’s - #7 Blooming Lovely

Sister Act Card Challenges - #8 Anything Goes

Sweet Pea Stampers – Birds of a Feather

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Whimsy Inspirations - #59 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - #81  Anything Goes