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Showing posts with label Thank You. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Last AIF DT Card


It's my last challenge as a DT member at AI Factory today although I may well be popping back as a Guest DT every now and again. The 6 months has gone so quickly and I have had the opportunity to work with some fabulous images and a very talented DT, some of whom are also going to pastures new.

There are going to be some changes to the blog and the site will be moving in September so in the meantime we are having a month long challenge for August and it's a real easy one so......


We were given a number of fabulous images to work with but in particular I chose this fabulous balloon image as this coming Sunday, as long as the weather holds outs I will have one of my lifelong wishes fulfilled to actually go up in a hot air balloon !!!! (can you imagine me running round soooo excited like a bloody big kid!!) My wonderful hubby surprised the hell out of me on my Birthday last September by handing me an envelope with 2 'flight' tickets in it for a Virgin balloon ride. Therefore, how could I not make this card? I shall be giving it to him to thank him for making one of my dreams come true.


This amazing image is available as a freebie in the store too so head on over if you want to float away with it too :)

For my card I used a scalloped edge card blank and put a mat of sky blue card onto it. The DP is from a Dovecraft First Edition pad called Up Up And Away and I loved the scrolly shapes in the background and though they looked a bit like clouds. I tore the edges of the cardstock (ooh the pain, I'm sure I heard it cry.....LOL) and used 2 different shades of ink to distress the edges.

The balloon image is have decoupaged to high heaven. There are four layers at it's thickest point and plenty of foam squares were used in the construction I can tell you. It is coloured with Promarkers and I thickened the ropes on the balloon with a pen to make it easier to cut out. I have purchased some of the fine nibs for the Promarkers and was able to draw a criss cross pattern on the basket, you would never be able to do that with the normal nibs. A fine nib also came in handy for the red stripe on the sentiment ticket which is a freebie from Netty's Cards.

I would just like to take this moment to thank Mia & Tammy over at AI Factory for giving me the opportunity to be on their DT and to wish my fellow teamies the best of luck with their future endeavours.

So peeps, get your cards into this latest month long challenge over at AI Factory and with such an easy theme I'm sure it will be very popular.

In the meantime, please, Please, PLEASE keep your fingers crossed for me that the weather is nice enough for my balloon flight to go ahead on Sunday morning. However, don't let it stop you crafting OK!!

Card Size - 6" Square scalloped edge
Paper - Up Up & Away First edition pad by Dovecraft
Sentiment - Netty's Cards
Tools - 3D Foam & Scissors, Promarkers, small ink pads
Techniques - Decoupage & Distressing

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-
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Sunday, 22 May 2011

OSAAT #63 - Bling it On!


Over at OSAAT we have a new challenge for you today and it is to Bling it On!

For this Challenge One Stop Card Crafts are offering the lucky winner
a £10 voucher for their store.


And that's not all, Digi's With Attitude are offering 3 digis of your choice to one lucky winner too.


If you don't already subscribe to the Stitchy Bear Newsletter 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.

In the spotlight this week is the one and only Panda Bear Designs who has some gorgeous papers in the store.

Father's Day / Sports Collaboration

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

For my card this week I have used a fabulous digi called Thank You Butterfly by Toucan Scraps which is available from the store HERE

Now me, I love a bit of bling. Any excuse to use gems and glitter and I'm your girl and we have lots of both on this card :) I used a sketch from House that Stamps Built for the layout. The glittery background paper is from My Minds Eye Penny Lane collection. I have layered scraps of purple cardstock over one another, embossing the top layer and distressing with a darker purple ink. The trim is a ribbon of little white plastic flowers with diamante gem centres, it is so pretty and twinkly :)

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and mounted onto black card. I have used 3d foam to raise it off the card and added diamante gem centres. Last but not least is a beautiful glittery butterfly that is made from a feather.

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

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight

Over at Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge Paula has set us the challenge to use bottlecaps in our creations. They can be the metal ones from bottles of booze or the plastic caps off the top of milk or pop bottles.

I wanted to use a metal bottlecap as the centrepiece of a flower I had made on a Hana Ami flower loom. It was my first attempt and took blinking hours but it is very tactile and I'm quite pleased with it. The bottle cap is a silver one that was recycled from a bottle of vodka based drink. Fortunately it didn't have any writing on it but did have a dent from the bottle opener. I used an Imaginisce rub-on to add a pattern and a gem to cover the dent.

The doily was coloured with an inkpad in black to match the DCWV flocked paper and the black and silver velour ribbon. The sentiment is also from the DCWV paper pad.

The rest of the teams have made some fabulous creations with bottlecaps, much more adventurous and arty than mine I have to say. I do hope you will pop over to the blog and drool over their creations and give them some love, it is always appreciated.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you use these bottlecaps in your creations. Don't forget you've still got a week to enter our challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers too.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in alphabetical order):-
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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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Monday, 24 January 2011

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 38


We have a new challenge for you today over at Crafty Cardmakers which has been set by my Teamie Jack. It's dead easy as it is to include something floral in your card. I honestly don't think there can be any cardmakers out there who do not have anything floral so you should all be able to enter this one :)

Our Sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful

and the prize is a £10 voucher for her store. Thanks Joanna for your generous support.

My card really started off with the gorgeous orchid silk flower. I found 2 sprays in Poundland last Sunday. They've each got 7 decent sized flowers on them and they are so much cheaper than the ones market for crafters. I love finding cheap embellishments for my cards that way, makes me feel all smug that I haven't spent a fortune on them LOL

Any hoo, imagine how delighted I was that in the weekly newsletter from Imag-e-nation the digital image they give away free was for orchids, the idea for my floral card was born.

I had printed the Full image and then 2 layers of the largest flower so I could decoupage them. The images were coloured with Promarkers and then when they were layered together I added some Crystal Effects to the centres of the flowers and stickles glitter glue around the egdes of the petals. I cut the image out using a Nestabilities label die and inked around the edges with a small Versamark pad.

I have used Sketch #82 from Moving Along with The Times for the layout and took them up on the floral theme. I have rotated the sketch to fit the image better.

The embossed spotty glittered paper for the background is by My Mind's Eye, the embossed floral paper on the bottom is from K & Co with a little ink to pick up the embossing better. The glitter ribbon and sentiment is from my stash and the 3d butterflies are made using 3 Martha Stewart punches to make each one with a bit of glitter added.

Looking forward to seeing lots of entries for this challenge and will be popping over to your blogs to take a peek.

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Sunday, 9 January 2011

Glitterbabe #26 Rose Bouquet

I made this card using a lovely digi from Glitterbabe which was a freebie from I Did It Creations blog last week. They give away free digi's which the DT have used in their sample cards. I had intended to get this card linked up to go in the last challenge but the light was awful and I couldn't take a decent photo. I suppose that's what we get for the nights drawing in so early at this time of year, not great for taking photos with glitter on !!

Anyhoo I coloured the image with my trusty Promarkers and added lots of stickles to the flowers and bow. The base of the card is covered with a spotty paper from the Papermania Summer Blooms pad and the green is from the Papermania Rose Garden pad. Both have been edged with ink to make the panels stand out more. I used the sketch layout from Glitterbabe's current challenge #26 so I don't feel quite so bad about missing the IDIC challenge.

The lace is a gorgeous find. It was in one of those bargain bins at a local haberdashery as there should have been a ribbon threaded in the centre so was really cheap. It is great for me though as I can easily thread a narrow ribbon through it from my stash mountain. This ribbon was spotty on one side and plain on the other. The spots didn't look classy so I opted for the plain and I am much happier with it.

The little tag, I am so proud I used it. It is from Craftwork Cards and I bought a load of bumper items in the sale YEARS ago and I ashamed to say the majority has never been used. One of my missions this year is to use up stash that I have hoarded for a very long time, hopefully to make more cards for general occasions so that I have them ready and to send Thankyou cards more than I ever have. I never have any in my box so end up not sending them and I should break that habit. I have attached it on with a bit of paper string and attached one of my gorgeous but hoarded Papermania pearl brads.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges :-
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Sunday, 11 April 2010

Cheers Big Ears

Last card from the crafty weekend and I've used paper from the free My Minds Eye pad that came with a magazine recently. There have been some great freebies of late and having recently been introduced to MME I love the colours they use and how bright, yet muted they are.

The eleflump is from Creative Cardmaking magazine matted onto a scrap of pinky red paper which has been inked around the edge. The MME paper has been heavily inked and I think it really suits this paper. I have added a cream loopy ribbon from my stash with a blossom, silver bead cap and Card Candy. A nice simple thank you card using a great sentiment and scrummy papers :)
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Saturday, 25 April 2009

Chocoholics Challenge & 365 Cards Day 55

On our cardmaking forum the challenge this week is to make a Thankyou card. It is something that I rarely have ready to go, I have general cards without a message but not usually Thank you cards. This is something I think I should remedy and will endeavour to make more of in the future. Thanks for the kick up the cardmaking bum Sarn :)

I utilised Day 55's recipe challenge on 365 Cards to use the following

5x5 card (solid colored card stock - may be smooth or textured)
4x4 patterned paper (you may alter the edges if you'd like)
1 shape (circle, square, star, heart, etc.) - must be solid color
3 jewels
alpha stickers

I embossed the base card using the paisley Cuttlebug folder and added a little pink ink to highlight the design. The paper is from a Diary of an Edwardian Lady pack from a magazine. The solid shape is a glitter butterfly which I have decorated with the 3 gems and the alpha stickers are by MAMBI.

This is the first card that I have used this Cuttlebug folder on. I am not a fan of traditional paisley designs but I do like the more modern ones and love the really crisp embossed results this has produced.
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Thursday, 12 March 2009

365 Day 5 & TECC 58

I have made this thankyou card for a very special friend using the sketch 58 from Taylored Expressions and Day 5's challenge from 365 cards to make a thankyou card that can be easily reproduced.

The cards are preprinted K & Co Amy Butler kit, as is the sentiment panel with rub on wording. The other cardstock and alpha stickers are DCWV. The little flower is a Prima and the gem is Papermania.

This is a completely different card for me as I don't 'do' paisley but I quite like this design as it is a bold colouring. I'm really pleased that I was able to colour match with other items I had in my stash.

I can't wait to meet up at the end of the month, not long to go now :)
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