Fantasy

Something simple for this months challenge over at Digitally Sweet.

I wanted to use fairies and mushrooms/toadstools - I found the perfect fungi image from "spring has sprung" by Ephemeras Vintage Garden   and decided to use my favourite fae folk from  Fripperies and Butterflies.

With retrospect, that was the simple bit - I spent a very long time digitally cutting out the toadstools from their background, in the end it was millimetre by millimetre! All I then had to do was place the fae folk fluttering round, adding shadows here and there - the overall image reminded me of pictures from an old Lithographic book on Natural History or something of that ilk.

This image is 100% digital.

 

entering in: Digitally Sweet = Fantasy

happy card

Whilst mooching YouTube, I watched a lovely stamped card tutorial by Dawn's Stamping Thoughts and decided to have a go.

Changed the colour of the card to my favourite, only because I had the cardstock on my desk and thought I'd go with that.

 

 

purple card

white card

Smile stamp by 'From the Heart Sentiment Collection'

Fleur de Lys stamp

Stazon Vibrant Violet ink

The Hobby House lilac gems

 

 

purple, white and silver

A Christmas card done following the colour theme of purple and white - totally forgotten about the silver bit, so this isn't going to be entered into Merry Mondays Xmas challenge but its taken on another meaning with the sad news of the passing of Prince, - 'when doves cry' and 'purple rain'.
I have to say, as a fickle teenager I never really 'got' him - yes his music was good but that was all - no matter though, he still was a force of nature and there was nobody like him before and I don't think anyone will be in the future.

Cowgrls, cowboys & horses

Another great challenge over at Lunagirl this month, although it did take me a long while to find an image I wanted to use. I love the colours of this image from Pinterest.

Not much I can say for this card, as I raided my offcuts/bits n bobs/snippets drawer to find colours that went with the image. Oh, vintage buttons! these lovely brown/orange buttons were sat on the top of the pile just waiting to be used.

entering in: lunagirl = april challenge

open card

Lovely spring coloured card, wish it was sun hat weather, its more like fisherman hat weather. Wanted to keep it plainish, found the flower in my stash - added a plain daisy to the middle and some blue ribbon. Keeping it plain makes it look fresh, I used it as a birthday card, just added a Happy Birthday peel off above the ribbon.

 

image from Gecko Galz 'retro style' design sheet

entered into Gecko Galz facebook challenge 'hands' for March, and this was picked as the winner ;)

Dads birthday

As always, I get stuck for my dads birthday card, but on this occasion I knew when I saw the image that I wanted to use it.

Dad, in his old age (don't tell him I said that) has taken an interest in watching ploughing competitons at the rural fairs he & Delia love to visit, so this image was perfect.

backing paper from Old Treasures paper pack

vintage buttons

old postcard

Gecko Galz march image.

copper peel offs

 

entering in: Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge group over on Facebook

Multi challenge celebration

Over on Merry Monday Christmas Challenge, its the 200th challenge, and to celebrate they have 4 choices of theme - do one or all four. I'm not feeling that Christmas yet, so I stayed with the one.

 

 

 

Had intended to to do red, green & white then realised it was also Kraft, which I haven't got, so changed my mind and went with the Snowman theme for the card.

 

The topper is actually an ATC which I made last February for Wicked Wednesday atc challenge blog.

Least now it'll be seen and not just sitting in a box on the shelf. One day I will get some shadow boxes to put my makes in.......

 

The card is a lot brighter than the picture, the gold is quite shiny in the light, so I didn't need to add any gems.

 

 

paper - Kaisercraft 'Christmas collection'

Inkadinkado 'glam gold' ink

 

entering in: merry monday christmas challenge = multi choice - snowman

 

 

 

 

 

March colour challenge

Not a card this time, decided to do a tag as I haven't done one for a little while. Size of the tag is roughly 5" by 3.5".

 

 

 

 

 

Gecko Galz 'Linen Pack' backing paper

image freebie from Fripperies & Butterflies

Amethyst promarker

The Hobby House olive green & lilac gems

Vibrant Violet Stazon ink

white flowers

doily

lilac pre cut butterfly

 

entering in: Fripperies and Butteflies facebook page

 

F is for fancy folds/fuschia

Oh cripes, this was a difficult one!

I googled card - fancy folds, and came up with this one from (finding website).

The folds were simple enough, but the paper cutting was a chore - although I did make templates from it, and you can always use a patterned paper/card as the base instead of white.

 

 

 

 

patterned papers from Debbi Moore Vintage Flowers

backing paper from stash

stick on butterflies

hot pink gems

 

entering in: butterfly challenge = F is for fancy folds & fuschia



 

birthday card

Different card today, not vintage, no doily, no butterflies and coloured in! I got to play with my promarkers. Yay!!

 

Bugaboo image 'cheetah heels'

promarkers

cream organza

creata mirror card

The Hobby House taupe & champagne gems

Create and Craft 'Happy Birthday' stamp

Jet Black stazon ink

white, cream paper

something for me

This is one of my favourite books as a child, another one being The Faraway Tree. I spotted this book whilst mooching round an Antiques Centre - wasn't a particularly old book but I had to have it - to accompany the copy of the Faraway Tree I found earlier, they now sit on the shelf of my bedside table as decoration. As it was a hardback and I didn't want the shiny cover, I took it off. It was a shame to through it away so I decided to make a card from it, using the main image as a pocket to hold the 'tags' which were cut out from the inside of the cover and the back page

 

 

                                   

 

backing paper from 'Antique Pinks' paper kit

blue card

random ribbon

candi coloured with pale pink & indigo blue promarkers

getting sentimental

So I finally got another Christmas card made, not done one since dad was poorly. If I don't do it/or inspiration strikes before Friday I don't have time to do one as I work weekends and usually too wiped out to do anything *lol*
Not much was used in the making of this card......... Have I just made a CaS card??? wow!! *lol*

5 by 7 white card

Christmas embossing folder

red & white bakers twine.

 

entering in: merry monday christmas = getting sentimental

birthday card

This shaped card is actually a Designer DieCut topper from Docrafts Capsule Collection, I thought it would make a nice card with a little bit of embellishment.

 

doily

Debbi Moore paper topper

Spellbinders fancy diamond die small

butterfly die cut from 'Old Treasures' paper pack

sentiment

cream lace

grey lace

lace flowers

pearls

M is for mint/margins

Ooops, I missed the deadline for Mrs A's challenge by 5 minutes, normally I manage to sneak in about half an hour before but today I lost track of time whilst choosing my $25 worth of Gecko Galz prizes...........

Anyway, April is a busy month for birthdays in this house so I turned the challenge into a birthday card.

green paper from Docrafts

white card

YD butterfly paper ribbon strip

paper flowers

The Hobby House Aqua gems

white pearls

Tattered Lace Kaleidoscope Butterfly XL

pigment ink Christmas Green

 

The only thing I noticed was it needs another white pearl to finish the corner bling off, so before posting I will do that.