CCC Bird Day Tweetings

    Hi Everyone, my DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

I had already stamped and coloured a bird, the tree branches and the bird house, a few months ago, but didn't know what to do with them. Then in a panic to get this post done, I decided to use them, but to add another bird, it was pot luck on colouring it to match the first one, but it was OK in the end, I think?

 

I embossed a leaf background from a leaf die, but decided to only colour the flowers in it. I die cut it, as per the sketch I had to use for inspiration. Next I added the tree house and branches and the birds, I didn't have what I wanted in a sentiment stamp, so printed one out and die cut it. 

 

I wanted to add paper, as per the sketch, and found this bird paper in my files a freebie from my subscription magazine, and it even had blue tits on it. I printed it, cut it to size and pasted it onto the base card. Then added the circle design. 

 

The sentiment was added with 3D pads. Thank goodness for sketch inspiration sometimes. 

This is the sketch I used -  

birds and birdhouse - SCP #187 RSBP Magazine Freebie Garden Birds

inks - Distress Inks

embossed die - Tattered Lace (old)

sentiment - computer generated

sentiment die - Card Making Magic, Rectangular Nested Set 

paper - SCP #226 Magazine Freebie

 

 What Critter will you use for the Challenge?

Food or Drink TMR

Hi Everyone, my DT post today a second card for

The Male Room

 

Food or Drink, now that is a great challenge for me, but I have managed to do two for the challenge this month, I couldn't decide which to do, so did both. Birthday cake is food, isn't it?  

After a lot of thinking, I looked through some sketches and decided on this simple sketch. 

Now for colours, for this I went through my digital papers and this spotty multicolour popped out, I made a banner shape and coloured it in light yellow and added the sentiment. I decided to make the green the main colour, no idea why! I hadn't used watercolour pencils in an age, so decided as the main features were quite small, I would use them. They were all taken into Silhouette and print and cut, the image twice with a 1mm border, as in a die. 

 

The sentiment banner was edged with a DI, so was the spotty paper. They were added to the card. I then decided to add 3D glaze to the image as it looked dull. Then thought to add some stars to make it more celebratory, to which I also added 3D glaze. Card done. Shame you can't see the shine with the glaze.

 

 digital stamp - Dr Digi, Connie Confectionery 

inks - watercolour pencils, Reeves - Distress Ink, twisted citron 

paper -  Just So Scrappy, School Rules paper #3 2011

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Silhouette

star dies - CraftAddictions UK 

font - The Blue Cabin 

 

What will your Food or Drink be for the Challenge?

Masters Degree

My great niece has got her Masters in Learning Difficulties, she did it with 3 children in tow and a full time Senior Lecturer job at Cambridge University, a wonderful achievement for her. She has so many awards, she really is amazing. I made a card with a star paper background and a black frame with a girl holding her certificate. Then I forgot to take a photo of it. DUH!

Here is a mock up, I had also added stars to the frame, so mad with myself. I thought she deserved acknowledgement so posted this.

Birthday Puss WLSC

     Hi Everyone my DT make today is for

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme 

All Creatures Great & Small

 

A new stamp set to make this card. I saw a sentiment on a card, that I liked, it came with other animal stamps, so off to use the animals and didn't use the sentiment, what am I like? 

Anyhow, I stamped the animals, coloured them with DI's, to match the digital paper I chose, and die cut them to fit the card. Next to find a sketch for inspiration for me to fit it to. I know, I should have started with a sketch. I found one, and played with it. Now I can't find it to let you know which it was. 

I cut the scallop border with my Silhouette. I'm not fussy on fussy cutting! The border was attached to the paper, then die cut to fit the card layer, which I had die cut previously. I stamped the sentiment, then the animal layer was added using 3D pads. 

stamps - Penny Black, Bubbly

sentiment stamp - Magazine freebie, SCP#216 

paper and border - Cherished Mini kit, Wishing Well Creations (2015)

inks - Distress Inks, mustard seed, bundled sage, festive berries,peacock feathers, evergreen bough,squeezed lemonade,tattered rose,shabby shutters  

 

 

 

Our prizes this month are

Three wonderful fun stamps from  

AALL and Create

French Alps Engagement

Hi Everyone, my card today was for our G Nephews' engagement. A shock to everyone including his Fiancé. They have been living together for about 5 years, but when asked when they were getting married, always just looked at each other and smiled. We are all thrilled, it's such happy news. 

They were engaged on holiday in the French Alps, so that's my theme. I went looking for mountains in my files and found this beauty, it was on a background paper, but I isolated and copied the single mountain to use.

Next I looked for snow and decided on this, then what do I do with the French part? I went looking for an image of the French flag on the web, and this heart was amongst them, how lucky was that, of course I had to use it. Then found the blue sky paper as the background.

I took everything into Silhouette and print and cut everything, to size for the 8 x 8 inch card. I cut the heart, then added a layer for the background to the sentiment layer. The mountain was cut with an outline of white, and another outline of silver card to enhance it. The snow layer was next. The fab couple, again in my files, was cut twice from navy card and both layered onto silver card. I used it here too.

I thought it needed something else, so added different size die cut hearts, off cuts from a whole die.  I'm glad to say they loved it, and the fact it was just as it happened, they said. AW!

mountain -  The Hungry jpeg, Indigo woodland pattern paper 2022

snow image - Hugware image, In the meadow 2005

blue sky paper - Hugware, Earthscapes, mountain sky 2005

French Flag heart - Freepik

couple - Freepick, 2016  

Silhouette

die - red Hearts, Tattered lace, years old 

 

 

this shows the silver outline around the couple and the mountains. 

 

 

 

I came across a challenge I haven't visited in an age and decided to add to it.

 

https://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2026/05/cd-sunday-plus-challenge-183-hosted-by.html 

Food or Drink, Burgers TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for

The Male Room

 

Food or Drink, now that is a great challenge for me, as I don't have many food or drink stamps. I saw this digi for sale and just had to get it. With the GNephews being adults now, I thought they would appreciate it. I hope. 

 

I took it into Silhouette and print and cut it 3 times, then coloured it with DI's using a lot of colours. The sentiment was printed and fussy cut, maybe I should have had Silhouette do it, anyway, I then had to do a background. After looking through backgrounds in my files, I found this beauty, just perfect for Bob and his dog, even the shadows fitted it. I find digital scrapbook kits are very handy with their different papers and elements.

 

Next I layered all the images, then added the background to the base card and the layers onto it. The sentiment was added with 3D pads.  For all the colouring, it really didn't take that much time, I'm glad to say. It's a big image on a 5x7 card, and my colouring isn't brilliant, but I quite like it. 

 

image - Dr Digi, Bob's Big Burger

inks - Distress inks, too many to say

white pen - Posca

background - Afternoon-Delight/Dezines by Nae at Digital Scrapbool.com 2020

 

 What will your Food or Drink be for the Challenge?

Pelican WLSC

    Hi Everyone my DT make today is for

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme 

All Creatures Great & Small

 

I am still struggling with my card making, but managing to get some done, I gotta, the family are waiting for their birthday cards. This is for another GNephew, full of fun boy, that I thought would give him a laugh or a smile? 

I loosely followed this sketch. 

 

 I found an old fun digi stamp, and went to my Silhouette to print and cut 3 layers, I managed to get 3 layers of sentiment on the same cut. So much easier than fussy cutting!

Next I coloured the pelican with DI's, sadly the yellow colours of the bird haven't come as original in the photo. Anyway, he and the sentiment were glued together. I tried painting a background, twice, a complete disaster, so gave up and used a digi paper. 

He needed something else, I thought, so added a setting sun die and some birds, ready to roost. It was done, but what a struggle! I think he turned out OK in the end.  

Pelican - Digi Stamps4Joy

 inks - Distress Inks , mustard seed,faded jeans, hickory smoke, dried marigold

background paper -  PC Hugware (2006)

sun die - magazine freebie SCP

birds stamp - magazine freebie SCP 

 

 

 

What will your All Creatures Great & Small be for our Challenge

 

Our wonderful prizes this month are 

Three stamps from AALL and Create