Make it Cute WLSC mid month

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Mervi of   

Make it Cute

 

With 2 prizes each of two House Mouse stamps

 

 

 

Cute?  I didn't know what to do for my mid month card, so I went with digital stamps and found this little HoneyBee, who I love, but haven't used before, although I had him in 2017. Anyhow, I had some hexagon dies, and I decided on this digital image of a House dripping in honey for the background. However, I decided it would overwhelm him, so I added plain vellum over it to dilute the strong colour it has, then cut both with the die. They were attached with a spot of glue on each corner. 

 

I looked through more dies to see if I had one I could emboss, and this was the closest to a hexagon. It was embossed, the hexagon was attached, then I thought another hexagon for the sentiment, I stamped the sentiment, then thought, it needed some honey mess around the edge of the layer. I didn't mean for so much, but went with it. Both were added to the embossed card and attached to the base card.

 

Honeybee was cut in 3 layers with Silhouette. I then coloured him with DI's. I added some glitter pen to him and his wings. He was then added to the card, I decided he required some companions, so I found some bee stamps, coloured them and added glitter pen, fussy cut them and placed them onto the card. 

 

Image - HoneyBee Aurora Wings 2017

inks - Distress Inks, wild honey, mustard seed, pumice stone, worn lipstick, 

gathered twigs, tumbled glass.

bee stamps and sentiment - Magazine freebies, Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

 hexagon dies - CraftAddictionsUK

embossed die - Mini Lattice Tattered Lace (Old) 

honey house image - Dream Cafe Art Etsy 

glitter pen - Nuvo

 

I hope to see your cute cards in the challenge. 

Dandelions

Hi Everyone, I hope you're all OK.

I saw a challenge I hadn't entered for ages, hence today's card. I have seen so many dandelions and daisies looking like jewels on the side of the road, I decided to make something with my digi stamp and here it is. I think it will brighten my Goddaughters day, at least I hope so.

Dandelion Sprite - Aurora Wings

coloured in Photoshop CS6

Dandelion watercolour images - Creativefabrika

doodles background paper - Creative Market

gems - stash
black card - stash

insert

https://www.facebook.com/groups/StampsByAuroraWings/

Wine Sprite

Hi Everyone, my DT post for

The NEW Edition of  TTCRD Magazine is due and it's all about

Beverages

Brothers

Fruit

Shaker cards

& always Christmas

In the new September / October Magazine edition, you will see this card of mine. 

I used Aurora Wings "Wine Sprite"

https://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-70-sketch-challenge.html I hope this shows the influence of the sketch.

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2018/08/ch-384-what-makes-you-happy.html

what makes me happy? well a little wine now and then!

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2018/08/week-35-digi-choosday-anything-goes.html ATG

Miyabi framed

Hi Everyone, after being on this image a long while, I decided to finish it and as there is a challenge going over at Aurora Wings, I decided to frame and enter it.

image - Miyabi full version Aurorawings

coloured in Photoshop CS6

background paper - Miya J Nastasja KatcoCreation Collab Paper 07

trees in corners - PS Japanese brushes

Japanese writing - unknown (from 2004)

I already had a frame, it was white, so I added gold lustre wax to it,

 it now has a lovely golden shine to it.

I hope I have done justice to the beautiful image, it is not perfect, but I am pleased and have it on display in my conservatory. 

when printing it out I printed in landscape instead of portrait! 

but I may make this fit an 8 x 8 frame.

https://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/07/challenge-69-anything-goes.html

Hi Everyone, a BIG blowing my own trumpet with big boasting -

I have to share with you my win over at Aurora Wings. I have been chosen as "Artist's Choice" for my framed image above. I am so overwhelmed and absolutely thrilled to bits. I have to say that everyone who visits us, comments about the framed image, it makes me so proud to have got this result from the fabulous digi by Mitzi.

Aurorawings challenge 69.blogspot.com

Lots of Lilac!

Hi Everyone, when I saw the Lilac Sprite I had to have her and luckily it is a freebie for taking part in the challenge.

I have lilac papers and elements in my files, so of course I used them. I hope it's not overkill LOL

Lilac Sprite - Aurora Wings

coloured in PS

lilac paper, frame and bow - Julie C Designs

3D image and bow - print & cut on the Cameo

dragonfly stamp and die - magazine freebie

vellum - Dovecraft

embossing powder - Tinsel Snowflake, Papermania

https://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/challenge-65-sprite-delight-v-and-happy.html - Lilac Sprite

http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-208-anything-goes-optional.html optional twist vellum - dragonfly

EDIT
I am absolutely thrilled to say I was chosen as Artist Choice for my colouring WOW! and thank you Mitzi.
https://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-65-winners.html

Hydrangea Sprite

Hi Everyone, another card with old files, I'm doing well - so far LOL. Blue is also a neglected colour and now - so  Very blue.

Hydrangea Sprite - Aurora Wings coloured in PS to match the photo 

background paper - my own garden hydrangeas, using a blur in PS

now for the neglected files

embossing folders - Tattered Lace

border - Shirleys Cards looped border

dark blue card - Tonic

ribbon from stash

Seeing as this has our hydrangeas in it I thought I would share this years blooms, we haven't had as good a show as we usually do, as a late frost caught the tips of the new growth and I think the rains have encouraged growth, but not flowers.

I think this is the largest this year, you wouldn't think it in the photo,

BUT look below this one where I've measured it.

over 7 inches

 you can still see the burnt tips, very few and small flowers, but the spiders like it.

Also thought you may like to see some of the rain we have had in the last few days, it's been more like Autumn than Summer, with awful thunder and lightening at times.
puddles on the patio

lashing like stair rods, you can see it bouncing up from the patio

even bouncing on the roof

Yep! it's raining!

Sympathy Sprite

Hi Everyone, my card today is for the family of my cousin, who died a last week, a beautiful gentle soul, who I loved a lot, even though we saw her rarely and was 20 years older than me. She had suffered with Alzheimer disease for 6 years, a tragedy for anyone, but I feel more so, of someone so lovely.

This image is exactly how I felt when I heard she had passed. I saw the image HERE and chose it as my favourite card on Morgan's Artworld challenge HERE and had to choose it for this card.

image - Pierrot Sprite Aurora Wings

coloured digitally in PS

dp's - The Lovely Studio used to be Pink Petticoat

 dies Tattered Lace

pearls from stash

If the card looks a little wavy, it was, because of wet glue, but after gentle persuasion it is now straight.