Showing posts with label CraftAddictionsUK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CraftAddictionsUK. Show all posts

26 May 2026

Food or Drink TMR

Hi Everyone, my DT post today a second card for
 
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?

01 October 2025

Baby Boy TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 
 
I haven't made a baby card in a couple of years, and was thrilled to make one. I had a couple of stamps, but went to a colouring page by someone I have been a follower of for years. I just love her images, and I had a choice in my files, but decided to go with this cutie. Also, we have a local singer comedian named Max Boyce, and he got the crowds going by saying oggie oggie oggie. This image has a similar saying? So I had to go with it.
 
I print and cut the image with Silhouette on watercolour paper. Then coloured it with Distress Inks. I had a design in mind with a heart, but it didn't work out, so I print and cut a heart with the "oogie oogie" on it, again with Silhouette. I had this "It's a Boy" stamp for a long time, so stamped it onto the heart. Next, I layered the 2 layers of the baby and 3D'd it onto the heart. I used a die heart and sentiment and added it with a split pin, don't know when I used one of those last either.
 
I was going to leave it at that, but for some reason it didn't look right, I die cut some textured card, and ink blended it. Then embossed it with a background I had made with Silhouette an age ago. I cut 3 layers of the hearts and then glued them together. Next, I embossed the layers onto the inked background.  The colour isn't quite right in the photo, but near enough.
 
image - Elizabeth Dulemba  Baby Oogie
 inks - Distress Inks, tumbled glass, broken china, 
dried marigold, spiced marmalade
scalloped heart - Samantha Walker Scalloped Edge Shapes
 Masks Collection 2017 at Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper
it's a boy stamp - Magazine freebie (old) 
heart and sentiment die - CraftAddictionsUK
 Wonky Hearts - Paige Evans, Silhouette Design Store 
square die - Sue Wilson Square Noble die 
 

18 September 2025

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.