Surfs Up Dude!

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

The Male Room

I had so much fun with this card, it will go to my adventurous GNephew who, at this moment, is on a trip around the Australian coastline. When he gets back to his home in Sydney, I'll send it.

I had a few choices of images that I have in my files, but decided to go with this wonderful gnome surfer, layered 3 times and placed on a 3D frame, the ball and sentiment were also layered 3 times. 

frame, background and ball- Hugware, Laurie Furnell, fussy cut

 (no longer available)

Gnome - Larry-Surf'sUp - Lacey Sunshine

coloured in Photoshop CS6, print and cut with Silhouette Cameo

sentiment - Printable Cuttable Creatables, print and cut Silhouette Cameo

sparkle pen - Spectrum Noir

3D gloss - Anita's

I am entering the following challenges

Saturday Paper A La Mode Challenge July 20, 2019

http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/challenge-101-for-guy-any-age.html  For a Guy - any age

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2019/07/238-here-comes-summer.html Here comes summer

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2019/07/ttcrd-anything-goes-challenge-week-july.html ATG

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2019/07/week-30-anything-goes-crafting.htmlATG 

http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2019/07/anything-goes-challenge.html ATG

DSC March - Spring is in the Air!

It's time for the Monthly challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Spring is in the Air

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

The DT were given images to work with and mine is the delightful "Mayde Spring Cleaning Dust Bunnies". I decided to make her "dirty", so much easier to colour dirty in PS, for me anyway. I copied the corner circles and added a PS pattern to them, made shapes to match the sketch, added paper on top of the circle and just colour for the sentiment shape and the background shape, then added the striped paper at the back. I had such fun "painting "Mayde Spring Cleaning".

Go see what my Teamies have done, and how about trying a digital layout yourselves. SO easy! I will print this out when I have someone moving into a new home or even a house proud friend of mine's birthday! I am naughty LOL. I'll probably save the shapes in a PNG file and print and cut with my Cameo.

Sentiment from Create with TLC

Digi papers from Pixelscrapper

Floor paper D Wolf Pixelscrapper

PS Grungy Actions by Atomic Cupcake

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It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Anything Goes

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

This card just flew together, and I LOVE it. Oh! there's me being modest again! 

I used Samarkan font to give an eastern edge, I changed the colour of the background layer to match her "trousers", sorry can't think of the proper name - a senior moment. I designed it in PS then printed and layered the DP onto gold mirror card, I added a spring to the image, so she can dance! Added a ribbon instead of the digi border and the sentiment was also layered onto gold mirror card. I cut the image with print and cut on my Silhouette, but I couldn't get it without a white border - more to learn.

digital layout to start

The sentiment

The card after printing & layering

The DP is

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It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

"Font Talk" (Use different fonts)

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

My image for today is JillianJammin

 The fonts I used are CaslonAntT, Cafe Rojo, Roller World BTN Bold Out.

I used this colour combination by Design Seeds 

sentiment is from Teen Quote 
cushion is from a 2012 blog hop by Aveziur. 

music border is by Marisa Lerin at Pixel Scrapper
watercolour background is from Photoshop Creative magazine files 

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It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

"Anything BUT a card or layout"

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

I chose "Snow Bunny Etherial Enchantress" isn't she wonderful?

My "Anything BUT a card"  is a calendar page, I think she is perfect for this, she's showing what the weather can be, beautifully.

I coloured her in PS added shading and shadows and placed her in the calendar template.  

Digistamp by Lacy Sunshine

Background paper by Shabby Princess

Branch Snickerdoodle Designs

Calendar template Mye de Leon

DSC # 108

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Lots of Flowers

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

My DT choice of image today is "Bella Petal Nifty Britches" the challenge "lots of flowers" I think I have covered that brief LOL. She is certainly surrounded by flowers. I'm trying hard with colouring hair digitally, but not succeeding very well, but better than if I had other ways, I've tried and it's worse :( Love this image though, so will have to have a practice hair colouring day.

DP and elements are from a from a digi kit by Aimee Asher

banner is from Allison Kimball

Here she is printed, but couldn't get a good photo sorry.

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-273-use-orange.html  ~Use Orange - Yep!

http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/october-anything-goes.html  Anything Goes  - Yep!

DSC # 105 "Charming"

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Charming

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

My DT image this week is Emmalouboohelovesme, she is such a cutie.  

I'm really short of time this week, (and I thought I would be bored in retirement!) so this is a short post. My apologies.

I've played a lot in PS with shadows and styles with her and the DP's and elements -

DP papers and elements are by Carin Grobe Daisy Fairy digi kit.

Heart Charm is by Delicious Scraps

Heart drop charm is from the February Pixel Scrapper blog hop

Challenges

http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/sisters-of-craft-september-anything.html  Anything Goes

http://digisketchchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/a-girl-thing-challenge.html  It's a girl thing - Theme

DSC # 103 Oriental

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Oriental

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

My DT choice from Lacy Sunshine is "Emily's Kimono". I thought it so pretty. 

I couldn't wait to use this, as I love Oriental images.  I haven't made a mistake and left her face white or even made her a Goth, she is "Geisha" so would have have a white face and eyes rimmed with red.  Red is a lucky colour in the Far East so I gave her a red kimono and gold for luxury.  I made the bridge in PS with PS shapes.  I hope I have done her justice.

The gold of her parasol and obi is a DP by Aveziur - Winter Wedding kit.

The cherry blossom is by Summer Driggs - Dance with me kit.

The Japanese text background is "Japanese writing background", which I have had for a long time, - no designer I'm sorry.

The Teapot etc. in the corner is a PS brush by Jonathan S Harris at Deviant Art.

The font is Japanese Style

The gold and red background is a PS shape, coloured in PS.

This is the printed card with layered image and added sparkle.

DSC # 95 "Day at the Beach"

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Day at the Beach

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

A day at the beach to me is always Ice Cream as, we always have an ice cream on a visit to the seaside.  When we were asked to choose which digi we wanted to show, I HAD to choose, Eleanor & Pickles Double Scoop, the lick of her lips is just what I do LOL.

As usual this is coloured in Photoshop, I added a chalk edge and used blending mode to blur the edges of the background. Added shadows, and made the huts with PS shapes.

This is the card printed with Eleanor & Pickles Double Scoop, the sunshade and the sentiment 3D layered. (I decided, when printing to add a new layer for the sentiment and place it off the edge.)

I used this selection of colours from Color Q for my card.

The background is by Booland Designs from a digi kit, "Beach collaboration".

Hut 1 DP by Elledesigns large multistripe paper

Hut 2 DP by D Rutter digi kit For the Love Of.

Hut 3 DP from Pixel & Co
Skirt by Digi Cyber Scraps Pixel Scrapper Oct blog train.

The sun is by SnickerDoodles/Jilberts bits of bytes collab.

The sun shade is by TLC creations

Challenges
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-119-and-winners-of-118.html  At the Beach - Yep!

http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-122-3-or-more-design-papers.html  3 or more design papers - Yep!

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It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Holidays 

sponsored by  Lacy Sunshine

My DT card today is made with the fabulous Lacy Sunshine Bubbles Sailing, just perfect for someone going on a cruise holiday (vacation).

I have used papers and elements from the digi kit Hatteras by Wild Blueberry Ink, I love this kit. This is entirely digital. I added shadows to papers and elements and image, painted the image in PS, added a "stroke" to the papers to give the effect of layering. I also added a "style" to the band around the barrel.

Here is the printed card, so easy when done in digi first. Taken in VERY bright sunshine.

PS TIP - I have been learning a few things off the Creative Live web site with (Dave Cross, PS teacher) and I put it to good use in this card.  Instead of having all the layers shown, (a lot) I "grouped" the paper layers with the elements, then the image top layers in another group, I could select which group I wanted to show and print that group, then the same with the other group after "hiding" the first printed group. I hope you PS users understand this. Sorry it's mumbo jumbo for the rest of you LOL.  It's something I shall be doing in the future, made it so easy.

Challenges

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-216.html  Use a digi - Yep!

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/pile-it-on-23-use-some-patterned-paper.html  Use some patterned paper - Yep!

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/63-nautical.html  Nautical - Yep!

http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/summer-fun-challenge.html  Summer Fun - Yep!

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/anything-goes-challenge.html  Anyhting Goes - Yep!

DSC #86 Anything with Wings

Hi Everyone

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Anything with Wings

sponsored by  Lacey Sunshine

The fabulous image I chose as my DT choice for this challenge, is Willow's butterfly friend.  I have been quite bright in my choices of cards of late, so decided to cool it right down with this combination of colours by Design Seeds.

I wish my printer would print colours as they appear

on the screen and also why does the camera do it's choice of colour sometimes too? Here is the digi option and the hybrid option.  The background butterfly paper is by Pink Petticoat, the butterfly dies are Tonic dies.  The stitching is digi by Atomic Cupcake and the tiny butterflies are PS shapes, coloured with the colours on the swatch and then a PS "pattern" added to them.

AND then I decided to do another in different colours, make your choice :) this time I used these brighter colours (I couldn't stay away from those bright colours) and used Tonic Butterflies & Blooms Die.  Yes I know it's unusual to have 2 DT cards, but  I loved the image and she looks so good in either colour, at least I think so.  NOW if  I can get her facial colour to print out what I see on screen I'll be laughing LOL.  Oh! yes the DP  is Blue Hydrangea by Audrey Jean Roberts, I also drew some swirls in PS and copied the shape to my Cricut and it's cutting program, printed out the sentiment that I had sized to the shape, I'm quite pleased with this too and it can be used over and over wherever I use some scrolls. I've added the shape to the bottom of the post so if you want to copy and cut it yourself, you are welcome too.

Hope you can enter this fun challenge and give us your take on "something with wings".

Here's the shape. 

I'd love it if you would give me credit for this

DSC #83 Easter

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the theme is 

Easter

sponsored by Lacy Sunshine

I followed this sketch

My DT card for Easter is this fab image "Rory's Eggstra Special Delivery" by Lacy Sunshine, I decided to go over the top with colour when looking for paper in my files, I came across this fabby paper by Heather T at MS Scraps, it's from the kit Cabin Fever, so are all the embellies too.  I paper pieced and coloured her in PS, shadows added.  Is it only me to see faces in things?  Can you see the smiley face in the bag?  I followed the I(heart)sketches, shown here too.

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Hi Everyone hope you are all well.

My DT post today

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

WANT TO BE A STAR

- add stars to your project.

sponsored by Lacy Sunshine

Everything is made and coloured in PS, the great little ice cream cone is my DSC watermark, isn't it the cutest?  It was made by Denise Pustelniak at DSC.
The papers and embellies are by Craftastical the image is Emily - Raining Frogs by Lacy Sunshine. The star shapes are from PS default shapes.

C'mon everyone, you know you want to get into digi, have a looky at what the Teamies have done at DSC it doesn't have to be 100% digital, but you get a little extra if it is.  Everyone is welcome, check it out.