TMR Floral

 Hi Everyone, my DT post for today is for 

 The Male Room Challenge

After looking through my Christmas stamps, I decided to use the Christmas Roses and the oval leaves from the same set, stamped and embossed in gold. I then coloured both in DI's. The robin was found in my bits box, already coloured, and he was just what I wanted for this male card. Both sat on my desk for weeks, with me wondering how to use them. I found a sketch online that helped me place them, so off to my dies. I cut the oval and dry embossed it.  I added the same green as the leaves to wipe over the embossing. I flipped it and placed the oval to enable the flowers to show.

 The flowers were added with 3D pads onto the leaves, and they were then 3D'd onto the oval. The Robin also had 3D pads added and then placed onto the oval. I wasn't sure which sentiment to choose, but this popped out to me. It was stamped and embossed in gold. The flowers, leaves, and sentiment were then painted over with a gold shimmer pen. Next, I used gold paint to splatter onto the whole card. It's a lovely effect in real life.

 

flower and leaves stamps -  Chloe's Creative, magazine freebie SCP#262

 sentiment - Christmas Special magazine freebie 

robin - British Garden Birds magazine freebie SCP #287

embossed die - Tattered Lace

Oval die - Tonic

inks - Distress Inks 

gold shimmer pen - Nuvo Midas Touch 881

gold splatter paint - Kuretake Starry Colours

Make it Cute WLSC

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

 

 

 

Well I had to use a HM stamp didn't I? I die cut the card square layers, then stamped the images and sentiment. I used DI's to colour them all. Next, I used a glitter pen on the candles and the hat. The bottom layer card was swiped with the pink over the edge, I didn't want a full colour and quite like the effect. They were glued together and attached to the base card. A simple and easy card. And easy for the post too.

 

stamp - House Mouse Sweet Birthday

inks - Distress Inks spun sugar, scattered straw, shabby shutters, tumbled glass

glitter pen - Nuvo 

square dies - Sue Wilson Noble Square dies 

 How Cute will your card be for our Challenge?

 

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/hmfmc-448-anything-goes-option.html ATG

Trees TMR

 My DT card today is for

The Male Room Challenge
 

I have a number of images and stamps for Trees, but I went with an embossing folder instead. I embossed it then coloured it with water coloured pencils, I couldn't trust myself with anything else! I added water to a brush, to spread them out, I used different gold inks to colour the decorations. Then I stamped a couple of corners in gold embossing ink to the top of the card to balance it out, I thought.  

 Next I stamped and gold embossed a sentiment on vellum and added it to the tree base. They were then layered onto gold mirror card. The card was slightly short, so I added die cut presents with the white card, overlaying gold mirror card to make the border even. The photo is a little darker than normal, due to me wanting you to see the stamped corners. Although they still don't show as in real life.

pencils - Nuvo Vibrant Watercolour Pencils

Christmas tree EF & dies & stamp - Magazine freebie Simply Cards & Papercraft #209 

gold pigment inks - Kuretake Starry Colours

gold embossing ink - Hobbycraft

vellum - Crafters Companion

gold mirror card - The Range

 

 

Bird Day - CCC

  Hi Everyone, my DT cards 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 a card to send to a lovely friend, and decided to make one very different to what I normally do. I found a sketch that helped in my decision. I haven't used a sketch for ages, although I changed it slightly.

Next I found my image and papers in my files. Then sent the image and added text for the sentiment, and a shadow for it, to Silhouette and print and cut 3 images, as well as the sentiment, image below. You may be able to see the red lines of the sentiment shadow on top, they were all then cut together.

I printed the papers from Photoshop, and the top layer, which included "It's your" leaving place to add the sentiment and bird. I cut them to size, then coloured my image with watercolour pencils. They were all then placed onto the white top layer, I had chosen a lovely linen lavender card, this was also placed on top, then the purple card was die cut and the image 3D'd into place on top of that.

 

image - from the sadly no more, Bugaboo

pencils - Nuvo Vibrant Watercolour Pencils

fonts - Ellenarelle's Path & Beverly Flower Demo

paper - Curio Pantry "Spring Garden Bundle" 2016

lavender card - Make and Create

 I then went back to Photoshop to design an insert. I used the same gingham paper, placed white rectangles on top and added the sentiment (from the web) and a bird on a branch, which I changed the colours of slightly, on the left side. It was printed and cut to size and placed inside the card. 

paper as before

bird image - Printable Cuttable Creatables

Triple B Challenge

 

Crafty Animals #86 

Real Bird WLSC

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping 

the theme this month being "Anything Stamped with Birds or Animals". 

My card today is a bird, I have been frightened of this stamp since I had it. It has so many small parts that I didn't think I could do it. I'm not the best stamper, that is why I joined the DT, so that Brenda, could stretch me, and I can tell you I was stretched with this card. 

The stamp set, as I said, has tiny stamps, and each of them represents the coloured parts of the bird, a Blue Tit. I cut a square of water colour card, as I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, design wise.

I stamped the branch, using 2 colours of ink on the stamp, not done before, then added a watercolour pencil for shadows. The feet were stamped, near enough to the branch, it was just of landing! Don't say it hasn't got its wings out! :)  The outline of the bird was then stamped, and fit the different stamps in the right colour, inside. I am so chuffed I managed to do it practically all inside, and in the right place. Well apart from a slight correction in one part, but I'm not letting you know where! 

As I hadn't planned anything, (I didn't think I could do it). I had to think what to do for the background, and decided to do more stamping, simpler this time, stamping a part of a tree in the 3 corners. It needed something else, and I noticed that there was a tiny flower stamp in the set, so I stamped a little flower amongst the leaves and added a darker centre, again with watercolour pencil.

Thinking CAS, was not an option for me with this bird, so off I went and found some digital paper that matched the colours and even the stamped flower, so lucky, I used in the stamping. I added them to my Silhouette and made a square frame to fit the bird square and the background, then print and cut them out. I also cut 2 layers of white card to the printed square dp to raise it up off the bird. A sentiment was stamped and die cut, then coloured to match, and placed onto the dp square. Whew! it was finished, and I'm pleased with the result, as simple as it looks. Perhaps I won't be as frightened next time?

bird stamps - Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine #165

tree stamp - Chocolate Baroque 

sentiment stamp & die - Julie Hickey

digital paper - Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine #215

inks - Whisper pigment inks (very old)

inks - Distress Inks, vintage photo 

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Vibrant

 

 

These are the lovely prizes you could win for your entry

 

3 prizes, AALL and Create Elegant Peacock, Serengeti stamps and Starry Night stencil

Horse & Hat CCC

 Hi Everyone, I have 3 DT cards today, I hope you will be able to visit each of them, this 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...

My Niece who has a beautiful white Spanish horse and is horse mad, was 60 a month ago, and I have always or for many years anyway, made her a card with a horse. 

I purchased the fabulous image and then didn't know what I was going to do with it. I thought of a fancy die border, that I have, but it wasn't big enough, so off to Silhouette, and I cut 2 fancy scalloped borders, 3 layers of the horse and 3 layers of the 60. I inked gold over the digitally die cut border, but wasn't keen, so I tried the white over it, better, but it needed a pale blue background to give some depth, I thought. So I used a watercolour pencil to mostly cover the centre, then used water to spread it out. They were then attached just off centre to show the gold ink.

The image was coloured with watercolour pencils and I cut one of the layers to add 3D pads to raise the balloons more. The 60 was added after colouring with gold ink, but just one layer. I then thought it needed more, so took a fine brush and inked around the card, adding gold inked horseshoes I cut out. Yep! a bit wavy, but I don't mind that. It's got a lovely shine to it. You may think I didn't colour the horse, I did, but tried to make it a white one, wasn't that successful though.

image - Hetty Clair, Tea Party Pony

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Vibrant Watercolour pencils

scalloped border frame - Shirley's Templates 

horseshoes - freebie image made into cut file

 

 

I hope to see you at the challenge

Turtally Wishes

Hi Everyone, I have 3 DT cards today, I hope you will be able to visit each of them, this is for -

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

 

I thought I would use these lovely images for my card today, and use a floral background I haven't done in a while, well! it's getting to Spring?

 

I added all dp and images to Silhouette, I printed them and cut 3 of the cat, turtle, and the sentiment.  I cut 2 pieces of card to match the size of the bottom floral, embossing a "wall" and adding stencil clouds. The images were coloured with water colour pencils, I added wobbly eyes to the cat and 3D glaze to the turtle eyes. All then attached to the card. I think I've made it sound a simple card, but it took longer than I thought, don't they always?

cat - Kitty Peaker Eureka Stamps

turtle - Turtle Stamp QKR Stampede

dp - Marisa Lerin Digital Scrapbook

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Beautifully Vibrant

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

wobbly eyes - stash

embossing folder - Crafter Companion Wall

card - Lidl

ink - Distress Oxide tumbled glass

Elephant QKR

Hi Everyone, this is my DT card today for  

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

 

I have this wonderful Elephant in my files that I think should be used again. I also used him here. 

I added the paper, the sentiment to a piece of matching colour paper and the 2 layers of elephant to the Silhouette. They were printed and cut. I then coloured the elephant with distress inks. Layered the 2 pieces together and added 3D pads. The papers were layered onto dark green card. After attaching the first layer, I decided I needed something else, and found a die I haven't used in a long time, I cut it out of the same green card as the surrounding layers. The Elephant was attached, then I decided to add a little colour to the ivy and used the watercolour pencils, without water. He is such a majestic animal. I love him.

Elephant - QKR Digital stamps 

inks - Distress Inks tea dye, hickory smoke, tattered rose,

paper -  Christina C Digital Scrapbooking/Pixelscrapper

green card - StellaWeds

Ivy die - Card Making Magic

inks - Distress Inks tea dye, hickory smoke,tattered rose,

green pencil - Nuvo Vibrant watercolour pencils

sentiment from the web

It would be lovely to see you in our ATG challenge. 

NEWS Boy QKR

Hi Everyone, my card today is one of 2 DT cards this one for  

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

  This is such a great image to add any message under the News headline. I decided that the card I was making would be great for some men in the family who are getting a little older! I like to rub it in, hahaha.

I took the digital stamp into Silhouette and cut out 3 layers of the News Boy and the sentiments, in a speech bubble shape, I got from Photoshop. I coloured his face in water colour pencils and the rest of the image in DI's and added some tiny wobbly eyes I have had for an age. All pieces were glued together and 3D'd to a background which I had dry embossed and shaded with DI's.   

image - News Boy QKR Stampede

Inks - Distress Inks mermaid lagoon, tumbled glass, carved pumpkin hickory smoke.

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Skin tones

embossing folder - Dry Stone Wall Crafters Companion

 

 

It would be great to see you at the Challenge.

 

Carlins Challenge Blog#49 

Hi! QKR

Hi Everyone, my post today is for 

 

 

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

 

One of my teammates at QKR, Sioban, uses 2 or more of QKR images on her cards, so today, I thought I would try and put two together and here is my offering. I love the happy Bee and used him a few times, the ladybug is a good match I think? Anyhow, I took them into my Cameo and cut all the layers out, 3 of each, including the sentiment, which is just using a font and cutting it!

I stencilled a background with DO's, coloured the images in Watercolour pencils, then for a bit of shimmer used gold and silver paint to make the bee's wings shine and added gold to the flower petals and the sentiment. I also added glaze to the eyes of the bug and bee. When I made this, the weather was not too good, making it difficult to photograph. I've added another photo showing the layers, you can also see a little of the shine.

 

 Bug Hugs digital stamp & Bumble Bee digital stamp  QKR Stampede

floral stencil - not known, it was a gift

Hi - Font Beauty Alesha Serif 

ink - Distress Oxides

pencils - Nuvo Vibrant Watercolour Pencils

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Silhouette Cameo

 

 

this is a little of the shine

 

OLD Lady? QKR

 Hi Everyone I have 3 DT cards for today, I hope you will be able to visit each one.

This is for the challenge at QKR. Our challenge is on the 1st and 15th of every month, so you have 2 chances every month to enter the challenge.

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

 

This lady had me chuckling as I coloured her, I fully agree with the sentiment also. I decided to follow a sketch for a change. I have changed it slightly.

 Anyhow, the first thing I do, with most of my cards, is take the image into my digital die cutting machine to print and cut the image, shapes and sentiment. I used one of the layers of my old woman as a mask and shaded around the image. I had digitally paper pieced her bra top, I glued them together, including the one I used as a mask! I then ink shaded the shadow layer of the sentiment and glue them together. 

 

 

It was then painting the image, I used DI's for her trousers, shoes, curlers  and scarf and then used water colour pencils for her skin, I find I can get better shadows using pencils. (I am definitely NOT a colourist and hope for the best on each image!) After she was painted I added her bra. I then added the background to some coloured card, placed a tassel around the check cut shape, I thought it looked like a curtain?

 

 I 3D'd the image onto the image on the background. I then added glaze to her specs and her nails, well she had to have shiny nails didn't she? Some glitter to the flower on her shoes and the card was complete. Shame you can't see the shine of her specs and the flowers on her shoes.

image - Old Lady QKR Stampede

Distress inks - worn lipstick, evergreen bough, wild honey, tumbled glass

watercolour pencils - Nuvo

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze 

glitter - Stickles

tassel - stash

coloured card - Dovecraft

Silhouette Cameo

  

Sports TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for 

The Male Room challenge #162 

I have had "Derek" in my files for too long! it was time to use him and for the perfect challenge. I took him into Photoshop as I wanted to add a plaid paper for his shorts, digitally paper piecing. I print and cut him (so easy) in my Silhouette using a border cut, maybe a little to large? After the 4 layers were cut I coloured him in watercolour pencils. I didn't think his glasses stood out enough, so added a fine liner black pen to make them stand out. Then added 3D glaze.

I stamped the sentiment onto white card and sports items onto another piece of card, clear heat embossing them, there are dumbbells and weights on it, but with my cutting and placement you can only see the skipping ropes oh! well. 

I die cut the border coloured card, stamped, fussy cut and added the weights in the corner. I could have added more details but thought the men don't see the extras, so left it quite simple. I could call this card mixed media?

DumbBell Derek - Dr Digi

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Water Colour Pencils

shorts paper - Gina Jones

card - Craft Sensations, Lidl, Crafters Companion 

stamps - Magazine Freebies

dies - Sue Wilson Noble dies

 

 

EDIT : 

I'm thrilled to say I was chosen as card of the week by Dr Digi 

 

Another year older! Critter Crazy

  Hi Everyone, I have 2 DT cards today, this 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 have had this set of stamps a while, and have been picking up courage to colour these fab goats. I eventually did it with watercolour pencils for the goats, pencil strokes for the grass and some shading around the die cut frame. The sentiment was stamped and I added a green card border for it and the goats, I thought to tie in with the grass? I die cut a few flower heads and added them. Quite a simple card which I am happy with.

 

stamps - Woodware 

square die - Sue Wilson Noble square dies

watercolour pencils - Nuvo

flower die - Tattered Lace 

shading - Distress Inks

 

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Easter Bunny

  Hi Everyone, I have 2 DT cards today, this 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...

After my computer nightmare, I have been going through a few files and found this adorable bunny, just perfect for Easter. I also found some digital Easter papers. I coloured the image in Distress inks matching the paper, then cut it with a die, layered the paper and the image which I also 3D'd. I fussy cut the egg border and 3D'd it onto the paper layers. The corner flower shape are from a die cut left overs. The sentiment is computer generated. I also added sparkle pen to the eggs and 3D glaze to his eyes.

image - Elizabeth Dulemba

dp -  LMS at Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper

inks - Distress Inks

circle die - Tonic 

flower pieces die - Tattered Lace

pink card - Lidl

sprkle pen - Crafters Companion Clear sparkle pen

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

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