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

Tag card TMR

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

  

The Male Room Challenge  

 

I knew I had a tag in with my files and went off to find it. I used my digital die cutting machine to cut it out, then went to find some beer images and stamps. This time I was fortunate and found images and stamps. I used the beer glass stamp to stamp and clear emboss over the background. I printed and digital die cut the images and with a sentiment I generated, I added a shadow cut base.  Then using the stamps I stamped and embossed in gold. I felt they needed a shadow base, I'm useless at fussy cutting, but I hope the recipient won't notice they are not done like a die cut, apart from the sentiment with my die cutting machine and the circle which was die cut. I have just noticed you can't see what is inside the circle, I stamped "Cheers". All were then attached to the Tag card and some bakers twine added to each tag.

 

tag card - Shirley's Cards 

stamps - magazine freebies

circle die - Tonic

images -  Marisa Lerin - Digital Scrapbook (Pixelscrapper)

bakers twine, Kraft card - stash

I hope I'll see you at the Challenge. 

Moving along with the times challenge #43

Bumble Bee QKR

 Hi Everyone my DT card for today 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

I was looking through by bits box and came across this wonderful cut file card I hadn't used, it was perfect for what I wanted. I got out my Distress Oxides and coloured the flowers and swirls, then found a floral stencil that was given to me a few years ago and coloured the flowers yellow and the leaves green, shame is as the card is pearlised and the colours don't come out in the photo, due to the shine of the card. 

I then stamped the bee and sentiment and fussy cut around them. I coloured the bee with DI's and 3D'd them onto the stencilled part of the card. The wings and sentiment were lightly coloured too.

 image - Bumble Bee QKR Stampede

sentiment - Just buzzin' by - Artful Stamper QKR

Distress Oxides - Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemon, Kitsch Flamingo, Peeled Paint.

wings and sentiment - Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass  

flower card cut file - Krewella Creations. I had it in 2012

 

Creative Moments Challenge #234 Summer's Here? Yep! I think so

Global Design Project #343 Beautiful Bugs. He's cute?

Sledding Snowman QKR

     Hi Everyone here I am with my DT card for today

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

I nearly forgot to post this, until a friend came to visit and wanted to see how my die cutting machine worked, I was in the middle of showing her and came across this card and remembered I hadn't done a post for it. It must be the SUN, we haven't had any for weeks and then the last couple of days have been frosty and very cold, but very sunny, perfect Winter days. AND! the nights are drawing out, Spring is on the way, says she hopefully, funny how the sun affects me.

My card today is shaped and for a Winter birthday. I thought this delightful snowman deserved the snowflake. I made it using my digital die cutting machine again and cut the giant snowflake into a 6x6 card size. I adjusted the snowman image to fit the centre, the papers were used to add to the extra layer snowflakes, included in the design. I print and cut the papers in the snowflake shape and the Snowman circle. I coloured him with inks, to match the paper, he was attached to the centre of the snowflake after inking the edges, to outline the circle. The Hot chocolate image was included in the paper design kit and I added the birthday sentiment and cut and printed both, also added an offset layer behind them. I added Nuvo Glaze to his nose and used a Quickie Glue pen to add silver glitter snowflakes! I stamped a sentiment inside and forgot to take a piccie! Another memory fail! 

The snowflake was a design I had in 2011, however it's still available as a freebie in Shirley's blog, linked below. The happy Sledding Snowman is linked also. 

image - QKR Sledding Snowman

Snowflake shaped card - Giant Snowflake Shirley's Cards

inks - Distress Inks

sentiment & papers - Laurel Stone @ Digital Scrapbook.com 

(Pixelscrapper) blog hop Jan 2020

We love 2 Create Challenge #1

The Corrosive Challenge #1

Gem of a challenge #2

Cut it Up Challenge # 243

Bird on a wire!

 Hi Everyone, with mojo still in abeyance, I was lucky to see that my blog friend Shirley had done another wonderful design for me to play with. I had no thinking, in fact, that was a sad fact, because I cut the card 1mm short of the edge of the card I used, which meant that the beautiful small scallops were cut off one edge. I had to cut the other edges straight, as I didn't have time to cut another card. Such a shame, but I will use the card file another time and include the small scallops. 

A simple stamping in the centre which I heat embossed, then die cut the birds and added them to the 3D'd centre. I added black card to the inside of the cut pattern.

card is a freebie from HERE

birds - Dovecraft dies

sentiment stamp - magazine freebie

Christmas cards

 Hi Everyone, I saw a design that I liked and went for it! in fact I made 9 cards, just changing a few of the backgrounds, they came out great - I think!

I started by adding the design into my Cameo and cutting them out, I altered the backgrounds and printed them out, I then cut all the images out, added a "light" background to the lamp using markers. I sprayed the sentiment with sparkle. Then glued everything to the cards - a LOT of glueing LOL.  However when I got into the rhythm it didn't take much time, I also stamped a sentiment onto the back. I'm really pleased with the cards. Designed by my blog friend Shirley, she's so clever and has fabulous designs, I don't use enough of.

design - Shirley Young

papers - Creative Fabrika

stamp - Card Making Magic

sparkle - Crafters Companion Sparkle & Shine

markers - Spectrum Noir

arrow shows paper included with design

This shows the sentiment, 

I may add more of the paper or a couple of stamps.

 I'm not sure yet, whether to leave it as is! 

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Fathers Day

Hi Everyone, apart from DT cards I am in the midst of indecision! I have spent all day trying to make a card for hubby on Fathers Day. I think I have looked through everything and discounted them all too. I left it all to do lunch, have a chat with hubby, have a cuppa, make dinner, look at cards on the web and eventually gave up and went with one ready designed and all I had to do is choose the paper! that was not easy either! BUT it's done. Thank you Shirley Young! The only thing I did was make it slightly bigger, because I could!

 At last a post on my blog. With the sun shining and so quiet without any wind either. I LOVE these late light nights. Anyhow, here is the card, it's an old design since 2012 and a NBUS! as Darnell would say.

Card design - Shirley Young and here

card - Crafters Companion, Centura Pearl

paper - Craft Sensations

I added some glue and Tonic Pure Sheen glitter, to the gold bits on the paper

stamp - Card Making Magic, mag freebie

embossing powder - Dovecraft

Silhouette Cameo

ready for my son to write nice things, as he usually does.

Arty Divas

Through the Craftroom Door

Heart bouquet

Hi Everyone, my card today is another using my Silhouette Cameo, with a fab freebie. I came across the paper in my files and thought it great to point out the sentiment. It's actually a heart on the paper, which I have covered up to put my embellies.

Heart Bouquet - Shirley's Cards more files here

sentiment - Create with TLC using sketch pens on the Cameo

dp - DigiDewi at Pixelscrapper

mirror card - Hunkydory

circle dies - Tattered Lace pindot

Rose frame

Hi Everyone, I had my Cameo out to cut one of Shirley's cut file templates for a change, she generously gives out freebies on her blog and I don't use enough of them. I intended to use this a different way, but it cut out so well I decided to just put some paper behind, Shirley even supplied that in her file, but I wanted dramatic! so used a different one and then it was finished.

I added gems and some metallic wax rub, I have had for years. It has given the black a lovely coloured sheen as you can see in the close up. Sorry the main photo is at an angel, but the straight on one was blurred! and I wanted to get this posted.

 DP paper by Debbie More Art Deco Rome CD.

50th birthday

Hi Everyone, today is a card I made for the niece who is going to China. It's her 50th birthday this week and I decided to use my Cameo and a file from Shirley's Templates, she gives the most beautiful freebie cutting files and has beautiful cutting files for sale too. I decided to use a 5 x 7 size card which was fortunate as so was the cut file LOL. The photo was taken just before I sent it, and would you believe it it was the first darkish day we had had in a couple of weeks, so the photo doesn't do it justice.

floral frame by Shirley's Cards

butterfly is a Tonic die

paper by Pink Petticoat

flowers are from Hobbycraft