Hippo donut

Hi Everyone, my card today is for the Outlawz Sketch and Progressive Challenges

image - Sandra Caldwell

coloured in Photoshop CS6 and 

layered with 3D dimensionals

print & cut on Silhouette Cameo with some fussy cutting

papers - Summertime Designs (no longer available)

sprinkles - Just So Scrappy

donut shape, svg file - Paper Garden Products

lace - stash

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens

the sketch

Hubby's birthday card

Hi Everyone, today my card was for my hubby's birthday, he liked it - whew, he loves a tease and a bit of sentimentality.

foxy mama and winery background - Kenny K.

 sadly no longer doing digi stamps

coloured in PS

dp's - Summertime Designs, again sadly no longer designing.

Chicken Groan!

Hi Everyone a quick post today to enter the Limited Runs FB progressive challenge. We were given this fabby chicken, I was looking through the web for chicken quotes and saw a cartoon, that I have cased. It's a one layer card. I could have done more with the background and the layering, but you know what? it worked as it was so I went with it.

Chicken duplicated and reversed - Limited Runs

coloured in PS

blue background -  PS brush brushed over background

paper on chicken -  Summertime Designs, no longer available

Always have sunglasses with you!

Hi Everyone, my post today is for the Outlawz sketch challenge. I decided to do a Summer card, then realized the challenge sketch would suit perfectly and I wanted "hot" colours, so here it is.

image - Create with TLC 

I added a gradient overlay in PS

dp's and elements- Summertime Designs (appropriate?)

 sadly no longer available.

Moo Thanks

Hi Everyone, after trying 20 times and even shutting down, I eventually got into the dashboard, I must have a setting wrong somewhere as it's so random that it happens.

Anyhow, my card today I have to admit to loving, because I have a thing for cows. I expect it's from living a few doors away from a farm when we were young and cows coming into the garden and munching Mum's flowers. I remember one evening Mum, whilst she was ironing, screaming in shock, she hadn't expected 2 big eyes looking into the window at her, until she realised it was a cow.

 I did spend a long while colouring her and decided she would be a Jersey Cow, because they are beautiful creatures and this is one beautiful cow. (Although we grew up with Holstein cows, black and white.)

sentiment - Create with TLC

Moo Cow - jessica lynn original 2017 (she's on offer atm)

sky - Photoshop Creative Magazine freebie

grass - Summertime Designs, no longer available.

I coloured the wonderful cow in PS, isn't she lovely, look at her eyelashes! :)

I added a felt effect PS style to give her texture - sahin designs

twine unwound for hay?

dies - Sue Wilson Noble square dies

EDIT - I WON at 

http://daffodil-faitha.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/moo-thanks.html

Easter Rabbit vinyl on mugs

Hi Everyone, we used to buy eggs for quite a few children, they are all grown up now and we are left with 2, here's what I did for them for Easter.

Mugs from Morrisons

952 vinyl for their names, cut on the Cameo

Sentiment is by Summertime Designs

card from stash 

 DP paper is Elle Designs, chosen as I thought it matched the mugs.

Boxes cut on the Cameo

labels printed and cut with a magazine freebie label die

Elmo the Emu!

Hi Everyone, my card today is for my Godson's Son, if that makes sense? I know he won't pick up the 3D gloss is a little rough around the beak!

Elmo the Emu Limited Runs

DP's by Summertime Designs, no longer available, sadly.

sentiment, he's an Emu and I hope the birthday will be amazing?

My thinking anyway LOL.

Emu and background and sentiment 3D'd

3D gloss on eyes and beak.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/230242700670077

http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/wednesday-sketch

Thought I would show you half of my birthday cake which was absolutely scrumptious! Hubby had it brought out after a meal with family and friends, such a surprise day for me, although it was a couple of weeks ago, I'm still enjoying all I had and was done for me.

Here's the dozen red roses he bought, as well as arranging everything in secret.

17th birthday Rugby player

Hi everyone a birthday card made for my Great Nephew using an image I won at The Outlawz challenge. He was playing for a large club, but decided to much "politics", shame as he was doing so well. Not his "path" it seems.

Image by Tickell Expressions

DP's by Summertime Designs

I used a "sponged" edge by Atomic Cupcake

 Actions for PS around the spotted paper

I used a "chalk" effect Action by Atomic Cupcake

around the striped paper

buttons from stash

Sentiment is by Art by Miran coloured in PS

 with 17 added to the centre.

Frankenstein

Hi Everyone, I'm not usually into Halloween cards, although it is a time that is getting more popular in the UK. However, I make at least one every year, the first always for our neighbours children, they are both teens now, so I can do something a little grown up for them and when I saw the Create with TLC had this kit, with quite a few things I can use, like added to choccie bars etc. WELL I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

Here he is and I have to say I LOVE him.
The sentiment included sends me into chuckles every time I look at him.

the background paper is by Summertime Designs

the Halloween is a paint image by Sahin Designs

onto which I digitally added a shadow, which brought out the words

I digitally painted the face

printed them all out, with the image a few times to layer the image

I added a Tattered Lace die of the same background

(OK only because I made a mistake while printing the background out)

I added silver Uniball Glitter pen to the "metal" on his face and the screws 

and also a little onto the sentiment and die.

All layered onto black card with some ribbon added.
For the insert I decided to have the background paper as
grey with the paint image by Sahin Designs
and adding more images from the Create with TLC kit.

you can see the glitter pen a little on this closeup.

http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/ants-in-my-pantry-digital-challenge-21.html

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/164-fall-colors-sentiment.html

Birthday Cat

Hi Everyone, this was for my baby brother's birthday last week. You may think it a strange sentiment for a card but if you go here it will explain its self. I often ponder what to make for him, he is the creative one in the family and was a professional photographer, he sends us GREAT cards with regard to recent stories we tell him that have happened or something relevant to us.

Anyhow, that's how this card came to be. I followed the sketch added some twine, printed the sentiment and cut it into a banner. Printed all the papers, the central image and the mouse and layered them all. I hope he likes it.

Cat and mouse by PC Hugware, no longer available

DP's by Summer Time Designs. All is Calm digi kit.

Elegant lady!

Hi Everyone, well - from no mojo to a card in 10 minutes from start to finish!!!!! OK I did have the image already coloured with my Spectrum Noir markers, but didn't know where to go from there, then saw this weeks Outlawz Sketch Challenge and it came together WOW! wish all my makes did the same LOL.

I matched the image, which I had coloured so that I could try the image out! with digi papers I have had since 2008. I stitched the left side and then added colour to the stitching by using a marker. Added dimensional drops and put two dies together to make the swirly hearts. layered the image with layering die cuts - all done. Just one thing - I wish I was better at colouring faces, the ink seems to blend a little too much! Practice, practice is the answer.

Image  by Art by Miran

Digi paper Summertime Designs

Heart die & Swirl die by Tattered Lace

Oval dies Tonic 

http://stampwithsarahkay.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/challenge-254-patchwork.html Patchwork - digi paper

http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/challenge-7.html  Anything Goes

http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/2016/01/challenge-50-anything-goes.html Anything Goes

Easter gift box and bag

Hi everyone, we had a trip to near to Weston Super Mare on Sunday a visit to my Brother and SIL, an hour and half journey through lovely countryside (even though we were on the motorway). I took them a small Easter gift and made these for them. Both made on my new Silhouette.

The box was one of the free files I had with the purchase and the bag is a file I have had a long time, with no designer name on it - sorry. I was so excited, as these are print and cut, it makes everything so easy just peel off the cutting mat and glue - love it LOL. I must learn how to get close cuts with an image, I have failed on one, but hope to get better. The bag is made with DP in the It's a Spring Thing  kit by Summertime Designs, the box is made with DP in the Hoppy Easter mini kit by Elle Designs.

Severn Bridge Toll at 6pm. Quite quiet for a change.

Paying £6.50 so we can get back home into Wales from England.

approaching the centre of the bridge.

Spring showing with it's fresh green leaves appearing.
I was taking it from the car, so not a particularly good photo.

I love this area of the road home, showing my valley, it's so beautiful.

On Track

Hi Everyone, This super little train is the Digi of the Month at Deedee's Digis

"If you are new to our "Digi of the Month" challenges, it's not too late to join in the fun! This is a monthly progressive freebie challenge. You can purchase this month's featured set for just $1.25 in our shop, or get it for FREE with any $10 purchase of Deedee's Digis products."

I just had to play with it. So many ways to use it too, with the different carriages included in the kit. I went on line to see if there were any sentiments to suit a train and found this sentiment, which I though suited Deedee's image so perfectly. I could have used one of the beautiful sentiments Deedee has in this kit, but just wanted to different. I cased this card by Cotnob as it also seemed to suit what I wanted.

DP's by Summertime Designs. 

Buttons by Kimeric

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It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the theme is 

What's in your bag

sponsored by 
Stitchy Bear

What's in my bag? I am in Wales, I HAVE to have my umbrella with me at all times, so my image of choice is "Rainy Days" by BB Kakes at Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet. 

Love this little image, she's having so much fun in the rain. She needed the bright colours behind her, like a rainbow, I thought. 

Why don't you have a go at this challenge, maybe "in your bag" you have something you'd like to share?

The card printed and layered with embossed solid layer. I cut an extra layer on my Cricut for the image.

background shower layer, solid paper, "drops" tag all by Melo Vrijhof at Pixel Scrapper.

patterned DP's by Summertime Designs

shape is PS shape.

Sewing Card

Hi Everyone.  What a difference in 2 days ay? lovely today, down to 20 degrees with a cool breeze.

On to a card I made for my SIL she really is a super needlewoman.  Practically a "Taylor" after making a beautiful Chanel type jacket.

I had to include a sewing machine and then used actions and styles to change the DP's into fabric and embroidery and added stitches to match the colours, all in Photoshop.  I cut the sentiment out on my Cricut.  After printing, I 3D'd the DP's and the top layer with the machine on it, I couldn't go too high as it had to be posted.  Glad to say she liked it.

All DP's are by Summertime Designs

The only info I have of the sewing machine is the file is HW+Sewing+machine, (I've had it for years!)

Sentiment font is Stitching Cards 310

Greeting is Murray Bold

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/dtbst-239-its-all-same.html  Monochrome - hope this is mono enough.

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/challenge-67.html  Anything Goes

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/challenge-241-anything-goes.html  Anything Goes