Christmas card for teenage girl

Christmas card for teenage girl

I was playing around with pear green and lilac to make digi papers and for colouring my digi.

The background papers were made using my computer. The top layer and tag is textured card sanded with an emery board and the outer edge blended with green distress ink.

I used a button from stash and some white ribbon cut out from my clothes (the annnoying ones used to keep clothes on the hanger which constantly come out when you’re wearing them so I cut them off and keep the for crafting and gift tags!). I coloured the ribbon with lavender distress ink.

Digi image from Cuddly Buddly and coloured with Promarkers.

I would like to enter the following challenges
Totally Papercrafts- layer upon layer
Inspire me Fridays
Ribbon Girls- lilac and green
Scrap Creationg- doing it digi

When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbing along!

When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbing along!

Another Christmas card which is robintastic!!

I made the snowflake background paper for the lowest layer using Craft Artist and colour matched them to the colours for the Crafy Chick challenge.

The other papers.,tag and robin were all freebies with a magazine. I used a light green gem brad to attch the tag to the card.
I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
4 Crafty Chicks Colour combo
Daring Cardmakers sponsored by Ribbon Reel- a little bird told us.
Winter Wonderland Challenge- Robin red breast

From tea to leaves

From tea to leaves

With walks in the woods and all the challenges with great Autumnal colours and pictures you can hardly fail to be inspired.

I used the colour picker on CraftArtist to match the autumnal colours from the inspiration and colour challenge photos (seee photos at end of post!!) I then made the various leaf papers using the colours (using either leaf backgrounds coloured using my pallete or using the falling leaves brush). I then added the faux stitching on computer and colour matched it. I also played around and made the tag. I then printed the papers and elements off.

I stamped the tag with my LOTV Wishing you sunshine all year through stamp with brown ink. I used a clear brad and coloured it with Pumkin Promarker to match the card which I used to fix the tag. I had to swap the orientation of this for the layout I was using as it didn’t look right on the bottom right corner (hope that it is still ok for the challenge!)

I used the Autumn Hapiness digi stamp from Wee Stamps (so cute!!). I coloured using Promarkers and felt I did a good job of matching them for the colour challenge. I also tried colouring the background using a technique I saw in a Letraset demo on Create and Craft tv to hint at the sky and ground without using solid colour.

I was inspired by lots of challenges so I may as well enter them all! Thanks to all these challenge blogs for firing my imagination.

CES Challenges- Forever Autumn
Rainbow Ladys Challenge- Falling leaves
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle- anything with leaves
Stampin for the Weekend- colours of Autumn
Charisma Cardz In Stitches
Crop Stop- Falling Leaves
Cute Card Thursday- Treemendous
I love Promarkers Fall Colours
Color Throwdown

 Papercraft Star Inspiration photo

Just Add Ink Inspiration picture

Pals Paper Arts Inspiration Picture

Cardabilities provided the sketch (first I’ve tried!)