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Lilac and lace

October 24, 2011February 18, 2015Craftie Jellie

Another Winter birthday card.

I designed and printed the papers and embellishments using craft artist and coloured with Promarkers. I also used distress inks around the circle.

I added silver stickles to the image and rose embellishments.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges

Fetch a Sketch

Cutie Pie Challenge- recipe. Lilac/Silver Tones , Fairy Image , Lace/Ribbon , Glitter, 3 Buttons/Flowers

Bunny Zoes Crafts- lace it up

Crafty creations challenges- Christmas birthday

Dragon got Tangoed!

October 17, 2011February 18, 2015Craftie Jellie

I decided to focus on the image by using all the colours I wanted there and kept to purple and black for the papers.

I designed the papers on the computer and printed them out. I blended distress ink around the edge of the card and on the card for the sentiment.

The sentiment is LOTV and I stamped that and a Forever Friends frame using purple ink.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Make It Monday
Just us girls- colour challenge

Catered crop recipe. Use one or more from this recipe…
I’ve used Fall colours, pattern paper. leaves in the digi stamp, faux sewing, and an Autumn theme so I should be ok!!

Colors – Fall colors
Papers – Pattern paper, polka dots, crepe paper (fun!)
Stamps – Men, senior citizens, leaves and, okay, I’m gonna say it, bare bottoms (like, maybe, cute baby bottoms?)
Color Mediums – Copic markers, Glimmer Mist
Embellishments – lace, thread, buttons, tags, pearls, ribbon, seam binding, twine
Techniques – paper piecing, sewing, layer your buttons, make a bow bouquet (a bow with lots of layers and elements)
Tools – Die cuts, punches
Themes –masculine, Autumn/Fall and make us laugh!

Distressed dragon!

October 17, 2011February 18, 2015Craftie Jellie

Another card featuring my new Autumn Happiness digi. The colours are from gorgeous inspiration photos (see below).

I blended purple distress ink round the outside of the card and on the sentiment card. I ripped the textured purple paper layer. I made the leaf with orange cross stitch layer using Craft Artist on my computer and then used green distress ink blotted around the outside with a sponge.

I coloured my digi with Promarkers. I stamped my LOTV sentiment using purple ink onto my purple distressed card.
I would like to enter this to the following challenges
Ginger Snap Creations- gc122 alcohol inks challenge
Creatalicious challenges- distress your edges
Craft Your Days Away- halloween colours
Card Cupids- use the colour orange
Crafts4eternity- colour inspiration photo

The hybrid chick- colour inspiration photo

Flying in a Winter wonderland

October 17, 2011February 18, 2015Craftie Jellie

Used this lovely Winter fairy digi stamp for another Christmas card. I was trying to use up some scraps from previous cards in colours I don’t use so much.

I made the snowflake paper for a challenge and wanted to use it up. The light blue card was scraps. The card, image, sentiment and snowflakes are all different shapes to fit the challenges.

I coloured the Winter fairy digi with Promarkers and added some glitter using stickles. I stamped the LOTV sentiment and mounted it on a snowflake punched from scrap glittery blue card.

I made the snowflakes by punching 4 from green, rust and light blue slitter scrap paper. I also used disterss inks and a watercolour brush on white scrap paper and used that for the last snowflakes. I layered the snowflakes and added the blue embellishment from stash (kept forgetting I had them!).

I embossed the thin light blue scrap paper with snowflakes and highlighted with blue ink. I used a ribbon punch and threaded some scrap ribbon through. I added faux stitching with a Promarker and more embellishments.

I would like to enter these challenges
Papertake weekly challenge- different shapes
Flutterby Wednesdays- use scraps and feature a flutterby!
ABC Christmas challenge- unused stash
CRAFT challenge- recipe, 1 ribbon, 2 shapes and some glitter

From tea to leaves

October 16, 2011February 18, 2015Craftie Jellie

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