Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #103 - Anything Goes - post 4 of 4

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #103 Anything Goes

AND our
2nd Annual Blog Hop

We have lots of generous sponsors, lots of prizes and lots of creative inspiration to share for Challenge #103 at the Crafty Gals Corner this week.  This is the first of three projects I have to share today, so I hope you will check out the other projects I have created and all the fabulous projects created by the Crafty Gals Corner Design Team too.

Full details about the awesomeness of Challenge #103 with the Crafty Gals Corner, all of our generous sponsors & prizes, links for our Blog Hop & prizes and my giveaway can be found HERE.

Today I have used the Gingerbread Bestie img815 My Besties
digital stamp from Sherri Baldy Designs, one of our generous sponsors this week.

I printed two images on a sheet of A5 X-Press It Blending card and coloured her in using Copic markers (details below), fussy cut then went around the edges using my Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Brush marker.

I saw a super cute gingerbread house flexi card in the Silhouette Design Store and thought that it would make a fun scene and base for her.  I enlarged the file so that it was just under 6" wide (the maximum I could cut from a 12x12" sheet of cardstock).

I used a combination of direct adhering (where bottom of dress touches the snowy slope) and foam dots of different thickenesses, so that she sits "flat, facing forward" when the curves of the card are in place.

Even with the foam dots, the card still folds flat enough for mailing.

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Sherri Baldy Designs - My Besties digital stamp - Gingerbread Bestie img815
X-Press It - A5 blending card
Copic markers - gingerbread - E21 E23 E25
Copic markers - dress & ribbon - R81 R83 R85 R89
Copic markers - white icing - "0"
... yes, I had to make some little bits of colour disappear from the icing
Silhouette Design Store - cut file by Lori Whitlock
A2 Flexi Card Gingerbread House - Design ID #158137 

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Sending a big Thank You to Sherri Baldy Designs for supplying the My Besties digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #103 with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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DON'T FORGET

Full details about the awesomeness of Challenge #103 with the Crafty Gals Corner, all of our generous sponsors & prizes, links for our Blog Hop & prizes and my giveaway can be found HERE.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Addicted To Stamps Challenge
Challenge #138 - Snowflakes

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Colour It!  Create It! Show It Off!
December Challenge - Anything Goes

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Morgan's ArtWorld
Challenge #25 - Anything Goes

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My Besties Art Spain
Challenge #8 - Anything Goes + Option "Snowflakes"

my wintery Gingerbread House scene has snowy slopes and snowflakes galore

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My Besties Aussie's Challenge Blog

Challenge #12 - Christmas

   

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My Besties France

Challenge #58 - Anything Goes

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Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog

Challenge #108 - Anything Goes + Option "Christmas"

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog

Simon Says: Anything Goes

   

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The 12 Months Of Christmas Link Up

Challenge #24 - Optional Theme "Welcome to the North Pole"

I'm sure there are bundles of cute little Gingerbread People & Houses

dotted around the North Pole, friends (and snacks) for the Elves

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The Dutch My Besties Girls

Challenge - Anything Goes + Option "Christmas"

nothing says Christmas more than a cute Gingerbread Girl with her house on snowy slopes

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Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #103 - Anything Goes - post 3 of 4

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #103 Anything Goes

AND our
2nd Annual Blog Hop

We have lots of generous sponsors, lots of prizes and lots of creative inspiration to share for Challenge #103 at the Crafty Gals Corner this week.  This is the first of three projects I have to share today, so I hope you will check out the other projects I have created and all the fabulous projects created by the Crafty Gals Corner Design Team too.

Full details about the awesomeness of Challenge #103 with the Crafty Gals Corner, all of our generous sponsors & prizes, links for our Blog Hop & prizes and my giveaway can be found HERE.

    

Today I have used the Owl-Ways Party digital stamp from Miss Daisy Stamps,
one of our generous sponsors this week.

I printed two owls on an A5 sheet of X-Press It Blending card.
I coloured the owl using Copic markers (details below), fussy cut then went around the edges using my Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Tip marker.

The eyes were calling out to me, reminding me of the neglected bottle of Glossy Accents in my stash, so I carefully applied a very thick layer and left it to dry.  It is a slow process when the air is really humid like it has been here.

Once his eyes were dry, the party owl was ready for some cardmaking.

Our niece is having her birthday next week and I thought this cute party owl would make the perfect finishing touch to her card, with some cool Action Wobbler interaction making it FUN.  I confess, it is hard to resist tapping the owl and watch him dance like he's at a party!

The base of the card is an A5 top fold.
I enlarged a digital cut file (details & link below) to fit the card base (I had to trim a bit off the bottom of the card base), cut using my Silhouette Cameo, then applied double-sided foam tape to the back of each layer.  Next came a cool trick I learnt in cyberland (sorry, I can't remember who) - I took everything out of my MISTI, put the top layer face down inside, pushing it hard into a corner, peeled off the tape backing, then carefully aligned the 2nd layer into the same corner and adhered the layer in place.  It worked a treat.  I repeated this for the next layer, applied the blue background panel to the cardbase, then used the MISTI again, to align the card base to all the popped layers.

I took an Action Wobbler and adhered it to the smaller orange balloon (mostly hidden by the owl), trimming off the overhanging bits.  I adhered the balloon to the card, peeled off the backing of the Action Wobbler then secured the owl firmly in place.

Here is side view showing the Action Wobbler mechanism.


I know I said it before, but the wobbling action really is cool
the slightest touch and he is dancing!

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Miss Daisy Stamps - digital stamp - Owl-Ways Party
X-Press It - A5 blending card
Copic markers - eyes - Y35 Y38
Copic markers - around the eyes - E70 E71
Copic markers - breast feathers - E70 E71 E74
Copic markers - outer head & wings - E74 E77
Copic markers - feet - E74 E77 E79
Copic markers - party hat & blowout - YR07 RV25
Glossy Accents (on the eyes)
Silhouette Design Store - Lori Whitlock cut file
A2 Birthday Pop Dot Card - Design ID #98951
Action Wobbler (under the owl)
X-Press It - Double-sided Foam Tape - 12mm

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Sending a big Thank You to Miss Daisy Stamps for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #103 with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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DON'T FORGET
Full details about the awesomeness of Challenge #103 with the Crafty Gals Corner, all of our generous sponsors & prizes, links for our Blog Hop & prizes and my giveaway can be found HERE.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog
Challenge #309 - Anything Goes

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Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog
Simon Says: Party Time

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog

Simon Says: Anything Goes

   

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Through The Craft Room Door

TTCRD Anything Goes for the week of 12-27-16

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Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #103 - Anything Goes - post 2 of 4

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/challenge-103-2nd-annual-blogivsary.html

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #103 Anything Goes

AND our
2nd Annual Blog Hop

We have lots of generous sponsors, lots of prizes and lots of creative inspiration to share for Challenge #103 at the Crafty Gals Corner this week.  This is the first of three projects I have to share today, so I hope you will check out the other projects I have created and all the fabulous projects created by the Crafty Gals Corner Design Team too.

Full details about the awesomeness of Challenge #103 with the Crafty Gals Corner, all of our generous sponsors & prizes, links for our Blog Hop & prizes and my giveaway can be found HERE.

 

Today I have used the beautiful bunch of sunflowers from the Thinking Of You digital stamp set from Beccy's Place, one of our generous sponsors this week.

My card is an A5 top fold.

I tried a new colouring style for the flowers, links to tutorial below.
The link also includes a new-to-me technique for colouring backgrounds too.

Here is a close-up pic of the image panel.

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Beccy's Place - digital stamp - Thinking Of You
X-Press It - A5 blending card
Copic markers - petals  - E51 E35 YR23 YR21
Copic markers - flower disc - E41 E43 E44 E47
Copic markers - stems - YG 25 YG17
Copic markers - leaves - YG21 YG23 YG25 YG17
Kaisercraft - decorative die - Thinking Of You
TUTORIAL - Coloring Contours by Jennie Black at Splitcoast Stampers

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Sending a big Thank You to Beccy's Place for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #103 with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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DON'T FORGET
Full details about the awesomeness of Challenge #103 with the Crafty Gals Corner, all of our generous sponsors & prizes, links for our Blog Hop & prizes and my giveaway can be found HERE.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Beccy's Place
December Challenge - Anything Goes using Beccy's Place image

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Morgan's ArtWorld
Challenge #25 - Anything Goes

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Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog
Challenge #309 - Anything Goes

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog

Simon Says: Anything Goes

   

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Through The Craft Room Door

TTCRD Anything Goes for the week of 12-27-16

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Crafty Gals Corner - Blog Hop & Challenge #103 - post 1 of 4

WOW

You're in for an exciting time with us at the Crafty Gals Corner this week!

There's a LOT happening, so make sure you read to the end so that you don't miss out on all the news and a chance to win.

This week the challenge is ANYTHING GOES!

The Crafty Gals Corner is also hosting its

2nd annual Year End Bash / Blogiversary Blog Hop!

This marks TWO years since Samantha got challenges, sponsors and

some creative ladies together, to help showcase beautiful things!

So to celebrate we have SEVEN (yes, you read that right, 7)

wonderful sponsors who have agreed to help us celebrate.

In addition, some of these Crafty Gals are ALSO offering prizes on their personal blogs.

So be sure to hop, hop, hop for MANY chances to receive a prize.

We do hope you have had a wonderful holiday with your friends and loved ones,

and wish best of luck to you all in the New Year!

Thank you for linking up with Crafty Gals Corner and we hope to see you again soon!

Please follow the blog hop schedule below and if you get lost, just hop on back here :)

Amy

Erika

Jeanie

Jennifer

Judy

Lena

Rae Ann

Sara

Tracy - you are here and yes, I have a prize, so keep reading

Crafty Gals Corner

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Sending a big THANK YOU to all of our generous sponsors this week!

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Beccy's Place

Prize: 3 Digital Images/ 1 Digital Set

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Bugaboo Stamps

Prize: 7 Digital Images
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Eureka Stamps

Prize: 3 Digital Images
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Miss Daisy Stamps

Prize: THREE WINNERS

1 - Grand Prize of 3 digital images

1 - prize of 1 digital image
1- prize of 1 digital image
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My Besties Shop / Etsy Bestie Store

Prize: 3 digital images below

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The Paper Nest Dolls

Prize: $20 gift Certificate
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The Stamping Boutique

Prize: $12 Gift Certificate

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NOW I have several projects to share (and hopefully inspire you)

As this post is already long, I am just showing a photo of each one here.
If you click on the photo, it will take you to the post with full details for each one.

Using the Thinking Of You digital stamp set
from Beccy's Place

Using the Owl-Ways Party digital stamp
from Miss Daisy Stamps

Using the Gingerbread Bestie img815 My Besties digital stamp
from Sherri Baldy Designs

~~~* my giveaway *~~~
I'm giving away a $10 Gift Certificate for Digital Stamps from Beccy's Place.
Beccy has lots of wonderful collections to choose from, I know I have bundles on my wishlist and think you will find it a challege to choose just one set!

If you leave a comment on this blog post, you get one entry.

If you visit and comment on any/all of the three posts I have shared today (HERE, HERE and HERE) detailing the projects shown above, you will get an extra entry for each one you do, giving you up to four entries.
Entries close 12pm CST Tuesday 3rd January 2017
(that's 5am 4th January my time, AEST)
Winner will be announced on my blog Thursday 5th January 2017
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Feeling EXCITED yet?

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There is a lot to remember, so here is a little summary

1. Hop along through the Craft Gals Corner DT Blog Hop, leave comments and enter to win the prizes donated by the Crafty Gals along the way.
2. 
   

   Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win my prize.

   
   
3. 
   
   Visit my projects, HERE, HERE and HERE, leave a comment on each one for extra chances to win my prize (up to four entries) - good luck!
   
   
4. Create an "Anything Goes" project and enter Challenge #103 on the Crafty Gals Corner blog for your chance to win one of the prizes donated by our generous sponsors (7 sponsors, 9 prizes)
   
   
5. Have a FUN!