Thursday 22 August 2019

Spring Showers with Team Lou

It's time for another challenge with us at the Southern Girls.

This fortnight Team Lou have created projects to inspire you for the new challenge




Our generous sponsors for this challenge are

Krafters Cart

Colour Of Love
Featuring The Art Of Heather Valentin - formerly Lacy Sunshine

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Today I have used the Daylily Romantique Umbrella digital stamp by Colour Of Love (Featuring The Art Of Heather Valentin, formerly Lacy Sunshine), one of our generous sponsors this fortnight.
Nothing says Spring Showers more than umbrellas, raindrops and pretty flowers, so this image ticks all the right boxes for my Thinking Of You card for our challenge theme.

I sized the image, added a sentiment (font details below), printed the image on X-Press It blending card, heat set, trimmed down to size (3 1/4" x 5 1/4") and coloured with Copic markers.  I matted the image panel on smooth black cardstock (I smothered the cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink to make it blacker) and used my Perfect Layers Ruler to trim it down to give a 1/16" border around the image panel.  I adhered the matted image panel on a 5" x 7" card base using liquid adhesive.  Lucky last came the new-to-me Nuvo Crystals Drops.  I used them to add some dimension and shine to the raindrops on the image panel.


I know I will be using these magical drops again soon,
they really are lovely, adding delicate dimension and shine.


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NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Copic markers - lilies - RV0000-000-02-04-55
Copic marker - stamens - E19
Copic markers - lily buds - RV0000-000-02-04 + YG01
Copic markers - flowers on umbrella - YR12 + B04
Copic markers - leaves - YG01-03-25-67
Copic markers - butterflies - BV0000-000-02-04
Copic markers - umbrella - B0000-000-00 + RV0000 + C1-3
Nuvo Crystal Drops - clear
Dream of Spring - font used for sentiment - Font Bundles
[ this fabulous font is available for FREE ]
Memento Tuxedo Black ink - to darken the black cardstock
Perfect Layers Ruler - 1/16" black matting layer
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

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Sending a big Thank You to Colour Of Love for supplying the image I have used today and for sponsoring the Spring Showers with Team Lou for us at the Southern Girls.

I hope I have inspired you to get creative and look forward to seeing your work shared in the challenge gallery.  Remember we are not just a card blog, we love to see scrapbook layouts, artjournal pages and all types of papercraft.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 31 – Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - August Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - August Anything Goes Challenge #66
Crafty Calendar Challenge - August Challenge – Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Challenge #396 – Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge #169 – Anything Goes
optional Add Some Sparkle - my raindrops sparkle and shine
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Wk 34 – Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - No Patterned Paper
Get Creative Challenges - Challenge #83 – Anything Goes, No Twist
International Art & Soul - Challenge #65 – Flowers
Morgan’s ArtWorld Open Challenge - Challenge #08 – Anything Goes
Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Challenge 444 – Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge - Wk 33 – Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Clean And Simple
Through The Craft Room Door – TTCRD Anything Goes 20th Aug
Time Out Challenges - Challenge #142 – Fashionable
I think my floral umbrella is a very stylish fashion accessory

Worldwide Open Design Team Challenge - Challenge #08
5th August 2019 – Anything Goes
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Wednesday 14 August 2019

MORE elegant cornflowers with the Crafty Gals Corner

This post is to share the second Cornflowers card I have made for

at the

You can read all about the challenge HERE.

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Today I have used the Cornflowers - image no 187 digital stamp from SheepSki Designs, one of our generous sponsors this week, combined it with dry embossing to make a pair of birthday cards.
I remember our garden being filled with cornflowers as a child and wanted to do this beautiful image justice, so I did a little homework.  To start with, I was delighted by the card Andrea Norris (SheepSki Designs) shared to inspire us HERE.  Then I looked for more inspiration, setting up a Pinterest board HERE with "real" flowers, painted flowers and some Copic marker combinations that I thought would work. 


 My cards are 5" x 7" and because the image is so beautiful,
I used a CAS design with dry embossing frame each one.
As you can see, I decided on two Copic marker colour combinations.

I opened the image in Silhouette Studio, sized to fit on 5" x 7" panels, added a sentiment, printed on X-Press It blending card, heat set, trimmed to size then coloured with Copic markers.

Here is the "light" version of my Cornflowers.



I pulled out one of my first crafting tools (Fiskars ScrapBoss) and used it with a stencil to emboss an ornate frame around the image.  I adhered the image panel on to a top folding 5" x 7" card base I made from heavy white cardstock.



Here are some more pics.  If you would like to see more detail,
just click on the image and it will go to full screen.

   

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Here is my other card.
The cornflowers are much darker and I have added score lines.
You can read all about it HERE.




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NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges are bi-weekly.
Each crafter may only submit 3 projects per challenge.

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
SheepSki Designs - digital stamp - Cornflowers - image no 187
Copic markers - cornflowers - light - B12-14-16-18 + B0000
Copic markers - cornflowers - dark - B21-23-26-29-79 + B0000
Copic markers - foliage - YG03-17-67
Copic markers - jar - C00-1-3 + B0000
Copic markers - bow - R81-83-85
Copic markers - shadow - W00-1-3
5" x 7" card bases
Scoreboard + bone folder
Fiskars ScrapBoss + embossing stylus
Fiskars - stencil - Oval Elegant
(this system and stencil are quite old now but can still be found HERE)
Helmar Acid Free Professional Glue - to adhere the top folds
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the image panel

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Sending a big Thank You to SheepSki Designs for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #198 - Emboss It at the Crafty Gals Corner.
    
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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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Elegant cornflowers with the Crafty Gals Corner

It's time for another challenge with us at the

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges are bi-weekly.
Each crafter may only submit 3 projects per challenge.

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The sponsors for this challenge are:

Prize ~ 1 Digital Image (non-colored)

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images


SheepSki Designs
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Today I have used the Cornflowers - image no 187 digital stamp from SheepSki Designs, one of our generous sponsors this week, combined it with dry embossing to make a pair of birthday cards.
I remember our garden being filled with cornflowers as a child and wanted to do this beautiful image justice, so I did a little homework.  To start with, I was delighted by the card Andrea Norris (SheepSki Designs) shared to inspire us HERE.  Then I looked for more inspiration, setting up a Pinterest board HERE with "real" flowers, painted flowers and some Copic marker combinations that I thought would work.



My cards are 5" x 7" and because the image is so beautiful,
I used a CAS design with dry embossing frame each one.
As you can see, I decided on two Copic marker colour combinations.

I opened the image in Silhouette Studio, sized to fit on 5" x 7" panels, added a sentiment, printed on X-Press It blending card, heat set, trimmed to size then coloured with Copic markers.

Here is the "dark" version of my Cornflowers.



I used a pencil to mark the sections to be scored on the back of the card panel, then scored the 1 1/2", 1" and 1/2" lines to frame the image.  I adhered the image panel on to a top folding 5" x 7" card base I made from heavy white cardstock.



Here are some more pics.  If you would like to see more detail,
just click on the image and it will go to full screen.

   

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Here is my other card.
The cornflowers are much lighter and I have added ornate flourishes.
You can read all about it HERE.



~~~*~~~*~~~
NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges are bi-weekly.
Each crafter may only submit 3 projects per challenge.

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
SheepSki Designs - digital stamp - Cornflowers - image no 187
Copic markers - cornflowers - light - B12-14-16-18 + B0000
Copic markers - cornflowers - dark - B21-23-26-29-79 + B0000
Copic markers - foliage - YG03-17-67
Copic markers - jar - C00-1-3 + B0000
Copic markers - bow - R81-83-85
Copic markers - shadow - W00-1-3
5" x 7" card bases
Scoreboard + bone folder
Fiskars ScrapBoss + embossing stylus
Fiskars - stencil - Oval Elegant
(this system and stencil are quite old now but can still be found HERE)
Helmar Acid Free Professional Glue - to adhere the top folds
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the image panel

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Sending a big Thank You to SheepSki Designs for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #198 - Emboss It at the Crafty Gals Corner.
    
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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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