. . . either way, I hope it's a GOOD DAY!
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:
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Today I have used the Eucalyptus Silhouette digital stamp
from the Eucalyptus digital stamp set by Beccy's Place,
one of our generous sponsors this fortnight, to make a set of cards.
I've been looking for ideas to send paper "hugs" during these troubling Covid-19 times and it was wonderful to work with this beautiful Eucalyptus Silhouette. I sized the image to fit on a 5" x 7" card front, added digital sentiments (details below) then printed on white cardstock (I tried two different brands, details below), heat set then started an exciting blending adventure. I have recently added some blending brushes to my crafty stash (no, I've not been out shopping in "real" stores for months now but have to confess that I am enjoying the pleasures of online ordering and home delivery) and gave them their very first workout. I trimmed the image panels down to size and used a variety of Distress Inks to create vibrant sunrises ... or are they sunsets? I ran out of time to try this sunrise technique with my Copic markers, so in the meantime I highly recommend you check out Beccy's sunset tutorial post HERE
I heat set the inked panels and adhered them to card bases.
The distress inks are so vibrant and I am thrilled with how they turned out.
The sentiment on the left was created using two different fonts,
the sentiment on the right was a purchased design,
details and links are listed in the ingredients
I mentioned earlier that I tried two different cardstock brands. The ink blended beautifully on both but I found that the digital stamp looked quite "shiny" on the X-Press It blending card and it didn't seem to "soak" in as much either.
Of course, I have to share some more photos,
I hope they make you feel as happy as they make me :)
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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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Today I have used the Eucalyptus Silhouette digital stamp
from the Eucalyptus digital stamp set by Beccy's Place,
one of our generous sponsors this fortnight, to make a set of cards.
I've been looking for ideas to send paper "hugs" during these troubling Covid-19 times and it was wonderful to work with this beautiful Eucalyptus Silhouette. I sized the image to fit on a 5" x 7" card front, added digital sentiments (details below) then printed on white cardstock (I tried two different brands, details below), heat set then started an exciting blending adventure. I have recently added some blending brushes to my crafty stash (no, I've not been out shopping in "real" stores for months now but have to confess that I am enjoying the pleasures of online ordering and home delivery) and gave them their very first workout. I trimmed the image panels down to size and used a variety of Distress Inks to create vibrant sunrises ... or are they sunsets? I ran out of time to try this sunrise technique with my Copic markers, so in the meantime I highly recommend you check out Beccy's sunset tutorial post HERE
I heat set the inked panels and adhered them to card bases.
The distress inks are so vibrant and I am thrilled with how they turned out.
The sentiment on the left was created using two different fonts,
the sentiment on the right was a purchased design,
details and links are listed in the ingredients
Of course, I have to share some more photos,
I hope they make you feel as happy as they make me :)
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
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for
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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Beccy's Place - digital stamp - Eucalyptus digital stamp set
X-Press It A4 Blending Card
Recollections cardstock
large blending brushes
Distress Inks -:
Squeezed Lemonade + Mustard Seed + Spiced Marmalade + Barn Door
X-Press It A4 Blending Card
Recollections cardstock
large blending brushes
Distress Inks -:
Squeezed Lemonade + Mustard Seed + Spiced Marmalade + Barn Door
heat gun
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #270492
A good day to have a good day by Lori Whitlock
"with love" - Calibri font
"today and always" - Dream Of Spring FREE font - Font Bundles
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
A good day to have a good day by Lori Whitlock
"with love" - Calibri font
"today and always" - Dream Of Spring FREE font - Font Bundles
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
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Sending a big Thank You to Beccy's Place for sponsoring our
Anything Goes with Team Lou challenge with 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 set of cards in the following challenges:
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A Gem Of A Challenge - Wk 12 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - June Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
A Gem Of A Challenge - Wk 12 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - June Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
AAA Cards - CAS Game #167 – One Layer optional twist: Inspired By The Graphic
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Week 575 – Summer Sunshine – main colour yellow
Beccy's Place - June Challenge – Anything Beccy’s Place Goes – optional BINGO
Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - June Anything Goes Challenge
CCC Digi Creations - Challenge #115 – Eileen's Anything Goes Challenge
Classic Design Challenge Blog - June Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #509 – Anything Goes optional twist: CAS
Crafty Creations Challenges - Challenge #410 – Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 188 – Anything Goes optional Birthdays
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #187 – Anything Goes
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #13 – June Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
Worldwide Open Design Team Challenge - Challenge #05 – 15th May – Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday – Challenge 638 – Masculine
Time Out Challenges - Challenge #163 – Proust Quote
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Week 575 – Summer Sunshine – main colour yellow
Beccy's Place - June Challenge – Anything Beccy’s Place Goes – optional BINGO
Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - June Anything Goes Challenge
CCC Digi Creations - Challenge #115 – Eileen's Anything Goes Challenge
Classic Design Challenge Blog - June Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #509 – Anything Goes optional twist: CAS
Crafty Creations Challenges - Challenge #410 – Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 188 – Anything Goes optional Birthdays
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #187 – Anything Goes
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #13 – June Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
Worldwide Open Design Team Challenge - Challenge #05 – 15th May – Anything Goes
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I am going to enter my
"today is a good day to have a good day" card
in the following challenges:
"today is a good day to have a good day" card
in the following challenges:
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Cute Card Thursday – Challenge 638 – Masculine
Time Out Challenges - Challenge #163 – Proust Quote
Beautiful seamless blending and so much drama using those colours, many thanks for sharing and joining in with our 'Yellow' theme at Allsorts challenge this week.
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Very beautiful, thanks for joining in at Allsorts. xxx
ReplyDeletea Beautiful set of cards, thanks for sharing at Crafty Catz challenge
ReplyDeleteTilly
wow these are stunning awesome colours thanks for sharing at crafty catz
ReplyDeleteSimple, elegant and beautiful. The silhouette image looks gorgeous against the wonderful blended background. Thanks for playing along at Catch the Bug this week.
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Nice card. Thanks for joining us at AAA Cards a CAS challenge
ReplyDeleteLovely bright color shading, great designs.
ReplyDeletewonderful cards and with such amazing sentiments. I love the silhouette placement and the sentiment-adds a lovely balance and then that wonderfully coloured background. Thanks for joining Time Out x
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous work here on these projects.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with us over here at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Annette DT / Admin / Registered Owner for https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/
Beautiful cards! I have one of those gum trees in my front yard and the flowers attract the rainbow lorikeets. Thanks for sharing with us at AAA Cards.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful creations! Thank you for sharing with us over at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
ReplyDelete~ Sherry DT/Admin xx
Thanks for joining us over at Creative Fingers Challenge blog. Great card! Georgia DT for Creative Fingers.
ReplyDeletefabulous background
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your card with us at a Craft of a Challenge blog. Good luck with your entry.
ReplyDeleteLove the colours
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing in our challenge at Classic Design Challenge we really appreciate you joining in.
Hester DT
Beautifully smudged and blended back drop for a rich silhouette. Thank you for sharing your CAS creation with us at Jan's Digi Blog CHallenge. Good Luck and HAPPY CRAFTING!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Jan
(Owner & Illustrator of Jan's Digi Stamp Shop)
Beautiful blending and gorgeous cards! WOW!!! Love these.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Jan's Digi Challenge.
Lynn
A lovely card!
ReplyDeleteThank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes + optional birthdays” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
(DT Simply Create Too)
(DT Kreativtanten)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…