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Friday, 4 September 2020

First Christmas 2020

I'm thrilled to be
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The first sponsor for this challenge is:
SheepSki Designs
I have linked the sponsor product in my ingredients below.

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Today I have used the Ready For Christmas digital stamp from SheepSki Designs,
one of the generous sponsors, to make a "First Christmas" card and ornament/tag.


I opened the Ready For Christmas digital stamp in Silhouette Studio, along with an ornament cut file (details below) and sized the elements to make a slimline style card with lots of layers.  I created a sentiment for the card and the back of the ornament/tag and printed the image / sentiment panels on X-Press It blending card.  I cut the round image panels with the Cameo, heat set then coloured with Copic markers.  I used the Cameo to cut the matting layers for the ornaments from glitter cardstock (first time cutting this and it cut beautifully) and the ornaments from metallic cardstock.  I cut some extra ornaments from metallic cardstock and used a scalloped square squeeze punch to make ornate toppers for the front and back of each ornament.  (My punch collection began when I started cardmaking and I am so glad I have kept them.  Even though I added a Sizzix Big Shot and a Silhouette Cameo to my stash over recent years, punches are such a handy-dandy tool.  Do you still treasure your lever, squeeze and border punches?)  I used liquid adhesive to secure all the ornament/tag layers.  The sentiment panel was manually cut (ruler + craft knife + self healing craft mat) and layered with the same cardstock to match the ornaments.  The silver glitter cardstock is 1/8", the metallic cardstock is 1/32".  I made the card base from an A4 sheet of heavy white cardstock, trimming down the left over bit from the sheet to make the front panel of the card.  I matted the panel to match the ornaments and sentiment panels.  I used liquid adhesive to secure all the layers to the card, adding some thin foam squares behind the ornament so that it could "straddle" the sentiment strip and sit flat on the card.




Here is the front of the ornament / tag . . .


. . . and here is the back of the ornament / tag.


 . . . and here they are together again . . .



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Here is a tip for punching small items with your squeeze punches.
Tape your item to be punched to a larger piece of cardstock
and hold the cardstock to align the piece for perfect punching.

   



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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 ***
SheepSki Designs - digital stamp - Ready For Christmas
X-Press It A4 Blending Card
Copic markers - Mother elephant - T0-1-3-5
Copic markers - Baby elephant - C00-0-1-3 + R000-00-01
Copic markers - ornament - R22-24-27 + YR24-27
Copic markers - shadows - W00-0-1
silver glitter cardstock
metallic grey cardstock
Silhouette Cameo
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID 230792
Christmas Ornament / Tag - Rocking Horse by Alaa K
This is no longer in the store but Alaa has several similar designs
Fiskars - scalloped square squeeze punch - top of ornament
ribbon
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

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Sending a big Thank You to SheepSki Designs for supplying the digital stamp I used today and to Claudia for inviting me to be Guest Designer on the Rabisco Challenge Blog.
    
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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge #42 - Anything with a Critter Goes
A Gem Of A Challenge - Wk 18 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - September Challenge #9 – Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Week 587 - Going Round In Circles
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite way to add ribbon (and why)
I confess, I'm a bit of a ribbon collector.  I'm not so good at using them, so in reality I'm a ribbon hoarder.  I find it a challenge to make pretty bows, so my favourite way of using ribbon is to loop it and tie a knot, just like I have on the ornament on my card and my ornament/tag, pretty sparkling ribbon without suffering wonky bow stress.
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #259 – Anything Goes + A Sentiment
Classic Design Challenge Blog - September Challenge #9 – Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 34 – Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge 517 - Anything Goes-optional twist: Not A Square
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Anything Goes 1st September
De Egel - August Challenge #104 – No Patterned Paper
Die Cut Divas Challenge Blog - September Challenge – All Kinds Of Holidays
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 35 – Anything Goes
International Art & Soul - Challenge #91 – Include An Animal
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #15 – August Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge - Wk 35 – Anything Goes
SheepSki Designs Challenges – Challenge #42 - Use Layers
The 12 Months Of Christmas Link Up - Challenge 69 – Anything Christmas Goes
optional twist: Say It With A Sentiment
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes 1st September

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Saturday, 15 August 2020

Fancy Folds and Mermaid Kisses

It's time for a new challenge with us on the


As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.
Three to five random winners are drawn and
each get to choose 3 set of papers from the Paper Pick Tab

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Today I have used the Droplets (Droplets 7) and the Fun (Fun 19) digital paper sets by Lozzy at A Bit More Time To Craft to make a pair of cheery birthday cards filled with fancy folds and mermaid kisses.


I opened the cut files for the cards (details below, I combined two) along with the Droplets (Droplets 7) and the Fun (Fun 19) digital papers in Silhouette Studio.  I sized the papers to fit the patterned paper layers of the cards, printed then cut with my Cameo.  I cut all elements for the mermaid and tropical island from smooth white cardstock and coloured them with Copic markers.  I created the sentiment panel (by editing the cut file linked below) and a used a digital font to make the mermaid sentiment, printed then cut with my Cameo.  I used assorted dies and punches to add detail to the layers of the scene, colouring each one with Copic markers.  I used liquid adhesive to to secure all the layers in place.  The fish leaping out of the waves was adhered to a strip of acetate with super strong glue dots.  I think these digital papers make the perfect sky and ocean elements for the scene on these cards.


I love these fancy folds and cute scene, so there are lots of photos to share ...


 





I hope the birthday girls like these as much as I do :)

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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
Challenge 122
on the
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
A Bit More Time To Craft - digital paper - Droplets (Droplets 7)
It's the 13th digital paper set in in the Paper Picks and had 10 lovely colours
A Bit More Time To Craft - digital paper - Fun (Fun 19)
It's the 10th from last digital paper set in the Paper Picks and has 56 designs
Copic markers - assorted combinations:
black - "100" + 0.3 Muli liner
blue - B02-04
brown - E31-33-35-37-39
green - YG03-25-67
orange - YR04-07-68
pink - RV00-02
purple - BV0000-01
red - R22-24-27
skintone - E0000-000
yellow - Y15-19
Silhouette Cameo
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #294358
Pop Up Box Card Mermaid by Lori Whitlock - used for main card elements
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #146387
Pop Up Box Card Mermaid by Lori Whitlock - used to make sentiment panel
font to create sentiment - Curlz MT - not sure where from
Sizzix Big Shot
Kaisercraft - decorative dies - School of Fish
Fiskars punches - small crab + tiny fish
Stardust Stickles - sparkle on mermaid tail
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the embellishments
Glue Dots - Strong Permanent - to adhere the acetate

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Sending a big Thank You to Lozzy from A Bit More Time To Craft
for supplying the digital paper I have used today.
    
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2020 has been filled with lots of surprising challenges and sadly I have to announce that this is my last project with the talented team on the A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge Blog.  It has been a wonderful experience being part of this Design Team, I have appreciated the opportunity to create with you all and wish you all every happiness for the future.  Thank You for all the fun and creative adventures.
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Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Wish BIG

It's time for a new challenge with us on the

As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.

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The sponsors for this challenge are:
Hetty Clare
prize - 2 digital stamps of winner's choice

All Dressed Up Digi Stamps
prize - 2 digital stamps of winner's choice

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Today I have used the Smile - Message pre-coloured digital stamp from Hetty Clare, one of our generous sponsors for this challenge, to make cute birthday card.

I opened the image in Silhouette Studio, sized to 4 1/2", combined two fonts to make the sentiment and printed on heavy smooth white cardstock.  I used a nesting circle die to cut the image panel and matted it with a contrasting circle and scalloped circle.  The weave cardstock colours used matched the brightest pink and darkest maroon from the flowers.  I matted an A5 top folding card with a pretty pink cardstock.  I used a border punch to make some contrasting scalloped strips to adhere to the top and bottom of the card front then secured the matted image panel in place.  I made some flowers to embellish the layered panel by cropping a flower from the image panel in Silhouette Studio and printed it in assorted sizes.  I fussy cut the flowers then went around the edges with a Tuxedo black Memento Dual Tip marker.  I think I must have enjoyed my fussy-cutting time a little too much, as I have enough flowers to embellish a set of cards now.  I used a combination of liquid adhesive and foam circles to secure the fussy cut flowers in place.

   

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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
Penny's Challenge 471
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Hetty Clare - pre-coloured digital stamp - Smile -Message
sentiment font - wish - Audina font from The Hungry JPEG
sentiment font - BIG - Impact font (unknown source)
smooth white cardstock
Fiskars - micro tip scissors - to fussy cut the flowers
Memento Dual Tip Marker - Tuxedo Black - to colour edges of flowers
Sizzix Big Shot
Nesting Scalloped Round Dies
Kaisercraft weave cardstock - Carnation + Wildberry
Nesting Round Dies
Fiskars - scalloped border punch
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
foam circles - to adhere the flowers

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Sending a big Thank You to Hetty Clare for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge 471 on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog.
    
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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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Thursday, 16 April 2020

Celebrate In Style

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:

Auzz Trinklets N Crafts

Jenoviya Art Shop

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Today I have used the Cute flower bud (image 38) digital stamp by Jenoviya Art Shop, one of our generous sponsors this fortnight, to make a fancy birthday card.



 As soon as I saw this cute image, I remembered a cut file design in my stash that would work perfectly to conceal the top of the leg.  It's a new-to-me fancy fold that I have not made before.  I opened the image and cut file (details & link below) in Silhouette Studio, sized the image panel to fit on the main panel and created the sentiment (font details below).  I printed the image panel on X-Press It blending card, heat set, trimmed to size and coloured with Copic markers.  I cut the card base and layers using my Silhouette Cameo and adhered all the layers in place using liquid adhesive.  I adhered the image panel in place then used a hole punch to punch the holes to match the card base and ornate flap.  I adhered the flap down then added some ribbons and burlap string.  The only string in my stash was a pinkish purple, so I used the darkest purple Copic marker from the flowers on the image panel and coloured it for a perfect match.




The bow is a perfect match for the purple flowers in the image panel.





The sentiment was created using a combination of two different fonts.


I matted the back of the card before tying the ribbons.  This gives me plenty of room to write a message for the birthday girl.


I finished off the card by making a belly band embellished with a layered flower.  I punched four extra large and four large flowers from white cardstock and coloured them with Copic markers to match the flowers on the image panel.  The sparkling rhinestone in the middle of the flower started off clear, so I coloured it with the yellow/gold Copic markers used for the chain and accents in the image panel.

   

   

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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 ***
Jenoviya Art Shop - digital stamp - Cute Flower Bud – image 38
X-Press It A4 Blending Card
Copic markers - skin - E0000-000-00-02
Copic markers - chain - Y18 + YR23-24-27
Copic markers - shoe - R22-24-27 + black multiliners
Copic markers - flowers - BV0000-000-01-02-04
Copic markers - foliage - YG61-63-67
Copic markers - delicate flower accents - Y18
Copic markers - bubbles - BG000-01
Copic markers - shadows - W00-0-1-3
Kaisercraft - 12x12 weave cardstock - Snow - Coal - Crimson
Silhouette Cameo
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #49504
Decorative Gatefold Invitation by Jamie Lane Designs
sentiment font "celebrate" - Lily Bloom Regular
this was included in a free font bundle from The Hungry JPEG
sentiment font "in style" - Dream of spring
this is a FREE font from Font Bundles
hammer and hole punch
Fiskars flower punches
clear rhinestone
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
ribbons and burlap string

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Sending a big Thank You to Jenoviya Art Shop for sponsoring our new Anything Goes with Team Lou challenge 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 14 – Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Challenge 552 - Create your own Embellishment/Flower
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - April Anything Goes #74
Crafty Catz - Challenge #501 – Anything Goes optional twist: Colour Theme

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge 133 – Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Anything Goes 14th April 
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 185 – Anything Goes optional Marble Background
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #183 – Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 15 – Anything Goes 
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Add A Flower / Flowers
Incy Wincy Designs - Apr 6 -18 - Footwear anywhere on your creation
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge #455 – Include A Moving Part

my moving parts are the belly band and fancy folds
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Wednesday, 15 April 2020

No words. Just Love.

It's time for a new challenge with us on the
As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.

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The sponsor for this challenge is:
Stampers Delights

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Today I have used the Mime (without flowers) digital stamp from the Paris Cafe Digi Bundle from Stampers Delights, the generous sponsor for this challenge, to make card filled with love, flowers and fancy folds.



 It's funny how a design comes to mind when you see an image and I could not stop thinking about the fancy folds of a centre step card, so I started by opening a cut file in Silhouette Studio.  I sized the image to fit on the front panel, added the sentiment (font details below), printed on X-Press It blending card, heat set, coloured with Copic markers and trimmed to size.  It sure takes a lot of markers to colour an image that is mainly white, black and red!

* I have never coloured a mime image before, so I did a little homework by looking in Pinterest.  The images I found were in endless combinations of white, black and red but along the way I saw THIS card.  Although I did not use the colour combination or design for inspiration, I thought the sentiment was perfect for these "troubling Covid-19 virus pandemic times", so I created one using a font from my electronic stash. *

I cut the card base and matting layers using my Silhouette Cameo, adhering them all in place using liquid adhesive.  I punched lots of different flowers, curled the petals and layered them together with liquid adhesive and finished each one off with a sparkling black rhinestone.

The card is 5 1/2" square when folded flat but has
lots of lovely dimension when open and standing on display.




These fancy folds look great, even from the side.
The pics below are small but if you want to see the detail in full screen, just click on the photo.

   

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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
Penny's Challenge 469
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Stampers Delights :
Mime (without flowers) digital stamp from the Paris Cafe Digi Bundle
X-Press It A4 Blending Card
"No words.  Just love." sentiment - font used - Lily Bloom Regular font
this was included in a free font bundle from The Hungry JPEG
Copic markers - beret-neckerchief-hanky-braces - R22-24-27-29
Copic markers - hair & eyebrows - E40-41-42-43-44
Copic markers - face & gloves shadows - C00-0-1
Copic markers - makeup - 100 + R27
Copic markers - skin (end of eye & neck) - E000-00-02
Copic markers - lips & mouth - R24-27 + E08-9-13
Copic markers - eyes - B01-02-04
Copic markers - shirt stripes - black Multiliners 0.1-0.3
Copic markers - trousers - T5-7-9-10
Copic markers - shoes - black Multiliner 0.1 + C00-0-1 + R22-24-27
Copic markers - shadows - W0-1-3-5
Kaisercraft - 12x12 weave cardstock - snow + coal + crimson
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID 64594
Square Center Step Card Basic by Lori Whitlock
Fiskars - assorted flower punches
black rhinestones - to finish off the flowers
pink heart rhinestone - coloured with Copic 100 black marker
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the flower layers & flowers

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Sending a big Thank You to Stampers Delights for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge 469 on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog.
    
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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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A Gem Of A Challenge - Wk 8 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - April Challenge – Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Week 566/7 -  Something Old, Something New
something VERY old - my flower punches, something new - digital stamp
As You Like It Challenge - Animals or People - which is your favourite and why?
Although I love all kinds of animals (feathers, fur and scales), people are my favourite because I MISS HUGS and I find them easier to colour than animals.
Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - Spring Fling
CCC Digi Creations - Challenge #113 – Add A Flower / Flowers

Classic Design Challenge Blog - Challenge #4 – 4th Birthday
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 13 – Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - April Anything Goes #74
Crafty Catz - Challenge #501 – Anything Goes optional twist: Colour Theme

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge 133 – Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - Apr 6 -18 - Footwear anywhere on your creation
Inkspirational Challenges - Challenge #210 – Word Prompt: Spring

Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #11 – April Anything Goes
Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #132 – For The Girls
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge - Wk15 – Anything Goes
Stampers Delights Challenge Blog - April Anything Goes
The Color Throwdown - Color Throwdown #589
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #4 – Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - Challenge #146 – Bunnies, Bears and other B’s
B is for Beret, Braces and Bling
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge #455 – Include A Moving Part
my moving parts are fancy folds
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