Showing posts with label Southern Girls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southern Girls. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 July 2020

Spotlight on Thank You

Earlier today I shared

Sadly, the Southern Girls Challenge Blog has now closed.
The Design Team members, past and present have shared projects to say
farewell and thank you in The Final Encore.
These cards are my special Thank You to Lou and Trace, the blog co-owners.


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This post is to focus on my card using the "Flower Bouquet 2" digital stamp
from the Floral Bouquet digital stamp set by Star Jam Lines.


I opened the "Flower Bouquet 2" digital stamp in Silhouette Studio and added a digital "Thank You" (details below).  I added a round "window" to cut in the middle of the image, printed on X-Press It blending card, heat set then cut the circle out with my Silhouette Cameo.  To make a matting layer for the floral circle, I added a 1/16" offset to the circle window shape and cut with my Silhouette Cameo.  I coloured around the edges and the outer 1/8" of the circle with a Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Tip marker so that the black matches the black printing of the image and sentiment.  I coloured the circle of the floral image with Copic markers, went around the edges with a Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Tip marker and adhered to the matting panel.  I made a card base and adhered the card front panel in place with liquid adhesive.  To finish off the card, I put liquid adhesive on the back of the matted spotlight panel and carefully aligned it with the image on the card front.

   

   

You can read all about my other card, using the "Flower Bouquet 1" digital stamp
from the Floral Bouquet digital stamp set from Star Jam Lines
by clicking


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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Star Jam Lines - Floral Bouquet digital stamp set
I have used the Floral Bouquet 2 image
Font Bundles - Dream of Spring - font used for sentiment
this is a FREE font
Copic markers - foliage - YG61-63-67 + YG61-03-17-67
Copic markers - pink flowers - R81-83-85 + YR68
Copic markers - yellow flowers - Y11-13-15-18 + YR61-65-68
Copic markers - background - B0000-000-00
Silhouette Cameo
Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Tip Marker
scoreboard and bone folder - to make the card base
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

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Sending a big Thank You to Lou and Trace, my time with you and the Design Team at the  has been a wonderful, creative adventure!


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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges
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The Final Encore from the Southern Girls

... they say that all good things must come to an end
and,
sadly,
today is . . .


with past and present members sharing a project to say Thank You and Goodbye

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I have had a wonderful time being a member of Team Lou

and I will miss seeing all the projects shared by the Design Team
and all the fabulous challenge entries submitted to the linky too.

I'm putting the spotlight on Lou and Trace,
the Co-Owners of the Southern Girls Challenge Blog
 by making cards using the new-to-me "spotlight technique".

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Today I have used two of the stamps from the 
from the Floral Bouquet digital stamp set by Star Jam Lines.


 I opened the "Flower Bouquet 1" and "Flower Bouquet 2" digital stamps in Silhouette Studio and added a digital "Thank You" (details below).  I added a "window" to cut in the middle of the images, printed on X-Press It blending card, heat set then sent each one through my Silhouette Cameo.  The landscape card panels with the circle window over the Flower Bouquet 1 image cut perfectly.  It was a completely different story with the Flower Bouquet portrait card panels.  For some reason I could not get the page to register, I tried everything, from torches to printing again, with no luck, so I gave my trusty stainless steel ruler and craft knife a workout and manually cut the rectangle window.  I added a 1/16" offset to the windows and cut them to mat the spotlight panels.  (I coloured around the edges and the outer 1/8" of the matting panels with a Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Tip marker so that the black matches the black printing of the image and sentiment.)  I coloured the floral image panels with Copic markers, went around the edges with a Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Tip marker and adhered to their matting panels.  I made some card bases and adhered the card front panels in place with liquid adhesive.  Next came the challenging bit ... OK, I confess, it was a challenge for me to colour the partial images for the spotlight too ... I put liquid adhesive on the back of the matted spotlight panels and carefully aligned them with the images on the cards and the cards were done.

Here is Flower Bouquet 1

   

   

and here is Flower Bouquet 2

   

   

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Star Jam Lines - Floral Bouquet digital stamp set
I have used the Floral Bouquet 1 and Floral Bouquet 2 images
Font Bundles - Dream of Spring - font used for sentiment
this is a FREE font
X-Press It A4 Blending Card
Copic markers - foliage - YG61-63-67 + YG61-03-17-67
Copic markers - pink flowers - R81-83-85 + YR68
Copic markers - yellow flowers - Y11-13-15-18 + YR61-65-68
Copic markers - background - B0000-000-00
Silhouette Cameo
scoreboard and bone folder - to make the card bases
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

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Sending a big Thank You to Lou and Trace, my time with you and the Design Team at the  has been a wonderful, creative adventure!

I am going to enter my card in the following challenges
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Wednesday, 15 July 2020

Jars of Birthday Wishes . . .

It's time for another challenge with us at 

This fortnight 

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are:

https://krafterscart.co.nz/
N&T

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Today I have used the , one of our generous sponsors this fortnight, to make a birthday card and matching tag.  

T


I die cut the tag (

It was quite a challenge to photograph this set, so here are
some more pics that hopefully show you how pretty it is.





 

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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 - jar / water - C00-0-1 + B0000-000
Copic markers - flowers - RV52-63-66 + YR16-18
Copic markers - foliage - YG03
Sizzix Big Shot
Ultimate Crafts - dies - Tag & Corner Option
from Rambling Rose Collection
Perfect Layers Ruler
1/8
ribbon
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the die cuts

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Sending a big Thank You to All Dressed Up for sponsoring

R

I am going to enter my card & tag set in the following challenges
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Thursday, 11 June 2020

Today and Always

Earlier to day I shared THIS blog post and set of cards

for the latest

challenge on the Southern Girls Challenge Blog

 FULL details can be found HERE

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 This post is to focus on my "today and always" card.

My card uses the Eucalyptus Silhouette digital stamp
from the Eucalyptus digital stamp set by Beccy's Place,
one of our generous sponsors this fortnight.

Beccy's Place

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Starting with my trusty design mat in Silhouette Studio, I opened the beautiful Eucalyptus Silhouette digital stamp from the Eucalyptus Digital Stamp Set by Beccy's Place, sized the image to fit on a 5" x 7" card front, added a digital sentiment (details below) then printed on smooth white cardstock, heat set and trimmed to size.  I used a variety of Distress Inks and blending brushes to create a vibrant sunrise
... or is it a sunset?

I heat set the inked panel and adhered it to a card 5" x 7" top folding card base.

The sentiment was created using two different fonts,
details and links are listed in the ingredients below.
... I always think of my Grandma when I use this sentiment ...
she used to add a special message like
"S.W.A.L.K." (meaning Sealed With A Loving Kiss)
or
"with love, today and always"
to cards and envelopes ... such precious memories


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You can learn more about my other cards and the the latest
Anything Goes with Team Lou
challenge on the Southern Girls Challenge Blog
by clicking HERE or on the photo below

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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 ***
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
heat gun
sentiment -:
"with love" - Calibri font
"today and always" - Dream Of Spring FREE font - Font Bundles
smooth white cardstock to make 5" x 7" card base
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the card front to base

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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 card in the following challenges:
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Sunrise or Sunset . . .

. . . 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:
3bs

tps


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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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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 ***
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
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

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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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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

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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:
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 Cute Card Thursday – Challenge 638 – Masculine
Time Out Challenges - Challenge #163 – Proust Quote
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