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

Anything Goes with Team Lou

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are:

Three Button Studio

The Paper Shelter

Beccy's Place

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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

Anything Goes with Team Lou

on the
Southern Girls Challenge Blog

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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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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

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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

Growing Up Is Optional . . .

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This month we are letting our creative juices flow with

Challenge #208- You're The Man

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges are monthly.
Each crafter may only submit 3 projects per challenge.

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The sponsors for this challenge are:

Bugaboo Digital Stamps
Prize ~ $12 gift certificate

Digital Delights

Prize ~ $5 Gift Certificate

Dr. Digi's

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

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Today I have used the Gus Birthday - Optional digital stamp from Bugaboo Stamps, one of our generous sponsors this month.  Masculine birthday cards can be a challenge but with this image it's both fun and funny.

I started with a 5" x 7" rectangle in Silhouette Studio and added a tar road.  Next came the very adventurous Gus on his scooter.  I overlaid the PNG format of the image then added the sentiment.  I printed the image panel on X-Press It blending card, heat set then colours with Copic markers.  I trimmed the panel to size and used liquid adhesive to secure it on to a 5" x 7" top folding card base.  ... it's a challenge when you run out of crafty essentials during these current restrictions, so I trimmed and scored a sheet of heavy (300gsm) smooth white A3 cardstock to make my super sturdy card base.

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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 #208- You're The Man

at the Crafty Gals Corner

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges are monthly.
Each crafter may only submit 3 projects per challenge.

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Bugaboo Stamps - digital stamp - Gus Birthday - Optional

X-Press It A4 Blending Card
Copic markers - skin - E0000-000-00

Copic markers - hair - C0-1-3
Copic markers - hat - R24-27 + YR04-07 + Y02-06 + YG25-17 + B02-06
Copic markers - shirt - Y00-02-04-06
Copic markers - shorts - B02-04-06
Copic markers - socks - YG25-17 + C0-1 + 0
Copic markers - shoes - YR04-07
Copic markers - scooter - R22-24-27
Copic markers - wheels - C5-9-10 + 100
Copic markers - foot pegs/handle bars/trims - C0-1-3-5 + T7-9 + 100 
300gsm smooth white cardstock for card base
scoreboard and bone fonder - for card base

Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

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Sending a big Thank You to Bugaboo Stamps for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #208- You're The Man at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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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 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
   
Always Fun Challenges - Challenge #166 – For Dad
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
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 21 - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #509 – Anything Goes optional twist: CAS
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 188 – Anything Goes optional Birthdays
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #187 – Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - June Challenge – Let’s Hear It For The Boys
Cute As A Button Challenge Blog - Challenge #57 – Anything Goes optional twist: Tag! You’re It!
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 637 – Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 22 – Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Make It Masculine
Inkspirational Challenges - Challenge #214 – Funny Sentiments
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #13 – June Anything Goes
Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #134 – For The Boys
Make My Monday - Challenge #124 – Summer Activities
Simon Says Stamp – Monday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: It’s A Man Thing
Simon Says Stamp – Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Masculine
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - TT #459 – Special Guy

Cupcake birthday wishes

This post is to share the blue balloon card I made for the new challenge on the

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge 473

As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.

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The sponsor for this challenge is:

Digi Doodle Studios

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Today I have used the Jasper's Cupcake digital stamp from Digi Doodle Studios, one of our generous sponsors for this challenge to make some birthday cards.

You can read about red card HERE or by clicking on the photo below.

I opened the image in Silhouette Studio and placed it on an 8 1/4" x 4 1/4" panel.  I created the sentiment with flourishes to match the balloon string (font details and below) and layered it over the image.  I printed the image panel on a sheet of A4 X-Press It blending card, heat set, trimmed to size and coloured with Copic markers.  There were some slight gaps between the flourishes between the words of the sentiment and where I joined it to the balloon string, so I carefully filled them in with a 0.03 black Multiliner.  If you click on the image below, you will see the gaps, yes, they're small, but once you know they're there, you just can't ignore them.

I used heavy smooth white cardstock, a scoreboard and bone folder to make card bases and liquid adhesive to secure the image panels in place.

Here is Jasper with his blue balloon.

Looks can be deceiving ...
... this card is a huge 8 1/4" wide and the sentiment is very long.

   

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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 473
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Digi Doodle Studios - digital stamp - Jasper's Cupcake

X-Press It A4 Blending Card

Copic markers - BLUE balloon card
Copic markers - balloon - B000-00-02-04
Copic markers - shadows - W00-0-1-3
Copic markers - Jasper - fur - E21-23-25 + E40-41 + 0
Copic markers - Jasper - nose/mouth - E02-93 + E07
Copic markers - cupcake wrapper - E21-23-25
Copic markers - chocolate cupcake - E74-77-79
Copic markers - cupcake frosting - Y11-13-15
Copic markers - cupcake sprinkles - B04 + YG25-17
sentiment - created using the font below:
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #217140
Dreamland Swirl font by Rivka Wilkins
Copic 0.03 Black Multiliner - to fill the gaps in the sentiment
smooth white heavy A4 cardstock - to make card base
scoreboard + bone folder - to make card base
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere image panel to card base

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Sending a big Thank You to Digi Doodle Studios for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge 473 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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2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge #39 – Anything with a Critter Goes


A Perfect Time To Craft - June Challenge #6 – Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Studios Challenge Blog - Challenge #28 – Anything Goes

~~~happy~~~birthday~~~to~~~you~~~

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

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge 473

As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.

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The sponsor for this challenge is:


Digi Doodle Studios

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Today I have used the Jasper's Cupcake digital stamp from Digi Doodle Studios, one of our generous sponsors for this challenge to make some birthday cards.

Looks can be deceiving ...
... these cards are a huge 8 1/4" wide and the sentiment is very long.

As soon as I saw this cute image I knew that I needed to attach a long sentiment to the balloon string, so I opened up the image in Silhouette Studio and placed it on an 8 1/4" x 4 1/4" panel.  I went through my font collection and finally found one that had flourishes that went perfectly with the balloon string of the image (details and link below).  ... one crash course in glyphs later and I had my sentiment created and layered it over the image.  I printed two panels on a sheet of A4 X-Press It blending card, heat set, trimmed to size and coloured with Copic markers, trying different combos on each panel.  There were some slight gaps between the flourishes between the words of the sentiment and where I joined it to the balloon string, so I carefully filled them in with a 0.03 black Multiliner.  If you click on the image below, you will see the gaps, yes, they're small, but once you know they're there, you just can't ignore them.

I used heavy smooth white cardstock, a scoreboard and bone folder to make card bases and liquid adhesive to secure the image panels in place.

Here is Jasper with his red balloon.

   

Here is Jasper with his blue balloon.

   

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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 473
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Digi Doodle Studios - digital stamp - Jasper's Cupcake

X-Press It A4 Blending Card

Copic markers - RED balloon card
Copic markers - balloon - R21-22-24-27
Copic markers - shadows - W00-0-1-3
Copic markers - Jasper - fur - E21-23-25 + C0-1 + 0
Copic markers - Jasper - nose/mouth - E02-93 + E07
Copic markers - cupcake wrapper - E50-51-53
Copic markers - chocolate cupcake - E74-77-79
Copic markers - cupcake frosting - Y11-13-15
Copic markers - cupcake sprinkles - R27 + YR04-07
Copic markers - BLUE balloon card
Copic markers - balloon - B000-00-02-04
Copic markers - shadows - W00-0-1-3
Copic markers - Jasper - fur - E21-23-25 + E40-41 + 0
Copic markers - Jasper - nose/mouth - E02-93 + E07
Copic markers - cupcake wrapper - E21-23-25
Copic markers - chocolate cupcake - E74-77-79
Copic markers - cupcake frosting - Y11-13-15
Copic markers - cupcake sprinkles - B04 + YG25-17
sentiment - created using the font below:
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #217140
Dreamland Swirl font by Rivka Wilkins
Copic 0.03 Black Multiliner - to fill the gaps in the sentiment
smooth white heavy A4 cardstock - to make card base
scoreboard + bone folder - to make card base
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere image panel to card base

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Sending a big Thank You to Digi Doodle Studios for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge 473 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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2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge #39 – Anything with a Critter 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
Alphabet Challenge Blog - E is for Earth Bound Animal
Jasper the dog is my earthbound animal
Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - June Anything Goes Challenge
Classic Design Challenge Blog - June Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 21 - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #509 – Anything Goes optional twist: CAS
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 188 – Anything Goes optional Birthdays
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #187 – Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - June Challenge – Let’s Hear It For The Boys
Cute As A Button Challenge Blog - Challenge #57 – Anything Goes optional twist: Tag! You’re It!
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 637 – Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 22 – Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Studios Challenge Blog - Challenge #28 – Anything Goes
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #13 – June Anything Goes
Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #134 – For The Boys
Simon Says Stamp – Monday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: It’s A Man Thing
Simon Says Stamp – Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Masculine
Tuesday Throwdown - TT #459 – Special Guy
Worldwide Open Design Team Challenge - Challenge #05 – 15th May – Anything Goes