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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Flamingo LOVE

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 Hearts Again digital paper by Lozzy at A Bit More Time To Craft to make a special 50th Anniversary card.


As seems to be the norm lately, I started by opening the Hearts Again digital paper and Valentine Flamingo Pop Up Box card cut file in Silhouette Studio.  I enlarged the card elements to make a 5 7/8" square card.  I sized the digital paper for the matting panels, printed on white textured cardstock then manually cut.  I cut the card base and design elements from textured cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo.  I used the "50" and sentiment using a digital font (details below).  I used liquid adhesive to secure all the layers together to complete this fancy fold card then decided it needed a little "more", so dragged out a bundle of my favourite flower punches and started punching, curling and layering.  I added a sparkling black rhinestone to the centre of each flower then adhered them in place and my special anniversary card was done.





Here is the card extended out fully open and flat,
a grand 11 3/4" wide and 5 3/4" tall.


Here is the fancy fold in action.


I used assorted fonts to make a sentiment panel for the back of the card.


The card folds flat for mailing but my dimensional flowers added dimension,
so it was lucky that this card is to be hand delivered.


Digital papers like Hearts Again look amazing on textured cardstock.


I have another one from Hearts Again printed and ready
for some creative fun, the teal and pink look gorgeous.

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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
on the

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
(it's the 16th digital paper set in the Paper Picks section)
assorted weave cardstock
Silhouette Cameo
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #285273
Pop Up Box Card – Valentine Flamingo by Lori Whitlock
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #266858
Dreaming Flourishes font by Erin Doran
assorted Fiskars flower punches
assorted black rhinestones
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the delicate elements

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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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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge #37 – Anything with a Critter Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - April Challenge – Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge - Animals or People - which is your favourite and why?
People are my favourite because I MISS HUGS and I find them easier to colour, animals are also my favourite because they are cute, fun and, when I don't have to colour them, they make for cheery cards too.

Classic Design Challenge Blog - Challenge #4 – 4th Birthday


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Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Easter at the Crafty Gals Corner

It's time for another challenge with us at the

This month we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #206 - Easter / Spring
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:
Creative Bug on the Loose
Prize ~ 5 digital stamps


Bugaboo Digital Stamps
Prize ~ $12 gift certificate


Digital Delights
Prize ~ $5 gift certificate

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Today I have used the Bugaboo Bunny digital stamp from Bugaboo Stamps, one of our generous sponsors this month, to make fun Easter card filled with fancy folds and flowers.

This card started with the super cute little Bugaboo Bunny digital stamp, Silhouette Studio and several cut files.  I enlarged the shutter gatefold card cut file (details & link below) to 5" wide x 6 3/8" tall and sized the digital stamp to fit neatly inside the shutter window.  I printed the image on X-Press It blending card, heat set, cut to size with my Silhouette Cameo then coloured with Copic markers.  I cut all the elements to make the shutter card, along with the layered flower for the belly band (details & link below) and layered sentiment (details & link below).  I added an extra large petal layer to the base and an extra fine petal layer to the top, I curled all the layers with a fine paintbrush handle and layered them together, securing with a combination of foam dots and liquid adhesive.  I used liquid adhesive to secure all the layers of the card together.  I punched out a variety of flowers, curled and layered together them together and decorated the inside of the card with the layered flowers and layered sentiment.  I added a sparkling yellow rhinestone to the flower on the belly band and to all the flowers decorating the inside of the card.


Before assembling the belly band, I added an extra 1/8" score line to both sides to allow for the extra thickness inside the card and secured the ends so that they fitted on the card, not too loose to slide off, not too tight so that it could still easily slide on and off the folded card.  Lucky last came the large layered flower.  Apart from being over 2 3/4" diameter, it is just over 1 1/4" high ... lots of WOW factor making it need a gift box instead of an envelope.


Here is this fancy fold Easter card in action:
click on the image if you want to see the detail in full screen

   

   



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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 #206 - Easter / Spring
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges are monthly.
Each crafter may only submit 3 projects per challenge.

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Bugaboo Stamps - digital stamp - Bugaboo Bunny
Copic markers - bunny fur - E40-41-42-43
Copic markers - bunny ears & nose - R01-11-21
Copic markers - bird - Y04-06 + YR24-27
Copic markers - shadow - W00-0-1-3-5
weave / textured cardstock
Kaisercraft patterned paper - Party Time Collection - Fairy Bread
Silhouette Cameo
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #78304
A2 Gatefold Shutter Card by Lori Whitlock
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #
( I enlarged this card )
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #76180
3D Basket With Flowers by Jamie Lane Designs
( I used the flower from this cut file set )
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #58496
3D Hoppy Easter Door Box by Jamie Lane Designs
( I used the sentiment from this cut file set )
assorted flower punches
yellow rhinestons
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the sentiment & flowers

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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 #206 at the Crafty Gals Corner.
    
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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge #37 – Anything with a Critter 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/sentiment/cut files
C.C. Designs FB Group - April Challenge – Easter / Spring
CCC Digi Creations - Challenge #113 – Add A Flower / Flowers
Classic Design Challenge Blog - Challenge #4 – 4th Birthday
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 13 – Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Challenge 552 - Create your own Embellishment/Flower 
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #183 – Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 14 – Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Studios Challenge Blog - Challenge #26 – Easter / Spring
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Add A Flower / Flowers
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
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #4 – Anything Goes
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Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Skip The Chicken Soup . . .

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:
Pattie's Creations

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Today I have used the Silly Chickens On Coop digital stamp from Pattie's Creations, our generous sponsor for this challenge, to make a Get Well Soon card.

I sized the image to fit on a 6" x 8" card, printed on X-Press It blending card, heat set, trimmed to size then coloured with Copic markers.  I created a fun sentiment (font details below), printed and trimmed to size.


I adhered the image and sentiment panels to cardstock and trimmed them to a 1/8" border using a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I created a top folding card base then adhered the layers in place using liquid adhesive.  I punched a bundle of flowers, adding a black pearl to each one and finishing off the card with three large black pearls to the white space.  I saturated some of the flower layers with dark red Copic markers to match the rooster feathers.


   


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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 468
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Pattie's Creations - digital stamp - Silly Chickens On Coop
X-Press It A4 Blending Card
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #281798
Cherish Font by Nursery Art 
Copic markers - beaks, legs & claws - YR16-18 + E41
Copic markers - combs & wattles - R24-27-29
Copic markers - rooster - dark feathers - E04-07-08
Copic markers - rooster - light feathers - YR21-24-27
Copic markers - hen - E41-42-43
Copic markers - chicken coop - E50-51-53-33-35-47 + W1-3-5
weave cardstock - Snow + Mustard + Crimson
Perfect Layers Ruler
assorted punches
black pearls
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers
Tombow Mono Multi adhesive - to adhere the flower layers

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Sending a big Thank You to Pattie's Creations for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being the sponsor for Challenge 468 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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