Cute Get Well Wishes

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:

I am Roses

Stampers Delights

Your Next Stamp

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Today I have used two of the Chibi Get Well digital stamps by Stampers Delights, one of our generous sponsors this fortnight, to make a pair of CAS get well cards.

I opened the boy and girl images in Silhouette Studio and sized them to make a font panel for a 5" x 7" card.  I used some fonts from my ever-growing digital stash to create "get well soon" sentiments.  I printed the panels on X-Press It blending card, heat set and coloured with Copic markers.  I adhered the panels to 5" x 7" card bases with liquid adhesive.

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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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Stampers Delights - digital stamp - Chibi Get Well
The Hungry JPEG - font - sentiment on boy card - Grateful font
X-Press It A4 Blending Card

Copic markers - boy - skin - E0000-000-00-02
Copic markers - boy - hair - E30-31-33-35
Copic markers - boy - eyes - E33-35-37
Copic markers - boy - socks - B93-95
Copic markers - boy - pants - B91-93
Copic markers - boy - blanket - YG61-63
Copic markers - boy - pillow - YR12-14
Copic markers - boy - mug - R22-24-27
Copic markers - boy - shadow - W00-0-1-3
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the panel to card base

Click HERE or on the photo below to learn more about the girl card

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Sending a big Thank You to Stampers Delights for sponsoring the 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 cute  BOY card in the following challenges:

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A Gem Of A Challenge - Wk 10 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - May Challenge – Anything Goes
AAA Cards - CAS Game #165 - Up To One Third + optional twist A Repeating Image

CCC Digi Creations - Challenge #114 – For The Men / Boys
Classic Design Challenge Blog - Challenge #5 – Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 17 – Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #505 – Anything Goes optional twist: Baby
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 186 – Anything Goes optional Add Sparkle

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #185 – Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 19 – Anything Goes
Ike’s World Challenges - #132 - Q is for Quartz Palette / Anything Goes
Stampers Delights Challenge Blog - May Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes 12th May

For The Ladies . . .

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This month we are letting our creative juices flow with

Challenge #207 - For The Ladies

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

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The sponsor for this challenge is:

MoonFlower Digistamps

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

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Today I have used the Unicorn Maiden digital stamp from MoonFlower Digistamps, our generous sponsor this month, to make a tall A5 birthday card.

I opened the image in Silhouette Studio and sized it to 5" high then sized a frame (cut file details & link below) to fit neatly around the image.  I printed the image panel on X-Press It blending card, heat set, cut with my Cameo, coloured with Copic markers and went around the edges with a black marker.  I cut the frame from black cardstock and adhered it to the image panel.  The A5 top folding card base was matted with pretty patterned paper (sorry, it's a discontinued design from my stash) then I adhered a contrasting strip and the framed image panel in place.  The sentiment is a die cut.  I coloured some X-Press It blending card with the R83 Copic marker (to match the dress), die cut the sentiment, adhered to a panel of white cardstock, matted it with black cardstock (4 3/8" x 1") and adhered in place.  I confess, this was my second try, as the letters looked wonky the first time.  To make it "Tracy-proof", I die cut the sentiment from a panel 3/4" x 4 1/8" (the same size as sentiment panel for the card), stuck a strip of Washi Tape across the front of the "negative" die cut, turned it over and placed each letter in their original place, with the tape gently holding them in position.  I applied liquid adhesive to the back of each one.  I flipped it all over then aligned it with the sentiment panel, carefully peeled off the tape and "negative", leaving a perfect aligned sentiment.  The card was finished off with two clusters of black pearls.  

Here are some more photos,
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 #207 - For The Ladies

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 ***
MoonFlower Digistamps - digital stamp - Unicorn Maiden

X-Press It A4 Blending Card
Copic markers - horse - C00-0-1

Copic markers - mane - C0-1-3
Copic markers - horn - E50-51-53
Copic markers - horse eye - E99
Copic markers - maiden - skin - E0000-000-00-02
Copic markers - maiden - lips - R83

Copic markers - maiden - eyes - YG25
Copic markers - hair - E21-23-25-27 + brown 0.3 multi liner

Copic markers - headpiece - BV01-02 + YG03-25 + R83
+ green 0.3 multi liner
Copic markers - shadow - W00-0-1-3

Kaisercraft - 12x12" patterned paper - Flora Delight collection - Regency
12x12 textured cardstock - black
A5 top folding card base
Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #100104
Nested Fancy Deco Squares by Sarah Hurley - squashed to fit image
Sizzix Big Shot
Paper Smooches - Birthday Words Dies
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the sentiment & frame

Kaisercraft - black pearls

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Sending a big Thank You to MoonFlower Digistamps for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being the sponsor for Challenge #207 - For The Ladies 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 10 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - May Challenge – Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Galz - Challenge #121 – Birthday
Classic Design Challenge Blog - Challenge #5 – Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 17 – Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #256 – Celebrations
Crafty Catz - Challenge #505 – Anything Goes optional twist: Baby

Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 186 – Anything Goes optional Add Sparkle
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #185 – Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - May Challenge – Fabulously Feminine

Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 19 – Anything Goes
Ike’s World Challenges - #132 - Q is for Quartz Palette / Anything Goes
SheepSki Designs Challenges - Challenge #38 – For The Girlz
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes 12th May

Wish BIG

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

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge 471

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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A Gem Of A Challenge - Wk 10 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - May Challenge – Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Galz - Challenge #121 – Birthday
CAS(E) this Sketch - Sketch 371

Classic Design Challenge Blog - Challenge #5 – Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #256 – Celebrations
Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge 135 – Flowers
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 186 – Anything Goes optional Add Sparkle
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #185 – Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - May Challenge – Fabulously Feminine
Inkspirational Challenges - Challenge #212 – Cake Shop Photo 

. . . I'm collecting wrinkles

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

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge 470

as always, the challenge is Anything Goes

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The sponsors for this challenge are:

   
   Bugaboo Stamps                Di's Digi Stamps

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Today I have used the Gus Birthday - Collect Wrinkles digital stamp and sentiment from Bugaboo Stamps, one of our generous sponsors for this challenge, to make a fun birthday card.

My card started in Silhouette Studio.  I opened the digital image and sentiment and sized them to fit on a 6" square card based on a sketch (details and link below).  I "sliced" the sentiment in half, so that I could stagger it on the sides of the image panel.   I printed the image and sentiment panels on X-Press It blending card, heat set, coloured with Copic markers and trimmed to size.  I had some sprinkles patterned paper in mind for this card and do you think I could find it?  Next best thing was to use a digital version, so I printed a  square panel on textured cardstock and trimmed down to 5 3/4".  I cut a 6" x 12" cardstock strip, scored at 6" and created the 6" card base.  I cut two 1" strips from the same cardstock for the sentiments.  The image panel was adhered to the same cardstock then trimmed to a 1/8" mat using a Perfect Layers ruler.  I used liquid adhesive to secure all the layers on the card base.



I finished off the card by colouring some clear rhinestones with Copic markers to match the image panel, adding several layers to build up the colour, with darker shades around the edges.

Here are some more pics of my wrinkled cutie . . .

Click on the image 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
Penny's Challenge 470
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Bugaboo Stamps - digital stamp - Gus Birthday - Collect Wrinkles

X-Press It A4 Blending Card

Copic markers - skin - E0000-000-00
Copic markers - hair - C00-0-1-3
Copic markers - singlet - E40-41 + "0"
Copic markers - shorts - YR65-68 + B00-02
Copic markers - socks - E40 + "0" + B02
Copic markers - shoes - E33-35-37
Copic markers - clock - C00-0-3-5-7
Copic markers - hat - B000-00-02 + YR61-65-68
Copic markers - balloons - B000-00-02 + YR61-65-68 + Y00-04-06
Copic markers - shadows - W00-0-1-3
Copic markers - rhinestones - B04-06 + YR65-68 + Y06-08
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #285261
Confetti Sprinkles Pattern by Kristen Magee
scoreboard and bone folder
sparkling rhinestones - clear (coloured with Copic markers)
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 470 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 9 – Anything Goes
AAA Birthday Card Challenge - Game #12 – Dots and/or Stripes
my patterned paper is short random stripes (sprinkles)

Alphabet Challenge Blog - B is for Boys Card
my card is for a man who is still a boy at heart
Classic Crafty Facebook Group - April 2020 FB Challenge
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 15 - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #503 – Anything Goes optional twist: Add A Sentiment
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge 185 – Anything Goes optional Marble Background
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #184 – Anything Goes
Cute As A Button Challenge Blog - Challenge #55 – Anything Goes
optional twist: Baby Blue or Pretty Pink
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 16 – Anything Goes
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #11 – April Anything Goes
Make My Monday - Challenge #121 – Use A Digital Stamp
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge - Wk17 – Anything Goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 181

Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes 28th Apr

Every Dream Begins With A Wish . . .

Today I am thrilled to be

Guest Designer

on the

Rabisco Challenge Blog

for the
April 2020 - Challenge #04

HERE is the first challenge post and HERE is the reminder post

    

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The sponsors for this challenge are:

   

LeAnn's World 101             Hetty Clare     
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Today I have used the Cindy digital stamp from LeAnn's World 101, one of the generous sponsors, to make a birthday card.  I thought it would be fun to make some magic happen with this sweet Cindy "Cinderella" image by combining it with some shimmering gold foiling, pretty patterned paper, a flourished sentiment, a touch of sparkle and a special message inside.

I designed my card in Silhouette Studio.  I combined the image with a quote (details & links below), adding some extra stars to the image panel so that the two panels would coordinate.  I printed the image on X-Press It blending card, heat set, cut to size (3.9") with my Cameo then coloured with Copic markers.  I used my Cameo to cut a circle (4.15") out of cardstock to mat the image panel.   I printed the sentiment panel and manually trimmed to size, matting with the same cardstock, trimming to a 1/8" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I used a fancy font (details & link below) and an image of a dancing princess (details & link below) to create a sentiment panel for inside the card, printed on smooth white cardstock, trimmed to size, matted with cardstock, trimming to a 1/8" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I used an A4 panel of heavy smooth white cardstock to make the top folding card base, trimming it to 7 7/8" wide x 5 7/8" high.  I matted the card front with pretty patterned paper, the golden foil accents perfect for a princess.  I adhered the matted image and sentiment panels in place with liquid adhesive.  I used the same adhesive to secure the paper roses in place, adding some sparkle to the petals with Stardust Stickles.

Lucky last came the sentiment panel for inside the card
. . . Cindy in now a Princess.



I could not resist, here are some more photos ...
click on the images to see the detail in full screen

   

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

April 2020 - Challenge #04

on the Rabisco Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
LeAnn's World 101 - digital stamp - Cindy

X-Press It A5 Blending Card

Copic markers - skin - E0000-000-00-02
Copic markers - lips - R22-24
Copic markers - eyes - B02-04
Copic markers - hair - E30-31-33-35-37
Copic markers - dress & shoes - G0000 + YG41-45
Copic markers - apron - E40-41-42-43
Copic markers - mop head - E51-53-43-47
Copic markers - mop handle - E23-25-27
Copic markers - mop bucket - E31-35-57-79 + C1-3-5-7
Copic markers - bubbles - B0000-000
Copic markers - stars - Y04-06-08
Copic markers - shadows - W0-1-3
Font Bundles - sentiment inside card - Dream Of Spring
this beautiful font is still available for FREE
Silhouette Design Store - quote - Design ID #263496
Every Dream Begins With A Wish by Sarah Hurley
Silhouette Design Store - dancing princess image - Design ID #298141
Princess Doodlebat by Lettering Delights
smooth A4 white cardstock - to make the card base
scoreboard and embossing stylus - to make the card base
Kaisercraft weave cardstock - Jade
Kaisercraft 12 x 12 patterned paper - With Love Collection - Thinking of You

Kaisercraft - paper blooms - Fairy Floss
Kaisercraft - mini paper blooms - Fairy Floss
Stardust Stickles - to add sparkle to the pink roses
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers & flowers

foam squares - to adhere the image panel

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Sending a big Thank You to LeAnn's World 101 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 (alphabetical order):

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A Gem Of A Challenge - Wk 8 – Anything Goes

A Perfect Time To Craft - April Challenge – Anything Goes

AAA Birthday Card Challenge - Game #12 – Dots and/or Stripes

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Flowers and/or Showers

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #249 – 10th Birthday
include a birthday sentiment

Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - April B-I-N-G-O Challenge

flowers + sparkle + sentiment
Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - Stella Says Sketch Challenge 808
I have rotated the sketch 90 degrees to make my card
   

Classic Design Challenge Blog - Challenge #4 – 4th Birthday
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 14 – Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - April Anything Goes #74
Crafty Catz - Challenge #502 – Anything Goes optional twist: Paper Piecing
Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge 133 – Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Anything Goes 14th April 
Creations In Pink - Challenge #21 – Anything Goes In Mainly Pink
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #184 – Anything Goes

Cute As A Button Challenge Blog - Challenge #55 – Anything Goes
optional twist: Baby Blue or Pretty Pink

Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 15 – Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Add A Flower / Flowers
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #11 – April Anything Goes
Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #132 – For The Girls
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge - Wk16 – Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Simon Says: Knock On Wood
Stampers Delights Challenge Blog - April Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #4 – Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - Challenge #146 – Bunnies, Bears and other B’s
B is for Bucket
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #423 – Birthday Card
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes 14th Apr