tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45030196495173405162024-03-07T03:33:57.575+00:00String BowsRecreate lifes strings to weave your own path.Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-7307556325051029122022-06-22T20:42:00.004+01:002022-06-22T20:42:40.084+01:00Have a Relaxing Day<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Oh my, its been nearly a month since I updated my blog... pfft!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I have been crafting of sorts, I'm currently crocheting a baby blanket for a colleague at work but more on that another time.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">Surprisingly, I did make some time to put together a very simple Father's Day card...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLff41Ams9qMG2P50QtqvCW11gSCXWzuN77JrC6TRQ6bZ_4cJkkEeSYi_VhI4ATPJzV-1moy-CxXJ_IEBC83gfSXxXfeZLQlJGXljorQLnW8T1SapxAbQVklYT-EELPnhQB7ghQVuO4lnsM7lCrhhgxhKqhRzYDrqbaUShfd3SxeqVe7_aGJ0ZX9VzUQ/s3621/Cards%20006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3621" data-original-width="2734" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLff41Ams9qMG2P50QtqvCW11gSCXWzuN77JrC6TRQ6bZ_4cJkkEeSYi_VhI4ATPJzV-1moy-CxXJ_IEBC83gfSXxXfeZLQlJGXljorQLnW8T1SapxAbQVklYT-EELPnhQB7ghQVuO4lnsM7lCrhhgxhKqhRzYDrqbaUShfd3SxeqVe7_aGJ0ZX9VzUQ/w303-h400/Cards%20006.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I've used a sweet little image from MFT and coloured with Prisma pencils. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifN5cHJXMPSiY5AIjp6d0iUAN80TPgaO7XMYypaMDhVTi2-fwIZjlz2l1IeNMve6bHkB3PXODs4Fb8Qgc4AgC7UPrNLD_T9q6ajaFNwfvIMjT-7LST9Amx6Gufo3bavrV1UqwfH2UCrXETe4__v8Nax8WApDmHMoTUrmtuEKY81GOOZxy4j8ajFFCmAQ/s4265/Cards%20008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="4265" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifN5cHJXMPSiY5AIjp6d0iUAN80TPgaO7XMYypaMDhVTi2-fwIZjlz2l1IeNMve6bHkB3PXODs4Fb8Qgc4AgC7UPrNLD_T9q6ajaFNwfvIMjT-7LST9Amx6Gufo3bavrV1UqwfH2UCrXETe4__v8Nax8WApDmHMoTUrmtuEKY81GOOZxy4j8ajFFCmAQ/w400-h240/Cards%20008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I debated about grounding this little fella but decided to go completely CAS with no fuss, just a cute image and a sentiment which was from the same stamp set.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGo4cP0fdvZl_l3jPAgRj_SU9vHTu_P3aQ0wxEyaSq0RJ-ltlJUaUjoGjg3JIHKesdZ-PmCfmEmqU65IO_tgG2qy7BfWaHwQyEjKarqBrPWpE1TdN3PgZ5F7bb2_mEb8C6ybf9vfvZ018XkPFjQJKpmW3nctgY0PjCXrNgYkz6yapRNZQA45WRkIz3vw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="320" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGo4cP0fdvZl_l3jPAgRj_SU9vHTu_P3aQ0wxEyaSq0RJ-ltlJUaUjoGjg3JIHKesdZ-PmCfmEmqU65IO_tgG2qy7BfWaHwQyEjKarqBrPWpE1TdN3PgZ5F7bb2_mEb8C6ybf9vfvZ018XkPFjQJKpmW3nctgY0PjCXrNgYkz6yapRNZQA45WRkIz3vw=w200-h111" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-40877937804060414042022-05-25T00:30:00.001+01:002022-05-25T00:30:00.206+01:00New Home<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe8RsL457tJ9PpP5f00t9hqrM2SJtZ-gtdPrv78ARcz2HzS9kcaob4o4D7Ec-00sPilCEgZI5x-jUDzvnpJ85D7_eYQ621NjxYncu-1SuxdJoDj67itxou7BBWtl91j03CG2MVZzP6Ma0mlQTPcP4hqNdbthEZz_xZOOI8wRAk4pXk3bJp27USBqK2g/s1006/ATSM%20Guest%20Designer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="1006" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe8RsL457tJ9PpP5f00t9hqrM2SJtZ-gtdPrv78ARcz2HzS9kcaob4o4D7Ec-00sPilCEgZI5x-jUDzvnpJ85D7_eYQ621NjxYncu-1SuxdJoDj67itxou7BBWtl91j03CG2MVZzP6Ma0mlQTPcP4hqNdbthEZz_xZOOI8wRAk4pXk3bJp27USBqK2g/w200-h70/ATSM%20Guest%20Designer.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">How exciting to be Guest Designing for <a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Addicted to Stamps</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEv83KoDHlfBXHkMySXQonv-EPXPNg35a0scfSGNYAknUFowSXSAWWzTBHWibB-eZCs4PeGO0aKe0DYolhQrzcqDSQLQ4ESSLUHgnn6eKjn7uxRbTAfqh3e2Wx3F6MIxIw1ytQaScJvLE040IfccNnscbjFITt5uZbm6_78DEnp1ngmtWPdRgdu9XuXA/s1010/Die%20Cuts%20and%20Stencils.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="1010" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEv83KoDHlfBXHkMySXQonv-EPXPNg35a0scfSGNYAknUFowSXSAWWzTBHWibB-eZCs4PeGO0aKe0DYolhQrzcqDSQLQ4ESSLUHgnn6eKjn7uxRbTAfqh3e2Wx3F6MIxIw1ytQaScJvLE040IfccNnscbjFITt5uZbm6_78DEnp1ngmtWPdRgdu9XuXA/w200-h71/Die%20Cuts%20and%20Stencils.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">So die cuts or stencils, well I'm hoping I could choose otherwise I'm in trouble as I only used dies 😆</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYvq3iUL_0_9ezk4TtQ2URxPJsrLq11L6VTBx-RTShCcEjBTLDXjeoATMRJGYEM8IuhMl5vTl40BSWXYZhCmnyURmAxouZlQ6Ewev24SRH1E6CI95UDk1dburlWpfRlfj3Tk6-CdKPtWr_gP9rYTp47QBwjozcqlyWI6_NyWsrUcw21oqjk774fUuSg/s3886/Cards%20011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2098" data-original-width="3886" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYvq3iUL_0_9ezk4TtQ2URxPJsrLq11L6VTBx-RTShCcEjBTLDXjeoATMRJGYEM8IuhMl5vTl40BSWXYZhCmnyURmAxouZlQ6Ewev24SRH1E6CI95UDk1dburlWpfRlfj3Tk6-CdKPtWr_gP9rYTp47QBwjozcqlyWI6_NyWsrUcw21oqjk774fUuSg/w400-h216/Cards%20011.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I've recently sold my house and I couldn't resist using an Alexandra Renke little house die to create a welcoming terrace for any homeowner.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrLEnUpvTkWuvZgIRyo10UhC92gfNEDf6spMtP57PYGGThGQkA8hZ9v4-lswcQebxOCqj2tkbVtg3UP9sx3afvQUZ5X7MD42V4-_UJAT3lc_-2zxBnRsUs3c7KDqO7uTVVLETjx-Y7a9MrJgU06I2zjF8VYAyFkCMCIunIpyXbLqy8ZToWOXTPVY7xA/s4432/Cards%20009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2574" data-original-width="4432" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrLEnUpvTkWuvZgIRyo10UhC92gfNEDf6spMtP57PYGGThGQkA8hZ9v4-lswcQebxOCqj2tkbVtg3UP9sx3afvQUZ5X7MD42V4-_UJAT3lc_-2zxBnRsUs3c7KDqO7uTVVLETjx-Y7a9MrJgU06I2zjF8VYAyFkCMCIunIpyXbLqy8ZToWOXTPVY7xA/w400-h233/Cards%20009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">My favourite part of the card is the little pink hearts, they're so sweet. The sentiment is from a Clearly Besotted set stamped in grey and thats it... all very simple.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I also want a house like this, its super cute!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-3350396140512363422022-05-07T20:08:00.000+01:002022-05-07T20:08:46.672+01:00Best Mom<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Happy Mother's Day to those celebrating tomorrow, I made this card for my mom back in March... yeah where did those months go?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaZwBJtm8GJy9fRq_AJXKMkejarWU762X46Nzm-FZEFVh5hyuqGDT4ALhrunP6h0LPfEVuweJx-P88KfcpZ70z-GSKx_nCzJUDRHNtK681g9_BTU1uXTvCMtWbW4-YOYWkHvx9CpkPPh1sn4r-fs9C41l0mZ7raLhtViM91Pd77bOTUORZ8zqgq4zxw/s5152/Cards%20010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="5152" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaZwBJtm8GJy9fRq_AJXKMkejarWU762X46Nzm-FZEFVh5hyuqGDT4ALhrunP6h0LPfEVuweJx-P88KfcpZ70z-GSKx_nCzJUDRHNtK681g9_BTU1uXTvCMtWbW4-YOYWkHvx9CpkPPh1sn4r-fs9C41l0mZ7raLhtViM91Pd77bOTUORZ8zqgq4zxw/w400-h225/Cards%20010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I drew a panel around the flowers and using the lightest of grey went over the pencil lines and used water just to pull the colour into the middle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Stamped the sentiment from another Altenew set and splashed on some black paint splatters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I used black cardstock as the mat to make the flowers stand out and added some Glossy Accents to represent water droplets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/just-us-girls-challenge-631-word-week.html" target="_blank">Just us Girls</a> - Word Week, Flowers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/search/label/Watercolour%20Challenge" target="_blank">Happy Little Stampers</a> - Watercolour Anything Goes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/2022/05/274.html" target="_blank">As You See It</a> - The Best Thing About Mama</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><b>The best thing about Mothers is inner strength</b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-feminine-2/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp</a> - Feminine</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheo2_S7CH2SBEc_OBzKSYkVmNdeYbwsg404qqU-n6yR38aDLZM2DeOpuCvpzQR-hwOLM1qf0g2rdf-yUiLLvdXvXF4W9UUUumCfe3JLdgafbk8wzGCUd7aRTmiv2-Zo-vnGZpTZycBjMoekmtWDx_HHdaFSN57S7D7UvDPJpdVUT9udvC2tJ5W2LwatQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheo2_S7CH2SBEc_OBzKSYkVmNdeYbwsg404qqU-n6yR38aDLZM2DeOpuCvpzQR-hwOLM1qf0g2rdf-yUiLLvdXvXF4W9UUUumCfe3JLdgafbk8wzGCUd7aRTmiv2-Zo-vnGZpTZycBjMoekmtWDx_HHdaFSN57S7D7UvDPJpdVUT9udvC2tJ5W2LwatQ=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-28795334780821024552022-04-07T05:00:00.003+01:002022-04-08T11:47:21.270+01:00California Poppies<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I'm Guest Designing with the ladies over at <a href="https://dayofthemonthcardclub.blogspot.com/2022/04/38-california-poppy-day.html" target="_blank">Day of the Month Card Club</a> this month with a fabulous new challenge.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLJni1RDbOb0HeATKsJ6WbDFkk5aiSE3DDkQ4D1VFSJyRsBj7_-nK8UB_0Ae2gKGhUlpaNExRTFYWa2o5WUsQ6b9YxuthtNYVmf43dpI5h3C2WUDyiGi1fSOu-bUTgkAWlhHYhdry1aydTFGlpQy1hrYIOyZh3Mc002hbUM2i-bIaGvCx7NIZK-BahzA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="154" data-original-width="200" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLJni1RDbOb0HeATKsJ6WbDFkk5aiSE3DDkQ4D1VFSJyRsBj7_-nK8UB_0Ae2gKGhUlpaNExRTFYWa2o5WUsQ6b9YxuthtNYVmf43dpI5h3C2WUDyiGi1fSOu-bUTgkAWlhHYhdry1aydTFGlpQy1hrYIOyZh3Mc002hbUM2i-bIaGvCx7NIZK-BahzA=w320-h246" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">We're celebrating California Poppy Day...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-QqKsbZMEnNfRsPmMzAYEu1pVrHvVUg_DQb3__ZRMGa7xb1kpSmuDxzQ2gd1ou4TYF_2sr-8kx51kbXdmzWuL5AQTgFgwrI0ldwGk4BSYmKTzKVnsamYIYkvx9bZIJEqX1CyLmL_QHxfrkzvnXVVFi8dW-iPjaByrcQ58JhQ00dvwF470bUsWS8xvg/s2953/Cards%20011.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="2953" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-QqKsbZMEnNfRsPmMzAYEu1pVrHvVUg_DQb3__ZRMGa7xb1kpSmuDxzQ2gd1ou4TYF_2sr-8kx51kbXdmzWuL5AQTgFgwrI0ldwGk4BSYmKTzKVnsamYIYkvx9bZIJEqX1CyLmL_QHxfrkzvnXVVFi8dW-iPjaByrcQ58JhQ00dvwF470bUsWS8xvg/w400-h375/Cards%20011.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I've used an MFT background poppy rubber stamp, stamped in Versamark and embossed in Cosmic Shimmer gold.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The poppies on this stamp set are Oriental so to offset the wrong type of poppies I watercoloured them true to their natural beauty of rich orange.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNEmwSJcG9pwd4ZLd092Xa65YMt5-nFFTmTJhtjAqZPKMHrPNH2OGcRvX83CVXtq7ccSK4OhxOyxYIEXhCdYI4tER1qiYl-oypNAjXODLN9SHtoXtxnUfPHTd91PFM0VEb698WvvrRNY9OJxgMJMRxUAPOBN8M3txWiGoMc1FEUPKzlG2UinuDQYCgg/s4362/Cards%20016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2542" data-original-width="4362" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNEmwSJcG9pwd4ZLd092Xa65YMt5-nFFTmTJhtjAqZPKMHrPNH2OGcRvX83CVXtq7ccSK4OhxOyxYIEXhCdYI4tER1qiYl-oypNAjXODLN9SHtoXtxnUfPHTd91PFM0VEb698WvvrRNY9OJxgMJMRxUAPOBN8M3txWiGoMc1FEUPKzlG2UinuDQYCgg/w400-h233/Cards%20016.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">To finish the card I embossed a sentiment from Colorado Craft Company onto black cardstock for drama.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/search/label/Watercolour%20Challenge" target="_blank">Happy Little Stampers</a> - Watercolour Anything Goes</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2022/03/seize-birthday-235-stripe-it-up.html" target="_blank">Seize The Birthday</a> - Anything Goes Birthday optional topping Stripe (no topping)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/challenge-426-make-your-mark-plus.html" target="_blank">Addicted to Stamps</a> - Make Your Mark</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-62-birthday.html" target="_blank">Daisy Chain</a> - Birthday </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="940" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6FSgyjUJuxQEo5xsxPLvm6xnBi5pVwh7j0ob_QEEIzj49YVhspuEOdWjHLD94WlhISsCW8Nb33xmCcnf2A5AskoZyTfyIEPuB9EgQp8OJfX2DNndo1NkSPFHOrzjc-dKhA2Rn1FhMeGogQAWbhp5Y7Q2zvnaw1R7TSCXoEQB64VoqsZFgFehcBgTqJg=w200-h120" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /></span></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-62158464140419944502022-03-07T08:00:00.004+00:002022-03-08T09:20:25.680+00:00Under the Sea<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt2nGiIiBkl6nfD6GXBH0vjI2AEtvSCWjzJ1rQmPUyJM0dA_cLniBzBhtY3cI49bXGnv8arleDeRrvxkPZaolaf3Kv9jz4S10vygJFp9hE43jtDnOM1756PS8kCNqQw9TmSxtTr-9apeBVWcoTCgSjxFjAsrPBjKKrec4pUHFFjyrioldSr-vYFdvmMA=s1320" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="1320" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt2nGiIiBkl6nfD6GXBH0vjI2AEtvSCWjzJ1rQmPUyJM0dA_cLniBzBhtY3cI49bXGnv8arleDeRrvxkPZaolaf3Kv9jz4S10vygJFp9hE43jtDnOM1756PS8kCNqQw9TmSxtTr-9apeBVWcoTCgSjxFjAsrPBjKKrec4pUHFFjyrioldSr-vYFdvmMA=w320-h101" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">So excited to be Guest Designing for <a href="https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/2022/03/game-35-under-sea.html" target="_blank">AAA Birthday Cards</a> and they've got a corker of a challenge for you...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN-eo5vPRGLpKuYU0FdsKBccmOlvlgXvb9KEZL1-SnbobfLxW-F606HqWm9det5f3WuH3GgMRtSkKhjt8fSa3nqY8gIHBqklR9Za_psr32JX5zg6zfXtUw_7pQLcavCJiuHY1KJWKdsLvOoAS9JhuYzk7VSLB5nOu2cSbEoopExnl5-Uadrw4CVLZS-Q=s1100" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1100" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN-eo5vPRGLpKuYU0FdsKBccmOlvlgXvb9KEZL1-SnbobfLxW-F606HqWm9det5f3WuH3GgMRtSkKhjt8fSa3nqY8gIHBqklR9Za_psr32JX5zg6zfXtUw_7pQLcavCJiuHY1KJWKdsLvOoAS9JhuYzk7VSLB5nOu2cSbEoopExnl5-Uadrw4CVLZS-Q=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Game number 35 is Under the Sea and it just so happens to be my Father-in-Laws birthday later this month who has an aquarium so this was the perfect challenge for me...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWFnx6Wa9d4G8m1aI_7pqLXIe8DntOwZJ9xiUvuIJInp7mqXXbJ5Jdqu0dW5inkmTZ_QkK-tgO_6pGRDEaCBTKzfpim5pmKQtinDRNfqYWd0BAZ_pSjc5zbM4ESvvAJ6zt55g9gsoKT3VLVp7oMe0SQ3n6IcuSRTyykuGWq9nubWz44ZwHS0jxz-w4tw=s2727" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="2727" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWFnx6Wa9d4G8m1aI_7pqLXIe8DntOwZJ9xiUvuIJInp7mqXXbJ5Jdqu0dW5inkmTZ_QkK-tgO_6pGRDEaCBTKzfpim5pmKQtinDRNfqYWd0BAZ_pSjc5zbM4ESvvAJ6zt55g9gsoKT3VLVp7oMe0SQ3n6IcuSRTyykuGWq9nubWz44ZwHS0jxz-w4tw=w400-h391" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I started by blending Distress Oxides from the top down in tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon and blueprint sketch.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">From there I randomly stamped in black ink several small schools of fish in the bottom half.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I die cut the big sentiment from MFT from a pre-measured piece of white cardstock and attached acetate to the reverse.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVnsJaCH952fa3rTCNeapQfilQ0qBKTMXDfFSvA9Aw8hLLSX-ALj20hh6eI4otPtQhLncUKtIYVt9LGy9XtIlcX-l_lKFLi21QCsN3UOU7ZkC21wRAhw6OTJpA3JjVDTbmOB555A9KiG-QjBjoTwYMBm1R3UJ6-jZxW3Dqr2RhrHdf_vKS4d6wjZ1qEg=s4416" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="4416" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVnsJaCH952fa3rTCNeapQfilQ0qBKTMXDfFSvA9Aw8hLLSX-ALj20hh6eI4otPtQhLncUKtIYVt9LGy9XtIlcX-l_lKFLi21QCsN3UOU7ZkC21wRAhw6OTJpA3JjVDTbmOB555A9KiG-QjBjoTwYMBm1R3UJ6-jZxW3Dqr2RhrHdf_vKS4d6wjZ1qEg=w400-h263" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">From there I used two stamp sets from MFT and Lawn Fawn to create an array of sea mammals and fishes all coloured using Prisma pencils.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I fussy cut everything out, added a bit of sparkle to the fishes behind the acetate and used 3D foam for the shark, narwhal and whale.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Oh, I also used a scallop punch to cut out a partial shark bite from the letter 'B' 😃</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Pop along to <a href="https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/2022/03/game-35-under-sea.html" target="_blank">AAA Birthday</a> for more inspiration from the Design Team.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/challenge-61-use-dies.html" target="_blank">Daisy Chain</a> - Use Dies</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2022/03/seize-birthday-233-ocean-creatures.html" target="_blank">Seize the Birthday</a> - Ocean Creatures</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUyCVHuWkmKfJxVt1fxTddKpw7BDfO8_4fwWbLz53noMjITChNIyE4MX1lgh3yhlP0JHRHa0hdfycgzK3wumJjHckahvAignolNbLzedvYomKtYiARRQg_sNUrSHm_e7_LMHO94DaFfLzsdVhljbJZFv9Kf91SmYYhKlbhcRCsIS1-bO44DXfwGGyePg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUyCVHuWkmKfJxVt1fxTddKpw7BDfO8_4fwWbLz53noMjITChNIyE4MX1lgh3yhlP0JHRHa0hdfycgzK3wumJjHckahvAignolNbLzedvYomKtYiARRQg_sNUrSHm_e7_LMHO94DaFfLzsdVhljbJZFv9Kf91SmYYhKlbhcRCsIS1-bO44DXfwGGyePg=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-90906104570787482562022-02-23T08:00:00.002+00:002022-02-24T10:44:11.371+00:00Peace on Earth<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2eCPe2sJUOywcXzmUR1KpoqkQtUAJcVTI7hu4AFmMKkGJzqVAndX5v9TItn-8OksVGJzdXNHGJQjtnw_9tJEL3A6-7bTK6i3eP-nXd3KybNxDg2AjeWxBmT4VTTRVU7jFk93Q9MzEgJDnwLHTYQeJ-NZGFHn1v0CujxypdTOcXXTCY4NQMaHmSq0d3w=s391" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="391" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2eCPe2sJUOywcXzmUR1KpoqkQtUAJcVTI7hu4AFmMKkGJzqVAndX5v9TItn-8OksVGJzdXNHGJQjtnw_9tJEL3A6-7bTK6i3eP-nXd3KybNxDg2AjeWxBmT4VTTRVU7jFk93Q9MzEgJDnwLHTYQeJ-NZGFHn1v0CujxypdTOcXXTCY4NQMaHmSq0d3w=w200-h126" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">Time for the reminder post and my second card as Guest Designer at <a href="https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Christmas Craft Creations</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The chosen theme is blue and silver.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi7CTvlvcpFE5J62CJvbrLLkepJXLajUtVIkPsDhsUtM3H8FgC1zVn1CG-m4UR8NdgmmGzP7lDT7UMR5ek88-HuZuezdLo9vAU-U6KZu3w7G9_7nJfbciEZE4dygx1TwJCnkQvSA2PjRAWeecg19hq7IAP4rnkc8iUwHWOy4SZxp5g62_BVjmoEyLoXQ=s359" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="359" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi7CTvlvcpFE5J62CJvbrLLkepJXLajUtVIkPsDhsUtM3H8FgC1zVn1CG-m4UR8NdgmmGzP7lDT7UMR5ek88-HuZuezdLo9vAU-U6KZu3w7G9_7nJfbciEZE4dygx1TwJCnkQvSA2PjRAWeecg19hq7IAP4rnkc8iUwHWOy4SZxp5g62_BVjmoEyLoXQ=w200-h166" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">So here is my take, its a bit more subtle this time...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9qRJI0I8VSaXLE1KRMhnFabpQbLl80eMtoSU0qDOxAotEiNwNyecG2MBZK0Th7-xnBTm3GC05XaqF6Mj96_j6IFYUaUCOjGCMKwJdptPnPfFHEQECzqPoKqMWy2othgndFbyFQWtZbq2_D8jfNfJj4lSA1WDOsU60paVd05LoZKKCK3M5Qc5VL7lwcg=s3467" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3467" data-original-width="2772" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9qRJI0I8VSaXLE1KRMhnFabpQbLl80eMtoSU0qDOxAotEiNwNyecG2MBZK0Th7-xnBTm3GC05XaqF6Mj96_j6IFYUaUCOjGCMKwJdptPnPfFHEQECzqPoKqMWy2othgndFbyFQWtZbq2_D8jfNfJj4lSA1WDOsU60paVd05LoZKKCK3M5Qc5VL7lwcg=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">As its quite CAS I decided to liven it up by turning it into a shaker card, to be fair I loathe making these cards but I felt this die with the scene was crying out for a bit of shaker magic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJiw1gvR4VV-70uORhRNi25HH5afsdO-81YkfXbneXNVY8J2lh9qh_ZlhaeTtQAYzPZc4F6AEGFe6tdm5R7IxgiLbHeRmFpljB4Rh7AJiLsVV58E50nohVULvAkbFCCkMNqj6impk2_u8vwoXjoMKNFMMWoHqSNrEcfMVJB5BMTM3eD1Yx8cBETWk3rQ=s5152" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="5152" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJiw1gvR4VV-70uORhRNi25HH5afsdO-81YkfXbneXNVY8J2lh9qh_ZlhaeTtQAYzPZc4F6AEGFe6tdm5R7IxgiLbHeRmFpljB4Rh7AJiLsVV58E50nohVULvAkbFCCkMNqj6impk2_u8vwoXjoMKNFMMWoHqSNrEcfMVJB5BMTM3eD1Yx8cBETWk3rQ=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I'm a frugal crafter (or quite possibly just plain tight) and I don't have all the fancy bits and pieces for shaker cards so I chucked in all sorts... a few sequins, which I do have but only recently, some glitter that was free years ago and seed beads, just because!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The deer I've cut out again in non-shed silver glitter card and adhered back in place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The sentiment is from a Clearly Besotted set embossed in silver and there you have it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Thank you ladies at <a href="https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Christmas Craft Creations</a> for inviting me to be Guest Designer, its been a blast x</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://52cct.blogspot.com/2022/02/february-theme-challenge.html" target="_blank">52 CCT</a> - Masculine Christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2022/02/pp579-clean-and-simple-challenge-from.html" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> - Clean and Simple, Wild about Wildlife</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://caschristmascardchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/02/february-challenge.html" target="_blank">CAS Christmas</a> - Winter Scene</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2022/02/hls-february-anything-goes-with-dies.html" target="_blank">Happy Little Stampers</a> - Anything Goes with Dies </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGLC_GJuYs0311gqVpAfVmTNpwqtS6mj3yNdx1lV06hTBIK-6lk7riawymKq7NsXzBxlhgXkRibOCqDOwPP7fQuyD_ENCGcPKhtJgHSYleAT7Ne_ljJ0XfruT7t-4_EA9uveutNfhinc2HPx5krbBlpGX8L9qpkNT0Murl7tKPAsnMPePKbkmrAfCVCw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="275" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGLC_GJuYs0311gqVpAfVmTNpwqtS6mj3yNdx1lV06hTBIK-6lk7riawymKq7NsXzBxlhgXkRibOCqDOwPP7fQuyD_ENCGcPKhtJgHSYleAT7Ne_ljJ0XfruT7t-4_EA9uveutNfhinc2HPx5krbBlpGX8L9qpkNT0Murl7tKPAsnMPePKbkmrAfCVCw=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMgd5OECmh70d-v0gpkKCHJ64GMb2QQXHZ8z9EvRaFJsLTy8bocnjiZ79eYObceMlL0e_aCsnWhdKmGeLbDJimb2HpGKdUg4zwVbEDKPE8PDpRjAwDZobT1GoGA80bbRugpXTO1FSGx0qznXDysXbtFlcaCvifUVamoRVe5GYMzBnX7iBJP3DXK_M9DA=s3852" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2724" data-original-width="3852" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMgd5OECmh70d-v0gpkKCHJ64GMb2QQXHZ8z9EvRaFJsLTy8bocnjiZ79eYObceMlL0e_aCsnWhdKmGeLbDJimb2HpGKdUg4zwVbEDKPE8PDpRjAwDZobT1GoGA80bbRugpXTO1FSGx0qznXDysXbtFlcaCvifUVamoRVe5GYMzBnX7iBJP3DXK_M9DA=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I've used Altenew Precious Peonies stamped onto kraft cardstock using tea dye Distress Ink to give me that no-line colouring look.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">As always I've used Prisma pencils.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOgAxNNq5rDj2jYHlI6X5YJPJOdG6CKEpVMQiWRD5yxkCwd2Tplmyf4-2-cBULedD_jrKGUOmCfNm_qs4W41F-XN2ittupLJBWGfXNXjGMa8xAxdlHRmxJDRiPihSwS8RxNS0lpDvOd_Jam23NJ3svauXtyU02HeAvFC0Ph1pe7jYiTkeQyUA2oIwKyw=s3142" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3142" data-original-width="2467" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOgAxNNq5rDj2jYHlI6X5YJPJOdG6CKEpVMQiWRD5yxkCwd2Tplmyf4-2-cBULedD_jrKGUOmCfNm_qs4W41F-XN2ittupLJBWGfXNXjGMa8xAxdlHRmxJDRiPihSwS8RxNS0lpDvOd_Jam23NJ3svauXtyU02HeAvFC0Ph1pe7jYiTkeQyUA2oIwKyw=w314-h400" width="314" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Settled on an adorable Penny Black image called Nose to Nose - super cute :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1bIaQwdVG1oTTocOe6dhdfLMNbnApFPZgu7dgEHorxK8VMfZ80zqk8JfQVW6pPr2wXn7QrP0_03AA8xA3DG_Dn7SC9hmcnHEMFZoha2ssUzp3e7WYgOo9hUbc1Hpm5EBFM020_dK0gTSMi-qU8ggcq0cINJuDMJnx0DMhPzylcmj6HDwN3TXawAgAPg=s4142" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="4142" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1bIaQwdVG1oTTocOe6dhdfLMNbnApFPZgu7dgEHorxK8VMfZ80zqk8JfQVW6pPr2wXn7QrP0_03AA8xA3DG_Dn7SC9hmcnHEMFZoha2ssUzp3e7WYgOo9hUbc1Hpm5EBFM020_dK0gTSMi-qU8ggcq0cINJuDMJnx0DMhPzylcmj6HDwN3TXawAgAPg=w400-h248" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I've used Prisma Pencils keeping to two tones in shades of grey and red to colour these two loved up polar bears.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Added a simple sentiment in Versafine black onyx and mounted onto the card base using 3D foam for dimension.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2622" data-original-width="2426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn9A9snHmoAsjerOhE0zRcvJxx3d_uSDw58mRsNsdkUDs_I-NHYkdkF1M9n9Ou11FJHn9Qo3ehcm1nyq_UmAZOwHjCUckGF1JIvqrGwhgxqIDmBUKq2sh1CIwgOuVU5aegP71K50ZXgm-yJuMQyaxSe_uo35Lile3QO5dsr0J0FSdaQJmt_PJGzmf3XA=w370-h400" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">All I did was die cut the sentiment and the heart, used my scoreboard to create a border.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGcOd_YIpr0AOn1H3BtFF_5lAk0UlCbCIWYGY7TBtEoa6v__8qqOb0LxBUZTrEgiQZExrnqGM3bOfvaUjZI8BhxBsuHUCE4NGMK1Jj9r_OCcoXIlqRFDOM-cTpL_u9zVtuENluVBthAPXq8M-sGvxwSxv6zqtTvSUna2BBKzaecMykrjcoV6VrWQ6euQ=s3598" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2499" data-original-width="3598" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGcOd_YIpr0AOn1H3BtFF_5lAk0UlCbCIWYGY7TBtEoa6v__8qqOb0LxBUZTrEgiQZExrnqGM3bOfvaUjZI8BhxBsuHUCE4NGMK1Jj9r_OCcoXIlqRFDOM-cTpL_u9zVtuENluVBthAPXq8M-sGvxwSxv6zqtTvSUna2BBKzaecMykrjcoV6VrWQ6euQ=w400-h278" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The heart was inked in festive berries Distress Ink and heat embossed no less than four times to hide my finger print 😥</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">For a little sparkle I added a small gem.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQAx4vFkfWxe8EJheE7PYazictVxHzBlhyGwbi8gkIw6ZiwpwZQdN-SfHk-Wv7UeN4eSECgnvBIUZJXblQ1hRAZeCF-iv-xw5C5qXTGQdduER682pyH4bW2zLHpVK0aCBIsr65M1i-EaP0VtLmInPg8nnjU2Xuu8dSnaS31v8upXyoMaDFeBQdSDE1tw=s391" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="391" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQAx4vFkfWxe8EJheE7PYazictVxHzBlhyGwbi8gkIw6ZiwpwZQdN-SfHk-Wv7UeN4eSECgnvBIUZJXblQ1hRAZeCF-iv-xw5C5qXTGQdduER682pyH4bW2zLHpVK0aCBIsr65M1i-EaP0VtLmInPg8nnjU2Xuu8dSnaS31v8upXyoMaDFeBQdSDE1tw=w200-h126" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Being asked to be a Guest Designer always gives me a buzz and I'm always grateful for the opportunity.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFPSsosQpzmQBnLzLl6tDs5t7r3fFK5ORinq45OtT38nFaQA2vI9f5DRnscoR0Z8LwN-FyZBbqk-neHRTdgR4CEVVB7Gbs30jl0KIczQeCRd9PWKE-2zpSnWjojE6kTbDWoTnkdeWSJab_yo7a6SriQpU9Std1YlGepZKypE2vJnOEZUoQdAenVvpTtg=s359" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="359" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFPSsosQpzmQBnLzLl6tDs5t7r3fFK5ORinq45OtT38nFaQA2vI9f5DRnscoR0Z8LwN-FyZBbqk-neHRTdgR4CEVVB7Gbs30jl0KIczQeCRd9PWKE-2zpSnWjojE6kTbDWoTnkdeWSJab_yo7a6SriQpU9Std1YlGepZKypE2vJnOEZUoQdAenVvpTtg=w200-h166" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">This month I'm playing along with the ladies at <a href="https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/">Christmas Craft Creations</a> where the challenge theme is Blue and Silver.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">This colour combination is delightful so out came Colorado Craft Company's Big and Bold Winter Wishes Snowflake...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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To that I added a few water splatters and some silver Gansai Tambi splashes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm_6x79q7I_qJRE_sUItHctLR5cwL_BVDXqWOUiVjTp6DcBpftTqhHkg1Vg8bsk3zUKtpL7W0ob6E57UvUh4Y_FaQdGfhY93OWumvHKV7dveGNdyryJMWS2y-6HvMc0xdN6W8UAm3dug5zfH2SfzrZ-aCiB5-yL7wK9dWJL13CHQDGdVEj9D0JN49D8A=s4061" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2606" data-original-width="4061" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm_6x79q7I_qJRE_sUItHctLR5cwL_BVDXqWOUiVjTp6DcBpftTqhHkg1Vg8bsk3zUKtpL7W0ob6E57UvUh4Y_FaQdGfhY93OWumvHKV7dveGNdyryJMWS2y-6HvMc0xdN6W8UAm3dug5zfH2SfzrZ-aCiB5-yL7wK9dWJL13CHQDGdVEj9D0JN49D8A=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Once I was happy the background was completely dry I stamped the huge snowflake slap bang in the middle with Versamark and heat embossed with silver powder.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The small sentiment is from Clearly Besotted matted onto non-shed silver glitter card.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Finally I added a trio of silver sequins and get me, a Christmas card made in February!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">You can join in the fun at <a href="https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Christmas Craft Creations</a> and get a head start on your Christmas cards too :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXlVn3TtunXCgF4QTYL3u2H234uGkfEporDYN9av2w5XRQ5hriVFMZCfhmjcyWUbC_zTeDGXMcPYu6Yq16pewIjksNiX3CwUxqwLwvKdYde9vsp8rCkqqgNh-0HwgrWIDeZo6EV2Y3Pyl7O_AeUD0F6zHhzxgLpiwczfqThzB_yXJm7vObH6MYIU5y1A=s3438" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3438" data-original-width="2896" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXlVn3TtunXCgF4QTYL3u2H234uGkfEporDYN9av2w5XRQ5hriVFMZCfhmjcyWUbC_zTeDGXMcPYu6Yq16pewIjksNiX3CwUxqwLwvKdYde9vsp8rCkqqgNh-0HwgrWIDeZo6EV2Y3Pyl7O_AeUD0F6zHhzxgLpiwczfqThzB_yXJm7vObH6MYIU5y1A=w338-h400" width="338" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Pretty straight forward stamped Newton, masked him off, blended festive berries Distress Ink around him and added some splashes of water.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-5fKYg7iCVNsVwqSgmeH7h0tiKb_DwHFj_mKDVjJcHUfj4jDDWFbyiKOmHGcaSwwlc0QoCsAmO5FYbUdlcOyKPy5BSLSbTUPx3qxQiWDFUYDG6Rfv5SWOKijPvM1gQp7HE4VaACiQFVCxC7e_zLB17SMyacnkj24Rb6Xoy8B8RuKsrP2DXXgMEMov_Q=s4626" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2709" data-original-width="4626" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-5fKYg7iCVNsVwqSgmeH7h0tiKb_DwHFj_mKDVjJcHUfj4jDDWFbyiKOmHGcaSwwlc0QoCsAmO5FYbUdlcOyKPy5BSLSbTUPx3qxQiWDFUYDG6Rfv5SWOKijPvM1gQp7HE4VaACiQFVCxC7e_zLB17SMyacnkj24Rb6Xoy8B8RuKsrP2DXXgMEMov_Q=w400-h234" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I've coloured Newton with Prisma pencils and used a sentiment from Uniko. In metallic silver pencil I've hand drawn a few stars.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2022/01/inky-paws-challenge-164.html" target="_blank">Inky Paws</a> - Color Challenge</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Freshly Made Sketches</a> - A Sketch by Judy</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/search/label/CAS%20Challenge" target="_blank">Happy Little Stampers</a> - CAS Anything Goes </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/2022/01/challenge-no-167-theme-simple-starts.html" target="_blank">Cutie Pie</a> - Simple Starts CAS</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="850" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV5FDxOQhMyaQJhriIc6f6atxnzsKyKZjvm05FpG-Spvldik5cs3rG4MYwwPE5Vq2_GzkLo-t0U9jESEGlgb1MgSj_Rm_GABRJlP7ep8YQw3oSGo-zfoKJHAJAa48oaxvKPwDAIwkocW1/w200-h83/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-74772787749327202562022-01-08T20:58:00.001+00:002022-01-08T20:58:46.690+00:00Smile Happy Bee-Day<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I fancied the colours over at <a href="https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2022/01/color-throwdown-674.html" target="_blank">Color Throwdown</a> this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I've taken a lil artistic licence by deeming yellow to be on the spectrum of gold, I know but I'm hoping they'll forgive my cheekiness as its been so long since I was last able to take part due to a really heavy work schedule... boo hoo!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjraRcxsmHHvc4ujwlaQwEFEFIxYKuV5BEYn81YeIIAma8s-nWcdC6TpnJ0QYaphPjG4iyg1Y8ZZ206KY3ifRD0j5EEBB2gpipZ9rKXCE6pW6DSLc574f-vSGA7En39uJaIegn-mABOQz0fo6a5FN3XbokWIl8D9VUMpgTMAlXc_H36b_uH5LulO7c0qA=s3266" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3266" data-original-width="2896" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjraRcxsmHHvc4ujwlaQwEFEFIxYKuV5BEYn81YeIIAma8s-nWcdC6TpnJ0QYaphPjG4iyg1Y8ZZ206KY3ifRD0j5EEBB2gpipZ9rKXCE6pW6DSLc574f-vSGA7En39uJaIegn-mABOQz0fo6a5FN3XbokWIl8D9VUMpgTMAlXc_H36b_uH5LulO7c0qA=w355-h400" width="355" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">So for this fun card I used lots of intricate dies that were not nice to remove the double sided tape from especially from the glitter cardstock.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I started with the Polaroid cut from black cardstock and white copier paper so I could position and blend Distress Oxides in squeezed lemon, mustard seed and carved pumpkin through the top half.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Using a Memory Box honeycomb die I snipped into it keeping everything in a pile.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Still with the copier paper in position I stamped and heat embossed in gold some hexagons from the Hello Bluebird stamp set.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The sentiment is from the same set stamped in black and adhered using a gold staple.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I had a blast putting this happy card together :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2022/01/color-throwdown-674.html" target="_blank">Color Throwdown</a> - Black, White, Gold or Silver </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2022/01/hls-january-anything-goes-with-dies.html" target="_blank">Happy Little Stampers</a> - Anything Goes with Dies</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2022/01/seize-birthday-229-blue-and-gray.html" target="_blank">Seize the Birthday</a> - Anything Goes (sorry no topping)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2022/01/challenge-58-anything-goes-with.html" target="_blank">Critter Crazy</a> - Feature a Critter </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIz9R31zLbiUiKh-5dJwDvA4cr1YfwyJP9tKbOBzJTQnRCWgM5pKNSb_-p05qeU_iCNCL0paX3wUQ91aM63LQiLPMUPcqEukcoyh3pGgHCrYBh1TBZv2KDMcNtmKHvEbwoAl_SJkqwj6TB/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="320" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIz9R31zLbiUiKh-5dJwDvA4cr1YfwyJP9tKbOBzJTQnRCWgM5pKNSb_-p05qeU_iCNCL0paX3wUQ91aM63LQiLPMUPcqEukcoyh3pGgHCrYBh1TBZv2KDMcNtmKHvEbwoAl_SJkqwj6TB/w200-h119/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I also spent a bit of time making this origami butterfly bookmark...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilNwcxZ7oC7E4M4I_QrHNxwVQ5w-XrQCgcRaMAUXmaXTG5wLjpbxF_XKz_yRorheeGNk4WZ5JenC5KgUnioeEK3zunS6mvl8Jy55pQVq05Pw-HxBhGzvnB4zxjXex7S4qZPcC6SSkr-SOnQ3zI5UifJj2CYkPQnn03VnlYbH3sipXuWAbhWp2dv21F8A=s3642" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="3642" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilNwcxZ7oC7E4M4I_QrHNxwVQ5w-XrQCgcRaMAUXmaXTG5wLjpbxF_XKz_yRorheeGNk4WZ5JenC5KgUnioeEK3zunS6mvl8Jy55pQVq05Pw-HxBhGzvnB4zxjXex7S4qZPcC6SSkr-SOnQ3zI5UifJj2CYkPQnn03VnlYbH3sipXuWAbhWp2dv21F8A=w400-h293" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Break time at work I like to read a few pages of my latest book but I'm loathed to take my pretty bookmarks to work as I don't want them damaged or lost, also I read at home too.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">So I have a terrible habit of dog earring the pages and that gnaws on me as I love books especially passing the gift of a good book onto customers through the charity book shelf so I figured a bookmark made of paper was the perfect solution and here it is in my book...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFO7c6Mj5JlCYi9rZswSTCA4o1HWaXrDhcvQE7eWsMfJHq_UKJew9SpFVA8avjwnQeBzTkSVcwREyttGEUCQg-LXUXV4Ej6VHEWvD2mEcHoqGmIDUSeSxXk-s43M9sA_Bu1ZdtAXCZ5xZamQc4JWyXc5vlZ6EQK5vr4iSLXqixcMgUMu0vc9v3Z-zA-A=s5152" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="5152" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFO7c6Mj5JlCYi9rZswSTCA4o1HWaXrDhcvQE7eWsMfJHq_UKJew9SpFVA8avjwnQeBzTkSVcwREyttGEUCQg-LXUXV4Ej6VHEWvD2mEcHoqGmIDUSeSxXk-s43M9sA_Bu1ZdtAXCZ5xZamQc4JWyXc5vlZ6EQK5vr4iSLXqixcMgUMu0vc9v3Z-zA-A=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">There is a YouTube tutorial to make this butterfly <a href="https://youtu.be/yibyFp5Si1Q" target="_blank">HERE</a> and its super easy :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/01/wwc332-tristans-challenge-all-things.html" target="_blank">Watercooler Wednesday</a> - Tristans Challenge All Things Feminine</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMZH5HAoX5sK_RHz2sYFPSNjzu4iog88GVsW83iwlLePWvFOgCQMa2IarZM7qW_hhMGyOQJBpvhvDKJPEuh_dmodPwvyHUQTj6bTdyXTnC4nxV9fZq8ILUEElUJl1yUJf2BUygBd1_HOo/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMZH5HAoX5sK_RHz2sYFPSNjzu4iog88GVsW83iwlLePWvFOgCQMa2IarZM7qW_hhMGyOQJBpvhvDKJPEuh_dmodPwvyHUQTj6bTdyXTnC4nxV9fZq8ILUEElUJl1yUJf2BUygBd1_HOo/w200-h200/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-60624114010769872712021-12-31T15:48:00.000+00:002021-12-31T15:48:16.288+00:00I Come Bearing Gifts<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">I really didn't have any spare time to make all my Christmas cards this year but I did manage to rustle up a quick one for the eldest to give his younger brother...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7URzFm8AylkX7grOeCsIyDvTdMqSum-1Lq1D50s1JmkdCBwLWsjk0ksIIvjDQfOj_75VXgINd3nfIcQJ5zXxdviiK5-WB7hNSiK5C60AjHuE8HCs0jOGY0hv6atLJx5yIifpzbn8erfCqbTqWqn58FmHLPcH3WfZBkCqxGytPTpbYLk8hmu7pJrDyAQ=s2878" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="2878" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7URzFm8AylkX7grOeCsIyDvTdMqSum-1Lq1D50s1JmkdCBwLWsjk0ksIIvjDQfOj_75VXgINd3nfIcQJ5zXxdviiK5-WB7hNSiK5C60AjHuE8HCs0jOGY0hv6atLJx5yIifpzbn8erfCqbTqWqn58FmHLPcH3WfZBkCqxGytPTpbYLk8hmu7pJrDyAQ=w400-h366" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Its self-explantory, a bit of stamping, a bit of colouring with Prisma pencils and a hand drawn chunk of ice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik8R055E4Ofx8bDPAqyO1Vcwht7sZKq5GD9e0Iis17_6fFyMEYr5zjt-ulrkezUjEHiXWr2okVvYBS40KJNlx_WMoljCdXDB756O91R3SgF65Q9l_nWGH3OMr5v7U79Sxvi6gM_ZpdzcGC4-xvZSNRXRZqfsHPvj33JDYC87NIfezXTN_WX98p5ZYv_g=s3943" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2746" data-original-width="3943" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik8R055E4Ofx8bDPAqyO1Vcwht7sZKq5GD9e0Iis17_6fFyMEYr5zjt-ulrkezUjEHiXWr2okVvYBS40KJNlx_WMoljCdXDB756O91R3SgF65Q9l_nWGH3OMr5v7U79Sxvi6gM_ZpdzcGC4-xvZSNRXRZqfsHPvj33JDYC87NIfezXTN_WX98p5ZYv_g=w400-h279" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I added lots of sparkle to the ice but it never works with the camera.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"> <b>x Wishing you all a Happy New Year x</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/12/krafty-chicks-challenge-592-anything.html" target="_blank">Krafty Chicks</a> - Anything Goes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://traumfabrik-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/12/challenge-99-arthur-christmas.html" target="_blank">The Dream Factory</a> - Arthur Christmas (red, green and ice)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="320" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQxAbf7JVt8Wqlrex2G-nAdDNDinNoH_NNVfMfk0HQmS_HYvchuh6zEKxRTPFq93Cr8JO_xGJb7wd6yvIJV3nF-hLSxPOWjdmfy6FKWrtdI1CP6FuD_KB6doFG0VaEbO5amx-q29FL0R2/w200-h110/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-41413416895158055502021-12-18T20:54:00.000+00:002021-12-18T20:54:09.112+00:00Ho Ho Ho<div style="text-align: left;"> I<span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"> finally had a lovely day off work yesterday where I wasn't too exhausted to craft so I made the most of it and this was what I rustled up...</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrUi7jf4L2q6_3Fqta2GmkS21N1WKzInRfRCHrbk7buvv57BzQLDkYVW3sITV1tvJhC3nExQvS2Y0-opAsy5SMvEr6SqZBFleyDPvfbG35NH8rUzvQ250eQwE9BCd0Vpv4ALlKjQaURzw_zAec1LX1di50tgXi4lzFLfJIKFPCTZM5vgOt6Ca7ARSYDw=s3362" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="3362" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrUi7jf4L2q6_3Fqta2GmkS21N1WKzInRfRCHrbk7buvv57BzQLDkYVW3sITV1tvJhC3nExQvS2Y0-opAsy5SMvEr6SqZBFleyDPvfbG35NH8rUzvQ250eQwE9BCd0Vpv4ALlKjQaURzw_zAec1LX1di50tgXi4lzFLfJIKFPCTZM5vgOt6Ca7ARSYDw=w400-h335" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I started by die cutting the stitched letters then added festive berries Distress Ink.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The stamps are MFT Merry Wishes by Stacey Yacula and have been coloured with Prisma pencils and fussy cut out.</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihS3PLIjyUwbT7UiE1KqVvSNTLakZJ7cOpMCsj8CXXeesozUb3GeI7taxoQwYGe7fsT6T2Hayg3FuTVzA_hd6XfKNo-76UihyHrPNbaVd_u7jQZh8zs-CQ60Uzx2T9VYHMDYmdiLQTe03cElFP8HpcAIT-eSFizrI-3Z-uoMm4PNticH4bihYhPLasyQ=s5152" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="5152" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihS3PLIjyUwbT7UiE1KqVvSNTLakZJ7cOpMCsj8CXXeesozUb3GeI7taxoQwYGe7fsT6T2Hayg3FuTVzA_hd6XfKNo-76UihyHrPNbaVd_u7jQZh8zs-CQ60Uzx2T9VYHMDYmdiLQTe03cElFP8HpcAIT-eSFizrI-3Z-uoMm4PNticH4bihYhPLasyQ=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I stamped a few additional images as well as some Uniko snowflakes in pearlescent silver to keep it subtle.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The sentiment is from the same MFT set stamped in grey and to finish I added a festive flurry of sparkle... completely invisible to a camera lens!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/12/wwc331-marshas-special-3-week-anything.html">Watercooler Wednesday</a> - Marshas Special 3 Week Anything Goes</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/2021/12/challenge-no-166-theme-cute-cuddly.html" target="_blank">Cutie Pie</a> - Cute and Cuddly</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas%20Challenge" target="_blank">Happy Little Stampers</a> - Anything Goes Christmas</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/2021/12/december-challenge-make-scene.html" target="_blank">Christmas Craft Creations</a> - Make a Scene</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="320" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojHpBzdwaKycCtDIJ8xv9tflb8kkf1qLQLDhM3OAQeFwmzlBp47l1zZ2SoRtHvC3voTHAG6lbgphsAz6NEjsQHuaWA7DUkS1VrvOEmywCflqLJ7z4qbohn82S2PdT16gm8PomeDmeX-fl/w200-h159/image.png" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></p>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-9083153507932814772021-11-06T20:34:00.003+00:002021-11-06T21:01:35.967+00:00Sending Birthday Wishes<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Next week is my eldest sons 25th birthday, not sure how we got to a quarter of a century but here we are...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimszRdzIw8aiqhNIHxqkQHz7yiUxsoHx96wTLBqpg77BShJfXa0I0Mr-nShslPf9w9n25AMNXzMwASDnmiSby2LU31T3gJatFxkCqX7K2GgaHUrMl2ZCMVhuZIF3ZYP_NyW2pf7CSB34bv/s2048/Cards+028.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2048" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimszRdzIw8aiqhNIHxqkQHz7yiUxsoHx96wTLBqpg77BShJfXa0I0Mr-nShslPf9w9n25AMNXzMwASDnmiSby2LU31T3gJatFxkCqX7K2GgaHUrMl2ZCMVhuZIF3ZYP_NyW2pf7CSB34bv/w400-h279/Cards+028.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">He's very much like me in almost all his ways and he's definitely not one for a soppy card so out came the Whimsy Stamps Wonky Donkey.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I first started with the 'birthday' sentiment, stacked three times, coloured with a blue ombre effect and then heat embossed with clear sparkle powder.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="940" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZt_KgZAmKb9lReirDrmOx_UaZaUA9iMf7OfNolwTWMW3UsM2ADol5-UH4iKN7f0ar9CCKdVR7XkhEoyQYVtIRWp9Oa6sgyuTlga5aV6WmvMMwjBw5RsvmDJMd00jUgIBjp1EoJT7kPRl/w200-h120/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-70763532610024214902021-10-31T00:01:00.005+01:002021-10-31T00:01:48.685+01:00Fa-La-La-La Meow<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Whoa, how fast is Christmas approaching? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Todays card has been inspired by <a href="https://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2021/10/main-hop-page-2021-cat-lovers-hop.html" target="_blank">The Cat Lovers Hop</a> - such a cool idea for a hop.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Just add a cat to your project, e</span><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">asy right... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRveBJ_OUPCVTaBXXgu1Sbv1OXQw0K2XLct1B4bVd5i1rK0R1brNWD8SLKK98yacNALDiFm1qgdOKElykdCd9R2vS9ZpJJFNj4G5Y1E8ThD-8XJ5p1a8z3tCOBdZCrY5QWcJlQao52g3v/s2048/Cards+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1178" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRveBJ_OUPCVTaBXXgu1Sbv1OXQw0K2XLct1B4bVd5i1rK0R1brNWD8SLKK98yacNALDiFm1qgdOKElykdCd9R2vS9ZpJJFNj4G5Y1E8ThD-8XJ5p1a8z3tCOBdZCrY5QWcJlQao52g3v/w230-h400/Cards+011.JPG" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I've used Carolling Newton from Newton's Nook coloured with Prisma pencils, firstly masking off to create the sky with Distress Oxide blueprint sketch and tumbled glass for the ground using an MFT snowdrifts stencil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The die cut and stamped sentiment are from Hero Arts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCxcyZCbQdqIgeLnex4O5B1zT2yk0kwxj2nQ8Fq9WXH7cYOjikm_DLuy-xmTCzdOt4cCrB_bIP4cNWFSrNvqk9TBxchDI8rYH5rwH7-_8eKhF85Bzd6ipOm9z7956K_nYvL3e-1agTwHK/s2048/Cards+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCxcyZCbQdqIgeLnex4O5B1zT2yk0kwxj2nQ8Fq9WXH7cYOjikm_DLuy-xmTCzdOt4cCrB_bIP4cNWFSrNvqk9TBxchDI8rYH5rwH7-_8eKhF85Bzd6ipOm9z7956K_nYvL3e-1agTwHK/w400-h246/Cards+008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Underneath the kitties is the sentiment that comes in the set together with the musical notes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The ladies at <a href="http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/favourite-critter-or-people-why.html" target="_blank">As You Like It</a> would like know what you prefer to use, a critter or people... think mine is pretty obvious as I rarely feature a human... I love anything cute and furry :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIT4BzEZMvi3JHW7c4drzVsYDEcQTag2ADeVIIDkZuQVfClzQJgQB7OxVk1WSXhUX_1riJM3WpsiAL9hybwCe-_iWBP1GsZZUR83oYPaygTGG7O74aHMfP8Re1BAinasXHyKbL4T3_JYYV/s1912/004+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1912" data-original-width="1488" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIT4BzEZMvi3JHW7c4drzVsYDEcQTag2ADeVIIDkZuQVfClzQJgQB7OxVk1WSXhUX_1riJM3WpsiAL9hybwCe-_iWBP1GsZZUR83oYPaygTGG7O74aHMfP8Re1BAinasXHyKbL4T3_JYYV/w311-h400/004+%25282%2529.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">And this is Loki, yes he really is the God of Chaos and when he's bad he's really BAD!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXhTaHv8SwvpBUYLFie2v28GW1mV6xz1I4KRH3H1K7-DaulgjeWLLQAkqP3Q-t_MBeNJsOv-D1NHlKl61JR3nGtW189x8cXqn-RjcWgdG5HaNrUMzJ9ZdXeDuby9274PGkL6qv6i0JknH/s2048/009+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXhTaHv8SwvpBUYLFie2v28GW1mV6xz1I4KRH3H1K7-DaulgjeWLLQAkqP3Q-t_MBeNJsOv-D1NHlKl61JR3nGtW189x8cXqn-RjcWgdG5HaNrUMzJ9ZdXeDuby9274PGkL6qv6i0JknH/w400-h266/009+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">And when its not being bad, its sleeping on his favourite cushion... my husband!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2021/10/main-hop-page-2021-cat-lovers-hop.html" target="_blank">Cat Lovers Hop</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-417-christmas.html" target="_blank">Addicted to Stamps</a> - Christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/favourite-critter-or-people-why.html" target="_blank">As You Like It</a> - Favourite Critter or People</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I've finished my husbands second birthday card that will come from my son, yep as always its a nod to All Hallows...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmhkD5Gn8RfbxVcxELraTufUPXtWlN_WqMm46O92E-uIb6WXKQDBfhUM8NVfyXjshcbSa8_CbnH3dQoDdcT_g0K-yvuoAnsXG886aokjdEJkyJ8HyvilvxtIFcusWqHbdYncG3kIgZ-ug/s2048/Cards+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1557" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmhkD5Gn8RfbxVcxELraTufUPXtWlN_WqMm46O92E-uIb6WXKQDBfhUM8NVfyXjshcbSa8_CbnH3dQoDdcT_g0K-yvuoAnsXG886aokjdEJkyJ8HyvilvxtIFcusWqHbdYncG3kIgZ-ug/w304-h400/Cards+014.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">This card came together quite quickly as I'd got a clear idea in my head of how I wanted it to look and its pretty much there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The cute ghosty and sentiment are from Sugar Pea Designs and everything else is from Tim Holtz.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIRQ6MtHs1OUEIww1D4CN1ESHxowXbagWIVTnkMUOxQHpArsD50sGm-Pzn6cYlBnv5W_-y1fu1-868tqTSl4ZoWX-laIpVkmBOuNpVjs8Atk4ljPPmvV46SoVPswqlfy7UKmQLys3TbjS/s2048/Cards+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="2048" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIRQ6MtHs1OUEIww1D4CN1ESHxowXbagWIVTnkMUOxQHpArsD50sGm-Pzn6cYlBnv5W_-y1fu1-868tqTSl4ZoWX-laIpVkmBOuNpVjs8Atk4ljPPmvV46SoVPswqlfy7UKmQLys3TbjS/w400-h281/Cards+011.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I started by mixing texture paste with Distress Oxide hickory smoke and roughly laying it through the stencil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I coloured the ghost with Prisma pencils, embossed the sentiment with white onto black cardstock and cut out the dies adding black sparkle to the bats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Hopefully this year we'll have a few little ones trick or treating and no matter what we'll be carving pumpkins and adding a few spooky friends to the front of the house, if only to make passerby's smile :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://traumfabrik-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-97-ghostbusters.html" target="_blank">The Dream Factory</a> - Ghostbusters</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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YAY!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Albeit I spent most of it cleaning, typical eh. However, I did manage to get one card done for my husbands birthday and another one as a working progress.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWWDmwzjGlCt-Tv1XXjoC54oAIyIrDQo9SU0Z5C3RXnnsybwUzoaRb01n3hak_MWkBKkPmMJYtnLfZhuxiF6Ze2cF2p-SXUM7r-TgUvbCLnO0L26cqzMslDB3RJJORivGR2JJL1bZVFsU/s2048/Cards+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="2048" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWWDmwzjGlCt-Tv1XXjoC54oAIyIrDQo9SU0Z5C3RXnnsybwUzoaRb01n3hak_MWkBKkPmMJYtnLfZhuxiF6Ze2cF2p-SXUM7r-TgUvbCLnO0L26cqzMslDB3RJJORivGR2JJL1bZVFsU/w400-h398/Cards+010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Obviously you all recognise this bunny from Colorado Craft Company and as my regular followers know my husbands birthday is on the 31st October and I always like to add a nod to Halloween.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E7Vd-IJ9rZpG1Ho29nlSOxHLKBLAY8Sg0IXKJorbvgzvpQRTybiRSDvwP1iIgQhHGq8uCzU2ZS8pUmNxnR3wFVuUcVCemCleeRUCmPvAJCPlcIOQ2SuqynK85W8Z0NwYjIrSBO7-MBaF/s2048/Cards+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2048" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E7Vd-IJ9rZpG1Ho29nlSOxHLKBLAY8Sg0IXKJorbvgzvpQRTybiRSDvwP1iIgQhHGq8uCzU2ZS8pUmNxnR3wFVuUcVCemCleeRUCmPvAJCPlcIOQ2SuqynK85W8Z0NwYjIrSBO7-MBaF/w400-h305/Cards+009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">In this case the colours are muted and the balloon is a nice pumpkin orange. I added the sentiment and a bit of shading to ground him, its pretty basic but its been so long I decided to ease myself into crafting by doing what I love the most... simple no-line colouring.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2021/10/happy-birthday.html" target="_blank">The Sisterhood of Crafters</a> - Happy Birthday</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-416-make-your-mark.html" target="_blank">Addicted to Stamps</a> - Make your Mark</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2021/10/game-200-celebrate.html" target="_blank">AAA Cards</a> - Celebrate</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/10/wwc326-helens-challenge-all-about.html" target="_blank">Watercooler Wednesday</a> - Helen's All About Occasions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUH4BwQlHWBB_6oDUpoSePrS8zuXT6gETpCgJg5u9yafjv0jUFoi4q2nVlFUY4fIda64kuuu9Z-ho_AcyvXR36kvKbPta0hCR_FOjgnA6IRJHBLZnHPmJSfmovMqV2GssG65UQyeSYUJtB/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUH4BwQlHWBB_6oDUpoSePrS8zuXT6gETpCgJg5u9yafjv0jUFoi4q2nVlFUY4fIda64kuuu9Z-ho_AcyvXR36kvKbPta0hCR_FOjgnA6IRJHBLZnHPmJSfmovMqV2GssG65UQyeSYUJtB/w200-h200/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-56222295960495493952021-10-12T20:09:00.002+01:002021-10-12T20:09:49.887+01:00Crystal Art Flowers<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Just a quick post to share a non card project I made for my Mom's birthday...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_s2nvK1lDfbYWCBGK4rStMgJ6JPKhfwlT6pwhbZKxuNr9NtmosvVE0WoMQAuJOLwW2972YNY1vAUAix8mnatwfJZfREnujRns4dqEBsduxbq_nz2tdUV134A1wVtz2Zq9VqXxwNW1xfJ/s2048/Cards+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2048" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_s2nvK1lDfbYWCBGK4rStMgJ6JPKhfwlT6pwhbZKxuNr9NtmosvVE0WoMQAuJOLwW2972YNY1vAUAix8mnatwfJZfREnujRns4dqEBsduxbq_nz2tdUV134A1wVtz2Zq9VqXxwNW1xfJ/w400-h311/Cards+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">A few birthdays ago I made a tiger for my step-dad and my Mom was rather smitten so I set about making a more feminine piece and we both love peonies :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfoULh9zAvGCqrHf3DRWmPLpgCki6qf4VrvA7V7tVShDhryjWOf4gU5xkhjbemf3NrnVHtqg44Eiq4tbTn2EgCCeyGQfgNvwJXzeBPa_33o6pJYJzrgoQwwi9FHXQA6XncN3-pPOEWx1e/s2048/Cards+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2048" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfoULh9zAvGCqrHf3DRWmPLpgCki6qf4VrvA7V7tVShDhryjWOf4gU5xkhjbemf3NrnVHtqg44Eiq4tbTn2EgCCeyGQfgNvwJXzeBPa_33o6pJYJzrgoQwwi9FHXQA6XncN3-pPOEWx1e/w400-h316/Cards+006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Its very sparkly and hopefully the angle above shows some of the shimmer catching the light.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The ladies at <a href="https://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/">As You Like It</a> are challenging us this month to show them 'Your Favourite Non Card Project'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I rarely get chance to do any form of crafting these days but having a crystal art project on the go allows me to grab five minutes here and there building up the picture while I drink my coffee. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Anyway I've got a few birthdays coming up and Christmas is fast approaching so hopefully I'll be back with a few cards soon :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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With a Cupcake<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Hello there, its been awhile since I've uploaded anything to my blog but last week I finally had a day without work and the dreaded chores so I made this...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWFFlytu6Ol69oIEbu5SLr_IBoahYbXcXxGN2wLFZ2Ny22D8_EtowBagz1MynNUj30r5zohyutcHTr_kCJ_uVZ-z6HDwvZXnQN847a3CQ4t5FztzbhdXf7LuK_oOGikpH0BCQkhyphenhyphenPpNY8/s2048/Cards+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2035" data-original-width="2048" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWFFlytu6Ol69oIEbu5SLr_IBoahYbXcXxGN2wLFZ2Ny22D8_EtowBagz1MynNUj30r5zohyutcHTr_kCJ_uVZ-z6HDwvZXnQN847a3CQ4t5FztzbhdXf7LuK_oOGikpH0BCQkhyphenhyphenPpNY8/w400-h398/Cards+008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I normally stay well clear of cupcake stamps (we don't get along), although I adore baked cupcakes - who doesn't? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">But this huge cupcake from Colorado Craft Company looked too good to resist, imagine being given this as a treat, oh yes!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL5ll4un9Uwbbga1PHRjrwOk4rWJD3hsC9nK4ntiilSTjuY1WAtSnM7tZFTOtJvdEBItDdq0KpX9k4W9Uf4g6PsIZjWsvpJgyqZQOYvORj0de7-SnJRyks9eOumSq1JKRTC19Q8DW33Kb/s2048/Cards+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL5ll4un9Uwbbga1PHRjrwOk4rWJD3hsC9nK4ntiilSTjuY1WAtSnM7tZFTOtJvdEBItDdq0KpX9k4W9Uf4g6PsIZjWsvpJgyqZQOYvORj0de7-SnJRyks9eOumSq1JKRTC19Q8DW33Kb/w400-h296/Cards+005.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I used Ink on 3 to stamp the image direct to the card base and spent quite a few hours colouring with Prisma pencils.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The sentiment is from the same set just stamped in black Versafine and this card is heading to University with my youngest next week.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/09/wwc324-kaths-challenge-all-about.html" target="_blank">Watercooler Wednesday</a> - Kath's All About Occasions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/challenge-414-any-occasion.html">Addicted to Stamps</a> - Any Occasion</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/krafty-chicks-challenge-577-cas.html" target="_blank">Krafty Chicks</a> - CAS</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2021/09/seize-birthday-223-faux-or-real.html">Seize the Birthday</a> - Anything Goes Birthday (no toppings)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbrlffkIcQtu6kpiGKjZJs1WL7aiApSk2G-aGdPc6wIOYEiBGkiM9qwmNRwGHFlw-a6B62K6VqOvKG3R1Ko_naxaYA8OO4TV013ih5pe2G2Zsb3duv25AkbQaTlknwsWi1PkvzHMxetuM/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbrlffkIcQtu6kpiGKjZJs1WL7aiApSk2G-aGdPc6wIOYEiBGkiM9qwmNRwGHFlw-a6B62K6VqOvKG3R1Ko_naxaYA8OO4TV013ih5pe2G2Zsb3duv25AkbQaTlknwsWi1PkvzHMxetuM/w200-h200/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-63057872924253955082021-07-24T20:19:00.003+01:002021-07-24T20:19:49.977+01:00There is No One I Love More Than You<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Hello, its been awhile...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">My husband asked me to make a card for a work colleague to give his wife on there anniversary and after a few WhatsApp messages I had an idea of what I was aiming for...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipc6tb4FZBssxK21MqgHXZhZgcNl0bZG7OhnMeiSOzC9H03ZpY_l183pFvTW_-xWgRZjsG1_3nXA3AEsdF501PSaxiAOmTzhVSIHS9r5bOI91NTWIQF4MvbO-VTyntMFU4oyf36ZMsTbJn/s2048/Cards+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="2048" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipc6tb4FZBssxK21MqgHXZhZgcNl0bZG7OhnMeiSOzC9H03ZpY_l183pFvTW_-xWgRZjsG1_3nXA3AEsdF501PSaxiAOmTzhVSIHS9r5bOI91NTWIQF4MvbO-VTyntMFU4oyf36ZMsTbJn/w400-h311/Cards+003.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">Unfortunately I took this photo and sent the card on its way before actually uploading the images and for some strange and unknown reason it looks a little blue. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I so need to fix my DSLR... can't use this compact camera at all.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">Now I have to confess, this is way too soppy for me... I prefer a little more cheek!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Right then, the image is from Altenew called Precious Peonies and stamped with Ink on 3 and coloured with Prisma pencils.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4C_qG11IMGxl_dia4vjpTfL40jJLAeLKIB_Nn5fbFQa8-kR0WKTNoSSWlyUDCBqyI-tMn5MFiHYH6dIsmOy7EvmkIj71XrDHjhhqtCDPwBQEiyEDPAQf30v4E3gGJa3jO2p2S7Zxhk-nx/s2048/Cards+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4C_qG11IMGxl_dia4vjpTfL40jJLAeLKIB_Nn5fbFQa8-kR0WKTNoSSWlyUDCBqyI-tMn5MFiHYH6dIsmOy7EvmkIj71XrDHjhhqtCDPwBQEiyEDPAQf30v4E3gGJa3jO2p2S7Zxhk-nx/w400-h300/Cards+009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I'm definitely not as confident with colouring flowers as I am with cute animals, hey ho practise makes perfect.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The sentiment is from My Favourite Things just stamped with hickory smoke and spun sugar Distress Oxides.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://unikostudio.blogspot.com/2021/07/uniko-challenge-66-flowers-optional.html" target="_blank">Uniko</a> - Flowers </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/07/wwc320-dawns-challenge-all-about.html" target="_blank">Watercooler Wednesday</a> - Dawn's All About Occasions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/07/krafty-chicks-challenge-569-all.html" target="_blank">Krafty Chicks</a> - All Occasions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/07/week-6334-femininefor-lady.html" target="_blank">Allsorts</a> - Feminine/For a Lady </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4Ftbxx5TSt3WHaF90M_lgaKYUlnLLbVwP9PUrA-oKyMCo9Hw1_HpRGUZBQXq8uW2oBeW_ZChlWLYmy-nJpWtXtVpQWNB1l8PHNYVy-o8LIasNHCUWQHLRgt7tFF2OjfAON97BGWDPKBk/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="101" data-original-width="246" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4Ftbxx5TSt3WHaF90M_lgaKYUlnLLbVwP9PUrA-oKyMCo9Hw1_HpRGUZBQXq8uW2oBeW_ZChlWLYmy-nJpWtXtVpQWNB1l8PHNYVy-o8LIasNHCUWQHLRgt7tFF2OjfAON97BGWDPKBk/w200-h82/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-62855455510812405272021-06-29T20:08:00.001+01:002021-06-29T20:11:43.233+01:00Happy Anniversary<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Urgh, Covid 19 </span><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">is playing havoc with my hours at work, I've still no time to craft as I'm pulling double shifts and then some to cover self-isolating colleagues. At the moment I stamp one day and spend several days colouring the images so I can at least post something.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Today its an anniversary card for my in-laws next week...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmpdwQghaxPOqMNFP1gbsfqXXX1wGki_XlcDKlGcduhxcYJXzocMNyYZbwAQGIxtxZSbK42XoClffw_jcf0Xc3h12UTNQQr5Uw9a0COo8tUnOTQDJrq2_JpZvg-XeQMcYPE6H-3HJtE2f/s2048/Cards+019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2035" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmpdwQghaxPOqMNFP1gbsfqXXX1wGki_XlcDKlGcduhxcYJXzocMNyYZbwAQGIxtxZSbK42XoClffw_jcf0Xc3h12UTNQQr5Uw9a0COo8tUnOTQDJrq2_JpZvg-XeQMcYPE6H-3HJtE2f/w398-h400/Cards+019.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">This sweet image is from Rachelle Anne Miller stamped in Ink on 3 so I could do a no-line colouring with my Prisma pencils.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNZIdViSC22-5tg4zN_VH5rZaiMCBeHWEOhK36GrMPbufdp5nm4eMU6P7SvNBY17I_G7_uVtHgewKki0-ylQK-0CwMdjtMeNMBejPMYG_gygJ5FZay5TRZo7EF4UJ8NDYaChQzzoHo60m/s2048/Cards+016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNZIdViSC22-5tg4zN_VH5rZaiMCBeHWEOhK36GrMPbufdp5nm4eMU6P7SvNBY17I_G7_uVtHgewKki0-ylQK-0CwMdjtMeNMBejPMYG_gygJ5FZay5TRZo7EF4UJ8NDYaChQzzoHo60m/w400-h306/Cards+016.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The sentiment is from Tracey Hey and a little random heart to eek up the love :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/06/kcc-565-all-occasions.html" target="_blank">Krafty Chicks</a> - All Occasions </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><a href="http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2021/06/anything-goes.html" target="_blank">The Sisterhood of Crafters</a> - Anything Goes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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display: inline; font-family: "Playfair Display"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="520" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMz_JCcXUswUMK6B7x3Tip2x9fOAPPQfWcW3vLG_aYIl2IJL06QxDbdMZ5pwqF73Vt5RDhjzjGeKN_AZ2TcY6v-eHLwibiecv7VZGcC5kp73ZmC_hJcYVRzK8VWY9kerMN2kZ7vY9gEjDi/w200-h158/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-81354158677176785082021-06-12T20:34:00.001+01:002021-06-12T20:34:10.105+01:00Let's Celebrate You<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Rainbows are a bit popular this month so I had a play using the colours but not the shape...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02ApDyJNyZzWTsPIeqH3bU8osjTCXuXseBh-OLrb9rPPdSR7ObuZbL7D5KTgtmUDQ0gNDP8dG1tB-44ZJUNPbMNW_7FiLEwwb9h_Oy5BlWOCVVhJ9g5Cuf9iA3UXnT04qGWjFAwZfj9Mk/s2048/Cards+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1715" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02ApDyJNyZzWTsPIeqH3bU8osjTCXuXseBh-OLrb9rPPdSR7ObuZbL7D5KTgtmUDQ0gNDP8dG1tB-44ZJUNPbMNW_7FiLEwwb9h_Oy5BlWOCVVhJ9g5Cuf9iA3UXnT04qGWjFAwZfj9Mk/w335-h400/Cards+004.JPG" width="335" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">This sentiment was a <strike>ARGH moment</strike> 90 minute battle... would you believe I did it perfectly on copier paper first time, on a positive note I have lots of scraps of cardstock left over for my small images, pfft!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJupIUwAQg6ExrDgLNG7J6pKDKmZ6OBvNZxp7phcOqndiGgZBxdk5av27uGwVJViIQZSuFfqJKNpkDxNutYc80kJS_s5Y87RSyUVMJQkQsMvD8gNx-l7vhDpS5I52dPAgWlYEHY9s70ntg/s2048/Cards+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJupIUwAQg6ExrDgLNG7J6pKDKmZ6OBvNZxp7phcOqndiGgZBxdk5av27uGwVJViIQZSuFfqJKNpkDxNutYc80kJS_s5Y87RSyUVMJQkQsMvD8gNx-l7vhDpS5I52dPAgWlYEHY9s70ntg/w400-h266/Cards+007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Everything is from a variety of MFT stamp sets, the sentiment was done colouring the stamp in rainbow shades of Zig Clean Color pens then spritzing with water and praying you don't get dozens of muddy/fuzzy/sparse yous!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wvvH9Pv7qX2X53QUxlBQObE_Xeq6eHTPd1xJ0QvGb8OgJSYoUy3W9WWyrs_LD-YOa3NygsEITIeVB5n-zrh9U74H-cd46DjUHISRKubmnyhTDiykW2mVliWzNFJCSetOc_mFPviUsADW/s2048/Cards+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="2048" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wvvH9Pv7qX2X53QUxlBQObE_Xeq6eHTPd1xJ0QvGb8OgJSYoUy3W9WWyrs_LD-YOa3NygsEITIeVB5n-zrh9U74H-cd46DjUHISRKubmnyhTDiykW2mVliWzNFJCSetOc_mFPviUsADW/w400-h275/Cards+008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The mouse has been masked off to include the balloons then coloured with Prisma pencils.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Normally I ground my images but I felt this fella needed to look like he was as light as the balloons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The ladies at As You Like It would like to know what style we prefer, CAS or fully fancy... surprise, surprise I prefer CAS... can't do faff as I make it look naff :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><u>Challenges</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_AS_PDD-cuQR36nlYmLRMNQKXry2m01CelTW1iu9GGbDR3nyoN4VuvEXNWgSPwaBQqyoaWoz1HIzytFOw35GkxmDuJYH3MU6iZ1dN_xixGkOvpRQm4CQnTQ_zgCQ-rNfhCw9igVIXu3j/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="146" data-original-width="320" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_AS_PDD-cuQR36nlYmLRMNQKXry2m01CelTW1iu9GGbDR3nyoN4VuvEXNWgSPwaBQqyoaWoz1HIzytFOw35GkxmDuJYH3MU6iZ1dN_xixGkOvpRQm4CQnTQ_zgCQ-rNfhCw9igVIXu3j/w200-h91/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-14888469800538682642021-05-31T12:49:00.003+01:002021-05-31T13:00:45.967+01:00BIG Birthday Wishes<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Earlier this week I saw the new challenge at <a href="https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2021/05/color-throwdown-644.html" target="_blank">Color Throwdown</a> and my heart sang at the colours and the absolute winner... it was full of cats!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I also noticed a few other challenges were encouraging us to use slimline cards so I've combined a few and this is what I made...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFT2RU2GwRpUwr0UNQDDbfguUWm3ZRTzS0qTWN9Csoq14g2bQl1ULaZJuccccHzksRlNahaMyRAn8RWWaC0ejuPXgPpJjgyc9BkDMni_gB-IdDesjHjLA6DxXIulNQevqxNZYF3QjmVHq6/s2048/Cards+005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFT2RU2GwRpUwr0UNQDDbfguUWm3ZRTzS0qTWN9Csoq14g2bQl1ULaZJuccccHzksRlNahaMyRAn8RWWaC0ejuPXgPpJjgyc9BkDMni_gB-IdDesjHjLA6DxXIulNQevqxNZYF3QjmVHq6/w296-h400/Cards+005.JPG" width="296" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Its true, I'm a sucker for cats and this little fella is from Oh My Whiskers by Honey Bee coloured with Prisma pencils and fussy cut out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4YBcn96rD7ENsf0BXoSOC2JL7-grQwhJygMeiXprwrLadV7AXE0C6lHjh6dc-8jHoJuxSwMCc980RPbPVvtLIvdgdGxgREwxFjSspVW22j_mSR2cGy2EioGnGExl4k-yXoIxx9I-Zdz36/s2048/Cards+007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2048" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4YBcn96rD7ENsf0BXoSOC2JL7-grQwhJygMeiXprwrLadV7AXE0C6lHjh6dc-8jHoJuxSwMCc980RPbPVvtLIvdgdGxgREwxFjSspVW22j_mSR2cGy2EioGnGExl4k-yXoIxx9I-Zdz36/w400-h272/Cards+007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The only pop of yellow on the whole card comes from his bunch of balloons and he's swooping down in front of some stencilled clouds from MFT in hickory smoke Distress Oxide.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIWEXypQ4MtW56FpSpF2vgLt_ksD0_QRjjGWHcI66IrRAY41WaHE1c8wwxnZHf4F1V_Mopu-VS_z-b9xuNiM-bd_nZStIqUmoLMIJXkpHs6medSJIB7uu987AiQ85w5I4-WRVH7DYXWuK/s2048/Cards+008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIWEXypQ4MtW56FpSpF2vgLt_ksD0_QRjjGWHcI66IrRAY41WaHE1c8wwxnZHf4F1V_Mopu-VS_z-b9xuNiM-bd_nZStIqUmoLMIJXkpHs6medSJIB7uu987AiQ85w5I4-WRVH7DYXWuK/w400-h246/Cards+008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">The sentiment is from MFT die cut from black cardstock, positioned and glued onto the panel using a ruler as a guide.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13503390837901152678noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503019649517340516.post-21307099804841166972021-05-29T20:58:00.000+01:002021-05-29T20:58:58.261+01:00Father's Day Pop Art <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">Every superhero has to have a little pop art...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hZvLY2NI0Bb0y2IZ2Ux9urEaboQfw1_QgweTEr70FmkMtKyAuYv8S96aUKK1yFEEPhwLuTvz6y4nB2J1Oe2FHEFHXlJh4gzl9oQuSHJkzp927DEqIVehZrI03qH_jIaCMslUu0SHtaM2/s2048/Cards+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1782" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hZvLY2NI0Bb0y2IZ2Ux9urEaboQfw1_QgweTEr70FmkMtKyAuYv8S96aUKK1yFEEPhwLuTvz6y4nB2J1Oe2FHEFHXlJh4gzl9oQuSHJkzp927DEqIVehZrI03qH_jIaCMslUu0SHtaM2/w348-h400/Cards+004.JPG" width="348" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">I had a blast making this and once I got going I just ran with it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">Firstly I hand drew the pop art star burst onto copier paper and cut around the lines with a knife and ruler to tidy it up.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">Then with the newly cut mask I used blueprint sketch Distress Oxide and Altenew halftone squares to stamp the fun Roy Lichtenstein effect of faded dots </span><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">(psst, that bit took 3 attempts... shhh!).</span><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";">There are missed bits and slight overlapping but it adds to the effect and to make it pop (pun intended) even further I outlined the star with a black Sharpie.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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