Merry Christmas everyone
The theme this month is Silver. I did look through my die catalogue, no luck no bells. So I found an image on the net, printed the outline on the back of some silver cardstock to create my silver bells.
The Holly and berries are from a Polkadoodle die.
For the Anything Goes, optional winter things, I chose to use an image from Imagine That, called Gertie Goose Umbrella.
The background has been created using a Kaleidacolor stamp pad, with the colours together. The rain drops are from Flour8ish with a Bling, sadly no longer available.
Gertie Goode has been coloured with copic pens and fussy cut, the sentiment came with the image.
All Dressed Up Use the colour Yellow, I chose an image called Beach Time. Perfect for an Australian Christmas card.
Coloured with copic pens, I cut the little ice cream sign out a second time and layered. The little beach house and banner comes from Flourish with a bling, sadly now closed.
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Anything Goes, optional something new.
I tried out some new pencils I bought that are supposed to be good on black paper. That jury is still out, I think I need more practice before I decide.
Bit tired of seeing all the autumn, halloween colurs, in the Southern Hemisphere we are in Spring.
The blossom tree is something I first saw way back in 1957, facial tissues were still a novelty and we could get coloured ones, my grade 3 teacher made a frieze of the seasons and used the pink tissues to make the blossoms.
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Elliebelle's Garden Party - Something from the garden
Theme is Snowman, I chose an image called Melting Snowman from QKR, have to admit it is probably my most used Christmas image over the years. I do have two different snowmen that are melting, just seems right for someone living in Australia, something would be terribly wrong if I saw a snowman at Christmas time.
I have only coloured his clothes, nose and cheeks with Prisma coloured pencils. Not sure if the photo does it justice, but I wanted a woolly type of effect on the scarf. My trusty Snow marker has also been used.
This month at The Crafter's Cafe our themes are Anything Goes. Optional Christmas.
The theme this month at A Place to Start is Anything Goes, optional Pump it up for Pumpkins.
I have made a bookmark for this challenge using a quote from Henry David Thoreau (I do like me space)
Coloured with copic pens and layered on different cardstock
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The theme at Pearly Sparkles this month is "Pumpkins and/or Autumn Leaves". I dug into my stash for this card, the images are from Robyn's Fetish, a digital that is sadly no longer having closed several years ago, my first design team. Lover these cute images, hope you do also.
Coloured with copic pens and added with 3d squares. I have added orange glitter in spots on the card.
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Our sponsor at Crafters Cafe this month is Fred She Said, we received some wonderful flowers for our challenge. I chose Scribbled Flowers, coloured.
I created a journal page to celebrate the start of spring where I live, once printed I fussy cut and separated the leaves from the flowers , so my painted background would show through. I then used a thin Micron pen and redrew in the stems. Found the quote on the net added some blue pearl swirls and a little bit of doodling ( I do love to doodle)
The theme is Traci's recipe Pink, pearls and/or sparkle
Anything Goes, optional Leaves and Circles, I was lucky enought to have some circle and leave patterned paper in my stash. The image is from Fred She Said " Emma in the Leaves" coloured with copic pens.
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Anything Goes, optional Summer Things. Time to take a break from work and go sailing! Coloured with copic pens, fussy cut and layered with 3d glue.
The theme is Under the sea. I have chosen an Imagine That image called, Baby Mermaid. Perfect image for a Mermay Birthday. I have used the precoloured image from the kit and created a patterned paper. Kindy Glitter Cristalina swirled around for water.
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The theme is: A shaped Card
I have made a teepee card and decorated it with diecuts from 49 and Market. Love making these cards, they lay flat for posting, just need a big envelope. If you click on the photos you will get a clearer photo, not sure if it is my camera or my computer playing around with my photos.
The theme is Masculine and yes I am late!!!!! I made this card for a young man for his 13th Birthday, he is a mad keen and very good cricketer. The cricket ball is a paper candy.
Theme for this month is Anything Goes, optional for a child. I have used an image from All Dressed Up called Farm. Painted with copic pens, some liquid pearls and 3d paint for the sheep's wool.
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The theme is Black and white plus one more colour, I have used Urban scene for this birthday card, using red for the sign and the paint.
This month's challenge is Feminine
Great sponsor Polkadoodles
I chose to use Ruby Frou Frou, it took me a little longer and I am running late with the card, but I am happy with the result.
The image has been coloured with Prismacolour pencils, kindy glitter and a white gel pen.
Theme this month, Anything Goes, optional Black, White and Red.
I do like using this colour combo, although I was a bit concerned I would run out of black ink when printing. The girl is from Sheepski Designs, I always think of her as walking home after a party. She is called "Party Shoes#.
Her dress and shoes have been coloured with Prismacolor pencils.
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This month's theme is Monochromatic, as the grandchildren get older , especially for the males, the card making gets more difficult. I saw this verse, changed it a bit and thought great for a 20 year old.
I also added some some images from my stash and some black ribbon.
The theme this month is Anything Goes, optional Fairy Tales.
Who better than the White Rabbit for a belated birthday card. Sebtiments have been typed onto the card, the image from a colouring page.
The rabbit has been coloured with copic pens and fussy cut, then layered onto the card with a spring, you can see the shadow in the photo, great interactive card .
The theme is anything but a Card, I have made a tag to go into my 2025 journa. Using pieces by 49 and market. (In the leaves Ephemera bits)
The 1st March being our official start of Autumn, I have used Autumn colours. Noticing the change of season since we moved, we never got alot of Autumn colours, but living closer to the mountains, the leaves are already starting to change and giving us that wonderful Autumn glow.
Theme is Spots and/or stripes, and our sponsor is Sheepski. Please check out Andrea's blog for image details as she has shut down her etsy store.
I usually think laterally, and what better animal for a stripes challenge. "Skunk" is from Sheepski Designs. Colouring a black and white image was a challenge, but I think I got there.
The background is a patterned paper I have on my computer, I just took away the colours. The quote I found on the internet, I'm thinking Abraham Lincoln was very astute and I can think of a couple of people his would describe. lol.
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The theme this month is Love is in the Air, thought I would do a fun card. The image is by From the Heart, Super Birdbrain. Coloured with copic pens, verse of Fly me to the moon has been printed onto the card.
Our theme for January challenge is Birthdays.
Our sponsor is the wonderful Dr Digi.
I chose to use Cake and Candles, now I have to tell you the image comes with 6 candles, but I needed 8, so I copied a couple of the candles and added them to the cake. I used Crayola Blending Markers and 3d Micador paint for the icing. Some Kindy glitter and liquid pearls completed the card.
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Hi everyone and as a new year starts it is out with the old and in with the new. Theme for January at Pearly Sparkles is Something Old Something New. I decided to combine the two and used a card I made some time ago, still hadn't used so I decided to add some elements I received in a gift package of craft supplies to make a new card.
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