Midway Post, Challenge #37 at Open-Minded Crafting

Post #5, 

Here is the 2nd of my Open-Minded Crafting Blogs that I have missed.
The card is based on this Song and Video

Rose Tattoo by the Dropkick Murphys

The Theme at

Open-Minded Crafting was:-

Song Inspiration

My Project was:-

Rose Tattoo Digi Stamp

from Enchanted Designs Studios 

(one of our sponsors)

To begin with I started with an A4 sheet of Pearlised Silver Card
(Ross Papers)
which I folded in half.

Next I cut a Piece of Leather Effect Black Paper
(stash) 
so that it fitted just inside the Card Front.
Using 6cm White Lace

Then I printed off the Image
on White DC Paper.

I coloured the Image

using my Pens.

Promarker Pens

                                          Vanilla                          - Skin

                                          Satin                             - Skin

                                          Blush                            - Cheeks

                                          Cool Grey 1                  - Eyes, Hair, Leaves

                                          Cool Grey 2                  - Eyes, Hair

                                          Cool Grey 3                  - Hair, Roses

                                          Cool Grey 4                  - Hair, Leaves, Horseshoe

                                          Cool Grey 5                  - Hair, Roses

                                          Black                             - Hair, Tattoo, Horseshoe Center

      Graph'It Pens

                                          Ruby                             - Lips, Hairband, Roses

                                          Tomato                         - Roses, Tattoo

I also Printed out the Sentiment using my Computer
with the letters fading upwards from Red to Black.

Then I Die-Cut the Image and the Sentiment out
using the Locking Loops A2 Set
(Spellbinders).
And I used Gun Metal Metallic Rub-On 
(Earth Tones Kit #2 - Craf-T Products)
around the edges of the Die-Cuts.

On a Scrap of Pearlised Grey Card
(scrap pile)
I used (for the 1st time ever) All Aboard - Map
(Urban Stamps)
with Soft Grey Fur Ink
(Me-To-You - Colour Box)
and on top of that I stamped the Pirate Ship
(Fun Factory)
in Black Soot Ink
(Distress Ink - Tim Holtz)
I then cut it into a Square and distressed the edges
and added some of the Black Soot Ink as well.

I then added a large Red Paper Rose
(stash)
and a Silver Cross Charm
(Crafty Bitz)
to the Top Left Corner.

For my Finishing touches I added Holographic Silver Glitter
(Glitter Magic)
to the Horseshoe on the Image 
and an 8x6mm Oval Red Diamante Gem in the center of it
(Great Expressions),
And finally Glossy Accents on all of her Hair
(Ranger).

I would like to enter this card in

the following Challenges:

Creative Corner - Happy Birthday

Ladybug Crafts - June - Use Your Dies

Top Tip Tuesday - Name That Tune

Challenge #138 at Glitter N Sparkle

Post #4, 

Here is the 3rd of my Glitter n Sparkle Blogs that I have missed.

The Theme at

Glitter n Sparkle was:-

One For The Ladies

My Project this week was:-

Lady Hat Bow Digi Stamp

from A Day For Daisies
(one of our sponsors)

To start with I used a 19.5cm Pre-Cut White Scalloped Edged Card
(stash)

Then I cut a 17.5cm Square of Pearlised Silver Card
(Ross Papers)

For the Top and Bottom I cut two 5.5 x 16.5cm Strips 
of White/Mint Green Fan Paper
(Roaring 20's - Art Deco Foil Paper - Papermania)
Then using White DC Paper and Borders Die
(XCU503050 - X-Cut)
I cut 2 .

I printed the Image out
  on White DC Paper
and coloured it in

using my Promarker Pens

                                                            Skin        - Vanilla
                                                                            - Satin
                                                                            - Dusky Pink (Cheeks)
                                                                            - Dusky Rose (Lips)
                                                            Hair        - Sandstone
                                                                            - Cinnamon
                                                                            - Cocoa
                                                                            - Burnt Sienna
                                                            Dress      - Meadow Green 
                                                                            - Apple
                                                                            - Cool Grey 1 (Shading)
                                                                            - Cool Grey 2 (Shading)
                                                            Hat         - Meadow Green
                                                                            - Apple
                                                                            - Cool Grey 1 (Shading)
                                                                            - Cool Grey 2 (Shading),
                                                            Bow        - Pastel Green
                                                                            - Meadow Green
                                                                            - Cool Grey 1 (Shading)

I then traced around the Image using a Circle Die
(9.5cm)
and fussy cut it out so that I didn't cut the Hat and Bows off.
Using a slightly larger size Circle Die 
(10.8cm - Sizzix)
I used Mint Green Card
(stash)
to place the Image on.
Also With the Mint Green Card I cut 4 Corners 
and a 3x5.5cm Rectangle,
Which is backed on a 3.5x6cm Pearlised Silver Card.

Next I Punched out 3 Flowers on White Paper,
(Petal Pair, Set 3 - Tonic Studios)
and 3 flowers on Mint Green Card
(Flower Punch - X-Cut).
For the Sentiment I Die-Cut out Happy Birthday
(Joanna Sheen)
from a Scrap of Pearlised Black Paper
(scraps box)

 On the Hat Brim I added Holographic Mint Green Glitter.
And to the Bow and the Necktie 
I added Iridescent Mint Green Glitter
(both from Glitter Magic)

For an extra flourish I added a Mint Green Feather
(Roaring 20's - Art Deco - Papermania)

To make it pop I added some Pastel Green Mica Powder
to some water and misted it over the whole card.

Finally I added 6mm Gun Metal Grey Pearls and 
3mm Mint Green Pearls
to the White Boarders.
And 2mm Gun Metal Grey Pearls 
to the Center of the Flowers 
(all Pearls in stash).

I'd like to enter this Card in the

following Challenges:-

Bastel-Traum - #30 - Birthday

The Corrosive Challenge - #227 - Leave a Little Sparkle

Challenge #137 at Glitter and Sparkle

Post #3, 

Here is the 2nd of my Glitter n Sparkle Blogs that I have missed.

The Theme at

Glitter n Sparkle was:-

Use Some Ribbon

My Project this week was:-

Foxy Digi Stamp

from Scribbles Designs
(one of our sponsors)

To start with I used a Pre-Cut White 3-fold Step Card
(stash)

Then I chose 3 different colours of Flowered Paper
(stash)
Yellow, Orange and Green.
Using the Yellow Flowered Paper I cut out 
2 x 10.5cm Squares and
1 x 4.5cm Square,
rounding the Corners with a
5mm Corner Punch
(X-Cut)

Next I Die-Cut out 4 x Orange Flower Paper 
and 3 x Green Flower Paper
using the Small Frilly Square #1
(Go Kreate).

I not only used the Foxy1 Image 
but also Foxy Peek-A-Boo Image
I printed the Images out
  on White DC Paper
and coloured them in

using my Promarker Pens

                                                            Yellow                  - Body Shading,
                                                            Meadow Green   - Eyes,
                                                            Honeycomb         - Body,
                                                            Spice                     - Body,
                                                            Caramel               - Tail, Legs,
                                                            Cool Grey 5         - Tail, Legs, Ears, Eyes, Nose,
                                                            Black                    - Tail, Legs, Ears, Nose,

I then Die-Cut the Images out,

using the Large Frilly Square #1 Die
(Go Kreate).

 

Next I printed off my sentiment on the Computer,
colouring in the word 'FOX' with my Honeycomb Promarker.
Then I cut it out in a 4.5cm Square.
I also cut out 2 more 4.5cm Squares 
from the scraps of  White DC Paper,
and again rounded all the corners with the 5mm  Punch.

On the 2 empty Squares I added the 'With Love' Stamp 
and the 'Happy Birthday' Stamp
(both from Kanban)
using Copper Pigment Ink
(Dovecraft)

I handmade my Ribbon Flower 
using 20mm Light Brown Organza Ribbon
(stash)
and placing an 10mm Orange Rhinestone in the Center
(stash)

Finally I added a Fox Image Brad
(that I found in my Brad Box)
and 5mm Copper Gems on the 
corners of the Stamped Squares
(stash).

I'd like to enter this Card in the

following Challenges:-

Bunny Zoe's - June - Furry Friends

Creative Corner - Happy Birthday

Everybody Art - #330 - Multi-Fold Card

Midway Post, Challenge #36 at Open-Minded Crafting

Post #2, 

Here is the 1st of my Open-Minded Crafting Blogs that I have missed.

The Theme at

Open-Minded Crafting was:-

Wedding/Anniversary

My Project was:-

At Long Last Digi Stamp

from Illustrations by Jane 

(one of our sponsors)

To begin with I started with an A4 sheet of Pearlised Champagne Card
(Ross Papers)
which I folded in half.

Next I cut a Piece of Pearlised White Paper
(Ross Papers) 
so that it fitted just inside the Card Front.
Using 6cm White Lace
(Boyes Haberdashery)
I covered the Left hand-side of the Paper.

Next I Die-Cut out the Large Ornate Frame Oval
(X-Cut)
on White Glitter Card
(Range)

Next I printed off the Image twice
on White DC Paper.

I coloured the Images

using my Promarker Pens.

                                          Skin                    - Vanilla/Satin/Dusky Pink
                                          Lips                    - Dusky Rose
                                          Hair Girl Left    - Cinnamon/Cocoa/Burnt Sienna/Shale
                                          Hair Girl Right  - Yellow/Sandstone/Caramel/Cinnamon
                                          Dresses              - Ivory
                                          Roses                  - Blossom/Meadow Green
      

I also used a Metallic Gold Gel Pen,

on the Tiara, Hairband, Ring and Bracelets.

Then I Die-Cut one of the Images out 
using the Large Ornate Frame Oval
(X-Cut)
and only using the insert.
I fussy cut out the other Image and decoupaged it up.

To handmake the Posey in the top corner,
I 1st took some of the 6cm White Lace 
and folded it in half length ways,
then I loosely stitched some thread 
through the middle and pulled it together 
which made it into a circle.
I then added 2 Pastel Pink Paper Flowers,
2 White Satin/Feather Flowers,
and 2 White Satin/Pearl Flowers.
(all flowers from my stash)
Unfortunately as I was putting it together 
one of the White Satin/Pearl Flowers fell to bits,
so instead i just placed the flower parts at the front and added a 
12mm Pearl flower to the center of it.

To add some glitz I used Holographic Embossing Powder(Papermania)
for both of the Veils.
And 3D Pearl Effects in Pastel Pink
(Dovecraft)
on all of the Pearl Drops and Trim on the Righthand Girl 
and the Buttons on the Lefthand Girl.

Finally I added a 12mm Pearl Flower Gem,
and 4 x 6mm Pearls Cream Paper Rose
(both from my stash)
and placed them in the bottom right corner.

I would like to enter this card in

the following Challenges:

Emerald Faeries - #68 - Pearls + Lace
Ladybug Crafts - June - Use Your Dies

Paperminutes - #389 - Wedding

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Wedding

Challenge #136 at Glitter N Sparkle

Oh Wow,
So sorry I have got behind in my postings,
I have been frantically revising and doing my work for college.
The exams got put back but they are all done and finished now.
I was so happy I passed with flying colours.
When it comes to exams I get so flustered and usually forget everything lol.
But not this time, so now I am just waiting for my Certificate to arrive.

So now it is time to do my badly needed catching up.
Please bear with me as I  put all the new and waiting posts up for you all.

The Theme at

Glitter n Sparkle was:-

Embossing, Dry or Heat

My Project was:-

Cleopatra Digi Stamp

from Spellbinding Stamps
(one of our sponsors)

To start with I used an A4 Sheet of Plain White Card
(stash)
which I folded In half and cut to make a Square Card

Then I cut out some Gold Paper
(stash)
which I cut to fit inside the White Square.
I then Embossed it using Vintage Decor Embossing Folder
(Vintage Floral Collection - CC).
I then Punched the corners out 
using Lace 3in1 Corner Punch
(Fiskars)

Next I printed the Image out
  on White DC Paper
and coloured it in

using my Promarker Pens

                                                            Ivory            - Marble Column,

                                                            Vanilla          - Skin,
                                                            Satin             - Skin,
                                                            Dusky Pink  - Cheeks,
                                                            Pastel Beige - Curtains,
                                                            Dusky Rose  - Lips,
                                                            Poppy            - Gems,
                                                            Coral              - Pot,
                                                            Honeycomb  - Pot,
                                                            Apple             - Eyes,
                                                            Pastel Blue    - Floor,
                                                            Denim Blue   - Floor,
                                                            Royal Blue     - Necklaces, Tail Band, Waist Belt
                                                            Cool Grey 1   - Cat,
                                                            Cool Grey 2   - Cat,
                                                            Cool Grey 4   - Cat,
                                                            Black              - Hair,

                                             Gold Metallic Gel Pen - Necklaces, Tail Band, Waist Belt, 
                                                                                       Top of Skirt

I then Die-Cut the Image out,

using Rectangle Parenthesis 1 
(X-Cut).

Then I added Holographic Embossing Powder to the Dress

(Papermania)
and Heat Embossed it with glue.
Then for a 3D effect I added
2mm Red Rhinestones to 
Cleopatra's  Waist Belt and Necklace
and a 2mm Red Square Gem.
And to both Necklaces I added 3x1mm Red Rectangle Gems
(All Gems from stash)

For my Sentiment I Heat Embossed the
 'Enjoy Your Special Day' Stamp
(Foxtrot - Yvette Jordan - Kanban)
using Watermark Ink
(Versamark)
and Gold Embossing Powder
( Papermania)
I then Die-Cut it out using Apothecary Accents
(Stampin' Up)
2 6mm Red Rhinestones at each rounded end.
I went around the edge with Colonial Metallic Rub-on
(Earth Tones #2 - Craf-T Products),
to make it 'pop' 
And used Foam Squares
 to add it to the Card

Finally I Handmade my Bow 
using Holographic Gold Ribbon
(Boyes Haberdashery).

I'd like to enter this Card in the

following Challenges:-
Alphabet Challenge - J is for Jewels

New Challenge #135 at Glitter N Sparkle

Good Morning,

I hope everyone is looking forward to a good
May Bank Holiday here in England.
Lets all keep our fingers crossed that the sun will shine,
because its being very indecisive over the last couple of days.

I would also like to Congratulate
 William and Kate from our Royal Family
on the birth of their Baby Daughter.
I may not be a stanch Royalist ,
but I do believe in the miracle of life,
and wish our new Princess all the best.
(at the moment she is still unnamed lol)

Anyway on with this weeks project,
which comes in very handy for my pencils.

The Theme at

Glitter n Sparkle is:-

Anything Goes

Our Sponsors this week are:-

Crafty Sentiments Designs who are offering
3 Images from their store.

Ikes Art who are offering

3 Images from their store.

Jellypark Digital Crafts who are offering

their store.

Lacy Sunshine  who are offering

3 Images from their store.

My Project this week is:-

Totem Digi Stamp

from Ikes Art
(one of our sponsors)

To start with use the Cardboard Insert from the Kitchen Roll
and  covered it with Wooden Surface Paper
(newallpaper.com)
Then I cut a 1cm strip of Black Card
(scrap box)
and wrapped it around the bottom of my Tube.

Next I printed the Image out
  on White DC Paper
and coloured it in

using my Promarker Pens
(I wanted to go for the Native American look)

                                                           Eagle -            Yellow
                                                                                   Poppy

                                                                                   Green
                                                                                   Royal Blue
                                                                                   Sandstone
                                                                                   Caramel
                                                                                   Ice Grey 2
                                                                                   Black

                                                           Wolf -             Yellow
                                                                                   Ice Grey 2
                                                                                   Ice Grey 4

                                                                                   Cool Grey 3
                                                                                   Cool Grey 4
                                                                                   Black

                                                           Deer -            Yellow
                                                                                   Sandstone
                                                                                   Caramel
                                                                                   Cocoa
                                                                                   Burnt Sienna
                                                                                   Shale

                                                           Bear -             Yellow
                                                                                   Caramel
                                                                                   Cocoa
                                                                                   Burnt Sienna
                                                                                   Shale
                                                                                   Black

                                                           Frog -             Yellow
                                                                                   Green

                                                                                   Pine

                                                                                   Black

I then fussy cut the Image out
and placed it so that it covered the join in the Paper.

I'd like to enter this Project in the

following Challenges:-

Craft My Life - ATG But No Cards

Decorate To Celebrate - #99 - ATG

Natalie And Amy - #32 - Animals

Not Just Cards - #18 - ATG

Paper Creators Crafts - #38 - Animals

Robyn's Fetish - #262 - Anything But A Card

Scrappers Delights - #44 - ATG

Stitchy Bear Stamps - Facebook - ATG

That Craft Place - No Cards