Winter

  International Art & Soul, a challenge which has been put together to incorporate any type of craft, paper, wood, flowers, recycling, glass - the world is your oyster :).  Come on over and join us with you artwork :)

Challenge #148

Winter

Our challenge theme over at International Art & Soul is 'Winter' has been chosen by CraftyGirl, the challenge will run for 5 weeks over the festive season.  

I have made a snowman box all ready to put some sweets in for a Christmas gift.  He is made out of plywood which I painted and then cut on my laser.  It amazes me what you can do with wood, even making it bend around rounded shapes like this snowman by cutting it with single staggered lines which allows the wood to act like those plastic net bags you get oranges in.  All the elements were also cut, painted and decorated then glued to the snowman box.  I can't take credit for this design alas as it was a free pattern download from 3axis.com.  what a wonderful freebie he is and thank you to the creator.

This is rather a sad post as it is the last from International Art & Soul.  We are closing our challenge now as it has run its course.  The challenge was set up 6 years ago so the design team from Stitchy Bear could stay together as many had been on the team for several years.  StitchyBear came to an end very suddenly and we, as a team were not ready to move on so IA&S was a stepping block to allow us to catch our breath and continue crafting within our super friendly, low pressure group.  International Art & Soul has done its job, been there for us and watched us grow and move on in our own time.  

Fancy Fold

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Challenge #147

Fancy Fold

Our challenge theme 'Fancy Fold' has been chosen by Maggie.

Loving that I have now conquered how to cut paper/card with my laser without setting fire to anything lol.  Just a simple card from me this fortnight but a bit of an experiment in cutting the butterflies.  I used double sided card so when the folded butterflies had their half wings folded back a pattern detail was seen which tied in with the yellow base I used behind the cut layer, the same backing was seen through the design butterfly cut.  To finish off I stamped and gold embossed the gold butterflies and sentiment.

Christmas Card

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Challenge #146

Christmas Card

Our challenge theme 'Christmas Card' has been chosen by Christine.

I coloured a Dr. Digi image for this card called 'Christmas Cheer' which you can purchase here.  The background papers for this card are ancient and from when I joined my first DT many moons ago.  The paper is part of a pack by Panda Bear who at the time was selling through the Stitchy Bear Store.  A simple card I know but a bit of fun and I hope it made you smile :) 

Happy Fall Y’all

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Challenge #145

Happy Fall Y’all

Our challenge theme 'Happy Fall Y’all' has been chosen by Debbie.

For this challenge I have made a round easel card.  I cut the leaves, text etc. on my electronic die cutter and glued to the leaf design printed card I had.  To finish off I added a small orange bow and used a real acorn, it is a bit big and bulky alas but just had to be used as it seemed the perfect accessory to hold the top section of the card up when opened.

Orange & Black

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Challenge #144

Orange & Black

Our challenge theme 'Orange & Black' has been chosen by Chriss.

I don't do Halloween lol but this design was so cool so had to give it a go.  My lovely daughters don't do Halloween either but there rather like this so have taken it off my hands and between them decided that one will have it one year and then the other the following year hahahaha.

I first treated and painted my 2mm MDF boards in the 3 colours needed.  Next I cut the design out on my laser and then assembled and spray varnished.  Nothing complicated here, just needed a wee bit of time to complete :) 

Wood/Trees

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Challenge #143

Wood/Trees

Our challenge theme 'Wood/Trees' has been chosen by me.

I made this multi layered laser cut design for my daughter and DIL for their Christmas, they wanted some wall art which followed their country and wood decorations in their home :)   The wall art is approx 39cm in diameter and made out of poplar ply which is very light.  After each layer was cut I then wood stained using dark oak, rosewood and golden oak.  Such a pleasure to make this for them and see it up on the wall too.  Alas I can take any credit for the awesome design which was created by Laser Cutano who make designs not only suitable for laser cutting but also for electronic papers cutters too.

Transport

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Challenge #142

Transport

Our challenge theme 'Transport' has been chosen by CraftyGirl.

A few weeks ago I published a post showing the clock I made my grandson Jay for his birthday and this fortnight I am sharing the card I made to go with the clock.  When I first got my laser I tried to cut card/paper with disastrous results then go totally side tracked with other projects.  It was fab to find a bit of free time to experiment again and with my gained knowledge I have cracked the card/paper cutting, happy days.  I designed this card using black card which had a white back to which I applied distress inks to make it green.  Next cut the design on the laser with a few extra trees which I could then stick onto the card, just for a bit more contrast.  So chuffed and giving myself a pat on the back now ROFL.