Hot Chocolate

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.

Challenge #214

Theme 'Anything Goes' 

The sponsor is StitchyBear Digital Outlet with the May 7 image prize pack. To win main prize you MUST use an Image from our store. Runner up prize for person using none store image is $3 to spend in the StitchyBear Digital Outlet. So everyone can win something ;O).

My mini team are using the digi 'Hot Chocolate' by Berry Dust this week and I have decided to make a bag for my Grandson :)

To begin with I used some pre die cut fur trees which I placed around the bottom left and around the side of the bag then finished off with some Christmas ribbon all the way round.

I added a verse I found, think it was from Splitcoasters which seemed perfect for the mug of hot chocolate.  Next I coloured the digi with Promarkers,  The marshmallow top section was embossed with White Foam embossing powder.  For the mug section I used Derwent crayons as I didn't want the smooth finish of the Promarkers or the depth of colour but to have more rustic look.  This section was embossed with clear embossing power for a real touchy feely effect.  The digi was fussy cut and attached to the bag with foam tape.

 Close up of the embossed mug and verse.

Time to die cut - I had planned on using pre cut foam letters but apart from not being able to find them I remembered they were only numbers anyway - not much use lol.  Using SCAL and my die cutter I took the easy route :) These were then coloured with a green Promarker and finished off with gold and clear embossing powders.

 Promarkers used

And there we have it, a quick project and come Christmas time when filled with a new mug, hot chocolate and a bag of marshmallows I hope one wee boy will have a happy smile on his face :) :) :) I did add some white pom-pom things for a bit of fun to represent snow and a ribbon to the top of the bag because I like bows hahaha.

Ingredients:-

• Digi -  'Hot Chocolate'  by Berry Dust available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet
• Promarkers
• Tree dies, bag, ribbon, pom poms from my stash

I am entering the following challenges

• Color Me Creative Challenge -2W, 3E - #93 (W1 of 2)  Boy, Guy, Father
• Completely Christmas - W - #13 (posted Friday) Anything Goes
• Hiding in my Craft Room - W, 1E  - #150  Boy
• Sugar Creek Hollow  - 2W, 3E, SIO (W1 of 2) #87 Eat and Drink
• Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - W, C10 #30 One of the Guys Big or Small
• City Crafter Challenge W - #212 What's Cooking (kitchen related)
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge W, 2E, C10, Must be Christmas- Anything But A Card
• Craftitude -2W, 3E -  No. 65 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes/Use a Die
• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - W, 3E – No. 177 - Best Of British (Knowing how to make the best of bad weather with the wonderful comforts of things like Cadburys Hot Chocolate lol)

Thanks for looking and hope you have a happy crafting day:)

Alice

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.  Before I go any further I would just like to say a big thank you to all the new followers who have joined me over the past few weeks, I hope you are enjoying the creations that find their way from my craft room to my blog <g>.  Without further ado, onto this weeks challenge:-

Challenge #168

Theme ' Use A Digi'

The prize this week for the winner who uses a StitchyBear product is all the DT images used in challenge 166.  Runner up who does not use a StitchyBear product will win $3 to spend in the StitchyBear Digitlal Outlet.  Don't forget, if you spend $3 or more then you also get the free weekly digi, what a brilliant offer.

This week it was Ali's turn to pick a digi for us to use and she chose 'Alice' by Sue of Beary Dust.  I must admit, it is great fun to use a digi picked by somebody else, a great way to get out of ones comfort zone or try something new.

With a digi like Alice, it was a toss up as to going down a girly card route or follow an Alice in Wonderland theme, as you can see I chose the latter.  I thought I would try something a little different this time and try a sort of distressed look.  I don't possess any distressing inks (maybe I should put them on my shopping list <g>) but I do love paper tearing and have not done any in ages.  For this card I created the background paper with quotes from Alice in Wonderland which I printed.  The base paper is pineapple fiber paper and, although blue was not dark enough so I sprayed the edges with Promarker Midnight Blue.  I drew a rough shape on the back of the printed paper and soaked it with water so I could tear away then pushed the rough edges outward.  These I then coloured with a gold paint pen.  I then used Mulberry paper to create a second rough edge, again wetting the paper then pulling away what I did not want.  Next I used an photograph which I played with digitally to created the background behind Alice then placed the digi on top so she could then be coloured, avoiding any fussy cutting.  A gold paint pen was used to create a sort of distressed look around the main edge of the paper and the digi image placed behind the frame space.  I added gold bead chain loosely round the left side.  Using another digi, this time one of Stitchy's called Hands of Time I added Happy Birthday then coloured it, finally I used gold and clear embossing powders  to give a sort of enameled appearance.  The watch was attached to the card also using gold bead chain.

Did I find this card challenging, and easy answer to that is yes and I love how the window technique turned out, a nice change from to many straight edges.

Recipe:-

• White Linen card from Craft Creations
•  Digi - 'Alice' by Sue of Beary Dust available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet
• Digi - 'Hands of Time' by Stichy
• Backing paper by me
• Pinapple fiber paper, mulberry paper, gold pen, embossing powders, gold bead chain from my stash

StitchyBear Digital Outlet

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:-

• Squirrel and the Fox - Use Something Metal (June 27)
• Send a Smile 4 Kids - For the Girls (July 5)
• The Cupboard Trilogy - Birthday (June 30)
• Creative Corner - Girly Girl - (June 20)
• Simply Steampunk - Clocks and Timepieces (July 4)
• Cute Card Thursday   Once Upon A Time (June 19)
• Divas by Design - Birthday (June 19)
• Fab n Funky - Birthday (June 19)
• Creative Card Crew - Use Metal (June 23)