OSAAT - Angel 2

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.

We have some changes going on with the way we run the challenge, we are now going fortnightly with a prize for the random winner and badge for the Top 3 chosen by the DT.

Challenge #224

Theme 'Anything Goes with Giving Thanks

The sponsor is StitchyBear Digital Outlet with a 5 image November prize pack. Remember if you use one of the store items you can enter as many times as you want <g>.

At this time of year giving thanks makes one think of Thanks Giving :) :) but really we should be giving thanks all year round for so many wonderful things.  I decided to go down the road of giving thanks for the memories of a person who has passed over, a sympathy card.    I don't know about you, but I find, when somebody who has left an impression on you during their time on earth passes you are left with some wonderful memories to carry you through with your journey here on earth.  That is the basis of this card, 'Thank you for the memories'

To begin with I back the card with some beautiful soft rose flower design paper then overlaid with mauve lace.

With the remaining part of the design paper I covered the inside of the card and then used the border pattern from the DP to create the border in the card.

Next I coloured the image Angel 2 by IKEsART using Promarkers and Spectrum Noir blendable crayons.  For the background I wanted a marble effect to placed an embossing folder underneath before colouring with the SN crayons.

Colouring medium used.

I made a hat pin using colours from the image and as this is a sympathy card I wanted to add a cross charm.  Rubbish, the only ones I have include blue gems on them.  OK, make one lol. Using copper wire I added small beads again matching the colours used in the image and a heart bead at the top.  Strong adhesive was used to hold the beads in place.

The tag with the cross and a couple of bronze wing charms was tied to the hat pin with mauve ribbon.

I needed something else on this card but was pretty stumped, hand made flowers would be to heavy if made out of paper, a spray of flowers again to heavy and upset the balance of the card.  Then I remembered I had bought these glass flowers when I first started card making a few years ago from Lakeland but never used them as I try to make my cards (until now) to fit flat into envelopes.  Now I have some boxes for my cards I can make them a bit more bulky.  There were some pretty light purple ones in the box but the all had red gems in the centre and that wouldn't work.  Not hard to remove the red gem and replace them with purple gems and a pearl.  These were then attached to the bottom right of the card.

And here you have the completed card.

Ingredients :

• Digi - Angel 2 by IKEsART available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet. 
• Promarkers
• Spectrum Noir Blendable Crayons
• Tattered Lave oval die
• Lace, beads, gems, ribbon, dp etc. from my stash

I am entering this creation in the following challenges

• Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (Week 1) Use a Digi
• Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (Week 2) Use a Charm
• Eureka Stamps - W, 3E, F - Give Thanks
• Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2W, 2E, SIO - (Week 2) Add a Sentiment
• Path of Positivity - M, any positive/inspirational project or idea welcome - (November) Gratitude
• Through the Purple Haze - W, E3, C10 - Lace, Ribbon or Twine
• Great Impressions - M, 3E, SIO - Thankful Thoughts
• Scrappy Hands - M – #26 Textures

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

SPS - Peacock Fairy

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps and I decided to work with the image Peacock Fairy by Meredith Dillman.

I have had this image for ages and have been longing to colour her but wanted to wait until I had some real peacock feathers to work with for the card too :)

To begin with I created the card base.  When I was designing this card I created a very swirly cut out design for the front windows.  That was fun to do but thinking about it I wondered if I would be able to cut it successfully first time.  My die cutter is more than capable but I have learnt over the years a new mat and needle are imperative for something like this along with the type of card being worked with, something with a tight composition, bone dry and preferably white is the best I have found for cutting.  Being a bit pushed for time and not wanting to trash a new mat I wondered if it would work to cut the design using cream vinyl and then applying that to a clear plastic sheet - worth a go.

Here is the cutting done

Next I used some cheap lightweight vinyl to transfer the cut shape and apply it to the clear plastic sheet.  Next I cut around the outside of the shape, scored the fold lines and done.  Yep, this, I think was a great success.

Now, for some reason, I don't seem to have taken any more photos.  Think that is because I am tying to get lots of blog post done before I go on holiday and some things are just slipping from my memory lol.  Anyway, I printed the image with a 60% opacity to prepare it for the no-line colouring technique the proceeded to colour using Promarkers.  As there is nowhere to write inside this card I used a Spellbinder die and the same dp as I used to cover the inside of the card.  To finish off the back I used a few of the longs strands found on peacock feathers and a tiny wee bright blue bow.  The front of the card has the same embellishment and a birthday tag.  To finish off the front, Liquid Pearls were placed on the swirl ends of the cut out design.

Back of card

 Front of card

Ingredients

• Image -  Peacock Fairy by Meredith Dillman available in rubber or as a digi
• Promarkers
• Dies - C Art Decorative Oval Frames, Spellbinders Adorning Squares-7 and Spellbinders Classic Scallop Squares
• Vinyl, Liquid Pearls, plastic sheet, peacock feather, bow etc. from my stash

Challenges entered

• Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (Week 1) Use a Digi
• Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2W, 2E, SIO - (Week 2) Add a Sentiment
• Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (Week 2) More than 1 Fold
• Monday Mood Board- M, first Monday of the month - (November) Photo Inspiration*
• Crafting When We Can - 2W, 2E, C5 - Challenge #82 Use Your Markers

SPS - Christmas is Just Around the Corner Blog Hop!

November 14, '14 blog hop info

Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps Christmas is Just Around the Corner Blog Hop! Today our wonderful design team members are featuring a plethora of gorgeous Christmas themed images in both, rubber and digi format, to inspire your Christmas crafting.

Please visit each of our talented team members' blogs and leave a little love - a comment on every hop post will enter you into a drawing for a $20 gift code to the Sweet Pea Stamps store! As an added bit of fun share the hop on Facebook tagging Sweet Pea Stamps for a chance for a $10 gift code to the Sweet Pea Stamps store! Winners will be chosen around the first of next week.

I am on holiday at the moment so designing something to take part in this blog hop was a bit of a challenge. I hope you like what I managed to put together with very limited supplies lol.  For this creation I used the image Scarlet Holly by CHING CHOU KUIK

Sweet Pea Stamps blog http://sweetpearubberstamps.blogspot.com/

Ria http://dragonmagicscrapkaarten.blogspot.nl/

Holley http://holleybarnhartsblog.blogspot.com

Milo http://milolilja.net

Sande http://sandensupinat.blogspot.fi

Suzi http://www.suzannebakermckenzie.blogspot.com

Aletha http://ajsdesigns.blogspot.com/

Olivia http://ormcraftynights.blogspot.com

Nataliya http://lovecraftsforever.blogspot.com

Tera http://stampqueen.blogspot.com

This is me - Jane 

Jane http://craftyanimal.blogspot.com

Jennifer http://insanedaze.blogspot.com/

We hope you enjoy the hop! Have a wonderful Holiday Season!

Sexy Steampunk

Time for another challenge over at

IKEsWORLD

Challenge 26
Colour Challenge

Welcome back to the IKEsWORLD challenges :)  do pop on over to IKEsWORLD to join in the challenge, just remember, you must use and IKEsART image to be eligible for the prize.  Why not pop on over to the store too :), Ike produces the most amazing stamps, everything from off the wall to cute and fluffy :) :) :)

For this weeks challenge I opted for a bag, I do so love making gift bags <g>.  I have used the image Saucy Steampunk available from IKEsART.  To begin with I used a wee bag and some hand made paper which I sprayed with adhesive and covered the bag with.

 Next I printed the digi and coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils.  The metalic part of the clothing was coloured with Metallic Promarkers.  I don't particularly like these Promarkers as they are very thick and hide any of the drawing detail underneath them.  However, this week I read somewhere that you can mix them with water.  Giving this a go and using a paintbrush it did work however the metallic sheen has vanished grrrrrrrr.

 Next I printed my sentiment on orange card.

Time for some die cutting.  I have forgotten yet again to take a pic but I used Tattered Lace Large Flourish with brown card.  I cut three of these and then bisected them for my background. Next I used some copper metal foil and using X-Cut cogs made these :)

 To bring more of the cherry colour into the design I raked out some really old lace my Mum gave me yonks ago which not only being the perfect colour had a lovely scalloped edge. I cut the edges off to frame my sentiment and then used some of what was left to create a mount for the digi.  The rest was cut into two strips and sewn together and later used as part of the ribbon arrangement.

 To the ribbon arrangement I also added a metal charm and a big glass bead to go with the sentiment.  Using a strong adhesive pushed into the hold of the glass bead I was able to attach it easily to a metal bead chain, you can see it through the bead which I think is rather neat.

 Here we have the bow using the lace remnants along with some orange and turquoise organza. The charm and glass bead are there too.

Now for the finished bag, rather like this one and know just who I am going to give it to :)    I do a bit of glass etching and my friend recently had a birthday so this is for her with a couple of glass etched tea lights inside - a nice link again to the sentiment.

Ingredients:-

• Digi - Saucy Steampunk available from IKEsART.
• Uncovered bag from HobbyCraft
• Dies -Tattered Lace Large Flourish and X-Cut Cogs
• Handmade paper, lace, ribbon, bead and charm from my stash

I am entering this project into the following challenges:-

• All Crafts Challenge - 2M, 1st Monday of the month every other month, NO CARDS - (Oct/Nov) Anything but a Card
• Craft-Dee BowZ - M, E3, project must have bow - (November) Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow 
• Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Something beginning with B (brads, bow, bling)
• Through the Purple Haze - W, E3, C10 - Punch or Die
• Come and Get It - W, Unlimited - Ribbon and Lace
• The Corrosive Challenges - 2W, 3E - #212 Girly
• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - W, 3E – No. 201 - Ribbon & Lace
• MilkCoffee Challenge-2W, 3E, SIO (W1 of 2) Hand Color Image

SPS - The Archway Angel

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps for our Variation Week where the whole DT use the same image to work with.  It always amazes me how everybody's work is so individual and the image can be used in so many ways . We are all working with the image The Archway Angel by Karen Middleton.

I am trying something a little different.  Recently I bought the Spellbinder lattice die with wonderful visions in my head of how my cards could look.  Today is the first time I have used it so please be gently :) :) :)

To begin with I used the Marianne Designs Creatables Anjas Vintage Decoration border die on some mid tone purple card stock.

 I then cut a half centimetre border around the main area and removed the card.  I replace this with some of the lattice I had made with the die cut in a light mauve shimmer card.

 Next onto the digi.  I printed the digi with a %30 opacity and then went over the lines with my Promarker.  To finish off I used a purple shimmer paint.

The inside of the card was covered with a mauve embossed striped vellum type paper.  It is hard to know where to write on a card like this, any writing in the usual area will show through the lattice cutout.  To stop this happening I added dragonfly gems and some star tails.  To create an area to write I drew round the purple mount around the digi and cut it out. This was then placed on the inside of the front cover shadowing the position of the digi on the front.

 And her you have the finished creation :)

Ingredients

• Image -  The Archway Angel by Karen Middleton available from the Sweet Pea Store
• Purple Promarker and shimmer paint.
• Dies - Marianne Designs Creatables Anjas Vintage Decoration border and Spellbinder lattice die 
• Gems and tiny stars from my stash

Challenges entered:-

• Dragonfly Dreams - M –  Challenge #11 Let's Be Girly and Use a Die Cut or Punch
• We Do Doobadoo Challenge-  2W, E2 - (W2) Enhancing your dies
• Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.65 - Sympathy
• Wonderful Wednesdays -  SIO -  Always Anything Goes
• Stampavie and More -2W,  JFF - #224 monochrome
• Crafting By Designs - F - anything goes
• Digistamps 4 Joy - 2W, SIO  - #103 Anything goes (2nd week)
• That Craft Place - 2W, 1E - Anything Goes
• Paper Creator's Crafts 2W 3E SOR (W1) #32 - Anything Goes
• A Crafty Mess - M, E3 - No.1 - Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 82 - Anything Goes

SPS - Skeletal Candle Holder

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps and I decided to work with the image Skeletal Candle Holder by Teresa Sherman. This is the creation I submitted as inspiration for One Sweet Challenge, hope you will join in, it is certainly a fun one to do - All Saint Day / Day of the Dead.  I thought it would be rather appropriate to make a candle box gift card for this, only the second one I have ever made and I am pretty pleased with the outcome.

After making the box I then started on the decoration.  The digi image was printed out on metallic paper and I just put a little colour here and there, mainly on the flame.  The background was airbrushed with gold around the flame area.  The black streak you see in the photo is a bit of a boo-boo, it is the reflection from the side of the candle area and is not on the image in real life.

Next I cut out the letters for the word remember, using a Tattered Lace alphabet die, these I then coloured with a silver metallic pen.  I cut the front of the card a little smaller and added a black lace border.  The final part of the decoration was the die cutting of the digi and adding a black glitter border then some leaf swirls using Cheryl Lyn's Tropical-Flourish which I then cut into sections.

 For the inside I used a Sizzix die and matt silver paper with black glitter paper for the border, nice and simple but I feel it works great for the overall effect.

 So here we have the inside of the finished project.

and the front view.

Ingredients

• Image -  Skeletal Candle Holder by Teresa Sherman
• Promarkers
• Dies - Sizzix 657938, Cheryl Lyn's Tropical-Flourish and Tattered Lace alphabet die
• Metallic paper, black glitter paper and lace from my stash

Challenges entered

• Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (Week 1) Dies + DT Call
• Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (Week 2) Die Cutting and/or Punching
• The Crazy Challenge - 2W, 4E - (Week 2) Spooky Nights
• Card and Scrap - 1M, P1 ♥ Layering ♥
• Open-Minded Challenges - 2W, 3E  (W2) #22 - Halloween or Dressing Up

OSAAT - Oh Boy

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.

We have some changes going on with the way we run the challenge, we are now going fortnightly with a prize for the random winner and badge for the Top 3 chosen by the DT.

Challenge #223

Theme 'Anything Goes with Distressing

The sponsor is StitchyBear Digital Outlet with a 5 image November prize pack. Remember if you use one of the store items you can enter as many times as you want <g>.

For this creation I worked with the image 'Oh Boy' by My Heart Pieces available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.  I desperately need some mens cards so this image was just perfect and with the distressing I would thought it would work really well for the male of our species.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then added a layer of Crackle Accents.  Not used this before and had it hiding in my craft room for quite a while.  I wish it dried instantly though as I get so impatient waiting lol.  Anyway, while it was drying it did give me a chance to get the rest of the card ready so no complaints really.  I am hoping when dry the crackle accents give a distressed look to the image.

 Promarkers used

 I printed my own backing paper using txt language for the birthday rhyme ' Happy Birthday to You'. This I ended up printing three times as I also used it for the inside of the card.

 Now the fun of distressing.  Using the Tim Holtz distressed I attacked the edges then airbrushed with a Black Promarker.

 Next bit, On gray card I used a music embossing folder  by Embossalicious.  Next I rubbed some black ink over the top and then sanded. This is for one of the corners and in a triangular shape so I tore along one edge to roughen it up.

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The other day I was looking for an idea on interactive cards.  Got to keep the men entertained lol.  I came across this brilliant idea for a business card where the body parts are attached to the card and folded behind.  Yep I love this, I will have an interactive dancing man on this card.  You will have seen I made a phone shape around the digi which I coloured in black, this will be the dancing mans body (that is the bit that is still drying).  Here I have printed, cut and coloured black the sections that are needed for the head, arms and legs which will all be attached with eyelets.

 Completed front interactive dancing man :)

 This is what the back looks like

And here he is dancing away at his birthday party!!!!  I used velcro to attach this guy to the front of the card so he can easily be taken off and played with and then folded up and put back when he is tired.

Inside of card 

 Front of card

Ingredients :_

• Digi - 'Oh Boy' by My Heart Pieces available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet. 
• Promarkers
• Embossalicious music embossing folder
• Tim Holts Distressing tool and Crackle Accents
• Memento Ink
• Eyelets, velcro etc. from my stash

I am entering this card in the following challenges:-

• Tok Bobok - M, P1 E2 # 16 - Masculine
• Allsorts - W, 3E - Masculine
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E – #253 - Anything Goes
• Cardz 4 Guyz W, 3E - #42 Use Some Metal
• Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (Week 1) Die Cutting and/or Punching
• Fitztown Challenge - 2W, F, SIO, new 2-week challenge every week - (Week 1) Distress + Digital Elements
• Love to Create - W, 3E - More than One Fold
• Lunagirl Moonbeams - 2W, E3 - (Week 1) Music & Dance

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