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 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 an join us with you artwork :)

Challenge #84
Humorous

This fortnights challenge 'Humorous' has been chosen by Hazel.

Humorous cards are always a bit of fun to make but I have to admit I find creating humour rather hard.  My rather sarcastic humour seems to be off the cuff more than thought about and if I have to think of something funny my mind goes blank :) :) Anyway, Bugaboo digital stamps always come to my rescue for challenges like this, Jodie has the most amazing sense of humour, she puts the words I would like to think of into reality lol.

For this card I used the image Gus Another Year and coloured with copics.  The backing paper is a sheet of 12x12 scrapbooking paper I got about 15 years ago in a bundle when I first started card crafting.  To finish off some very simple pink flower gems.

I am entering this card in the following challenges : -

Wind Fairy

Time for another challenge over at

IKEsWORLD

Challenge 84
Anything Goes with an optional TWIST .... Over the rainbow

{create something that speaks from your heart and soul and screams you with the images you use

Welcome back to the IKEsWORLD challenges :)  do pop on over to IKEsWORLD to join in the challenge, it is always so much fun and  Ike produces the most amazing stamps, everything from off the wall to cute and fluffy :) :) :)

Ike draws the most beautiful women and here is another gorgeous one called 'Wind Fairy'.  She is so beautiful I wanted her to fill most of my card space lol and then add a simple cloud background.  The Wind Fairy was coloured with Promarkers and Polychroms and the background was created with Pan Pastels.  The rainbow was printed on acetate so the image would shine through.

My Mum is getting pretty old and struggling with Alzheimer's now so each week I make a card which I can send to her.  She can't cope with long letters anymore as as she and I are separated by many miles a card landing on her doorstep each week brightens her moment a wee bit.  So this card is a bit sentimental too, one day she will no be here on earth as the Wind Fairy is how I see my Mum in her next life.  As I don't know exactly where in the universe the next life it I chose to represent it with the sky background and yes, the rainbow, this represents that one day we will meet again, that goodbye on this earth is not the end, just the closing of a door in this dimension.  While Mum and I are together on earth she has, may a time, coloured my day with her unending love, her passion for nature, her belief in living by her good values and her respect for all around her.  She is and always will be a shining example of how one should live their lives and I love her so dearly, truly honoured to have her as my Mum.  I hope this card will make her smile when she receives it by snail mail :)

Ingredients:-

• image - Wind Fairy by IKEsART
• colouring medium - Promarkers, Polychromos and Pan Pastels
• from my stash - gold glitter, acetate

I am entering this project into the following challenges:-

• Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - #184 For a Special Woman (Week 1)
• Make My Monday - 2W, Top 3, 3E - #41 Colors of the Rainbow (Week 2)
• Addicted to Stamps 2W, winner + Top Picks  Must include digi or rubber/clear Stamping (no precolored digi's) #143 Pastel Colors (W2 of 2)
• Morgan's Art World Open Challenge - 2W, E3, any image - No 5 - (W1 of 2) - Include A Sentiment
• Craft Rocket Challenges 2W,3E #34 No Patterned Paper (W2 of 2)
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #113 Anything Goes/Option of Blue (Week 1 of 2)