Floral Monogram Frame II

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.  The prize this month is an awesome digi pack containing several images and a paper pack too - how cool is that.

Challenge #233 

Theme - Anything Goes with NATURE

For this fortnights creation I am working with the image Floral Monogram Frame II by Floppy Latte available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.  It has been a wee while since I made a bag so time to create another one :) :) :)  I have tried to have nature running through this project in every dimension I could think of, greens and browns of the land, flowers for the beauty of nature, bark texture of the paper to cover the bag, a nature poem by Shelly, a butterfly representing living things in nature, blue bling representing shimmering water and the finally the lace and delicate die cuts to represent the intricate patterns of nature.

To begin with I printed the digi in the now lines technique. I then coloured the image with Faber-Castell - Polychromos colour pencils

Next I covered a small bag with some delightful paper a friend brought back for me from her holidays, it has such wonderful bark texture and awesome colour changes of the green/browns depending on the light.

Back to attacking the digi.  I started fussy cutting it, planning just to go around the edges and then colour in the white area with with a brown crayon but I changed my mind and fussy cut the lot.  I then mounted the digi on same paper as the bag. Behind the brown layer I then added a blue layer and added a die cut border using the die Tim Holtz - Decorative Strip Die - Filigree Border.  Finally, I printed my nature poem by Shelly, chalked the background and mounted this on more of the brown paper I used for the bag.

Time to put this to one side and work on the top of the bag.  I rather fancy a really over the top bag so am adding a bling-bling border in blue with some green lace underneath it.  As usual, to get the right colour I used white lace and coloured it with my Promarkers.

 With the border in place and the digi with the die cut border also attached it was onto the final bit - a scrumptious bow and butterfly.  For the bow I used turquoise and green organza, added a dangly bit with blue beads and a butterfly charm at the bottom.  My friend Debbie recently sent me some stunning butterflies in the post and this seems the perfect creation to use one of them - thank you Debbie :) :) :)

 And here we have the finished creation :)

Ingredients:-

• Image  - Floral Monogram Frame II by Floppy Latte
• Colouring medium - Faber-Castell - Polychromos colour pencils and Promarkers
• Dies - Tim Holtz - Decorative Strip Die - Filigree Border
• From my stash - lace, bling edging, gems, organza ribbon, butterfly charm, butterfly and beads

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

• As You Like it Challenge - 2W, E3- (W2 of 2) Favourite Stamp or Digi & Why (DIGI WITHOUT QUESTION, THE ABILITY TO RESIZE THE IMAGE TO FIT THE PROPORTIONS OF THE CREATION YOU ARE DOING ARE PARAMOUNT)
• Crafty Ribbons - 2W, SIO (W1 of 2)  Anything Goes with Ribbon
• Dream it Up - M, SIO - Marching Into Spring
• Scrap & Craft Challenge -2W (1st & 3rd) 3E, (W1 of 2) - Flowers
• Crafter's Cafe - W,F, 3E - #108 What Season Are You In? (SAUDI ARABIA - SPRING)
• Inspiration Destination - W, F- #25 Always Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - W - #281 All Tied Up
• Paper Shelter Challenge - W,3E, SIO - #195 Spring Delights
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - W,3E -  #219 Use Your Favorite Embellishment (I LOVE RIBBON AND BOWS)
• Whimsy Inspiration -Monthly 3rd Wed posting, 3E, SIO  - #81 Use A Die Cut
• Wonderful Wednesdays -  W, SIO -  Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Bright Colors
• Die Cuttin' Divas W, must include a Die-cut - #207  Welcome Spring
• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #11  Anything But a Square Card
• Just Inspirational Challenges W, 3E – Flourish & Bling
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
• Craft-Dee BowZ - M, E3, project must have bow - (March) Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow 
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything GoesThanks for looking and hope you have a happy crafting day:)
• Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - (Week 1) Spring
• Love to Scrap - 2W, 3E, F, digi or real stamping - (Week 1) Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards - 2W - (Week 1) Always Anything Goes
• Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (March) Is it Spring yet?
• Whoopsi Daisy - M, SIO - (March) Add a Sentiment
• Artbymiran Challenge - 2W , SIO, 3E, no digital projects - No.28 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E – #271 - No Design Paper
• Cut it Up- 2W, 1E, Must have Die Cuts - No. 67 - (W1 of 2) - Spring - Anything But a Card
• Digitally Sweet - W, Digital images/projects - (Does not have to be 100% digital.) - No. 132 - Anything But a Card or Layouts
• Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - No. 113 - (W2 of 2) - Flower Power
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.135 - (W1 of 2) - Girly
• Really Reasonable Ribbon - 2W, 4E, SIR Ribbon (1st & 3rd Friday) - No.114 - (W1 of 2) Bright Spring Colors with Ribbon or Trim
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 131 - Think Spring
• That's Crafty! Challenge Blog - 2W, E3, Must be a UK resident - (W2 of 2) Wings 'n Things
• Sweet Stampin W, 2E, must Stamp sentiment as the focus

Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a great day :) xx

Ellie Love

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 #184

Theme 'Use A Digi'

The Prize is the full set of digi images that the DT used in challenge #182, so that's about $20 worth of digi images.. To win our main prize you MUST use an image that's available in StitchyBear Digi Outlet by any of our creators.  You can still enter with a none StitchyBear Digi Outlet image but will be entered into a separate draw to win $3 to spend in our store.

It was Tammylee's turn to pick for our group this week and she chose the cute digi 'Elmer The Love Struck Elephant' by Floppy Latte Designs.  With a digi like this I can't see what type of card to make other than a Valentine one lol

Where do I start - yes I am out of my comfort zone again, well a grey elephant and a red and white colour scheme would work, lots of hearts and lots of white space.  Now I am far from a poet but the white space just didn't work, I didn't want more patterns or dies which only left me to try out my creative writing skills (maybe not such a good idea but at least original!!!).  The elephant digi is attached to the card with a wobble - oh what fun.

 Showing the elephant wobbling <g>

 Inside of card

Ingredients:-

• Red Hammer card from Craft Creations
• Digi - 'Elmer The Love Struck Elephant' by Floppy Latte Designs
• Dies - Cherry Lyn Heart to Heart Doily
• Embossilicious embossing folder 6x6
• Heart Mulberry paper, ribbon, gem and wobble from my stash

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

• The Male Room - Challenge #5 - Animal, Avian or Aquarian (Oct 9)
• C is For Challenge - Boys and Men (Oct 14)
• Crafty Boots - Sweet Treats (Oct 14)
• Melonheadz - Animals (Oct 15)
• Path of Positivity - Honesty (Oct 15)
• There She Goes - Decorate the inside of your card (?)