Fairies are Invisible

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 #204

Theme 'Use A Digi' 

The sponsor is StitchyBear Digital Outlet with a 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).

It was Deborah's turn to choose for our group this week from Panda Bear Designs and she chose the Renew Paper Pack 1 for us to work with.  The pack contains 9 different digital papers all of exceptional quality for printing.  I have combined the papers from this pack with a Stitchy Stamps digital image called 'Reach' from the Fairy Fun silhouette pack.

I started by backing my card blank with one of the papers.  Next I placed the fairy digi digitally onto the paper in and overlaid my quote by Lynn Holland - 'Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels.  But their magic sparkles in nature.' which iI thought was just perfect to go with the papers and the digi I was using.  I then printed this paper and mounted onto card.  So far my creation was looking a bit plain so good old trusted lace to the rescue which I placed behind the green layer. This was then mounted onto my card with foam tape.  For the embellishments I used the following dies: Marianne Design Craftables - Branch2, Marianne Designs Creatables LR0106 for the flowers and Spellbinder  Les Papillions 2.  I used embossing powder, Enchanted Gold on the centre of each petal on the flowers and assembled them with a small flower shaped gold brad.  A few Liquid Pearls on the butterfly and there we have it, my finished creation.

Ingredients:-

• White card from Craft Creations
• Paper Pack - Renew Paper Pack 1
• Digi - Fairy Fun by Stitchy Stamps available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet
• Dies - Marianne Design Craftables - Branch2, Marianne Designs Creatables LR0106 for the flowers and Spellbinder  Les Papillions 2
• Lace, Liquid Pearls, embossing powder and brads from my stash

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

• Challenges and candies - 2W , 3E - No.29 - (W2 of 2) - Flowers
• Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - March - Something Green
• Cut it Up- 2W, 1E, Must have Die Cuts - No. 40 - (W2 of 2) - Green for St,Patrick's Day or Spring
• Savvy Handmade Cards - 2W, 1E (must use stamping - rubber or digi) - (W1 of 2) -  Spring Flowers
• Scrapping4funChallenges - 2W, 1E - No.12 - (W2 of 2) - Flowers
• Crafty Little Fairies W, 2E, C8 Things with Wings
• Creative Knockouts W, 2E, C8 #28 Border Time
• Oldie But A Goodie Challenge 2W, must use something at least 6mts old  & state what is- Spring Has Sprung (Week 2) - Lace about 10 years old <g>, dies almost a year old.

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

Teachers - an inspiration!!

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 #174

Theme ' Anything Goes'

The sponsor this week is StitchyBear Digi Outlet with the set of digi images the DT used in Challenge #172   

This week I had to choose for Ali and me from Panda Bear Designs, the final choice was the Education Stations 8.5 by 11 paper pack available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.

Having been a teacher in the past to kids aged 9 to 13 in the UK I always felt the subject matter taught was on no use unless the teacher was passionate about what they did and this passion came across during the lesson.  I wonder how many of us can name all the teachers who have played such an important part of our lives, of making us who we are today.  I can recall a few teachers, many came and went and left no impression and of those I remember there are only a couple who I can honestly say gave me their gift of passion for something.  The others I had better not talk about as the memories are very negative!!!!!  Whenever I return home and head out about town I seem to bump into an old pupil of mine even though I left the profession about 8 years ago now.  The kids come up to me and say "Are you Mrs. Bradshaw, you used to teach me" etc.  I guess if they come to speak to me and generally have a laugh and a hug it means I was the sort of teacher who tended the heart and helped shape the positive aspects of the child's character, as we all know, without confidence and self worth no amount of academic ability is of any use.  And so from those beliefs I came up with the sentiment for this card - To teach is to inspire, and you inspire me ......

Ingredients:-

• Card blank from Hobby Craft
•  Education Stations 8.5 by 11 paper pack by Panda Bear Desings
• Digi which I drew
• Spectrum Nior colours - CR11, BT9, BGR3, GB5, TN2, EB2 and Blender
• We R Memory Keepers Faux stitching wheel

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

• Dutch Dare - In Stitches (Aug 1)
• Glitter n Sparkle - Clean and Simple CAS (Aug 4)