My crafty outlook: 11 Apr 2015

Saturday, 11 April 2015

Easter narcissus

Probably my last Easter card - a quick one using a recycled image matted on to orange card, Kanban sentiment and everything on to some Kanban grass card.

This is for:

Catch the bug: earth day - recycle
Open-minded 34: recycle something
Recycle, re-purpose & re-invent April: anything goes
Ooh-la-la 177: Easter/spring
Card and scrap 94: use spring colours/Easter colours
Little red wagon 284: spring is in the air
The stamping boutique: spring
Pink gem 142: spring is in the air
Dragonfly dreams 16: let's see spring
Bunny Zoe March: spring colours
Order of the opus gluei 206: happy Easter
Crafty boots: Easter
Incy wincy: clean and simple
Craftin desert divas: anything goes
Creatalicious 73: anything goes
Not just cards 16: anything goes
Inspiration destination 28: anything goes
Sister act 101: anything goes
Craft creations

I love daffodils - they are such a sign of spring and so are the little chicks, so I thought they would look good together on this 5 x 7 yellow card blank. The chicks paper is an offcut snippet from a piece of PDA paper and the daffodil topper is Kanban. Sentiment generated on the Dymo letratag. A couple of pieces of gold foil strips (Paper Cellar) either side of the chicks paper (although it doesn't look gold here).

This is for:

Ooh-la-la 177: Easter/spring
Card and scrap 94: use spring colours/Easter colours
Little red wagon 284: spring is in the air
The stamping boutique: spring
Pink gem 142: spring is in the air
Dragonfly dreams 16: let's see spring
Bunny Zoe March: spring colours
Order of the opus gluei 206: happy Easter
Crafty boots: Easter
Incy wincy: clean and simple
Craftin desert divas: anything goes
Creatalicious 73: anything goes
Not just cards 16: anything goes
Inspiration destination 28: anything goes
Sister act 101: anything goes
Craft creations

Happy Easter

Another Easter card made a couple of weeks ago using some Kanban background card with eggs, stripes of floral card (can't remember where it came from) - these strips had folds, but I covered them with the felt eggs. Sentiment panel is also Kanban (from quite a long time ago).

This is for:

Ooh-la-la 177: Easter/spring
Card and scrap 94: use spring colours/Easter colours
Little red wagon 284: spring is in the air
Simon says Wednesday: April showers and/or spring flowers
The stamping boutique: spring
Pink gem 142: spring is in the air
Dragonfly dreams 16: let's see spring
Bunny Zoe March: spring colours
Order of the opus gluei 206: happy Easter
Crafty boots: Easter
Craftin desert divas: anything goes
Creatalicious 73: anything goes
Not just cards 16: anything goes
Inspiration destination 28: anything goes
Sister act 101: anything goes
Craft creations

Easter rabbits and birds

An Easter card that I made a couple of weeks ago, using a piece of Bo Bunny paper with the birds, a strip from the reverse side and the image mounted on to gold mirror card and a Dymo letratag sentiment.

This is for:

Ooh-la-la 177: Easter/spring
Card and scrap 94: use spring colours/Easter colours
Little red wagon 284: spring is in the air
Simon says Wednesday: April showers and/or spring flowers
The stamping boutique: spring
Pink gem 142: spring is in the air
Dragonfly dreams 16: let's see spring
Great impressions April: Easter/spring
Bunny Zoe March: spring colours
Kraftyhands April: nature's work
Order of the opus gluei 206: happy Easter
Crafty boots: Easter
Paper sweeties 30: hoppy Easter
All kinds of craft 124: Easter bunnies
Papertake: anything goes
Craftin desert divas: anything goes
Creatalicious 73: anything goes
Not just cards 16: anything goes
Inspiration destination 28: anything goes
Sister act 101: anything goes
Craft creations

CHNC challenge 224: add some texture

For my CHNC challenge 224, I'm asking to see some texture on your Christmas designs - it might be some embossing, fabric, flowers, lace ... anything that provides some texture - I'm sure you can come up with other ideas too.

For my card I used an embossing folder run through the eBosser to texture some red mirror card, matted this on to a green card blank and added a picture from a set I bought long ago, a couple of Hobbycraft poinsettias on other flowers and some gold ribbon - a few different textures.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas 4
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
Crafty gals corner 14: any holiday
Crafty sentiments: lots of flowers
Card mania 67: flowers
Papercreators 37: flowers
Crafts4eternity R221: texture
3 girl jam April: anything goes with ribbon
Simply create too 83: no digis or stamped images
Clear it out: anything goes (I've had the picture a long time - and the ribbon)
613 avenue create 118: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 131: anything goes
Craft your passion 256: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 54: anything goes
Penny's 222: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Craftin desert divas: anything goes
Creatalicious 73: anything goes
Not just cards 16: anything goes
Inspiration destination 28: anything goes
Sister act 101: anything goes
Craft creations

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 75

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 75: anything goes with a twist ... add some spring flowers. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

For my card I've used Deedee's Digis Bee-lieve, kindly supplied by the sponsor, preparing the papers and the images digitally, then printing and adding to a white card blank, with the addition of the rosette with the button in the middle.

This is also for:

Ooh-la-la 177: Easter/spring
Inky impressions 204: spring is in the air
Card and scrap 94: use spring colours/Easter colours
Little red wagon 284: spring is in the air
Simon says Wednesday: April showers and/or spring flowers
Eureka 135: spring flowers
The stamping boutique: spring
Pink gem 142: spring is in the air
Dragonfly dreams 16: let's see spring
Great impressions April: spring
Bunny Zoe March: spring colours
Kraftyhands April: nature's work
Papertake: anything goes
Craftin desert divas: anything goes
Creatalicious 73: anything goes
Not just cards 16: anything goes
Inspiration destination 28: anything goes
Sister act 101: anything goes
Craft creations

Completely Christmas 58

This is my design card for Completely Christmas 58: anything goes with a twist ... add a touch of gold. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

For my card I've used Lacy Sunshine 1920s winter Abby, kindly supplied by the sponsor. I coloured with chameleon pens and used a quickie glue pen and Art Institute fine glitter for the fur. The background on the left was achieved with an offcut of embossed mirror card (using budding vine embossing folder), wrapped with a piece of glittered ribbon, with an offcut of paper on the right. Another piece of mirror card from an offcut box was used to back the image. Flowers were from Hooked on Craft (part of a prize I won a long time ago).

I think I went a bit over the top with all the gold ... the challenge only actually asks for 'a touch of gold' - lol!!

The theme for my CHNC challenge 224 this week is 'add some texture', so I'm showing this card there as well and will be encouraging those who enter there to also enter Completely Christmas 58.