Sisters of Craft "Anything Goes" April Challenge

Hi all, it's the start of a new month and this time we are being sponsored by Moonflower... the prize is $10 worth of digital stamps.

I chose to use the "Gypsy Flower" image...

Instead of colouring everything, I decided to use some adhesive fabric to create a "proper" dress for her, and cut small patterns so I could get the sizes correct to fit the image.  I then added some vintage lace trim, with some resin and paper roses in her hair.  I used promarkers to colour the remaining areas, and the backing paper is from a First Edition Pad. The word stamps are from Craftwork Cards. I was quite pleased with the outcome (even though I say so myself !) and hope you like her as well.

Come and join in the fun !  www.sistersofcraft.blogspot.com.

Sisters of Craft "Anything Goes" March challenge

This month our sponsor is Faery Ink Digital Stamps.  The prize is to be confirmed nearer the time.

Here's what I came up with, using two of the digi designs.

I used "Gabbie - Orchard Faery"....the base card is Hunkydory. I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and added a little glamour dust to the flowers. I mounted the image on top of a Hobby House die cut scalloped circle, added some sticky ribbon and a Craftwork Cards circular sentiment coloured with a distress ink.  I then cut some apples, a butterfly and a ladybird from some designs and added them,  The flowers in the forefront are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

And "Mama, Owl Love You 4 Ever"....the base card is Hunkydory.  I coloured the image with promarkers and Phill Martin's Frosted Mink twinkles glitter, plus a little red stickles glitter on the large heart and smaller hearts.  I used a stencil for the background with Worn Lipstick and Weathered Wood distress inks stippled through, and added a few star gems and a Craftwork Cards sentiment banner coloured with the Worn Lipstick ink.  I mounted the image onto kraft card and rounded the edges with a corner punch.  I then added a strip of owl ribbon.

Come and join in the fun and see the DT samples at http://www.sistersofcraft.blogspot.com

Valentine special

My husband's nickname is "Scarecrow"...we live out in the sticks and that's what his mates have called him...so for his Valentine card I used a Craftwork Cards design, which was very apt !

He was quite impressed !  See what you think of it....I'm also adding a picture of the flowers he sent me.  The lillies were gorgeous when they flowered, and the largest I've seen I think.

Sisters of Craft "Anything Goes" February Challenge

Another month, another new challenge !  This time our sponsor is LUNA GIRL on Etsy.

I chose the Birds design sheet and came up with this card.
I used a Kraft card A4 sheet, scored and folded at not quite A4 with an edge showing down the right hand side as you look at it.
I used First Edition New Leaf papers, some hessian, a Craftwork Cards sentiment, coloured with Ivory promarker to blend in, a doily and some Tattered Lace leaf dies, cut out in green and copper papers. I was going to put the hessian straight across the card, but when I laid it down it took on a curved shape which I quite liked, so I left it that way !
Rather than mat the images onto card I edged them with a Cocoa promarker and added some small gems, plus some Stardust stickles, which I also added to some of the leaves on the background paper.

Normally I use an insert inside my cards, but recently have been trying different things.  This time, as I had added some of the paper to the edge of the card I thought another doily and image would look good.  I edged the image with a Plum promarker this time, to match the colouring on the birds, added some Stardust stickles again, and edged along the edge of the paper with Cosmic Shimmer twinkles, in Phill Martin's Frosted Mink colour.

Thanks for looking, hope you like what I've done.

The prize for the overall 1st prize winner is a $15 discount from the store. But remember we always do pick a second and third winner as well and these winners can claim the "Top 3 Winners Status Badge" on the Winners Tab of the blog.    Most important though....don't forget you are only allowed a maximum number of three entries....we choose the winners ourselves, so it's not a case of a random choice, therefore any entry over three will not be included !

Come and join in the fun, we enjoy seeing your creations.  Visit the blog at 

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Sisters of Craft "Anything Goes" January 2016 Challenge

 

 

Happy New Year one and all !  Above is my effort using Digital Scrapworld's "Safari" kit.  They are the sponsors this month for our monthly challenge.  I am not a digital crafter, but have to say that all the elements in this kit (and there are a lot of them to choose from !), made it a very enjoyable experience, lots of fun chopping and changing things around, and very therapeutic too !  It's been a bit hectic here since mid December when my husband suffered his second heart attack, this one more serious than the last which was five and a half years ago.  He's doing ok, but has to go back into hospital in February for another procedure.  He can't drive for another week so I've been on the go a fair bit and so it was good for me to sit and focus on this project.  I had a bit of a struggle getting to grips with saving my finished work, but that was all down to user error, ie ME !!  My husband helped me out as he's a bit of a whizz on computer related stuff ! (thankfully !).  Anyway, I hope you like my little Safari page, please look at our blog to see the other DT members' creations and do join in with the challenge, there are always good prizes to be won !

http://www.sistersofcraft.blogspot.com/

 



Sisters of Craft "Anything Goes" December Challenge

1st December already !  Hard to believe, and it's so mild out too, not like the Decembers from years gone by....yet !

This time our Challenge is sponsored by Nikki Burnette

 

The prize is 3 stamps from her store.

 

 

I chose to use her image entitled "Riley".  I used a gaming theme and found some playing cards in a Hunkydory kit....I knew I had them but when I found them they were too big, so I cut the small ones from the inspiration sheet that came with the kit, they were just the right size !

 

 

I covered her jacket, hat-band and cat's hat with glitter left over from a previous card, a mixture of green, gold and purple, then I used my distress ink markers to colour her hat, hair, belt etc., and her cat. Her skin is coloured with an Ivory Promarker.  I used double sided tape covered with glitter as a sort of "sunburst" background, with a Tattered Lace pocket watch diecut and Tattered Lace corner flourish diecuts from gold mirri card.  I added a couple of hat feathers and a Hunkydory sentiment to finish off.  Hope you like her !

 

Don't forget to join in with the challenge...check out the blog at http://www.sistersofcraft.blogspot.com/

 

Hobby House, Gorjuss and lots of sparkle

Here are three cards made by myself in the past few months.  I used Hobby House products for the first one..I just dusted around the edge of the topper with Spun Sugar distress ink, added some ribbon and punched out three little flowers...

 

 

For the second one I used some of the Santoro Gorjuss products which I bought ages ago and have never even opened !...the scalloped edges of paper are from another sheet of backing paper used on a previous card..waste not, want not !...

 





 

 

The third one is a fun card, made for a sparkly competition...I used double side tape, covered it with glitter, then added three sparkly flowers and added some gems...