Hi Everyone,
Happy Easter to you all. I hope you've been able to enjoy some chocolate and sunshine. We have had such great weather lately. I'm going to cook come summer!
I was having a little experiment with the new Linda Ravenscroft Fairy Gemstones CD-ROM from Card Creations Plus and thought that if took an image into Serif I could use it make matching papers and embellies. And it worked!
I used the latest sketch from Sketch Saturday which is another great one...
I changed it up and made a 5" square card instead. My printer seems to be a bit slow on picking up the images in Serif so my shadowing hasn't shown up so well. It has also lightened the main backgournd colour so much that it is almost white instead of pink!
I also added an insert with the same bubble pattern.
To finish off I added Tim Holtz Glossy Accents to three of the bubbles on the front.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sketch Saturday #252
Everybody-Art-Challenge #229 - Fairy
Charisma Cardz Challenges #12 - Happy Birthday
Happy crafting,
Rachel x
Hi Crafting Lovelies,
Well, that's been a quick week! We are back at Fab'n'Funky Challenges with a brand new theme for you today. However, we just want to thank everyone for entering our last challenge - Flower Power. What an overwhelming response. Flower power was certainly flowing in craft land last week!
Now onto our current challenge - the wondeful Sue (you might know her better as Sue - Bearhouse!) is our host and we are sponsored by the one, the only Saturated Canary. *insert squeal here* My absolutely favourite digi company - if we are allowed to have favourites! Okay, I won't keep you in suspense any longer, our theme is...
Pastel Colours
Simples! Just use a pastel colour palette for your project and link up to be in with a chance to win a fab prize from Saturated Canary.
The team were so lucky to be able to choose a digi from Krista's amazing collection and I chose Vintage Violet. She is just too cute! And here is my card...
My cardstock is all Hunkdory Adoreable Scorable and I embossed the blue with Spellbinders M-Bossabilites Dainty Dots. I added three stripes of the green and then layered the pink at an angle with foam pads. My image was cut with Spellbinders Grand Rectangles.
I used Flexmarkers and ProMarkers to colour Violet up and used these colours - Ivory, Vanilla, Satin, Blush, Dusky Pink, Pale Blossom, Pink Lavendar, Lemon, Soft Lime, Soft Aqua, Glacier Blue. I've actually lost my list but i think this is the full set of colours used. This is the first time I've tried using Ivory and Vanilla for blonde hair but I really liked the result.
Unfortunately, my camera skills haven't shown up the shading too well. It is very subtle. I added Glossy Accents to make her glasses shine. My sentiment was stamped from that great set that I can't remember where I bought! I used Spellbinder Framed Tags One to cut it out. My gems are from Create and Craft.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Digital Tuesday Challenge #199 - Birthdays
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog #38 - Pretty Pastels
Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog - Mother's Day or for a Special Lady
I hope you can join us in our Pastel colouring challenge.
Happy crafting,
Rachel x
