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 Everyone,
Well, isn't the time just whizzing by. I can't believe we are back on Wednesday again! As you know Wednesday means a great new challenge at Fab'n'Funky Challenges and this week is no different. But first we have to say a big thank you to each and every one of you who entered our last challenge - we saw so many wonderful sentiments. The winners and Top 3 have been announced over at Fab'n'Funky Challenges so head on over for a look.
Have you seen our exciting DT Call? If not, all the details can be found at Fab'n'Funky Challenges. You don't need to have previous DT experience - just a love of craft!
Now, we had better announce the next challenge and it's a corker! Pat is our host and you should definitely pop by her blog for some inspiration. She also has a lovely brood of gorgeous grand-daughters!
Pink, Green and Brown
Our sponsor this week is MayzyArt.
She is becoming a firm fave of mine and the DT were so lucky to be able to work with her images this week. I chose Frog Princess and here is my card...
I started by colouring my image with ProMarkers in Peony, Fuchsia Pink, Cerise, Marsh Green, Pear Green, Lime Green, Walnut, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Blush, Satin, Gold and Blender. When I finished, I scanned it using my Brother printer and then took it into Serif's Craft Artist 2 Professional. I had only intended to make some matching papers but this card just came together almost by itself! I used the current sketch on Sketch Saturday blog which looks like this...
Great sketch and I love all the ideas they have over at Sketch Saturday. My papers are from different kits so I haven't got a note of them. The ribbon came from the Afternoon Tea kit. I tried the 3D decoupage tool for the first time on this card. It was really easy and I love the result. Here is a shot of the inside of my card...
This was a super quick card to put together but I like that I've been able to use my coloured image in a different way. I really hope you can join us for our Pink, Green and Brown challenge this week.
Happy crafting,
Rachel x
Challenges entered:
Sketch Saturday - #250
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Girly
Fashionista's Challenge #13 - Make it Pink
Confession time - my name is Rachel and I'm addicted to glitter! The images on the Debbi Moore Art Deco Magical Christmas just call out for glitter and to make Debbi proud I added two different types to this card! I put down ultra sticky tape (the red one) and then rubbed in ultra fine gold glitter. I think I would probably use a narrower tape next time though. The image was printed from the CD-ROM onto Super Smooth Decopage paper and then glittered using Diamond Sparkles and a quickie glue pen. I mounted it onto a piece of gold paper to tie in the glittery frame. Very simple card but with glittery impact!
