Christmas Teddy

Hi there.  It's a new month so time for new challenge at Die Cut Divas.    Our challenge theme this month is WINTER OR CHRISTMAS 2019.  We have two sponsors

 

I used Xmas Teddy with Gift for my card today

 I printed the image onto white card and also onto the same paper as my background.  I then paper pieced the dress.  I used a mixture of Copics and Altenew Alcohol markers to colour the image.  I die cut the image with a Nellie's Die.  and added it with dimensional tape to the patterned paper.   The sentiment is some washi tape added to some white card.  

Do come and join us at Die Cut Divas and show us your Christmas cards or Winter cards. 

Don't you just LOVE a freebie!

I'm addicted to crafting and cardmaking magazines and it's even better when they have a freebie with them.  I got the Australian Simply Cards last week and it had a fantastic detailed die cut sentiment.

 

In the magazine they used lots of blues and whites with the die so I gave it a go.

One of my colleagues saw it on Facebook and asked me to do a sample in red for her.  I did two different samples...

She liked the second one and has ordered 20!  So got a bit of a production line going on... folded the red card bases, cut the white panel and then embossed it. Added double sided tape.   Die cut the red pieces (Nellie Snellen die) then die cut the white sentiment pieces.  Now just to put them all together.   I've got a few commissions to do as well... two box cards and an exploding box for a 40th wedding anniversary.   will be kept busy for a while, so if I don't get time to leave you a comment, please forgive me. I will be visiting.

Holiday Time at Die Cut Divas

I hope you are making good progress with your Holiday cards.  I am sharing today a card I made for this month's challenge at Die Cut Divas and Chalk'n'Stock, using a lovely digi from Bugaboo.

Using a some non-traditional colours - aqua and pink. Using chalk ink to colour the colour stock to make the frame.  Also chalk ink to colour the edge of the inner oval.  Image coloured with my Derwent Inktense pencils. 

Do come join us at both challenges.... Die Cut Divas - Holiday Time and Anything Goes at Chalk'n'stock as long as you use Chalk on your card somewhere - chalks, chalk ink either will do!

Vintage Magic.

Two vintage style cards to share today.  Firstly for Simon Says Stamp challenge - which is MULTIFOLD CARDS/CREATIONS.  - anything with more than one fold.  I tried my hand at making a double step card.  I had a template in my little notebook but if you are interested it can be found here 


I used some PP that was part of some free papers in a magazine.  I cut it to fit the steps and sides and edged with Fired Brick distress ink.  My focal panel was cream to match the PP and also edged in the red.  I stamped the Rose from a Hero Arts set and coloured with distress inks.  Sentiment from Kaisercraft.  

My second card is for two challenges...
Die Cut Diva's ~ The Old Fashioned Way
Card Patterns #132

I turned the sketch on it's side and used a normal sized card rather than a square.  I was keen to try out my new Nellie Snellen dies.   Once again, I used this lovely PP ( pleased I scanned it so I can print out some more of it) I used the Rectangle die and the Eastern Circles die.  My vintage lady is by Inkadinkado~ coloured with chalks and the sentiment which I embossed, is from Stamp-It. 


Our weather today has packed in and is very cool, wet and windy.  So have taken the day off my walks.  Tomorrow I'll have to go out, regardless of the weather... got to keep up the exercise. 


Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your weekend.
Cheers

Dawn

Some Pretty Girls

More cards from Saturday. These two use some pretty girls... the first one uses a digital image that I found here at Paper Shelter.

I sized the image quite small and printed it out.  I borrowed an oval die by Nellie ( here) from Betty and cut it out.  I used a combination of Copics and Tombow markers to colour the image in.  The background is the second one I did ( the first was the one that got smudged).  I used my new Colourbox white ink.  Works really well but takes an age to dry.  I used two Hero Arts stamps to make the background... Flourish background and Old French Writing.   I used a spellbinders die to make the tag.  Sentiment from Stampendous

My second girl card uses  a Magnolia Tilda stamp.

I started with some PP and then used another Nellie die (here) I used two of the die's together to make the frame.  I stamped Tilda and coloured with Copics and paper pieced the dress.  I am not good at colouring dresses with suitable shading...so paper piecing is good.  I added some lace and the felt flower.  Not at all sure I like this card... I think the background is too busy.

I've got my pre-op assessment tomorrow... blood tests, paper work etc.  Plus the time to ask any questions I have... just a few.... Getting a bit nervous. 

That's me for tonight...

Dawn