Fantasy

Something simple for this months challenge over at Digitally Sweet.

I wanted to use fairies and mushrooms/toadstools - I found the perfect fungi image from "spring has sprung" by Ephemeras Vintage Garden   and decided to use my favourite fae folk from  Fripperies and Butterflies.

With retrospect, that was the simple bit - I spent a very long time digitally cutting out the toadstools from their background, in the end it was millimetre by millimetre! All I then had to do was place the fae folk fluttering round, adding shadows here and there - the overall image reminded me of pictures from an old Lithographic book on Natural History or something of that ilk.

This image is 100% digital.

 

entering in: Digitally Sweet = Fantasy

happy card

Whilst mooching YouTube, I watched a lovely stamped card tutorial by Dawn's Stamping Thoughts and decided to have a go.

Changed the colour of the card to my favourite, only because I had the cardstock on my desk and thought I'd go with that.

 

 

purple card

white card

Smile stamp by 'From the Heart Sentiment Collection'

Fleur de Lys stamp

Stazon Vibrant Violet ink

The Hobby House lilac gems

 

 

purple, white and silver

A Christmas card done following the colour theme of purple and white - totally forgotten about the silver bit, so this isn't going to be entered into Merry Mondays Xmas challenge but its taken on another meaning with the sad news of the passing of Prince, - 'when doves cry' and 'purple rain'.
I have to say, as a fickle teenager I never really 'got' him - yes his music was good but that was all - no matter though, he still was a force of nature and there was nobody like him before and I don't think anyone will be in the future.

Cowgrls, cowboys & horses

Another great challenge over at Lunagirl this month, although it did take me a long while to find an image I wanted to use. I love the colours of this image from Pinterest.

Not much I can say for this card, as I raided my offcuts/bits n bobs/snippets drawer to find colours that went with the image. Oh, vintage buttons! these lovely brown/orange buttons were sat on the top of the pile just waiting to be used.

entering in: lunagirl = april challenge

open card

Lovely spring coloured card, wish it was sun hat weather, its more like fisherman hat weather. Wanted to keep it plainish, found the flower in my stash - added a plain daisy to the middle and some blue ribbon. Keeping it plain makes it look fresh, I used it as a birthday card, just added a Happy Birthday peel off above the ribbon.

 

image from Gecko Galz 'retro style' design sheet

entered into Gecko Galz facebook challenge 'hands' for March, and this was picked as the winner ;)

Dads birthday

As always, I get stuck for my dads birthday card, but on this occasion I knew when I saw the image that I wanted to use it.

Dad, in his old age (don't tell him I said that) has taken an interest in watching ploughing competitons at the rural fairs he & Delia love to visit, so this image was perfect.

backing paper from Old Treasures paper pack

vintage buttons

old postcard

Gecko Galz march image.

copper peel offs

 

entering in: Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge group over on Facebook

Multi challenge celebration

Over on Merry Monday Christmas Challenge, its the 200th challenge, and to celebrate they have 4 choices of theme - do one or all four. I'm not feeling that Christmas yet, so I stayed with the one.

 

 

 

Had intended to to do red, green & white then realised it was also Kraft, which I haven't got, so changed my mind and went with the Snowman theme for the card.

 

The topper is actually an ATC which I made last February for Wicked Wednesday atc challenge blog.

Least now it'll be seen and not just sitting in a box on the shelf. One day I will get some shadow boxes to put my makes in.......

 

The card is a lot brighter than the picture, the gold is quite shiny in the light, so I didn't need to add any gems.

 

 

paper - Kaisercraft 'Christmas collection'

Inkadinkado 'glam gold' ink

 

entering in: merry monday christmas challenge = multi choice - snowman