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At Digi Sketch Challenge we have another new challenge and the theme this fortnight is Vintage.We have the super LEJ Designs as our sponsor.

It’s the lovely Nonni’s turn to host and here’s her fabby sketch :

You can follow the sketch,theme or even both.Hope you stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

Sadly this is Nonni’s last challenge with us 😦 Going to miss you and your beautiful creations.

For my card I’ve used the beautiful Fair Maiden  by LEJ Designs and coloured her with Copic Ciao Markers.I wanted to go for a more sepia type colouring but kept her skin in more pinky tones (I’ve tried before with sepia toned skin and hated it so much it ended up in the bin!).I added some pink to her cheeks,lips and the rose she is holding.I teamed her with some pretty Papermania Vintage Notes papers.All edges have been distressed with both inks and a tool.The lace I picked up in The Works for a very reasonable price and it was nice to see some more crafty bargains making their way back onto their shelves 🙂 I had a play with some Fran-tage Embossing Enamel for the first time.It was fun but sooo messy,or maybe that was just me XD .I made some rolled roses and a bigger one using a flower die which I cut,stuck and layered up.The metal frame,also a new addition in The Works and originally silver,got the Fran-tage treatment too.The sentiment behind it was from a freebie stamp set that came with September’s issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.The frame is held in place with a couple of pearl brads.

With regret I have to tell you that this will also be my last challenge for Digi Sketch Challenge 😦

I’ve had a blast meeting some lovely,talented people and watching the challenge grow.May it continue successfully in the future.Thanks Kelly for being such a great leader.

Supplies :

Image : Fair Maiden by LEJ Designs

Sentiment : Freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Coffee Archival Ink,Stampendous Fran-tage Embossing Enamel Shabby White,Distress Inks Old Paper and Pumice Stone

Papers & Card : DP Papermania Vintage Notes 6 x 6 Linen Paper Pack,Kraft from stash

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Crafts Too Cutting and Embossing Stencils Frame 11,Big Shot,Woodware 1″ Circle Punch,Tim Holtz Paper Distresser,Heat Tool

To Embellish: Papermania Pearl Brads Pinks,Crochet Lace and metal frame from The Works 

Some challenges this is for :

613 Avenue Create : Anything Goes (Or Create your own Challenge) – Column 1; image,sentiment,patterned paper Column 2 ; die cut,paper punch Column 3 ; Fran-tage Column 4 ; pearls,flowers Column 5 ; lace

Creative Inspirations Paint : Anything Goes 

Pile It On : Designer Paper

2 Sisters : Square Cards

A Gem of a Challenge :  Anything with a B (brads)

Pattie’s Creations : Anything Goes

QKR Stampede : Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge : Anything Goes

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge : Use a piece of metal (brads andframe)

Paper Crafting Journey : Anything Goes

Digistamps 4 Joy : Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon : Layers

Penny’s Paper-Crafty : Dies/Punches

Craft Room Challenge : Something New (Fran-tage)

Papertake Weekly : Flower Power

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

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Ava Flowery Summer

At Craft Your Passion this week the challenge is Summer Flowers.We have the fabulous Digital Paper Craft as our sponsor too.Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at the DT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job.

For my card I’ve used the sweet,sweet Ava Girl by Digital Paper Craft and coloured her with a mix of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers.The FlexMarkers were used alone on her skin,hair and shoes.I introduced a couple of ProMarker colours on her dress to get the shading and hues I wanted.The papers were a freebie with Quick Cards Made Easy.It also came with a CD-rom full of coordinating elements.I resized and punched out the sentiment then coated it in 3D Crystal Lacquer.Once this was dry I mounted it onto a tag,threaded with paper twine,from the same CD-rom.This was then bordered with some punched flowers shaped with a ball tool.I like to make leaves to match with the same punch by trimming them down and adding the vein detail with a very fine ball tool.As the image is quite large with a lot of white space I decided to punch the floral border in white to keep in with this and to give an extra lift to the whole card.I dotted some Liquid Pearls into the center of the flowers on the border and the red ones too.Some flat backed pearls were used to embellish the cut out corners.I did also apply some gloss to her shoes too but it doesn’t really show in the main pic so here’s a closer view 🙂

I can’t take credit for the layout tho’.More details below 🙂

Supplies :

Image : Ava Girl by Digital Paper Craft

Mediums : ProMarkers,FlexMarkers,3D Crystal Lacquer,Liqiud Pearls in Ruby Red and White Opal

Papers & Tags : Raspberry Road Freebies from Quick Cards Made Easy

Cardstock : Red & White ; Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad, Green ; Bazzill Basics, Pale Aqua ; Core’dinations So Mod 6 x6 pack

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Woodware Inverted Corner Punch,Martha Stewart Hydrangeas Edger Punch,Martha Stewart Flower Punch and Stamp

To Embellish : Flat Back Pearls

Some challenges this is for :

Passion For Promarkers Challenge : Sketch 

613 Avenue Create  : Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody : Always Anything Goes

Great Impressions : Square Card  

Lacy Sunshine : Girls, Girls, Girls

A Gem of a Challenge : Punch it Out

Allsorts : Use your new stash (papers & CD-rom)

Crafty Calendar : August Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss : Die cuts and punches

Word Play Saturday : Childhood

Creative Corner : Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge : Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts : Something Floral

As You Like it Challenge  : Favorite Twine or Ribbon and why – I really love this paper twine.It gives great texture and interest.There’s a lovely array of useful colours in the pack.BUT the biggest bonus being it ‘s only 99p from The Works!!LOL – can’t resist a crafty bargain 😉

Aud Sentiments Challenge : Anything but a birthday card with a sentiment

Crafting By Designs : Anything Goes

Digistamps 4 Joy : Make your own embellishments (flowers & tag)

I love Promarkers : Summer

Bearly Mine Challenges : Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments : Dies and Punches

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations : Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Through The Craft Room Door : Always Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

Unicorn Wishes

At Digi Sketch Challenge we have another new challenge and the theme this fortnight is Make Your Own Flowers.We have the super RIck St. Dennis as our sponsor.

It’s my turn to host and here’s my sketch :

You can follow the sketch,theme or even both.Hope you stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

For my card I’ve used the beautiful and oh-so-elegant Unicorn  by Rick St. Dennis.The Unicorn itself has been coloured with Copic Ciao Markers and the flowers have been coloured with a selection of Spring/Summer Limited Edition ProMarkers.The patterned paper is a pull-out freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.I’ve teamed this with some Core’dinations card.Some flowers and leaves have been die cut and layered.The sentiment is stamped directly onto the flowery paper.Brads have been added as a finishing touch.And just in case you hadn’t spotted it I’ve rotated the sketch 🙂

Supplies :

Image : Unicorn  by Rick St. Dennis

Colouring Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Spring/Summer Limited Edition ProMarkers

Sentiment : Personal Impressions  Mixed Sentiments Clear Set

Ink : Impress Jet Black Dye Ink Pad

Paper & Card : Patterned paper freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine,Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad, Core’dinations So Mod 6 x6 pack

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Woodware Inverted Corner Punch,Nellie’s Lace Edge Border Dies,Joy!Crafts Pointed Flowers and Assorted Leaves 1,Big Shot

To Embellish : Making Memories Primaries Brads

 Some challenges this is for :

A Gem of a Challenge : Summer

Brown Sugar :  Anything Goes

QKR Stampede : No Squares Allowed

Sister Act Card Challenge : Anything Goes

Wags ‘n Whiskers : Fairytale/Fantasy

Emma’s Cards UK : Floral

Ladybug Crafts : Something Floral

Cute Card Thursday : Die-ing to Punch

Delightful Challenges : Make it pop…add layers or dimension 

Creative Belli : Summer

Digistamps 4 Joy : Make your own embellishments

Paper Shelter Challenge :  Punches and Dies

Whimsical Designs :  Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly :  Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

Lunching with Dinosaurs

At Digi Sketch Challenge we have another new challenge and the theme this fortnight is Anything Goes.We have the super Digi Darla as our sponsor.

It’s the lovely Kelly’s turn to host.Hope you stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

For my card I’ve used Dino Lunch by Digi Darla and coloured him with Copic Ciao and Sketch Markers.I dug out these Basic Grey papers that not only go well with dinosaurs they make great boys cards too.I stamped the greeting straight onto the image piece and framed it with a sticker from the paper set.A button,border and arrow have also been added.To finish off I’ve embellished with a few brads.

Supplies :

Image : Dino Lunch by Digi Darla

Colouring Mediums : Copic Ciao & Sketch Markers

Sentiment : Personal Impressions  Mixed Sentiments Clear Set

Ink : Sepia Archival Ink Pad

Papers & Stickers : Basic Grey Archaic Collection Pack

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Tim Holtz Paper Distresser

To Embellish : Making Memories Primaries Brads,Paper Raffia

Some challenges this is for :

By LORi Designs : Designer Paper

Crafting By Designs : Anything Goes

Crafty Creations :  Arrow

Inky Impressions : Button It (Hope a sticker one counts – if not I won’t be offended if my entry is deleted)

The Male Room :  Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp :  Anything Goes 

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations : Anything Goes

LEJ Designs : Distressing Or Paper Tearing

Party Time Tuesdays :  Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps :  Anything Goes

Paper Playtime : Use Pattern Paper

The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge :  Masculine

613 Avenue Create : Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paint :  Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu : Anything Goes

Gingerloft : Trees

Joanna Sheen Challenge : Boys will be Boys

One Stitch At A Time : Anything Goes

Pile It On  : Anything Goes

Digi Haven : Any Animal

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x