APTTC August

 

A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge again. 

This months sponsor is 

CraftsUprint

And I was lucky enough to choose my image.  And Christmas is totally on my mind right now. 

Santa Swing

And I totally made him swing!!!  

Using a set of Rectangular dies I cut the front out with the smaller one and then cut a border of silver glitter card with the smaller one and then the next size up.  This acts as a border around the die cut hole in the front of card.  Just makes it look nice and tidy while adding a bit of bling at the same time. 

I coloured the Sanat image in and then fussy cut it out.  Adhered this to some clear acetate.  When cutting this again again I left strips above the rope so I could slip that in between the card front and the patterned paper.  Makes the finished product nice and neat and the ropes not not hanging out anywhere. 

So when you stand the card up a little breeze will make him move slightly.  Totally lives up to his name.  

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my Swinging Santa.  Don't forget to play along with the challenge for your chance to win!

Happy crafting!

#706

 

Been a good while since I have played along with one of our sketches.  

I have been so busy with prep for our local Pop Culture event that I fell away from here. 

Well I am back!  And this was a great sketch to step back with. 

#706

And here is my interpretation. 

I went straight to a set that at least 5 characters in it.  

Two sets actually.  Pick and chose who to use. 

Casita Familia

and 

Extended Family

From 

Kindred Stamps

I even consulted my youngest daughter on which characters to colour for this one.  So it was a family effort.  

I am still working through all my sets and the colour codes with my Copics.  I will share, just want to get a few more done before taking photo's to share. 

Don't forget to play along with us. We have fun looking at all the entries. 

Happy crafting.

Buster St Bernard Christmas Puppy

Digi Doodle Studios

Time again,to share my Guest DT project. 

This month I chose to use the cute little image of

Buster St Bernard Christmas Puppy

Getting my Christmas on once again.  This time I went for a full rainbow line up!

So not your normal colour combo's for Christmas but I think that that is half the fun of these.  

Looking at the line up I really think pink is missing.  Not a rainbow colour but still would have looked great.  

These are awesome to encourage young kids to read over the Christmas break.  They get to choose their favourite colour and use it everyday.  Win, win!  

And as an added bonus, as this image is a digital one you can resize it for anything.  So you could put it on a notebook front or sketch book for the kids to use along side their summer/ winder reading (depending on what hemisphere you are in!).  

I used watercolour paper with distress oxide to do the backgrounds.  I coloured the images with copic markers and then fussy cut them out and adhered to the paper.  

Thank you for joining me today.  

Happy crafting!

 

Tabitha's Puppy Hugs

 

Back again with another great image from 

Digi Doodle Studios

and the image I used this month is

Tabitha's Puppy Hugs

Now my eldest girl loves little dogs, so this image was just for her.  I covered a notebook for her to carry in her handbag.  You can never have too many notebooks!

I cut a patterned piece of paper to fit the front cover.  Then printed out the picture, mounted it on some darker grey cardstock to fit with the patterned paper.  Coloured the image to match the colours used.  Added a little leaf image and some clear sequins (some are hiding under the watermark! lol)

The sentiment was perfect for the "note"book cover.  

Adding your own touch to something that is already made, sometimes is enough.  We don't always need to start each project from scratch.  I love covering simple notebooks.  You can customize the colour and the images to suit yourself or a recipient.  

Thank you for joining me here today.  Stop by the FB group for lots more inspiration.  

Happy crafting!

"Who" is having fun?

 "Who" is having fun?

ME!!!

I am currently prepping for our local Popfest at the local high school..  The students run this event as part of their course and are marked accordingly.  So I liked to think that I am helping them in my own little way by having my stall.  

Here is a set of bookmarks I made using 2 of my favourite Kindred Stamp sets. 

It's About Time

I Need More Space

Love making bookmarks.  Some people have no need for a card but a bookmark can always come in handy.  

I will have pop up cards, normal cards, and notebooks plus a new item I am stocking that is a show surprise.  

I will show more of my sets as I make them.  So thanks for stopping by.  

Popfest is July 16 & 17

Happy crafting!!

Sketch Saturday #702

 

Sketch Saturday

time again. I have not done the last couple of challenges as life got in the way, but hopefully now I can keep up with the challenges each fortnight.  

Love this weeks sketch. 

And here is my take on it!

Now you need to have a little think about this one.  It could either be the same actor plays both characters, before and after his trouble time of life OR it could be black and white, where movies first started to the full blown colour and special effects of today.  Take your pick!

Also the sentiment is one I made in my Word program.  The Broadway font for the left character and then the Avengers font for the right character.  

The paper in the background is a poppy crafts one. Adds a real nice contrasting background.  

As simple as this card is, I really like it.  I added the 2 embellishments, top left, of the left character.  I coloured the gems in read to balance the images out.  

The images came from Kindred Stamps, Golden Age but the right one is from a limited edition set.  Once a year or so, they sometimes pull them out for a vault release.  Just keep your eyes open.  

Thank you for dropping in on my little corner of the net.  

Happy crafting!

#137

 

CCC Digi Creations Challenge 

is here again! 

And sadly this is our last month.  

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Last Minute Manda

and the images we used are 

Marshmallow Knocks out Cancer

These are really great sets from LMM.  So many images to play with.  I chose this little guy/gal.  Coloured them up in the pink and white to suit for Breast Cancer.  A little bookmark to use for your novel, or planner/diary.  Even stick a magnet on the back and put in on your fridge! The bookmark is actually a die from My Favorite Things.

Love little bears and this one is no exception. 

Thank you for popping by.  

Don't forget to play along with us on our last challenge!

Happy crafting!