Sunflowers ‘n sunshine

Just thought I’d share a card I made for the CDAC Progressive Challenge #3. I used this pretty image from Just Inklined…

This is how my card turned out.. {amongst my husband’s Bonsai trees :0)}

I used background images from The Graphics Fairy; coloured the image in Photoshop then added my fav’ distressing action “Rub-on” from Atomic Cupcake.

The gingham is my own paper design which I used in a bracket shape I created in PS. I used cardstock I had lying around as the card, layered everything up with some hessian (burlap) under the bracket shape and added some string. I created the tag in PS, added an eyelet and tied it to the string and adhered it to the card with foam squares.

I’m off now to watch my son’s athletics again. Got to be at school at 07h45 (on a Saturday?!! – oh I am a good mother!! LOL!) and should take till lunchtime. Then it’s off to take the kids to see the Smurfs movie. (Who would have thought my kids would get excited about seeing a movie about these little gnomes I used to collect as a child?!!)

Have a great Saturday!

Mini cards with apples

Hi everyone, another week and another set of cards…

I received my new set of digistamps for the 3rd Progressive Challenge over at CDAC, so I’m making cards again like crazy! In fact, I have quite a little stash of cards piling up.

I find this is so handy to have. It’s so quick to grab a card when I need one in a hurry.

Here’s the original digi image from Glitterbabes:

I coloured the image in Photoshop, then added a couple of filters, distressed the image with an action from Atomic Cupcake (rubon), then I added a background from The Graphics Fairy and finished it off with a deep red border.

I bound the cards together with a strip of gingham fabric just for some extra prettiness. I love the Autumn country feel of the finished cards.

Hope you have a great week!

Linking up to

Dance like Nobody’s Watching

Don’t you love this quote?

"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth."

- William W. Purkey

There are poems, quotes & lyrics that gained inspiration from these words, including this beautiful song “I hope you dance” by Lee Ann Womack. (I’m hoping my daughter will sing this for me one day!)…….

one of my fav’s

When I saw this little dancer digi stamp, I knew immediately that I wanted to use some of these words on the card.

So here’s the latest card I made for the Progressive challenge over at CDAC…

Want these words in some word art? 

Grab it in 3 different styles:

(click on image, right click to save)

 

Have a great weekend. (Says she with-smile-on-her-face dressed in a short-sleeved SUMMER tee!)

Digital Stamp Drawing Challenge

I’m really surprising myself – two posts in one day!

I decided to have a go at drawing digi stamps over at CDAC. There’s a regular digi stamp drawing challenge, this one’s theme is “Things that Hang”.

I decided to keep my first one very simple. Not quite sure what I’m doing yet LOL~!

So here it is :

Card Craft

Today I’m sharing with you another card I made for CDAC for the progressive challenge.

I used this cute little chef with a birthday cake by Jenlee.

I coloured it in Photoshop CS3, added the ‘happy birthday’ text background and a border. I then used the Atomic Cupcake rub-on action over the entire card to create a bit of a distressed look.

I printed it out, then used my sewing machine to stitch around the edge of the card in white thread. To end off, I used my favourite Vintage Photo distress ink around the edges of the card.

Have a great day!

Vintage-style gift tag & wrapping

I hope you’re not getting tired of me now! LOL! Two blog posts in two days! I’m on a roll here…

Have you ever visited this site? ----

Crafters Digital Art Centre

It’s jam-packed with digital stamps ready for colouring & decorating & using up your cardstock to make gorgeous cards and other projects. There are tons of project ideas!

There’s a fun Progressive Digi Freebie Challenge running over there at the moment. You sign up and you get 6 free digi stamps. You have to use at least one of them in a project, post a link back and then you qualify to receive the next batch of 6 free digi stamps.

Here’s what I made with the teapot stamp created by Sandi Samples.

I coloured the teapot digitally using Photoshop CS3, I placed it (digitally) on top of this cute Cafe paper from The Graphics Fairy, then fiddled some more with the colours & opacity on the teapot. I printed it out, distressed the edges with Vintage Photo distress Ink from Ranger industries. I added a circle punch at the placement for the hole I then punched a hole through for the ribbon. Voilà, quick ‘n easy gift tag.

So go and join in HERE!

 

(sorry- my picture is a little distorted due to the angle I took the photo)

I’ll be sharing some more of my cards over the next few days… once I’ve photographed them.

Thought I’d share a pretty gift wrap/ packaging idea with you too.

I decorated this box to put my sister-in-law’s birthday gift in. (I think I might have even had more fun decorating this than she had receiving it!)

I bought a few of these pre-cut boxes in a plain ‘kraft’ colour as I knew I could embellish away to suit the age, gender or personality of the person the gift was for.

I then visited my all-time-favourite vintage image blog & used some of her gorgeous images. I printed out the images onto white cardstock, cut them out, then aged the edges with a little Vintage photo Distress Ink from Ranger Ind.

I jumped into my (huge) stash of ribbons & embellished away… Some were glued straight down flat onto the box, others I raised with foam squares to add some dimension.

 

Happy Crafting!

I’m off to my oil painting class today, so I’m in “art paradise” this morning!

Note: The image of the two doves is from another fabulous vintage image site : Percy & Bloom