Blogging Everyday in June - Day 4: Main Craft & Flowers...

So it's the fourth day in the Blogging Everyday Challenge and Day 4 asks: 

What is your craft/s? What is it about this craft/s that floats your boat so much?

 

My main craft is Card making. As it was something that I technically started 12 years ago (time goes really quickly!) and it's something I do on a frequent basis for friends' birthdays and the rare special event or occasion - it's a craft for me that I really do like and discovering new papers, brands, embellishments, and especially more recently - stamps and embossing with stamps - I just can't help myself. I'm also learning to shade and blend with Promarkers at the moment (as I don't own any Copics) and that in itself is really cool and interesting - especially colouring large stamped or digital images from the Greeting Farm and Some Odd Girl - which I really like doing.

 

I have done Digital Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking layouts and Jewellery making and I do like to dabble in them a little bit, but not massively as sometimes it can be for me - time consuming! Card making for me is really simple, and even using the simplest of papers, embellishments and images can create a card for any card. Your imagination is your oyster! :) It's also a great way to relax as well and create something someone will ultimately love and keep forever and that for me - makes me ridiculously happy!

 

So that's my main craft.... And today it's another double for you:

 

Craft something that has a flower theme

 

So this my card below:

Images (c) Kristy Dalman for SomeOddGirl.com

Supplies used:
Image is Bride Mae from Some Odd Girl
 EK Success Carnation Dimensional Flower Punch
Various lace from a thrift market
Sizzix Sizzlits 3 Dies Heart Set #2
Sizzix Sizzlits Die Butterfly #12
Cherry Blossoms from Wild Orchid Crafts
Curly Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts
Dovecraft Tea Doilies
Tim Holtz Adage Tickets
Adhesive Pearls
White Satin Roses from Ebay

 Tim Holtz Distress Tool
Momento Rich Cocoa Ink
Various Papers used from Prima's Fairy Belle and Botanical Paper Pad Collections
Papers from Pink Paislee's London Market Paper Pad

Hope you all like the card and the post today... Day 5 awaits tomorrow! :)

Flower Power @ Pins HQ!

So a new week has started and this means only one thing - Pinspirational Challenge time!

Here's the photo this week:

Total Flower Power this week as we take on a flower inspired picture! And using the images the team had from our sponsors - Birdie Brown, I created this card below:

The images the team received were really cute. It was hard picking one out, but I totally loved the single flower and sentiments we received - there were cute! So make sure you check out our sponsors Birdie Brown

And join in this week's challenge over at our Challenge Blog - make sure you join in! Challenge starts from Tuesday 4th September - Monday 10th September 12 midnight (Newfoundland Time) So make sure you're in in to win it! :)

Bingo! Aud Sentiments Challenge 57

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by!

It's not what you think - when I said Bingo. Unless you're psychic and you can read my mind! Challenge 57 at Aud Sentiments has unleashed our very own 'Bingo' board - but this one has no numbers on it but creative options for you to create your entry with!

Here's our 'Bingo' board:

For this fortnight's challenge you will need to pick a row or column and use the three items to create your project. The sentiment you use for your project must contain the word or phrase in your chosen column or row, but you can add to this if you wish to. So, for exmaple if you choose the column containing: "Happy", Ribbon and Die Cut, then you can use 'Happy Birthday'.

So... I picked the middle column: Flowers, Embossing and 'Thinking of You' and created this card below:

I used pink cardstock as a card base and then used 6 x 6 papers from Prima's Madeline collection. I then embossed a 'ticket' shape that I handcut from red Papermania cardstock with the 'Floral Fantasy' embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I ran this through my Sizziz Texture Boutique.The same process was used for the smaller 'ticket' embossed with a 'Dots' embossing folder from Sizzix. I used some dark pink two-tone 25mm open roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and some small rose buds from my stash. The image used is The Greeting Farm's 'Sweet Anya coloured in with Promarkers: Walnut for hair, Antique Pink for the dress and Rose Pink for the shorts / trousers and hair clip, Oatmeal was used for her face, arms and feet. The sentiment is from Hero Arts Essential Sentiment set.

Our fortnight's challenge is sponsored by: Stamp and Create 

 And the prize is a very lovely $20 gift certificate to use on their website :) How awesome is that?!

So with that in mind and the different combination of creative options, embellishments and sentiments available on our Aud Sentiments Bingo Board, what are you waiting for? Get creating! Can't wait to see all your entries and projects you create for our challenge! Check out the DT's creations on our challenge blog to inspire you! Good Luck! :)

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