Friend @ Aud Sentiments :)

Hey everyone! Welcome to another challenge at the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog!

This fortnight we want to see: 

A Card or Project with a sentiment which includes the word 'Friend'

(And remember - no sentiment, no win!)

Our sponsor this fortnight are:

We are so excited to have Stamp Art Design as our sponsor. 

Thank you so much! 

The winner of this fortnight's challenge will win 5 digis of their choice from the Whimsy Stamp Store Catalogue

Here is a little bit about them:

Hello stamping friends! Thank you for welcoming me into your home and hearts.  My desire is to inspire hope and joy, with celebrations of love and inspiration at the heart of each drawing for you.  I am delighted to sponsor your challenge and I look forward to hearing from you.

Links for Facebook / Blog / Pintrest are below:

http://stampartdesignbykathryne.blogspot.ca/ 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/StampArt-Design-by-Kathryne/216429541751982

http://pinterest.com/stampartdesign 

- x -

Here's my creation:

Supplies used:

- 25mm Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts

- Pink Cherry Blossoms from Wild Orchid Crafts

- 8 x 8 First Paper Edition Rose Garden Paper Pad

- 6 x 6 Botanical Prima Paper Pad

- 6 x 6 Pink Paislee London Market Paper Pad

- Sizzix Hearts Sizzlits

- Tim Holtz Adage Tickets

- Greeting Farm Hello-Go-Round Stamp Set

- Dovecraft Tea Doilies

- EK Success Carnation Dimensional Flower Punch

- Lace

- From Stamp Art Design, I used the Gracie image (a bonus sentiment is included with this image)

This card contains quite a few layers and I thought I would try something different this time round as I don't normally put a lot of flower embellishments on my card, as I feel it may be a bit crowded. But I really like how this turned out. I didn't colour the image in this time around as I literally wanted the image bare and I thought my skills in colouring would probably mess up the image beyond repair! (I just sometimes have moments when I'm really too heavy handed with my Promarkers!) And I still think it turned out quite sweet and simple and that's exactly how I wanted it to be.

Hope you guys like my creation and as always please have a look at the blog to see the fabulous Team A creations and come back next week for the inspirational post mid-challenge from Team B. Submit your creations in to our challenge this week and you could win some awesome prizes!  

Challenge ends: Tuesday 4th June 2013

Tuesday in Fairyland :)

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by on this very cloudy Tuesday evening in the UK!

It's another week at the (Pin)spirational Challenges Blog. This week's inspiring image is this:

 

Our sponsor for this week's challenge is:

 

Doodle Dragon Studios

So with this week's inpsired image uploaded on our Challenge blog today, time to get those creative minds working and creating an awesome entry into our blog challenge this week!

My DT creation is below:

For this Fairy Card, I used the Prima Fairybelle collection (very apt and approrpiate I think!) and mounted this on white pearlescent cardstock as the base for the card. The image used is Dandelion Fairy from Some Odd Girl ansd this was coloured in with Promarkers: Blush for skin, Forest Green and Bright Green for the dress, Sky Blue and Amethyst for the wings, Tulip Yellow for the hair, Sky Blue for the Eyes, Blus for the Dandelion flecks, and more Amethyst for her shoes. The butterflies were used out of a Sizzlix butterfly die and a butterfly punch I had, the half pearls are from Paper Cellar.

I kept the card simple, only because I didn't want to overload it with a lot of embellishments and ribbon (you know I love my ribbon!) I only put a few butterfly embellishments on the card just to make it 'less boring', eyecatching and dimensional. Hope you guys all like it!

Visit the (Pin)spirational Challenges blog to check out the DT's creations as well as enter into this week's challenge and tell your fellow crafters and bloggers about our challenges on Pinspirational Challenges!

Thanks for visiting the blog today, please join and follow for more blog updates! :)

Polkadoodles @ Aud Sentiments!

Hey everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Today I bring you Challenge 58 at Aud Sentiments: Using the Word ' Friend'

Our challenge this fortnight is sponsored by Polkadoodles, below is a little bit about them:

We believe in our hearts that everyone can be creative if they have the right tools at their fingertips. We strive to provide crafters with unique, beautiful, quality digital artwork, rubber stamps and other papercrafting products produced with love and care here in the UK. Our passion for what we do will help inspire you to create stunning projects and enable you to make beautiful cards, gifts and memories for your loved ones. .......don't just print it - Polkadoodle it!

 

And the prize this fortnight are three digital images that our DT used in this fortnight challenge! 

As usual the DT did an amazing job at coming up with some brilliant creations, each and everyone of them very different and awesome! So get your creative hands at the ready to enter in this fortnight's challenge.

My creation is below:

 

I thought I would do something different this fortnight and do a hanging tag for a Special Friend.

I coloured the picture in with some Promarkers (Rose Pink, Tulip Yellow, Black, Poppy, Bright Green and Forest Green) and then cut the image down to size, distressing the edges with my Tim Holtz Distressing tool. I used Prima's Anna Lee Collection, distressing the edges also, and printed out the 'For a Special Friend' sentiment (more distressing!) on the front. Pink and White Baker's Twine finished the look, with medium thick cotton string adhered to the top so that you can this sign. There is a journaling or writing spot on the back for your special message. This was all mounted on to cream cardstock as a base.

Check out the Aud Sentiments Blog to have a look at our DT's creations and enter this fortnight's Challenge! :)

As always, please follow / join the blog for more updates and up and coming challenge projects! - Mel x