Heavy Journey

Good morning - It's been a busy weekend this week and It's good to be able to sit and rest for a while!

 Well today is the release of a brand new image over at My Whimsical Little World and how adorable she is.

 

 

She is called The Struggle - what was brought to mind when I saw this image is that life can sometimes drag you down and just a thoughtful act like giving a card can lighten the load!

 

I have printed the image on Spectrum Noir Ultra smooth white card and as always colored her with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers. I have then used purple card and patterned paper from Lili of the Valley to mat her onto. The sentiment was printed using my PC and I colored the gems to match the image, although they look darker in the photo.

 

 We now have a new monthly challenge over at My Whimsical Little World challenge blog so why not color up an image and come and join us The theme is anything goes and if you enter using one of our fab images you get entered into the prize draw 3 times!

 

Don't forget to pop over to the Esty store and get The Struggle- maybe you can use her in the challenge!

 

 

 



Gnome Place Like Home

Good afternoon, well it's been a busy week for me but I'm here with a post of a gorgeous little chappy in his garden. My Whimsical Little World has some adorable gnome digi stamps and this little one comes with his own garden:

 

 

Meet Gnome Place Like Home - is he just loveable!!! I have colored him with my Spectrum Noir Markers and printed a sentiment to go with him. I have then matted the image onto brown and green card from my stash before adding to a white card blank.

 I haven't used any embellishments - wanting to keep it a CAS card.

 

Thanks for stopping by and before you leave My Whimsical Little World now has a challenge blog why not pop over and enter you can find the blog and challenge details here. If you need inspiration then the Facebook group is an amazing place for this

 

 

 

Patriotic Progressive Challenge

Hope every one has a fab Holiday weekend!!! We went and watched our first 4th July firework display and I have to say it felt very strange watching fireworks on a warm evening sat in shorts instead of being bundled up in winter coats and wading through muddy fields!!!

 

To celebrate the holidays both here and in Canada My Whimsical Little World's progressive challenge is all about celebration and if you entered the challenge last month you wil already have your image, if not you can purchase it for 50% off for the first 2 weeks of the challenge. All you have to do to enter is place a photo of your makes using the image into the photo folder on the My Little Whimsical World's Facebook page! You have until midnight on July 31st to enter - So pop over and make sure your a member of the group and get crafting!!!

 

I know I'm a Brit but as I am currently fostered out to the USA I thought I would make my flag the Stars and Stripes and celebrate Independence Day

 

 

So I have colored her up in red white and blue (please don't count the stars and stripes I didn't have room to color then all :)  )  Spectrum Noir Markers and matted her onto red card. I then matted red and blue card onto my card blank and printed out papers with the Stars and Stripe on them which again were matted onto red card. As she is holding a sparkling firework I decided to add my own to the blue card using red and gold circle stickers. I felt this just took some of the bareness away.

 

 PLEASE DON"T WORRY - NO AMERICAN FLAG WAS DEFACED IN THE MAKING OF THIS CARD

 the papers used were separate sheets of stars and stripe :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost good enough to eat

Good evening, it's been a rainy day here so the kids and I have had a TV day. That's not to say that I didn't get any crafting in!!

 

Over at My Whimsical Little World blog there is a monthly digi stamp freebie which for June is a gorgeous stack of cupcakes.

 

 

You can get it here but please respect the designers copyright and do not share or pin the digi.

 

I couldn't resist coloring it:

 

I have used Spectrum Noir Markers and just had to make them chocolate cupcakes! I have then added a fabulous sentiment which is a So Suzy Stamp and made a pair of cherries from Skittles just to balance the design. It has then been matted onto a deep pink card and added to a white card blank.

 

My Whimsical Little World has a fab Facebook page where you can enter our progressive challenge as well as get further inspiration from my design team members!