Floating on Dreams

 Good morning! The days are great at the moment, nice mid temperature fall days which make being outside fun.

I'm back with a card using Maker Forte supplies, I love these images from Floating on Dreams Stamp Set. There is also trails you can add to the butterflies that have sentiments. As well as the main sentiments.

I don't color with pencils often so decided to try them and a no line coloring technique on this card. Remarkable Fog Inkis great for this technique as it leaves faint lines instead of the stark black lines. However, because I have used Toned Tan paper my sentiment needs be darker so I used Eclipse Black Ink for this.

My next stage is to color the images, I chose just a few color blends and used them on both butterflies. Coloring with pencil takes longer as you have to layer your colors to get a good coverage. My Faber Castel Polychromo Pencils lay down a good coverage of color.

The rest of the card is kept simple, mats are using colors similar to the pencil colors. A buttery yellow was my fist choice but this doesn't make the colors pop. Redwoods Cardstock on its own was the same however when layer both of these colors it gives a totally different effect.

Using a Top Folding A2 Cardbase I added the layers. I have trimmed these and my design so they are slightly narrower than my base. This draws the eye to the design.

My card needs a little more detail so I chose Roller Skates and Lemon Roller Skates.

These coordinate with the colors in the butterflies. I just like to have a little sparkle or texture on my cards. Makers Magicis great to adhere these in place and of course the Maker's Magic Wand helps to position these perfectly.

I love the wording on this sentiment I perfect way to describe a butterfly!

Thank you for joining us today and I hope I gave you some inspiration for your designs.

Twin Baby Elves

Good morning, I am currently on a totally different time zone! We are on vacation in the UK to visit family and friends and having so much fun.

I couldn't resist coloring up this gorgeous new release from Scrapper's Delights. Before I show you my card I have to tell you this is an amazing new release, The Sleeping Elf Babies I have used come as a pair as well and each baby on their own. They are also in PNG format as well as Jpeg.

I couldn't bare to separate them so my card showcases them grouped together:

I colored the image with a mix of alcohol markers and colored pencils. I find this allows me to give the image depth. I wanted to keep the design very clean and simple so I added a clean sentiment and matted a 5x7in card base with dark green card. I then added my image before adding glossy accents to the due drops on the leaves.

There are 2 other images also being released:

You can see what my teamies have done with these over on the Scrapper's Delights Blog and Facebook Page.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you love what you see

It's your month Aries

Good afternoon. Tomorrow we fly to the UK and I am so looking forward to spending time with my family and friends. I'm busy making sure I have all my blog posts covered as well as getting stuff together to pack.

Todays post is the VIP release from Scrapper's Delights and its the next zodiac sign which started on 21st of March.

Let me introduce you to Miss Aries:

Isn't she so pretty,  she is a complete kit of a ton of extra embellishments that all relate to her sign.

I have incorporated 5 separate png images in my card using a graphics program to resize and bring them all together. I colored my card with alcohol markers and colored pencils. A white 5x7in card base was matted with purple card before adding my card front. The only other thing I have added is sparkle pen to the stars which doesn't show up well in the photo.

The Scrapper's Delights VIP deals includes 3 teen Anime each month with bonus images, this month Aries, that you can only get by taking advantage of the offer.

 The teen images are so cute too:

Head on over to the store for more details.

Thanks for stopping by, you can find my teamies inspiration over on the Facebook page and the Scrapper's Delights Blog 

Pastel dancer

Good morning, it's the last weekend of the summer break and unbelievably it is raining!!!

So if you are looking for some crafty inspiration have you seen the stunning new releases from SumMore Fun that were launched on Monday? If not head over to the store, they have the gorgeous A Rose By Any Other Name which has some stunning roses as well as a good amount of sentiments that you can mix and match.

There is also the stunning dance set On Point I have used this set in my inspiration post today.

These dancers are so elegant and the scripted sentiments also included in the set is so fitting!

I stamped the dancer and the sentiment ballet onto white vellum and heat embossed with fine white powder. I then added some muted color to her using colored pencils. 

Isn't she beautiful and she has 2 other dancers in the set!

I used some pale lavender design paper and stamped some of the other images in the set on this. You can currently get the ballet slippers as a free digital stamp here.

I wrapped the vellum around the stamped paper and adhered this to a purple card base. I added white gel pen dots to the vellum to tie in with the white embossing.

You can check out all the new stamps as well as the digital stamps in the online store

Have you checked out the latest SumMore Fun Mood board challenge? You could win a $20 gift certificate for the store.  

                                                                                                                 

Want some discount too? Use the code SHARON10 at check out and I will save you 10%

Now check out the mood board:

Easy for this time of year with back to school cards!

There are only a few rules so why not link up your latest project!

Thank you for stopping by, If you are looking for more inspiration check out my teamies creations on the Blog, FaceBook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Tractor TLC

Good afternoon. I'm taking a break from preparing our house for guests next week. My college friend that I haven't seen for more than 10 years is coming from England for the week. 

I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!! 

But  lets get grounded, I need to share with you all this card I made for a colleague of my husband. The instructions were 'he likes doing up old tractors'

So I had a digital stamp of a John Deere Tractor and just needed to 'rust' it up a bit:

I used colored pencils to color it, this was my first attempt and using the pencils for a full image and realize there is a learning curve with them!

Once colored I matted the image onto black and green card. 

I used a grass patterned paper on my card base along with mats of green and black like my image.

I angled the image on the card and added a die cut Happy Birthday which was 2 cuts one black one green and placed on top of one another to give a shadow.

A few black card candi finished the design.

I just hope the recipient doesn't pledge allegiance to the International! 

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave me a comment - it will make my day!

Thanks

Good morning! I'm here today with a little card of thanks. 

Who doesn't like getting a card in the post, I know it really makes my day when someone has appreciated what I have done for them and lets me know with a little note!

Today's card is just a simple thanks:

Little James the Bear from Lili of the Valley is gazing out of his window looking at his gorgeous sunflower.

This is a really simple card, I colored the image with alcohol markers and colored pencils. I extended the brick work using a black fine liner so that the image fit my card base.

I matted a white card base with dark brown card and added my image. I die cut 'thanks' from the same brown card and adhered this in place. 

If you like what you see please let me know in the comments

Boss's appreciation day

Good afternoon! Well after a very rainy weekend the sun is shining again and it is pleasantly warm. I have had a wonderful weekend, Saturday was my birthday and I was thoroughly spoilt by everyone. The best news ever arrived in the form of a letter from the USCIS stating that we have been granted permanent residency!

As we are now residents I thought it fitting to join in with their appreciation days and when Kev asked me to make him a card for boss's appreciation day I knew exactly what I wanted to do:

Dr Digi have these great funny digital stamps so I picked out Tommy Gun:

Yep his name says it all!

I Printed the image on X-press It card and colored him with alcohol markers and colored pencils adding white gel pen for his suit strips and highlights. 

I then typed out my sentiment using my pc and printer which I think fits great with the image as well as the card theme.

I matted my 5x7 inch handmade card base with red and black card and added my design. I also added a funny verse inside which reads:

On Boss's Day I'd like to pay you a complinment....

You sure have a great bunch of people 

working for you!

😂

A funny card for a great guy!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see let me know in the comment section .