Wednesday 18 September 2024

Conjurer of Dreams: Spooky


Hello

Today I'm sharing a tag that I made using Conjurer of Dreams images. I hope you'll pop over to the store and take a look at the Digital Art on sale for collage, scrapbooks, journals, cards and more. They are all 50% off until Sept 23rd.

This week in the Facebook Group we are celebrating the first anniversary of Conjurer of Dreams and we are having a week of sales, activities and prizes.
Today's activity is Anything Goes with the theme 'Spooky, Spooky'.

Here is my card:


I started with the Spooky Mansion image and added one of the Halloween Portraits. I made a smooshed Distress Oxide mat for the image and backed it onto black card. I used die cut spiders, fun Halloween stickers and pumpkin charms along with a ribbon as embellishments. 



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Please visit the
Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store (Half price digi sets until Sept 23rd.
Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)
A new Anything Goes, monthly challenge will start on 1st October 2024 - open worldwide to all participants, using any digis, stamping, mixed media etc
Please hop over to the Conjurer of Dreams Blog and become a Blog Follower.

PIP Challenge #2437 AG 22/09
TIOT Challenge Black & White & 1 colour (orange) 30/09
Craft-alnica Challenge #368. AG 01/10

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo


Tuesday 17 September 2024

Conjurer of Dreams: Steampunk Puss In Boots


Hello

Today I'm sharing a tag that I made using Conjurer of Dreams images. I hope you'll pop over to the store and take a look at the Digital Art on sale for collage, scrapbooks, journals, cards and more. They are all 50% off until Sept 23rd.

This week in the Facebook Group we are celebrating the first anniversary of Conjurer of Dreams and we are having a week of sales, activities and prizes.
Today's activity is to make an ATC or a Dex Card with the theme 'Steampunk'.

Here is my ATC:


I used one of the Steampunk Puss in Boots images along with a background from Steampunk Backgrounds and Elements. I manipulated the images digitally to get the cat to stand against the background and the frame in front of him. The resulting image was printed and added to black card. I added gold acrylic pen around the outer frame and some gold embossing powder and  I die cut some cogs from gold painted card. I added Glossy Accents to the remaining cogs and to parts of the frame. I used alpha stickers to add the sentiment.

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Please visit the
Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store (Half price digi sets until Sept 23rd.
Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)
A new Anything Goes, monthly challenge will start on 1st October 2024 - open worldwide to all participants, using any digis, stamping, mixed media etc
Please hop over to the Conjurer of Dreams Blog and become a Blog Follower.

Everybody's Art #563 ATC 24/09
SUYP. Challenge AG Cats 30/09

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Conjurer of Dreams: Spooky House with Pumpkins


  Hello


Today I'm sharing a tag that I made using Conjurer of Dreams images. I hope you'll pop over to the store and take a look at the Digital Art on sale for collage, scrapbooks, journals, cards and more.

This week in the Facebook Group we are celebrating the first anniversary of Conjurer of Dreams and we are having a week of sales, activities and prizes.
Todays activity was to make a card with the theme 'Pumpkin Patch'.

Here is my card:


I found a freebie image from last year on the Conjurer of Dreams Facebook Page - it's a stained glass window depicting a spooky house. 
I printed it out twice and cut the second image around the stained glass frame I then decoupaged the mage, using foam tape for dimension. I added glossy accents to the stained glass and to the windows of the mansion. I popped the decoupaged image onto a small tent card base.



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Please visit the
Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)
A new Anything Goes, monthly challenge will start on 1st October 2024 - open worldwide to all participants, using any digis, stamping, mixed media etc
Please hop over to the Conjurer of Dreams Blog and become a Blog Follower.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo


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Monday 16 September 2024

Path of Positivity: Keep Your Face to the Sunshine

Hello

Welcome back to the Path of Positivity Challenge..

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. We have decided that our overall theme for 2024 will be THE POWER OF WORDS.

September's option is to design a project that is inspired by quotes about Strength and Courage.

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Here is my midway project:


I used the beautiful Helen Keller quote along with this quirky sunflower stamp, designed by Melia Dahl for That's Crafty, to make a bookmark.
 I coloured the sunflower with Inktense Watercolour pencils and fussy cut it. I added it to a background made by stamping Oxide Inks with a stencil. Lots of white splatters were added to the background and I inked the edges in black. The quote was typed, printed and cut into strips. Finally I added an eyelet and colour-matching ribbon.


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Here are this month's suggested quotes, but you can, of course, use your own:

 “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” — Helen Keller

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” — Marcus Aurelius

“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” — Earl Nightingale
 
“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” — Steve Maraboli
 

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” — Charles Dickens

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That's all for now.
We would love to see your creations! 
Just make sure that your entry is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some way!

 The link up is here: Challenge #123 Path of Positivity.



Many thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring the challenge.


I'll be back with a another Path of Positivity project in a couple of weeks time.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo 
I'd like to play along in these challenges:

PIP Challenges #2437 AG 22/09

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge AG 23/09

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #460 Tag 23/09

Stamping Sensations Sept AG 31/09

We Love Stamping Sept AG 31/09

I read and appreciate all your comments. 
xoxo

Sunday 15 September 2024

Conjurer of Dreams: Fall Friend Tag


 Hello


Today I'm sharing a tag that I made using Conjurer of Dreams images. I hope you'll pop over to the store and take a look at the Digital Art on sale for collage, scrapbooks, journals, cards and more.

This week in the Facebook Group we are celebrating the first anniversary of Conjurer of Dreams and we are having a week of sales, activities and prizes.
Todays activity was to make a tag with the theme 'Fall Friend'

Here is my tag:

I die cut a tag from black card and added one of the Wrought Iron Gate images. I fussy cut around the kangaroo Yarn Animal (available on request), popped him on foam tape and adhered him to the tag with some gold mesh trim beneath. I added some glossy accents to his eyes and a gem to his jumper. I then added some autumn coloured, die cut leaves to the top and bottom of the tag and threaded ribbon through the eyelet.


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Please visit the
Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)
A new Anything Goes, monthly challenge will start on 1st October 2024 - open worldwide to all participants, using any digis, stamping, mixed media etc
Please hop over to the Conjurer of Dreams Blog and become a Blog Follower.

Simply Create Too #204 Fall/Autumn 31/09
Snarky Stampers #253 A for Autumn 04/10

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo




Friday 13 September 2024

Conjurer of Dreams: Steampunk Autumn


 Hello


Today I'm sharing a digital project I made using a FREE Conjurer of Dreams image. 
Conjurer of Dreams now have a new blog and the Steampunk Autumn Woman is a free download from there.

We are also excited to announce that from 1st October we will be hosting a 
NEW 'Anything Goes' blog challenge.
It's open worldwide, and you can enter 3 times per month with any paper crafts and any designer's stamps or digis. 
Hop on over to the blog and become a Follower. 
We would love to see you there.

September 15th to September 22nd is a week of fun challenges and prizes to mark the
First Anniversary of Conjurer of Dreams
This will take place in the Facebook Group, so head on over there and ask to join. 

Here is the schedule:


Everyone is welcome!

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Here is my Steampunk Autumn Woman project:


I used background 'papers' and various cogs and clock embellishments from the Steampunk Backgrounds and Elements. The frame is from Steampunk Frames 3 (available on request).

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I'd like to enter this challenge:

Thanks for looking.

Tuesday 10 September 2024

Gecko Galz: Moon Child

 

Hello

This month the customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog is 

Stay Wild Moon Child..


As always, we also have the monthly card challeng.ethe monthly Christmas Image Challenge, the monthly Stamp Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk challenge and a Gothic Challenge on the blog, as well as 4 Facebook challenges. These can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog pageWe also have the new quarterly challenge.
We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.

The winner of the Customer challenge will get a $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store voucher and the runner up a $12 voucher. There are plenty of free Gecko Galz images if you don't already own any. Each blog post has a free image to collect and, if you sign up for the monthly newsletter, there is the chance to claim a free collage set each month.  Also if you make any purchase of $2 or more you receive a free image.

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It's my DT day today, so here is what I made: 


Fist up is a shaker card. I used one of the beautiful images from the Stay Wild Moon Child collage set and make a shaker frame by cutting out die frames and adhering them together. I added midnight blue, gold and orange sequins as the shaker element.
The background was finger painted with acrylic paints from PaperArtsy, then splattered with white and gold paint. The flowers and foliage were die cut from painted card.


Pammies Inky Pinkies #2436 AG 15/09
Try it on Tuesday Make it Colourful 16/09
Shopping our Stash 530 Don't Need Another One 23/09
Paint (more than one person can ever use in a lifetime) and sequins (ditto)
A Cut Above Sept 28/09

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Next I made a triple diamond point card.
Here is the stood up view:


 I used another beautiful image from the Stay Wild Moon Child collage set and cut it with a circular die. I matted it on a die cut, white, scalloped circle. I chose paper  from my stash to match the colours in the image. 
Lying down view:


I made die cut flowers and leaves as embellishment:


The Crafting Challenge Sept AG 30/09

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I made a very simple notecard, just using the gorgeous image from Stay Wild Moon Child and adding mats in gold and teal.


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An altered spiral bound notebook - my favourite kind! 


First, I coated the kraft, hard backed, cover in Inky Pool acrylic paint. When it was thoroughly dry, I splattered some white paint and added silver embossing powder around the edges. I made an inky background with Distress Oxides. I decided to give this (and the image) a coat of Distress Glaze to seal the surface so it wouldn't  react with any water. The image is from Stay Wild Moon Child. I added some silver metallic looking gems to frame the image and added a moon charm.


Moving along with the Times #170 Not a Card 29/09

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I also made a tri-fold shutter mini book which you can read about HERE.



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That's all for now!
I hope you'll join our 'Stay Wild Moon Child' challenge where the winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.


The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month.

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a bespoke digital prize. 
Do come and join us!


I'll be back in October with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Stay Wild Moon Child"
Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo


I'd really love some feedback :)      
I read and appreciate all your comments. 
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