* Heart's Quest Fantasy: Baby Griffin

 

Hello

I am delighted to have been invited to guest design for the 

Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.

The Heart's West Fantasy Challenge is an open fantasy, mythical or mythical creatures themed challenge blog..

This month the theme is AG Fantasy (see blog for what counts), with the option of Griffins.

Now I searched and searched, but didn't have any images of Griffins, so I decided to let AI create one for me using Bing Image Creator. I didn't like a lot of them, but the two that I did like, I've added below. Please feel free to download them if you wish.

Here is my card featuring a baby griffin in fantasy colours:

I decided to make a shaker card, so I die cut the printed image and with the same set of dies I made 6 frames out of thick,  teal card. I glued the frames together and placed on top of the image with sequins. I die cut a frame from patterned paper and adhered acetate to the back. This was then glued onto the top of the frame to seal the shaker element. The background paper is from an old paper pack and is glittered.

I added a band of patterned paper matted onto teal card with the hand stamped sentiment 'Happy Birthday'.

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Baby griffin images - please feel free to download:

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                                

I'd like to play along in these challenges

* Creative Fingers Challenge #286 AG 18/10

* Crafty Calendar Challenge Oct AG 28/10

* A Perfect Time to Craft Oct AG 28/10 DT Favourite

* Scrapping4fun Challenges 240 AG 29/10

* Love Those Pretty Papers Oct AG 31/10

* Lets Craft and Create Challenge #212 AG 31/10

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

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.e, the 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 page. We 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)

* Mirtillamente Challenge #35 AG 27/09

* 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:

Love those Pretty Papers Sept AG 30/09 TOP WINNER

*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 TOP 5

The Outlaws AG in a Card Free Zone  Sept 04/10

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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:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Stay Wild Moon Child"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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* Gecko Galz: Sea of Dreams Shaker Book

  Hello

It's July and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Sea of Dreams..

As always, we also have the monthly card challeng.e, the 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 page. We 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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Here is what I made as inspiration for the Customer Challenge. 

It's a shaker booklet (the instructions are at the bottom of this post)

and my inspiration came from a project made by the lovely 

Chrissy from Chrissy Card Land:

I used images from the Fish Camp collage set. I removed the background from some images and digitally combined them before printing out.

Here is the front of the book:

I added oxide coloured, die cut seaweed and some tiny mulberry flowers for decoration.

The first pages:

Second pages:

Third pages:

Step by step process:

1. Cut 4 pieces of card (mine is 10 inches by 5 inches), 

finger paint with acrylics, 

splatter with silver and white paint

fold in half to make a 5 x 5 inch folder

have the folded edge on the right, die cut a circle from the front of each folder

2. Print your images (making sure they are the right size to fit the aperture)

place in a cellophane bag

add sequins 

seal bag

3. Add tape or glue to the back of the cellophane bagged image

adhere to the inside of the folder (make sure the opening is on the left side)

4. Die cut circular borders using 2 dies held together with washi tape

heat emboss with silver glitter powder (or paint)

5. Attach the borders to the front aperture

6. Make the binding accordion from a 5 inch x 3 inch piece of painted card

make 6 scores along the 3 inch edge,  half an inch apart

fold into an accordion and make sharp creases

7. The first piece of the accordion is attached to the inside of your first folder to make the front of the book

(I used glue and bulldog clips, for the first page, but changed to red tape and glue as it is sturdier)

8. Attach the other 3 pages to the binding accordion

clamp the binding together until glue is dry

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Sea of Dreams 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 on the 10th July with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Sea of Dreams"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #232 AG 06/07

* Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenges #2426 07/07

* Critter Crazy #88 25/07

*A Perfect Time to Craft. July AG 28/07 DT Favourite

* A Place to Start July AG 31/07

Mini Album Mania #6 15/08

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Conjurer of Dreams: Winter Wonderland

Hello

Happy November :)

Today I'm sharing some projects 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 and cards.

The theme this month is Winter Wonderland.

Here is what I made;

First up is a Christmas shaker card. One of the Winter Pines images is in the background and a Watercolour Snowman is on the frame.

Allsorts Challenge #753 The Great Outdoors 10/11 (Please delete my entry - I posted this before your challenge)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #151 AG 12/11

Creative Fingers Challenge #265 AG 17/11

Cut It Up Challenges #290 Layer It Up 17/11

Most Magical Time of the Year #14 30/11

Paper Dragonfly Challenges #23 Anything Festive 30/11

CRAFT Challenge #696 AG 30/11

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Next, I have a pair of Victorian Mice and, in my mind, they are in church standing in front of a stained glass window. The Winter Stained Glass Windows are stunning. I popped the images on a 3D embossed brick wall, coloured with Distress Oxide inks.

Aren't these dressed mice gorgeous.

Double Trouble #151 AG 05/11

CYHTP Challenge AG with EF 08/11

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I made a 3D framed piece:

Here the Cocoa Share hamsters are in front of a Winter Pine backdrop. The images were fussy cut and layered to make the 3D effect. The frame was painted in white, stamped and heat embossed in silver EP. 

Crafty Catz #657 AG 09/11

Christmas with the Cuties #75 Not a Card 20/11

Crafting from the Heart #7 AG no cards 26/11

Craft Rocket Challenges #109 Winter 28/11

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A journal page:

I made a smooshed Oxide background and added lots of white splatters. One of the quirky Christmas Portrait images was popped onto a die cut frame. I die cut 2 silver snowflakes, adding a sparkly gem stone at the centre of each.

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A Winter Greeting card:

Another smooshed Distress Oxide background with a midnight sky appearance. I added some die cut snowbanks and lots of snow in the form of white paint splatters. The images are from Snowflake Dreams Jars and Watercolour Snowmen. Some glitter snowflake stickers were also added to the night sky and a die cut sentiment.

TicTacToe Challenge #233 Centre row - Sparkles, Holiday sentiment, Free 09/11

Try it on Tuesday Sparkle All the Way 13/11

The Outlawz Festive Friday (3-30 Nov) Christmas/Snowflakes 30/11

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And finally, some digital collages:

That's all for now.

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Blog (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Crafts Galore Encore: Best Day Ever

 Hello

Today sees that start of a new challenge at Crafts Galore Encore. 

The theme is always 'Anything Goes' and you can enter up to 3 different projects.  The challenge runs all month until mid day (GMT) 30th March.

This month's challenge is kindly sponsored by Jan from Jan's Digital Store. Jan offered the DT digi stamps to work with and I chose this beautiful heart-shaped flower wreath from the Valentine Wishes set.

Here is my card:

I coloured the image with Copic markers and fussy cut it. I made a stencil monoprint background by stamping with a stencil coated in shades of pink Distress Oxides and spritzed with water. Every print is different with this technique and you never know what you are going to get - I love that! I added some stamping in Victorian Velvet and lots of white and dusky pink splatters.

I made the flower heart into a shaker element, adding raspberry coloured sequins inside. I matted the background onto black card and used a Small Talk sticker as my sentiment.

Many thanks to Jan from Jan's Digital Store for her generous prize for our random winner.

Please pop over to Crafts Galore Encore to see the DT's wonderful designs and to enter our challenge. 

We'd love to see your creations.

Remember the challenge is always 'Anything Goes' and so you can create any type of project - it doesn't have to be a card and you can enter up to 3 times.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                                

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Worldwide Crafters & Colorists Challenge #2 AG 12/03

Creations in Pink #55 AG 13/03

A Perfect Time to Craft #3 AG 28/03

Mixed Media Lovers #23 Focal Point 31/03

Birds, Blooms & Butterflies #1 31/03

Lets Create and Craft #193 AG 31/03

A Place to Start March AG 31/03

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo