* Victorian Mice Cozy Days

 

Hello

One of my blogging friends has recently opened a new Etsy store called Conjurer of Dreams and there she is selling Digital Art. The images are absolutely stunning., I hope you'll pop over and take a look.

Here I used one of the four images from Victorian Mice to create a digital collage.

These little mice are so cute and adorable - they are dressed in Victorian costumes and have a Victorian Drawing Room background.

I used a Gecko Galz ATC background (Signs of Yesterday) and overlaid a border mask and star highlights along with golden swirls. I choose a text covered frame with stitching to frame the mouse family, adding two eyelets in the top corners. I also added some florals and ferns at the base together with two partly concealed gold stars.

Victorian Mice 

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Blog (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

That's all for now.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Try it on Tuesday Fantasy 19/09

Who wouldn't want to live in a fantasy world where there are dressed animals?

* Critter Crazy #78 AG 25/09

* A Perfect Time to Craft Sept AG 28/09

* Classic Design Challenge #9 Sept AG 28/09

* Crafting Happiness Challenge Sept AG 30/09

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

* A Little Something Spooky

Hello

One of my blogging friends has recently opened a new Etsy store called Conjurer of Dreams and there she is selling Digital Art.  The images are absolutely stunning., I hope you'll pop over and take a look.

Here I used one of the four images from Steampunk Skeletons to create a digital scrapbook page.

I chose paper, the border mask, a polaroid frame, glittery cobwebs, cooky-looking bats and a sentiment from my stash of digitals and arranged the layers to my liking in PicMonkey, an online photo-editing and design service, adding drop shadows here and there to mimic dimension. The smiling Steampunk Skeleton looks so handsome and cheeky in the frame!

Steampunk Skeletons

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Blog (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

That's all for now.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Halloween Crafts All Year Aug/Sept 14/09

* Double Trouble Challenge #147 Oh My Gourd: Fall Colours/Gourd 17/09

* Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge Sept 28/09

* Most Magical Time Of The Year #12 Halloween/Christmas 30/09

* Get Creative Challenges #125 Pumpkin Spice 30.09

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

* Path of Positivity: Vintage Florals

Hello

Welcome to the September Path of Positivity Challenge.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.

This month's option is to design a project that is inspired by our Tic-Tac-Toe board.

Honours and Prizes include:

• $6 worth of images from Scribbles Designs, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
• A badge for the following honours: Top Pick, Voter's Choice, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

Here is my DT project:

I decided on the middle row (add trim, add dimension/texture and make own background) although my project also fits the top row, the first column and the top left to bottom right diagonal as well.

 I used a beautiful vintage floral image that was free with any purchase from Gecko Galz last month. I printed it out twice, so that I could fussy cut the tulip heads, the butterfly and some of the leaves. I shaped the tulip heads with a ball tool and popped foam tape under the centre of each so that they have dimension. I curled the leaves and left them free of adhesive so that they have some movement - this gives both dimension and texture. The butterfly was folded and adhered just in the centre.

The background was made by blending ink (Antique Lined and Frayed Burlap around the edges), then over-stamping in Antique Linen using a script stamp. Water was sprayed over the background and blotted to bleach out some colour.

 I matted the image and the background onto gold card (my nod to the 'bling' option in the top row). Some gorgeous lace trim was adhered along the base of the background and the floral panel was popped on foam tape to raise it and add dimension.

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 #115 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:

* Pammies InkyPinkies #1335 AG 10/09

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge AG with Flowers #8 12/09

Creatalicious Challenges #266 AG 14/09

* LilPatchnofCrafty Friends £213 AG 16/09

* A Perfect Time to Craft Sept AG 28/09 Spotlight Favourite

* 613 Avenue Create Sept AG 30/09

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

Vera Lane Studio: Tiny Aliens

   

Hello

It's Monday and my Vera Lane Studio DT day. 

Today at Vera Lane Studio we have a new digi set release. The set is called called Tiny Aliens and features four cute, squishy aliens and two sentiments

Here is my project:

I coloured the images with Copics, using the Blender marker to bleach out spots of colour. I fussy cut them. The galaxy sky background was made by smooshing card in puddles of Distress Oxide, then splattering gold and white acrylic paint all over. I added some white script embossing and some black stamping. For the planet, I die cut a circle, heat embossed some swirls in white and coloured with Oxides in greys. Once everything was glued in place I added some gold acrylic paint around the edges.

Tiny Aliens

That's all for now.

I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  

Here's all the info you need:

Vera Lane Studio Blog

***Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group***

Vera Lane Studio You Tube Channel

Vera Lane Studio Etsy Shop

AALL & Create carry Janet's clear stamp sets, stencils and Washi Tape. 

A list of stockists can be found here.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Always Count Your Blessings

Hello

One of my blogging friends has recently opened a new Etsy store called Conjurer of Dreams and there she is selling Digital Art. The images are absolutely stunning., I hope you'll pop over and take a look.

One of the things I love is anthropomorphic animal images and I found this cute set of Renaissance animals. The set contains four images and here I used one to make a digital scrapbook page:

I love how this page turned out.

I chose a plaid background paper and applied a black grungy border mask and then a gilded border mask. I added texture in the centre of the page beneath the image. The beautiful image is framed with a heavy gold picture frame. A flower cluster was added with extra gold leaves and a couple of partly hidden sparkly gems. Stars were scattered over the background.

Renaissance animals

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Blog (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

That's all for now.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Crafting from the Heart #5 AG not cards 24/09

Colorful Options Sept Orange 26/09

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Crafts Galore Encore: Little Birdie ATCs

Hello

Happy September :)

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) 29th September.

This month's challenge is kindly sponsored by Tracey-Lynn from Fred She Said.

I used three sets of pre-coloured digis. Backdrops for Flowers or Butterflies, Winter Birds and the Dogwood Branch, to make a set of ATCs:

I printed out the backgrounds and elements I needed several times, making some smaller and others larger. The backgrounds were distressed around the edges with scissors, then slightly inked and lots of white splatters were applied.

I fussy cut the birds and dogwood branches and inked them lightly around the edges to disguise any white paper. I added some sisal, some gild mesh trim and a tiny amount of florist's moss to act as a base for the birdies. The birds were popped on foam tape to add dimension.

Sticker sentiments were adhered and each background was matted onto a black base.

That's all for now.

Many thanks to Tracey-Lynn from Fred She Said 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:

The Crafty Addicts #4 AG 05/09

* Critter Crazy. #78 AG 25/09

* Crafty Animals #76 26/09

Crafty Calendar AG 28/09

Crafting Happiness #146 AG 30/09

ATC Around the World #105 AG 30/09

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Gecko Galz: Autumn Glory

Hello

and welcome to my blog :)

September is here and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Nature's Abundance.

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.

And, new for this year, we have a new challenge, the quarterly challenge.. September is the start of a new quarter and the theme this time is to make an altered shrine.

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.

One of the projects I made is a digital scrapbook page.

The Harvest

The image is from The Color of Autumn collage set.

The paper and all the transparent background (png) elements are from the Autumn Calling Kit. I layered up the elements in PicMonkey, adding just a few extra details such as the grungy overlay masks and the gold flourishes from my stash.

Autumn Calling Kit 

Contains papers, collage set, png icons/elements and stamps

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Nature's Abundance 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 digita prize. 

Do come and join us!

I'll be back on the 20th September with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Nature's Abundance"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:

The Four Seasons Challenge #9 Fall 25/09 (1/3)

A Perfect Time to Craft #9 Sept AG 28/09

Give a Crafter a Cookie #184 Browns 30/09

Love to Craft #76 AG 15/10

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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