Conjurer of Dreams: Fairy Fall Mouse

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 a **free image** from the Facebook Group to create a card.

Isn't she a cute little fairy mouse! 

I matted her onto kraft card and inked around the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to darken it up a little. I chose some sunflower-yellow polkadot paper from Lawn Fawn as my background. I distressed the edges of the patterned paper with scissors, added the topper, popped on foam tape for dimension, and die cut and coloured some leaves and a flower for the cluster embellishment. I adhered a piece of brown velvet trim and a knot bow and used kraft card as a mat atop a blank white card base.

Please come and visit:

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:

* The Sisterhood of Crafters Die Cuts 24/09

* Critter Crazy #78 AG 25/09

* A Perfect Time to Craft Sept AG 28/09

Classic Design Challenge #9 Sept AG 28/09

* Unicorn Challenge #91 Layer it Up 28/09

* Crafting Happiness Challenge Sept AG 30/09

* Double Trouble Challenge #148 Dies/Punches 01/10

*As You Like It Challenge Favourite harvest colour 03/10

 I love the warm yellows/oranges/reds/purples as the leaves change colour before they fall.

Crafty Gals Corner #247 Signs of Fall 10/10

Ellibelle: I Spy With My lIttle Eye Something on a Farm 15/10

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Gecko Galz: Nature's Abundance

 

Hello

and welcome to my blog :)

September is here and we have a our 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, we have a new challenge, the quarterly challenge where this time we're asking you 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.

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I made a gift set which comprises of a card, a bookmark and a coaster featuring the beautiful images from Nature's Stained Glass Jewel It.

The images were enlarged and printed.

The kraft card bookmark has patterned paper in the background from the Signs of Yesterday ATC set. I die cut some borders out of teal card and arranged as a frame around the image. I added an eyelet and some hessian twine

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The card also has a kraft card base. Signs of Yesterday papers are in the background and the image is framed with natural coloured trim. I die cut (Sizzix) and coloured some foliage and a toadstool as embellishments and popped everything on a teal mat layer.

Here is the coaster - I used a Sizzix thinly die to cut the circular image and the die also cuts a border ring - I die cut it from black card and used the outer ring as a frame. The base is pdf board painted with gold acrylic. The whole project was varnished for some durability.

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

* Creative Fingers Challenge #261 AG 22/09

* PIP Challenges#2337 AG 24/09

Crafting from the Heart #05 AG 25/09

Unicorn Challenge #91 Layer it up 28/09

Double Trouble Challenge #148 Dies/Punches 01/10

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I altered the cover of a spiral bound notebook:

I love this image from the Autumn Splendour collage set. I digitally added some grungy marks before I printed it. The background paper is from the Autumn Colours ATC set. I added some gold trim and some die cut flowers and foliage as well as copper stickers (do you remember those!) to the corners of the image and around the edges of the paper. Finally I added the typewriter style Alpha stickers.

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

* The Sisterhood of Crafters Die Cuts 24/09

Craft-alnica #344 Alter a Notebook 03/10

Crafty Gals Corner #247 Signs of Fall 10/10

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Next I have several digital scrapbook pages.

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.

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Flowers or Weeds:

The beautiful image is from Autumn Queens collage set and the paper is an enlarged ATC from the Signs of Yesterday ATC set. I added digital scrapbooking elements and the quote from the poet, William Wordsworth.

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Hello Fall:

The image and squirrel icon are from the Autumn Calling Kit, and the papers from Autumn Harvest ATC set.

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An Autumn to Behold

The image is from the Autumn Queens collage set, the paper are from Signs of Yesterday ATC set. I printed out a copy of this digital collage and made a notecard:

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 1st October with more Gecko Galz projects and don't forget we have the Bog Hop from the 26th to the 30th October.

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:

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Path of Positivity: The Adventure Begins

Hello

Welcome to the midway reminder for 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 midway DT project:

For my card, I chose the central column, Buttons or Bling, Dimension/Texture and Masculine. It just so happens that it also fits the bottom row as well.

I chose a couple of masculine images and a sentiment from Gecko Galz collage sets. I made the brick textured background using a Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder and swiped Distress Oxide ink pads (Old Paper, Frayed Burlap and Pumice Stone) across it so that the raised parts picked up colour. I made the Bon Voyage image into a poster, adding gold bling at the corners. The gentleman was fussy cut and inked around the edges. I decided to add part of a die cut flag banner across one of the top corners and some 'metal work' borders all around the edges.

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:

* Allsorts Challenge #746 Masculine 22/09

Creative Fingers Challenge #261 AG 22/09 Top 3

* Pammies InkyPinkies #2337 AG 24/09

* Creative Inspiration Challenges #6 AG 28/09

Creatalicious Challenges #267 AG 29/09

* Outlaws: no stamp challenge Sept/Oct 14/10 Honourable Mention

I read and appreciate all your comments.

xoxo

* Vera Lane Studio: Meow

 

Hello

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

Today I have a  a trio of ATC Coins featuring the newly released 'Meow' digi set. It has six kitties and two sentiments.

I love the facial expressions and the poses on these cats. 

I coloured them with Copics, fussy cut them and added them to smooshed Oxide backgrounds. I did a little stamping on the backgrounds and added some splatters. The cats are grounded with some torn washi tape and I decided to die cut a slightly larger black circle to use as a mat for each coin.

Meow

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:

* Pammies InkyPinkies #2337 AG 24/09

* Crafty Calendar Challenge Sept AG 28/09

* 613 Avenue Create Sept AG 29/09

* Crafting Happiness Challenges #146 AG 29/09

* SUYP #92 AG with cats 30/09

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 214 AG 07/10 Top 5

* Alley's Angels #74 AG 09/10 

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

* Vera Lane Studio: Rescue Kitties

 

Hello

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

Today I have a trinchie featuring the Rescue Kitties.

At the moment over at the Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group we have a challenge. The challenge is to make a calendar for 2024 using VLS digi stamps. Janet Klein has provided prompts for each month and has a free calendar template, available in the group, or digital ones for purchase. The challenge closes at the end of November, so there's plenty time to make your 12 pieces of artwork and bind them together however you please into a useful calendar.

The 2024 Digital Calendar Template has space for a 3 x 3 inch piece of artwork, hence why I made a trinchie. My trinchie is the prompt for March, simply because I hadn't used these lovely Rescue Kitties yet.

I coloured the digis with Copics and pencils. They are fussy cut and adhered straight onto the background as I don't want any bulk in my calendar. The background is coloured with Oxides in Dried Marigold, Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge. The smooshing and dabbing technique never fails to please me. I added some text stamping and some part flowers using two stamp sets designed by Janet's for AALL & Create (Background Noise - my absolute all time favourite - and Flower Pops). I used a torn piece of washi tape (again AALL & Create) to ground my characters.

I haven't yet decided how I'm going to bind my pages together, so here is just an idea of how my March page might look. Nothing is glued down as yet :)

Here's what I used:

Rescue Kitties                                      2024 Calendar Template

   

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:

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 213 AG 16/09

* Pammies InkyPinkies #1336 AG 17/09

* Crafty Calendar Challenge Sept AG 28/09 TOP 5

* 613 Avenue Create Sept AG 29/09 Top Rocker

* Crafting Happiness Challenges #146 AG 29/09

* Alley's Angels #74 AG 09/10 Top 5

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo