CDACPC 14 Oopsie Card

Here is a card I finally made with this one of this round's digital stamps. Please check out the digi stamp challenge over at the CDACPC 14 Progressive Challenge page.

The oopsie part came in when I tried colouring the digi stamp with watercolour pencils. The pencil part turned out fine but when it came time to use my water brush, the ink bled and the paper warped terribly. UGH! Since it's the end of the month I didn't have time to print off another one I tired to doctor it up the best I could so there is all kinds of stuff on this stamp...lol. I used chalks, ink daubers, Copics and regular coloured pencils. The final result is the above which turned out looking more Autumnal so I chose paper and cardstock with those colours as well. 

Of course I used Distress Ink in Old Paper all around the edges of everything on the card to get the colours to blend together. The 2 paper prints I used were created by me in Photoshop. One is a large damask pattern and the other is a fine plaid. (Keep an eye out for these plaid papers tomorrow which will be a nice freebie for you...in 35 different colours....more to come on that as well!)

The scalloped card and the inner scallop frame were cut out on my Silouette machine, finishing with a raffia bow, flower coloured to match with a mix of ink to get the right shade and a sentiment that came with a set freebie from a craft magazine which of course was coloured in my me to match using the pencils. I have a card ready to give this coming Fall...lol.

SUPPLY LIST

Digital Stamp - Ike's Art
Tannish brown and burgundy cardstock from DCWV Naturals Stack (12"x12")
Plaid & Damask papers in beige tones designed by me and printed on my Inkjet printer.
Distress Ink in Old Paper
Raffia (from my stash)
Paper flower - Mulberry Crafts UK
Sentiment - freebie from crafting magazine
Silouette SD Cutting Machine and scallop shape create by me.
Derwent Watercolour Pencils
Dovecraft Chalks
Cheap kids coloured pencil set
Copic Markers

Free Printable Mother's Day Photocard

 

Mother's Day is this coming Sunday here in the UK and their may be some of you who got caught out for a card. Maybe I can help you out with today's freebie! (Yep the photo on the card in the above preview is me and my daughter Aurora when she was 8 yrs old. My photo is NOT included with this freebie...whew aren't cha glad? lol.)

I created a printable Mother's Day cardfront sheet here with decoupage layers and sentiments. The best part is it's a Photo Card! Just place a photo of your choice inside the frame to personalise it just for your own Mum. It's so easy to make a quick card,

I have the download for you here in a few ways. 

1. You can download JPG sheets in A4 world or US Letter sizes so you can print straight from Windows Picture Viewer.

2. If you would like to add your photo to your card using your own Cardmaking Program such as Serif's Craft Artist, My Craft Studio, etc or using a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop Elements, then download the ZIP file that contains everything on the sheet as individual PNG files with transparent backgrounds.

It's your choice...then just PRINT, CUT and CREATE your card!

First here is the ZIP file of PNGs:  DOWNLOAD PNGs

Download A4 WORLD Sheet HERE

  Download US LETTER Sheet HERE

 

Another CDACPC 13 Project

Here I am with another CDACPC 13 project made with a really cute flower digital stamp provided by Glitterbabe. Here is a notecard with a matching envelope which is a perfect giftie for Mother's Day...or a great gift just because! I actually made this set for a bookmark exchange, I hope my swap partner doesn't read my blog before she receives them...lol. For the bookmark I opened the flower digi stamp in Photoshop and copied the flower into a line first. On the card I printed out 2 of the flower in a larger size. I know it's hard to tell on the photo but I cut into the petals on one of them and curled every other petal to get a more dimensional look. When I glued the top flower on, I rotated it a bit so it looked like a flower with more petals.

Here is a photo of the finished inside of the card and back of the bookmark. Those were made in Photoshop as well and printed out. I decided to leave them back and white. Actually I lowered the opacity on everything so the sentiments would stand out. Underneath is my supply list of what I used to make this set. Thanks for looking and have a craft happy day!

SUPPLY LIST

Flower Digital Stamp - Glitterbabe

Light Yellow Card base from an A6 card pack. (no brand)

Light Yellow Pearlised Cardstock (no brand)

Pink Textured Cardstock - Gemstones Card Stack (12" x 12")

Ribbon (top of bookmark) - Yellow from Pound Store Ribbon Set, Pink from Ribbon Oasis

Pink Gingham Sticky Back Ribbon - Hobbycraft brand

A CDACPC 13 Card

I think I am done being sick for awhile. It's been a rough couple of months but I am finally making some card and craft projects that I would like to show off. I am also making some plans for my blog here so keep your eyes peeled.

I would like to show my new card made for the new CDAC Progressive Challenge 13. 
If you go there you can see all the digital stamps we had to chose from. I actually printed all of them off and so far have created something with 2 of them. Today I am showing you my first one created with a cute girl stamp by Lia Stampz. It's a generic card but I like how it turned out. Below I have listed the supplies used in creating my card. Thanks for looking and join me tomorrow for another challenge card!

Products Used:
Digital Stamp - Lia Stampz
Copic Ciao Markers
Green Card Base - DCWV Naturals Card Stack (12" x 12")
Papers - WeRMemoryKeepers Travel Light 6" x 6" Paper Stack
Black Super Shiny Cardstock (generic)
Twine - Nutscene Twine
Flowers -  Mulberry Crafts UK
Flowers were colourised uisng the following:
Large Flower - Copic Ciao marker YR23 Yellow Ochre
Small Flowers  - Ranger Distress Ink Bundled Sage.

CDAC Progressive challenge, cdacpc7

It's a new Progressive Challenge over at CDAC! Here's my project using the free images for phase 7 of the CDAC Progressive Challenge. To see all the images and also all the other projects made with them, visit HERE.

I created a birthday party table menu using digital stamps and digital papers:



Here are my supplies:

Bull Digital Stamp by Crafting with Jack
Chicken Digital Stamp by Sugar Creek Hollow
Digital Papers from Super Dad Free Kit by Jenasis Designs, printed on thin cardstock.
Letters were created by me in Photoshop, then printed and cut out.
Copic Ciao markers
ATC Tape Gun
3D foam pads
Pinflair Glue

Thanks for having a peek.....comments are appreciated. :)

Hugs, Dorothy

Friday Freebie - Triple Frame Template

I ended up not being able to do a video this week as my video camera set up had to be taken down due to the new desktop area I hav in my craft room now...sorry all!

But I do have a Friday Freebie today! Sometime you want to create a mini album, brag book or greeting card but get a little lost for ideas. Well this template today will help you with that! You can clip your digital papers to the layers using the PSD and TIF files, or you can change things around using the individual PNG files or just print out the JPG sketch and take it to your craft room to use as a visual blueprint of a card design. Add your own elements and embellies as well.

You have 2 sizes here: One is a 6" x 6" template for thos in the USA and one is a 15 cm x 15 cm template for those in the rest of the world.

I hope you enjoy this freebie...love to see what you create with it!

I made a mini scrap page of my recent holiday in Wales...here is me and my hubby John plus a sign from somewhere between Cardigan and Cardiff...lol.




Download the 6 inch x 6 inch template HERE

Download the 15 cm x 15 cm template HERE

Hybrid Humpday - Hatpins

Hey all...what's up!

Dorothy here with this week's hybrid crafting video and I hope you will like it. This week it's not so much a card as it is a design trend. Hatpins have been around for awhile but they seem to be in a whole lot of magazines and demos lately. SO I made a bunch of my own and I show them here along with how to add them to a card.

Here is your supply list:

For the Hatpins:
Craft wire or long stright pins
Stickles
Beads
Glossy Accents
Paper Beads
or anything else you would like to add to your hatpins like ribbon or gems.

For the card:
A4 cardstock folded in half for an A5 card.
My Cupid Statue Pyramage Set (it's 20% off this week)
Glitter
double sided tape
Glue Dots
Flowers of choice
Ribbon of choice
Handmade Hatpin

Now here is your video for this week....enjoy!

Hybrid Humpday - Playing with Blocks

Hi everyone!

I know I know it's Thursday...lol. Yesterday was a turmoil around here so I had to wait until this morning to make the video. I sure hope you like it!

I'm showing you how to "inchies" or inch square blocks of images on your cards using lots of distressing and wrinkling.


First I created my main image motif in Photoshop and as I say in the video, here are links to creators of the brushes I used in making the image:

OBSIDIAN DAWN - http://www.obsidiandawn.com

1lovesdevine - http://www.vectorarts.net/photoshop-brushes/free-ornament-photoshop-brushes/

Here are the measurements and supplies used in making the card:

A5 card base in yellow
Backing Paper - 14.5 x x19.5 cm
Green Pearl Cardstock 300 gsm - 13 x 18 cm
Image Motif - 12.5 x 15 cm
Glue Pen
Gold fine Glitter
Distress Ink in Vintage Photo
Prima Flowers
Ribbon

Of course you can substitute with your own cardstock and backing papers..you cna also change the sizes just make sure you calculate them so the blocks will be even when divided into 2.5 cm squares.

Enjoy the video!

New in Shop - Bathtime Relax!

Hi there, Dorothy here and I have a new creation in my shop. This design is available in a format for everyone so no matter whether you scrap, craft or makecards, you will find something you will like! All are on sale 20% off for this week only

Here is BATHTIME RELAX!

This is the Bathtime Relax Digital Scrapbooking kit…it’s available in PNG/JPG format and a pack for those who use Craft Artist Pro:

Here is the link to the Bathtime Relax Kit for Craft Artist Pro.

Here is the Bathtime Relax Cardmaking kit containing decoupage, pyramage and topper sheets as well as 6 backing papers. This set comes in both A4 and US Letter sized sheets.


You can also get the individual Bathtime Relax Decoupage and Pyramage sheets on their own if you don’t want the whole kit.



I hope you like them...thanks for reading!

Hugs, Dorothy