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Thursday 28 April 2016

Tub-Time for Baby - Julia Spiri Challenge #17

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Bloggers and Followers, for the next few days ahead I will be recouperating from my little operation that I had yesterday, but thank goodness for scheduling posts!!

... So without further ado ... we have another new fortnight challenge over at Julia Spiri. Our theme as always is 'Anything Goes' but for the more adventurous, how about trying our twist, 'For a Child'. For our DT inspiration we were to make a card, but I couldn't resist to create this little fun bath tub and use the image 'It's a Boy' as I so enjoyed creating the little bag for the last challenge!! For more wonderful images, challenge details etc, these can all be found by following the links at the bottom of the page!! And so here is what I created... I hope you like it!!
My Project

 Products Used
Julia Spiri - It's a Boy image
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card
ProMarkers - Tan, Caramel, Cool Aqua, Pastel Blue, Powder Blue, Ice Grey 1 and 2
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Indigo Blu - Gee-Sso White
Docrafts - Artiste Pearl Ice Blue acrylic paint
Creative Expressions - Cosmic Shimmer Golden Jewels gilding flakes
From my stash - Small plastic tub, air dry clay for bath feet, gems, teddy embellishment, clear pebbles and topper sentiment

I first of all printed, coloured and carefully cut out the image and set to one side. To create this little fun bath tub, I found in my stash a little clear tub which I new would be so perfect for this. I first of all coated it with a layer of Indigo Blu white gee-sso as a base, inside and out. I then painted a layer of Docrafts ice blue acrylic paint. Once dry I added gold gilding flakes around the rim and created the little feet out of air dry clay, which I covered in gold gilding flakes to match and glued to the base. I also added gems and the sentiment too! I then lined it with white tissue paper, added the clear round marbles and iridescent pebbles to create the water bubbles effect!  To complete the scene I attached the image as shown, added the teddy (also with gems attached) and a couple of little rubber ducks which no tub time should be without!!
Close Ups
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you join in with our new challenge, if you need more inspiration, then hop over to our blog and see all of the fabulous cards created by my fellow DT girls... why not leave them some love too!!

Wednesday 27 April 2016

'Use Ribbon' with Crafty Addicts

Good morning everyone, first of all, I would like to warmly welcome my new couple of followers, Gwenda and Liz....Hiya and thanks so much for joining my 'krafty world' ... Please feel free to stop by any time!! This morning I will be busy getting ready to head into hospital for a minor operation later today, so will be awol for a few days, I will catch up with you all as soon as I can!!

Now to get on with the real reason I'm here, we have a brand new fortnight challenge over at Crafty Addicts. Our sponsors are Whoopsi Daisy Designs, who are offering 2 image sheets to winner and Scrapper's Delights, who are offering 3 digi images... For my DT inspiration project I am using the image Honey 3. She is so adorable, isn't she? ... As always our theme is 'Anything Goes' but you could try our twist, which is 'Use Ribbon'. So I have added some lovely bright ribbons to decorate. Here is my finished project...
My Project
Products Used
Scrapper's Delight - Honey 3 image
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card
ProMarkers - Sandstone, Cinnamon, Gold, Lime Green, Pear Green, Yellow, Rose Pink and Cerise
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Creata - Backing card and Mirror card
Create and Craft - Gold embossed card
Marianne - Clock die
Britannia - Rose Leaf die
Docrafts - Papermania green ribbon
Petaloo - Velvet butterfly
Little Birdie - Large pink flower
From my stash - Glitter card, silk leaves, small pink flower, pink ibbon, gems, brad and pearls

Started with a C5 white scalloped blank card and layered together the glitter card and Creata backing card along with pink and green ribon. I cut out the clock using contrasting green mirror card and held together with a flower brad. I printed, coloured and carefully cut out the image and positioned as shown. To finish off I added the large and small pink flowers, along with silk leaves, gold die-cut leaves, butterfly, gems and pearls...
Close Ups
Thanks so much for joining me and I hope to see all your gorgeous creations, if you need more inspiration, then pop over to our challenge blog and see all of the gorgeous cards created by my DT buddies, why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna DT
xxx

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Thursday 14 April 2016

'Baby's First Little Bag' - Julia Spiri Challenge #16

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Bloggers and Followers, well it's another new fortnight challenge over at Julia Spiri. Our theme as always is 'Anything Goes' but for the more adventurous, how about trying our twist, 'Make a bag'!! For my DT inspiration, I created this little bag, which could be used for gifts or even as a card/notelet holder. The image I have used is It's a Girl from the adorable Baby Collection, isn't she sooo sweet!! For more wonderful images, challenge details etc, these can all be found by following the links at the bottom of the page!! And so here is what I created...
My Project
Products Used
Julia Spiri - 'It's a Girl' image
ProMarkers - Pale Pink, Baby Pink, Buttercup, Vanilla, Pastel Beige, Powder Blue, Cool Aqua, Ice Grey 1 and Ice Grey 2
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Glitter Gel Pen - Gold
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card
Create and Craft - Gold Linen card
Britannia - Rose Leaf die
Joy Craft - Butterfly die
Fiskar - Edge Punch
Prima - Pink Rose flower
Pink glitter card, Pink rose organza ribbon, Pink teddy embellishment, White doily, Pearls and Gems are all from my stash.

The measurements and instructions used to create the bag are:-
1: Gold card for base - 5''x8'',   scoring 1'' all round sides and create tabs. Fold then glue tabs.
2: Pink glitter card for main body -  1 piece 4 1/2'' x 12''  and 1 piece 4 1/2'' x 7'' Glue these together around base.
3: Gold card for trim - 2 pieces 3/4'' x 11'' and 2 pieces 3/4'' x 8''(one set inside the other outside) The outside set I used Fiskers edge punch
4: Gold card for handles - 2 pieces 1'' x 11'', scoring at 1 1/2'' from each end and also down centre from each 1 1/2'' score line, then round off corners. Gluing in half from score line to score line, then once dry glue to bag.
5: Decorate

So to decorate, I added lovely pink rose organza ribbon around the base of bag. I also trimmed the handles with individual organza roses to compliment. After printing, colouring and carefully cut out image, I placed this on top of a halved doily. Finishing off with Prima rose flower, gold die-cut leaves, teddy embellishment, pearls and gems...
Close Ups
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you join in with our new challenge, if you need more inspiration, then hop over to our blog and see all of the fabulous cards created by my fellow DT girls... why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna (DT)
xxx


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Wednesday 13 April 2016

'Girly' with Crafty Addicts

Hi Crafty Friends, Bloggers and Followers, I'm here this morning with a new DT creation for our new fortnight challenge over at Carfty Addicts. Our sponsors are All Dressed Up, who are offering 2 digis to the winner and Star Stampz, who are offering 3 digis. I have used Little Mermaid Chibi by Star Stampz which you can purchase here! She is so cute, don't you think?! As always our theme is 'Anything Goes' but you could try our twist, which is 'Girly'!... I wanted to create something a little different, so I decided to base my card on a scalloped shell and this is what I came up with...
My Project
Products Used
 Star Stampz - Little Mermaid Chibi image
ProMarkers - Tan, Sandstone, Cinnamon, Oatmeal, Saffron, Peach, Soft Peach, Soft Lime, Meadow Green, Khaki, Pear Green, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink and Rose Pink
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Gel Pen - Gold Glitter
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour Card
Creata - Pink satin card (For Waves)
Spellbinders - Circle and Scalloped Circle dies
Joy Craft - Seahorse, Shells, Wave border and Flourish dies
Prima - Pink glitter roses
Papermania - Pink satin ribbon and Green Capsule Collection glitter paper (For Flourishes)
Glossy Accents - Clear (For bubbles on image)
Stickles Glue - White Frosted Lace(For Wave border) and Star Dust (For bubbles on image)
Gold and Bronze card to make Seahorse and shells, Starfish, Sequin wave ribbon, Pink and white dot ribbon, pearls and Pink glitter card are all from my stash
First of all, I found a photo of a scalloped shell on the internet and printed on to a white 8x8 card blank, then carefully cut out, this became my base card. I printed, coloured with Promarkers/Copic Ciaos, adding Glossy Accents/Stickles glitter glue for the bubbles and die cut the image, layering it on to die cut pink glitter card then placed on the card. I finished off by adding seahorse, shells, starfish, waves with sequin ribbon and frosted lace Stickles, ribbon and bow, flowers, flourishes and pearl gems.
Close Ups
Thanks so much for joining me and I hope to see all your gorgeous creations, if you need more inspiration, then pop over to our challenge blog and see all of the gorgeous cards created by my DT buddies, why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna DT
xxx
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