Cherish the Pink

The new challenge over at

Dream Valley Challenge Blog

is

#166 Birthdays

Sponsored by Di's Digis and Crafty Ribbons.

 *using Cherish the Moment*

 As I have mentioned previously I don't really "do" pink,

so I decided to buy myself a "pink" paper pad and embrace 

my weakness :)

 This paper is like old faded wallpaper, which made me happy,

  and I matched my Promarkers to it.

 I chose a muted palette to give a vintage feel,

using skintone Fleximarkers and 3 pinks.

 Revisiting old techniques I made a paper flower by

 punching out matching papers ,

 stacking and fixing together with metal brad,

wetting and scrunching up and leaving to dry.

Once dry you can unfold the petals to get a vintage

 dried up rose feel.

Enjoy XXX

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges;

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge # October

Through The Craft Room Door # 17th October Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkes # wk 417 Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting # 57 P is for Pink

I (heart) Promarkers # 345 Birthday

The Paper Shelter Challenge # 314 Make it Square

Crafting With Friends # 53 Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge # wk 42 Anything Goes

Have yourself a Furry little Christmas.

Time for another Dream Valley Challenge

#161 Christmas Animals

sponsored by

Di's Digital Downloads(now Di's Digistamps)

and

Crafty Ribbons

 I used Di's "Hibernating Hedgehog"

I think this image is just so sweet I didn't want to 

overpower it, so kept the background colours soft,

and the promarker shading subtle.

(close up to show glitter)

Card stock and blue trellis from my Anna Griffin stash.

Blue swirly paper and sentiment Paper Artsy "Raisin" collection.

Short and sweet...just like a hedgehog :D

Enjoy XXX

entering the following challenges;
Passion for Promarkers # wk 407 Just add glitter
Colour Crazy Craft Challenge # wk 32 Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting # 47 F is for Flowers

Four-legged friends

Today is challenge #153 "Four-legged friends"

over at 

Dream Valley Challenge Blog

our sponsor is 

Di's Digis

I won several images from this store recently

and chose to use 

Daisy Trail....*so cute*

Rather than a flat image or regular decoupage

I thought this image would work well as a "pyrimage"

So I printed it 3 times and cut them into 3 decreasing layers.

Layered together the images magically blend again :D

I had a piece of 8x8 pattern paper in my scrap box with a bit cut out...

trimmed it fit nicely on a piece of 8x8 card(which I had folded to make 

a long slim landscape card)

Now to colour the layers...

checking they still matched as I went along...

Such a cool technique :D

Once coloured, I glued the first layer flat to the card base

before adding foam tape to the other layers.

This was the stressy part...but adding wet glue to the tape 

gave just enough wiggle time to get the images lined up

nicely :D

A hint of glitter on the backing paper, and a very 

cheerful little card for any occasion.

entering for the following challenges;

Crafty Creations Challenge # 338 Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge #  week 13 Anything Goes(2nd entry)

Crafting With Friends Challenge # 40 Anything Goes