Clean and Simple for One Stop Card Crafts

Good morning everybody

Two weeks since I last blogged - bad girl - but just had other things going on - life - I suppose.

Anyway, I have two posts today.  The first is my DT Card for OSCC, and we are looking for Clean and Simple, so that means "A card with clean lines, minimal elements, areas of white space and few or no embellishments".  So not my style, but I realised that I actually quite like the one I have produced for today.

Our sponsor this week Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps offering the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of their choice.

I don't often do DL cards, but I felt this flower stamp needed something other than square.  The stamp is from a PaperArtsy Hot Picks Stamp plate, and there are lots of other elements as well, including a beautiful owl.  One of my many purchases at the ArtsyCrafts event I attended a couple of weeks ago.

For this card I cut a circle to use as a template and coloured it with a variety of distress inks.  I then stamped the flower with archival ink, and added extra colour direct from the pad with a paintbrush to enhance it.    Very quick and easy.  Why don't I do more of them - I don't know - I think it is the expanse of white that I just want to fill up and no embellishments!!

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy - anything that reminds you of nature
Crafty Sentiments - Just for you
Pixie Dust Studio - Thank you for being you
Less is More - One Layer and Off the Edge
Bearley Mine - Birthday Card
Creative Craft Challenge - Thank you
Top Tip Tuesday - Birthday card
Southern Girls - Use Flowers
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Use a Stamped Flower
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A Christmas robin - or rather four robins .... and a DT Call

Bearly Mine Designs are looking to expand their team, and have asked for entries to be submitted using their papers.  There are lots of freebies on the site if you do not have any.  I don't have any of their Christmas papers so used these lovely holly freebies which go so well with my little robins.  I have made a flower using Marianne Ds dies, and punched some leaves.  The flower is held together with a sparkly brad.  My robins are coloured with Copics, with Glossy Accents added to the berries.

Robins are so often seen on cards for Christmas, so I had to go with the flow.  This is from  http://www.imag-e-nation.com/.

I am entering this for the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Christmas
Bee Crafty - Christmas
Marks Finest Paper - Holiday cards
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Anything that flies
Stampavie and More - Christmas




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DT Posting - One Stop Craft Challenge has summer fun

Good morning, and welcome to another One Stop Craft Challenge, and this week we are having summer fun.

I have followed a sketch from this week's Lili of the Valley challenge. 

My little boy has decided he wants to sail his boat, so off he goes.  The image is Lili of the Valley, Sail Boat.  I have coloured in Copics, and have paper pieced the sail to co-ordinate with the background papers, which are all Bearly Mine designs.  The border across the card has a punched edge for which I used a Stampin' Up border punch.  The co-ordinating buttons have blue thread through them.

I am also entering this for the following challenges:

Lexis Creations, Challenge #19 - paper piecing, where there is also a DT call

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #95 - It's a man's world



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One Stop Craft Challenge #90 - DT Card

Hi everybody

I hope you are looking forward to the weekend, and the fine weather we are due to have here in the south.  I must say though, that the rain we had for a couple of days has really helped the garden, although one really sunny day, and it will be very dry again.

This is my DT card for the One Stop Craft Challenge..   We are following a sketch provided by Lisa, and she has asked that an element of metal is included in the card as well.    This week One Stop Craft Challenge is sponsored by Tiffany Doodles, where you will find some great digital images at very reasonable prices.

My image is Birdy Hugs from Tiffany Doodles, which I have coloured with Copics and shadowed round the edge of the card with Distress Inks, and added a couple of sparkly bits to her hair. 

The background card is Coredinations, and the spotted paper is from Bearly Mine Designs.  They have quite an array of colours in each theme, so it is very easy to co-ordinate them.  I have put the white card through the cuttlebug with a dots folder.  The image has been raised on foam pads to give some dimension.  The flowers are a mix of Prima and Petalloo.  The sentiment is computer generated, and my metal element is the butterly.

I am also entering this for the Daring Cardmakers - Layer it Up.


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