Different kinds of cards?

Just wanted to share some cards I made for one of my besties. I make all kinds of cards using all kinda of sources and images. She needed -

• A male wine themed card

• A male 40th birthday card themed for photography

• A lego card for a 9yr old

• A male 40th birthday card themed for pizza

• A pokemon card for a 9yr old

Free wine art download. Greeting using font Impact label white. Happy text is from "Script Words 2" die set from Altenew. Sequins from the stash.

Altered a CUP Kit  (called "Smile") to be an easel card and added 40 in cork numbers and greeting in Bernadette Rough font. Kit printed out onto kraft card rather than white. Wooden bling from the stash.

Lego game from artsyfartsymama.com, I downloaded it a while ago so not sure if it's still available but there are other free printables available.  The wheel spins round so you can choose a lego challenge. Font is Neuropolitical.

I altered another download from CUP called Supreme Pizza. The background was all a bit too black so I added some yellow and some of my own text in Breamcatcher font.

 Another download from CUP - Pokemon Mini Kit, just decoupaged it and added a greeting (Scoobydoo font) and some yellow star bling (from Paperchase). I also glossy accented their eyes!

Just wanted to share with you some of the different things I sometimes make using no polychromos at all! lol. :D

Cupcake!

Hi everyone! So much time to colour and no end of gorgeous digis from Sweet Escape Digis! Have you been to their shop to see all the lovely options? I really enjoyed colouring up this Cupcake with Cherries and Bow.

This is polychromo pencils on kraft card. Background paper from Making Cards Magazine. A few touches of white posca pen to give highlights. Bling from the stash.

(Tempted? Make sure to check in the Sweet Escape Facebook Group before you make your purchase, there's often an offer on!)

Here is the digi in the shop:

Here is my version:

I decided to add some glossy accents on the cherries after I took these pics, and might add some sprinkles later too, lol!

Fonts are Bernadette Rough and Bodoni MT Black as an outline, coloured with pencils inside. 

Thanks for joining me today! I have really enjoyed GDT'ing for Sweet Escape, hopefully some more to come soon!

Owls - freebie download from Making Cards Mag.

I really like the challenge of using a limited group of items to make a card and the freebie download packs from Making Cards Magazine are a fab way to do this! Sometimes I just feel overwhelmed by choice and ideas and it results in a lack of productivity and creativity! I always feel like reducting the stash I use makes for much more interesting cards.

I love the January download pack featuring soft watercolour owls! I paired them up with some 6x6 papers from my stash, kraft card, and two different types of bling. The one embellishment set is Shimelle Glitter Girl Collection by American Crafts and the others are adhesive wood-effects gems I think from docrafts, will check!

I decided to make a set of 4 cards using 6x6 white card blanks as the bases. This was just for convenience, I have lots of them ready to use!

Because the set doesnt come with any greetings/sentiments I printed out some round ones and banner ones on the computer using two fonts, Caneletter Script and Bernadette Rough.

Several of the 6x6 papers came from a Chalk Studio Set from My Minds Eye. I can spot at least one section from a Lawn Fawn Plaid Set and a few pieces my friend Amy sent me when I worked on her Design Team, thanks Amy!

On all of the cards I added glossy accents to the Owl's eyes (Customers always comment and like it) and I added some stickles to the centres of the flowers. The bunting I used I think is a docrafts product I got from the Range.

Thanks for joining me today, I hope you like this set of Birthday cards, they were quick to make and fun to do! If you want to check out if they are still available to download you can use the link below. Making Card Magazine has a great facebook page that alerts you to offers and freebies too.

https://www.hobbies-and-crafts.co.uk/Blog-Card-Making/

That's Tragic!

Sorry to have a bit of  UK-centric blog post today but I need to start with a question! Do any of you remember a children's TV programme from the mid 1980's called "Wizbit"? 

It featured Paul Daniels and a conically shaped alien wizard? 

The expression "That's Tragic!" coupled with a poor impression of Paul Daniels voice will forever remind me of that programme and the awful triangular bob I had at the time that prompted people to nickname me "Wizbit." Luckily I had another hair cut and the reference no longer made sense and it was dropped. But yup, sharing some childhood magical baggage with you today folks, lol.  I didn't like Paul Daniels to begin with but this was the last straw. Then he said he'd leave the UK if Labour ever came to power, they did, but he didn't. Maybe I need to let go of some of these grudges eh? ;)

Anyway, far more importantly, this is my Dr.Digi's House of Stamps DT project for today, featuring the awesome digistamp "That's Tragic!" 

He is coloured with polychromo pencils and a touch of white posca pen on kraft card. Here is the original digi -

And here is my version -

The fonts I used for the sentiment are Bernadette Rough and DK Rosy Lee. The background paper was a freebie with Making Crafts Magazine  (May 2019).

I couldn't find appropriate bling to add, I wanted some red stars but seem to have used them all up already. Also choosing such a busy background paper made matching stuff harder. So, he is plain!

Thanks for joining me today. I really do hope you day is magicial.

I would like to make this post in memory of my gorgeous bestie Holly, who passed away on Thursday 1st August 2019. She filled my life with joy and smiles and she will forever be missed. Goodbye my friend. x

Plaid Christmas Part Two

Hi again, this is the second card I made using the Witt & Sass Plaid Stencil (The first one was on Tuesday!) and this time I used some blues!

So this is just distress inks and glittery texture paste through the awesome stencil and I decided to make the background the main feature of the card. 

Large snowflake from an old card kit, ribbon from Hobbycraft and greeting in Bernadette Rough Font that I made on my computer. I used 3D foam to mount my topper onto a 7x5 card blank.

Thanks for putting up with some early Christmas cards, I know it's a bit too early for that! If you would like to see more of what's happening at Witt and Sass, why not pop to look at the official blog?

Hares!

Just wanted to share a commissioned card I made using the Hobby Art Ltd stamp - March Hares!

Helen kindly leant me the stamp set and I coloured him up with polychromo pencils, I was aiming to get him looking a bit more realistic than my normal style.

The paper, and flowers I used in the wreath were a freebie set from Making Cards Magazine (June 2016 may be???) that Helen had also donated to me recently when she was destashing. The hare sticker on the envelope is from my vast sticker stash.

The banner I made on the computer, font is Bernadette Rough. Been a long time since I have accessorised with a large bow, but I liked the colour match! Added some gems to the flowers too.

Dr. Digi's Pet Selfie Competion - Win 2 digis!

Just sneaking in an extra Dr.Digi DT post today, Grendel was ready for her debut and there is exciting news on the Dr.Digi facebook front that I wanted to share with you!

Excitement first! Go now to the Dr.Digi facebook page and enter to win 2 free digis. All you need to do is take a quick selfie with a pet of your choosing (could be any, there are no standards) and post it. DONE. Easy huh? Click this picture to go straight there.

So for a bit of inspiration and confirming that any old pet will do, here is Grendel. She is obvs a pure bred.....erm..... erm... Pugbullcorgi! :)

Went a bit retro in the styling of this card, been along time since I have gone with flowers and bows, but Grendel deserved special treatment!  The papers are from Dr.Digi too, so match perfectly! And I upscaled one a bit and cut out some of the bones to make some cute embellis!

I used Bernadette Rough for the font, printed it out and then stamped over/around it one of the banners from the Lawn Fawn (LF339) Bannerific set. Then cut it out. Flowery things are all from the stash. As are the ribbony things.

Kind of arched the banner over the ribbons, to make a more 3D effect. The bones are also raised with 3D foam at one end, to make them a bit "poke outy"(the scientific term).

Finally a close up of Grendel! Really like how her fur came out. I added a spot of glossy accents to her nose, so she looked healthy and some stickles to her bow, to add some glamour.

Just want to add that if you like Grendel (as you clearly would) but kinda fancy some human in the digi too, she is also part of a fab digi with her owner Graham. See below!

Suggest you head to facebook now and sort out your selfie for the competition! But maybe you want to peruse the shop a while and decide which digis you are going to pick if you win? Click below to go straight there.

Dragons Part 2.

Another couple of cards from the set of Dragon cards I made. Once again the Greyboard Dragons from Inkylicious are painted with acrylic paint and have scales made from Nuvo Jewel Drops. I also added some stickles to the wings on the red dragon.

On the green dragon's wings I also used some Gilding Flakes. Backgrounds are all in distress inks.

Font on the right is: Bleeding Cowboys.
Font on the left is: Bernadette Rough.

Diecuts are Joy Xmas tree and house border and Lawn Fawn Grass Border.

Dragons part 1.

I bought some fab Greyboard Dragons from Inkylicious at the last "Craft Shopping Event" we went to and got completely distracted making a set of inky dragon cards for fun! Here are the first two.

     
Backgrounds are distress inks and water. Dragons are painted with acrylics and then Nuvo jewel drops added for scales. Diecut trees from Joy (Xmas tree and house border). Font is Bernadette Rough.