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Birthday girl

Today’s card is a delightful CAS design made from a Victoria Nelson Digikit.  The image was printed twice so that the character’s dress and umbrella could be decoupaged.

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Leona B x

Music loving teen

A CAS and masculine card today!  I made this using Srif Craft Artist 2 and printed out the guitar and headphones twice so I could decoupage them.

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Jasper is 12!

I is my middle child’s birthday today and I have made him a card using a digikit called RockStar from Daily Trail.  The cards is flat and has a co-ordinatinting insert.  The font came from a different digikit.  I love the simplicity of this card as my boy – like most 12-year-olds is not into fussy cards.

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Leona B x

Welsh birthday card

Today I am sharing a card with a Happy Birthday greeting in Welsh.  I have used a digiskit available from Daisy Trail called National Flags.  The card is a 6 x 6″ card with dimensional elements, assembled in Craft Artist 2.

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Leona B x

My new Christmas book

This is my new Christmas book, for lists, gifts and cards at Chriatmas!  I bought a plain A4 book with a kraft coloured cover.   I designed a page using Serif CraftArtist 2 and Polkadoodles Home for Christmas CD-Rom.  I put the church as central, as for me it is what Christmas is all about.  But I have incuded Santa with his sleigh, a heart to symbolise love, 2 international girls, lots of gifts and last but not least, some snow-covered mushroom houses. Why?  Because I like them!  The fonts used are from my computer.

I cut a length of old ribbon into small pieces and ties a piece to one in three of the binding coils.   The other bits of ribbon and lace are from my stash and he bell used to adorn the neck of a chocolate reindeer!

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Challenges today:

Leona x x

Creative Fingers challenge – anything goes

This week’s challenge at Creative fingers is sponsored by:

I have made a Christmas card, by duplicating and flipping the digistamp and using it to frame a sentiment typed out in Serif CraftArtist 2.  After being coloured with Promarkers, the topper was cut with a decorative Spellbinder die.  It was mounted up using free papers which came with one of the magazines from Intermediate Media last year.

I have a rubber stamp with this sentiment and I use it and reproduce it in so many of my cards as I love it.

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Challenges:

You can enter your ‘anything goes’ project at Creative fingers here.

Leona x x

Cheerful Stamp Pad Challenge – All that Jazz

For my second All That Jazz challenge post I have made a CAS card using the grand piano and added my own sentiment.  Perfect for the piano teacher!

I have had Craft Artist 2 for some time now but I am learning to do different things every time I use it.To get this effct of the border, I used to layer 2 squares but today I discovered that it is far easier to use just one square and make a thick boder around the shape!

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Today’s challenges:

http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.co.uk/ – monochrome

You can enter the Cheerful Stamp Pad Jazz/Music challenge up until Sunday.

Yours in crafting,

Leona x x

 

Wedding scrapbook page

This is the fisrt of several scrapbook pages that I’ll be making for the scrapbook of my sister’s wedding.

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I used a sketch to make this page:

I’ll be entering these challenges:
http://www.sketchabilities.blogspot.com.au/ – sketch
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ – square
http://www.sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything but a card
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/ – special occasion
http://asonginyourart.blogspot.co.uk/ – best day of life
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ – vintage shabby chic

I’ll bring you another scrapbook page tomorrow.

Yours in crafting,

Leona x x

 

Cheerful Stamp Pad – Jazz!

There is a new challenge starting at The Cheerful Stamp Pad and the theme is Jazz . This great drum digistamp is available at Stitchy Bear Outlet.

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Challenges:
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ – words
http://scrapbookerphd.blogspot.co.uk/ – go digital
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ use a sentiment
http://snarkystampers.blogspot.ca/ – one layer card
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – for the boys
http://opus-gluei.blogspot.co.uk/ – a good read
http://alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.ca/ – birthday boy
http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ – monochrome

Don’t forget to enter your project over at The Cheerful Stamp Pad and take a look at Stitchy Bears for the full range of these digis.

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Yours in Crafting,

Leona x x

A gift [TAG] for you

After a successful couple of weeks as guest designer at The Cheerful Stamp Pad, I have been asked to join their design team.

I have a tag to share today, made using a digikit and digistamp flower called Retro Flower.  The kit is by Coosty Creations and is available at the Stitchy bear outlet.

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The challenges I’ll enter today are:
http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.ca/ – not a card
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://www.sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/ – not a card
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – use ribbon
http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://art-journal-journey.blogspot.co.at/ – flower power
http://www.theeastwind.com/ – ribbon

Yours in Crafting,

Leona x x