Hi all, for once I am not showing a card that I have made for a challenge for DS4J...but I am going to be showing you a new image of theirs that came out a couple of weeks ago. I am also going to be showing you a new digital paper line from Nana Vic's. So go grab yourself a cup of something and sit back, this is going to be a bit of a longer post.
When first saw the image and the paper I knew that I had to make a card with them both. The hard part was colouring the image...not because it is a difficult image to colour but because I am still learning to use my Chameleon pens. I love them but they do take a bit to get used to when you have rarely used alcohol markers lol.
So the image is called Bird Bath and the papers are called Shabby Chic, but there is nothing shabby about them. I absolutely love how they look with my project. They come in 4 different colours but for my card I used the blue.
I used some sky paper that I found online at Picphotos.net and printed my image out on it. I cut out the image and mounted it onto my Nestibilities Floral Oval. I cut out the pinstriped digital paper and the flowered digital paper with flowers and hearts using my Nestibilities Romantic Rectangles.
I just love that image and these papers together. The green flourishes to the side of the images are from my Cherry Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourish die cut. I found the tutorial for this card at Cards, Crafts, Kids Projects. This is what it looks like from different angles....
Thanks for stopping in and I hope that I have managed to inspire you in some small way ~ Charlene
Supplies: Image - Digistamps4Joy Birdbath DP - Nana Vic's Shabby Chic in blue - Sky paper behind image: Picphotos.net Colouring medium - Chameleon Pens Die's - Memory Box: Madera Corner, Resting Birds, Isabella Butterfly, Pippi Butterfly - Cherry Lynn Designs: Mini Fanciful Flourish Left - Nestibilities: Floral Oval, Romantic Rectangles Rhinestones - From my stash
Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On Jupiter and Mars.....
Hi all, it's time for another new release from Digistamps4Joy and do we ever have some more fabulous images to show you. I have to tell you, I don't know why, but every since I saw this image that I got to play with this time I have been humming ol' blue eyes, Frank Sinatra's, song Fly me to the moon lol. I absolutely adore this image...he is just soooo cute! His name is Pilot Ted and you can find him here http://www.digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/
Was I right or what? Please excuse the mistakes in my colouring...still getting used to colouring with my Chameleon pens (but I do love them). I printed him out on some digital paper called Rainbow Connect by Eye Inspire. How about we take a closer look at him....
I have to say, I just love his face. Not the way I coloured it (first oops lol) but his actual face. Isn't he too cute?
I hope that you have enjoyed checking out my new creation and I hope that you will pop by Digistamps4Joy Challenge Blog and check out the rest of our fabulous new images. And while you're there check out what my teammies have created to delight and inspire you.
Hi all, it's time for our mid challenge reminder here at Digistamps4Joy and so it is Team B's turn to show their stuff. The challenge for this month is being hosted by our very talented Margaret Gilmer and she has picked embossing (wet or dry) with red as the main colour.
I used a new image by Riette that was just released on Sunday for my card. It's called Daisies and is such a pretty image I couldn't resist making something with it.
I coloured the image with my new Chameleon pens...oh man they are just fabulous to use. Please excuse any mistakes you might see as this is only my third time using them and I know I need a lot more practice lol. But I do like how my daisies turned out. I used my red metallic pen for the wrapping around the stems just to give it a little bit of sparkle.
We hope that you will join us for our challenge. Margy has some wonderful prizes including a $10 Gift Voucher for the winner of the DT Choice. You don't have to use a DS4J image, but to win the DT choice you must. To check out all of the prizes and rules, please head on over to our challenge blog. While you're there check out the fabulous creations that my team mates have come up with to awe and inspire you. Thanks for visiting ~ Charlene Supplies Used:
Digital Image: Daisies by DS4J Lady Bug DP: Shery K Designs Lady Bug Border: Shery K Designs Red DP: Red paper from Recollections with patterned paper by Donca Banza at Deviant Art printed on top Embossing Folder: Octagon Die: Corner Die: Roses: Prisma Red Flowers: From my stash Rhinestones: From my stash Diamond Corner Punch: Challenges Entered: 613 Avenue Create: Challenge #115 - Anything Goes Dragonfly Dreams: Challenge #15 - Embellishments Fairytale Stampers: Challenge #52 - Anything Goes Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Challenge #6 - Anything Goes Pile It On: Challenge #60 - 3 of something (3 Red flowers, 3 lg. red rhinestones, 3 diamond corner punches) Scrappy Hands: Challenge #34 - Blossoms Scribble and Scrap: Challenge #40 - Anything Goes Catch The Bug: Theme Challenge - Spring into Spring C4C277: Bring On the Bling (Rhinestones in corners and on corner die cut) Little Claire's Designs: Challenge #55 - Springtime Art by Miran: Challenge #27 - Anything Goes Fairy Tale Challenge: Challenge #113 - Flower Power
Time for a new release again from Digistamps4Joy and have Margy and Riette ever come up with some wonderful new digis for you to drool over. My husband's birthday is coming up at the end of the month and my daughter asked me if I could please make her a card to give to her dad. I decided that a Gatefold Easel card would be the perfect type of card for this. I've never done one and thought it would be something unique for my hubby (since he has gotten so many different one's from me over the years lol).
I made the sentiment myself and traced out the inside of my Gold Ivy Nestibility and then pasted that onto a larger octagon cut with my Gold Ivy Nestibility. I then added a couple of leaf swirls and a border done in a separate dp. To these I added some orange/gold rhinestones I had in my stash. For the inside I used Margy's new image Friends? which I thought was the perfect image for a father/daughter card.
I coloured the image with my new Chameleon pens (so please excuse any bleeding as this was only my second time using them) and then distressed around it with my SU ink. I found some feathers that my mom had given me last year in my stash and figured they would make a nice addition to the card. I embossed the brown dp on the front and sides with a plaid embossing folder by Tim Holtz.
I hope that I have inspired you enough to head on over to our Challenge Blog and check out the rest of the new releases and all of the fabulous creations my team mates have made to delight your senses. Thanks for looking ~ Charlene
It's that time again, time for another mid challenge reminder for Digistamps4Joy. As you know now, Digistamps4Joy is a monthly challenge and this month our challenge is being hosted by my wonderfully talented team mate Julie Odil. And for this month she has picked the theme of Valentine's/Love. Your entry doesn't have to be a card and it doesn't have to be for a spouce/boyfriend/girlfriend. It can be for anyone that you love.
The card I made is for my mom. This is her first Valentine's Day since we lost my dad last July to cancer and I wanted to do a little something to help her have a happy day.
I used the Digistamps4Joy image Pompom Love and put it onto a free cut file card from Birds Cards. I printed the image with my Silhouette cutting machine using the Silhouette sketch pens...they have a bit of a glittery sheen to them. I then coloured it with my Copic markers.
I fussy cut the image out and pasted it onto a beautiful free heart cut file also by Birds Cards. The hearts that I added my sentiments onto were part of the card cut file. The beautiful dp is from Nana Vic's.
You don't have to use a DS4J image but it sure makes us happy when you do. And if you do use one of our images you will be put into the running for the DT choice prize which is a $10 Gift Voucher. To check out all of my team mates wonderful creations and all of the rules and prizes, head on over to the DS4J Challenge Blog...we can't wait to see what you do.
Hi all, today Digistamps4Joy is sponsoring Crafty Gals Corner Challenge Blog and I have the extreme pleasure to be the GDT for their challenge.
The theme for the challenge is Anything Goes which worked just great for me. I decided to use DS4J`s image Butterfly Oval and make a birthday card for my mom. I just love this image and it can be used in so many ways.
I coloured the image with my copic markers (first time using them and I just love how bright the colours are. Still have to learn to shade with them lol). The sentiment is from (well I`ll have to get back to you on that one as I have misplaced the paper I had it written down on...ooops). I layered this on top of a free cut file from Birds Cards.
I added a cut file from Silhouette on the inside to pretty it up. The sentiment on the right hand side is by Any Old Crafts. Sentiment on the inside is by Crafts You Print Free Card Verses.
Thanks so much for stopping in and I hope that you will all head on over to Crafty Gals Corner and check out what the DT has done to inspire you.
It's that time once again, time for another new release day at Digistamps4Joy. As you can probably tell from the video one of the new images has something to do with coffee. When I saw this image this song just kind of popped into my head. When I was young (oh so very long ago) I was in a Vocal Jazz choir and we would sing this song...ah it brought back such good memories. So the image that I got to play with is by Riette and is actually a set of 2 images and 3 sentiments...such a fabulous deal.
Isn't this great? The set is called Coffee Club and I don't know about you but I have a lot of coffee loving friends and relatives. But you don't even have to know a coffee lover (or tea lover) to use these fabulous images as you will see by the card that I have made. I know someone who is going through a rough time right now and I wanted to make her a Thinking of you type of card. I know, you're thinking "How can she make a thinking of you type of card with those images?" Well look below and you will see.
See what I mean? For my card I used only the coffee cup and changed the feel from coffee or tea to something totally different. I coloured the image with my Prisma Pencil crayons and oms and added some fabulous coffee inspired digital papers. So now that you've seen what I have done with my image I hope that you will pop on over to our Challenge Blog to check out all of the other incredible images being released today. And while you're there have a look see at the fabulous creations my team mates have made to inspire you. Thanks for visiting ~ Charlene Supplies: Image: Coffee Club from DS4J Sentiment: Create With TLC Digital Paper: Coffee Shop CS: Recollections Coloured with Prisma Pencil Crayons and oms Die: Silhouette Gem Rhinestones: from my stash Challenges Entered: Amusing Challenges: January Challenge - Anything Goes Craftliner's Challenge: Everything except a square Die Cut Divas: January Challenge - Anything Goes Fitztown Challenge: Anything Goes/twist - Use patterned paper
