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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge #11 - Christmas / Hanukkah

Good evening everyone! I am a bit behind getting my project posted. My hubby just had surgery. He had both wrists done for Carpal Tunnel and his trigger finger fixed as well. I've been playing nurse :) So! I apologize for posting late and I hope to see you joining in on our challenge :)

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Here is my project for our November Challenge:

For this card I have used 'Pulling Down The Christmas Tree' from Knitty Kitty Digis. I've used my Copic Markers to color up this image. I've used some foam tape to pop up the different levels of the tree. The Merry Christmas is die cut and I've added a few gems. I've also added a bit of Wink Of Stella around the tree. I had a lot of fun coloring all the different kittens! On the inside I used a corner die.

Copic Markers Used:

Tree and Holly: G12, G14, G16, G19, G29
Bricks: E11, E13, E15, E18
Logs and Mantle: E43, E44, E47
Floor: E31, E33, E35, E47
Yellow Highlights: Y00, Y11, Y15, YR15
Flame: R35, YR15, Y15, Y11
Wall: N0, N1, N3, N5, N7, N9
Berries, Baubles, Stocking: R22, R24, R29, R46
Silver Baubles: C00, C1, C3, C5, C7
Train: C00, C1, C3, C5, C7
Blue Baubles: B00, B01, B02
Gold Baubles: Y00, Y11, Y15, YR24
Garland: R29, V15, R22, B04, Y15
Purple Baubles: V12, V15, V17
Cats: E43, E44, E47; E08, E15, E35; YR21, YR25, W5, W7, W9; W5, W7, W9; C3, C5, C7, C9; N1, N3, N5, N9; E15, E18; E33, E35, E19, E39; C00, C1; T1, T3, T5; T7, T9; T7, T9, YR23, YR24; YR23, YR24; E43, E44, E47, E49

Monday, October 10, 2016

Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge #10 - Thanks / Thanksgiving / Thank You

Good morning everyone and Happy 10th of October! Today is the start of the October Challenge #10 at Open-Minded Crafting Fun. This month we would like to see some Thanks, Thank You, even Thanksgiving cards. We have some amazing sponsors this month.. as we do each month :) Our sponsors for Challenge #10 are:

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Wow.. it has been a while since I've been able to craft or post or anything. Working 60+ hours a week will do that to you I guess. I did manage to get this finished this month:

I have used Owl Bet It's Fall from The Stamping Boutique. I printed the image on kraft and conored with my Prismacolor Pencils. I used My Favorite Things die cuts for the shaker part at the bottom, the leaves and the oval around the image. I've added some inking on some parts of the card. Thanks So Much was stamped and then I also added some dew drops. I decorated the inside with additional inking and leaves. Thanks for taking a peak!

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge #7 - Patriotic / Use Your Country Colors .. Ausmerican

Good morning and Happy 10th of the month! Today is our new challenge at Open-Minded Crafting Fun!! Today we are on Challenge #7, which has a theme of Patriotic and/or Use Your Countries Colors. Our wonderful Sponsors for Challenge #7 are:

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I have created a couple of items for this challenge. Here is my second creation ... choosing to go Ausmerican with this one.. a mix of Aussie and American :) For my hubby and I:

I went with the Australian Sporting colors of Yellow and Green and the American Red, White and Blue. I have used Sea Serpent and Mermaid from Keyesays Visual Art. I colored the image with Copic Markers. The card and all the die cuts inside where all cut using the Silhouette Cameo. The card is an Accordian Fold Card. The background behind the image.. the water.. was done using watercolors. I have used chalk on the Sand Dollar, the shell, the seaweed and the bubbles to add a bit of detailing to it. I've also added Diamond Glaze to the bubbles so they really appear to be water drops. I've added some gems around the image on the inside. The papers are from a stack. I love how this turned out. Thanks for looking!

Copic Markers Used:

Blue: B21, B24, B29
Red: R22, R24, R46
Yellow: Y00, Y11, Y15, Y19, YR23
Green: YG03, YG05, YG09, G29

Challenges:

Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge #7 - Patriotic / Use Your Countries Colors

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I have created a couple of items for this challenge. Here is my first creation ... choosing to go all out Patriotic with this one:

I created this Cascade Card using Lunastria The Faerie from Keyesays Visual Art. I love this fairy and I went and made her all patriotic :) I have used Copic Markers to color her and I've also used some Opaque White on her. She is layered a little bit as well. All of the cuts for the Cascade Card were cut using the Silhouette Cameo. I've used a lot of cardstock and a bit of scrap pieces of patterned paper. The "july" and "firecracker" are the patterned paper. On both of these words I also covered them with Diamond Glaze to give them a nice puffy shine. I love Diamond Glaze! I've also used glitter on the 4th and on the fireworks at the top.

Copic Markers Used:

Dress: B21, B24, B29
Wings and Red on Dress: R22, R24, R46
Hair: B24, C5, C7, C9
Eyes: B24, B29
Leaves: YG05, YG09

Challenges:

Friday, June 10, 2016

Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge #6 - Seasons/Holidays

Good morning!! Happy 10th of the month!! Today is a new challenge over at Open-Minded Crafting Fun. We are on Challenge #6, which has a theme of Seasons/Holidays. You can create anything for any holiday or any season. I can't wait to see what everyone creates! We will hopefully have a wide variety of items!

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This challenge was a perfect excuse to create a Christmas card :) So, that is exactly what I did:

For this one I started with my image from DigiStamps4Joy - Nativity Globe. The image was colored using Copic Markers. I did a bit of layering as well. I wanted to create a shaker with it, but then what to do with the shaker. I decided to put it on an easel card. The background of the globe image was created using Distress Ink. I created the snow flakes using Copic Opaque White. I've added some seed beads, star sequins and gold and white sequins on the inside of the shaker. I used some Wink of Stella on the star at the top. I've used all paper scraps. The metal tag says Merry Christmas and I've used some Alcohol inks to color it. I have also added some doodling on the bottom panel. I also doodled "a Savior is Born". I also added a couple of rhinestone stars there as well. There are some stickers on the sides - the cross and the poinsettia. I added a bit of ribbon as well.

Copic Markers Used:

Manger: E31, E35, E37
Hay: Y00, Y21, Y32
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E02, E11
Blanket: E0000, E000, E02
Star: Y00, Y11, Y15, Y19
Base & Globe: Y00, Y11, Y15, Y19, YR23