Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Coffee, Cake and More!

I recently won a few digi sets in a FaceBook Challenge from a company that was new to me, Crafting Desert Diva. This is one of the sets that I picked, "Coffee Hero." Don't you love him? I created the city scene with compilations of images I found via google. I cut the Batman symbol and spotlight from vellum. Took a little time but I ended up with a fairly simple process. First I cut a small oval from vellum, then sketched and cut the symbol with an Exacto knife from the oval. Next, I sketched a cone shape on the vellum and attached the oval with the cutout on top (with just a small smudge of adhesive.) Also, since I didn't want the adhesive to show, I used the Exacto knife to cut around the one skyscraper and slid the spotlight cone behind it. Then taped that vellum cone to the back of the scene. Also decided to position the spotlight point behindBatman'ss head so that it could be attached without the adhesive showing.) The "But First, Coffee" sentiment is a free digi from here-thechildatheartblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/But-First-Coffee.jpg
Entered into: 
Craftin Desert Diva                                               (www.craftindesertdivasblog.com)
Cute Card Thursday- #509- Anything Goes    (cutecardthursday.blogspot.com) 
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes          (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)
                               
Made one final card for the current Simon Says Monday challenge. I stamped a birthday cake image that I've had for many years (but don't know the name of the company since I pulled the rubber off of the wood mount). After coloring the image, and adding a "shadow" with a light grey marker, I "frosted" the cake with Liquitex Modeling Paste.  While the modeling paste was still wet, I added "sprinkles" that I made by cutting very thin strips of colored scraps and then clipping their ends into tiny multicolored shreds.  The sentiment is a vintage Hero Arts wood mount stamp, inked with a Kaleidacolor Pastels Rainbow pad.
Entered into:
Simon Says Monday Challenge- Party     (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

My final card for the SumMoreFun Happy New Year challenge is made with a free digi from desertdiva-hannelie.blogspot.comI used the colors from the mood board including metallic, pink and some pink bling!  (Since it has sparkle and is CAS- at least for me- I'm' also entering it into the current AAA Card Challenge.)
Entered into: 
SumMoreFun  Challenge- Happy New Year   (summorefun.com)  
AAA Card Challenges- Sparkle                          (aaacards.blogspot.com/)

Making another snowman card for a few challenges. This one uses a free digi from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs (They offer a freebie every week. This is one of my favs- shdesigns.blogspot.com) I first printed the image on white cardstock, colored it with alcohol markers and then cut it down in size.  I also cut around the outer edges of the mittens with an Exacto knife. Next, I used a few alcohol markers to sketch a wood pattern on a scrap of paper and then cut three strips for the sled. I pulled the gloves up and positioned the sled slats with foam tape before adding a bit of adhesive to the gloves to make them look like they are "holding" the sled. Lastly, poked a small hole beneath the top slats of the sled and pulled a bit of string through them, draping the string over the top of the sled and then taping the string ends to the bottom of the card. Put the layers of the card together, adding black photo corners and a sentiment from a digi set named "Fins Scarf" from Beccy's Place.
Entered into:
Penny's Challenge- Snowmen                                                           (pennyschallenges.blogspot.com.au)
Double D’s Challenge- Baby Its Cold Outside                               (daranddiane.blogspot.com)
Little Scraps of Heaven                                                                      (lshdesigns.blogspot.com)
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #363 Anything Goes  (craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge2- Extra for Dec             (craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.com) 

15 comments:

  1. Such a pretty sparkling card! Love the fonts! Thanks for joining AAA Cards! Hugs Åsa

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  2. OMG so cute ... love the sled! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside (winter)’ challenge! We hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop in for a visit!

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  3. What great projects and love that you have joined us at SumMore Fun and showcased this cute, festive and colorful Celebrate card! I cannot wait to see more of your designs. ~DT Heather (SumMore Fun/Victorine Originals)

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  4. Such a cute snowman and sled. Thanks for joining us at Double D Challenge Blog. We hope you will join us for future challenges.
    Kathy
    DD DT

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  5. That is a fab digi, and I like how you’ve let it take centre stage and kept your card nice and CAS. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards.

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  6. Cute cards Love how simple but adorable your celebrate card is - Thanks for joining us at SumMore Fun, good luck and I hope you will continue to join us.
    Sharon - DT member for Sum More Fun!

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  7. Lovely cards. Love that adorable snowman. Thank you for joining in the final Anything Christmas Challenge at CHNC Extra.

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  8. All your cards are so pretty. I love the texture of the icing on the birthday cake. So clever. Thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

    Cathie ♥

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  9. Thank you for sharing your lovely crafting for Penny’s challenge 360, Hazel DT - and also for both of my CHNC challenges – hope to see you again soon x

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  10. Such a sweet and adorable card! Love the colors and it has such a happy feel to it. Thanks for sharing with us at Double "D" Challenges.
    Amelia (DT Double "D" Challenges)

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  11. Wow! Another wonderful collection of cards! Thank you for joining our mood board challenge at SumMore Fun!

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  12. WOW That makes another great New Years card for the Victorine ~ SumMoreFun challenge, thank you for joining in with us. DT MaryAnn

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  13. I Love the detail on your Celebrate! Your snowman and sled card is super cute, too! Thanks for joining us at SumMore Fun! ~DT Jamie

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  14. Great cards! Thanks for sharing at SumMore Fun Challenge Blog. DTM Lisa

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  15. Such fun cards. Love the shape of your celebrate card!! Wonderful job!! Thank you for joining us over at the SumMoreFun challenge blog. Cant wait to see more of your creations. -DT Amy

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