Delicious Doodles and Delicious Darkness

Just a reminder

Delicious Doodles images can be found in the Delicious Doodles Store.  There is a vast array of wonderful images there.

This is the most recent release over at Delicious Doodles and is called "Tropical Masquerade".

If you prefer images that are on the darker side these can be found at the Delicious Darkness Store.

Here is an image that has been released in the Delicious Darkness Store this week and is called "The Beast".

There is also a weekly Delicious Doodles challenge.  Pop on over to the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog EVERY FRIDAY to see what the new what the new challenge is and to see the Design Team inspiration.  You don't have to use a Delicious Doodles image to enter but you get an extra entry to win the weekly prize if you do so that is a good incentive!!

If you use Facebook then there is both a Delicious Doodles Facebook Group and a Delicious Darkness Facebook Group where you can add the creations you make using Delicious Doodles images and there is sometimes competitions as well.

Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog and Gruffies and Guests Facebook Group

Every month there is a new challenge over at the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog.  

To enter the challenge you must use a House Mouse, Gruffies or Happy Hoppers image.

The challenge at the moment is "anything goes with the option of patchwork".

Pop on over to the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog to see the topic of the challenge and to see inspiration from the Design Team.

The Design Team on the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog is split up into two teams.  Team A will show you their creations on the 1st day of the month.  Team B will show you their creation on the 15th day of the month.  This means that there is a good excuse to pop on over to the Challenge Blog at least twice a month to see the inspiration from the Design Team.

If you use Facebook why not pop on over to the Gruffies and Guests Facebook Group.  Here you can have a good natter and show your House Mouse, Happy Hoppers and Gruffies creations.

The Bleach Blocking Technique

 Over at the Craft Stamper Magazine Challenge this month the topic is "The Bleach Blocking Technique".  For my first card I have rubbed over a piece of card with Tim Holtz's Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Pumice Stone and Black Soot distress inks in a very random pattern.  Then you dampen a blending tool sponge, dab it onto the card for 10-20 seconds and lift away.

 As you'll see in this close-up the effect you will get are bleached out rectangles with my cards as I used a Tim Holtz blending tool and sponge.  It has worked quite well with this colour scheme but as you'll see below - it didn't work well with Tim Holtz's Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint and Tumbled Glass distress inks.  I personally think it needs darker colours to make this most effective or a better combination.  Think I'll have another play as it was good fun.

The yellow card I have used a free set of IndigoBlu stamps that I got with Simply Cards and Papercraft last time and stamped the items with black Versafine.  I have cut out and decoupaged some elements and added some ribbon to finish off.

This card I have used some Artemio stamps and again stamped with black Versafine.  I have simply finished off with some mirri card and some ribbon.

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Craft Stamper Magazine June Challenge - The bleach blocking technique
Crafty Ribbons - Butterflies and ribbon (first card)

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes

Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes/Best Friends' Day

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/all about dad

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes
Inky Impressions - For the girls
Ruby's Rainbow - Flora and fauna (first card)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Happy Father's Day

 Here is a card I have made using the Debbi Moore Shabby Chic Garden - Decoupage in a Box CD for my son to give to his.  His dad loves his garden although it would be a lot easier to have a flat garden than the elevated garden he's had to terrace.

 For the decoupage in a box card you print off the inner tray, the decoupage, two outer backing pieces which make the folded card and I printed off a sheet of embellishments and toppers as well to make sure I filled up the card and I also used one of the frames.

 It is certainly a labour of love to make a card like this as it can be a bit fiddly and time consuming but the effect at the end is well worth it.  As the decoupage has its own little tray to sit in it means that you can use quite thick foam pads to get a good elevation.

Here is a close-up of the decoupage image.  My husband would love a garden like that.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/inspired by a song

Ladybug Crafts - Something for the boys and/or use your dies

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

Incy Wincy - Something for the men in your life

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra is to make something that reminds you of summer or has a summer theme

Scrap-Creations - Father's Day

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Simon Says - Father's Day/masculine

The Crafter's Cafe - Masculine

Creative Moments - Anything goes/monochrome

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Moving Along with the Times - Father's Day

CRAFT - Father's Day/male

Milk Coffee Challenge - For a dad/special male

Aud Sentiments - Any sentiment for a guy 

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - For the boys

Suzy Bee's Challenge - Anything goes

Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes/Best Friends' Day
Hobbycutz - Fathers' Day/masculine
Sentimental Sundays - Anything goes
Pile it On - Use some patterned paper
Corrosive Challenge - Crop it or cut it (I've gone for cut it - cutting out the decoupage)
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper June Challenge - Anything goes

Gruffies and Guests Challenge - June 2014

It is the start of a new challenge for the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog.

The topic for June 2014 is anything goes with the option of "patchwork".

Pop on over to the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog to see Team A's creations for this challenge and to enter your own cards/creations using a House Mouse, Gruffies or Happy Hoppers image.

Team B will be back in two weeks to show you their creations so you will have to wait until then to see mine.

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Friday 6 June 2014 - Favourite Delicious Doodles Image

It is Friday and therefore time for another challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  The topic for this week is "favourite Delicious Doodles image".

 Oh my goodness me that is certainly a challenge to pick a favourite Delicious Doodles image.  There are so many fabulous run-of-the-mill images to pick from but also lots of images on the "darker side".  

I have decided to use the image called "Rosie" that I have coloured with my Graph'it pens and went with the colour scheme of blue and purple.

I decided to make a decorated MDF tag which I have painted with Gesso and then a layer of blue acrylic paint.

  

   

I have then torn up pieces of blue papers from the Bearly Mine Mixed Media, Plain and Simple and Simply Stripes.  I have kept the pieces ragged rather than use scissors.  I then watered down some PVA glue and coated the tag with a layer and then added pieces of the torn paper all over the tag making sure I mixed around the scraps of paper.  The tag was then thoroughly coated with the glue to make sure all the pieces stuck and then left for a few days to thoroughly dry.

The decorated wall hanging has been finished off with some raffia ribbon (which was actually purple but not the right shade so I have painted it with white Gesso) with fibres threaded through, stringed pearls, gems, Prima butterflies (these were light orange but I coloured them with my purple Graph'it pens that I used in the image) and then I have made five 3D roses using two Bearly Mine Designs Plain and Simple papers and a Visible Image rose stamp from the "Isabella Lost Love" stamp set (I have stamped the whole rose out 20 times, 10 on each paper and then alternated the papers and just removed parts of the rose for each layer to decoupage it up).

I am entering this wall hanging into the following challenges: 

Crafting at the Week-end - Anything goes
Cupcake Inspiration - Flowers
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist to make something for yourself
Robyn's Fetish - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/inspired by a song 

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper June Challenge - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Rip it, tear it!
Paper Makeup - Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra is to make something that reminds you of summer or has a summery theme
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Creative Moments - Anything goes/monochrome

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

The Stamping Chef - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter - Flower power
Little Miss Muffet - Funky hair
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Stampin for the Week-end - Anything goes

Lamborghini Diablo

Here is a card I have made using a stacker image from a La Pashe CD.  What an amazing car eh - not that I'd be able to get in in let alone out of it!!

I have used a Bearly Mine Designs Mini Dots backing paper and used a cog stamp and Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo distress ink around the edge of the backing paper.  I have then used a Tim Holtz cog embossing folder and some pearlised card to mount the image onto.

The card has been finished off with some fancy fibres, Papermania Glitterations and a sentiment off the computer.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes

Brown Sugar Challenge - Birthday

Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Let's see some layers

Allsorts - For the guys

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist to make something for yourself

Ladbybug Crafts - Something for the boys and/or use your dies

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/inspired by a song

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Incy Wincy - Something for the men in your life

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra is to make something that reminds you of summer or has a summery theme

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - Spots or stripes

Simon Says - Father's Day/masculine
The Crafter's Cafe - Masculine
Fab n Funky - Father's Day or for the men in your life
Creative Moments - Anything goes/monochrome
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Ruby's Rainbow - One for the boys
Crafting for all Seasons - Boys will be boys
CRAFT - Father's Day/male
Milk Coffee Challenge - For a dad/special male
Aud Sentiments - Any sentiment for a guy

Delicious Doodles and Delicious Darkness

Just a reminder

Delicious Doodles images can be found in the Delicious Doodles Store.  There is a vast array of wonderful images there.

If you prefer images that are on the darker side these can be found at the Delicious Darkness Store.

There is also a weekly Delicious Doodles challenge.  Pop on over to the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog EVERY FRIDAY to see what the new what the new challenge is and to see the Design Team inspiration.  You don't have to use a Delicious Doodles image to enter but you get an extra entry to win the weekly prize if you do so that is a good incentive!!

If you use Facebook then there is both a Delicious Doodles Facebook Group and a Delicious Darkness Facebook Group where you can add the creations you make using Delicious Doodles images and there is sometimes competitions as well.

Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog and Gruffies and Guests Facebook Group

Every month there is a new challenge over at the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog.  

To enter the challenge you must use a House Mouse, Gruffies or Happy Hoppers image.

Pop on over to the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog to see the topic of the challenge and to see inspiration from the Design Team.

The Design Team on the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog is split up into two teams.  Team A will show you their creations on the 1st day of the month.  Team B will show you their creation on the 15th day of the month.  This means that there is a good excuse to pop on over to the Challenge Blog at least twice a month to see the inspiration from the Design Team.

If you use Facebook why not pop on over to the Gruffies and Guests Facebook Group.  Here you can have a good natter and show your House Mouse, Happy Hoppers and Gruffies creations.

Bearly Mine Design and the Bearly Mine Inspiration and Challenge Blog

Just a quick reminder to say that Bearly Mine Designs digital papers are available from the Bearly Mine Designs Store.  Here you will find a wonderful selection of papers.  If you look there are also some freebies so you can "try before you buy".

Every month there is a challenge over at the Bearly Mine Inspiration and Challenge Blog.  If you pop on over to the challenge blog you will find out details of the challenge and see inspiration from the Design Team.

If you want more Bearly Mine Designs inspiration, every two days you will get an inspiration card/project from one of the Design Team members.  So this is a good excuse to keep on popping over to the Bearly Mine Inspiration and Challenge Blog.

Have fun in the sun!

As soon as Debbi Moore brought out a CD entitled "Shabby Chic Seaside" I had to have it.  I so want to live by the sea.

I decided to make a stepper card suitable for a male.  I have used a design sheet from the CD which is of a camper van, surf board, flip flops, compass, border and "have fun in the sun!" sentiment.  I have also used a pebbles and starfish backing paper, printed off onto a thick photo paper and then tore into strips showing off the white edge.

I have finished the card off with the sentiment off the CD, die-cut sentiment and some tiny shells.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Challenge - Anything goes

Crafty Creations - All about the "s" - Shabby Chic, seaside, shells and surf board

Ruby's Rainbow - One for the boys

Crafting for all Seasons - Boys will be boys

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Simply Create Too - Father's day (or for a male)

Craftitude - Pop it up/anything goes

Brown Sugar Challenge - Birthday

Polkadoodles - Men on our minds

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes

Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Let's see some layers

Crafting at the week-end - Anything goes

Allsorts - For the guys

CD Sunday - At the seaside

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes and optional twist to make something for yourself

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper June Challenge - Anything goes

Bearly Mine Challenge - June 2014 - One for the boys

 It is the first day of the month and therefore time for another challenge over at the Bearly Mine Inspiration and Challenges Blog.  This month the topic is "one for the boys".

For this card I have gone for the colour scheme of blue and brown - very manly.

  

   
The backing papers I have used are Bearly Mine Designs Krafty Wishes, Plain and Simple, Festive Fun and The Boys Zone.

The image I have used is called "Vintage Truck" and is by Delicious Doodles.  I have coloured the image in with promarkers, torn around the edge and inked with Tim Holtz's Broken China distress ink.

I have used one of the blue backing papers, put through a Tim Holtz cog embossing folder and inked with Tim Holtz's Gathered Twigs distress ink.

I have finished the card off with some Papermania Glitterations, X-cut cog die-cuts coloured with Gathered Twigs distress ink, brads, sentiment off the computer and some ribbon.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Eureka Stamps - Masculine or grungy
Digi Choosday - Spots and stripes
Paper Pretties - Father's Day/masculine cards
Simon Says - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter - Make it manly (a card for a male)
Ruby's Rainbow - One for the boys
The Stamping Chef - Anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons - Boys will be boys
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Crazy Egg (Anything goes)
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Embossing
Simply Create Too - Father's Day (or for a male)
The Stamping Boutique - Use dots
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Men on our minds
Crafting at the Week-end - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin - Father's Day or Special Man/Boy
Allsorts - For the guys
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist to make something for yourself
Robyn's Fetish - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper June Challenge - Anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage Digi Designs - Use a digi and a die-cut
Ladybug Crafts - Something for the boys and/or use your dies
One Stitch at a Time - Boy'ish!
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes