Colorful Options Color of the Month “Pastels”

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Hello and welcome back to another fun challenge at Colorful Options

This month, we challenge you to use a pastel color. Please remember that you
may incorporate any neutrals or metallics that you need in your design and that your design does not need to be monochromatic. If pastels are not to your liking, join us with a rainbow-inspired craft instead.

For our challenge, I made two cards using some new dies from Poppy Stamps from their Nordic Flowers series I acquired on a recent trip to the UK. The first card features the Nordic Majestic Bloom die-coloured with Distress Oxide inks and placed inside a lovely scalloped oval frame by Catherine Pooler also a new purchase(yes Darnell I will once again be playing along ).

The second card features this pretty Nordic Crown Flower die again coloured with Distress oxides. This time I’ve used this lovely Spellbinders Infinity punch and pierce die plate as a background and not cut it all the way through so it gives an embossed effect.

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options it’s always great to see your amazing cards and it’s a great source of inspiration to me personally. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design team’s amazing creations.

I’m also linking up to

NBUS challenge#61 as my dies are all brand spanking new.

Die-cut Divas Who are asking us to make a spring card

CAS on Friday #challenge 280 Who are asking us to use dies only

Wishing you all a wonderful happy, healthy, crafty week.

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options March 2024 “Green”

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A big thank you to all who participated in our pink challenge at Colorful Options we had so many amazing entries it was so difficult to choose our top three.


This month we challenge you to use green as your inspiration. ANY shade or interpretation of green is welcome.

Please remember that you may incorporate any neutrals or metallics you need in your design and that your make does not need to be monochromatic. If green is not to your liking, join us with a rainbow-inspired craft.

This time, I decided to make a card and a piece of home decor.


I used these fabulous small butterfly dies from a Pocket Full of Happiness for my card. To create the background I took a piece of acetate and added lashings of glossy accents and drops of distress oxides in various colours. I added cling film on top and smooshed it around until I got the desired effect and then left it to dry which took for everrrrrrrr. `I then cut the background to size and added it behind the negative space of the butterflies and then added the butterflies on top.I found this technique ages ago somewhere online but can’t for the life of me find the source to give them credit nor does this photo show the lovely rippled effect it has but hey ho that’s the joy of trying to take a photo of glossy,shiny things.

My next piece may seem a little random but I’ve been playing with my electronic needle felting machine lately and this is what I came up with.

This is such a fun technique and great for using scraps of leftover material. To make this I took a piece of thin felt as a base and laid silk strips on top. For those of you who don’t know what this machine does, it’s basically a sewing machine with lots of needles and no thread and you just run it over the material and it punches it into the base adhering the top to the bottom. I just kept going until I got the look I required. It’s quite addictive. I then cut the piece down to fit my frame and there you have it.

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options why not pop over and see what my wonderful team mates have come up with and delight and inspire.

I’m also playing along with Time Out Challenges

NBUS challenge#60 as my butterflies are fresh out of the packet

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Marie

Colorful Options Pink

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Welcome to another fun challenge at Colorful Options and it just so happens to be one of my favourite colours….Pink!


This month we challenge you to use pink as your inspiration.  ANY shade or interpretation of pink is welcome.  

Please remember that you may incorporate any neutrals or metallics you need in your design and that your make does not need to be monochromatic.  If pink is not to your liking, join us with a rainbow-inspired craft. 

For my card, I used the Fresh Picked Anemones dies by Spellbinders I love their latest release and have to say I went on a spending spree. The dies are quite large and fill up the space quite nicely. I used a combination of Distress Oxides in varying shades of pink to colour the blooms a touch of kraft card and some Distress Embossing Glaze on the centers and there you have it.

I loved it so much that I placed it on my desk at work next to that gorgeous plant that I don’t know the name of.

We do hope you will play along with us this month at Colorful Options, the DT has some amazing cards to delight and inspire.

I’m also playing along with Addicted to Stamps and More

Created with GIMP

NBUS challenge # 59 as my die set is brand spanking new

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Marie

Colorful Options. Blue Lagoon

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Welcome to the first challenge of the new year at Colorful Options and our theme for the next month is Blue Lagoon.

This month’s challenge is inspired by the Blue Lagoon resort in Iceland and the Blue Lagoon Island in the Caribbean.

This month we are doing something a little different; we challenge you to use the colors associated with a blue lagoon. Feel free to use one of the colors in the pictures or any combination of colors found in the pictures. Please remember that you may incorporate any neutrals or metallics that you need in your design and that your design does not need to be monochromatic. If you are not inspired by the blue lagoon, join us with a rainbow-inspired craft.

To make my card I used this abstract design from a cover plate from A Pocket Full of Happiness. Distress Oxides were used to colour white card and foam tape to give dimension to some of the card. I have to be honest it really does look so much better in real life.

We hope you will play along with this month’s challenge and look forward to seeing your creations. For more details, pop over to Colorful Options and see the wonderful designs from my fellow teammates.

On another note, I hope that all who celebrate had wonderful holidays and I hope to catch up within the next few days.

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options Silver and Gold

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Welcome back to a new challenge at Colorful Options where our theme for the next month is to use silver and Gold in your creations.

A super easy card that came together very quickly without any stamping. I used a lovely Pinkfresh Mini frame and silver and gold metallic card . The central piece was embossed with The Tim Holtz for Sizzix Christmas Sparkle folder. I then added some pretty dried flowers in gold and blue and used a wax seal from Spellbinders in a corresponding colour to attach the flowers and there you have it !It took longer to photograph than it did to make due to my reflection in the shiny card. I had to replace the central silver panel with mat card as the shiny one I had originally used kept showing my ugly mug.

In other news It’s been a very sad and difficult time at home lately my lovely Rosy the Frenchie had to be put to sleep. She was a grand old dame of 14 years and decided it was time to join Bailey who had passed away two months earlier.The end of an era….and both were inspirations for my blog name Baileyrosy,they are sadly missed. A few days later I had to have surgery but am glad to say I’m recovering nicely after having a few complications It’s been a rotten year but am hoping from now on in my health will be so much better and can start to enjoy everyday life again.

I thought I would just share a photo of our Christmas window at our new shop, I wasn’t able to physically help but was there for the most important part….the moaning and giving orders part which I’m particularly good at. !

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options my team mates have some incredible cards to delight and inspire. Keep in mind that our contest is not limited to paper crafts.  Paint? Ink? Decor? Drawing? ANY artistic endeavor is welcome!!  

I look forward to catching up with you all.

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options “Red”

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I’m back after a long break due to ill health after I was admitted to hospital for five days with intestinal issues and managed to catch covid just to put icing on the cake. The road to recovery has been slow and I’ll require surgery and more tests shortly but I’m feeling so much better and getting stronger by the day. Unfortunately, this all coincided with the opening of our new shop which had to be delayed by two weeks thankfully we are up and running now.

Enough of my moaning and on to the task at hand. Colorful Options has a fabulous new challenge with one of my favourite colours….red.

I made a frame using some old Spellbinders dies and embossed a piece of card with this fantastic EF from WeRmemory keepers. I brushed carefully over the top with Distress Oxide in Coral Red so as to keep some of the white card visible. I then attached acetate as I was planning to make a shaker but as it happens I didn’t like the result so left it as was. The faceted heart is courtesy of Mr Holtz and Sizzix also colored by Distress Oxide and a tad of clear Distress embossing glaze for a little shine.

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options the DT has some amazing cards to delight and inspire and you can also find out more about this challenge and the wonderful gifts for our lucky winners.

Here’s a little glimpse of the new shop, not a very good photo but the best one I could get from a distance to show both windows.

I look forward to catching up with you all.

Take care

Marie

Simply Less is More #492 C is for Celebrate

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Welcome back to a new challenge at `LIM for the next two weeks we are asking you to create something using our prompt C is for Celebrate.

This card was one of the quickest I have ever made, due to the fact that my brain is addled with so much going on in my life. I had mistakenly made a card for our November challenge and when I went to upload it realised my mistake and had to whip up a new one in a matter of moments. I used my brand new Scrolled Punch and Pierce Plate (try saying that after a few libations !) from Spellbinders. I bought this beauty after seeing the fabulous and talented Michele Ferguson from I Card Everyone create an immaculate card.

Here I’ve only used the centre part of the die to keep my card clean and simple, having said that this die is rather challenging but Michele does have some top tips to help and boy did I need them.

Here’s a card I made using the complete plate as you can see there are hundreds of little die cuts, definitely not one for the faint-hearted.

In other news I had a lovely visit from my crazy sister and niece from the UK unfortunately my niece was very ill with a high fever and terrible cough all week so was unable to join in most of the activities but that didn’t stop my sister and I from have lots of fun. Unfortunately whilst they were here my beautiful little Bailey the mini pinscher passed away we are absolutely devastated but having my sister here was a great comfort. Bailey was a very cheeky chappy but his name lives on in my blog title and our memories.

We do hope you will play along with us at LIM my teamies have some amazing cards to delight and inspire.

I’m also linking up to NBUS as this die is fresh out of the packet.

Craft Rocket #107 Clean and Simple

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options

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Welcome back to another color challenge at Colorful Options but firstly a huge thank you to all who took part in our last challenge so many amazing entries.

For the next month, we are asking you to use orange .

I really struggled again as this is the third time that orange or shades of it has been a requirement for my last three Design Team cards and orange is definitely not a colour I like to use.

I did the best I could using this wonderful Spellbinders Kimono die . I used the Altenew embossing folder Arches for texture, coloured with Spiced Pumpkin Oxide ink, incidentally, it’s the only orange colour I have. I then paper-pieced the embossed and coloured card back into the kimono outline.I added my go-to Tim Holtz sentiment and and a little heart covered in lashing of Glossy Accents and there you have it.

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options the Design Team once again have some amazing cards to delight and inspire.

I’m afraid I’m so far behind in commenting as getting the new shop ready is taking it’s toll. My lovely sister and niece are visiting from the UK and we intend to spend a few days away at my summer house I was hoping that the shop would have been ready by now but as usual here in Greece things tend to slow down this time of year. Hopefully I will be able to catch up next week so please forgive me.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy September.

Marie

Less is More #Challenge 490 Orange

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Welcome back to another fun challenge at Less is More and for the next two weeks we are asking you to use the colour orange in your creation but don’t forget to keep it CAS.

I used an Inkylicious sunray stamp and stencil which I embossed in black ink then cut out the centre panel and coloured with Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide and used clear embossing powder to give some shine. I then popped it up with foam tape for dimension. Matted with orange card and used my go-to sentiments from Mr Holtz, there you have it.

A super simple card that came together very quickly which is just as well as getting our new shop ready is certainly taking its toll on me crafting wise and am so behind on commenting so please forgive me.

We do hope you will join us at LIM my team mates once again have some amazing cards to inspire and delight.

Take care

Marie

Sparkles Monthly Challenges #167 Beach and or Tropical.

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Welcome to another challenge at Sparkles, we had lots of amazing entries for our Christmas in July challenge you certainly make it difficult for Design Team to choose our favourites.

This time round we have a fabulous theme, Beach, and or Tropical chosen by the lovely and talented Dawn S.

I decided to frame it and take it to my summer house, unfortunately, I wasn’t able to crop the photo for some reason so please excuse the photo.

I used a fabulous embossing folder by Altenew but kept it plain as I wanted the colours to really pop on the leaves and the Whittle Lizard. I’m not sure who makes the outer frame as once again I was remiss and chucked out the packaging. When I bought it I thought that all of the frames were attached but it turns out it cuts tiny weeny skinny frames which for me and my sausage fingers are difficult to handle. I tried to keep them all attached on this card with the help of lots of tape and glue although I did lose a few of the little tykes along the way.

The leaves are by Memory Box which has a coordinating embossing folder it’s a bit of a pfaff trying to emboss the leaves without them falling out of the folder once you have die cut them in fact the whole card was a bit of a pfaff, to be honest.

The leaves were colored with Distress oxides and then lashings of Glossy Accents.

The Whittle Lizzard is also by Memory Box I wanted it to look like it was jumping from leaf to leaf. The sentiment once again is curtest of Mr Holtz.

We do hope you will join us at Sparkles Monthly Challenges my teammates have some amazing cards to delight and inspire.

I’m also linking up to Colorful Options who are asking us to use the colours yellow and Green

Take care

Marie