Monthly Archives: August 2024

Pears!

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Just popping in with a pair of pear cards(pun intended)for a few challenges using a fantastic die set that I purchased recently from the fabulous Zsoka from A Pocket Full of Happiness.

This beautiful set is so easy to use I first cut an aperture from cardstock using the front of the pear and popped it up using foam tape after I lightly coloured around the opening with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink. I then placed the pear back into the opening I added foam tape to the second pear and placed it slightly overlapping the other pear. `(lots of the “P” words in the last sentence 🙂 The sentiment is also from A Pocket Full of Happiness layered up and coloured with Distress Oxides.

A little close-up for those of you like myself who suffer from “bloggers blindness”

I had so much fun making this card that I decided to make another.

This time I popped up the front of the pear with foam, cut an aperture with the second part of the you know what, and placed it inside the cavity. This sentiment is also from A Pocket Full of Happiness. All of the pears were coloured with Distress Oxides and splashed with a touch of water.

I’m entering them into the following challenges

Colourful Options Yellow-Green

Inspiration Station I was inspired by all of the luscious fruits and zingy colours

Pinspirational (2nd entry) they are asking us to use die cuts

The Paper Players

NBUS #65 My pears are fresh out of the packet

Addicted to CAS #265

There’s still time to join us at Colorful Options for our Yellow-Green challenge and the gallery is filled to the brim with lots of amazing entries.

Wishing you all a fabulous week.

Take care

Marie

Flowers Galore!

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It’s been an age since I posted two cards in such quick succession but there are some amazing challenges around at the moment a few of them I’ve been waiting for just the right moment to enter and that moment has arrived!

I bought this amazing flower girl die from the very talented Zsoka from A Pocket Full of Happiness. The skies the limit with this set you can be as subtle or not, as you can see I’m in the not category. The set comes complete with lots of lovely blooms although I did use in addition some flowers from another die set belonging to her May release.

Did you notice the little birdie cheekily peeking out? it’s from an old Spellbinders set the packaging has long since disappeared but I just loved its little face and it looks quite at home me thinks.

I used a variety of patterned papers, distress oxides,Nuovo Drops, and enamel dots from Altnew. I have to say this took forever to make not so much the die cutting but the actual placement which I’m rubbish at Zsoka makes it look easy which was why I was emboldened and I’m glad I did .

I’m entering the following challenges

The Flower Challenge #94

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge – Anything Florals Goes with Optional Mood Board #19

{PIN}spirational Challenge #316 AUGUST Diecuts

Triple B August Challenge

Wishing you all a fabulous week

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options August Challenge Yellow-Green

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Welcome back to a new challenge at Colorful Options but firstly thank you so much for so many wonderful entries for our Flags challenge for July you really do make it difficult to choose our winners.

This month, we challenge you to use the color yellow-green.  This palette incorporates yellow, green, and yellow-green. If this palette is not to your liking, join us with a rainbow-inspired craft instead. 

I knew immediately what I wanted to make for this challenge and even though this isn’t a color combination I would usually go for I really like the result.

I used one of my favourite flower dies from Honeybee stamps lovely layers roses which I coloured with Distress Oxides in twisted citron and squeezed lemon. The mason jar is courtesy of Sizzix and is filled with a few sequins from my stash. Unfortunately due to the glare from the plastic I had to sacrifice the clarity of the Tim Holtz sticker sentiment.

Here’s a second card I threw together just for fun made using my Cameo the banana is cut and popped up with foam for dimension and coloured with Distress Oxides and a splash of water. Not one of my best but I made it so I’m posting it hahaha. Once again the sentiment isn’t very clear and I can’t even complain about the glare from the plastic this time just bad photography on my part.

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options the DT has some amazing cards to delight and inspire and we look forward to seeing your amazing projects in our gallery. Don’t forget you can enter with any crafty medium from crochet to woodwork and anything in between.

Take care

Marie