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Colorful Options Be Bold

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Welcome back to another fun challenge at Colorful Options where our theme for the next month is to “Be Bold”

BE BOLD

This September, embrace the vibrancy of bold colors! We invite you to unleash your creativity with any daring hue or vibrant combination that speaks to you. Let your imagination run wild where anything vibrant goes. If bold isn’t your style, you can join us with a softer, rainbow-inspired craft. 

At first, I thought my card looked like it belonged in the “Be Bold” category as in real life the colors looked so much more vibrant but it could also fit into the “Rainbow ” category What do you think.

I used another couple of fabulous die sets from A Pocket Full of Happiness this gorgeous Tucan and a fantastic modern alpha set. I won’t bore you with the details of how I made it as it looks perfectly obvious,lots of die cutting tons of paper piecing a huge mess on my desk,floor and the dog !


Please note that our contest is open to all art forms, not just paper crafts. Whether you’re painting, inkwork, decorating, drawing, or any other artistic endeavor, we welcome your submission! 

On another note my lovely,crazy sister is arriviing tomorrow from the Uk to spend the last of the summer with us here in Greece,high jinks and lots of crafty capers are guaranteed (she also is an avid crafter)if we can drag ourtselves away from the sea.

I’m entereing my card into a couple of challenges

Ther Crafters Cafe Challenge Blog (try saying that after a few cocktails) #311 – Anything Goes – option Rainbows/Lots of Colours

NBUS Challenge #66 as my tucan and alpha set are both fresh out of their packets.

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 June Challenge “Aqua”

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welcome back to another fun challenge at Colorful Options for June we are asking you to use Aqua in your creations and if Aqua isn’t your thing then you can play along using rainbow colors.

Something fun and new! We’re thrilled to announce our collaboration with the Double Trouble Challenge for the inaugural two weeks of this month. We warmly invite you to participate in both challenges and share in the joy of crafting together. Let’s make these two weeks unforgettable!

I loved the color theme this month; my card came together quickly, and as you read this post, I will hopefully be swimming in the beautiful Aqua waters at my summer house.

Above are a few photo’s from my summer house you can see how I was inspired by that wonderful die and Colorful Options Aqua theme.

I used this amazing die by A Pocket Full of Happiness and practically cased Zoka”S card, I just layered up the waves and used a variety of Distress Oxide inks for the sea all popped up with lashings of foam tape to give dimension. A Tim Holtz sentiment sticker and a hot burning sun and there you have it.

I will also be playing along with Double Trouble Challenge this month and hope you take the time to check it out.

In other news, I’m afraid I have been a bad blogger struggling to keep up with you all. Our new shop is bustling and I’ve been working longer hours than usual I also sell my cards there and they have been in such high demand and I can hardly keep up or even play along in many challenges but I will try my very best to be a better blogger and catch up with all of your amazing crafty projects.

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