Digi Choosday - Big Birthday Celebrations

Hello everyone

Gosh it has been a bit of a mini heatwave just recently hasn't it?

I love the sun but I don't like this oppressive heat, do you?

Anyhoo, I digress.

Time once again for another challenge over at Digi Choosday.

As always our challenges are:

ANYTHING GOES

The design team always get a little bit of an extra challenge and this time we were to make something for a big celebration.

I chose to go with a 21st Birthday - I think that's pretty big isn't it? Lol

So I decided to make a Gift box/card all in one.

I used Ruby Birthday Cake because well she just fits my brief perfectly.

So here is what I made:

I made the little box using my Silhouette Cameo.

The image is coloured using my Polychromo pencils and I tried to compliment the colours on the papers when I did her dress etc.

The papers I used to decorate the whole of the box (which I also cut on the Cameo just to make sure they fitted!!) are from the Winnie Starfish/Sandcastles Papers 5.

All those fabulous little sentiments (except the 21 Today) were from the Winnie Celebrations Kit 1 Sentiments.  Honestly there are soooo many sentiments in that kit, there really are.

So there you have it.  Obviously I have added a little gift to the box just to show it is a draw, which I also lined with the same papers so it all matched, but I would put a proper piece of jewelry in there to give as an actual gift. 

So what are you going to make to join in with our Anything Goes challenge then? Can't wait to see.  Have fun.

TTFN

xxx

Challenges:

Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Feminine 

Crazy4Challenges - Shaped Cards (Hope this counts)

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Colourific Challenge Corner - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Scrapper's Delights - Anything Goes

As you like it challenge - Favourite way to add text and why 

(I love to add computer generated or digital text as it can be sized as big or small as you like and will fit your project perfectly.)

Crafty Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Ching Chou Kuik - Week 3 Inspiration

Hi there, me again!!

So, we are into week three of our challenge at Ching Chou Kuik.

As you know by now the theme is:

FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS

So as long as there is a four legged animal on your creation you will qualify.

For my card this week I chose to use:

Lavender Illusion

Once again I have used my Polychromo Pencils,

I took my inspiration from the artwork on the Etsy page and I am absolutely thrilled with how this turned out.

That cat took me A G E S!!!! Lol

But I think it was worth the effort, don't you?

The backing papers are from Claritystamp as is the beautiful sentiment.

The flowers, thread and lace are all from my stash.

You still have this week and next to get your entries in so off you go! 😀😀😀

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Feminine

Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes,, Any Occasion

Crafty Calendar, August - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge #117 - Add Embellishments

Colourific Challenge Corner #3- Anything Goes

Scrapper's Delights - Anything Goes

OMG! OMG! OMG! - Sooooo excited.

Hello everyone,

Well, as my blog post title may suggest, I am just a tad excited!!

I entered a card into the Ching Chou Kuik Facebook challenge in June and it only went and won the Artist's Choice Aware didn't it?? So delighted with that.

Well, ok so that's good but why is she so excited about that I hear you ask!!

Weeeellll, not only that, but a few days later I was contacted by the lovely Kym Upshaw who leads the Design Team to ask me if I wanted to be part of the Facebook DT!!!!!

Well, obviously I had to think about it.................

for like a NANO SECOND!!

I cannot begin to tell you how chuffed and overwhelmed I was to be asked.  Let me tell you there is some awesome talent on that team and now I am a part of it too! Whoop Whoop!!

Look, I even have my own blog badge with one of my coloured images - how cool is that? 

Okay okay, so you get that I am excited, sorry I will get on with the job in hand.

This is my first creation for the Facebook design team and I hope to be with them for as long as they will have me.

The theme for the Facebook challenge, and that of the blog challenge too actually, for the month of August is

FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS.

So, your entry must feature a four legged animal on it somewhere please.

You can enter it at both places if you want to as well.

So the image I chose to use for this first Inspiration post is:

FUREVER LOVE

As soon as I saw this image I just knew it was the one I wanted to use.

The image is coloured with my Polychromo pencils.

I really love using my pencils but boy does it take a looong time to finish an image. Lol

The little cat at the front is modelled on my own cat Smudge and I am absolutely thrilled with how it turned out.

I did take a little bit of inspiration from the artwork on the Etsy page where the image is partly coloured and then just went with the flow. (click on the Title of the image above and you will see what I mean).

There was a time when each of those animals would have been coloured with just one colour but having used the colouring classes at Kit and Clowder I am now happy to say my animals actually look like animals. Hahahaha

The backing papers are from Claritystamp and Lili of the Valley and the little stamp is a Claritystamp too.  The flowers are from my stash.

Hope you like my first Ching Chou Kuik DT card and that it might just have inspired you to have a go and enter the challenges.

Challenges:

Arty Divas Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread #99 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #437 - Furry Friends

Crafting Happiness Challenge #7 - Animals

Cute n Crafty #30 - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #110 - Anything Goes

Love to craft challenge blog #37 - Anything Goes

Crafting with an attitude #54 - Anything Goes

A bit more time to craft #97 - Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #29 - Anything Goes

Crafty Animals #29 - Anything Goes