How the heart feels a languid grief...

It’s our second challenge over at Show Your Digi Love and I’ve made a special card featuring an image I’ve had for ages but never coloured up, the stunning Fairy Princess of Autumn by Enys Guerrero available at Sweet Pea Stamps.

My card is actually a box card; I followed a tutorial over at Noor Design by Tiets.  It’s supposed to have tea light candles in it but is going to someone who doesn’t really use them so I’m going to fill it with chocolates instead.  Here’s what the inside looks like, it’s hard to tell in the photo but the gold medallion in the middle on the right side is actually printed on organza ribbon, which is there to hold the chocolates in but in real life is see-through so you can actually see what’s inside the box.

As this is really a glorified gift box and it is for a gift (a thank you for someone whose place I’m staying at for a crafty weekend), I am entering it in the current challenge at Hanna and Friends.

The front of the card follows the current sketch over at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards, a great one that allowed me to add lots of delightfully shabby elements.  To pick those elements I’ve played along with the tic tac toe challenge at Fussy and Fancy.  I really couldn’t pick a column or row so I just went with every one of the elements as they were all fabby so I have a charm (I’m thinking the Tim Holtz Foliage counts as a charm, it’s metal and has a loop to hang it),  several die cuts (the corner element, the oval and the label on the tag inside, lace (love the one I used, sadly it is no longer available), dry embossing on the corner die cut (it’s a bit hard to see as I’ve covered a bit of it but the label is also embossed), ribbon (two kinds, the organza and the jute), pearls (around the oval frame), a sentiment (on my tag), wet embossing (the sentiment on the tag, which is why it’s a bit difficult to actually read it!) and sparkle (I used gilding flakes on the embossing, also the gold veins on the leaves and the glittery printing on the organza ribbon).

And a closer look at the tag I made (needed somewhere to write a message!).

 

I love how this turned out and am really happy with my colouring of the image; she is such a beautiful image.

Now hopefully I’ve inspired you to go through your own digi stash, yes, that one you have full of gorgeous and fun images you’ve never got around to colouring, and join us at Show Your Digi Love.  Our challenges are always anything goes and just for fun (a fab badge is yours though and guest DT spot if you want it) and this month we are asking you to choose your favourite image from Aurora Wings, The East Wind and Sweet Pea Stamps.  We’d love to see your makes with one of the fab images from one of these talented artists, or even all three!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Lips R24, R29, R59

Hair E43, E44, E47, E49

Outfit E23, E25, E27, E29, R39, R59, R85, R89, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Brambles E23, E27, E29

Wings E17, E18, E25, R22, R59, Y21, 26

Chalks & Powders etc

IndigoBlu Mega-Flake ~ Lancashire Rose

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Embossing Folder ~ Briar Rose

Joy! Crafts Die ~ Square Frame 6002/0147

Sizzix Die & Embossing Folder ~ Labels

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~Ironwork Accents

Wild Rose Studio Die ~ Oval Frames

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Mini Mix Teastained Red

Prima Flowers ~ Merlot Capri

Tim Holz Idea-ology ~ Foliage

Inks & Paints etc

Rub’nBuff ~ Spanish Copper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Gathered Twigs, Tea Dye & Vintage Photo

Viva Décor Inka-Gold ~ Old Gold

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Bitter Chocolate

BoBunny Autumn Song ~ Dot, Harvest, Notes & Sunflower

Creative Memories ~ Reminisce Travel

Echo Park Reflections Fall ~ Autumn Stripes & Count Your Blessings

Gold Paper from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

DMC ~ Memory Thread

Green Tara Pearl Trim ~ 3mm Ivory

Jute Ribbon from stash

Live and Love Crafts Lace ~ Reinette Champagne

Maroon Organza Ribbon with Gold Print from stash

Stamps

Sweet Pea Stamps Enys Guerrero ~ Fairy Princess of Autumn

Challenges

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #85 ~ Layout

Fussy and Fancy #133 ~ Tic tac toe (charm, die or punch, lace | dry embossing, ribbon, pearls | sentiment, wet embossing, sparkle)

Hanna and Friends #216 ~ Little gifts

Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet…

…cupcake!

The card I’m sharing today features an image from Mo’s Digital Pencil, Cupcake Thief, my first time ever using one of Mo Manning’s gorgeous images.

 

There’s a new challenge I’m proud to be a DT member of, Show Your Digi Love, where the theme is always anything goes with that month’s chosen digi artists.  It’s all about using the images you have in your stash and showing some love for the artists who created them.  In my case having Mo’s Digital Pencil among the chosen artists for our first challenge was a perfect excuse to go off and buy my very first (and second and third and, well, you get the picture) Mo Manning digi.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  As I’d printed and coloured my digi on my usual 4x6 piece of card I was a bit constrained on my circle size choice.  I actually used the largest of the Nestie set and had to use the “out of the box” technique (for a great tut check out the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog post by Becky) to fit the image in.  As a result I ended up shrinking down the other two circle elements.

I swapped out the flower element for a cupcake button from my stash; I also raided my stash for some interesting embellies for the other two circle elements.  As I have three different types of embellishments I am entering this in the current challenge over at Brown Sugar.

Now I don’t really have anything warm on this card, I guess trying to make a quick getaway on foot carrying three very large and tasty cupcakes would get you rather warm, but fortunately the main theme over at Bronte and Bella’s Challenge is anything goes and I do have my Mo Manning image so I’m also entering my card there.

Hope to see you over at Show Your Digi Love, easy peasy anything goes every month and a whole month to enter the challenge.  It’s a just for fun challenge but there are some gorgeous badges to display on your blog if you’re among the DT’s top picks and the overall DT favourite will be asked to guest DT in the next month’s challenge.  It’s a great way to show your love for the artists that make our hobby possible and your financial support (yep we all like a freebie but artists need to eat too!) so they can keep creating their awesome art.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E23

Hair Y15, Y17, Y21

Outfit RV52, RV63, RV66, RV69

Cupcakes C0, C2, E31, E33, E34, E44, E47, E49, G03, G09, N4, N6, N8, R35, R46, R59, RV02, RV10, RV11, RV13, V05, Y21, Y23, Y26, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Angel Wings Ruby & Stardust Candy Rose

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Scalloped Circles

Embellishments

Close to my Heart ~ Mini-Medley Accents Slate

Crochet Doily from stash

Jesse James Button It Up ~ Mini Sweet Treats

Inks & Paints etc

Shimmerz ~ Sugar Plum

Spica ~ Clear, Gold, Lavender & Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Seedless Preserves & Spun Sugar

Twinkling H2O ~ Luv-u-pink

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Amaryllis

Echo Park Little Girl ~ Jody’s Stripe

Stamps

Mo’s Digital Pencil ~ Cupcake Thief

Challenges

Bronte and Bella’s #246 ~ Anything Goes/optional warm

Brown Sugar #131 ~ 3 different Embellishments

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 ~ Sketch #43

 

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