We are at the halfway mark of the September Challenge at Path of Positivity. The optional twist this month is Celebrate Something Special about your community, your nation or the world at large. For the midway, I have created a card celebrating my nation (New Zealand).
I have used a sheep patterned paper - we have over five times the number of sheep to people. I added images of the New Zealand flag and New Zealand map - both from Ike's Art. I also added a koru die cut.
This is the second card I have used the same technique. I have lots of smaller pieces of digital paper from Trimgym - some of which come from the same paper set. I am endeavouring to use as much as possible of each paper so this particular technique is really helpful.
I would like to enter:
CRAFT Challenge - Non-traditional Christmas colours
https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-615-christmas-non-traditional.html
Beccy's Place - Month of Holiday Cards
https://beccysplace.blogspot.com/2021/11/a-month-of-holiday-cards-challenge.html
I have used four different papers from the same set of papers by Trimgym. The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is typed on the computer. Colouring is with copic markers and Kindy Glitz. I also added a Christmas cat puffy sticker.
We are midway through the Fall Into A Book Challenge at Path of Positivity, Actually midway was yesterday but somehow I lost a day. The challenge this month is sponsored by Ike's Art.
I have used an image from Ike's Art called Book of Dreams.
I also used some silver cardstock. Colouring is with copic markers.
I followed a tutorial for a Book Card.
I would like to enter:
Classic Design Open Challenge - October Challenge
https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/classic-design-challenge-october-10.html
We are the start of the Fall Into A Book Challenge at Path of Positivity. Our sponsor for this challenge is Ike's Art.
I have used an image from Ike's Art called Gypsy Wagon and Horse. I am unable to link to the image in the store as Ike is having issues with her Zibbet Store.
I also used another image from Ike's Art for the background. Colouring is with copic markers. I added some gems to the "spine" of the card.
I have followed a tutorial for a Book Binding Card.
I would like to enter:
Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/09/pennys-challenge-506.html
It's another funny morning here, weather wise. It can't make up it's mind if the sun is going to shine or not. We had fairly heavy rain here overnight which woke me up so I'm a bit tired this morning.
I would like to enter:
Ike's Art World - Autumn
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/ikesworld-challenges-148-anything.html
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch
http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/2021/09/tuesday-morning-sketches-625.html
I have used a digital paper from Bearly Mine Designs. The image is from Ike's Art. Colouring is with copic markers.
I followed this sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches:
There are some weird things happening with the challenge at Ike's World. I had it as closing on 6th September but then it suddenly closed yesterday with winners announced. This morning that post has disappeared and the Animals Challenge seems to have gone to closing on 6th September so I am going to try and upload this card that I hadn't got around to uploading.
I would like to enter:
Ike's World - Animals
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/ikesworld-challenges-147-anything.html
Show Us Your Pussycats - Furrything Goes
https://showusyourpussies.blogspot.com/2021/08/show-us-your-pussycats-challenge-69.html
I have used a digital paper from Whimsy Stamps. The image and sentiment are from Ike's Art. Colouring is with copic markers. I also added some star shaped gems.
I keep coming across this sentiment in my Awaiting Crafting box and hadn't until today found an image that will work with it.
I would like to enter:
CRAFT Challenge - Masculine
https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/06/challenge-600-masculine.html
Ike's Art World - Anything Goes
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/ikesworld-challenges-145-anything.html
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-5-may-2021-anything-goes.html
I have used a digital paper from Trimgym. The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is from Create with TLC. Colouring is with copic markers. I added a paw print ribbon.
I was looking for a spring-type sentiment for this card and came across one that I immediately thought sheep which speaks spring to me (in a country where there are more sheep than people and spring is signalled by the appearance of lambs). Then I also thought it is also cloud-like which goes with a flying kite so figured it was meant to be.
I would like to enter:
Ike's Art - Spring
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/ikesworld-challenges-143-anything.html
Show Us Your Pussycats - Furrything Goes
https://showusyourpussies.blogspot.com/2021/04/show-us-your-pussycats-challenge-65.html
I have used a digital paper from Create with TLC. The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is from Daizeefli. Colouring is with copic markers and Wink of Stella. I also added some glittery ribbon.
Three more papers taken out of an Awaiting Crafting box. The sentiment is also from an Awaiting Crafting box.
I would like to enter:
CRAFT Challenge - Christmas
https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenge-591-christmas.html
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch
http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/2021/03/tuesday-morning-sketches-597.html
Ike's Art - Monochrome
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/ikesworld-challenges-142-anything.html
I have used digital papers from Trimgym. The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is one that I typed on the computer.
I followed the (rotated) sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches:
It is a long time until it is Spring here but with the colder autumn temperatures it is nice to create Spring on a card.
I would like to enter:
Ike's Art - Monochrome
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/ikesworld-challenges-142-anything.html
Always Fun Challenges - Spring
http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenge-205.html
I have used two digital papers for the background (unsure of the sources for both of them). The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is from Create with TLC. Colouring is with copic markers and Wink of Stella. I also added some bright yellow flower embellishments.
I raided my Awaiting Crafting boxes for the image, sentiment and paper for this card - and then got no further until today. It is another overcast day here so would be good for getting some housework done - instead I am cardmaking!
I would like to enter:
Ike's World - Tic Tac Toe (top row of Glitter, Flowers and Embossing
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/ikesworld-challenges-141-tic-tac-toe.html
Show Us Your Pussycats - Furrything Goes
https://showusyourpussies.blogspot.com/2021/02/show-us-your-pussycats-challenge-63.html
I have used a digital paper from DIY and Digital Designs. The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is one that I typed on the computer. Colouring is with copic markers and Kindy Glitz. The embossing is done with an embossing folder. I also added some grosgrain ribbon, some flowers and some glitter gems.
Another two digital papers and an image from my Awaiting Crafting boxes. Little by little progress is being made!
I would like to enter:
CRAFT Challenge - Christmas
https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-587-christmas.html
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch
http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/2021/02/tuesday-morning-sketches-594.html
I have used two digital papers from Trimgym. The image is from Ike's Art. Colouring is with copic markers. I also inked the die-cut circle with Distress Ink (Seedless Preserves). I added three glitter white foam snowflake embellishments.
I followed the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches:
February 15th - 12 MoC
We are at midway point of the challenge at 12 Months of Christmas, our optional twist is Card For A Child. We are sponsored by Ike's Art.
I have used an image from Ike's Art called Paper Angel.
I also used digital papers from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles. Colouring is with copic markers, Wink of Stella and Kindy Glitz.
Here is another card with a collection of items from my Awaiting Crafting boxes. I also found an embellishment that I had prepared for a card and had decided against using.
I would like to enter:
Ike's Art - Friend/Friendship
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/01/ikesworld-challenges-140-friends-or.html
Show Us Your Pussycats - Furrything Goes
https://showusyourpussies.blogspot.com/2021/01/show-us-your-pussycats-challenge-62.html
I have used a digital paper from Little Scraps of Heaven. The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is from Create with TLC. Colouring is with copic markers. I found a matting cardstock thatwas a really good match for the red stripes in the background paper. I alo added a flower that I had coloured some time ago but not used and a matching pearl.
Beccy's Place has a post where Beccy has picked her favourite card for each month of 2020. As I am currently bored out of my mind (we go back home tomorrow so I'll be back to my usual routine and my crafting things). I'd like to go for a walk but my son and daughter are up on a hill and even their place isn't flat so with my knee issues that is definitely out. So, here goes:
January - Of the Marianne Designs cards I have created in 2020, I think this the only one that uses an MD image as well as MD dies. I like that what I planned for this one actually worked in reality.
February - This month is a card created for The Butterfly Challenge:
March - This month I have chosen one of the cards for our NZ Card Makers Swap Group.
April - This month belongs to Gecko Galz as they started a daily challenge during lockdown. This was such a mental saving grace for me. There were so many cards that I was pleased with this month but I chose one that I had a lot of fun (and mess) with inking the gears.
May - I was really happy with how this card turned out using a free Mandala image from Mia (Craftartista). I had a heap of fun creating this background.
June - The image is from The Paper Shelter. I really liked how this turned out - and how many butterflies that I managed to include
July - This one using an image from Bugaboo Stamps doesn't have any fancy folds or techniques. I was really pleased with how this all came together.
August - Being a kitty lover, I had to include at least one kitty themed card. This one uses an image from Ike's Art:
September - This month is one from Limited Runs. I had fun creating this one and was really pleased with how it turned out:
October - I chose another masculine card this month using an image from Fred She Said. This is the first time that I have embossed metallic card and I was pleased with the end result.
November - of course this month had to belong to Beccy's Place as a reasonable number of the posts were for Month of Holiday Cards. I had a hard time trying to decide between about three cards but I eventually settled on one that was a card fold that I hadn't tried before, was tricky to execute but I succeeded. The sense of accomplishment with this one merits it's inclusion:
December - Of course this month I had to include a card with a picture of the elf! The image is a die from Memory Box which I die-cut then used as a mask.
I have linked each month name to the original post for the card of that month.
I thought it would be easy to find a sentiment with Christmas being written as Xmas - but after much searching of my files, I only appear to have the one that I have used on this card:
I would like to enter:
Ike's World - X is for Xmas
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/ikesworld-challenges-139-x-for.html
Creative Sketchy Girls - Sketch
http://creativesketchygirls.blogspot.com/2020/10/challenge-66-schets-20-november.html
CRAFT Challenge - The Last Stretch
https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/12/challenge-581-christmas-last-stretch.html
I have used several digital papers from Trimgym (most are smaller offcut pieces). The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is from Dawn C. Colouring is with copic markers and Kindy Glitz.
I followed the sketch at Creative Sketchy Girls:
I've done a bit of commenting this morning and getting the "Prove You Are Not A Robot" tickbox coming up which is so annoying. So far, the click the picture one hasn't come up but I wouldn't be surprised if it did by the end of the day. I didn't think that I had done that much commenting either.
I would like to enter:
Ike's Art - White on White
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/11/ikesworld-challenges-138-w-for-wight-on.html
Let's Squash It - Christmas Embossing Folder plus stamp
https://letssquashit.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-2-christmas-and-stamps.html
Christmas Kickstart - Christmas Embossing Folder plus stamp
https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/christmas-kickstart-challenge-42-use.html
Beccy's Place - Month of Holiday Cards - E is for Embossing
https://beccysplace.blogspot.com/2020/11/day-6-e.html
I have used two different embossing folders on the layers. The lower layer one (snowflakes) is from Couture Creations and is called Snow Storm and the top layer one (dots) is from Craft Concepts and is called More Dots. The image and sentiment are from Ike's Art. Colouring is with copic markers, Wink of Stella and Kindy Glitz. The matting layers are white textured cardstock. As a finishing touch, I added two sizes of pearls.
Another kitty card:
I would like to enter:
Ike's World - U is for Under The Weather
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/09/ikesworld-challenges-136-u-is-for-under.html
Colour Crazy - Hand Colouring
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/2020/09/week-35-anything-goes-colouring.html
I have used a digital paper (source unknown). The image and sentiment are from Ike's Art. Colouring is with copic markers. I also added some fringed ribbons and pearls.
My three of a kind for this card is the "meow" sentiment.
I would like to enter:
Ike's Art - Three Of A Kind
https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/ikesworld-challenges-135-t-is-for-three.html
Show Us Your Pussies - Furrything Goes
https://showusyourpussies.blogspot.com/2020/08/show-us-your-pussycats-challenge-57.html
CHNC Patterned Paper - August Challenge
I have used two digital papers from PixelScrapper. The image is from Ike's Art and the sentiment is from From The Heart Stamps. Colouring is with copic markers. Matting is chocolate brown cardstock. I used mount tape to raise up the repeated sentiment.
