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Hi all. Sorry, I'm a bit late with this one today. It's time for a new challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>, and this week's challenge is to usde something beginning with F. I was a bit stcuk with this at first and then I remembered I had these brilliant fish images by Vera Lane Studios. I coloured the fish using Prismacolor pencils. The background they are on was created with Distress Spray Stains and Wow! embossing powders. I layered everything onto patterned papers and added some die cut shapes.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>.<br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-52154901628534930842020-02-28T09:00:00.000+00:002020-02-28T09:00:07.156+00:00The Alphabet Challenge: Is is for Xtra Embellishments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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OK, so it's cheating a bit, but not many things begin with X. This week's challenge at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge</a> is Xtra embellishments. You can see that I've added lots of paper flowers to my card, with button centres.<br />
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For my main image I used a digi stamp by Lili of the Valley, which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils.<br />
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I hope you can join us at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge. </a><br />
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Sian. xxx<br />
<br />Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-1875919424288597902020-02-25T09:00:00.000+00:002020-02-25T09:00:00.813+00:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Use Ink and/or Paint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. It's my turn to choose the theme at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz </a>this week, and I've chose the theme use ink or paint</div>
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I've created my card using Distress Inks and various stamps. The main stamped image is by Lost Coast Designs. The background is straightforward stamping using different inks. Form the main image I stamped the image first, then created the background with Distress Inks. I started by blending the inks then sprinkled some water, waited for it to dry off and added different layers of stamping</div>
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I hoe you can join us this week at Cardz 4 Guyz. </div>
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Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-78255252611793525102020-02-14T09:00:00.000+00:002020-02-14T09:00:02.000+00:00The Alphabet Challenge: W is for anything you Wish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning all. It's time for a new<a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/"> Alphabet Challenge</a>, and today it's basically a free week, because W is for anything you <b>W</b>ish. I made my card using some Papermania Bare Basics wooden jigsaw pieces, which I embossed with Wow embossing powders in various glittery pastel shades.<br />
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I added a die cut Happy Birthday sentiment and some paper flowers with buttons for the centres.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge.</a><br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-42319206948332424402020-02-11T09:00:00.000+00:002020-02-11T09:00:06.616+00:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Use Brads/Eyelets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning! Today's new challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a> is to use brads or eyelets. I used some brads to embellish my card. I realised when making this card that I hadn't made anything using brads or eyelets for ages, and I have loads of them from my early crafting days.<br />
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The centrepiece of my card is an image by Rick St Dennis, which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I layered my coloured image onto patterned papers.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz.</a><br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-26551969081548160222020-01-31T09:00:00.000+00:002020-01-31T09:00:08.059+00:00Alphabet Challenge: V is for Vegetables<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning! This week's theme at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge</a> is vegetables. OK, so I know mushrooms are not strictly vegetables, but I had absolutely nothing in my stash that was suitable for this challenge, so they will have to do! I used some dies by Marianne Designs, which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils and layered them onto patterned papers.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge.</a> <br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-89676631647889533902020-01-28T09:00:00.000+00:002020-01-28T09:00:01.164+00:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Teddy Bears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. It's time for a new challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>. This week's challenge is teddy bears, which I thought was a great excuse to use one of my favourite James Bear stamps by Lilif to the Valley.<br />
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I coloured my image with Prismacolor pencils and layered it onto patterned papers.<br />
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i hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz. </a><br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-69042988666679052682020-01-18T13:32:00.000+00:002020-01-18T13:32:50.120+00:00The Alphabet Challenge: U is for Use Washi Tape<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi all. Sorry, I'm very late again uploading my DT card for <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge</a>. I have a lot going on in my life at the moment, which is making it difficult to find time and space to craft. This week's letter is U, and the Challenge is Use Washi Tape.<br />
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I used a Lili of the Valley digi image for my card, which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I layered my image onto patterned papers and added a washi tape bow to finish it off.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge.</a><br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-69333767560198479492020-01-14T09:00:00.000+00:002020-01-14T09:00:03.884+00:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Clean and Simple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. Hopefully I'm back on track now. Today it's time for a new challenge at<a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/"> Cardz 4 Guyz</a>, and the theme for this week is Clean and Simple. I've used a cute rubber stamp by The Greetings Farm, which I coloured using Prismacolor pencils. The Happy Birthday sentiment is also stamped.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz.</a><br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-29485251628960486732020-01-06T18:11:00.001+00:002020-01-06T18:11:29.631+00:00The Alphabet Challenge: T is for Try Something New<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi everyone. Sorry, I'm late posting this. Friday saw a new challenge at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">the Alphabet Challenge</a> - T is for Try Something New. I'm a bit of an experimenter, so there are not many things I haven't tried when it comes to papercrafting. <br />
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I decided to try this alcohol ink technique which involves dripping the inks onto acetate. I opted for some nice bright colours for maximum impact.<br />
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I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and embossed it onto the acetate (make sure you are using laser copier safe acetate if you are dong this, or it will melt). I inserted the acetate panel with the stamped and embossed sentiment into an aperture card and die cut a circle of the same size in black card and layered it on top. I also added some card at the back with an aperture of the same size to make it neat.<br />
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Finally I layered some patterned paper behind the panel. I have added pictures both with the patterned paper and without so you can see the impacet of the alcohol ink on a white background as well. I hope you can join us this week at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge</a>.<br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-40338407118620566502019-12-31T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-31T09:00:01.425+00:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Blue's the Colour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning everyone, and welcome to my last blog post of 2019. It's time for a new challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>, and this week we have a colour theme - Blue's the Colour.<br />
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I made my card using a brilliant image by Bloobel Stamps (now Twistoon). I coloured my image with Prismacolor pencils and layered it onto embossed and patterned papers. The sentiment is from a Tim Holtz Idea-ology pad.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz.</a> <br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-48605638193852976272019-12-06T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-06T09:00:09.821+00:00The Alphabet Challenge: Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. It's my turn to pick the challenge this week at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge</a>, and I've chosen the theme of snow. Let's see your snowy creations.<br />
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I decided to use triple embossing for the centrepiece of my car, a technique I haven't used for a while. I used a combination of Wow embossing powder and UTEE. (My original plan was to use just the Wow embossing powder, but it soon became clear that I wasn't going to be able to stamp into it because of the high glitter content. If you're not familiar with triple embossing, you layer up at at least 3 layers of embossing powder and then stamp into it. It's a good idea to use pigment ink or Versamark or something similar on your stamp so it doesn't stick. I'm a big fan of Versamark for things like this, and you can also use it to make your embossing powder stick to the card. (I used two layers of Wow embossing powder and 2 layers of UTEE).I stamped the snowflake stamp into the hot UTEE, left it to cool and then pulled the stamp off. Once it was cool, I cracked it a bit because I wanted it to look like ice. <br />
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I created the background and layers of my card using an embossing folder, and added some die cut snowflakes and gems to finish off. My sentiment is embossed using the same Wow embossing powder that I used for the bottom two layers of my triple embossing.<br />
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I hope you can join in the fun this week at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge.</a><br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-57687892804445116902019-12-03T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-03T09:00:06.885+00:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Christmas Critters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. Today's theme at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a> is Christmas Critters. <br />
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I created my card using a stamp by Lili of the Valley, coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I layered my image onto patterned papers and added the paper holly leaves at the corners with some red gems for the berries. My main image is raised up on foam pads.<br />
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I hope you can join in the fun today at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>.<br />
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Sian. xxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-32764168785454164532019-11-19T09:00:00.000+00:002019-11-19T09:00:05.424+00:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Icy Cold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning! It's my turn to choose the challenge this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>. As we're now heading well into winter I've chosen the theme of "Icy Cold", so let's see your snowy and icy creations!<br />
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I've used this brilliant image by Di's Digi stamps for my card, which I printed on kraft card and coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I die cut my coloured image and stitched around the edge. I always find this takes a while but I love how it looks, so I think it's worth it. I layered my image onto kraft card and patterned papers and added some die cut snowflakes to embellish.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>. <br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-78572837392766980722019-11-08T09:00:00.000+00:002019-11-08T09:00:04.578+00:00The Alphabet Challenge: Q is for Quick and Simple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. It's time for a new <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Alphabet Challenge</a>. This week's letter is Q, which is for Quick and Simple. I decided to make a set of 3 cards, using some washi tapes that I got from The Range. I tore pieces of washi tape and stuck them onto my cards, then added some die cut butterflies and sentiments.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at The Alphabet Challenge.<br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-63338086736311998862019-11-05T09:00:00.000+00:002019-11-05T09:00:02.961+00:00Cardz 4 Guyz: All Wrapped Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning everyone! It's time for a new challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a> again. This week's theme is All Wrapped Up, and there are two options. You can either make a card featuring presents or you can feature a person or animal wrapped up in hats/scarves etc. As you can see I have chosen the latter option for my card.<br />
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The image I've used for this card is by Whimsy Stamps, and I coloured it using Prismacolor pencils. I layered my coloured image onto patterned papers and added some wooden embellishments.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>. <br />
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Sian. xxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-44961098292395103302019-10-22T09:00:00.000+01:002019-10-22T09:00:06.265+01:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Food and/or Drink<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. This week's challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a> is food and/or drink. I thought this was a great opportunity to use one of my favourite digi stamps, a cupcake monster by Bloobel Stamps. <br />
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I coloured my image with Prismacolor pencils and layered it onto patterned papers.<br />
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I hope you can join in the fun this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>.<br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-78202195928391686562019-10-11T09:00:00.000+01:002019-10-11T09:00:06.310+01:00The Alphabet Challenge: O is for One Word Sentiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello! It's time for a new <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Alphabet Challenge</a>. This week's letter is O, which is for One Word Sentiment. I have chosen the word "Congratulations". I know it's not really the right time of year for graduation cards, but I love this image and really wanted to use it.<br />
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I created my card using a digi stamp by Tiddly Inks, which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I die cut my coloured image and layered her onto patterned papers, adding some paper flowers at the corners.<br />
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I hope you can join us for this week's challenge at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge</a>.<br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-37129508163605558742019-10-08T09:00:00.000+01:002019-10-08T09:00:07.490+01:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Spooky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. It's time for a new challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>, and this week's theme is "Spooky".<br />
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I've used this amazing ghostly pirate image by Rick St Dennis for my card, which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils.<br />
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My background was created using distress inks and water, with some layers of stamping. The little bat embellishments in the corner are from a pot of bats and spiders that I bought in Michaels whilst I was on holiday in Orlando in August.<br />
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I hope you can join in the fun this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>!<br />
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Sian. xxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-40833576042316935772019-09-24T09:00:00.000+01:002019-09-24T09:00:00.314+01:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Trees/Leaves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's time for a new challenge again at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>, and this week's theme is trees and/or leaves. I decided to use both.<br />
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As we're now well into autumn, I decided to create an autumn themed card. I stamped the bare trees onto patterned paper and then added the leaves using acrylic paints. I layered the trees onto various patterned papers and added some die cut leaves at the corners.<br />
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My card is straight, I promise. It's my photograph that's wonky.<br />
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I hope you can join us at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a> for this week's challenge.<br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-16275562630875086192019-09-13T09:00:00.000+01:002019-09-13T09:00:06.240+01:00The Alphabet Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi everyone. It's new challenge time today at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge.</a> This month we are up to the letter M, which is for Masculine. <br />
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I decided to make a card for my dad's birthday for this challenge, and used this brilliant image by Dr Digi, which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I layered my card onto patterned papers and added a Happy birthday sentiment. <br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge.</a><br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-75741497752621614082019-09-10T09:00:00.000+01:002019-09-10T09:00:01.229+01:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Inspired by the Beatles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. It's time for a new challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>, and this week's challenge is inspired by The Beatles.<br />
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I have to admit that I struggle to make cards inspired by music, films or books, it's just not my thing, so I decided to go with a general music theme, but using a brick stencil for the background inspired by the brick background on the back cover of the Abbey Road album. I used stencils and ink sprays for the background and then stamped onto it.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>.<br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-58732436884053772832019-08-27T09:00:00.000+01:002019-08-27T09:00:01.981+01:00Cardz 4 Guyz: Celebrate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning! Today's theme at<a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/"> Cardz 4 Guyz </a>is Celebrate. I wasn't quite sure what to do for this one, so I decided to use this Sheena Douglass stamp of people dancing. I created the background for my card using Brushos.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz</a>.<br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-28266533183501117232019-08-16T09:00:00.000+01:002019-08-16T09:00:05.693+01:00The Alphabet Challenge: K is for Kind Thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning. It's time for a new challenge at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge</a>. Today we are on the letter K, and the theme is Kind Thoughts.<br />
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By the time this post goes live I will be in the middle of a 3 week holiday, so I was a bit pushed for time with this one, creating it in between organising, packing and ironing. That meant I didn't have time to colour an image or get messy, which are my two usual styles, so I chose to use a 3D decoupage image that came with a magazine a long time ago.<br />
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I layered the image onto coordinating patterned papers and added some paper flowers.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">The Alphabet Challenge.</a><br />
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Sian. xxxSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743417241708974282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264485792438698251.post-82280078524195283002019-08-13T09:00:00.000+01:002019-08-13T09:00:18.018+01:00Cardz 4 Guyz: DIY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning! It's time for a new challenge at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guys</a>, and this week's theme is DIY. I created my card using an image by Dr Digi, which I coloured with Polychromos pencils.<br />
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I layered my image onto patterned papers and added a piece of tape measure ribbon and some brown pearls.<br />
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I hope you can join us this week at <a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/">Cardz 4 Guyz. </a><br />
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