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Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Showing posts with label Sheepski Designs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sheepski Designs. Show all posts

Saturday, November 4, 2023

613 Avenue Create -Anything Goes with Optional Twist - Wet or Dry Embossing

 Time for another great challenge at 613 Avenue Create.   The challenge is anything goes with an optional twist dry or wet embossing.

 Our sponsor for this challenge is SheepSki Designs.


Andrea Norris

 

I chose to make this card for the challenge using wet embossing technique. The Sheepski Design image I used for this easel card is called Cornflower. 


I embossed the sentiment for with card with Stamperia embossing Powder. The sentiment is from a collection of Just Rite Rubber Stamps. I just loved the cornflower image. I used an easel die cut for the cards base and copics, gel pen,  pencil crayon, Wink of Stella and distressed inks to colour the project. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remembers to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 
Hope you will join in the fun this month. 


Monday, April 3, 2023

A Place to Start - Anything Goes/Optional Twist is Woman of the Year

Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start  this month.  As always the challenge is anything goes and the twist this month is Woman of the year.

Create a project using your favorite "Girls, Friends, Female:
Digital Image, Stamp, or Die Cut, Etc!"





This is my project for this month, a mixed media art journal page using a digital stamp from Sheepskin Designs called Balance Beam.  





To create my art journal page I used the Balance Beam image, acrylic paints, stencil, Gel print background, Copics and wooden stars.  It is a fun project. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  I hope you will join out challenge this week. 






 

Saturday, June 4, 2022

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes Challenge with an optional twist - Let It All Hang Out


Time for another great challenge at 613 Avenue Create.  The theme of the Challenge is Anything Goes as always and June's optional twist is "Let It all hang out".

Our great sponsor this month is Sheepskin Designs.




I have used their image called Gorgeous Geisha (image 86). 




I had this lovely digital Japanese paper in  my  stash that I thought made a great background. I coloured the beautiful image with Copic markers, pencil crayons and Wink of Stella.

I hung my silver butterfly using a silver and pink ribbon. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a create month.  Hope you will join us this month. Pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team.  Have a creative month. 

 

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Flamenco Dancer

Through the Craft Room Door this week we have another fantastic Anything Goes Challenge. 


Our sponsor this week is 



I have used an image called Flamenco image no. 19  
for my card.



Closer look



From my stash I found this designer paper that I loved the colours of and thought it was just right for my card. I coloured the image with Copic Markers then added some musical notes amd stars.

This was afun card to make and I think I will give it to my friend for her birthday. 

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you will join us this months anything goes challenge.  


Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Life is Good


Time for another great Anything Goes challenge over at Through the Craft Room Door.  

Our generous Sponsor this week is Sheepski Designs


The prize this week is 3 images from their store

The digital image I decided to use this week is an image from their store called My Pad.   I printed my image on watercolor paper and used Caran Ache Watercolor Crayons and Ink Intense Pencils to color the image.  The sentiment is an old one from my stash by A Muse Artstamps.  

Thank you for stoppin by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join us this month in the Anything Goes Challenge. 

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes