Be Happy Bookmark

Coloured the whole watercolour paper background and image using soft pastel, applying Nagomi art technique. I punch out tiny sakura flower and butterfly on photostate paper as the masking template to colour them using finger touch.

Cut out the sentiment using Memory Box Alphabet Soup die from a snippet of black card stock. Adhered to a piece of red card stock and tied up with yellow yarn. Am making this bookmark to remind myself to stay happy despite the Covid-19 lockdown. The bookmark is based on this sketch.

Challenges:

1. MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch #486
2. Memory Box #60-Spring Fling
3. Pixie's Snippet Playground - Challenge#376
4. Time Out Challenge#160-chair photo inspiration (inspired by the yellow colour)
5. Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

L/O: Discover

Digital layout made using Just Jaimee's various minikit.  Credit to Jen C Designs for the layout template. Photo of trip to a local caves, climbing up flight of stairs were indeed exhausting for me. It was my first time there. A real discover of our local nature.

Challenge:

1. Challenge YOUrself - polka dots

Hero

Made this digital layout using patterned papers from various company ie Echo Park, Cosmo Cricket etc. Have not been creating digital layout for quite some time (years probably) and it is fun to be able to spend some time doing it.

This layout is based on a theme song of Mariah Carey titled 'Hero' in Challenge YOUrself blog.  I picked up some of the lyrics from that song as the journal for my layout.

Challenge:

• Challenge YOUrself - #74 Hero

Birthday Card

Stamp: Penny Black 'The Wonder'

others: patterned paper, Martha Stewart corner punch and Pinking Lace border punch, watercolour pencils

Stamped the image on white card, coloured with watercolour pencils and adhered to a pink cardstock. The white lace border is made using Martha Stewart Pinking Lace border punch. I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and punch each corner with one of Martha Stewart corner punch. Done this card based on MFT sketch as per below:




Challenges:

1. MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - sketch# 477
2. Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - add a sentiment
3. Penny Black And More - Animals, birds and butterflies
4. Time Out Challenge - birthday, confetti, party or random act of kindness
5. Ally's Angel - Challenge #31 anything goes
6. Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper - February challenge anything goes with patterned paper

Beautiful handmade card by Christina

       

Received this prize pack from Christina of the wonderful blog Flowers, Ribbons and Pearls. Look at the multi-layers texture card, love it so much. The background colour inking is simply awesome, something which I am still struggling with. Thank you so much Christina for sharing your inspiration and generous prize pack.

Christmas

Image: Penny Black The Wonder clear stamp, embossing folder, patterned paper from my stash, watercolour.

Coloured the image with watercolour, embossed the white card and adhered to the red panel. Cut out a piece of patterned paper and adhered to the embossed white card. Done this based on MFT sketch here.

Challenges:

1. MFT Wednesday Sketch - sketch #476
2. Penny Black and More - animals, birds and butterfly
3. Ally's Angels - anything goes
4. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - February 2020 anything goes 
5. CHNC #477-anything goes Christmas theme

Lucky to call you my friend

Stamp: Kaisercraft Butterfly

medium: Prismacolor coloured pencils, Daler Rowney thinners, stump, white gel pen

Stamped the image with black ink pad and coloured with Prismacolor coloured pencils. I use the stump with thinners to burnish the colour and finish it off with inking white dot using white gel pen.

Challenges:

1. Butterfly Challenge - #131 O for One Layer + butterfly
2. Ally's Angel - #28 anything goes
3. Craft Stamper Take It Make It  November challenge 
4. The Daily Marker 30 Days Colouring Challenge November 2019  #thedailymarker30day