Make Mine a Double ~ The East Wind Challenge 12

Hi everyone! It's the first of the month so that means there is a new challenge at The East Wind and all of the DT members are playing with the same image, August's Freebie which you can get when you subscribe to the newsletter. The theme this time is Beach and the image is called Aurora Bubblegum and Chocolate Mint. She's a cutie!

I coloured Aurora with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut her matting her with black cardstock. She was popped up on foam tape and placed on a die cut piece of striped paper which was matted in black and doodled around.

All three of the designer papers came from DCWV's Low Tide stack. The orange strip and the dark blue paper were cut to size and then torn on the diagonal. They were then matted with black cardstock and layered over kraft paper to reference sand at the beach. The sentiment was computer generated, matted in black, and popped up on foam tape. Three flat black pearls were added to make the dots after ice cream.

I actually went online to learn how to make the sailor's knot because I wanted that as a nautical accent for the card. I doubled up the hemp cord to get the thickness I was after and then adhered the ends to the back of the background layers. The final embellishment was a pair of sunglasses that are actually a button with the shank cut off. They seemed to finish off Aurora's sweet outfit!

Thanks for visiting today. Aurora and I both appreciate that. When you get a chance, pop by The East Wind blog to see the way my talented teammates coloured and featured this cute image. We would love it if you joined us by adding your Beach creations to the challenge linky.

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Specimen 2b ~ an eP Sneak Peek

Hi there! I can only offer you a sneak peek of the tag I have posted on the eclectic Paperie blog today. There are layers and layers of goodness, all topped off with a Crafty Individuals stamp of one of my favourite flowers. I'd love it if you popped over there to check it out!

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Hugs ~ CYP Challenge 224

Another Monday has arrived ...not sure where that last week went. We have a new challenge at Craft Your Passion and this one is sure to be a hit: Flower Power. We want to see flowers in some form...on designer paper, in the image, or as embellies. I chose to feature flowers in all three of the above. Our sponsor is A Day For Daisies which makes me very happy since I love those images. There is something so tender and sweet about them...huge "aww" factor.

I chose to play with Picked Bouquet, paper piecing her dress, and then colouring her and shading it with Prismacolor pencils. Daisy was then fussy cut leaving a narrow white border and then matted in black before being popped up on foam tape.

The background is layered strips of designer paper from the Park Bench paper line from Fancy Pants combined with black cardstock. Once all of the strips were adhered, I faux stitched around them with a black Micron pen and popped my little friend on top. Jet Black Archival ink was sponged through the TH Splatters stencil and splatter dots were stamped on with Peacock Feathers Distress ink.

The edge of the card was bordered with black doodling. Three Prima resin flowers were given hand cut black leaves and adhered to the bottom right corner to finish off the design.

Thanks for joining Daisy and me today. We love that you came by. When you get a chance, hop over to the Craft Your Passion Challenges blog to see the wonderful inspiration provided by my talented teamies. We would love to have you show us your Flower Power creations by playing along with us.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create - #82 Use a sentiment
Lacy Sunshine ~ #38 Flowers
A Gem of a Challenge ~ #124 Spots and Stripes (use both)
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge ~ #39 Anything Goes
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards ~ #70 Polka Dots

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

New Release at The East Wind

Happy Friday! It's time for another new release at The East Wind and today we have Lucy Loo Spellbound. She is wild and crazy...love this image!

I coloured Lucy with a combination of Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and then fussy cut her leaving a narrow white border. I then matted her with black cardstock and popped her up on foam tape.

The designer papers come from the Midnight Stack from DCWV. The purple strip with the silver spiders was given a punched black scallop border and popped up on foam tape. The green paper was matted in black and glued directly to the white card base. To complete the card, two silver buttons were Glossy Accented over a remnant of cheesecloth and adhered to the top right corner.

A sparkly spider sticker was added to the left side partially overlapping the computer generated sentiment. Faux stitching was added to the edge of the die cut shape.

Thanks for popping by today. If you get a chance, stop by The East Wind Facebook group page to see other renditions of the Spellbound image by some of my other talented teamies. We'd love to see what you create, too.

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Lemuria ~ a Rick St. Dennis mermaid

Hi everyone! Have you seen the posting on the RSD Digi Fans & Friends Facebook page about the current challenge that Rick St. Dennis is running? His latest theme is mermaids: use any of his mermaid images or change one of his images into a mermaid to create a project. Well, seeing all of those fabulous mermaid projects being posted on FB has inspired me to play with one myself and hopefully provide you with a little more inspiration. 

I chose to colour the gorgeous image called Lemuria which can be found in Rick's Zibbet shop here or his Etsy shop here. I coloured her with Prismacolor pencils...love her luxurious hair and scales. I fussy cut her and matted her with black cardstock before popping Lemuria up with foam tape.

The background for the card started with a white card base and a section from Me & My Big Ideas Low Tide stack. This paper has a bit of shimmer in the pearlized writing and starfish. It was matted in black and then loose weave burlap was adhered over the bottom on the diagonal. 

Lemuria was positioned over top and her stash was adhered to the "netting". There is a pocket watch brad, a key charm, a hand mirror charm, shells and pearls. Three sand dollars from paper ribbon were also added to the card as well as three Dew Drop bubbles.

Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate your fine company and Lemuria is always delighted to show off her collection of trinkets from passing and sunken ships. For more inspiration using Rick's fabulous images, fun challenges including the details of Rick's mermaid challenge, and some wonderful sharing of projects and knowledge, come and visit:

our Facebook group
our Airless Chambers blog
our Rick St Dennis Gallerie
our Tuts and Comments blog

Hope to see you there.

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

eP Sneak peek ~ Altered bottle

Hi there! Today it's my turn to post on the eclectic Paperie blog and I decided to create an altered bottle to play along with the current ePlay Challenge. I can only offer you a peek here but if you are curious, I'd be delighted if you popped over to the eP blog to see more and get the scoop on the process. There's still a week left to join in for a chance to win a $25 shopping spree at the eP store.
Thanks for visiting today.

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Christmas in July ~ CYP Challenge #223

We have a fun theme this week at Craft Your Passion Challenges. It's Christmas in July and our wonderful sponsor is Crafty Sentiments. I chose to play with the image called Hootie Christmas Carol and coloured this sweet couple with my Prismacolor pencils before fussy cutting leaving a narrow white border. The image was then matted in black cardstock before being popped up on foam tape.

The background papers come from a Christmas stack by Recollections. The two papers were separated by a puncged scallop border and the entire background was matted in black with the corners on the right being rounded. Before that layer was adhered to the white card base, two lengths of red satin ribbon was wrapped around the left side. A small red bow was glued to the end of the image branch. Faux stitching was doodled on both designer papers with a black Micron pen.

The sentiment was computer generated, matted in  red, and given a punched red heart. It was then popped up on foam tape for dimension. Three Christmas themed tickets from Vectoria Designs were printed, fussy cut, and matted in black. They were glued together and popped up on foam dots to raise them higher than the other elements. Three black pearls finished off the design.

The Hooties and I thank you for stopping by today. We do appreciate your fine company. When you get a chance, hop over to the Craft Your Passion Challenges blog to see the wonderful Christmas creations by my talented teammates. We'd love it if you decided to get an early start on your Christmas cards and played along this week.

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie