Two Fantastic Challenge's to Announce......

Welcome back fellow crafters, bloggers and friends.

 

Where did January go??? AND it is already the 7th of February!!!

 

 

 

Well, this doesn't happen very often, but two of the Challenge Blogs that I am on the Design Team of, are launching Challenges and Mid Month Inspirational posts today.

 

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The first Challenge Blog to be launching their second ever Monthly challenge is the brilliant LEJ Designs:

 

LEJ Designs Challenge Blog

 

Their challenges launch on the 7th or each month, and end of the 5th of the following month. There are always crafty goodies to be won, please see the main blog for more details.

 

This months theme is..... Can you guess???..... Love/Valentines

 

 

Here Is What I Have Made

 

 

I used Kraft card for the matting and layering and the punched border.

The wonderful image I coloured with my water colour pencils and a thin Koi water brush.

I used a bold rose patterned paper I got from my craft stash.

I finished off with flat backed gems, diecut heart and leaves and a lovely flower and feather.

 

 

This image can be found on the blog page http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

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The second Challenge Blog that is Launching their Mid Month Inspirational post is the wonderful Left Of Centre:

 

Left Of Centre Creative Challenges

 

The Challenge Theme is......... Cute Vs Creepy........ and we are extremely lucky to be sponsored by the brilliantly talented MelJen's Designs

 

 

 

Here Is What I Have Made

 

I really struggled with this one....It is hard to mix Cute and Creepy together..... I used the image 'Nibbles the Cat' and coloured him with bright, slightly alternative coloured Spectrum Noirs.

I added white pens and glossy accents to highlight areas of the image.

 

I stamped the sentiment 'Why Try To Fit in? ..... Be Yourself!' as I think it is a very important message and went well with what I wanted the card to be like.

For the backing, I have used Kanban card and a pink glossy card, with diecuts. Finished the card off with card candi and a lovely ribbon.



 

The idea of the card was to have the cat clash/stand out from the rest of the card, but not to worry about doing so. He should be what he wants to be, rather than what outside influences tell him he should be.

I am not sure if the card works, but I like to think it fits the theme brief.

 

Please take a look at the main blog post to find details of what MelJen's are offering the lucky winner of this current challenge.

 

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As always, I hope my work has inspired you to pop along to both blogs and play along with their wonderful challenges. Let your hair down and let your imagination flow......

 

Thank you for all your visits and really kind words.

 

 



Left Of Centre Challenge #23

Welcome back lovely people, I hope you are all well and enjoying your crafting. 

Today is Mid-Month Inspirationg time over on the wonderful 'Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog'

The current challenge is #23 'Scarey Stories'.

http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca

This challenge is sponsored by the wonderful Ike's Art, who provided us with some amazing images to use. 

www.ikesart.com

I chose to use the image 'The Hatter'. It was fate that this image was provided, as the first story I thought of when I saw the theme was 'Alice in Wonderland'. 

Now I know to most, this is a harmless story...to me this is a dark and mental story that has scared me since I was a kid. I won't even watch the cartoon adaptations of the story. 

I managed to watch the Johnny Depp version, for obvious reasons lol 

Right....on to what I have made with my Ike's Image for Left Of Centre?....

I think you will agree, the image is brilliant!! I coloured him using my Derwent water coloured pencils and a fine Koi water brush. 

I had amazing fun making this card. I ripped, curled, distressed, inked, sprayed and splatted all for one make :-) 

I wanted to have bright colours in the backing scene, but dull them down with distress inking around the edging and spray ink over the page. 

The blue mirri card I sanded down to give it great distressed areas. 

I stamped the famous wording 'we're all mad in here' and cut the letter tiles out, I have glossy accented certain areas to highlight them to stand out. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

1. Ike's World - Anything Goes - http://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.gr/2014/01/challenge-9-anything-goes.html

2. Musically Challenged - Songs Inspired by Alice in Wonderland - http://musicallychallengedchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/challenge-17.html

The music that inspired this card is the Alice In Wonderland (score) 2010 - Alices Theme by Sakura Jurai. This is a very haunting piece of music that, to me, fits the darker side of Alice In Wonderland. It's from the 2010 Disney production, which is where the backing images are taken from.

3. Simon Says Stamp - A is for (Alice in Wonderland) - http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/904/ 

4. Sister Act Card Challenges - Anything Goes - http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/challenge-41.html?showComment=1390587592032#c310631787516224593

5. The Crafting Cafe - Anything Goes - http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk

6. Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes - http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk

7. Divas By Design - Anything Goes - http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk

8. Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes - http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk

I hope this card has shown people that if I can produce something so different like this, then anyone can. 

The Left Of Centre isn't just for alternative style makes, it's for anything from cute to gothic! 

I really hope you will pop over and play along with is, for a chance to win some brilliant Ike's images.

Thank you for your continued support...

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