Hi everyone, it may seem like only the blink of an eye since Christmas, but already it's the third Wednesday in the month which means it's time for a new I Spy With My Little Eye... challenge over at Ellibelle's Corner. Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last time … please do check over on Ellie’s blog to see if you are one of our top picks.
Ellie has chosen the challenge theme this month, and it is
I Spy With My Little Eye
Hearts and/or Roses
We hope you will agree this is a perfect theme with Valentine's Day just around the corner, and of course it is also suitable for anniversaries and various other loving occasions, so we hope you can join us. Please do pop over to Ellie's blog to see her fab creation and link up your entries here.
We also have two guest designers this month - that's Helen and Rosi - so please do click on their names to visit their posts and see their wonderful interpretations of this month’s challenge theme.
Here's my card for the challenge.
This theme immediately made me think of Valentine's Day, but in one respect that was a bit difficult as I never publish cards for my husband on here before I have given them to him. The obvious and neat solution to this was to make him a generic romantic card just because I can!
I cut a square of white stamping card and stencilled the heart frame using Elements ink. I stamped the cute pup and coloured him with Zig watercolour pens, then added a little Wink of Stella to the rose. I stamped the sentiment onto separate card, cut out and attached popped up on foam tape, then stamped a few roses onto a separate snippet of card, coloured with Zig pens, fussy cut and attached with silicone glue to give a little dimension. Pretty simple really, but I think men like that!
Here's a closeup to show the sparkle on the roses.
Stamps: Penny Black clear sets Critter Party, Every Which Way; sentiment - Lavinia Rose Set;
Media: Lavinia Elements ink (Blue Lagoon); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Medieval Blue); Kuretake Zig watercolour brush pens; Wink of Stella;
Tools: Heart stencil from The Range;
Challenges I would like to enter:
Allsorts #763 - Make Your Own Background
Art Impressions #366 - Anything Goes
Crafty Animals #79 - Anything Goes With an Animal
Crafty Catz #663 - Anything Goes with option No Designer Paper
Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (January) - Use a Stencil (2nd entry)
Daisy Chain #81 - No Design Paper (2nd entry)
Double D - Sparkle and/or Shine
Inkspirational #307 - Use Stencils - TOP PICK
Penny Black Saturday Challenge (January) - Anything Goes
Simon Says (Monday) - Sparkle and Shine
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Cute Critters (2nd entry)
Word Art Wednesday #631/632 - Anything Goes
The I Spy challenge will end on the Sunday before the next challenge starts at 23:59 US Central Time - so this time that is Sunday February 18th, and the next challenge will begin on Wednesday February 21st.
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
19 comments:
What a fabulous image and beautifully coloured too Pauline. This is a lovely romantic card, thanks for sharing at Allsorts this week.
Lorraine
Woof! cute pup and lvoely card. CarolG visiting from CraftyCatz
Love how you used the stamps and the fab stencilling. Great sentiment too.
LOve the cute pup and sparkly roses against the beautiful stencilled background-great sentiment too.
Carol x
Perfect card for the challenge.
Love the PB image and how you did the heart scene, then accentuated it with the stencilled lines. xxx
What a perfect stencil to use behind the image which you have colored so beautifully! I can see you are already mastering the Zig Clean Color brush markers!! You have inspired me to start using mine more often again. Thank you for such a wonderful and most perfect DT project!
Fabulous card Pauline, it's a great stencil and I love that cute pup.
Avril xx
ADORABLE!! Love this card so much!
This is so cute, love the PB pup and the lovely stencilled background. The sentiment is beautiful too.
Thanks for your lovely comment and for following my blog. :)
xx
So cute! Love the stencilled heart background!
Thanks for playing at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
Helen x
Oh, how CUTE Pauline. Thanks for sharing your super sweet card (and all your wonderful art) with us at Word Art Wednesday. I'm always so grateful to have you play along with us.
Fantastic card Pauline love that doggy stamp also the design a super make thank you for joining us at Allsorts
hugs
lolo x
I absolutely LOVE this, it is so dang CUTE!!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D and Stencil Fun!
Diane DD and SF Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Double D}
OMG ... he is so so cute Pauline! LOVE your design ... what a great idea! Nicely done! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our STENCIL FUN & Double D challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Co-Owner … Can You Handle the Pressure, Double D, Four Seasons, Peace On Earth,Stencil Fun, Simply Clean & Simple, Two Old Bats, Triple B, Word Power
A generic C&P comment as unable to type much (MS flare up) to let you know I've seen your lovely entry at Allsorts, thank you.
B x
This is a really cute and eye catching design! Love how the dog got centre space in the heart. Thanks for playing in our challenge at Inkspirational.
Lovely card and thanks for sharing at Crafty catz
Hi Pauline...dropping by to let you know that your sweet puppy + heart card is an Inkspirational Top Pick! Thank you for playing along with us! Be sure to grab your badge!
~carol
A gorgeous card and fab design. Thanks for joining our Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
Lorraine x
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