JemLou Productions: April 2023

Wednesday, 5 April 2023

Pink and Grey for Let's Craft and Create Challenge on the 5th of April, 2023

For this month's challenge at Let's Craft and Create Challenge Blog we have the optional theme of

Pink and Grey

As we are coming up to Easter, I immediately thought of a grey Easter Bunny with a pink egg! In 2020, Irina from La-La Land Crafts released an Easter Bunny digi freebie. Unfortunately it is no longer available, but I notice that the March 2021 release included the same bunny with Easter egg as a clear stamp in Oh, Crop! Clear Stamp Set.

So here is my card:

I have digitally printed the Easter Bunny digi from La-La Land Crafts with one of the sentiments a while ago on to X-Press It Blending card and then coloured with Copic inks as follows:

bunny - C00, C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, R20, R30, colourless blender
egg - RV11, RV14, RV17, RV19
background - BG0000, BG000, BG01
outline - RV19

I have used a white gel pen and black glitter pen for the eyes and then pink and blue glitter pen for the sentiment.

I cut the image out with my paper cutter and then adhered to a Kraft card from Envelope Solutions.

Here is a close-up photo of the bunny during the colouring process and before he was adhered to the card:

As usual, I have taken inspiration from the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder and used some inspiration from the cards of the La-La Land Crafts Design Team on the La-La Land Crafts blog and Facebook.

I would like to enter this card into a few challenges:

Classic Design Challenge April 2023 #4 - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge April #4-2023 - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters Challenge #62 - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge MIUCB #64 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #251 - Anything Goes

Critter Crazy Challenge #73 - Anything Goes with a Featured Critter

Let's Craft and Create Challenges are monthly and go live on the 5th of every month and you have until the end of the month to add your creations which can be anything goes plus an optional theme.

There is inspiration from the rest of the Let's Craft and Create DT over on the Let's Craft and Create Challenge Blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your card stash.

Thanks for looking!

Sunday, 2 April 2023

Patchpal Easter Bunny by Streamside Studios for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #203 on the 2nd of April, 2023

Hi All!

Welcome to my post about my card for challenge #203, the 2nd of April 2023 challenge for the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog.

Here is my completed card:

Our sponsor for this challenge is Streamside Studios:

Prize: 3 digi stamps/sets up to a $15.00 value

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I chose to use the Patch Easter Bunny, considering it is nearly Easter! I have digitally printed the image with one of the sentiments on to X-Press It Blending card and then coloured with the following Copics markers:

bunny - C00, C0, C1, C3, C5, R20, R30, colourless blender
paint buckets - W1, W3, W5
pink - RV11, RV14, RV17, RV19
orange - YR12, YR14, YR18
blue/green - BG11, BG13, BG15
paint brush - E87, E89, silver glitter pen
purple - V12, V15, V17
grass - YG11, YG23, YG25, G28
sky - B0000, B000, B00, B01, colourless blender
outline - BG13

I have added some white gel pen to the eyes and then cut out the image using my paper cutter and adhered it to a white square card from Envelope Solutions.

As usual, I have taken inspiration from the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder and her fantastic monthly classes and bonus classes.

Here are a couple of photos close-up of the colouring before and after I coloured the Hoppy Easter and it was adhered to the card:

There is inspiration from the rest of the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends DT over on the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your card or gift stash.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge. We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous "always anything goes" creations. Please ensure that you are a follower of the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog to be eligible for a prize!

Have fun! This challenge will end on Saturday the 15th of April, 2023. Please check the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog on Sunday 2nd of April, 2023 to find out the winners of Challenge #202.