Not Just Cards - June 2019 Challenge

Not Just Cards is having a new challenge this month. The theme for the June 2019 Challenge is "ANYTHING GOES".

To join in the fun, click on the following link:

Not Just Cards Challenge.

Here is my colouring for this month:

This image and colouring is part of the May-June 2019 monthly colouring classes from the wonderful Alyce at Kit and Clowder using a new image from the wonderful Marcella from Power Poppy: Hummingbird Paradise. I just need to frame it and start and finish the next one.

Here are a few progression shots:

I would like to enter this into a few challenges:

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #95 - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge #35 - June Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door Week of 11th of June - Anything Goes

Go and check out the rest of the Design Team at Not Just Cards.

Thanks for looking!

Three Last Tree Card using Red and Green - Winter Wonderland Challenge for the 7th of June, 2019

I have been missing in action these past months as there have been some big changes in our lives! We bought a house...in Adelaide! So late last year and most of the first few months of this year, we have been busy moving 800 km to our new home. Abigayle and Christofer have settled in well to a new school and love their new house. I am busy looking for a new job, as is Jeremy, although he has been busy renovating the new house. In the next few weeks I'll be updating our family website - zieseniss.ws, so you can all see our wonderful home and the wonderful view and birdlife that we have in our backyard!
Anyway, I have finally managed to organise my craft stuff enough to get back into colouring and start making some new cards!
The first one of the year is for Winter Wonderland June Challenge which is use Red and Green.

So here is my card:

I was writing this after busily colouring the images all afternoon and totally forgot that it was Red and Green - luckily I have used a little red and green on the pots and the background is blue-green! So I have added a bit more red and green on the actual card with the Washi tape and sentiment.

Helen is hosting us this month at Winter Wonderland and as I mentioned, the theme is Use RED and GREEN.

Please remember that it is Christmas projects only and they must include the theme.

We are sponsored this month by Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

website - http://www.doctor-digi.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DoctorDigi

Prize for the winner is 2 digis of the winner's choice

So back to my card:

I digitally printed The Last Tree in the Shop on to X-Press It blending card, which I then had my Silhouette Cameo cut out. I have coloured the images with the following Copics markers:

• tree - E71, E74, E77
• star - Y32, YR15, clear Wink of Stella
• baubles - Y28, BV000, BV01, BV04, V12, V15, V17, clear Wink of Stella
• "soil" - E99
• base - R22, R24, R27, G02, G05, G07
• background - BG000, BG10, BG13

I have attached my coloured image on to a Kraft card from Envelope Solutions.

Then I stamped the sentiment Warmest Holiday Wishes from Let Your Heart Be Light at Power Poppy using Love Letter Memento Ink and my MISTI.
Then I added a strip of Washi tape from my stash with some green trees.

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

So I will add this card to the following challenges:

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #95 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #441 - Anything Christmas Goes

Sweet Stampin' Christmas May Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #107 - Always Anything Goes 

There is inspiration from the rest of the Snowflakes DT over on the Winter Wonderland 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.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge. Please remember that it is Christmas Projects only! We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous Christmas creations. Please be sure to post a link back to the Winter Wonderland blog in your blog post in order to be eligible for a prize!
Have fun and remember that you can enter up to 3 times. This challenge will end on Thursday the 4th of July. 

Please check the Winter Wonderland blog on Monday the 11th of June to find out the winners of the Anything but a Square Card Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Two Cute Penguins - Colour Crazy Challenge for the 21st of December 2018

Here is my last card for 2018! Wow, I can't believe how quickly that this year has passed.

At Colour Crazy Challenge we are being sponsored by Polkadoodles and the image I chose was two Cute Penguins.

I have digitally printed the two cute penguins on to X-Press It Blending card. I combined the two images in my Silhouette Cameo software and then proceeded to try and cut them out, but he is misbehaving - hopefully over the next month I can sort him out!
I have used the following Copics markers to colour the cute penguins:

• black - C3, C5, C7, C9, black Wink of Stella
• white - C00, C0, C1
• feet and beaks - YR12, YR16, YR18
• scarves - R22, R24, R27, G02, G05, G07
• holly leaves - YG13, YG67, G09, G19
• holly berries - R14, R17
• snow - BV20, C0, colourless blender, clear Wink of Stella
• background - BG0000, BG000, BG10

I went pretty simple and CAS with the design of the card. I used a sentiment from Tweet Tidings by the wonderful Marcella at Power Poppy. I stamped it in Rich Cocoa Memento ink using my MISTI.

The Kraft card is from Envelope Solutions.

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

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

Crafty Creations #380 - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers December Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes with the optional twist: Snow

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #96 - Anything Goes

Go and check our the rest of the Design Team at Colour Crazy Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Little Snowman Cards - Not Just Cards December Challenge

The new challenge for Not Just Cards this month is ANYTHING GOES as usual!
To join in the fun, click on the following link:

Not Just Cards December Challenge.

This month I am showcasing some snowmen cards that I made for an order from a lovely lady in South Australia.

I have some progress shots and then the final product is:

Here are the progress shots:

And another close-up:

The red envelopes were hand made using a template I designed for my Silhouette Cameo. The paper is Red metallic from Canson.

I would like to enter these cards into the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #96 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #380 - Anything Goes
ABC Challenge Y&Z - Y for your favourite thing - snowmen!

Go and check out the rest of the Design Team at Not Just Cards.

Thanks for looking!

Last Tree Cards - Winter Wonderland Challenge for the 7th of December, 2018

Hi All!

It is the last challenge of the year at Winter Wonderland!

And the end of year theme is:

ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Please remember that it is Christmas projects only and they must include the theme.

This challenge will go until the 3rd of January next year and from next year we are changing to monthly instead of fortnightly challenges. We will be posting a new challenge on the first Friday of every month.

So back to this challenge, we are sponsored by...

website - http://www.doctor-digi.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DoctorDigi

The prize for the winner of the challenge is 2 digis of their choice.

Welcome to the brilliantly bizarre brain of Dr. Digi's House of Stamps. Here you will find monsters, aliens, odd balls and Dundertons as well as many more.

So on to my card this challenge - I have used the Last Tree in the Shop and I have digitally printed it on to X-Press It Blending Card and then had my Silhouette Cameo cut out the image. He actually behaved this week! :) I printed and cut a few images of the same size with the intention of making a pack of six little cards and envelopes.
I have only had time to finish two of them:

I have coloured the image with the following Copics markers:

• tree - E71, E74, E77
• star - Y32, YR15, clear Wink of Stella
• baubles - Y28, BV000, BV01, BV04, V12, V15, V17, clear Wink of Stella
• "soil" - E99
• base - R22, R24, R27, G02, G05, G07, clear Wink of Stella
• background - BG0000, BG000, BG10

I have adhered the coloured image to small square Kraft cards from Envelope Solutions.

Then I have used my behaving Silhouette Cameo to cut out some small envelopes from Metallic Red Canson Messages paper.

Here is a close-up of the colouring - you can actually see the sparkle!

I will add these cards to the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #42 - Anything Christmas Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge #379 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #414 - Anything Christmas Goes

Sweet Stampin' Christmas November Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - Z is for ZERO embellishments

There is inspiration from the rest of the Winter Wonderland DT over on the Winter Wonderland 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.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge - our last for the year. Please remember that it is Christmas Projects only! We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous Christmas creations. Please be sure to post a link back to the Winter Wonderland blog in your blog post in order to be eligible for a prize!

Have fun and remember that you can enter up to 3 times. This challenge will end on Thursday the 3rd of January 2019. Please check out the Winter Wonderland blog on Monday the 10th of December to find out the winners of the Christmas or Winter Characters - People Only Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Friendship - Colour Crazy Challenge for the 23rd of November, 2018

Well I was invited to stay on at Colour Crazy Challenge and I decided to do just that as I was having so much fun! So I have found some time to colour two of the images that we had available from Bugaboo Stamps and made a card following a sketch.

So here is my card:

I have used Bobblehead Reindeer and Polar Bear and digitally printed them on to X-Press It Blending Card. I tried to use my Silhouette Cameo to cut them out, but something happened and the polar bear's hand was slightly cut off! So I aborted that cutting and had to fussy cut - so totally not a fan of fussy cutting! I think my Silhouette may need a software upgrade, but I have no time to work it out, so I will keep trying! SO hopefully I have covered up the fact that the polar bear is missing part of his hand by the reindeer!! :)

Anyway, I have used the following Copics markers to colour the bobblehead reindeer and the polar bear:

• reindeer - E40, E43 (chest), E21, E23, E25, E27, E29
• hooves - E40, E43, E44, E47
• nose and ears - RV10, RV11
• antlers - E71, E74, E77
• background - BG10, BG01
• polar bear - C00, C0, C1, C3, colourless blender
• feet pads, nose and ears - C0, RV10, RV11
• scarf - BG02, BG05, BG07
• background - BG10, BG01
• outline of paper - E23
• outline of sentiment piece - YG97

I have followed the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

I used a paper from Holly Bright by KaiserCraft and a sentiment piece as well that I stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink with a sentiment from Cozy Cupfuls by Marcella at Power Poppy. I then adhered everything to a white card from Envelope Solutions.

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

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

Freshly Made Sketches #364

Crimbo Crackers #172 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations #378 - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers November Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes with the optional twist: CAS

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #94 - Anything Goes

Go and check our the rest of the Design Team at Colour Crazy Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Not Just Cards November 2018 Challenge

Not Just Cards is having a new challenge this month and the theme as usual is "ANYTHING GOES".

To join in the fun, click on the following link:

Not Just Cards November Challenge.

Here is my colouring for the month, it is a continuation from the Power & Spark October Challenge at Power Poppy.

The stamp is from Feeling Fall by the wonderful Marcella at Power Poppy.

I used my MISTI and stamped a bunch of images on to X-Press It Blending Card and Rich Cocoa Memento Ink. Then I coloured the "Wellie" image with the following Copics pens:

• boot - YG03, YG11, YG13, YG06, YG17, Y28 (buckle), E23, E25, E29
• leaves - Y35, Y38, YR68, E31, E33, E35
• background - BG000, C1 (just noticed that I had not coloured all of the background)

I have then cut out the coloured image and adhered it to a Kraft card from Envelope Solutions.

Using my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment also from Feeling Fall in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

I also coloured another image from Feeling Fall:

I coloured the pumpkin and mug image with the following Copics pens:

• pumpkins - YR31, YR12, Y17, YR18, YR27, YG63, G28
• gourd - E30, E31, E33, E35, E37
• berries - YR18, G28
• mug - YG00, YG13, YG17
• background - B000, B02, W1, W3, W5, colourless blender

I also cut it out and adhered it to a Kraft card from Envelope Solutions. Using my MISTI, I stamped the Thank You for Everything sentiment from Nice Things to Say again from Power Poppy in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.

Here is a close up of the colouring:

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

Dragonfly Dreams November - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #80 - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

I would like to enter the second card into the following challenges:
Power Poppy November Power & Spark - Be Thankful
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #94 - Always Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door Week of November 13 - Anything Goes
Crafter's Castle Challenge #11 - Anything Goes with the option of "The Holidays"

Go and check out the rest of the Design Team at Not Just Cards.

Thanks for looking!