Happy Birthday Alex!

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Today is James' cousin's birthday. James suggested using this Kenny K image as his cousin loves computer games. Usually with cards I will colour an image and then choose papers to match, but this time I did the opposite. I coloured him to match the background paper. Then cut circles from some scrap papers to match the background too. I have added a birthday sentiment inside using one of the Kid Quotes from Inkadinkado.

SCS - Mix1

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This card is another one which was sent for Thomas' birthday yesterday. It is also my entry for the new Mixed Media challenge on Splitcoast. The challenge is to use something matte and something shiny. For my matte I painted the star using acrylic paints. My shiny is embossing, the sentiment is embossed although it doesn't show in the picture.

Christmas Cards

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I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I'm going to share all the Christmas cards I didn't post in time, before it gets too far past Christmas. I'm not going to write a lot in this post as there are quite a few pictures. There is just a quick list under each card to say what was used.

Image: Kenny K - Bow (adult)
Sentiment: Hobbycraft - Snowy Alphabet
Paper: Papermania - Traditional Christmas
           First Edition Paper - Stocking Fillers

Image: Doodle Dragon Studios - Tangle Mouse
Sentiment:
Paper: Dovecraft - Back To Basics: Christmas

Image: Can You Digi It? - KiniArt - Baby
Sentiment:
Paper: DCWV - Christmas Wishes

Accordian Image: Popcorn the Bear by Crafter's Companion, free with Papercraft Essentials Magazine
Paper: Papermania - Contemporary Christmas

Everything: Festive Frolics pack from the Honey and Hugs range by Papermania

Image: Delicious Doodles - An Emo Christmas
Paper: Papermania - Contemporary Christmas

Image: Elzybells - Snow Landscape
           Elzybells - Mini Messages - Winter
Sentiment: Elzybells - Mini Messages - Christmas

Image: Hot Off The Press - Enchanted Christmas, free with Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine
Sentiment: Hobbycraft - Folklore Alphabet
Paper: Papermania - Classic Christmas

Image: Creative Stamping Magazine - Merry Christmas
Sentiment: Creative Stamping Magazine - Merry Christmas
Paper: DCWV - Christmas Wishes
Ribbon: Hobbycraft - Merry Christmas Curling Ribbon

Skelekinz Thank You

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I haven't really felt like creating much this week, so I'm sharing a card which I didn't share when I made it, just so my blog doesn't get lonely. This card was made for James' friend who has helped him out with driving a few places since he can't drive himself at the moment. 

Rock Queen

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Today's card uses 'Shy Goth Girl' from Squiggle Stamps. She is backed on three papers from the Rock Queen pad by DCWV. The layout for this card was based on Sketch 266 on Mojo Monday. 

And, a quick update on James. He came home yesterday and is doing pretty good. In two weeks he goes back to the hospital to see how the foot is getting on, and to have a new cast put on. I've passed on everyone's well wishes and he says thank you.

Last minute Halloween card

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In the last minute of Halloween I wanted to share this card I made last night. I didn't want to post it earlier as I didn't want it to get in the way of the last part of the challenge I've been doing all month. This image is one of the Halloweenie's by Delicious Doodles. These images are great for layering, which is what I have done on this card.

Here is a side view to show the different layers.

31 Day Card Challenge - Day 31

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The last day of October and the last day of the 31 Day Card Challenge. The final challenge is just to repeat whichever was your favourite challenge. I chose to repeat day 6 which was paper piecing. It's a fun technique to add pattern to an image, which I don't do very often so I thought that would be a good one to repeat. I have used Grandma from Crafter's Companion and given her an animal print dress using the Safari Kids pad by DCWV. I finished off with a sentiment from the Girl Just Chillin' set by Making Memories.

Here are the cards from day one to day thirty:

And last, but not least I have to say thank you to Danie for playing along. 

31 Day Card Challenge - Day 30

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Today is the penultimate challenge of the 31 Day Card Challenge and is the last of the sketch challenges. You may have noticed a new blog list has appeared on my blog. I am very happy to announce I am now a member of the Can You Digi It? DT and am now an IT girl. This is my first card using an image from Can You Digi It? and I can't wait to use more of them. The cute penguin is backed by papers from the Rose Tinted Christmas pad by DCWV.

Voodoo

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I thought for this image I would make a card which contrasts with it. I used a floral paper and a fun sentiment to balance out the dark image.