I love a lot of cute and furry critters, but bunnies are one of my all time favourites. I used to have a pet bunny when I was younger, and love to see them hopping around in the wild. I've used a bunny with daisy image for my card today which reminds me of Spring when the days are starting to get longer and warmer!
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Ribbon is one of my favourite embellishments, and I have boxes of it in dozens of colours and shades. My favourite is satin, but today I've used a gingham one which tones better with my card colours. I love the 3D effect on a card which makes it look more handcrafted when it's gifted.
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Square cards are my favourite standard shape cardbase. I caveat that by saying I still love a fancy shaped card, like an apron shape for a food related image, or snowflake shaped cards for Christmas, but for my go-to cards, it's always a 6" square. Maybe it's the symmetry of them, but there's plenty of space for an image, pretty papers, and some fancy bits. Today's card is for my Brother-in-Law, so I've kept the fancy bits limited to some fonts with a personalised typed sentiment.
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This week at As You Like It Challenge we're asking you to share your favourite die. This is an easy one for me, because I absolutely love my circle dies, of which I have a few with different stitching designs. But my most used is this simple single stitch design by MFT. I love the variation of using a circle die on a square card, and the stitching is a lovely textured effect. What did we do before these stitched edge dies became popular!
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I really like making layered card with 3D elements, my favourites being flowers and ribbons. Many of my cards feature images framed with paper flowers and a double bow (a bowmaker is fabulous for this). It does make mailing more bulky, but I love the effect of making it look more crafted than store-bought.
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We're asking for your favourite colouring medium at As You Like It Challenge this fortnight. I've been trying my hand at colouring pencils recently (more art drawings than cards) but my favourite go-to medium for cardmaking has been Ranger Distress Reinkers, which I use as watercolouring inks with a dinky brush. Watercolouring feels like relaxing therapy! I've watercoloured this sweet bunny image by Emma Punktchen on a clean and simple card.
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We're asking for your favourite season at As You Like It Challenge this week, and although I love Christmas crafting, I'm not a fan of winter and cold weather, so my favourite season is the summer with the long sunny days and warm weather.
I've made this card for one of my lovely teamies at As You Like It Challenge. I really love this little bear and I've used him a couple of times this year because I love the image so much. I've kept the design layout simple, but added a personalised sentiment to make it a little more special.
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I made this card for my bestie's birthday earlier this month. It took quite a bit of inking, and by the end of it my fingertips were blue! I don't think I've used this stamp before, so it was lovely to use something new and I really enjoyed the green and blue theme. The sentiment is spot on too!
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- Under the Sea by CC Designs
- Distress Ink pads (for blending)
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Annette
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This week at As You Like It Challenge we're wondering whether you're a cat or dog person. It's no question for me, as I've always had cats, currently two 2-year olds who are extremely efficient at keeping me on my toes. One's a baby angel and her brother is, well, let's just tactfully say he's 'a handful'! One moment he's rocketting around the house stripping the silicone out of our window frames, and the next moment he's demanding snuggles and is the sweetest cuddlepants possible. It's a good thing I'm a cat person, because he's landed on his furry paws with us!
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I really like making oversized tags which make gifting presents even more fun. I enjoy wrapping and making the present look pretty with my tag tied on with ribbons and bows.
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This week at As You Like It Challenge we want to know what your favourite 2 colour combos are. For me, I prefer soft pastel pink and blue, but I also like purple, so I admit there's a touch of purple in my card too! These are my go-to colours, and feel prettier than bold colours, although I have surprised myself and used a few bold citrus colours this year for summer vibes! Anyway, today I'm focused on my pinks and blues (with a touch of purple!, but what's wrong with an extra colour beween friends!). The gnome image stamp is from Lee Holland (Esty). I've watercoloured my image using Distress Ink Reinkers on Ecoline Watercolour card and added a typed sentiment in some fancy fonts.
This fortnight at As You Like It Challenge we want to know if you like adding sentiments to your cards or keeping them blank, maybe so the recipient can keep them on display longer as a piece of art. Many of my cards don't have sentiments on them, but I do actually like making my own sentiments, usually mixing different fonts, which is what I've done for today's card which I'm a little late sharing! However, it demonstrates 2 pretty fonts which I've overlapped slightly to make the words look like they fit together better.
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Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:
- Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose
- Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
- Sky: Tumbled Glass
- Purples: Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion
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Annette
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This week at As You Like It Challenge we want to see your favourite style of embossing, whether it be wet or dry, folder or stylus etc. While I love the effect of wet embossing, I find it a bit messy to do it myself, and I love the impact of some of my lovely embossing folders. I think they give a wonderful texture to cards, and I love the intricate design of some of my favourite folders. My card today features some embossed daisies which give a 3D texture frame to my watercoloured lamb panel.
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Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:
- Lamb: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose
- Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
- Sky: Tumbled Glass
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Annette
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My husband likes kingfishers, so I've watercoloured this sweet anniversary card for him using this image.
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This week at As You Like It Challenge we want to see your favourite sketch / layout. This was an easy one for me, because I revisit this particular layout very often. I like the ability to showcase 2 pretty papers (often from my favourite paper designer, Nitwit Collections) with the join covered by some pretty satin ribbon. I frame a circular image panel with flowers and a double bow in opposite diagonals and a trio of flat backed pearls in the opposite corners. It enables me to use my favourite embellishments (flowers, ribbons and pearls) in a 3D card.
Today's card is a springtime bunny, using a digi from one of my favourite artists, Lee Holland. As usual he's watercoloured using Distress Reinkers. I've used some pastel Springtime tones which I much prefer to bold bright colours as they feel warmer and softer.
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Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:
- Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose
- Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
- Sky: Tumbled Glass
- Yellows: Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge
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Annette
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I know Easter has gone, but I forgot to post this sweet chickie Easter card so better late than never!
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