Digitally Sweet Challenge # 84 Photo Inspiration

It's Friday again which means a new challenge at Digitally Sweet and a new sponsor as well this week. Limited Runs Stamps are sponsoring us and this is the Photo Inspiration Denise provided .

I picked the "Hummingbird" image and took my inspiration from the bright colours of the photo.

 

As usual I used Craft Artist to create the scrapbook page using some Daisy Trail digikits and a photo of a lily from my garden a couple of years ago. the other DT members have created some fab designs for you so make sure you go and have a look.

Digitally Sweet Challenge #83 - Easter

Goodness this year seems to be flying past - here we are at Easter next week already! And of course at Digitally Sweet we have an Easter themed challenge!  The sponsor is Lacy Sunshine and I have used Rory's Eggstra Special Delivery. I have digitally coloured her in Craft Artist and added some Easter themed embellishments from  some daisy Trail kits.

 

The embossed eggs and Happy Easter are from their new Digiboss kits. They are so easy to use - just drop them on top of whatever paper you have chosen! Do go and see what the rest of the Design Team have been up to this week as well.

Digitally Sweet Challenge # 80

Hello and welcome to another Digitally Sweet challenge. Our sponsor this week is Lacy Sunshine  and the challenge is  'Want to be a star'    Add stars to your project or perhaps you know someone who is going to win some kind of feat...exp. tying shoe laces correctly! LOL!

 

 I have made a card using 'Emily - Graduate'. I made the background by playing around with the Fill Colour tool in Craft Artist.  Emily was digitally painted and I added the sentiment and stars which were some digikit elements. Not sure which ones as I was cherry- picking from all the kits  I have.

Personalised Leaving Card!

My OH is keen on having cards personalised or themed to something the person likes, and sometimes it is not always easy to visualise a card to suit. This was one of them. The request was a large (ie A4 size) card,as someone was leaving to work somewhere else , so it had to be big enough for everyone to sign, to include his car(dark blue Mercedes)  which apparently was his pride and joy, his personalised number plate, and could I make it so that it looked as though he was speeding away leaving a trail of exhaust fumes.!!!!!!

My reply was not repeatable!

So after some internet searching I found a car image I could use, although it wasn't a Mercedes, but what to do with it?

 

 Craft Artist to the rescue! I found a blue paper with clouds on and another that looked like tyre marks on tarmac which I used for the background and the road. Took the car image into the programme and added a cartoon filter to it and changed the colour to blue. I was originally going to colour it with copics but changed my mind as it was so big. I did personalise the number plate but have blurred for privacy. Then for the exhaust fumes I used a speech bubble to hold the message. I printed it all out flat then printed the car and bubble again and decoupaged them.  I'm pleased to say that all who signed it were impressed as was the recipient. Unfortunately just before it was given to him, someone ran into the back of the car and wrote it off! (He was OK though and apparently now has a much newer model of the car). 

A Superhero!!

I was a bit stuck for ideas for a card for my grandson who will reach the ripe old age of 4 next week. Then while I was looking through some digikits for something else I realised I had the perfect kit to make a card for him It's from Daisy Trail and called Comic Book, and he's into superheroes at the moment, sometimes Batman and sometimes Superman!!

So this is what I came up with. I printed everything out on the base card the printed it all again so that I could decoupage the pieces.

 

 I hope he likes it. It went in the mail this morning, but I know it's OK to show on here as he doesn't read my blog!! Forgot to satthat of course I created it in Craft Artist.

Digitally Sweet Challenge #77 - Anything Goes

Today we have everyone's favourite challenge - " Anything Goes" over at Digitally Sweet - and a new sponsor - Broken Box. The DT had some great images to work with. I picked  Baker Toodle and coloured her in using my Wacom graphics tablet.

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As usual I created this in Craft Artist 2 and used a daisytrail kit called Farmhouse for the other elements.

Digitally Sweet Challenge # 73

Welcome to this week's challenge at Digitally Sweet. We are sponsored by Digi Darla and I have chosen to use the precoloured version of Love Bug. This could be for an anniversary or Valentine's Day. It seems a bit early for Valentine's even though Blogland seems to be awash with them.

 

 I used a digikit called Butterfly Kisses from Kreative by Karen  and Craft Artist 2 to make my card. Over here in the UK we only send to our partner/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/wife  or someone we hope will become one of those!  We follow the traditional association of the day as described in Wikipedia:-

The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.^[6]

Digitally Sweet # 72

Hello and welcome to another week at Digitally Sweet and another "Anything Goes" challenge which seem to be very popular!

 

The weather here has been so grey and wet just recently with lots of flooding that I  decided to remind myself of what this time last year was like! Not sure which I prefer! As always the page was created with Craft Artist and I have used elements and papers from a number of different kits.

Digitally Sweet #71 - Polly Poinsettia

Hello and welcome to another week at Digitally Sweet. Gosh this month seems to be flying by!The sponsor this week is Lacy Sunshine Stamps. I think I was still in Christmas mode when I picked this image called Polly Poinsettia  but never mind - it just means I'm ahead on this year's cards!

 

 I created this card front as usual in Craft Artist and used a kit from Daisy Trail called Paper Poinsettia.

Last week we had a new DT member Annie join us but I didn't welcome her to the team then as I schedule these posts- otherwise they would never go up at the right time!! So I'd like to give a big welcome to Annie now. Why not pop over and visit her blog where she has lots of great things to see.

Digitally Sweet #70

Welcome to another "Anything Goes" challenge at Digitally Sweet. Once again we are sponsored by Lunagirl and I chose to work with this image. It reminds me of a Jack Vettriano painting !

 

 I decided to go for a more CAS style as nothing else seemed to work for me! I used Craft Artist as always to create it.

Digitally Sweet Challenge #65

This week at Digitally Sweet we have this picture as inspiration and are sponsored by Digi Darla Designs.

 

I decided to use the picture as part of my project! I took it into Craft Artist and used the effects to change it into a black and white pencil drawing.  My DD image was a holly sprig which I also took into CA and changed the line colour to green. Then I used the program to turn it into a stamp and stamped  a number of images to make a frame.  The background again used the picture which I faded out and changed the colour to red.

 

 Don't forget to visit the other DTs blogs to see what they have made.

Digitally Sweet #64 Photo Inspiration

This week we have a  Photo Inspiration challenge for you at Digitally Sweet. And this is the photo.

 

 We are also sponsored once again by Lunagirl who provided some fabulous images to work with. I decided to use one with two birds that are not unlike the ones in the photo.

 

The card was created in Craft Artist using a Daisy Trail Aviary kit.

Digitally Sweet #63 and Santa

Welcome to another challenge at Digitally Sweet and this week the theme is everyone's favourite "Anything Goes". Once again we are sponsored by Lacy Sunshine Stamps

 

 I used"Santa Spreading Joy" and coloured him with promarkers. Then I scanned him and took him back into Craft Artist, cut him out digitally and added him to a card made with a Daisy Trail kit called Festive Christmas. Some snow was then liberally dusted over it using a snow brush in Craft Artist. Poor Santa looks a bit washed out here but IRL he's quite bright!

Digitally Sweet # 61

This week we are being sponsored for the first time by Lunagirl and her images are gorgeous. You can spend a lot of time looking at her site- there is just so much to choose from!

 

There is also a sketch to follow

 

 And this is what I  came up with. There were a number of other versions - all of which I like but eventually stopped here!

 

 I used Craft Artist 2 to create the page and a digikit which was a freebie from somewhere a couple of years ago. It is called Aged Wedding - so if you are the creator please let me know so I can give you credit.

Digitally Sweet Challenge #59 - Anything Goes

Another week at Digitally Sweet and it is the always popular "Anything Goes" sponsored by Lacy Sunshine Stamps.

 

 I chose "Christmas Boo" as my image and coloured her with Copics then took her back into Craft Artist and used her as an embellishment for my page. The photo was taken a few years ago of all my grandsons' presents!  The rest of the page came from  some Daisy Trail digikits which I have.

Digitally Sweet Challenge # 57

Welcome back! This week our challenge at Digitally Sweet is "Your Favourite Colours"  I don't really have any favourites as they change depending on mood and season but I do like blues. We have a new sponsor this week with some really cute images - BigHeadsStamps. Do go and check them out. I have used one called "Luc". He was a delight to colour digitally as there are not too many small fiddly bits. (lol!)

The other bits came from a a few of my Craft Artist digikits - not sure which ones now! And of course it was created in Craft Artist.

Digitally Sweet Alphabet challenge

This week the challenge at Digitally Sweet is an alphabet challenge, A is for adorable,  B is for bear etc. I chose M for muffins. The page was created in Craft Artist 2 using a Daisy Trail digi kit, which I think is called Cocoa Latte.

Lake Ontario - digital

It is a long time since I entered the Digitally Sweet challenge - in fact it is a long time since I played digitally!  The challenge this week
is "Just add water" and I immediately thought of the photos taken when we visited Toronto .

 

 The photos were taken from a boat trip we went on on the lake and show an iconic image of Toronto with the CN tower. The two others were of islands in the lake and remnants of a beaver dam. The page was created using Craft Artist 2 and a Vintaj digikit plus some Artistic Edges.

Three today!!

I have seen a lot of Lego cards in blogland so I had to have a go at making one for my grandson's upcoming 3rd birthday. Both he and his older brother are Lego mad! Or at least they were when I saw them last just before Christmas. Anyway here is what I came up with. It was a bit fiddly inking all the little dots so they stood out! 

 The letters were cut out with Sizzix "Man Oh Man" dies.

 

 The inside was made with Craft Artist. I'm quite pleased with the result - what do you think? I hope young Jack likes it but suspect he'll be more interested in the parcel that goes with it! 

The Trials and Tribulations of a Golden Wedding Card!

Last week my OH rang me from work to ask me to make a Golden Wedding card for a former colleague to give her parents. After some thinking time I decided what to do and produced a card and matching box. When I showed him he seemed less than impressed and kept on about putting a butterfly on it! I was due to mail it Monday morning and against my better judgement, just before boxing it up, I decided to see what a butterfly would look like on it. Not nice, much too big. So then I decided to add two more roses (the original only had one). Squeezed the bottle of glue and nothing hppened as the nozzle was blocked, cleared it - or so I thought- gave another squeeze and the nozzle flew off dispensing Cosmic Shimmer glue everywhere! Fortunately most of it went down me and only a small amount on the edge of the card. Hastily wiped it off before changing trousers. Put them in the wasbasin with some water while I checked the card was OK. Went back to them a few minutes later to find they were sticking to themselves! A very hurried trip downstairs to the washing machine. Thankfully when they came out it had all washed off!! Back to the card. I don't think anyone would have noticed where the glue had been but I could see it. What to do-  should I start again?  No chance I quickly cut two more borders in cream and added them down the side.

 

Here is a close up of the roses

and the embossed detail

I used Spellbinders Vintage Lace motifs and accents, Creative Expressions floral embossing folder, Stampin' Up! framelits die for the centre which I stamped and heat embossed in gold with their Memorable Moments stamp set. The inside of the card was created in Craft Artist and mounted onto the gold shimmer card as well but I forgot to take a photo of that. 

The box lid was also made from the gold shimmer card, the initials were made in Craft Artist.

I had an email yesterday to say she loved it - thank goodness for that. She also said it was perfumed which it took me a while to work out, then realised it must have been the lemony smell from the Grime Boss I had used to wipe the glue away with!

Hope I haven't sent you all to sleep with this long  post!