Giving Thanks

Welcome!

The challenge at Crafting by Designs was published on Wednesday 14 May 2014.
Our theme this week is: Thank You.

We have the fabulous Rick St Dennis as our generous sponsor. We received a beautiful image to play with. I decided, after much deliberation, to use the French Flower Cart.

If you visit his online store, you will find out exactly why it is so difficult to pick an image. There are so many beauties! This is what I came up with:

The image was coloured with my pencils (ordinary & aquarelles). The background of the image and card was created with my favourite pastels. I used fine liners to create a frame of  'thank yous'.

There are so many things to give thanks for daily: Good health, family, friends, sunshine, rain, food, a roof over our heads, a friendly smile…this list can go on.

Come and join us with your thankful creation before the 21^st of May!

Do visit again!

Hugs


Rene

 

CBD Spring Flowers Blog Hop

Welcome!

It is time for one of my favourite activities, a Blog Hop!

Yes, at Crafting By Designs, the Design Team is having a Blog Hop to celebrate the arrival of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. With spring goes Flowers and that is what we are showing you today.

You should have arrived here from the fabulous and inspiring blog of Julia.

Our generous sponsor, QKR Stampede let us play with some of their fabulous images. My choice is the lovely Accent Vine. I just loved it when I first saw it!

I printed out 2 images side by side and coloured it in 'vintage' colours. The panel was cut out & the corners rounded. Encore Metalic inkpad in Honeydew edge the panel. An organza ribbon adds some more detail. The card is the same green as the vine and a maroon panel anchors the panel. I tried to create a vintage feeling with my colours & colouring to compliment the gorgeous image.

My card:

 

A close-up of the panel:

A little bonus to say thank you to our generous sponsor QKR Stampede (remember to visit their website!), a little tag I made using the Apple Blossom Label. The image was coloured with pencils, fussy cut and layered onto black board which was also fussy cut. I added glitter and wrote the sentiment with a calligraphy pen.

Thank you for joining the Hop...please tell us if you enjoyed it! Oh, and do go back to the Crafting By Designs blog if you get lost. But that is not the only reason. Once you have finished the hop and you are all inspired, go and create a fabulous Spring Flower card and link it to the blog to stand a chance of winning 5, yes five fabulous images from our Blog Hop sponsor, QKR Stampede. If you have visited their website, I know you wouldn't pass up this chance to win!

Your next stop is Sharon where you'll see more fabulous Spring Flower creations.

Do visit again!

Rene

Thanks a Million!

Welcome!

An Attitude of Gratitude is the theme of the challenge at Digistamps4Joy South Africa.

I've used the Peacock , the first freebie of the relaunched company to create my card. My pencils did the colouring and I used some texture boards to create a natural foregound and background on the picture.

The background of the card was created by stamping 2nd & 3rd impressions in 3 colours and in a radiating pattern. The sentiment was then stamped in a darker blue directly on the card.

Blue and gold papers were used for matting and some gold thread adds a touch of bling.

Here is my card:

 
The peacock a little closer:

I hope you like my card!

Thank You Michelle Perkett

It is the last challenge on the Michelle Perkett Challenge Blog 

I've decided to make a little ATC tag using my other favourite image: Arthur.

This tag is to say thank you to Michelle Perkett for her generosity and the fabulous inspiration I always got on her blog. I have a wishlist of images I still want to acquire so I hope she'll be around for a long time :)

I've combined Arthur with the challenge freebie.

Here he is:

And here he says thank you:

Hope you like him :)

Thank You Michelle Perkett Mermaids!

The day has come to say thank you to the fabulous mermaids on the Michelle Perkett challenge blog.

This is the last challenge and the theme is fittingly 'Thank You'.

With my card I want to say thank you for the wonderful inspiration that was always there on the blog.

Also thank you for featuring me as Guest Designer.

I decided to use one of my favourite images to say thank you : Rose :

She is combined with the lovely 'thank you ' freebie, an image I can see much use for in the future.

I'm sure we'll see some more of the mermaids on other sites, I'm so glad that my paths crossed yours.