Clearly Delightful

Mother's Day challenge and a silly duck card

Hello!

Here are just a couple things I have created this week, and the first one is for the AIF31 challenge which is to create something for Mother's, how easy is that?  And there is a nice prize for one random winner. Check it out!

I watercolored the image with Tombow markers and a waterbrush.

RECIPE:

• IMAGE: Mother's Day Watering Can from AIFactory
• PAPER: watercolor, CDS tangelo smoothie, CDS sweet pea, Su orange for base
• INK: Tombow markers 126, 933, 990, 985, 245
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: Waterbrush, Spellbinders nestabilities dies, sewing machine, CDS sweet pea ribbon, glue dots, foam pop dots, Basic grey pearls

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My next creation is using Harold & Fred image from Doodle Pantry.  He is just a funny looking little duck with a really big head, LOL.  When I drew Harold as a freebie, I needed a very simplistic and silly looking duck for a particular card I was working on, so the beady eyes and big head were needed to achieve that look.  And then I thought he needed a little friend, so Harold & Fred emerged from that.

This image has been colored and sitting on my desk for about 2 months now, and I just finally finished him up.   I watercolored the image with Tombow markers and a waterbrush.

RECIPE:

• IMAGE: Harold and Fred from Doodle Pantry
  
• PAPER: watercolor, bermuda bay, Basic grey ambrosia and lemonade, orange
  
• INK: Tombow markers 985, 925, 703, 245, 373, 173, 491
  
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: Waterbrush, Spellbinders nestabilities dies, sewing machine, CDS tangelo smoothie ribbon, glue dots, foam pop dots, cheap buttons from walmart, linen thread, white gel pen

Thanks for visiting!  I have my weekly KLM post for tomorrow, which is REALLY late!  They've got some new clear stamps that just were released and I am showcasing one of the sets!  I hope to see you again, and don't forget to check out my monthly challenge where you can get a free digital image just for participating!

Time to "B" challenged over at AIF blog

This week, the challenge at the AI Factory Challenge blog is "B" challenged... that is, to use Blue, a Bow, and Bling.

If you'd like to join in the fun, you don't have to use AIF images, but they do have freebies HERE you can download if you want to use some. You do need to create a login and send freebies to your order cart and then finalize your "freebie order", this is how you get the download link.

The AIF DT was given a choice to use one of the Trinity images newly released at AIF.  I was able to contribute to the challenge this week, and I created the following 4.25" square card.  I imagined her as having silky black hair and sunkissed skin.

Watercolored with markers and a waterbrush on watercolor paper.

CARD RECIPE:

• Image: Trinity (oval pattern) from AIF
• CS/PAPERS: watercolor, bordering blue, mellow moss, My minds Eye DP
• INK: Su marker bordering blue, moss, pink, saffron, caramel, cocoa, Tombow markers 491, N15
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: Zig .01 millennium for faux stitching, Waterbrush, Spellbinders oval nestabilities, basic grey bling, sheer wired blue ribbon, flower charm, glue dots, foam dots

Thanks for visiting today!   FRIDAY will be my next monthly challenge, and the digi image you get for participating is a FUN one!  I hope you can come back and join in on the fun.

Happy stamping,

Laurie

Printable recipe cards!

Today is the AIFactory weekly challenge #25, and the DT was to use these awesome printable Recipe cards designed by Mia.  I was given the opportunity to also create something with them.

I chose to make a Bind-it-all book of these cards and I will write in my favorite recipes that people have given me over the years, so that I can have my favorites on hand all in one place, instead of having to sift through loose papers and various different cook books given to me.  It stands up while on the counter, keeping my workspace free, and I can easily read it and flip a page over.

It's funny that just a few short weeks ago I emptied my watercolor paper pad and ALMOST threw out the bottom cardboard it came on.  But I just couldn't actually bring myself to toss that perfectly good "chipboard", as I never knew when I would need it for something.  LOL, so here I was needing a custom size chipboard and I had this nice thick cardboard from my paper pad ready and waiting for me!

I printed the cards, which you can find HERE, at full scale and the cards are about 4 x 5-5/8 if trimmed at the crop marks.  I trimmed them at the left, right and bottom crop marks, but then trimmed the top about 1/4" above the crop mark taking into account that I was to punch the binding holes, so the final measurement of my cards ended up being 4-3/8 x 5-5/8.

I made my front and back covers at 4-1/2 x 5-7/8, and then covered them with DP.

Punched the holes with Bind-it-all, and put them together with the binding ring.

I decorated the front cover using the orange image at the end of the printable document. There are other cute images that you can die cut out, hand cut out and use them to decorate your recipe project.  Very cute!

SUPPLIES:

• Printable Recipe cards by AIFactory
• Sentiment from PTI Recipe stamp set
• White cardstock and various DP that I cannot locate a mfr info on (sorry about that!), heavy chipboard from the bottom oof my watercolor paper pad
• Bind-it-all and Z-wire, Nestabilities rectangle dies, glue dots, sponge, Spellbinders tag die, dew drops, Ribbon that I got by the yard at local scrapbooking places, sewing machine

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Thanks for stopping in today.

Wishing you a very blessed day and week!

laurie