Creative Inspiration for Fitztown

Hey everyone, some days I just don't know which end is up and what's going on...and yesterday was one of them...I was sure I had this post scheduled on my blog, but when I went to look (today) it wasn't there, so I'm a day late with my creative inspiration for the latest challenge at Fitztown.

This week the challange is Anything Goes, and there's no excuse not to play along, right?

Here's what I created...using this wonderful digi of our Fitztown Challenge Blog leader Ema !!

I hope you like it.  I had fun colouring it up, but my photograph doesn't quite show the colours right...they look a little off here, but in "real life" as my sons says they look good.

I hope you'll pop over to Fitztown and join us this week.

It's Friday and another DT Day for me at Fitztown

I created this card using my new favourite colour PURPLE !  That's the theme this week at Fitztown 

Challenge #39 - Use your Favourite Colour

If you know me, you know PINK is my favourite colour, but I've been leaning towards a love of PURPLE lately, so I decided to create this card using purples with a touch of pink too.

I used the wonderful image FAE11 for my card.  Don't you just love her?

I hope you'll pop over to the Fitztown Challenge Blog and play along this week.

DT Day at Fitztown and a blog hop...

Well I sure hope you are all enjoying the Birthday Blog hop here at Fitztown !!

Here's what I created for my DT Day project...

I used the lovely image GARDEN 7 which can be found here.

I decided to make a few cards using one image and keep them pretty simple...

and if you know me, you know I love CAS !!

I coloured each watering can the same and added different colours to the flowers

I cut each image out using a circle die, then matted each image on a colour to compliment the flowers

I embossed white cardstock cut slightly smaller than my card-base to give some texture and interest

I used a couple of stamped images from Stampin' Up for the cards

I left one card without a sentiment so it could be given for any occassion.

I hope you liked what I've created !

Don't forget you have until May 31st to play along with us at the blog hop !!

A Pansy Candle and gift tag

So was stumped as to what make for this week's Design Team Day at Fitztown. 

It was easy-peasy for me to choose an image for this challenge, as I love Pansies and knew this image would make a great THANK YOU card or tag.

I decided to make something totally different with my image this week and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. 

I made a candle using the image FL3 which can be found here.

I made a matching tag to go with it:

It was a lot of fun and I learned a whole lot!

Here's the basic steps to creating a candle using a coloured digi image

Step 1

Print your image on tissue paper 

run taped tissue paper through your printer on some cardstock for stability 

make sure you tape it with masking tape to hold it in place

Step 2

Colour your image, being careful not to press too hard or add too much wet ink to it or you will tear the tissue paper

Step 3

Cut coloured image out and place on candle

Step 4

Apply wax paper over the image and around the candle, holding tightly, and heat with your hair dryer or embossing tool (I used a hair dryer)  Make sure you heat it enough that the white part of the tissue paper blends right into the candle, but not too much to melt the candle !!

And here's the final product...

Here's the tag and candle together

(Please note that the pansy on the tag is coloured in purple and yellow like the candle, but turned out quite BLUE in my photo - sorry)

I hope I've inspired you to play along with us this week at Fitztown in our Thank You challenge !!

It's Friday and time for a Fitztown Design Team Day for me...

Oh boy...this was a fun one...this week the theme at Fitztown is SHABBY CHIC (Challenge #34)  I've always loved seeing the shabby chic cards and scrapbook layouts, but haven't really succeeded in creating much in the Shabby Chic style, so this was a challenge for me.

I used this great image called CAR3 (which can be found here) as the starting point for my card, and figured I could turn an old truck into a Shabby Chic card pretty easily.

Hmmmm...it was an interesting journey creating this card.  I found some old distressed blue wood paper and also this grey distressed paper and thought I'd be able to incorporate it into a shabby chic card.  I used a distressing tool from Close to My Heart (which I just had to buy several years ago, and honestly this is likely the 2nd time I've used it).  Funny how we just "have to have" something and then don't use it !!  I was glad to give this lonely tool a purpose for this card !!

I coloured my image with copics and kinda mucked up the ground, but hey it's a shabby card, so I'm letting it go as is !!  I inked the edges of my coloured image and used the distressing tool around the edge of the cardstock mat to make it look "shabby". and around the shabby grey paper too.  I used some plain ol' fashioned string along the edge of the card and frayed it a bit to also give that shabby look.

Overall, I'm quite pleased with myself for having achieved a shabby look to my card, and also for adding another much-need masculine card to my stash.

I hope you'll hop over the blog and play along with us at Fitztown and create a SHABBY CHIC project of your own !!