3D paper piecing

I've been spending a lot of time on Mariska's blog Sending you a little smile .  I love her cards and boxes with the 3D paper piecing!!! For the Orange and black challenge over at Make it Colorful / Make it Crafty I decided to give 3D paper piecing a go with this little guy!  Haven't had time to make him into a card yet but watch this space to see what I did with him!

 and a view from the side to see the different layers.

That's it from me for now...............

It's a couple hours later and I've managed to turn him into a card!!

PAPERBAG MINI ALBUM

Hi guys, I've been gone for quite some time (again) (I know) but this time I had a good reason.  I've been participating in my first ever swap!!  The swap was over at Crafter's Digital Art Center and Priscilla worked really hard in finding me a partner from South Africa!  Let me tell you, its awesome and terrible at the same time!!!  I was forever agonizing about my album, did I do it neat enough, will she like the colors, what else should I put in, what if she does not like it and so the list continues.  I guess I just wanted to give someone something that I wouldn't mind getting myself?

Here is the cover.  The names on the front, is the names of my swap partners two boys.

 The first page as you open the album. All the little flaps are for tags or photos.

 The album was made for my partner, to put photos and journaling in of her boys.  All the digi's used throughout the album are from Dustin Pike.  I've colored some of the digi's, but left some for Olga to color herself (or maybe the boys would like to color them).

 The next two pages

 Then the next two, my son helped with the little envelope.

 The next two pages are my favorite.  They are very plain but it gives the Olga lots of space to do her own thing!

 The next two pages, with space for photos.

 Last page - my kids love this digi. Written on the pot under the bunny is : Black Jelly Beans.  LOL

 Inside every bag is a tag.  I just tied ribbon to them.  This is the view from the side.

The two ladies at the post office liked my album and even asked if I sell them (a big NO) so I really hope that Olga and her boys will love the album and hopefully be able to use it.

A giftcard holder for a friends' birthday

A few weeks back Kenny K's Krafty Girlz had a challenge to make a pocket card.  I did not enter the challenge, but suddenly remembered about it when I decided to make a card for a friends'  birthday.  I decided on getting her a gift card from a local bookstore so I thought the pocket card would be a fun new thing to try.  The image I used is Lady Raven and I chose her because she has an uncanny resemblance to my friend!!!

Here is my pocket card.

and here is a close-up of Lady (Estelle) Raven.

We had loads of fun at her birthday breakfast this morning and my card was a hit!

BAD BLOGGER

After the last time, not posting for quite some time, I promised myself I would not let so much time pass before posting here again.  Yeah right, see how that one worked out for me!
I've been so busy checking out other people's blogs, cards and coloring that I didn't do much coloring etc myself.  When I sat down to do this post, I couldn't even remember how to do a new post (yeah, I'm so ashamed) *blush*  Anyway, the reason for my sudden return is ................... I've found a challenge on Make it Colorful that I really wanted to give a go. 

The challenge is to color dark skin! PHEW!! You wouldn't believe how hard it was finding a image to color with a dark skin!!!  After much deliberation I decided on Dante's Drum by Mo Manning.  I simply love her images and its never hard to find something cute there! My only problem was finding something that I would use again.  Okay, so without to much further babbling.................

Here's Dante feeling irie!

and here's a closer look

Really had so much fun with this one.  I colored him mostly with watercolor pencils (see the smudge on the drum) and here and there used my Promarkers.

  Just goes to show I need to make more time for coloring!! LOL

A DAY FOR DAISIES

I recently got these (freebie) digis on Papercraft Planet and on Crafters Digital Art Centre that I absolutely Just HAD to color! They are both from the new Cinderella fairytale stamp collection at A day for daisies . 

I colored both Cinderella and her nasty stepsisters (Anistasia & Drizella) but for some reason I am still struggling to get a card together with the two sisters.

Here is my first card.  I hope to get some insperation (and time) the weekend to get another card together!

PS.  It was my first time working with some new glitter so i went a bit (a lot) overboard on the dress  :)

It's freezing cold here tonight so its of to bed for me now.

Happy crafting!

(almost forgot to mention, the sketch is from the latest CDAC sketch challenge)

It's been a while.........

 So I have'nt been crafting for some time (actually I have, I just have'nt finished anything yet).  I love the challenges over at CDAC and try to enter at least 1 during every new challenge.  I immediately liked this fun and easy new sketch challenge they have running at the moment.  While checking out blogs (thats why no cards get made) I came across a great color challenge at The Outlaws.  The colors are Orange, black or brown and white.  This is my combined effort for both challenges.

Bad blogger!

That's me...... I know *blush*.   I guess I got so caught up in checking other peoples blogs, that I forgot to update my own.

I would however like to add my latest cards. (just in case some lonely web surfer somewhere out there, stumbles across my blog .......

These were all entered into the challenges over at Crafters Digital Art Centre .  Go check it out! Its really a whole lot of fun all in one place!  I'm going back over there now because the new challenges starts today!

Hope to see you there!  (",)