Fantasy Flowers for August Card Chain Challenge

Hello everyone. It's the second of the month, which means it's time to reveal all of the cards that we exchanged in the August Card Chain Challenge.

This month, my card went to Gundi in Germany.

I used my NBUS Fantasy Flowers die set (Alex Syberia) to create my colourful bouquet, using this month's colour option.

I selected coloured cardstock from my stash and did some ink blending in slightly darker colours to add shading. To soften the colour on the inside, I blended a little white pigment ink. I arrange my flowers onto my panel and then took a picture using my phone as a reference while adhering the different elements to my panel. 

For my background, I used a sheet from a NBUS paper block (Textures, Craft Sensations) that was a present from my sister and die cut it using one of my trusted SSS stiched rectangle dies.

To finish off, I used a sentiment from the Spring Garden set by Alex Syberia that I had previously printed and cut out using the matching die, and a twine bow. 

I'm also linking up my card at:

NBUS #66

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

Old-fashioned Christmas and a farewell

Two days ago, we had to say goodbye to our beloved 15-year old male cat, Rolmops. When he was a small and chubby kitten – and about the same age as the queen of our household, Kokkini, who was born in our home – he would roll over in front of our feet while we were walking on the street, showing us how cute he was and telling us he was ready to be adopted. It wasn't until our 2 Dutch cats passed a few months later that he finally got his wish. We miss him but know he is happy and free now, and without any pain.

On a happier note, I have another Christmas card to share. I coloured in this Santa image (NBUS Crafter's Companion, Believe in the magic) using Copics, die cut the panel with a SSS stitched rectangle and adhered it to my card base (Schoolhouse red, SSS).

I'm linking up my card at:

Jingle Belles - Old-fashioned Christmas

NBUS #65

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

GD at Rudolph Days - Dachshund through the snow

Hello everyone. I'm thrilled to be making a guest appearance today at this month's Rudolph Days, an Anything Goes Christmas challenge that runs from the 25th until the end of each month.

I used a shimmery galaxy background and a (possibly NBUS) treescape die cut from my UFO box and paired it with this sweet dachshund from a NBUS stamp set (Santa Paws) by Art Impressions. I coloured him in using Copics, using the image on the packaging for reference, and then fussy-cut him so that I could pop him up.

Do check out the Rudolph Days challenge to see what the other guest designers and our host, Helen, have created. And of course you are more than welcome to play along.

I'm also linking up my card at:

Art Impressions - #385 Keep calm and celebrate on!

NBUS #65

ATSM - #475 Stencils and die cuts

Christmas Kickstart - #89 Animal antics

Sparkles Christmas - #164 Christmas critters