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Showing posts with label My Grafico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Grafico. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 390 - Critter Crazy

Happy May Day and welcome to a new Tuesday Throwdown challenge. We want you to go Critter Crazy! Mygrafico is our sponsor this week. They were founded to help Illustrators and Digital Artists gain a foothold in the children's commercial market so I promise you will find critters galore in their shop, from clip art to cutting files, digital stamps to templates. While not required, it's a great way to say thanks to a sponsor by using their products on your entry.

Mygrafico supplied the Design Team with images from Woodland Animals Digital Stamps. I picked the squirrel for my card simply because I have a family of 5 living in the trunk of a tree in my yard. It is both amusing and astounding that they all fit in there. Judging by the wicked tufts going every which way (who knew squirrels can have bad hair days too) when they emerge in the morning, I'm guessing they must sleep on top of each other in a much disorganized stack.

Once again, I kept it simple. Colored with Copics and fussy cut. For the background, I'm using paper I received from a wonderful friend (thanks again, Legs!) I just love the squirrels holding hearts and thought it was perfect for the image. I die cut a circle, applying the negative directly onto a white card blank. The circle is placed back in its correct spot and raised with a double layer of foam tape. The squirrel is centered in the circle and also raised with a double layer of foam tape. Sentiment deliberately not added at this point as toying with the idea of giving to hubby as an anniversary card this fall; he's very protective of those squirrels.



Time to run a bath for a certain little man in my life so thanks for stopping by, I greatly appreciate you taking the time. Please be sure to check out all that Mygrafico has to offer for your crafting needs. As always, don't forget to check out the Design Team creations and enter your work of art in the Tuesday Throwdown challenge.


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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 337 - Tropical Critters

It's all about Tropical Critters this week at the Tuesday Throwdown challenge. Our fine sponsor is My Grafico, purveyor of all things digital,  who kindly provided Koalas Digital Stamps for the design team to use.

Personally, while they are a cute and cuddly looking creature, I've never understood wanting to own an animal who would rather spends it's time up in trees eating leaves.

I decided to make my koala brown because I just discovered there really are brown ones! The inner ears are a combination of Copic and Prismacolor pencil. Fur and eucalyptus leaves are colored with Copics. Sentiment is computer generated on Bazill cardstock using Frangipani Rose font. Design paper is from DCWV "The Green Stack." Added a slight curve to the ears and paws with my stylus for some subtle dimension. Texture accomplished on the fur with a small bit of a terry towel and blending solution.

Here is my Tropical Koala and it's dedicated to all my friends "down under."


Thank you to the gals on Tuesday Throwdown for letting me join the fun, to My Grafico for such a cute image and most importantly to you for taking the time to stop by and taking the time to let me know what you think. Your comments mean a lot.

Well, time to get off the computer and go finish a book I've been reading. Due back at the library Wednesday.  Time for you to join the challenge and get your Tropical Critters entered.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 329 - Heart Strings

It's Tuesday Throwdown time and this week's sponsor is My Grafico. The challenge is to use string, twine, etc. somewhere on your creation. Believe me when I say that truly is a challenge for me. Remember, I am prone to the CAS look when making cards.

My Grafico graciously supplied us with Love Owls for this challenge. Since we are so close to Valentine's Day I  used that as my theme. Colors are on the neutral side allowing the pink to pop.

Did you know that pink means unconditional love and nurturing?

I colored the owl with Copic C1, C3 and C5. The pinks are RV02, RV04. Black colored pencil and Copic Y26, Y32, E84 for the eyes. Talons are Y26 and Y35. Image is cut with a border and the balloons are raised slightly on foam tape. Sentiment stamped in gray ink; hot pink and bubblegum pink pieces of waxy floss are attached to the balloons and knotted. Still a fairly CAS card and I must say, I love the pop from the pink.  What do you think? Comments are always welcome.


Thanks for stopping by (double thanks if you would decide to follow my blog) and don't forget to enter the challenge at Tuesday Throwdown. We love seeing everyone's creativity.



Parting thought:
                             “A dream doesn't die because it has no truth. 
                                   It dies because you fail to nurture it.” 
                                                               Susie Clevenger

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Sunny days

Happy Mother's day to all! What a beautiful day it is here. Hubby made a wonderful meal and lots of hugs from the little man. Free time on my hands today as daughter and little man went off on an adventure for a few hours. Love them both but what a gift! It allowed me to check out the Tuesday Throwdown challenge and create a card. You can find their blog with challenges here. Go ahead and check it out, I'll wait.

Okay, did you go poke around? I certainly hope so. When I saw the challenge for Welcome Spring I knew it would involve flowers. Since the sponsor is My Grafico I poked about and found a cute pastel umbrella clip art.

Printed two of the umbrellas and cut one with a small border and fussy cut the second. Pulled out the trusty foam pad and shaping tool to add curve on the fussy cut image. Glued it to the umbrella with a border, turned it upside and added real ferns from Darcie Co and strawflowers I have in my stash.

Background of clouds and hills is the same stamp, just turned the opposite way from Stamps by Judith as were the scrubby brush stamps. Add a few more strawflowers and sentiment from The Angel Company (still sad they are no more.) Glued the flower filled umbrella and called it done.


Now scoot along and check that challenge out! After all it ends at 3 p.m. Monday. Of course that means there will be a new one on Tuesday...




Parting thought for the day:
                                                  All art is but imitation of nature.      Lucius Annaeus Seneca