A Summer Grad

I thought I'd share this card commission I made for a friend back in the summer.... seems like an age away now!! Her daughters graduation was in July and I was so happy to find this lovely image on Mo's Digital Pencil, not only because I could get the image ASAP without waiting for the postie but I could also make an A5 card by re-sizing the image too :)

I printed the image once on the card base and a few more for layering the image after colouring with Polychrome Pencils and cutting out the relevant parts. 

The sentiment was requested so I generated it on the computer, it took some working out but I love it... perfect for a Graduation card :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Plants and Caterpillars!

Hello again, I'm trying hard to keep up to date with sharing my DT projects for Seven Hills Crafts so I have a couple more for you today....

Yep, I have a plant/greenery theme again today starting with this Indoor Garden stamp set from Altenew which I just love...

The hand-drawn style and areas of solid colour are what sucked me in, I thought I'd add some blocks of colour as a background for a modern 'arty' look!!

I stamped each image, trimmed part way around the shape and made the rest into a rectangle with a knife and ruler..... I then added colour with an alcohol marker. It would have been easier to make the background blocks with coloured card and then add the stamped and trimmed images on top but that's what happens when a card design evolves!! :)

Now it's fair to say that Flora & Fauna are definitely becoming a favourite brand of mine too and I made this card using the Thanks a Munch set which has the cutest caterpillar amongst the images..

I made a circular frame with the leaves and then masked a circular area on the card to add the background leaves and the caterpillar..... he looks like he's enjoying his leafy snack!!

This gives me a good excuse to show you this beautiful Privet Hawk Moth caterpillar we found last weekend whilst gardening, I used to take these in to school in a jam jar for the nature table when I was a child but haven't seen one in ages so it was nice to find him :)

Thanks a Munch for stopping by :)
Jenny x

A Spotlight Challenge

We have a fun technique challenge this month over at Seven Hills Crafts...

We're asking you to spotlight an element of your design which can be done in a few ways so it'll be fun to see everyone's entries in the gallery :)

I've used colour to spotlight this little lady in the herd.... seriously that face just cracks me up :)

I added some subtle inking to indicate the sky and grass so the design wouldn't be too 'white'

So how would you use the Spotlight technique?? Come and show us and be in with 

a chance of winning a giftcard to spend in store. All the details can be found

 on the blog here.... see you in the gallery :)

Stamps used:

The Whole Herd - MFT

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x