cute and crafty cards by mirella: Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Friday, 14 March 2014

Crafty Catz GDT post: Boys and their toys challenge!

Good Morning!!!! I hope you are all well, enjoying this bit of spring weather we are having over the last few days!!!

I can't believe my last post was last Sunday!!! I have been making a few cards here and there that I can't show yet, but decided to take it a bit easy, as lately I've been a bit stressed, and this is supposed to be a hobby at the end of the day!!!

Anyway.. It's Friday! which means it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Catz Challenge! As I announced last week, I'm their GDT for March, really excited! this is my second week.

This week's theme is Boys and their toys hosted by Nick

The sponsor this week is Digi Stamps 4 Joy

South African crafters are new to the digital stamping world, with the first South African online digital image store launched in 2010 – Digistamps4Joy (or DS4J)http://www.digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/. In May 2012, Margy Kieser took over ownership of DS4J, and there are now two South African artists who contribute to the more than 500 images available. Margy has taken the store to new heights and the store now stocks digis that are cute, whimsical, artistic, sometimes serious, and sometimes humorous. In addition, one of our own South African rubber stamp companies granted us permission for one range of rubber stamps to be converted into digistamp images. The store has PAYPAL, PAYFAST (South African) and EFT (South African) facilities. Digistamps4Joy offers a monthly freebie on the first Friday of every month, and holds regular bi-weekly card challenges that draw entries from many international card makers.

PRIZE 5 DIGI IMAGES OF WINNERS CHOICE

So, right after you read about my card, hop on to the Crafty Catz Challenge and join us this week! The DT has got great cards for your inspiration in there!

This is my card. Digi Stamps 4 Joy gave us a few images to play with, and I chose this one, called "Big Foot".

So here I am with another boy card!!!! still struggling! it takes me forever to plan the card, trying to find some (if any!) embellishments!

On this card, I just played with the layers, using only two Screw looking brads from Woodware Crafts to embellish.

The papers I've used are from American Crafts Amy Tangerine Yes Please Paper Pad (the brown/cream paper; I chose it as it look like dirt and soil, which I though goes really good with the monster truck theme) and from Front Porch Paper Pad by Pebbles (the green stripes paper)

I hand-stitched the bottom layer with light green thread. some of the edges are distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye.

Under the sentiment, I put another layer that I created with green ink and a stamp from Papermania Urban Stamps.

I created the sentiment on my computer.