Baby Bump Card

Hi Everyone - it has been awhile since I last posted. As with everyone Christmas is a very busy period and for me it doesn't stop as I am still working between Christmas and New Year, but I am looking forward to the three day break. It is very very hot here in Australia and today is 39 Degrees Celsius and a total fire ban day - sort of glad I am at work in the air conditioning!!!

My latest card I put together for a colleague at work who has just started her parental leave and is due in February. I used this gorgeous image from Saturated Canary - About to Pop. I found the patterned paper in my stash and thought they were perfect colours and a great backdrop for this card. The image is coloured with Copic markers, and bit of gold embossing enamel around the image.

 

Hope everyone has a very happy and safe New Year - Bring on 2016 I say!!

Thanks for looking.

Kristina xx

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Art by Mi Ran - Challenge #44

Welcome to Challenge #44 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured. If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later.

For my card this week I have used the beautiful Blowing Bubbles - available here. 

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our Etsy shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer.

We have a fab Artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we also offer monthly challenges. Come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the DT members. We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images.

Thanks for looking.

Kristina!!

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Art by Mi Ran - Challenge #43

Welcome to Challenge #43 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured. If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later.

For my card this week I have used a relatively new image - Afternoon Aileen - available here. 

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our Etsy shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer.

We have a fab Artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we also offer monthly challenges. Come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the DT members. We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images.

Thanks for looking.

Kristina!!

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Art by Mi Ran Challenge #38

Welcome to Challenge #38 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured. If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later.

For my card today I used the lovely Primrose- available here. I She is coloured with Copics and I hand stitched around the image and the card base - my sewing machine always chews up the paper!! 

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our Etsy shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer.

We have a fab Artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we also offer monthly challenges. Come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the DT members. We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images.

Thanks for looking.

Kristina!!

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Sympathy Cards

Hi everyone! I always find sympathy cards a little challenging, and I suppose I am lucky not to have had to make very many of them at this stage in my life. But for my next class at Create on Ormond I have put a sympathy card using a lovely Spellbinders die - Divine Eloquence.

Thanks for looking!

Kristina xx

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Art by Mi Ran Challenge #37

Welcome to Challenge #37 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured. If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later.

For my card today I used the lovely Gem - available here. I had not had a chance to play with Gem yet, so I enjoyed colouring her - that long flowing hair, and a chance to practice the folds! She is coloured with Copics and teamed up with paper from Kaisercraft.

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our Etsy shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer.

We have a fab Artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we also offer monthly challenges. Come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the DT members. We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images.

Thanks for looking.

Kristina!!

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Happy Birthday Jackie - Blog Hop.

Welcome to our first day of Jackie's birthday blog hop! We secretly organised this 3 day blog hop for our DT leader Jackie, who is celebrating her birthday today!

Happy birthday Jackie! 
Wishing you a great day with all your loved ones!

Comment on every stop on the hop for your chance to win 5 Art by Mi Ran images!

Each blog hop day will have 2 winners. so there are lots of chances to win! Winners will be chosen randomly. You have until July 23rd to comment, and all winners will be announced on the 25th at the Art by Mi Ran blog. 

You should have come from Tracey's blog. If not, go back to the Art by Mi Ran blog, and start hopping from there.

For the hop, all team members created a birthday card for Jackie, and I used the gorgeous Celebrating Your Day.I coloured her with Copics and then the background I did utilising the June Kit and Clowder Create and Learn colouring class. Patterned paper is from Kaisercraft.

Here is the full hopping list in case you got lost

Aurora

Felisha

Corinne

Vannessa

Desire

Jane

Tracy

Kristina - You are here!

Don't forget to leave a comment to every stop for your chance to win 5 lovely Art by Mi Ran images! 

We are also celebrating Vannessa's birthday, on our Art by Mi Ran Facebook group, with an awesome freebie and more chances of winning prizes!

Thanks so much helping us celebrating Jackie's birthday, and please join us tomorrow for day 2 of our 3-day hop for Jackie!

Have a great day!

Thanks for looking!

Kristina xx

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Artbmiran Challenge #36

Welcome to Challenge #36 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured. If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later.

For my card I have used the lovely Willow image - available here. She is coloured with Copic markers and I have added shimmer to her clothes with a Zig Wink of Stellar pen, and applied glossy accents to her eyes and ribbons. I have diecut the greeting using Mama Elephant Dies. I have cut two in pink and one in black then layered them together for dimension and then applied glossy accents. 

Here is a close up of the image.

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer. 

We have a fab artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we offer monthly challenges, come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the design team members! We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images!

Thanks so much for looking!!

Kristina  xx

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Artbymiran Challenge #35

Welcome to Challenge #35 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured. If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later.

This week for my card I used the beautiful Mia Image. I coloured her with Copic markers. I used a Wink of Stella pen to create the glitter on her outfit and the ocean in the background. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer. 

We have a fab artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we offer monthly challenges, come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the design team members! We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images!

Thanks so much for looking!!

Kristina  xx

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Artbymiran Challenge #34

Welcome to Challenge #34 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured. If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later!

This week for my card I used the beautiful Marina Image. Isn't she gorgeous! She has been coloured with Copic Markers and I used the recent Create and Learn colouring class from Kit and Clowder as inspiration to the colouring technique. I used a spellbinder die with kraft cardstock, and the patterned paper is from Kaisercraft.

Here is a close up of the coloured image.

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer. 

We have a fab artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we offer monthly challenges, come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the design team members! We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images!

Thanks so much for looking!!

Kristina  xx

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Showcase - any shape but a square.

Hi Everyone - today I am showcasing over at the Artbymiran Blog and this month the theme is to make any shape card as long as it's not square.

Today I am excited to share with you another sweet image from Artbymiran. The lovely image I used was Tessa.  The theme this month is anything but a square card. So I pulled out my labels dies and used them to create a shaped card.The patterned paper is from Kaisercraft, and the lovely pink stitched ribbon is form Papertrey Ink.

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer. 

We have a fab artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we offer monthly challenges, come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the design team members! We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images!

Thanks so much for looking!!
Kristina  xx

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Art by Mi Ran Challenge #33

Welcome to Challenge #33 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured. If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later!

This week for my card I used the beautiful Sierra Image. This is available as a rubber stamp over at Whimsy Stamps here.

I coloured Sierra using Copic markers, and to add shimmer to her wings I used a Copic Spica gold Glitter pen. I have also added shimmer to her dress and the water using a Wink of Stellar clear pen. 

Here is a close up of the image - it's always hard to capture the sparkle!!

ALL entries must be hand coloured, and must be NEW! No back linking to older posts. Please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using the inlinkz tool. Link back to our blog from your post or gallery.

You can combine our challenge with as many other challenges as you wish, and can enter this challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times. You may use any company image you like, but you get extra opportunities if you win using an artbymiran image.

We hope you will join us!

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Art by Mi Ran Challenge #32

Welcome to Challenge #32 over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured.

If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later!

For my card I used the lovely Little Garden Sally image. I enlarged the image and just cropped her head and shoulders. Gives you a lovely big image to colour.

ALL entries must be hand colored , sorry no digital projects.

All projects must be new! No back linking to an older post.

 Please post a direct link to the card / project on your blog using the inlinkz tool.

Link back to our blog from your post or gallery.

You can combine our challenge with as many other challenges as you wish.

You can only enter artbymiran Challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per Challenge.

You may use any company image you like (extra opportunities if you use an artbymiran image).

We hope you will join us !!!

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Artbymiran Challenge #29

Hi everyone! Time for a new challenge over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured.

If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later!

For my card I used the lovely Olivia image. She is coloured in Copics - Blue is not usually a go to colour but I really love the look of it.

ALL entries must be hand colored , sorry no digital projects.

All projects must be new! No back linking to an older post.

 Please post a direct link to the card / project on your blog using the inlinkz tool.

Link back to our blog from your post or gallery.

You can combine our challenge with as many other challenges as you wish.

You can only enter artbymiran Challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per Challenge.

You may use any company image you like (extra opportunities if you use an artbymiran image).

We hope you will join us !!!

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Artbymiran Challenge #28

Hi everyone! Time for a new challenge over at the Art By Mi Ran Challenge Blog.

A new challenge is posted every two weeks - Anything Goes is the theme. All projects must be new and hand coloured.

If you use an Art by Mi Ran image and are selected as a winner or Top 3, you can win one extra image. You will also have a chance to be invited as a Guest Designer in the challenge a month later!

For my card I used one of Mi Ran's recent images - Flutterby. She is coloured with Copics of course. Her wings are actually quite shimmery but of course it is hard to photograph the shimmer!

ALL entries must be hand colored , sorry no digital projects.

All projects must be new! No back linking to an older post.

 Please post a direct link to the card / project on your blog using the inlinkz tool.

Link back to our blog from your post or gallery.

You can combine our challenge with as many other challenges as you wish.

You can only enter artbymiran Challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per Challenge.

You may use any company image you like (extra opportunities if you use an artbymiran image) 

We hope you will join us !!!

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Tennis Anyone?

Hello everyone. Another card to share with you today using a fun stamp from Ai (Art Impressions) Stamps. The set is called Birthday Love Set. I have coloured with Copics and the patterned paper is from Stampin' Up. 

 

Thanks for looking!!

Kristina xx

Supplies:

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On Safari!

Hello!! Another card to share with you today - this one uses a cute A la Mode - On Safari image from MFT. I think this one is retired as all their A La Mode images are - but I do have a few of them that I love.

I have coloured her with copics, and the grass is done with Prismacolor pencils. I have applied Glossy Accents to the binoculars as well.

Thanks for looking!

Kristina xx

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Baby Card

I really have to start blogging more and sharing my work. So I am going to try to do a post every day. And today I will have actually done 2!!! WOW!!

I am sharing today a pretty simple but cute baby card. Sometimes it is nice just to find that perfect patterned paper that says it all. I do love colouring, but for a quick card, this was easy.

Thanks for looking!

Kristina xx

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Artbymiran Showcase - Funky Hair

Hi Everyone - today I am showcasing over at the Artbymiran Blog and this month the theme is "Fun Hair" but I like to call it Funky Hair!!

I chose the funky "Punkette Peta" digi image for my card. The beauty of digital images is that you can resize to fit any project you are working on, and for this one to highlight the hair, I re-sized and only used a portion of the image.

I coloured the image with Copic markers, and the background was done with watercolour paints. The purple patterned paper is from Bo Bunny - Peacock Lane. I stamped an image from Stampin' Up - Grunge Rock set (diamond pattern) with white ink, and also the greeting is from this set as well.

Here is a close  up of the image. 

To gain more inspiration make sure you become a follower of our blog, along with visiting our shop to see all the wonderful images artbymiran has to offer. 

We have a fab artbymiran Facebook Fan Page where we offer monthly challenges, come on over and join the fun, chat to Mi Ran and the design team members! We would love for you to post your creations using artbymiran images!

Thanks so much for looking!!

Kristina  xx

Copics

- Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04

- Hair - V01, V05, V06, V09, C9, 100

- Eyes - YG61, YG63, YG67

- Clothes - V20, V22, V25, V28

Stamps/Images

- Punkette Peta - Digi - Artbymiran

- Grunge Rock - Stampin' Up

Other materials used

- Patterned paper - Bo Bunny - Peacock lane, Silver sheer ribbon, purple paper ribbon, gems, white ink, black crochet thread.

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Sweet 7 Designs Challenge - Lucky Gold

Time for a new Challenge over at the Sweet 7 Design Challenge Blog.

The challenge theme this month is "Lucky Gold" - with St Patrick's Day just around the corner it gives you a chance to pull out the Irish Green and play.

Our challenge is  sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps. The winner will be chosen by random and will get 7 Bugaboo images of their choice. We will also have a Top choice winner that will be chosen from all the entries. This person will receive a blog badge and a future spot as a guest designer!

For my card I have used the gorgeous Bugaboo image - Turtles - Good Luck. He is coloured with Copics. His hat is a little shimmery but hard to photograph.

Hope you get a chance to play along with this month's challenge.

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