The Outlawz June 2018 Progressive Challenge

This month's progressive challenge digi has been given to us by We are 3 Digital Shop and is called Flower Delight.  Thank you Bonnie for this lovely image, it was fun creating with it.

I have chosen to make a birthday card using a piece of Make It Crafty chipboard and a Charms Creations heart.

https://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/freebie-progressive-challenge/forum/topics/progressive-freebie-challenge-june-2018

Oddball Skylar Inspiration

Today I would like to show you a card I made using Oddball Art Co. IMG#204. This image comes with a bonus set of sentiments and I have used one of them in this card.

Don't forget we still have our June Blog Challenge going till the end of June 2018.  The optional theme is Mermaids in Outer Space.  Here is the June Challenge link. You still have time to enter.

Don't forget to use my discount code when you are over at the Oddball Art Co. shop to get 10% off your order.

                                                   DTGAIL10

Oddball Art Co. June 2018 ATC Swap Reminder

This month's theme over at Oddball Art Co. is Mermaids in Outer Space.  Today I am showing you the three ATCs I made for this swap.  The swap has now been moved to the new website, and the direct link is here

I have used a couple of images and ATC#1 has a bit of the freebie digital paper given to us in the Oddball Newsletter.  You can sign up for this newsletter on the Home page of the website https://www.oddballartco.com/.  Look for the Creepy Cute Chronicles Friday Night Newsletter sign-up and you may receive a freebie every newsletter, who knows.

Our ATC swap ends on 23rd June and you will allocated swap partners depending on you make 1,2 or 3 ATCs.  Hope to see you there.

I have used the following images on my ATCs:

#1  Free newsletter digital paper, Robot IMG#236, IMG#378, 3 Moon series bottlecaps

#2  IMG#321

#3  IMG#378      with a few changes to the signpost destinations   AND LAST BUT LEAST

DON'T FORGET MY DISCOUNT CODE       DTGAIL10

See you at my next Oddball Art Co. post.

Sea Pearl by Ericraft Stamps

This is a birthday card I have made using Ericraft Stamps "Sea Pearl" available in the Etsy Ericraft Shop now at a very special price for a short time.  I know there are heaps of mermaids available at the moment, very on trend, but you won't get one at this very special price.  Sea Pearl is gorgeous, look at the detail, you won't be able to resist the lure of her enchanting pose as she holds that beautiful pearl of the sea in her hand.  She is available here:

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/602618860/digital-stamp-sea-pearl-png-image-for?ref=shop_home_active_2

I have used some washi tape from my stash as an embellishment. You know how you buy these things, not having a clue when you might use them.  Well this one was perfect for an under the sea scene.  My coral, well, that is a work in progress so to speak, not quite perfected yet.  Some time ago, I thought of buying some molds.  I have tried the air-drying clay, but then I saw a video using No More Gaps.  Well I am still trying to perfect that.  I tried with a mold I bought within Australia through a Cake Decorating business that seemed fine, so I bought the coral one from an Asian company.  I found the cheaper one stuck a little and the No More Gaps didn't seem to set in it as well, so I put it in the freezer and then tried unmolding it, which was a better result.  I used Dylusions Paint and a brush to colour adding a little gold detail and stickles as well.  The embellishment is not hard like clay, but it was worth a try.

I am entering:  https://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/friday-color/forum/topics/festive-fridays-challenge-june-15-2018

Boho Skull - Ericraft Stamps

This time with this Boho image from Erica I decided to use one of the tags I had sprayed a couple of weeks ago.  I looked at the colours I had left and could not go past this orange and gold one, which started out as a manilla packing tag, they are cheap as chips.

I printed two images and coloured them in Copics, both exactly the same, then I took parts of one and and foam taped on top of the other to give a 3D effect.  I tried different embellishments, but just decided with the orange background and the image, I did not want to detract from the beauty of these together.  Consequently I got out my Scrapmatts Scrap words out and delved into my stash.

I can think of lots of uses for this tag art and to be honest, not sure where it will make it's home.  I just know I like this tag art and I love putting words of inspiration to my work.

These words are available here http://papertoleaustralia.com/cb6103-scrap-words-21 but look over their whole shop.  You will want more, and more.

The image Boho Skull is of course Ericraft Stamps available here https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/598473790/digital-stamp-boho-skull-png-image-for?ref=shop_home_active_4 and it is at a special price at the moment which is even better.  Be sure to check out more of Erica's images when you are in the Etsy shop.

I am entering the following:

http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/friday-color/forum/topics/festive-fridays-challenge-june-15-2018

Oddball Art Stamps - Postcards

I have been seeing so many lovely creations that arrive with my ATC swaps each month, so I have decided to give this postcard thing a go and send them with my ATCs.  First of all I found a postcard back to use on some that represented that I live in Australia and that mail can take a while from my country to its destination, something that is frustrating me to no end.  Next I printed out the freebie paper Lizzy kindly gave us in the first newsletter, first just on copy paper. Ok so I have postcard backs and patterned paper, I then matted the patterned paper on cardstock and put the postcard on the back.

As you see I then decorated the front with IMG442, a digi specially designed for our Mermaids from Outer Space June theme.  The digi is available here https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-mermaids-from-outerspace-image-no-442.  Now with these postcards I have an Oddball image on the front and I can use the back to send a little message to my swap partner.

Now I thought, let's change it up a bit and print on cardstock.  I decided to find another postcard template.  This time I wanted to try doing everything on one side.  I use Publisher for setting up my digi stamps, only because, I am more familiar with it due to many years of newsletters for various groups my kids and I have belonged to.  I always got the newsletter editor jobs and that's why I purchased Publisher.  Word probably works the same, but I guess it is just what you are used to!  I set up 4 postcards to a page and began putting text and a few miscellaneous Oddball images on the page.  This is printed on ordinary cardstock, and if the Copics are not successful on this, I will just use other markers.  I also printed on my Copic cardstock, another Mermaids in Outer Space image, larger this time, because I must admit I went a little too small the last time, which made me not as happy with my colouring.

Here is the finished product and some spares for me to use on future swaps.

Postcards for my ATC Swaps, so happy with this project.  Now I have more options of what to send with my ATCs.

Don't forget our Blog Challenge this month with the optional theme of Mermaids of Outer Space.  Here is the link to Blog Challenge

and our ATC Swap has moved to the new website  here ATC Swap

Don't forget when you are looking to purchase some images, use my discount code for a further 10% of your order.  It is

                                                   DTGAIL10                               

Ericraft Stamps "Cactus Skull"

Have you checked out the Etsy EricraftShop lately? We have three new release images on special at a low $1.65AUD.  They won't be this price forever.  The three images are Boho Skull, Cactus Skull and Sea Pearl.  https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/EricraftShop?section_id=20461579

Today I would like to highlight Cactus Skull for a bit of inspiration.  This image can be bought here https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/599783074/digital-stamp-cactus-skull-png-image-for?ref=shop_home_active_4

I love this image - I wasn't sure what to do with it, I just knew that was the first one I had to showcase, so I looked through my stash of digital paper and found the colours I wanted to work with.  Of course, there just happened to be my favourite colour in the mix - purple.  This is a clean and simple card but I think it looks quite effective with the deep purple background paper, and the two sentiments.

I hope you like my Ericraft inspiration and pop over to the shop and check out the sale items.  You will also find a couple of older ones there too.  As a matter of fact all of Erica's images are great value so check out the whole shop.

I will be entering the following with this card:

The Outlawz  Challenges Monday Greetings  https://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/monday-greetings/forum/topics/monday-greetings-challenge-gcc052818-anything-goes-1?commentId=6356543%3AComment%3A1381162&groupId=6356543%3AGroup%3A835803