Mami Doodles Shopaholic

 Hello all! Happy Tuesday! My card today features an image that I absolutely love that I won from Mami Doodles called Shopaholic. I also won my sentiment from Raindrop Echo Designs Gratitude Set and it is printed on vellum. I really went for a lot of texture this time. I love making flowers. I have tons of tutorials left to try out. My flowers are burnt edge flowers made with an old polyester shirt and gold tulle layered alternately. I also placed tulle behind my image and sentiment as matting. The jute is from really reasonable ribbon. It was a little wide for my purposes so I trimmed it to be narrower. My paper is from K & Co. My image is colored with ProMarkers.


For the Delicious Doodles challenge this time, they asked what inspires us. I think color is a big inspiration for me. Sometimes I look at an image and know exactly what colors it should be and then the card goes from there. Sometimes it is a paper I'd like to use or a specific embellishment. This time, I actually had a purpose for this card, so that was my inspiration.

I did not place a sentiment on the inside as this card is for my Mother-In-Law and I wanted to have some space for us to write. The flower on the inside has been cut with my Spellbinders Dahlia die and has burnt edge gold tulle layered between the papers. I did not use a sketch this time, which took me a little longer, but it was well worth it. I really enjoyed planning this out.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Anything Goes
A Spoonful Of Sugar - 1E - #152 Anything Goes 

Clear It Out! - 2W - Projects using Colouring Mediums

Paper Take Weekly - Something Floral or Use Molly Bloom image

Creative Stamp Friends - 2W - My favourite colours (Blues and Browns)

Lexi's Creations - 2W - Spots and/or stripes

Make it Monday - Always anything goes

My Partner in Crafting Crime - 2W - Twine, jute or string

Stamps R Us - 2W, 2E - Goin Digital - use something digi

Desert Island Crafters - 2W, posted on the 1st & 15th - choose 3 or more from the list (pattern paper, image, die cuts, flower)

Tiffany Doodles - 2W, SIO, posted on the 7th - Flower Power

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Handmade flowers

Designed 2 Delight - 3E - Handmade Flowers

Totally Gorjuss -  Not Square  

Crafty Creations - #118 Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft shop - 3E - #5 Use Dies

Paper Pretties - SIO -PPC152 Texture

Penny's Paper-Crafty - 2W - #53 Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Always anything goes

Mami Doodles - 2W, SIO, JFF - Spots and/or stripes.

Sew Many Cards - SIO - Anything goes.

Stamp Something - Anything goes.

Delicious Doodles: Inspired By...

Craft Us Crazy - 2W, 3E – Use your favourite embellishments and/or something new. (Handmade Flowers & New Digi)

Delightful Challenges - 3E, SIO - Flowers.

Rainbow Lady's - 2E – Let’s feel it (use texture).

Stamping Vacation - M – No embossing of any kind.




Catered Crop - 2W - lots of options, see main challenge blog

• Colors – brown, blue, red
• Stamps and Stickers – nautical, light house, sentiment
• Color Mediums – stamp ink, Copic markers (ProMarkers)
• Embellishments – twine/hemp rope, charm
• Tools – die cuts, air brush system
• Techniques – make a scene or use a creative fold. Grace has wonderful instructions on how to make this "Center Step Card"here.