AFEC Ziua 2 - Felicitare

 

Azi, în plicul AFEC, Piticel a găsit cardul cu numărul 5 și niște acțibilduri pentru crearea unei feicitări. 

A colorat cardul cu același carioci ca și tricolorul și s-a grăbit să posteze pentru că a aflat ca nu au ajuns toate coletele și așa să afle și ceilalți ce este în plicuri ca să poate colora și până vin coletele. Ba mai mult m-a pus să și programez niște articole în avans care să dezvăluie zilnic ce card și ce materie primă e în plic, urmînd să adaug poza cu creațiile lui atunci când vor fi gata.

La felicitarea pentru azi lucrăm amândoi. El dă indicații eu execut și o să reenin si cu poza când va fi gata.

Update: m-am hotărât sa nu fac postare separata cu completarea. 

Am avut o comanda de felicitări după un model realizat în noiembrie la Beccy. Mai precis litera D. Și cum erau în plan weekend-ul acesta sa le termin, ma gândeam ca pe ele le pun la postarea de azi.

Dar Bursucel e cam căpos, are un pitic pe creier care îi spune că trebuie să facă cu materia primă a zilei, chiar dacă nu e obligatoriu. Nici nu se putea altfel după atâția ani cu mine, nu?

Așa că m-am conformat și am folosit o steluță,  o bara și un trapez. M-a jnspirat baza bratului de carduri.

 Am completat cuniște cercuri verzi desenate cu pix corector și gata felicitarea.

PS: Piticel mi-a cerut sa precizez, ca tema a fost propusa de Diana și materia prima era mixer media.

Day 13 - The Ligth of Bethleem

      Day 4 of the annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, on Beccy's place  - Letter L.

The inspirational words for this project are: Lights, list, log, love, lettering, layering, letterpress, lever card, latch card, lavender, lemon, lilac, Lord, lamb

Since I already had the patern for this type of card, I chose to do a layered card with a lot of lights. 

Day 6 - Four F

    Day 4 of the annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, on Beccy's place  - Letter F.

The inspirational words for this project are: Family, father Christmas, Feliz Navidad, feast, fir tree, frankincense, Frosty the snowman, fireplace, fruitcake, figgy pudding, festive, freebie, fussy cutting, fancy folds, flip flop card, fluorescent, fuchsia, French blue

For this project I manage to work with four F-inspirational words, only two from the list above: Fancy fold, Flip-flop card, and Fox in the Forest:

Day 5 - Enjoy Christmas

    Day-5 of the annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, on Beccy's place  - Letter E.

The inspirational words for this project are: elves, eggnog, evergreens, easel cards, exploding cards, embossing, ecru, ebony, embellishments, encaustic, envelopes

The easel card is one of the easiest shaped cards that I also love to do. I learned about that last year on Beccy's place.

Apart of this inspirational word (easel  card), I used the blue embossed cardboard and some embellishments to pretty it up. 

Day 8 - Change colours; RiO(71)

     Day 8 of the annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, on Beccy's place  - First  non-alfabeth prompt.

This time, we don't have inspirational words, only one request : Create at least two cards with different colour arrangements.

Of course, I chose one of my favorite techniques: cut-out greeting cards. It was the perfect fit as I just received a new Chirstmas Tree template and, obviously, I had to use it. 

I am absolutely delighted of the combination of this two colours: green and metalic gold and I would use them on any ocasion. Firstly, I drew the tree's shape on the back of the golden cardboard, then I cut out every piece. With the help of the template, I glued the cut-out pieces on the green cardboard while the cut out golden carboard is glued on another green cardboard.

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Day 4 - Die cutting and doodling

   Day 4 of the annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, on Beccy's place  - Letter D.

The inspirational words for this project are: December, decorations, Dasher, Dancer, Donder, Dutch-fold card, double diamond fold, diagonal tri-fold card, diamond glaze, die cutting, digital stamps, dimensional, dry embossing, distress ink, dark blue, deep red, doodling

On this occasion I discovered the doodling technique that I unknowingly been practicing for a long time, without being able to say that I have achieved somthing beautiful. But I always had the habit of scribbling various line on the paper while I was paying atention to something else. 

I started my project by choosing a darkblue cardboard for a diagonal trifold card, again, following a tutorial by Beccy. The model she presented inspireded me to use the doodling tehnique. I am not too pround of my doodling, but it works. I completed the card with four shapes cut out with a die cutting machine.

Day 3 - Candy Cane and Christmas tree

  Day 3 of the annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, on Beccy's place  - Letter C.

The inspirational words for this project are: Christmas, Christ, Christmas tree, candy canes, chocolate, cardinal, candles, centre-step card, circle card, concertina fold card, canvas, chalk, chipboard, colouring, clear, Copic, crayon, crochet, celadon, cerise, charcoal, copper, cream, crimson, cyan.

This time, the inspirational words I chose for my project were : Christmas tree, candy canes and centre-step card. Of couse, the card follows another Beccy`s tutorial.

It was very easy to make the base of the card, I only had to pay atention to the measurements. After that, I decorated with stickers from a chindren's book and candies made with the hole punch.

Day 2 - B - Birds and bells card

 Day 2 of the annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, on Beccy's place  - Letter B.

The inspirational words for this project are: Blitzen, boots, bows, box cards, bendy cards, building block cards, bleaching, beads, brads, burnishing, blue, brown, black, baubles

For this particular project I have followed yet another one of  Beecy`s tutorial. This time I chose a building block card, decorated with birds and bells stamps. Those on the front of the card are layered.

Day 1 - A - An Arrow Fold Angel Card

 The first day of the annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, on Beccy's place is dedicated to the first letter of the alphabet: "A".

The inspirational words for this project are: Angel, accordion cards, a-frame cards, altered, aperture, A2, acetate, acrylic, alcohol ink, aqua, alabaster, almonds, apricots, apples, amethyst, antique, Arctic, animals, antlers

My choice for this project was an arrow fold card following Beecy`s tutorial, with an angel shape on the center of the card.

The card is the size of an A5 paper, so it can be easily put in to an envelope and send through the mail.

Încă mai vine Moș Crăciun

... cu surprize. Chiar o supriză, că nu știam de ce mă cheamă poștașul la poartă.

De data asta Zuzu (De zi cu zi) mi-a făcut o surpriză frumoasă și mi-a trimis una din felicitările cu diamante pe care le-am apreciat mult la ea pe blog, alături de o carte interesantă și un semn de carte pictat superb. Parcă mi-a și milă să- folosesc ca atare, mai degrabă l-aș înrăma la cât de frumos este.

Mulțumesc mult că te-ai gândit la mine.

 

Felicitări oglindite - Reflexii în oglindă (39)

 Luna aceasta am încercat pentru prima dată să particip la provocarea lansată de Beccy, de a face zilnic o felicitare inspirată de cuvinte ce încep cu o anumită literă. 

Când pozam felicitările, am folosit un colț dintr-o etajeră ce are un geam negru în care unele din felicitări se oglindesc chiar foarte frumos. Cele mai frumoase oglindiri le-am adunat în colajul alăturat, dar mai sunt și jos alte oglindiri din felicitările pe care le-am realizat în cadrul acestei provocări.

Când am descoperit reflexiile felicitărilor în timpul ședințelor foto, mi-am propus să fac o postare cu toate acestea la finalul provocării. Ocupată cu calendarele de advent, n-am mai făcut felicitări și chiar mă gândeam că se prea poate ca participarea mea la această provocare să se încheie aici, din lipsă de timp.

 Și tocmai când căutam link-ul către postarea felicitărilor am văzut mesajul de la Suzana că una din felicitările mele a fost premiată. E una din primele pe care le-am făcut, cea corespunzătoare literei E. Chiar se află și ea printre pozele de acum, în colajul din mijloc.

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Day 1 - A - Angels

 For the first day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of  Beccy's place, the inspiration words are:

Angel, accordion cards, a-frame cards, altered, aperture, A2, acetate, acrylic, alcohol ink, aqua, alabaster, almonds, apricots, apples, amethyst, antique, Arctic, animals, antlers

Finally, it was the time for me to do the card for the first day of this challenge. I choose to do an A- frame card decorated whit two beautiful angels.

I took the image of the angels from a 3D decoupage sheet an I cut out by hand every piece of the multi layered picture. I used double-sided foam tape to stick together the layers.  

Day 19 - Q - Quilling and quatro fold Card

  For the 19th day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of  Beccy's place, the inspiration words are:

quilt, quilted paper, quote, quilling, quill, quiet, quarter fold card, quatro fold, quartz

My choice for this card was really a challenge. I wanted to combine the quilling technique with the quatro fold card that I saw on Beccy's A-Z card folds. 

I started with the quilling pieces: a snowflake, a Christmas tree, an angel and a wreath. Then, I measured the pieces and I built the card base according to the measurements I made. (Closed, my card is 18x18 cm.) After that, I prepared the patterned paper for decorating. For the inside, I used only one patterned model for de the parts that are flipping, and a card drawn by hand for the center. The outside of the card is decorated with some marbled cardboard on top of which I glued the quilling pieces.

Day 18 - P - A poinsettia on a pyramid card

 For the 18th day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of  Beccy's place, the inspiration words are:

pudding, partridge, pears, presents, pine, pop-up cards, pyramid card, pocket card, pastels, purple, plum, paint, paper piecing, pleating, parchment, pearls, pencils, petals, photos, plaid

I was delighted to work on this card. The tutorial, of course, was on Beccy's site. To decorate the piramide card I used an 3D decoupage poinsettia and for "brooch" I chose another poinsettia, a push-press golden piece.

Day 17 - O - Over the edge card

 For the 17th day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of  Beccy's place, the inspiration words are:

ornaments, over the edge cards, oval cards, one layer, origami, outdoor, Our Lord, orange, ochre, onyx 

Letter O stays for "O mare problema" which in my language means "A big problem", and that is: I don't have a pre-cut machine to aid me in creating cards. Honestly, I didn't need it until today, when I struggled to cut the ovals. My first attempt was with scissors, and I discovered that my steady hand is not so steady anymore. I didn't even try to glue them.

The second attempt was with a cutter, but i still failed to cut it nicely. As it shows in the assembled piece below:

The saving solution was a very sharp pen that I usually use to score and fold. 

Anyway, I must write a letter to Santa, so that I might get the pre-cut machine I oh so want right now.

Day 16 - Non traditional colors

   The 3th non alphabet day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of Beccy's place, had a simple instruction:

Create a project using non-traditional colours.

For this project I made something simple: Just a colorful Christmas tree on black background:

For the first non alphabet day, Complementary color, I used a template to do the cutting. Today, I used the same template on a scratch art sheet to shape the Christmas tree. The next step was the easiest, I just glued said paper to a simple, white card.

Day 15 - M - A metallic matchbox card

  For the 15th day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of  Beccy's place, the inspiration words are:

mistletoe, mittens, mouse, manger, merry, Mary, matchbox card, magic window card, markers, masking, menorah, metal, microbeads, mixed media, mauve, magenta

Another theme that brings me something new : matchbox card. The tutorial is also on Beccy's place. 

For this card I used the same kit with 3D decoupage sheets. I chose a moose image holding a " Merry Christmas" sign. The base  of the card  is made of some metallic patterned sheets.

Day 14 - L - An altered lever fold card

   For the 14th day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of Beccy's place, the inspiration words are:

Lights, list, log, love, lettering, layering, letterpress, lever card, latch card, lavender, lemon, lilac, Lord, lamb

It seems that I can't manage to do a card every day, but I still hope that I will do all the cards for this challenge.

For the letter L theme, my option was a lever fold card with a multi-layered piece in the center of the card. Of course, the center-piece is from my 3D - decoupage kit.

I made a big mistake when I first cut de base of the card as I didn't pay attention to the folding part, so I had to readjust the placement of the card. It is not working too well, it isn't like in the Beccy's tutorial, however, I continued to make it this way.

Day 12 - J- Joy fold card

 For the 12th day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of  Beccy's place, the inspiration words are:

joy, jolly, Jesus, Jack Frost, jingle bells, Joyeux Noel, joy fold card, jade, jonquil, jungle green

The theme of the letter J brought something new for me: a new type of greeting card. Fortunately, Beccy also posted a tutorial. I simply followed the steps and I adapted the size to my center piece, which is another 3D decoupage card from the same kit that I also used for the other card in this challenge.

Day 10 - I - An iris foldind card

 For the 10th day of the Annual Month Holiday Challenge of  Beccy's place, the inspiration words are:

Ice, ice skating, icicle, imagination, iridescent, inking, italic, iris folding, indigo, ivory

There aren't many words for this day, but I'm very happy to find there was one of my favorite techniques : iris folding. I also choose an ice skate template for this card.

The template for this card can be found here.