ICAD 2022 - # 4 Key

Next card # 4 - Key.

Week 1 Theme is: Drawing, Mark-making, pen, pencil, marker, ink.

I used a clean up card for my base today.

I added a black die cut Key, as well as a saying from the Art by Marlene's The Goldie Oldie XXL Collectors Book.

My girl is an image from Lorri Lennox that I coloured up with pencils.

As it says, do what you love....it's great to just play and not worry about the outcome so much.

I would love to see what you create, if you are playing along, just tag me @8806angela  if you are on Instagram.

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Royal Cards

This month I went with a Royal theme for my project to inspire you using the Royals ATC Sheet by Gecko Galz.

Wow, you can have so much fun with these!

I decided on the same design of card, but altering the style by different toning of ATC and ATC Coins.

Both of them I added gold flakes around the edges to give it a more regal feel....I have found a new love of gold flakes!

My first card I went with a Game of Thrones feel - Aria being my favourite character, a girl has no name and that faceless armor meant my Jaded Blossom Happy Name Day stamp set come out for a play! I stamped my sentiment onto a piece of vellum and carefully adhered to my atc. (I love this card ... just sayin') I did clip the corner of the atc to match the opposite curve on the atc coin.

My second card I added a die cut Thanks from my die by Taylored Expressions.

I hope you like them and are inspired to join in on one of our many challenges this month.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

ICAD 2022 - # 3 Maze or Labyrinth

Next card #3 - Maze or Labyrinth.

Week 1 Theme is: Drawing, Mark-making, pen, pencil, marker, ink.

I admit I had to look up what a Labyrinth was...and then how to draw one!

So after I glued some newspaper scraps onto my card, I then grabbed the green acrylic ink and brayered it on. I was thinking it was a bit bright, so I added some yellow and was happy with the result.

I then grabbed my pencil and drew my labyrinth, before going over it with a blue sharpie.

I found a great quote to go with it as well.

" The point of a maze is to find it's centre. The point of a labyrinth is to find your centre."

My writing is a scrawl which is way I don't write too often on my works if I can avoid it. 

Lol, plus you can see I didn't have a plan when I got going.....that's how I roll!

I would love to see what you create, if you are playing along, just tag me @8806angela  if you are on Instagram.

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

ICAD 2022 - # 2 Peony

Next card #2 - Peony.

Week 1 Theme is: Drawing, Mark-making, pen, pencil, marker, ink.

Today I grabbed my Bold & Bright stencil by Art by Marlene and used a yellow pink acrylic paint in my stash to create my background. Now at first I did not like it as it was too dark, but I loved the effect on my card. So I grabbed another card and using the excess paint on my stencil, I placed it on the card and moved a wet wipe over it. The perfect light water washed background for my project today with a ready made one for another time, I mean we have 59 more card so I am sure it will get a go on one of those days!

My image is a digital print from Gecko Galz and it's off the Free Newsletter PDF called September Glory, from 2021.

All it needed then was a bit of doodling around the edges with my black uni pen to give it a frame.

I love how the backgrounds turned out and my overall card.

I would love to see what you create, if you are playing along, just tag me @8806angela  if you are on Instagram.

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Cute Vintage Halloween

A new month, so a new challenge starting over at This is Halloween.

This is Halloween is a Halloween and/or Gothic themed Monthly Challenge.

So both themes are accepted all year round when stated!

This month I decided to make 2 projects using the Cute Vintage Halloween Mini Scrapbook kit by Lilli Rain Designs. 

Using the Pumpkin background paper, I die cut a dex card for my base using my Heidi Swapp Rolodex die.

I then also die cut my black cardstock piece using the Imagine die from Bee Arty.

Last piece of the puzzle is one of the images from the kit and sponging all the edges with Black Soot distress ink and then adhering to finish my dex card.

My card centerpiece is using a playing card and adhering a piece of tissue paper from my stash that I had created when I played with alcohol inks a few months back. I did peel back a bit to have my 3 of Clubs peeking out a touch. I fussy cut another image out and sponged the edges of it and the playing card with Black Soot distress ink and then adhered together and then onto my black card base. 

Hope you get a chance to play along with us - enter here.

I am entering my Dex card in the following Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge # 678

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Icad 2022 - # 1 Asterisk

1st of June sees another round of ICAD starting.

The big test here is to see if I can make it through the whole 61 this year - I will be doing my best to keep up that is for sure.

#1 - Prompt is Asterisk

Week 1 Theme is: Drawing, Mark-making, pen, pencil, marker, ink.

Got to play with some fun mediums!

I had my Kaiser Mists out for my Full Deck Card last night so just added some gelato crayons, a distress crayon, pencil to draw my asterisk and word "Explore". Traced around them with my black uni pin and coloured my asterisk with an orange  Erin Condren marker. Water for spritzer my gelatos and inks to give some pooling and runs.

I love how it turned out and had fun Exploring my options.

I would love to see what you create, if you are playing along, just tag me @8806angela  if you are on Instagram.

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Gecko Galz Monthly Challenges - June

Are you ready for this month's Challenges over on the Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge Facebook Group?

Some more super fun challenges to get you creative this month.

I think we have everyone covered with this selection!

Not a member in our Facebook Papercrafting Challenge Group? 

Click on the banner to your right, or click here and join in with all the fun challenges and swaps we have going on every month. 

It's a wonderful community to be a part of!

Now to get my thinking cap on and see what I can create with these prompts!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!