Jackie’s birthday blog hop!

So, as you may already know, it was Jackie’s birthday yesterday and we’re doing a blog hop! This is the second day out of three which we secretly organised for our DT leader Jackie. SURPRISE!! Hehehe

Happy birthday Jackie! I hope yesterday was a wonderful celebration for you!

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Comment on every stop (including the Art by Mi Ran blog) of the hop for your chance to win 5 Art by Mi Ran digital 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.

This should be your first step in the blog hop, after the intro on the Art by Mi Ran blog.

For the hop, all team members created a birthday card for Jackie. As usual I am one of the last ones to make my card, so I tried to choose an image no one else had used, which is quite hard when so many have made their cards already! I used Mi Ran’s Lady Penelope for my card.

The hair was lots of fun to colour and I am so pleased how it turned out! I’ve coloured it all in with copics and used liquid pearls for the dotted effect around the image. I’ve used lace by Live and Love Crafts as well as May Arts. The dies are Noor Design and the flowers are by Wild Orchid Crafts. The sentiment I made myself.

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Next stop is Jo! You’ll love her wonderful card, I am sure!

Here is the full hopping list in case you got lost

Lisabeth (That’s me!)
Jo
Amy
Bonnie
Mi Ran
Alicia
Irene
Bettina
Jessica

Don’t forget there is also a celebration for our FB DT co-ordinator Vannessa whose 40th birthday was yesterday as well! Both on the same day, wow! Look here for more details about that celebration, how to obtain the freebie and the competition in the facebook group!

Thank you all for joining us in these blog hop and competition celebrations! Don’t forget it’s another day of the hop tomorrow, you don’t want to miss it!

Vannessa

It is our wonderful Mi Ran facebook DT co-ordinater Vannessa’s birthday today. It is her 40th!! That certainly warrants a celebration, and a celebration it is! On our facebook group we have a freebie this week to celebrate as well as a competition.

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This is the card I made using the freebie. The balloons are blank, so I added a 40 to it! I’ve used Noor Design dies and a bunch of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers. I also used Wild Orchid Crafts flowers to make the bouquet she is holding as I thought it looked pretty cool! There are coloured flowers underneat.

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Copics used: (hair) 100, E44, E47, E49, (skin) E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20, (dress) BV00, BV02, BV04, BV08, (balloons) V99, RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV17

Flowers for you, fluttering by.

This card was made on request a couple of months ago or so. It was to be reasonably plain with little froo froo, but I was allowed to go butterfly crazy (yey!). The flowers and pearl are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the pre-coloured image by Lili of the Valley, the ribbon by The Hobby House and butterflies made from Noor Design dies.

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Birthday cake

I have lost my motivation, completely. I have managed to make a handful of cards the past month, but that is about it. I’ve not felt like updating the blog, even though I have had photos ready to put up. However, it is time to snap out of it and carry on. So here is another card.

I have used a pre-coloured topper by Lili of the Valley, as well as lots of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. Most of the other stuff is bits I have had laying about for quite a while, and lost the lables a long time ago.

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Bear climbing fence

Time for another quick card. This is made with a pre-coloured topper from Lili of the Valley. I finally found a good way to use where I do indeed use the whole image. I used a stamp available at Panduro, which I once won in a challenge, and added glitter. I put it on a dark background and added a simple grey wood background as a side panel, topped with a ribbon and bow from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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