My crafty outlook: 23 Jul 2012

Monday, 23 July 2012

Silver angel

For this card I've used the lovely Inkadinkado angel stamp, inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver powder.

The papers are Basic Grey wassail and eskimo kisses. This is for Going grey with Scrap-Creations: Christmas in July, also Basic Grey 73: things with wings.

I've used the sketch for Penny's 85:

This is also for:

Southern girls 49: angels & fantasy
Deep ocean 30: fantasy world
Paper pretties Wednesday 215: bling it on!
Lexi 70: Christmas in July
Addicted to stamps 35: Christmas in July
Cutie pie 23: Christmas in July
Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas in July
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 117: Christmas in July
PaperPlay 29: Christmas in July
Creative Belli 148: Christmas in July
Creatalicious 36: Christmas in July
Lollipop crafts 84: Christmas in July
Hooked on crafts 22: Christmas in July
2 sisters 101: Christmas in July
Crafter's companion 26: ho ho ho Christmas
Crazy amigo: free theme

Waste not Wednesdays 27: use your stash
Make it Monday 99
Inspire me Fridays 68
52 card pick up week 29

From our house to yours

I think that's the sentiment that should be on this card that depicts houses in the snow. The silver baubles backing is a couple of offcuts, the main picture with frame surround is an old Kanban one and the glittery stars and wired beads are from stash.

I've used the sketch for Critter 124, turning it sideways:

This is also for:

DCC & friends 1: anything goes
Pixie's crafty snippets 30
Paper pretties Wednesday 215: bling it on!
My craft spot 63#: Christmas in July
Lexi 70: Christmas in July
Addicted to stamps 35: Christmas in July
Cutie pie 23: Christmas in July
Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas in July
Hotshot 10: Kanban
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got - Christmas
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 117: Christmas in July
PaperPlay 29: Christmas in July
Creative Belli 148: Christmas in July
Die cuttin' divas 74: Christmas in July
Creatalicious 36: Christmas in July
Lollipop crafts 84: Christmas in July
Hooked on crafts 22: Christmas in July
2 sisters 101: Christmas in July
Crafter's companion 26: ho ho ho Christmas
Crazy amigo: free theme

Waste not Wednesdays 27: use your stash
Make it Monday 99
Inspire me Fridays 68
52 card pick up week 29

Fun with pictograms

'Fun with pictograms' is the theme for Daring cardmakers challenge this week.

I've cut some squares from an offcut that has been in my box for some time - not sure where it came from (think it might have been with a magazine) - another for Pixie's crafty snippets 30. I used a striped snippet on the right hand side as a cover-up-job because the Basic Grey offcut I'd used to cover the card blank had a mark on it. Sentiments were generated on computer and printed.

This is also for:

Gingerloft 45: silhouettes
One stitch at a time 123: sports or Olympic colours
Craftroom: sports
Tanda teaser 199: summer sports
Craft punked 29: Olympic games/sports
One stop craft 192: Olympics/sport
The secret craft Saturday 195: Olympic or sporty
St Luke's July: teenage kicks

On your birthday ... bee happy!

City crafter 118 this week is 'I've been hexed' - use hexagons. I found the background pattern on Microsoft Publisher clipart and printed it out. Kaboodle 129 is also asking for hexagons for their 'what's in' challenge.

I've used an ATC that I made earlier in the year for which I used the lovely Stampotique bee stamp by Jo Capper-Sandon, colouring with an acid yellow copic. I stamped over the bees with Penny Black sparklers using versamark and heat embossing with detail gold powder.

The sentiments were generated on computer and printed and distressed with mustard seed and black soot DIs, as were the edges of the ATC.

This is also for:

Stampotique 58: sentiments
Sentimental Sundays 112: things with wings
Card and scrap 35: wings

Paper pretties Wednesday 215: bling it on
Crazy amigo: free theme
Waste not Wednesdays 27: use your stash
Make it Monday 99
Inspire me Fridays 68
52 card pick up week 29

Red Christmas

This is for one of the sketches for There's magic in the air magical Monday:

I've used offcuts from my Christmas scraps box (when I talked yesterday about my various offcuts boxes, I forgot that, of course, I also have a Christmas one!) - another card for Pixie's crafty snippets 30.

I've used one of the Kanban pyramage pictures that I had ready made up - three glittery reindeer, matted on to a Kanban frame (still trying to use these up).

The red was inspired by the inspiration photo for Festive Friday 28: