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Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Monochrome Turquoise

This card is for challenge sketch 63 on Paperminutes:

I've used a Pollycraft background download 'winter blues' (I lightened it for the label and circle) so I'm submitting this for Sue's challenge 16 on Pollycraft: monochrome.

I chose a worship song that had the word 'eye' in it for today's 365 challenge 87: 'the "eyes" have it' - Use the word "eye" somewhere on your card. You can read the words of the song if you click on the picture to enlarge.

The theme for challenge 12 on Creative Card Crew is 'pretty flowers' so this card is for that challenge too.

New challenge site with candy

A new challenge site is launching on 1 June - The Next Level - and there is candy on offer if you become a follower and link to the site.

Monday, 25 May 2009

And yet more circles!

This card uses the sketch on Inspirational Card Sketches 17:

And is also for today's 365 cards: 'this will be grape fun' - where we were challenge to use purple as the primary color, and incorporate at least 5 circles on your card.

So, here is another card with lots of circles, although mine are not grapes, but they are purple. Papers are DCVW pocket full of posies.

The thistle stamp has been heat embossed with gold and coloured with purple copic. Deanne's challenge 36 on Rosiedee this week is to show some embossed stamping.

Quick card

This is a very quick card for a couple of challenges:

Everybody Art 40: 'red/black'

Crafty Muse: 'black, white +??'

I hope in both cases that I'll be forgiven for a touch of green as well.

Circles and yet more circles

This card is for this template for challenge 28 on Lili of the valley:

It's also good for these challenges:

Daisy, Dandelion and all their friends: challenge 11:'circles' - add as many as you can to your card - and a Daisy and Dandelion image.

Paper Blooms: 8: 'red, white and blue' (this is my first time at Paper Blooms).

Basic Grey: challenge 36: 'doodling' (with white pen around the edges of the card) - the papers are all BG boxer.

Sunday, 24 May 2009

Recycling a quiche tin foil dish

I came across Unscripted Sketches and this is challenge 07 atm:

I decided to use the base of an individual quiche tin foil dish with cuttlebug embossing. The circle uses d'vine swirls and has been inked with stazon violet and the strip across the bottom is from the rim of the foil dish and was embossed with one of the border folders.

I had to use lots of little mauve brads on the circle because it wouldn't stick down on to the flower, which, btw, was originally white, so I just swiped it with the violet ink pad to match. The PP is DCWV pocket full of posies. The purple background is a lovely satin sheen.

Day 54 on 365 cards was 'recycled elements', so this card qualifies for that.

This card is also good for Joanna Sheen's May challenge: 'recycling', for The Cuttlebug Spot challenge 31: 'embossing something other than paper' and also for the Alphabet challenge I is for ... inking.

It was difficult to get a photo because of the reflection on the foil, so I'm showing two different angles (as is often the case, you can see the embossing and inking better if you click on the pictures to enlarge):

Inchy by inch Birds

This week's theme on Inchy by Inch is 'birds', so I've used my Hero Arts night owl stamp, stamping him on to a piece of Be Blessed paper - you can see where it was taken from in the second picture. Colouring is with copics:

Inchy by Inch F inchies

Last week's prompt on Inchy by Inch was F for inchies. I combined two or three pieces from Crafty Individuals papers, inked and added the F:

Something completely different: Twinchies 2: pink and green

I've made two twinchies for this week's challenge on Something Completely Different.

I used a piece of unknown pink paper that had a heart pattern on it and then stamped with the large Tim Holtz stamp with Brilliance pearlescent ivy and cler embossed. I liked the pattern it gave on top of the pink patterned paper because the slightly darker pink of the hearts just subtly shows through in places.

The images are taken from Crafty Individuals People & Places Miniatures.

I'm also linking for challenge 30 on One Stop Craft: 'vintage'.

Here they are with the Tim Holtz stamp that I used:

Saturday, 23 May 2009

Layered stamping

This is the sketch for day 71 on 365 cards super sketch Sunday:

and this is my take on it, using Joanna Sheen stamps and some card offcuts.

This is also being linked for Rosie's challenge 35 on Rosiedee.

Make a note of it

'Make a note of it' was the challenge for day 77 on 365 cards, where we were asked to 'incorporate note paper on your cards'.

The background paper is the inside of an old envelope and the 'Just a note' is stamped and coloured with ordinary colouring pencils on a scrap piece of notepaper. The wired flower embellishment is PM.

As this uses two recycled items, it's also good for this month's challenge on Joanna Sheen.

Living on the edge

This is for Laura's sketch 26 on 2 Sketches 4 You:

It's also for day 82 on 365: 'living on the edge', where we were challenged to 'decorate at least 3 sides of your card'.

Again the papers here are Craft Creations Green Meadow series. I've threaded organza ribbon through the holes made between the scallops on the 3 edges.

Candy coming soon ...

... the last time I offered candy I had completed two years of blogging and had 30,000 hits. I said then that when I get to 40,000 I'll offer some more to celebrate. It looks as if the time is fast approaching, so I'll sort something out soon - watch this space!

Talking of candy, click on the top picture of my sidebar to see what Net is offering!

365 cards day 78 super sketchy Sunday

This is for 365 cards day 78 super sketch Sunday:

It's similar to a couple of cards I've shown before recently, with matching envies (they are in a kit). The ribbon is a sticky PM one.

Hearts and butterflies

I'm still catching up with 365 challenges. This is for day 64: super sketchy Sunday:

This is also for Cuttlebug Be Inspired 32: hearts and butterflies.

The hearts are embossed with the cuttlebug folder on Core'dination card and distressed. The paper on the left is one designed by Nel Whatmore, a pad that came with Quick Cards made easy. The butterflies have been in a little unopened pack in a box for ages. The ribbon is a sticky PM one (from long ago).

Spring is in the air ...

... and hopefully summer's on the way.

My card uses the sketch this week on Crafts 4 Eternity challenge 32:

and is also my first entry for Cute Daisy May challenge blog - challenge 12 to use spring flowers and colours.

Papers are Craft Creasions Green Meadow stripes, butterflies, narrow stripes and Green Texture.

The butterfly stamp ' Swirling Wings' by Lindsay Maison (one of my favourite stamps) was stamped with versamark and heat embossed with clear gold (which, unfotunately, doesn't show up on here as well as it does irl - it's much more vibrant). The scalloped shapes were cut on my cricut.

The Crafts 4 Eternity challenge needed to include stitching, which is within the ribbon.

New copics

Postie's just been and brought me some more copics. Although I've already got quite a few (well, a few more than quite a few) I hadn't got many lighter shades, so these will supplement my collection:

365 cards day 84 card recipe 2

Today on 365 cards Kelly has given us a recipe:

1 3x3 card
1 flower
1 brad
1 piece of ribbon
1 stamped sentiment
and NO PATTERNED PAPER!

I made a 3 x 3 white card and sprayed randomly with adirondack cranberry color wash. I then added the velvet ribbon, flower and brad and then stamped the sentiment using Brilliance pearlescent crimson embossed with clear detail.

This is also good for the current challenge on Our Creative Corner: 'sentiments', the idea being to use a sentiment as the focal point of the card.