My crafty outlook: 31 May 2011

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Offbeat violets

The current challenge for ABC is V for violet. I've recycled some stamped flowers from a card I received, mounting on a couple of nestie label shapes, the yellow paper being BG offbeat.

This is also for:

Make it colourful 20: yellow & purple

Little Claire designs 8: shaped cards

Sugar creek hollow sensational Saturday: shaped cards

A life on the ocean wave ...

There are a few challenges around atm asking for us to use the colours of our country - so, being in the UK, the colours are red, white and blue:

For fun: patriotic colours

Kaboodle 69: show your colours

Daisy doodles 34: red, white, blue

The stamping boutique 7: red, white and blue

Stamp insanity 60: red, white and blue

Fun at fairy knoll: Memorial day - red, white and blue

I used the sketch for Pixie cottage 71, which has the optional theme of 'here comes the sun':

Papers are English Paper Company 'all aboard', the printed ribbon has been in my box for ages (I think it came in a scrapbooking kit) and the photo was in a Kanban 'men's collection.

This is also for:

Polka doodles 21: male theme

Scrapbook sisters 37: row, row, row your boat

All kinds of cards (Kartenallerlei) 28: Mr cards

I've used a collage stamp - 'timeless memoirs' by Stampendous - one that I love using from time to time. This time I stamped a pen from an Inkadinkado stamp that actually has three pens on it - I stamped with brilliance galaxy gold and embossed with detail gold powder. I coloured with copic cardinal and gold for the nib, cut it out and placed it over the original pen that was part of the collage.

I think this card would be equally suitable to send to a male or female - I'm always being asked for male cards. The gold embossing looks much richer irl, as does the pearlescent card blank.

This is for:

Charisma cardz 21: boy oh boy

All kinds of cards (Kartenallerlei) 28: Mr cards

Aud sentiments 29: for a male

Stamp something: something sentimental

Stampin' B 112: make a collage card

Make it Monday 39

Inspire me Fridays 8: anything goes

Truly scrumptious 57: anything goes

Paper crafting journey 11: anything goes

Crafting for all seasons 1: anything goes

Party time Tuesday 18: anything goes
2 sisters 41: anything goes

Pastel rainbow

I wanted to use up some scraps of Tutti Frutti papers (bought these long ago and they have seemed to go on forever - not that I'm complaining, because I really like them).

I also had this lovely rainbow tag with an organza overlay - it was originally a label with a top I bought - far too good to get rid of -and the manufacturer's name is on the reverse. I printed out the Happy Birthday on my dymo letratag. This is for C.R.A.F.T. 104: alter/recycle - and Challenge up your life 44: recycling.

The flowers were cut with nesties and the 'buttons' stamped with a lovely little button stamp from the PM Clare Curd set. You can't really see it here, but I lightly distressed edges with Victorian velvet DI.

I made sure that I had six layers altogether, which makes the card OK for Shabby tea room challenge 54 '2-4-6', which has this inspirational picture:

and there is a recipe to use 2 patterned papers, 4 buttons and 6 layers.