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.

Now I need to make an envie for it because I don't have any that small.

Art Creations Friday 27

Using the background I created for Artarazzi 24, I've now incorporated the image from Art Creations Friday 27:



to achieve this:

Artarazzi 24

This is the picture given today on Artarazzi challenge 24:


I used filters, colours etc to change it to this:

Oh Baby

Day 57 on 365 cards was super sketchy Sunday with this sketch:

Tander teaser 98 this week is: 'oh baby!', so I've combined the two - and also for today's Secret Crafter Saturday challenge 33: 'new beginnings'.

A pink card blank, a Forever Friends stamp, a piece of tutti fruiti paper and a few teddies:

Summer sun (wishful thinking!)

This card is for Saturday sketch 51:

It's also for:

365 cards day 52: Tuesday trio: 'brad, blossom and circle'
Keryn Campbell colour challenge 18: 'glorious green, summer sun, rose red and a neutral'
Creative Belli challenge 64: 'jumbo brad'

365 cards day 50: super sketch Sunday

This was the sketch for 365 cards day 50:

and this is my take on it - the label shape is chipboard:

Matchbook card

Day 46 on 365 cards was a challenge to make a matchbook card.

This is also good for ABC Challenge 'I for inside' (this is one that I missed - I've now caught up with every letter so far, except the current challenge).

I used a strip of DCVW textured pink card, tutti fruiti papers and some lovely rub ons that I've had for ages.

Closed:
Open:

It's hip to be square

'It's hip to be square' was the theme of day 81 on 365 cards and here's my take on it:

Matching card and envie

This card is for challenge 42 sketch on Cutie Sunday:

It's also good for a few other challenges:

Today (day 83) on 365 cards: 'make it match' (card and envelope)
Our Creative Corner color challenge: 'Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue along with a neutral color'
Secret Crafter Saturday challenge 32: 'glitter'
Dutch Dare 49: 'bling-bling/glitter
CBCC094: 'all that glitters'
Lots to do 19 : 'stripes and/or lines' (late for that one - again!)

There is glitter on the rub on image and also in the centres of the flowers (turquoise stickles).

The outer flap of the envie is stripey like the card.

Twinchie

Copics colour challenge 14 this week is to use B14 bright blue, R27 Cadmium red and Y08 acid yellow (I had to replace B14 with B05).

I created a twinchie, using a stamp that usually has a border, but I cut that off. The challenge this week on Small world of inchies and twinchies is 'chairs' or anything that can be sat on, so I think this little girl qualifies as she's sitting on a stone step, cradling her cat.

A sporting chance?

I hope this card is sporty enough for Cute Card Thursday's challenge 61: 'a sporting chance'.

I've used the sketch on Card Patterns challenge 15:

I've used Junkitz Earth Madras for the background - which is good for 365 cards day 80: 'you're so plaid'. I've also used Junkitz Earth dots and some Maya Road stripey ribbon, as well as a piece of Docrafts sticky ribbon with the scalloped edge.

Birdie twinchies

These twinchies are for the first challenge on the new Something Completely Different blog. This is what the team says:

'The idea of "Something Completely Different" is to have a different challenge per month and a different theme each week - so, hopefully, you'll all have a go at something completely different to your nomal artwork....So, for the Month of May the challenge is "TWINCHIES" a Twinchie is 2" square so a lovely size to start with.
This weeks theme is "WINGS"'

I was going to do something with butterflies, but then I remembered a couple of cute Hero Arts stamps I have and decided to depict birdies instead.

The backgrounds of my twinchies were made with the shaving foam technique, as shown a few days ago.

I stamped with black versafine and clear embossed, coloured with copics and then swiped a versamark pad over them and heat embossed again with clear powder. The first one was inked round the edges with a copic pen and the second one with blue iris chalk pad (which is shown here to emphasise the size of the twinchies).

As the stamp on the left hand one is called 'fancy bird' I decided to colour in fancy colours; the other stamp is 'night owl'.

I'm also linking for UKStampers challenge 39: B for birds.

Thanks to the ladies on Something Completely Different for a great first challenge - looking forward to seeing what the new one is tomorrow.

Our Anniversary Card

I didn't do any crafting yesterday (we were up at Guy's for appointments for John) and this is the first I've done today. I've been deliberating for days on making a card for our anniversary next Monday. Why is it that 'special' cards for those near and dear are the hardest to make? And now that it's done I'm not really happy with it.

There were a few challenges this week that spurred me into action:

DCM: 'the sound of music'
Crafty Muse: 'May Day: love, flowers, romance'
A spoonful of sugar: challenge 52: 'celebration'
365 cards day 72: 'musical Monday'
Theme Thursday: 'dance and/or music'

I downloaded Mendelssohn's Wedding March from a free sheet music site and printed it on iridescent card - white with a hint of a lilac sheen to it - the rest is obvious - and not a piece of patterned paper in sight!

Petals - pink and green

The theme on Inspire Me Thursday this week is 'petals' and the current challenge on Created by hand is 'pink and green', so I've combined these, using one of my favourite stamps - it's very simple, but I love it - coloured with copics and mounted on Anna Griffin papers.