A Sewing Themed Card

It's time for a new challenge at That Craft Place Challenge and the the theme this time is Words.

I used the Woman and Sewing Machine Digi Stamp from JellyPark as it worked perfectly with the Dress it Up a Stitch at a Time Embellishment pack & the Papermania Sew Lovely 6x6 paper pack that I got from That Craft Place. I inked around the edges of the papers with my Copics to add definition. 

These are the embellishments from the Dress it Up a Stitch at a Time Embellishment pack. I added some 'Cut Here' Ribbon and some twine around the cotton reel button before sticking it down with glue dots.

More embellishments from the Dress it Up a Stitch at a Time Embellishment pack

 I added a sheet of the Do Crafts Sew Lovely paper on the inside of the card ready for a sentiment. 

I coloured her with my Copics:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 - with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E23, E25, E27, E29, E49

Y11, Y15, Y17

G14, G17, B97, B99

B95, B97, B99

YR16, YR18, E09

R24, R27, R29, R59

YR61, R02

The sentiment comes from the Silhouette Store.

I really hope you like her & hope you come over and join us at  That Craft Place Challenge.

A Raver and an inspiration photo Challenge

I've made two cards today - both for challenges.

The first is inspired by the photo on the Just Inspirational Challenges challenge

As soon as I saw it a digi I own from Jellypark called Girl in a Bee Costume popped into me head  so I made this card :D

The sentiment is from Create with TLC  and the background digi paper is from Sassy Designs

I'd like to enter this into the Just Inspirational Challenges Challenge

Edit: 30/7/12 - WOW how exciting I got picked as Top 3 for the Just Inspirational Challenges :D Thank you so much! I'm over the Moon!

By coincidence the sponsor for the Just Inspirational Challenge is The Stamping Chef & that's who my other digi is designed by. 

I'm a Raver is for the Facebook fan group challenge. 

I used tulip yellow, sunflower, Gold & raw sienna for her hair

and cerise, shocking pink* and maroon for her outfit.

The sentiment is again by Create with TLC

Digi Galore Challenges - Mother's Day with Jellypark

I know it's not time for my team to do the challenge on Digi Galore but I love the images so much that I thought I'd jump on board & join in. The theme this fortnight is Mother's Day (hint hint it's on the 10th March in the UK) & our sponsor is the lovely Claire from Jellypark. The prize is 5 digis from the Jellypark shop so do come along & join in.

I chose the beautiful Woman Gardening stamp to work with & decided to make something other than a card this time. I made this Match Box Gift Set following the instructions in Everyone Needs a Hougie 3. It takes a while to assemble & make it perfect but I'm really pleased with the result as it's nice & sturdy. The base is made with 4 drawers to hide nice treats for my Mum in.

Card - Lidl Card pack

Patterned Paper - Winter Wonderland - The English Paper Company

Brads - Papermania

AB Self Adhesive Rhinestones

White Lace

I used lots of colours of Promarkers on this digi as there were many different elements:

Skin - Coral, Sunkissed pink, Blush, Pastel Pink Cheeks

Hair - Buttercup, Pastel Yellow, Mustard

Jumper - Orchid, Amathyst, Purple

Gloves - Purple, Plum

Shirt - Rose Pink, Blossom

Trousers - Olive Green

Soil - Henna, Walnut

Post - Cinnamon, Cocoa, Walnut

Grass - Grass, Lush Green

Snail - Satin, homeycomb, pumpkin

Fork - Ice Grey 2 & 5, Cinnamon

Flowers - Cerise, Mulberry

Robin - Berry Red, Cinnamon

Sky - Powder Blue

Come along and join us at Digi Galore - we'd love to see what you make x

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Sincerely Yours Creations - Mothers Day 

Lots of cards!

I've had a bit of a creative spell recently so thought I'd share some of my creations. As ever I'd love to hear what you think. I've had nearly 150 visitors looking at my last post with the Dutch Saturated Canary Image but only 3 people have left me comments.

My first card uses a digi from Papelitos Stamps.

 The sentiment is a freebie from Ginger's House (there are some great sentiments on there). 

I've coloured her in  pink & would like to enter her into Papelitos Stamps 'Pretty in Pink' Challenge

Digi from Birdie Brown

Sentiment is from an acrylic stamp set (designer unknown)

Digi From Birdie Brown

Sentiment is an acrylic stamp (designer unknown)

Paper from Sassy Designs

Digi from Jellypark

Sentiment from Create with TLC

These roses are a rubber stamp from Imagination Crafts called Shadow Rose. It comes in 2 sizes. I bought it after seeing a card that the lovely Brenda on Aly's Crafty Den made. Brenda is a lovely lady & sent me some Perfect Pearls to try. I've not made any cards with this stamp yet but enjoyed having a play. What do you think?

Stamped with Memento inks

Stamped with Versamark Ink then brushed over with Perfect Pearls

See the shimmer!

Versamark/ Perfect Pearls on burgundy cardstock - it makes the shimmer stand out really well.

Finally Come back Tomorrow and on Monday for exciting news & chances to win prizes x

Here Come The Boys Challenge

Today I decided to have a go at the challenge on the Here Come the Boys Challenge blog. It's a sketch designed by Wendy Woo & it appealed for me. I'm not usually great at sketches but thought I'd give it a try.

Here's my interpretation of the sketch.

As ever the colours havn't come out as cleanly as they are in real life but it gives you the idea.

The image is a decoupage sheet from Crafts u Print with an image from Jellypark. I'm not normally a fan of decoupage so this again was an unusual thing to try. It came with a magazine I bought recently.

The papers are from the free digi scrapbook kits available from Every Day Mom Ideas. I've only just found this blog & love her designs (and they're my favourite price). I took the cloud paper & created a transparent blue overlay to change the colour for two of the free panels. I added stickles to the waves on the sea paper.

The sentiment is from Create with TLC - I love that shop and visit the blog most days to see what the freebie is.

This is the sketch the card is based on:

I'd love to hear what you think x

I'm on Two Challenge Design Teams!!

Now everything has settled I can tell you my exciting news - for the first time ever I'm on a Design Team ...... and not one but two! What a day that was! It's super exciting & I'm really looking forward to being part of the teams. They are both for challenges & trust me we have some great prizes lined up.

The first is a Facebook group - Aly's Crafty Challenges. I'm already a member of Aly's Crafty Den which is the nicest group of crafters ever. It's really like a big (slightly mad) family on there. I've met some great people & it's a lovely place to sell your excess crafty things, get advice or just have a giggle. Bring a pack of hobnobs & everyone will love you.

Aly decided to set up a separate but linked challenge group. It's on Facebook so come along and join us. It's a very open, relaxed challenge for every sort of crafting & every level of talent. We'd love to see you there. The first challenge is launched on 3rd Sept and will run for a month.

The second DT is really exciting. I've been gradually getting more and more addicted to Digi Stamps over the last year or so. I love the flexibility of them, the fact they take up no storage space, the fact that you can resize them, crop them or rotate them ....... in fact I love everything about them! 

I'm a member of the Digi Galore Facebook group which is a brilliant source of advice for digi stamps & where some amazingly talented people share their amazing colouring skills. I've been following the tutorials & gradually improving with my colouring so I was amazed to be accepted onto the DT for the newly launched Digi Galore Challenge Blog. 

Erin has been running challenges on Digi Galore and providing prizes out of her own pocket but decided to launch into blog land to open the challenges up to even more people. We've contacted several Digi design companies and have some amazing sponsors lined up. Come along and join us - there will be two DT's with challenges running on the 1st and 15th of each month

I even have my very own badge! 

I'm really looking forward to being on the DT's and seeing all the lovely entries to the challenges. I have one of my entries made up and plan to work on the other today. This morning however I got distracted and made a very last minute card to enter into the challenge at Jellypark. I love that digi company!!! The theme is bugs ...... what do you think?

The image is from Jellypark (sign up to their club for freebies & member discounts)

The sentiment is from Create with TLC

The flowers are made using a lovely free template shared by Bird's Cards

The paper is from Sassy Designs

I coloured the image with my Promarkers - sunflower, canary and lemon for the yellow stripes, 

Black for the black stripes

Skin - coral, oatmeal, blush, pastel pink cheeks

Hair - Gold, mustard, pastel yellow

Wings - Cool Aqua

Three Cards this afternoon

A day off work today so I made a few cards. The first is one for a male friend who has rather a soft spot for Betty Boop! I was going to make him a tractor card but then decided this might be more fun. The image was a colouring page I found online & coloured myself. It's my first attempt at an easel card and I'm pleased with how it looks, but do wonder if the recipients of these know how to make them stand up or just think we've sent a very odd card x

The image was from an online colouring page

The sentiment is from Create with TLC

I then made a quick silly card for a lady on the Crafting Facebook group I'm on who's having a rough time of it at the moment. I had this lovely sentiment from Create with TLC so went on a search for a Hug Monster to go with it. I found this freebie who did the job, but my hair creation didn't go very well. It gives the general idea though. Yet again I created the matting layers by colouring white card with my Promarkers.

Image is a freebie from Away with the Pixels

Sentiment is from Create with TLC

Coloured with Prussian, True Blue & Turquoise Promarkers

My final card was made using an image from a new company I've found - Jellypark. They have some lovely images. I have this one twice as I bought it, then also got it on the free DVD that comes with this months edition of Complete Cardmaking. I've generally stopped buying magazines but did give into this one as the DVD of digis & papers that came with it is brilliant. I really love the Jellypark images & have signed up to their free club & newsletter.

I resized one of my papers from Sassy Designs & printed a second copy of the stamp off so the dress printed on top of the paper. I then cut it out & glued it on the main digi stamp. I coloured it with my Promarkers (as ever) and even added some bling to the jewellery with my metallic gold & a tiny bit of stickles on the earings & necklace.

The backing paper is the same paper from Sassy Designs printed at a bigger size. The Sentiment is from Create with TLC.

That's all for today - I think I might follow this lady's idea & have a nice glass of wine. Then again maybe not x