Birthday Easel

I made this for a friends 65th Birthday this week - she'd kept it very quiet! Hope she liked it!!!

 

Products Used:

 

• Stamped image - Dimension fourth stamps,  Wrinklies Beach Party set
• Coloured with promarkers
• Memento Ink Pad
• Dovecraft Tea Party backing papers
• Prima Flower
• Martha Stewart border punch -scalloped dot
• Button, string bow, Happy Birthday ribbon, vellum butterfly, glossy accents

Challenges entered:

• Sketch Saturday
• Totally Papercrafts - Butterflys/Bows/Buttons
• I Love Promarkers -Use bunting
• Dream Valley challenges -something old/something new -Old Stamp, New papers
• Kaboodle Doodles challenge 135
• Simon says Stamp -Put a stamp on it
• Papertake - Anything goes
• The Pink Elephant -Patterned paper

 

 

 

 

Birthday Wishes

Needing some inspiration this week so found this sketch on Sketch Saturday



Products used:

• Scalloped white card blank 15cm x 15cm
• Dovecraft purple paper
• Backing paper -Wild Rose Studio, Spring Fling
• Martha Stewart border punch -Scallop dot
• Stamped image -Wild Rose Studio, Girl with Cake
• Memento and Varsafine ink pads
• Stamped sentiment - Unmounted stamp company, circadesign
• Coloured with promarkers
• Embellishments: Card Candi, Pink gngham ribbon from stash, Prima flower, Glossy Accents.

Challenges entered:

• Dream Valley Challenges : Something Old, Something New (New papers, Old stamp)
• Papertake weekly challenge : Anything goes
• Sketch Saturday week 224
• ABC challenge -W for Wishes
• The Pink Elephant 164- Use patterned paper
• Simon says stamp challenge -Put a stamp on it

Vintage

I made this using a friends stamp. Its a Sarah Kay stamp and it's called 'Writing to Grandma'. I don't usually do vintage cards but I think this is a really sweet image and I really love the blue/ brown colour combination.

Products used:

• Sarah Kay 'Writing to Grandma' stamp.
• Sentiment stamp from circa design
• White and brown card.
• Backing papers -Hot of the Press, soft nostalgia.
• Recycled ribbon
• Mulberry paper roses
• Image coloured with promarkers and vintage photo distress ink.

Challenges entered:

• I love promarkers challenge 129 'Vintage'
• Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
• Simon says Stamp challenge -BINGO -Ribbon/free/blooms
• The Pink Elephant - Use ribbon

Balloons

I've been wanting to use this stamp for ages and hadn't got around to using it. I've used a couple of challenges for inspiration and I'm really happy with the result.

Products used:

• White card blank
• Red card
• Martha Stewart Scalloped Dot border punch
• Lily of the valley stamp -Bunch of balloons
• Memento ink pad - tuxedo black
• Promarkers
• Lets fly away paper stack - (free with quick cards magazine)
• Card candi
• Small Balloon punch
• Ribbon from stash
• Yellow stickles
• Glossy accents
• Spellbinders nestabilities, Standard Circles Large

Challenges entered:

• Ready, Teddy Go -Challenge 12, up, up and away
• Sketch Saturday - 218, with the Craft Barn
• Oldie but a goodie -Take inspiration (6mth old stamp)
• Passion for Promarkers -week 59, theme -Feeling Fruity
• Secret Crafter saturday challenge- 196 - Bright and Cheerful
• Simon says Stamp challenge -Anything goes

Bird table

Products used:

• Scalloped square white card blank
• Pink card
• Trimcraft First Edition 6x 6 papers 'Bird Song'
• Washi tape - free with Issue 99 Papercraft Inspirations Magazine
• Little Claire 'Bird Table' stamp
• Coloured with Promarkers
• Mulberry Roses

Challenges entered:

• Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 194 'Food and Drink'
• Little Claire Monthly Challenge 23 'Summer'

Under The Sea

Well I enjoyed 'Happy Stampers' at Port Sunlight so much that I've got the crafting bug back. I couldn't wait to try out my new stamps and the stampendous embossing enamel I bought. I love the effect its created on this card and can't wait to use it again. I stamped the mermaid image with memento ink and coloured her with promarkers. I've decoupaged her tail  and used Wow embossing powder to create the look of shiny scales. The tail has been attached with foam pads and the edges stuck down to create a 3d effect.  The background has been created using distress inks to give a watery feel. The embossing enamel has been applied in several layers and mica fragments applied while still hot. The card has been completed with the addition of pears, shells and mosaic tiles stuck down with glossy accents. I've also use a strip of netting and a string of pearls to finish off.

Products used:

• White and Tourquoise card
• Western romance/ all about me paper stack
• Ranger distress inks -Pine Needles, Broken China, Faded Jeans
• Stampendous Mermaid stamp- CRP151
• Mementon Ink
• Clear pigment inkpad
• Wow embossing powder - Blue Blast
• Promarkers - Mint Green, Soft Greeen, Tea Green, Cocktail Pink, Almond, Sunflower, Lemon, Bright Orange and Mango.
• Stampendous Frantage Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel
• Stampendous Frantage Silver and Gold mica fragments
• Shells, Pearls, Pearl rope, mosaic tiles and netting from stash 

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

• Gingerloft challenge -GL40 Under the sea
• Moving along with the times challenge -148 -Nautical
• Dream Valley Challenges - CASE- (Inspired by Saras card) 
• Rainbow Lady challenge - 140 - Age as in decoupage etc -  (Decoupage and Frantage)
• Simon Says Stamp and Show -Anything goes

Bird Cage

Thought I'd try something a bit different after I went to 'Happy Stampers' rubber stamp show yesterday in Port Sunlight, Wirral. I bought this beautiful stamp from Dimension Stamps and, after watching their You Tube tutorial, had a go at creating this. I've tried to add my own mark on the card and changed a few things. The stamped images were heat embossed using clear pigment ink and black embossing powder directly onto the background paper. The images have been cut out and the bird cage attached to the flourish with jump rings. The flourish is attached to the card using foam pads. I had difficulty getting the right colour on the card candy -they looked a bit flat, so,  they have been heat embossed with black embossing powder also - a bit tricky, but worth it! Hope you like it. 

Products used:

• White and dark green card from stash
• Trimcraft, First Edition papers 'Bird Song'
• Paper embossed using 'Flower Fantasy' Cuttlebug embossing folder
• Artemio swirl stamp -ref 10001038
• Dimension Stamps -Bird cage
• Ink it up clear embossing stamp pad
• Stampendous 'detail black' embossing powder
• Green Ribbon from stash
• Punched flower border using Martha Stewart Floral Lace border punch
• Craft creations black border sparkly peel off
• White card candy -heat emobssed with black embossing powder as above

Challenges entered:

• Sundays With Chrissy -Challenge 29 - 'Things with Wings'
• Catch the bug challenge blog - 'Things with Wings challenge'
• PCJ Challenge 9 -'Black and one other colour'
• Whimsy Stamps - Challenge 38 ' Make it Pop - add dimension'
• Craft Room challenge - 'Emboss it'
• House of Gilli - 'A little Embossing'