Papertake Weekly Sketch #8

This card I made following Katharina's sketch over on Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog.

I thought I would go with a pink and brown colour scheme for this one and my Pink Petticoat little owl image. All the papers I have used were from my scrap box - so sorry I don't know who they were made by.

Sarah Kay Challenge - Week 5

This is another first for me - first time of joining in the Sarah Kay blog challenge. This weeks challenge is to use 3 buttons and 3 jewels on your card.

I used an A5 card blank and covered the front with some K & Co scrapbook paper. I coloured in my Sarah Kay image with my prismacolour pencils and added 3 blue gems/jewels. I matted the image onto different shades of blue card and then mounted it onto my card. I stamped three Stitchels flowers onto pearlescent card using blue ink and then cut them out. I put white buttons in the centres of the blue flowers and a light blue button in the centre of the white flower. I added some ribbon across the lower half of the card and then placed the cut out flowers onto my card using foam pads.

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Tilda & Co Challenge 30

This is my first time of taking part in the Tilda & Co challenge and this weeks challenge is a sketch.

I thought I would try using some different colours for my card than what I usually use and I'm not too sure about this card - I think it needs something else, but not sure what. I used a 5 1/2" square card and then matted some double sided scrapbook paper which is attached using little brown brads. I coloured Edwin with my prismacolor pencils and mounted him using foam pads onto some Basic Grey paper and mounted that onto some copper pearlescent card.

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Sorry I've been AWOL

Firstly, I just wanted to say sorry to anyone who has popped over during the past month as I haven't posted anything. I've not been too well and then had some other things goining on - but hopefully I'm back again now :-)

It's been a month since I last crafted and these are two simple cards I made to try and get back into crafting. For both of these cards I used papers and cards from my stash and stamped images which friends had sent me (thank you Bee and Andrea). Both of the images were coloured using my new prismacolor pencils and then simply matted and layered. The flowers are from a range of stamps which are available from The Artistic Stamper and are called Stitchels.

Coining It In

This weeks In My Pocket Challenge over on Hels blog is "Coining it in". For this weeks challenge you have to use a coin in your pocket. I had a few thoughts for this challenge and I came up with the idea of the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence.

I used Crafty Individuals music papers on the outside of the front flap and also on the inside of the pocket. I stamped a Paper Artsy stamp onto a piece of card and then coloured it in using watercolour pencils - I then went around the edge of the image with a gold krylon pen. I stamped a Cats Life crown stamp in gold and cut it out and put it onto the boy's head. I mounted this image onto the front flap.

For the inside of the pocket flap I used distress inks to colour a piece of white card and then when this was dry I printed the start of "Sing a song of sixpence" onto it. I then mounted it onto a piece of black card.

For the inside of the pocket, I stamped the bird from Stitchels stamps set directly onto the music paper and then stamped it again onto some vellum. I coloured the bird with a black watercolour pencil and then cut it out and popped it on top of the stamped one. The pie is a clip art which I printed, cut out and then coloured with watercolour pencils. As the sixpence piece has been out of circulation for many years, I improvised and used a 5 pence coin.

Think Pink

Another Tilda card from me today. Tilda was stamped onto white card and I watercoloured her. I used a square cream card for the main card and covered it with some scrapbook paper. I matted and layered pink, brown and pink dotty papers and then matted Tilda onto some brown, pink and brown papers/card. The sentiment is stamped and the deep pink flower is stamped onto vellum and then coloured with acrylic paint and it's attached to the card with a little pink heart brad.

The challenge on Caardvarks this week is "Think Pink".

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This Old Heart Of Mine - SS Week 23

The Sunday Stampers challenge this week is "Hearts"

I used a lovely golden brown shiney card for my base card and I covered 3/4 of the front with some scrapbook paper. I then took some calligraphy paper and tore the bottom edge. I then stamped a floral stamp onto the left hand side of the card using black ink and I stamped a crackle background and heat embossed it using gold powder. I then stamped a heart stamp onto gold card using stazon and cut it out. To finish off I used a sizzix key, cut out of black card and then I stamped the sentiment onto white card and sprayed it with a little glimmer mist in gold. A final touch was to use a piece of black grosgrain ribbon and cover up the work "key" in the sentiment and I stamped it again onto white card and mounted it onto the ribbon.

Tilda Says Thank You

One of my crafting friends sent me a couple of Tilda stamps as I must have been one of only a few crafters who didn't own any.


My base card is cream and I used various scrapbook papers and I followed the sketch over on ISMAKI challenge blog. I stamped Tilda onto some cream card and I paper pieced her top, trousers and shoes. I watercoloured her hair, face and hands using Sakura glitter gel pens and I used some glamour dust (fine glitter) for her wings.

The Papertake Weekly challenge is Thanks a Latte and basically you had to make a thank you card.

Triplets

I am so behind with birthdays, so I made three cards the same, just in different colourways.

For all three cards I firstly embossed a piece of card with the Cuttlebug Embossing folder - Birds and Swirls. I then used some brand new stamps made by Hels, (Stitchels) which will be available to buy from the Artistic Stamper very soon. I used black archival ink and stamped out 3 birds, 3 flowers and 3 butterflies and then I water-coloured them with Sakura glitter pens to co-ordinate with the papers and cardstock I used. I cut some backing paper slightly smaller than the cardstock and then mounted the embossed card onto this. Whilst cutting out the birds and butterflies, the birds lost their feet and the butterflies lost there antennae so I inked those bits up again and stamped them directly onto the embossed panel and then added the birds and butterflies. I attached the flower using silicone to give it a little depth. The sentiments are rub ons which I put onto a piece of backing paper and mounted onto mirror card.

Unfortunately, the photo's do not show the glitter and also the cards are much lighter than the photo's show, more of a pastel colour.



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Tags in Distress

I made these tags for a swap I'm involved in. This months theme is distressed - I don't know about distressed, I think they look like they've been down a coal mine LOL.

I used distress ink pads to colour the tags and then stamped Cats Life Press stamps onto them using black archival ink.

PIF - Pass It Forward Candy

I have received some lovely PIF candy from Ann. As the rules of PIF candy are that you must pass it forward to another 3 people, I am offering some PIF candy to the first 3 people who comment on this post.

The only rule is that once you have received your PIF candy from me, you must then offer PIF candy on your blog to another 3 people.

Buttons - In My Pocket

My crafting friend Hels has come up with another great challenge which is to make a pocket card with a hidden item. This weeks hidden item is buttons.

I used the template which is on Hels blog and cut out my pocket shape from card. I covered it with various papers. On the top flap of the pocket I stamped one of Tim Holtz stamps (Listen to your heart). I then added a glittered butterfly (papermania).

For the inside of the pocket I stamped a small bird in black ink. I then masked this off and stamped the dried flowers stamp randomly over the bottom half of the pocket using a green ink pad. On the top half of the pocket/ the inside of the flap I stamped three little flower stems and then added a little button to each as the flower head.



To keep the pocket closed, I used a silver heart shaped clip and I thought this would go nicely with the front sentiment.

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SS Week 22 - Friends

This weeks Sunday Stampers challenge over on Hels blog is "Friends" so I made an ATC :-)


I cut a piece of cardstock to measure 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" and then I stamped the Hero Arts Friends stamp using black archival ink. When the ink was dry I set about it with some distress inks and using cut n dry foam I coloured the stamped image.

To add a little depth to the ATC I used some Crystal Lacquers - unfortunately these don't show up too well in the picture.

Another Clipboard

This clipboard I altered for my friend Hels, for her Birthday.

I covered the front of the clipboard with distress crackle paint and then used a gold krylon pen around the edges.

I took a thin piece of card and covered the top half with some DCWV paper and the bottom half I covered in K & Co paper. I took some chipboard letters and covered them with broken china distress embossing powder and then I triple embossed them using clear UTEE. I took a beer bottle top and squashed it using my wizard and I coloured the inside of it gold using my krylon pen and then added a blue fabric flower. I attached the letters and beer top onto the top half of the clipboard.

For the bottom half I firstly stamped one of my new Tuscan Rose trellis stamps using versamark ink and then put gold embossing powder on and heated it. I took a blue brad and covered it with broken china distress embossing powder and heated it, I then added this to the centre of the stamped flower. I then edged a chipboard piece with gold krylon pen and added a blue dragonfly brad and then attached this to the clipboard.

Boney Birthday

I made a couple of quick cards using the Crafters Companion Boys CD. This card I printed out the dinosaur backing paper and mounted it onto a cream A5 card, leaving a small edge around the card. The dinosaur is decoupaged and I mounted it onto some gold mirror card and then some cream cardstock. The sentiment again is printed and mounted onto gold mirror card and cream cardstock.

This weeks challenge on Daring Cardmakers is to make a quick card - so this is my entry.

Roaring Birthday

This is the second quick card I made, again using the Crafters Companion Boys CD. I printed out the dinosaur backing paper and mounted it onto a cream A5 card, leaving a small edge around the card. The dinosaur is decoupaged and I mounted it onto some gold mirror card and then some cream cardstock. For the sentiment I printed out the Happy Birthday and cut out each letter and I attached them to gold mirror card using 3d foam pads and then I matted this onto some cream cardstock.

This weeks challenge on Cute Card Thursday blog is to make a Birthday card, so this is my entry.

Simple Father's Day Cards

These three cards were made from graphics bought from DAISIE. I simply printed them out and cut out the elements and decoupaged them. So very easy cards to make and also my 3 year old son helped out.

A Mini Canvas

This canvas is 4" x 4", so quite a small area to work on compared to the other canvas's I've done. I started by covering the whole of the front of the canvas with Marigold Distress Crackle Paint. When this was dry I stamped the bird directly onto the canvas using jet black archival ink. I then masked the bird and randomly stamped the flower/tree stamp using distress ink and then I embossed it using clear powder. Finally I used a gold krylon pen to edge the canvas. All the stamps used on this are Tim Holtz / Stampers Annonymous.

This weeks challenge on My Time To Craft is Birds.

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Birthday Card

This card I made for one of my friends birthdays. The blue backing paper is K & Co, which I mounted onto cream card. The stamped image is a Tuscan Rose stamp, which I stamped a couple twice onto white card. I cut out the full image and then cut out the top butterfly and the framed square so I could 3d them. I coloured the stamped image using various distress inks and the butterfly and frame sqaure I coloured with distress inks and then used a versamark ink pad and clear UTEE to give them a nice glossy finish. I attached the butterfly and square onto the card using foam pads. I then stamped Happy Birthday onto the card, but I don't think it really goes too well with the overall card.

A Couple of Altered Things

These two items I made for Ann as part of a Me to You swap which I'm involved in. The first thing is a small Bind It All Notebook. I used two pieces of mountboard to make the covers and I used some lined paper for the inner pages. I stamped the sentiment first and then masked it and then stamped the flowers/trees. I coloured the cover using distress inks.

The next thing I made is an altered clipboard - this is the first time I've ever done one of these and I think it turned out okay for a first attempt. I painted the clipboard using Marigold Crackle Paint and then left it to dry. I used two pieces of DCWV papers, one from the Once Upon a Time stack and the other from the Oriental stack. I stuck the two papers onto a thin piece of card and then I added a ribbon with a faux buckle to cover where the papers joined. I then took three chipboard letters and tripple embossed them using gold UTEE. I used my Craft Robo to cut out two circles one with Things to remember printed on to it. I then coloured the circles using shimmer chalks and then I triple embossed them using clear UTEE. I added a small orange prima flower using a brad to attach it to the circles and to the main piece. I then used two of the new collage Prima flowers and again attached these using brads with gem centres. I added a small 3d orange and yellow flower (crafty bitz) As a finishing touch, I used a little glossy accents over the fairy in the right corner and then added ribbons and fibres to the top of the clipboard.

This weeks challenge over on Funky Fairys Blog is "dominated by threes" so as I used 3 prima flowers, 3 brads and 3 letters I thought the clipboard would be ideal to enter.