Crafter's Companion #11

As usual this time on the Crafter's Companion blog challenge there is a sketch but also a few requirements.

The card must have the colours blue/silver/white and some ribbon as well as a shaker element.

Now the colours and ribbon were ok but i've never tried a shaker card before. This is my second attempt as the first wasn't quite right somehow.I've used a large 8inch square white card and covered it with matt silver paper. The star panels are from the Cute Companions Cd and have been layered with the same silver paper. Silver ribbon overlaid with white lace with a touch of silver has been placed over these.

The shaker element uses an image from the Popcorn Christmas Cd printed onto card and layered onto the same 2 backing papers. The top of the shaker is acetate held in place with a ring of blue pearlescent card. Inside are holographic silver snowflakes.

A peel-off greeting and snowflake cut with Nesties topped with a white brad complete the card, which is for my Grandson's first Christmas.

I just have to make 2 girly versions now for my Grandaughters!

Crafter's Companion #9

Over on the Crafter's Companion challenge blog this week it is Yvonne's turn to set the sketch.
This is what she has come up with, something quite different to the usual I think and a bit more challenging because of the shapes.

My new Cds arrived yesterday, they are the Hobby and Occupations from Crafter's Companion. I found the perfect image on them for my nephew's 9th birthday.
I hope Yvonne doesn't mind but I messed around with her sketch a bit by rotating it and flipping it to fit the decoupage on.I've used the comuter games decoupage from the Hobbies Cd printed onto card and layered up using a mixture of DST, foam pads and silicone glue to give different dimensions to the pieces.
The base card is white size A5 onto which i've put blue holographic card.
The stars have been printed onto a slightly smaller paper and the shape cut out to make a window through which to show the holographic card.
The ribbon has been fastened around the base layer and an oval of blue pearlescent card added. This has a peel-off greeting and message decorated with a pale blue brad.

Crafter's Companion #4

On the Crafter's Companion challenge blog this week Christine has provided the sketch which also asks for brads and some ribbon. I've used an image from Popcorn Floral cd again simply cut out and mounted up onto pale green card.
The card is ready embossed from DCWV and i've just edged it with purple ink as I have with the 2 backing pieces. I've used my still favourite combination of purple and green, with a touch of white and lemon in the flower and glittered brad. Purple brads are on the corners of the image topper and a silver greetings peel-off.

Crafter's Companion Challenge #1

This is a completely new Challenge blog and all you have to do is make a card following the sketch below, all they ask is that you use some product from Crafters Companion, it can be papers and toppers from one of their Cd's, or you might have some of their lovely stamps that you would like to use, You must have something visible on your item from the Crafters Companion range.
This weeks prize, donated by Crafters Companion, is one of their new Popcorn stamps,

This weeks sketch Challenge is designed by Wendy

I don't have any stamps by Crafter's Companion so I used backing papers from the Cute Companions Cd Volume 1 and layered them up with a stamped image from Penny Black which has been coloured with Whisper brush pens. The ribbon, flowers and brad are from my stash and the greeting is a peel-off.Nip on over to the Crafter's Companions Challenge blog and check it out.

Couple of cards at last.

This cute little lady has been stamped versafine Sepia ink and coloured using Stampin' Up marker pens and layered onto their card which matches beautifully. The butterfly punch is from X Cuts. Both stamps are from a set of clear stamps by Personal Impressions. The base card is white hammered c/s with a layer of pearlescent paper. This card also uses a stamp from Personal Impressions and is again inked and coloured using Versafine and Stampin' Up products. The '5' is from an unmounted set i've had for ages. The layering papers are from Dovecraft. The ribbon is from Anita's.

52Q

Week 9 on 52Q and the question was.......
What was the last brave thing I did?

As usual backgrounds, wording and images taken from Walk in Wonderland Cd with the addition of a strip of spotty red ribbon.

52Q

I've just managed to catch up on 52Q challenge before the next question is set on Monday.

Question 7 was - What would I do if I knew I could not fail?

Question 8 was - What was the last thing that made me laugh out loud?

Both of these were very easy for me to answer.

As usual the background and text for Q7 was done using Walk in Wonderland Cd. I added a piece of printed ribbon on the front and an image from Clipart on the back.

The wording for Q8 was from the same Cd but the images are See-D stamps. 3 tiny brads in various shades of green add the finishing touch.

Cute Card Thursday

On Cute Card Thursday challenge we were told.........
An easy one for you this week, we would like to see an animal somewhere on your card!


I had this cute hedgehog image sent to me last week and thought he would be just right. I coloured him with polychromos and sansodor.
I cut an oval shape around the image and layered it up onto 2 more ovals cut from backing paper in brown shades. These have been stuck onto a backer embossed with my Cuttlebug. The greeting has been stamped and embossed in red onto a smaller oval and layered with foam pads across a piece of dotty red ribbon.

It's Mick's birthday on Friday so this is going to be his card.

52Q

The question for week 6 on is.....

If I could do it all again would I change anything?

I've kept the pages very simple this week as I felt that the journalling has more to say than the images.

I did this last night before I had the chance to look at anyone else's answers so as not to be swayed by them and their ideas.

As usual the backgrounds are taken from the Walk in Wonderland Cd. The ribbon is from Hobbycraft.

Valentine cards

As usual I have to make a valentine's card for Mick's workmate to give to his wife. I've done 2 for him to choose from.

This first one uses free papers from Making Cards magazine and follows an example given in there. The only difference is that I have used ivory coloured ribbon from my stash and added one of the tags.This second one is on pink cardstock and has hearts embossed with D'vine swirls from Cuttlebug. They are layered onto pale pink organza ribbon, silver mirror card and palest pink paper. 3 pink gems and a peel-off greeting finish it off.I wonder which one he will choose. The other will be saved for me to use later in the year to give as an Anniversary card.

Challenge

This week on Lili of the Valley challenge site we were told.....

We would like to see your creations for MEN.

This card uses a stamp from Lili of the Valley, Oliver-text.

I've coloured it with watercolour pencils and waterbrush. The backing papers and tag are from HOTP citrus block and the ribbon is from Hobbycraft. The sentiment is a peel-off.

52Q

I had decided not to put any of my cards for this on here as I thought they would be too personal but Sallie read the ones I have done so far and thinks I ought to share my thoughts.

So here goes...... Week 1

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4I've only put them together with book rings at the moment but when they are finished I will bind them properly.

All the backgrounds and images (apart from my eyes) are taken from the Walk in Wonderland Cd. I've embellished with brads, ribbon, prima flowers, ultra fine glitter and buttons.

52Q Challenge

Over on the Bubbly Funk forum a group of us have taken up the challenge from Emily Falonbridge to answer a question a week about yourself. Hence the 52Q title of the challenge. The idea is to answer the set question on a seperate card each week, many people use playing cards for this but mine are going to be a bit bigger as i'm using the computer to print out my backgrounds and answers.

These are my covers for the book I will make when they are all finally completed in a years time. I covered thick card and punched holes so that the whole thing can be bound using my Bind it All when the time comes.

The papers are from Hot of the Press Citrus pack, the spotty ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis. The lace, letter tiles and cream plaque are from Kaz in the secret advent thingy. I used fabric flowers from my stash and the brad is a tiny glittered one from Papermania. The letter and numbers are stamped and embossed in purple on pale purple card and painted with shimmery watercolour paints.

It's strange how purple and lime green have become my favourite colours, when Sallie suggested them for her bedroom about 9 years ago I thought it a very odd combination. I suppose after living with it for so many years it grew on me.

May swaps

I've had my swaps for May back from Lynn today. On the Stamping Mad forum we swap 2 ATCs and 2 Moos each month. I don't post pictures of what i've done until I know these have been received by the other people in the swap. Most people seemed to get theirs yesterday so I think i'm safe in showing now.


The theme for the ATC was Distressed, something i've not tried before and i'm not sure I will again as I think mine look positively miserable. For the background I used my embossed loo roll paper with shimmery watercolour paint. Onto this I layered torn mulberry paper and a scrap of card which I put through the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes folder. I used card from the Neutrals stack by DCWV and sanded it afterwards to show the white core. A piece of ribbon was held down by a brad which had been sanded.






Now my Moos are a different thing entirely and I love them. The theme was Pink & Purple.
I brushed the background card with a Brilliance inkpad to give a soft look. I then used my Cuttlebug Paisley die and cut paint charts from Dulux. I layered these by swapping the cut out bits for the contrasting colour. The spaces that were too small to fit the pieces back in were filled with glitter glue but it doesn't show up on the pic.