Sketch Saturday #59

Another great sketch and hopefully I've got it done in time this week.
Ingredients
Image - Download Willow Designs Winny Owl
Papers - Basic Grey 'Boxer'
Sentiment - Bo-Bunny Press 'White Shabby Random Thoughts'
Card Candy, grosgrain ribbon, velvet brad and flowers from my stash.

She said, and I quote...

365 Cards - Day 138
To use a quote on your card

Oh! lovely, I have lots of quote stamps, just which to choose was my dilemma.
So I chose this one by Dawn Houser for Inkadinkadoo...a lovely quote by Henry David Thoreau
I knew just the papers I wanted to use for this too from Basic Grey.
The winter stems of what looks to me like Cow Parsley is from the 'Offbeat' pad and the lovely spotty one which looks like snow is from my new 'June Bug' pad.
I stamped the quote onto a piece of textured white card using Adirondack Denim and wrapped some shimmery knitted chain cord around...Voila! done.
Oh! do love that little buzzy bee :)

Thank You Miss!

Cute Card Thursday ch. 68
A quickie 10 minute card, for this challenge.
A piece of doubled red stardream card cut into an apple shape leaving the left side uncut. A piece of green cut using the stem as template and gluing over....add sticky sentiment to finish....Voila!!
I think any teacher would be happy to receive that.
I may just put this in for our forum July challenge. :)

I'm in a Bind!

365 Cards - Day 137
To bind two pieces of something (card, plastic etc) to create a card.

I chose to use my Fiskars hole punch and to use spotty paper as it is easier to space the holes.
Pink Bazzill Basics card topped by misc. magazine freebie pink spotty paper, punched through and tied using metallic thread by Madeira No10 Color 0313
I used a piece of Anita's sticky backed ribbon to cover the join and added two cardboard embelishments by Making Memories to finish it off.

What's the Buzz?....

Funky Fairy's Challenge 24
It's a recipe, woohoo! I love recipes

Ingredients :-
4 x Papers.........check
3 x embelishments..check
2 x punched shapes.check
1 x image..........check

I downloaded Funky Fairies swirly papers in 4 different shades on 1 A4 sheet and cut a square out of the centre so that I got 4 equal squares.
The 3 embelishments are the ribbon, the bee charm and the sentiment tag....all from my stash
Used 2 different Woodware punches to cut the 2 scalloped circles
The image which was downloaded from Pink Petticoat was in the top circle and coloured using Sakura Gelly Roll pens
The cream scalloped base card is (I think) Craft Creations.

...Cooked! :)

Friends...

Last card for the day is for Papertake Weekly Challenge #19 featuring a sketch by DawnyP, which is super.
Ingredients:-
Papers - stripe, Kay & Co. Amy Butler Belle : distressed green, Basic Grey 'Sultry'
Image from a folder full of them on my computer, collected over many years
Grosgrain ribbon - SU Brocade Blue
Flowers,base card, glitter brads and jelly wordage all from my stash

I love these colours together.

Willow's Sketchy Challenge

This was a great sketch by Deanne and couldn't resist having a go.
Had to turn it on it's side I'm afraid as my image wasn't the right shape....naughty Walter.
Scan has bleached the colours out somewhat too, hey ho!!
Ingredients:-
Walter Owl Image - Download Willow Designs
Mix of Copics and PM's to colour
Papers - Kay & Co 'Daisy'
All card, flowers, pearls and brad from my stash

Black, White & Red All Over...

365 Cards - Day 136
These are the only colours that can be used for this challenge.
I had no feminine black or red so with these chosen papers I made a male card for my ex-hubbie's up and coming milestone birthday.
Ingredients:-
Papers - HOTP Paper Flair 'Bold & Black'
Wording - Bo Bunny Press stickers
Image - Googled....this is his trade
Base Card - from stash

Woodware 2" scalloped circle punch
Woodware 1.5" circle punch

365 Cards...Challenge Day 135

Well I'm playing catch-up as this is yesterdays challenge
'Card to incorporate a see through window of some sort'
I have done a shaker card and hope it will slip through the rule net.
I had to think long and hard over this as I haven't done a card with a window or used acetate for years...oh! the shame...all these techniques and I hardly ever step outside of my box.
The idea for this card is from one I did a few years back.
And I remember why I don't do them now LOL!! :-
The acetate shaker 'bubble' was slightly filled with a couple of flowers a punched swirl and some accent micro beads and backed with a piece of the patterned paper before being inserted into a pre-cut aperture in the piece of plainish card....oh! the joy of accent beads sticking to where they were not supposed to be stuck and staticly clinging to the acetate in all manner of silly ways and jumping out when I tried to stick the DST on ...never again.
Ingredients :-
Papers & white card - Basic Grey 'Cupcake'
Base Card - Misc. from stash
Wording - Tim Holtz Junkitz epoxy stickerz
Accent micro beads, flowers, acetate shaker bubble, ribbon and clip all from my stash.
The mini swirly flourishes were cut using my Woodware punch

I apologize yet again for the poor photography, but I have since found a tutorial on how to make a light box for photography so you won't have to wait much longer for a, hopefully, decent piccy.
I will still scan flat cards though. :D

Anyone for Cocoa....

....and Cornflower Blue
These are the 2 colours to be used for week 7 over at
Passion for Promarkers
Not colours you would naturally pick to go together, but once the card is finished it's not too bad.
Other ingredients :-
Promarkers - also Vanilla and Canary
Copics - Pinkish White and Blush
Blue card - Bazzill Basics
Image - Pink Petticoat download
Blossoms - Prima
Brown card, paper, tags, and pearls from my stash
'Nestie' Divine Swirls was used to emboss a piece of the brown card and Largest Scalloped oval to cut and emboss around the image.

Favourite Things

This card, last for today, covers 2 challenges.
Papertake Weekly Challenge - My Favourite Things
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - given sketch

The sketch by Jane was lovely and made a good base to fill the card with some of my favourite things being :-
Rubber stamps I have too many to think about and have grown to love these Magnolia Tilda, took a while to come to terms with no mouth. The lovely little PSX Pixie stamps which I have all 4 sets of are great little sentiments.
Versafine Black Onyx ink pad.
Basic Grey Papers, these being LilyKate and Urban Prairie
Pearls, gems and card candy love them all
Ribbon - this is a piece of real silk by Anna Griffin
Bazzill Card - you can't get any better in my opinion
Pink & Green - I love this colour combo and even though I keep venturing out into the big wide world of colour I come back to the delicate colours of an apple blossom tree.
So those apart from my cats are among my favourite things.

Buttons & Bows

The Next Level - 6
The challenge this week is to use Buttons & Bows on your card....the more the merrier.
Well I hope I knew when to stop.
Ingredients -
Paper and chipboard - Basic Grey 'Eva'
Rub on sentiment- Scenic Route Paper Co.
Scalloped card, buttons, thread, and ribbon from my stash.

Sunday offerings...

Today's card to cover 2 challenges.

1. 365 Cards- Super Sketchy Sunday Day 134
2. Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Wk 57 'Swirls'

Also over at 365 cards it is the start of Shortcuts Week - Shortcuts is an online store that offers pre-made card blanks that will save you time so that you can spend it embellishing your card instead of creating your card base.

Ingredients -

Paper - Basic Grey 'Marrakech'
Imaginisce Blossom Brad
Ribbon - SU 'Very Vanilla'
Chipboard swirl and bracket shapes - Papermania
Sentiment - Penny Black
Base card - from stash
Gems to add a bit of bling from my stash

Russian

Daring Cardmakers
The challenge is to do a Russian inspired card.
"It's Rein here this week and as our Russian girl Irina is here staying with us again my dare is put a matryoshka or another typical Russian element like dress, architecture, or... ..... on your card."
So here is my offering.
Ingredients:-
Both paper and images were downloaded
Sentiment stamp - Hero Arts
Ink Pad - Colorbox Chalk Wisteria
Jewels were added to the centres of some of the dolls on the background paper.
Base card and ribbon from my stash

Imagine This.........Bubbles!

365 Cards - Day 133

I've had a couple of stamps for so long unused I was so pleased to see this challenge that I could have broken out a bottle of bubbly lol!!
The Bubbles background and Sentiment stamps are by Clarity stamps.
The image stamp is a misc. um off eBay

I randomly stamped the bubbles using Versafine Onyx black, stamping three times per application to get varying shades.
Then I had fun filling in the bubbles with a variety of Stickles glues, Copics, Perfect Pearls and Marvy Le Plume pens. Unfortunatly the scan has bleached out some of the pastel colours.
I stamped the image using Colorbox Cats Eye Chalk and then mounted them both on black card.
A turquoise ribbon from my stash added the finishing touch.

Picture This......

365 Cards - Day 132
Is a picture that is to inspire our card

As it is late at night I chose not to tax my brain too much and just did the picture with my bits to hand.
Kraft card to suggest the wooden table.
The top of the cake is a scalloped oval Nestie.
Dark brown Marvy Le Plume pen to draw the looped icing.
just a few off cuts of coloured card for the candles.
Tear drop gems for the flames.
Silver ribbon
and a lovely silver metal sentiment.

Well that's me for today, night night all. xx

Thursday Catch-up!!

Due to me having a minor accident yesterday I didn't get to making any cards at all. :O
On putting my ironing board up I trapped my little finger in the legs...you probably heard the scream over there. I have never felt pain like it and cried like a baby.
So I am now catching up as it is ok just bruised.





365 Cards Day 130 - That Tickles Me!
To make a humourous card that will hopefully raise a smile if not a laugh.
Ingredients:-
Image - download in Pink Petticoat sale
Colouring medium - mix of Copics & PM's
Brown card - Bazzill Bling
Yellow card - Bazzill Basics
Scalloped base card and pearls from my stash.
Circles cut with Nesties and punches
Sentiments - actually found out how to make these in Word with a little trial and error and am pleased as punch. Fonts are by 2 Peas


365 Cards Day 131 - Ad Inspired
Lovely advert that we had to draw inspiration from for our card. This ad. featured Dr. Seuss shower curtains.
When my daughter was born in 1966 my sister gave me the whole set of Dr Seuss books for her and how I loved to read those stories, they lasted through having my 2 boys also, but what ever happened to them I will never know. Such wonderful books.
I drew inspiration from the colours and the fish. Having no stamps I googled images.
Ingredients :-
Images - Googled
Blue & White paper - recycled from the packing off my white card
Red & White paper - Red card with hand punched white dots added
Pale blue card - recycled from Insurance Company folder
Fishes bubbles - same punch to cut circles from irridescent blue paper
Sentiment - PSX stamp
Base card from stash

I think this card says something about the way I feel.

So there you are 2 for the price of 1 today. :-)

You Have Me In Stitches

365 Cards Day 129

My 2nd attempt at this challenge is this card.
I didn't read the 'rules' correctly and my first card only had a couple of little stitched flourishes in the corners....bad girl!!
I have to do a stitched image!
So I routed out a brass template and pierced around the flower and inside the spiral in the middle for the flower onto a large emb. Nestie 'Pinking Circle'. The embossing or texture of the card hasn't scanned.
The paper used was Basic Grey 'Offbeat'
I did a further piercing of a Bazzill In Stitch'z for a stem on top of the paper.
This was finished off with a little 'sun' tag and some Doodlebug rub-on letters along the stem to say 'flower'
A little piece of pinked bazzill sun is peaking out of the top corner lol!!

Well the card was completed through lots of tears as I watched the memorial service for dear Michael Jackson....may his soul rest in peace, God Bless him.

Just a few stitches..

This card covers 2 challenges, but should have been 3 until I realised that 365 Cards needs a stitched image as the focal point...hey!ho!!...back to the drawing board for that one lol!!
So we have these two challenge blogs to cover :-
Cute Card Thursday Ch. 67 - 'Stitch in time'
Sketch & Stash ch. 14 - 'Given sketch + Ribbon'
This was a great sketch as always and the stitching challenge made me bring out my new Bazzill In Stitch'z which my dear forum buddy Kerrie bought me last year and I haven't opened it until today...oh! the shame!..thank goodness for these challenges.
Also new is my Kay & Co. 6x6 pad 'Isabella'...new to me anyway, I am way behind anyone else. :-D
3 diff. sheets of the pad of paper were used
The pearl brads are from Eyelet Outlet
The image is from a craft buddy
Colouring medium - a mix of Copics and PM's
The flower was built up from 4 diff. sizes and actually is more like the colour of the images' boots than the pink it has come out in the photo. :/
The Base card, thread and Ribbon out of my stash.

Card Recipe

365 Cards Day 128
....is a card recipe...oh! I love these.

Ingredients
1 5x5 card
1 rub-on image
2 buttons
1 pce. patterned paper
1 pce. ribbon (NO bow)
1 sentiment inside the card

I don't buy rub-on pictures, but had this one though for about 4 years and never used as I have never had much success with rub-on pictures especially Royal and Langnickel and binned the lot of them. I kept this because it is PSX but never dared to use it for fear it would end up ruining a card.......but voila! it was successful.
The piece of paper used is by HOTP
Everything else from my stash, the stamp used for the sentiment inside was off eBay and has no make on it.

This took me longer than imagained as I was sat with the one piece of paper in my hand staring at the rub on on the card for sooooooooooo long lol!!...I then came up with the torn window.

Hope this fits the recipe okay.