365 Cards Day 261

Today it's a Recipe !

4" x 4" card

Red Background

Snowflakes somewhere, any

1 Ribbon

1 Sentiment

Oh! I liked this one, thanks Pam :-D

Paper - Kay & Co. - very glittery snowflake...lush!!

Sentiment stamp - Clarity Stamps

White embossing powder mixed with glitter

Versamark Ink Pad

Velvet ribbon

Base card and scrap of red pearl card from stash

Job Done!!

Tuesday's Trio........

I'll start with the first one made today, which is for Papertake Weekly Challenge #27 which is the given sketch and Colour Create 31 - Blue, White & Silver + Winter & Glitter

Base card - Clarity Stamps

Papers - leftovers from last year ?

Stamp - Stamps Happen

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Colouring Medium - ProMarkers

Card Candy - Winter Wishes

Silver ribbon from stash

The bauble on the cat's tail is glittered

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Card two for the day is for 365 Cards Day 255 - 'Let's Patch Things Up!' ~~ to add a patch somewhere
and the sketch is from
Card Patterns sk 40

Went through loads of my stash before I found something for this 'Patch' challenge.  On this set of Daisy & Dandelion stickers, though,  were little baubles and things to hang on a tree, so I cut the little loop off the heart and made it into a patch for the dress, now my brain hurts....lol!!

The papers are from Basic Grey 'Wassail'

The oatmeal base card is from Clarity Stamps

offcut of card & ribbon from my stash

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Finally for tonight this is for Whiff of Joy challenge which was a given sketch

Papers - Basic Grey 'Marrakech'

Whiff of Joy stamp

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Colouring medium - ProMarkers

Card Candy - Winter Wishes

Sentiment - which says 'Chocolate is not just for Breakfast' is from a forum swap

Base card, ribbon from my stash.

So that's all from me folks for today.

Join me tomorrow for another bash at a few challenges.

God Bless xx

Busy, busy..........

Well I've sure found my mojo and have made 4 cards today and another half done, whoopee!!

365 Cards Day 252 - White Space ~~ a given sketch where the white space must be left blank

Always a hard challenge, as what crafter can resist putting 'stuff' into a white space.

Green Card - DCWV

Baubles Stamp - Clarity Stamps

Ink - Ink It Up Pigment

Glitter stars - Artwork

White Hammered Card, peel offs and gems from stash

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365 Cards Day 251 - Dream Duo, card using favourite 2 colours

I love all colour combos, and they seem to change with the seasons, more pink in spring, autumnal at the moment but now leaning towards the rich jewel colours that the Christmas season brings.

I have, therefore, chosen Burgundy and White

I used a Clean & Simple sketch 67

PP - Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses

Ribbon - SU Bravo Burgundy & misc. gingham

Bauble Stamp - Clarity Stamps

Text Stamp - eBay

Ink - Adirondack Raisin

Gems - Papermania Aurora Borialis (sp)

Burgundy Card - Clarity Stamps

365 Cards Day 250 - Marvelous Mondrian, to make a card in the style of the artist

Cute Card Thursday 85 - Primary Colours

Googled and noticed that fashion took on the look so thought this the way to go for me

Dress Image - Bee Crafty Download 

Black Peel-off lines

Colouring medium - ProMarkers, Berry Red, Canary & Royal Blue

Text stamp - SU

Ribbons and base card from stash

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365 Cards Day 249 - Do the Decade, The 80's

This was sooooooooooo hard.  Seems so long ago.  All I could remember was the fact that I was more fashion conscious - actually wore heels; a very colourful, carefree decade.  Poor card and poorer scan, sorry.

PP - Kay & Co Madeline

Embellishment - Kay & Co Madeline

Text - Free in  magazine

Fashion Stickers from stash

I need to go to bed now and get over such a crafty output.  G'night, God Bless.

Feathers

365 Cards Day 248 - Imagine This....Feathers

Deets :-

Stamp - Clarity

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Maribou Feather - QVC

Brads - Doodlebug Sugar Coated

Sentiment sticker - Bo-Bunny

Card from stock

You wanted feathers........................you got feathers!!

Marks on the scanner glass not on the card, I really must clean it. Thanks for looking. xx

At Last!

.........I have caught up over at 365 Cards...phew!!
So we have here
Day 231 - Imagine This 'Sky'

I had to think long and hard over this, but knew that when I think of sky it is always blue and summer and there are birds involved.

This image is a great freebie download from The Creative Cottage called 'Home Sweet Home' which I printed out twice and double mounted

I added little pink gems to the flowers on the grass to bling it up

The paper is Kay & Co 'Sparkly Sweet'

The alphas are Doodlebug 'Loopy Lou'

The birdies are a stamp by Clarity Stamps. and finally....

Day 244 - 3 Different transparent items
This one also fits in with
Charisma #43 - No Backing Papers

This was a quickie...  :)

I folded a sheet of acetate in half.

I placed a vellum quote by DCWV underneath the top and anchored it with 2 transparent snowflakes

On the top I placed more transparent snowflakes, 2 of which exactly matched the two at the back so masking them

A piece of plain vellum is placed on the inside back to write on....JD!!

I will now go check the whole of the month of October and make sure I haven't missed one....just tomorrows to do, please be kind to us Pam :D

Silent Night

Another chance to make a Christmas Card over at Stamping Sisters in Christ - The challenge is to make a card or project featuring the nativity or other religious theme about Christ's birth.

I chose to try an arty style for Christmas, which is definitely different.

Paper - Basic Grey 'Wassail'
Overstamped in
Adirondack 'Winter Sky'
Using
Christmas message stamp by Stamps Away
Flourish stamp by Stamp Attack stamped in Adirondack 'Rust'
Nativity Scene by Clarity Stamps also stamped in Rust and the figures filled in with brown chalk.
The whole card edged with sponging in Adirondack 'Butterscotch'
Sentiment cut out of a magazine page of sentiments, mounted on card and edged with Butterscotch.
Ribbon from my stash.
Thanks for stopping by.

Two Techniques

365 Cards Day 224 - Two Techniques ~~Layering & Fussy Cutting to create a foreground and background on the card.

I'm not sure whether I have complied with the rules of the challenge as my layering is stamp layering of a sort, not layering of cut out pieces. I did do fussy cutting though, that dragonfly was eye boggling to cut out and he did lose half a foot in the process. The back ground is brayered and the dragonfly is mounted on dimensionals
All stamps are Clarity Stamps except the grass which is Posh Impressions
Glossy Cardstock from Clarity Stamps
Inks are Adirondack Bottle, Denim and Autumn Sunset and Versafine Onyx Black.
Wings of dragonfly coloured with Copics in blue and green
Low tack masking tape used to mask around the each side of the card
Because I used glossy cardstock the ink has puddled slightly on the boat image.  It's a learning curve and I will know next time to use less

Out of Africa

365 Cards Day 209 - It's a Jungle Out There
I had something in mind for this and did the best to try and put my idea onto card.
Paper - Basic Grey
Stamp - 'Africa' by Stampabilities
Grass and Leaves stamp - Clarity Stamps
Vine Stamp - Clarity Stamps
Sentiment Corner Stamp - Clarity Stamps...I think you will gather I love these
Inks - Adirondack 'Pesto' & 'Lettuce', Versafine Onyx Black
Base card from my stash

I wanted to play about with a direct to paper technique and masking to make bushes with my grass stamps and to have the zebra looking out....I sort of got there, but it was a bit laborious to cut the masks around the blades of grass and leaves.
It was hard to think how to put a sentiment on there, not sure I chose right
It's not a bad effort, even though I say so myself.

DIY

365 Cards Day 207 - DIY: Patterned Paper.
To make your own background paper in any way you wish.
Over the last few weeks I have been following lovely Dawn McVey on her blog 'My Favorite Things' and she has been making the most wonderful backing papers using small patterned stamps and multi stamping them, so thought I would have a go. I just wish I had chosen a larger stamp. This tine one is by Clarity Stamps which I inked up in Versamark and stamped repeatedly turning the stamp each time until I got fed up :D..I then heat embossed with clear emb. powder.
I stamped a plain piece of white card with a Hero Arts dotty background stamp in dark pink and smudged it over with pink chalk then cut it with my Fiskars Border Punch. Over that I placed a piece of red card.
Embellished with a tag by Kelly Panacci,flat backed pearl by Papermania and piece of dotty organza ribbon from my stash.
All card is DCWV.
I didn't like the blank red to the left so stamped again in versamark twice, the other way up, you can now judge the size of the stamp, embossed with white emb. powder and surrounded it with a throwaway piece of pink card left after cutting out with my Nesties.
This is not very neat, there are a couple of bodged jobs, but the challenge is met.

Mosaic

Well what a lovely day, and the sun hasn't been shining - but I was a winner over at 365 Cards and am over the moon.
And their Day 198 Challenge :Make a Mosaic is fabulous. I knew I had the perfect paper for this which took me a wee while to find and then I knew the perfect sketch which was over at Mojo Monday 104 because I needed a sketch with a circle.

Ingredients :-

Mosaic Paper - Paper Adventures ARTextures 'Cosmic Rays' and I cut into a 12 x 12 for this circle.
Plain paper - Basic Grey 'Sugared'
Other paper pieces out of my bits box
'Jar' Image - Clarity Stamps
Brown Card - Bazzill Bling
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Base card and Square brass brads from my stash

I can't believe I actually cut into a 12 x 12 just for a small circle. But when a piece of paper fits the bill I daresay it happens. Am I the only person that has a huge pile of 12 x 12 which is occasionally taken out, looked at, stroked, drooled over and then put away again. :D I tend to buy 6 x 6 pads for all my cardmaking so 365 you are honoured that I cut this up for you. :)

I love the look of this card for a change and have left it without a sentiment until I need to use it.

Egypt

365 Cards Day 196 - Just a Touch
The idea is to stamp in black onto white and to then use just a hint of another color somewhere.
I chose this misc. Egyptian stamp and just smooshed some chalk in a sort of ochre colour over the skin and the parchment.
The word Eqypt is by Clarity Stamps and the other tiny emblem is another misc.
I mounted this onto Kraft card by Lakeland...JD!!
This was another quickie as my craft area really needs a sort out and a tidy up as I can't find anything and have about 12 inches square of free space to work on!!!

Super Sketchy Sunday 190

365 Cards starts another week of crafty mayhem. Also this week is Sassy Studio Designs week and we start with this sketch.
Oh! my!! I found this sketch soooooooooo hard. Probably because, unlike some of you wonderful arty people, I don't think outside of the box, I have to be so literal! ha! ha!
So after much deliberation this is what I came up with.
The Christmas Tree is by Clarity Stamps
The circular sentiment is by Hero Arts, with the centre cut away.
Everything else from my stash.

Stampin' Saturday

365 Cards Day 175 - Layering stamps, not masking
This will also fit for Crafty Creations Challenge # 29 - 'Tags'
Now I was really in my element, but I seriously didn't know when to stop...so a case of 'less is more' it is not.

Ingredients used:-
Stamps - Hero Arts 'Polka Dot Pattern', All Night Media ' Script', Hero Arts 'Skylark Bookmark', Clarity corner stamp, Image by European Memories, Sentiment by Paper Artsy
Inks - Tim Holtz Distress Inks in 'Tea Dye' and 'Walnut Stain'
Paper from Costco
Card blank - Kraft from Lakeland
Cotton twine
I still feel I need to put something else on it, like a button!..lol!!!

Crafting in the night................

Well I was up until 1.30am last night finishing this and then I lost internet connection...which made me very grumpy...so here it is, for what it's worth..which was blood, sweat and tears.

365 Cards Day 170 - 'Double Duty'
Which means it has to double as a gift or something else at least, but no voucher holders!

I have been gathering seeds over the summer from my garden - what summer? - and had the idea to pass them on so this challenge lit up a light bulb in my head.
I made a sort of concertina book to hold all the little packets of seeds so lovingly collected.

Ingredients:-
2 pieces of grey card for front and back frrom my bottomless box
6 Vellum envelopes
large peice of Kraft wrapping paper
PP's - Basic Grey 'Offbeat'
Sentiments - a mix of Clarity Stamps, Hero Arts, and computer generated
Floral images - Penny Black 'Christmas Colour'(front cover) and Great Impressions (back cover)
Paper to cover front and back boards - a lovely piece of Mango Soft
Ribbon - Grograin: SU 'Always Artichoke' silk: Anna Griffin
Tags from my stash

Being so late in the night and so tired I just snapped away with my camera at my work table, so apologies, as always, for the poor pics.

One day I will surprise you with the most amazing photography, but the cards will still be the same..lol!!

Masking to my Heart's Content

365 Cards - Day 163 Try a Technique: Masking

Oh! I was excited by this because it MADE me dust off a stamp I bought about 5 years ago and have never used, I know, I'm ashamed!
It is a stamp by Clarity called Abstractart and is brilliant for masking...well it's made for it.
All the stamps bar a couple of little Hero Arts flowers are Clarity also...I used to collect them, and still would if I had the money. Barbara Santerelli, as she was then, was my all time fave. Designer
I stamped the large frame stamp in Versafine Onyx Black and then masked off every little area in turn with Post-It notes and stamped different flowers, butterflies and some of the leaves into all the areas.
I then coloured them with a mix of PM's and Copics.
Then I went over the veins in the butterflies wings and the antenna with a Quickie glue pen and sprinkled over Stampendous Ultra Fine Crystal glitter....remembering it is Art Glitter Week.
Then a Making Memories Page Pebble was added to the magnifying glass for a lens.
The sentiment stamp also by Clarity was stamped in Versafine also
Matted and layered onto a buttery yellow piece of Bazzill and then finally mounted onto a chocolate brown DL card.
A piece of satin ribbon and 2 Doodlebug gems finished it off.

Pink & Green

Having a mind boggling weekend trying to look for templates to download for making Wedding Favour Boxes. I have cobbled together 4 or 5 different ones, but I need something that is simpler, really and less taxing for my poor old arthritic thumbs. My son gets married on the 27th and he asked if I would like to make them...I need to make 50 .....if anyone who kindly reads my blog has any ideas I would be eternally grateful. TIA

Now on to more important things...lol!!
Cards I have made today.
The first is to cover
365 Cards Day 155 - Super Sketchy Sunday...a given sketch
C.R.A.F.T Challenge 10 - Pink & Green.....simples, I love pink & Green

Ingredients used :-
Green card - Bazzill Basics
Papers - Basic Grey 'Eva'
Brads - Doodlebug Sugar Coated
Stamp - Clarity
Ink - Versamark Onyx Black
Ribbon from my stash...would you believe that this is the most shocking lime green and the scan has totally bleached it!!

Tools used :-
Nestabilities scalloped ovals in 2 largest sizes
3/4" circle MakeMe punch to concave the corners.
DS Foam Tape to raise the image

An Eye for an 'I'..........

365 Cards - Day 150
So a homophone is to be used in the sentiment.
Plodded all day with this, trying to think of something that may be different, I will know when I check everyone elses out. :D

I brayered a piece of glossy card with Adirondack 'Noel' - the greeny end.
I stamped my lovely Clarity deer stamp in 'Woodland' and the grasses and hanging vine stamps in 'Bottle'.
Top and bottom I put a run of DCWV 'Old World' ribbon and the sentiment I printed off in Word. Which I sponged - again- in 'Woodland'

I think the card may have looked ok until I plonked the sentiment on, could have done a better job of that methinks...hey ho!!

365 Cards - Day 141

Super Sketchy Sunday today and here is the sketch.
This was lovely and painless.
Feeling below par atm, like the golf I'm watching. lol!!

But as I type this the sun is starting to shine which makes a blessed relief from the amount of rain we have had lately, so much for our summer!!!
Anyway, I digress....the starting point for this card was the Nestie die cut scalloped oval in two sizes....the only two left in my box of spares. So that shade of pink dictated the rest of the card.
The Card stock is Bazzill Basics, not sure of the shade. The pp's are HOTP, years old, but I throw nothing away, so sometimes you may think my cards look a little dated, lol!! , but I care not a jot. :)
I trimmed the top piece of paper with my Fiskars scalloped border punch 'Threading Water' and forgot to do the bottom piece...doh!!
All pieces had their corners rounded with a corner rounder punch, no less. I added the sentiment by Clarity Stamps inking with Adirondack 'Cranberry'. 2 little flat backed jewels by Papermania were added to the dots on the 'i's'..ribbon from my stash and to finish it off I added two little mulberry flowers, pulling the stems through the knot of the ribbon.
The start of another great week at 365 Cards.