Hero Arts Challenge #30 - Circles

Wow! I can't believe how long it has been since I have posted on my blog! 

We moved house and states back at the beginning of August and things have been crazy. I have still been doing some crafting on and off, but my craft room is more a craft 'corridor' and just not set up how I would like it. I am still storing some of my crafty goodness in the garage and haven't gotten my lighting and things set up yet. Hence, why I haven't been photographing my crafting!

Anyway - that said - I felt I needed a challenge to get me going. I found one on the Hero Arts blog - circles!

I needed to make some thank you cards from Christmas, and so I used the Soft Landscape Window Fancy die for a CAS, wintery design.

I ink blended a background panel using Stormy Sky, Speckled Egg and Picket Fence distress oxides. I added some 'snow' with Mister Huey's opaque white mists, and once it had dried I added it to a coordinating blue, A2 card base.

I added the die cut panel to the card and stamped the sentiment using the Special Thank You stamp set (an exclusive from the SCT Crop & Create event) and Stormy Sky distress oxide.

This was a very simple card, but I love how it turned out.

Thanks for looking.

Happy crafting x

 

My Favorite Things - Sketch #550 & 'Feeling Beachy' theme

 I've been have fun playing along with sketches and challenges lately, and this week I combined both the current sketch #550 and slimline challenge 'Feeling Beachy',  from My Favorite Things.

 

Here is my card:

I stamped the images from the Summer Safari stamp set and colored them in with my Spectrum Noir Trish-blend markers. I then fussy cut them out and set them aside.

I cut a strip of light blue Cardstock measuring 3.25" x 8.25". I used the Wavy Lines stencil with some blue distress ink to create the wave effect on the background. 

I used a cloud die to make my own stencil, and then used white pigment ink to create the subtle cloud effect at the top of the panel.

I cut a couple of hills from white cardstock and added some yellow and brown ink to make them look 'Beachy'! I added these to the bottom of the blue need panel.

I adhered this panel onto a standard white slimline card base (3.5" x 8.5").

I stamped the sentiment using the same stamp set and die cut them in a small banner. I used the same blue distress ink to color a piece of cardstock and then cut that into a banner too. I added these to the top of the card.

I finished the card by popping up the images on foam dots.

Thanks for looking.

Happy crafting :D

 

Christmas in July!

 I love the current AAA cards challenge - 'Twinchie'. I had no clue what this was to begin with but once I started I got carried away! 

For the first card I used this adorable image from Mo Manning 'Christmas Puppy'.

I printed out the image and colored it in with my Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers.

I cut a white cardstock panel measuring 4" x 5.25", and used a 2 inch square die to cut a window in the panel. I adhered the image behind the window and then adhered it to a standard A2 white card base.

For my second card, I used a sentiment from silhouette studio. I love how this looks on a CAS card. 

I printed it out to measure just under 2". I cut this out on a panel measuring 4" x 5.25" and then adhered it onto a standard A2 black card base.

I will also be entering the first card into Mo's digital challenge #305 - anything goes.

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting x

My Favorite Things - Sketch #549 & Color #169

 I've been have fun playing along with sketches and challenges lately, and this week I combined both the current sketch and color challenge from My Favorite Things.

 

Here is my card:

I stamped the images from the Weather With You stamp set and colored them in with my Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers, to match the color challenge above. It doesn't show too well on the photo but I did use a cream marker to add some color to the clouds and bunny. I then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

I have a strip left over from a previous card, using the Scallop Stripe background stamp which I turned on its side to use as a decorative strip. I found some teal cardstock in my stash and colored up some white cardstock using my Coral blend marker to match the color combo.

I added these to a white yardstick panel measuring 4" x 5.25" and stamped the sentiment from the Weather With You stamp set. 

I popped up the images on foam dots and added the panel to a standard A2 white card base.

Thanks for looking.

Happy crafting :D

  

We're Moving!

 We have less than 3 weeks until the packers and movers are coming in to pack and load up our house, with a move across the US the NC!

This digital image from Gerda Steiner - Kitten in moving Box - was just perfect to send to family.

I love the sketch from the current AAA cards challenge #193, and also included the optional twist 'critters'.

 

I printed the image and colored it in with my Spectrum Noir trip-blend markers and then fussy cut it out. I printed out the sentiment and used a die from Queen & Co to cut out the background panel. I used papers from Echo Parks Go See Explore 6x6 paper pad.

I am entering this card into Gerda Steiner's July Share Your Designs challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting :D

 

Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash July - Oh, Baby

I loved this theme this month, from Reverse Confetti - Oh, Baby! 

I used 'The Bear Up There' stamp set, along with the Polka Panel Die to make this card.

I have packed up most of craft room for a move to North Carolina in 4 weeks, so my current supplies are limited! 

I used some papers from Echo Park to paper piece onto the balloons, a background stamp from MFT and other dies from Queen & Co.

I love how versatile this stamp set is - the images can be used for so many different occasions.

Thanks for looking.

Happy crafting x

Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash

I loved this theme this month, from Reverse Confetti - Hello/Just Because. You can never have too many of these type of cards.

I used 'The Bear Up There' stamp set, along with the Celebrate Tag confetti cuts to create a mini slimline card this month.

I have packed up most of craft room for a move to North Carolina in 4 weeks, so my current supplies are limited! 

I used some papers from Echo Park to paper piece onto the balloons, and stamped the sentiment from a Whimsy Stamps set.

I'm new to making mini slimline cards, but I love how this card turned out.

Thanks for looking.

Happy crafting x

 

My Favorite Things - Sketch #547

 I've been have fun playing along with sketches and challenges lately. I used sketch #547:

Here is my card:

I stamped the image from the Festive Old Friends stamp set and colored him in with my Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers. I then fussy cut him out.

I used blue and yellow inks to blend a background and, to follow the sketch, I used the Slimline Slide In dies - taking the slimline rectangle die to cut the ink blended panel.

I stamped the sentiments onto the panel and then cut the strips to copy the sketch.

I added the panel/strips to a white cardstock panel and then onto a coordinating blue panel. This was then adhered onto a standard A2 white card base.

I added some thin white strip stickers to the top of the blended panel and popped up the image on foam squares.

Thanks for looking.

Happy crafting :D

  

My Favorite Things - Sketch #546 & Color Challenge #167

 It's been a while since I have joined in with one of the MFT challenges - I this time I managed to combine 2 of them!

I found a little downtime to play today, free from packing boxes or organizing our house move.

I used sketch #546:

Along with the current color challenge #167:

to design my card.

I stamped the images from the Sprinkling you with Love stamp set, and colored them in with my Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers. I then fussy cut them out.

To follow the sketch, I used the Slimline Slide In dies - taking the individual circle to die cut the panel.

I used papers from Your Crafty Happy Place 6x6 paper pad - adding the patterned background panel and stamping the sentiment directly onto the patterned paper.

I used Gina K Seaglass ink for the raindrops (most of inks are now packed in boxes!!) and used the ink to create a coordinating, colored swatch to put my sentiment banner on.

I popped up the images on foam dots, and then adhered the panel onto a standard A2 card base.

I love how this design and color combo turned out.

Thanks for looking.

Happy crafting :D

  

Grand Diva's Creative Corner challenge

One of our Admin/DT members from Colorful Creations has now left us, but is hosting challenges on her own blog (http://granddivasscrappyplace.blogspot.com/). This is her first challenge. We had to use the following sketch:

to create a double page layout, or 2 single page layouts, using one of the words 'happy', 'new' or 'year' or the actual year using numbers in the title.
Here is my take on the challenge:

Nia's 3rd Birthday!

The Paper shelter *Anything goes* challenge

Here are my entries for Challenge #45 "Anything Goes" - using The Paper Shelter images.

Domestic goddess!!!

So, I'm sure you all know, I am into making fondant cakes!! Well, Nia has been watching me carefully over the last few months and decided she wanted to decorate a cake of her own! She spent over an hour looking through my cake books to find 'the right one' - and here is the finished result! She completed most of the birds on her own! She was SO proud! :-)

I am entering this layout into the BoBunny Layout challenge friday - Inspired By Circles. I used Bo Bunny's Sweet tooth collection, and a sketch from Pagemaps.


Thanks for looking :-)