LIM - Spots and Stripes - Take 2!

 

Not being very happy with my first entry for the LIM challenge Spots & Stripes I had to have another go and I'm a bit happier with this one. Using masking and sponging again, I punched three squares in a piece of copy paper, placed this on top of my card blank and sponged with Wisteria Wonder. Leaving the mask in position I stamped the spots with the Confetti stamp in Elegant Eggplant and drew in the stripes with the thin end of a marker pen, again in Elegant Eggplant. The sentiment is from A Word for You.

I think that's it for today as I really must get on with the things I NEED to do and stop doing the things I WANT to do!! Have a great weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with my Simples Sunday card x

LIM Spots and Stripes

Saturday again and that means another Less is More challenge which, this week, is Spots and Stripes. Easy - that is until you find out it's a One Layer card as well!!!!

This called for a bit of masking and sponging so I took one of the frame dies from Apothecary Accents and cut a mask in a piece of copy paper, placed this on my card blank and stamped the spots from Confetti before lightly sponging with Crumb Cake. When this was done I stamped a sentiment from Friendly Phrases and removed the mask. I then used the other piece of die cut copy paper to place over the image and drew three stripes with Crumb Cake and Early Espresso markers. Unfortunately drawing straight lines only served to show up the fact that the sentiment is wonky but you get the general idea.
Certainly another challenge this week ladies but I could well be back!!

Before I go I would like to thank Chrissie and Jen for picking one of my paper pierced cards to showcase this week (bottom right) and also to the people who have sent me messages of congratulations. Thank you all, it's really appreciated x

Christmas Wedding

I’m back today to show you something that I considered to be a personal ‘challenge’. A work colleague asked me to make a wedding card for her brother, who is getting married 2 days after Christmas, with a colour scheme of red & gold. Now, particularly at this time of the year, red & gold shouts Christmas to me – not weddings, so I really struggled to come up with an idea. As the gift is going to be money she wanted a special, personalised card so I hope I have succeeded. 

I used Naturals Ivory for the card base layered with Riding Hood Red which I had gold embossed down one side with a stamp from Confetti and the ‘Congratulations’ from Love & Laughter. The names were computer generated and printed on Naturals Ivory before adding them to a tag made from Brushed Gold cardstock with a knot of Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon. I did a little bit of scoring on the card and added some tiny Brushed Gold hearts, from the Owl Builder punch, to finish the card. I made the matching envelope for the money using a retired stamp. All I need to do now is make the gift bag to put it in and the job’s done!

 

Until next time wrap up and keep warm x

Wedding Card

 

This is a wedding card I was asked to make using pale green so of course the colour I used was Certainly Celery. I stamped the hearts stamp from Confetti onto a strip of Whisper White, tied a knot of Taffeta Ribbon around, matted this onto a wider strip of Certainly Celery and added down the side of the base card (an A5 card blank, matted with Certainly Celery and Whisper White). The same stamp was stamped in Versamark, sprinkled with Heat'n'Stick and, after heating, added Dazzling Diamonds then punched out a large heart for the 'bride' and some small hearts using the Owl Builder punch and added some Basic Pearls to the top of the large heart to decorate. The 'groom' was made by punching two large hearts, one in white and one in black which had a 'v' cut in the centre to form the jacket. The bow tie was made with two more hearts from the Bird Builder punch and a small circle and the buttonhole is an Itty Bitty Punch with a tiny Basic Pearl in the centre. I added some Certainly Celery hearts down the left hand side and some glittery hearts down the right, a tag and a sentiment punched with the Jewelry Tag punch and Decorative Label punch respectively. I did make a bag to put the card in but obviously forgot to take a photo of it!

Perfect Pairs!

The challenge at Simply Stampin' this week is 'Perfect Pairs!' and this fitted in really well with a card I've been asked to make. For those of you who saw my attempt at a 'tacky' engagement card the other day well this is for the same recipient but from a different person. (the sister loved the card so asked me to make another one for her Mum to send!) I always find it difficult to make cards for the same person, as I'm constantly thinking about making something completely different, but to be asked to make two 'tacky' cards for the same person is a step too far :0) This card is a bit more bling-y than tacky I think but it fits the challenge perfectly. A pair of hearts, a pair of Modern Label punches and a pair of rhinestones.

I started by using a stamp from Confetti, inked with Versamark then sprinkled with Heat'n'Stick before adding Dazzling Diamonds - this made my border which was matted onto Basic Black cardstock and a knot of Whisper White Organza ribbon tied round before placing down the side of an A6 card blank. I inked the heart stamp (now retired) with Versamark and heat embossed one in black and added Heat'n'Stick and Dazzling Diamonds to the other and then punched with the Large Heart punch. The black one was stuck onto the border and the glittery one was positioned on top, raised with dimensionals. The 'congratulations' was again heat embossed in black and punched with the Modern Label punch and matted onto another label in Basic Black with a Basic Rhinestone placed at either end. The rest of the sentiment (a new one coming soon) was stamped in Basic Black.

Tuesday 1st May sees the launch of the first ever Summer Mini catalogue which has some exciting new products in it. To celebrate the launch a group of crafters from ILWS, myself included, have organised a Blog Hop to showcase some of the brand new products so why not drop by then and have a look at, what promises to be, some inspiring projects. I'm sure I'll be back before then but just wanted to give you advance warning :0)

Have a great weekend and try not to get too wet!!!!

One Layer Hearts

Less is More Challenge

One Layer 

Heart(s)

The Week 36 Challenge is Heart(s) but it must be a one layer card and, although I have a very busy weekend, I do hate missing the challenge that the lovely ladies set each week so here is my super quick and easy card. I masked off a card blank to leave a border down the left side and used a stamp from the Confetti set to fill the space with tiny Cherry Cobbler hearts. This is one of the few clear mount sets I have but it makes it so easy to position the hearts to 'fill the spaces' (although in my hurry I'm not too sure I did a brilliant job on this one!). The card is finished with a fitting sentiment for the challenge which comes from Heard from the Heart.

Whatever you are doing this weekend I hope it's a good one - back soon x

Dungarees

This card was made from a template I found for dungarees, which I re-sized and did a bit of altering. The base card was made with white cardstock and I stamped the top half in Bashful Blue with the alphabet stamp from the Confetti set. The dungarees were made from the striped Bashful Blue DSP in the Subtles Collection stack and some odd pieces of Bashful Blue cardstock and the faux stitching was drawn with the fine point of a Stampin’Write marker. The buttons were cut with the Sweet Buttons Embosslits die and covered with Crystal Effects to add some dimension and, as this is a congratulations card in preparation for the arrival of my new grandson Conor (who is now overdue!) I added a ‘C’ to the pocket which I cut with the Timeless Type Alphabet die. On the back I put another little pocket with a smaller button - again from the Buttons die.

This card could be used for a birth congratulations or a birthday card for a little one - and it is quite cute!