LIM No.3!!!!

 

Oh dear another entry for the LIM challenge which is the third today!! This watch has been sitting around on my desk for a couple of weeks waiting to be made into a card so I have finally completed it to fit today's Sketch challenge.
I have seen a few people make the new SU Soda Pop Tops into watches using the Dapper Dad stamp set for the watch face but, as I don't own this set, I had to improvise. I used the clock stamp from Forever Young stamped in Versamark and silver embossed before punching the clock face with a Circle Punch. This was matted onto a larger punched circle of Brushed Silver cardstock before covering with Crystal Effects. The Soda Pop Top was flattened in the Big Shot and, when the clock face was dry it was adhered to the Pop Top, again using Crystal Effects. The watchstrap was made with Brushed Silver cardstock embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. The watch was positioned onto a panel of Twitterpated DSP matted onto Basic Gray cardstock and then onto a DL card blank and the sentiment is computer generated. A Basic Rhinestone was added to the centre of the watch face and a couple on the sentiment banner to add a bit of bling!
No more entries for this challenge I promise :0)

My Little People

I have actually been doing some crafting for myself and thought I would show you the fruits of my labour. Looking through the Ideas Book & Catalogue the other day I came across the Forever Young stamps which is a set I bought a long time ago but, in all honesty, I've hardly used. I was inspired by the pictures that were on the page which, I believe, are done on embroidery rings. Now as I'm someone who doesn't do any sewing it will come as no surprise that I don't have any of these lying around but, not to be beaten, I looked for and found a substitute - blank DVD's! I won't go into detail as I have used a lot of SU products and it's really a matter of choice (and what you've got). I wanted to hang the finished project in my conservatory which is browns and neutrals so the colour combo I used is Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Naturals Ivory and the four discs were attached to a piece of the wide Striped Grosgrain ribbon with a glue gun. Oh, and just in case you're wondering, the letters are their initials! It is now hanging up and I have to say I'm really quite pleased with it but then I am always happy to have my lovely grandchildren to look at :0)

Silhouettes

I was very pleased to see that Chrissie & Mandi, over at Less is More, have set a challenge this week called 'Silhouettes'. One reason being that I immediately knew that I had a stamp set which was perfect for this challenge, Forever Young, and the other reason being that finally this stamp set which I have had for several weeks was actually going to come out of the box and see an inkpad!! With all the Christmas projects that I have been making I really have not had much time to 'play' so this poor set has been sitting, still 'pristine' in it's box, well until last night that is. So I have two cards for the challenge this week.

On the left is a simple card with the image stamped in Basic Black on Whisper White and matted onto a piece of Bashful Blue, leaving just a thin border around and layered onto a card blank of Basic Black. The sentiment, which is from Cottage Garden, was heat embossed in white onto Basic Black and punched using the Decorative Label punch. I cut the top and bottom off before matting onto a Bashful Blue Decorative Label and then added two Basic Rhinestones.

The one on the right is made with the clock stamp from the set which was stamped using Basic Black onto Whisper White and the corners were cut with a circle punch before matting onto Basic Black cardstock. I stamped the clock again onto scrap card and cut out just the clock body and removed the clock face with a circle punch, this was then placed onto the original image with dimensionals and a Basic Rhinestones added in the centre of the clock face. The bow was made from Basic Black Satin ribbon and the sentiment, cut again with the Decorative Label punch, is from Curvy Verses.

Thank you to everyone who has left such lovely comments on my blog and my apologies to those who I didn't get round to visiting. The past few weeks have been so busy, both at home and at work, and the time just seems to run away with me - I can't believe just how quickly Saturdays come around!

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend and if you've managed to brave the shops (and the queues) -

WELL DONE!

Back soon x