Colour Create #87 - Red, Cream and Sage Green

Hi there!!
I'm back after a little blogging break - needed some time to recharge the batteries before getting back into the swing of creating again. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

It's Edna's turn to post this fortnight's Colour Create Challenge #87 - Red, Cream and Sage. What gorgeous colours!! Here is her inspiration pic for you:

This week's challenge is being sponsored by:

and the winner will receive a $5 voucher to spend in store.

For my card I decided to use Rustic Cream for my base and then some gorgeous paper from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop collection with Real Red cardstock added to the bottom section. I tied some twill ribbon around the join and then added a Pure Poppy flower button threaded with twine.

The sentiment is from Birthday Balloon Jolinne stamped in Rustic Cream ink and heat embossed with clear powder. It's a bit smudgy looking as I dropped the ink pad right on this section and did my best to clean it all away!

My image is from AnnaBelle stamps - Lil Molly's Flowers, coloured with Copics and paper pieced with more Thrift Shop paper and some sage cardstock. She was then cut out with my oval nesties and framed with my scallop oval nesties. Finally she was adhered to the card with foam dimensional tape.

My card was so late (I didn't check the date and though we had another week before the challenge started!) so the inside hasn't been done on this card yet.

I am entering this card into Ribbon Carousel Challenge's RCC34 - Anything Goes as well:

Hop on over to the Colour Create blog to have a look - the ladies are back with some lovely creations!

Supplies
Stamps: Lil Molly's Flowers (AnnaBelle Stamps); Birthday Balloon Jolinne (MFT)
Cardstock: Rustic Cream (PTI); Real Red, Sage Shadow (SU); Thrift Shop Collection DP (October Afternoon)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Rustic Cream (PTI)
Accessories: Copics; Scallop Oval nestabilities, Oval nestabilities (Spellbinders); twill ribbon, clear embossing powder; cream twine (SU); Pure Poppy button (PTI); foam dimensional tape

CSAYL Challenge - You've Got Me In Stitches

This week's CSAYL challenge is - You've Got Me In Stitches, so the requirement is to add some sewing to your cards. The sponsor this week is Sew Many Cards and their prize for the winner is 5 digis.

I used the image Hershey with Angel Owen for my card:

I won't go in to too much detail as this post is already late due to Blogger going down yesterday, but the papers used on my card are from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop collection and the seam binding is from My Craft Spot. I chose to hand cross stitch my card and also sponged in light blue ink around the edge of my image while still in a circle nestability.

I have checked out the other team members' cards and they are fantastic, so head on over to the CSAYL blog to have a look!!! Also enter your card for a chance to win this great prize!

Supplies
Stamps: Hershey with Angel Owen digi (Sew Many Cards); Holiday Button Bits (PTI)
Cardstock: Kraft, Stampers Select White (PTI); So Saffron, Chocolate Chip (SU); Thrift Shop Collection DP(October Afternoon)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU); Sea Lavender (Martha Stewart)
Accessories: Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars); tan thread; paper piercer; mat pack, dimensionals (SU); Tiny Tags die set (Cuttlebug); twine (AnnaBelle Stamps); Fleur De Lis Impressabilities, Circle Nestability (Spellbinders), Copic markers

Colour Create Challenge #65

Well its been a crazy week again - my daughter has been off school half of last week with the flu and then we had a weekend up in Toowoomba for a family wedding which was lovely, but now that means I am playing catch up with all my challenge cards. This card is also my first as a member of the Colour Create  Design Team, which is a fortnightly colour challenge that I am excited to be a part of. My first challenge uses some 'challenging' colours - green/olive, cream, black and brown (with the optional extra of adding leaves):

The sponsor for this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking

and the prize is the new Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder-County CottageHere is my card:

I matted some Thrift Shop paper with Old Olive cardstock and added a small strip of Kraft cardstock punched with my Apron Lace border punch. I stamped the flowers in black ink and embossed with clear powder, stamping the leaves in Old Olive ink. Chocolate Chip ink and card were both used for the mat for my image and the matching sentiment. Its also hard to see, but I stamped a flourish image over the cream cardstock in Versamark ink to add a little interest. Before adhering my image layer I used my slot punch to create two holes to thread through my black ribbon and to finish off the card front I added silver rhinestones to the flower centres.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink and the smaller flower image in Tuxedo Black ink. I then randomly stamped the flourish image again in Versamark ink and some more black ribbon was added to finish off the inside.

Make sure you pop on over to the Colour Create blog and see what the rest of the designers have created and link your creation!

Just a couple more cards to post in the next two days and then I think I will having a nice weekend resting and phoning close friends who I haven't spoken to in weeks as life has been just so busy!!

Take care and thanks for visiting!

 Supplies
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Up and Away, Inside and Out Birthday, Fancy Flourishes (PTI)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream (PTI); Old Olive, Crumb Cake - Kraft, Chocolate Chip (SU); Thrift Shop paper (October Afternoon)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Versamark; Chocolate Chip, Old Olive (SU)
Accessories: clear embossing powder, slot punch; dimensionals (SU); black ribbon; silver rhinestones (Kaisercraft); Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars)

Say It In Yellow!!

Back again with another weekly challenge from AnnaBelle Stamps and this time the challenge is to create a card using yellow. I was very excited to create this week's card as yellow comes a close 2nd to my favourite colour -red.

This card uses a few different techniques such as heat embossing, dry embossing and paper piecing. The details of how I assembled it are as follows:

1. Cut top yellow layer and run this through Cuttlebug with embossing folder.

2. Lightly brush some white acrylic paint over the embossed flowers and around the edges of this layer. Then add dots of gllitter to the flower centres.

3. Cut out centre of yellow layer with circle nestability.

4. Stamp Lil Molly's Flowers image in centre of white layer. Colour with copics and paper piece clothes.

5. Use Palette Heat and Stick Glue pad and sponge dauber and gently dab around the stamped image. Sprinkle glitter over this and let dry.

6. Adhere diecut grass on top of Molly's shoes with tape.

7. Tie white ribbon around bottom of top layer and adhere yellow card to white card with foam dimensionals. Adhere these to yellow card base.

Inside

8. Run white cardstock through Cuttlebug with embossing folder. Add glitter to flower centres.

9. Use die cut yellow circle left over from the front of card and lightly sponge some white acrylic paint over flowers and add glitter to centres.

10.Stamp Happy Birthday sentiment from Jasmine's Cupcake  set in Versamark and heat emboss with white powder. Score two lines underneath sentiment and add ribbon.

11. Adhere circle and white cardstock to inside.

This set was lots of fun to work with as I just love the opportunity to colour or paper piece! I just wish I hadn't added the white sponged paint on to the centre circle inside as it is too hard to see the embossed sentiment.  Anyway, be sure to pop on over to the other design team blogs to see their wonderful cards:

Belles
Andrea
Sue W
Kylie
Chupa
Ida
Jerusha
Rene'
Lisa
Sue K


Bellas
Liz
Kerry


 And don't forget by entering the challenge and linking your creation to the AnnaBelle Stamps blog, you will be in the running for a $20 voucher to spend in the store.

See you soon!

Supplies
Stamps: Lil Molly With Flowers, Jasmine's Cupcake (AnnaBelle Stamps)
Cardstock: Lemon Zest, Stampers Select White (PTI); Thrift Shop (October Afternoon)
Ink: Versamark, Tuxedo Memento Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Sizzix Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, White Embossing Powder, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, sponge dauber (SU); Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Grass die cut (MFT); Copic markers; white ribbon; ScorPal, white acrylic paint (Kaisercraft)

AnnaBelle Bling Sketch Challenge ABSC034

Hello!!

Its time for another AnnaBelle Stamps Sketch Challenge which can be seen over at the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog. This one is a great one:

The set that I chose to use for this challenge is AnnaBelle's Jasmine's Cupcake which is a very versatile set and I had a lot of fun using it. Here is my card:

I used cream cardstock for my base and then layered my October Afternoon Thrift Shop paper on Real Red cardstock. The layer behind the image has some green cardstock layered on some more Real Red card which has been punched with my scallop punch. I then added some AnnaBelle Lime Sprinkles on the edges. The sentiment is also from the Jasmine's Cupcake set and my little banner has been popped up in the middle to give some dimension.

My main image has been stamped and coloured with my Copics. I then die cut and embossed it with a circle Nestability and while the image was still in the die I sponged on some soft blue ink to add a touch of sky. To ground my image, I used some Copic markers to create some grass. Now I have never tried either of these techniques before as I am always too scared that I might ruin my card (this is my perfectionist streak which frustrates my hubby all the time!). But I have to say that I will definately be doing both of these again. Lots of fun!

All of the edges were then inked with some tea dye ink and I added some vanilla ribbon behind the main image.

On the inside, I used another sentiment from the same set and some more Thrift Shop paper.

To play along with the sketch, just make a creation using the above sketch and link your project from your blog or on-line gallery over at the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog  for a chance to win a $20.00 gift voucher to spend at AnnaBelle Stamps! 

Click on the links below to view creations from the rest of the design team:

Belles
Andrea
Sue W
Kylie
Chupa
Ida
Jerusha
Rene'
Lisa
Sue K


Bellas
Liz
Kerry


Thanks so much for visiting and looking forward to seeing your creations!

Supplies
Stamps: Jasmine's Cupcake (AnnaBelle Stamps)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream (PTI); Real Red (SU); miscellaneous green cardstock; Thrift Shop designer paper (October Afternoon)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Baja Breeze (SU); Vintage Tea Duo (PTI); Light Blue pigment ink (Martha Stewart)
Accessories: Dimensionals, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Scallop Border Punch (SU); Glossy Accents (Ranger); Lime 6mm Sprinkles (AnnaBelle Stamps); Copic Markers

TCP Tuesday 139

Hello!

Today I have yet another non-Christmas card to share but one that I found quite challenging. My mum needed a birthday card for my nephew who is turning 13 tomorrow. I have to say that teenage boys are THE hardest male cards to make - I have no appropriate images and I just itch to add the bling and ribbons etc. Then I remembered that I had ordered October Afternoon's Thrift Shop paper pad and found this great black and cream paper which just screamed out to be used!! Everything for the rest of the card just seemed to flow naturally and I also found it very easy to incorporate into The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday Challenge 139:

I decided to make an easel card (tutorial  here) to add a bit of interest to quite a simple card. The first step was to make the base of the easel from Kraft cardstock. After this, I layered some black cardstock on the designer paper and used a Spellbinder circle die cut a circle through both layers. I then lightly adhered these layers to some Very Vanilla card and sewed a border around this using some Kraft coloured thread.

I then diecut a smaller circle from the patterned paper and a smaller circle from Kraft card and finished off with the number 13 using some American Craft thickers. I only had white, so I used a black marker to colour them. The circles were then popped up on some dimensionals and added to the front of the card. To finish off the front, I added some cream twill tape and adhered this inside the circle opening with Scor-tape.

On the inside of the card, I diecut another patterned paper circle and a smaller vaniila circle. I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink using the Birthday Basics set from Papertrey Ink. The circles were then adhered to the centre of some Very Vanilla cardstock on dimensionals to ensure that the front of the card is held in place when opened up. Voila! Such a simple card, but I am really happy with the outcome and will definately follow this sketch again. The card does look much better IRL - it was hard to capture it properly on camera.

I have to go now and finish watching the Santa Clause 3 with my kids tonight. Even though things are slowing down there out in blogland, I can't stay away from my craft room for long or I miss it like crazy, so I will hopefully have a Christmas card to share with a new stamp I am itching to ink up and also some 3D projects that are Christmas gifts (yes I have left it till the last minute!!!)

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies
Stamps: Birthday Basics (PTI)
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Kraft (SU); Thrift Shop Designer Paper (October Afternoon);Black cardstock
Ink: Vintage Sepia (Versafine)
Accessories: Circle Nestablities (Spellbinders); Scor-tape; Kraft thread; Twill ribbon (SU)