CSAYL - Teacher's Pet

Over at CSAYL this week, the challenge is to create a card for a teacher. The winner of this week's challenge will win the chance to be a guest designer for one of our future challenges. Here is my card:

I went with a CAS card this week using a cute stocking image from my Tiny Treats: Christmas set which I coloured with copics. These were punched out with 1 1/4 " circle punch. I didn't have a teacher stamp so I printed my sentiment from the computer and drew a frame around for a border. Finally I embossed this layer with my linen impression plate before layering on some Real Red cardstock and adhering to  my Kraft base.

On the inside I used another computer generated sentiment to match the fonts and stamped the snowflake image from Tiny Treats and coloured with a copic marker. I added another frame, embossed with my linen impression plate and matted the layer on some Real Red cardstock.

Check out the other ladies' gorgeous projects over at the CSAYL blog and don't forget Christmas is creeping up so why not link up your creation too!

Supplies
Stamps: Tiny Treats: Christmas (PTI)
Cardstock: Kraft, White (PTI); Real Red (SU)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Linen impression plate (PTI); 1 1/4" circle punch (SU); copics; dimensionals, black pen

Colour Create Challenge #79

Hi there,
Another fortnight has passed so its time for another challenge for Colour Create. This week the challenge is to use these gorgeous colours picked by Sylvia - pink, brown and cream/white. Here is the inspiration pic

 

The optional extra is to add lace to your project. Here is my take on the challenge:

I chose to go with a Christmas theme this time and used some Rustic Cream cardstock for my card front. I embossed my Peace sentiment from Snowflake Serenade and randomly stamped some Blush Blossom snowflakes from the same set in the corner. I added some bling by using some pink rhinestones on my sentiment and also adding a strip of adhesive with some glitter sprinkled on top. This layer was then tucked in behind my brown and pink scalloped strips and some Very Vanilla ribbon added.

I stamped another sentiment from Snowflake Serenade inside with Chocolate Chip ink and clear embossed this. A row of pink snowflakes was stamped along the bottom.

The winner of this week's challenge will receive a gift voucher from Michelle's Scrapbooking:

So head on over to the Colour Create blog and check out the rest of the team's designs and link up your creation for your chance to win!

Supplies
Stamps: Snowflake Serenade (PTI)
Cardstock: Rustic Cream, Sweet Blush (PTI); Chocolate Chip (SU)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom, Versamark (SU)
Accessories: Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars); Dazzling Diamonds glitter, clear embossing powder, Very Vanilla ribbon (SU); pink rhinestones (Kaisercraft); corner rounder

CSAYL - Fancy Shmancy

Hi there,
Another week has passed so its time for another weekly CSAYL challenge. The challenge this week is to create a card with a fancy fold. Our fabulous sponsor this week is Pink Cat Studio:

Pink Cat Studio have a huge range of both digi and rubber stamps for every occasion and they are so much fun to work with! The winner of this week's challenge will receive 5 free digis of their choice.

I haven't made many cards with fancy folds, so I decided to go with one that I do love making which is an easel card. For this card I chose to work with Snowflake Fairy Lily.

I used Kraft for my base and then two designs from Papertrey's Sugar Plum DP which were matted on some Plum Pudding cardstock. The join was covered with some Fresh Snow ribbon. I printed my Lili image onto some white cardstock and then die cut it with a circle nestie. The image was coloured with copics and I printed the snowflake a second time, popping it up on dimensionals. Some glitter was added as well to the image along with some Glossy Accents to the wings.

My circle was matted on a Dizzy Doily die cut from Plum Pudding cardstock. I stamped the Let It Snow sentiment in Real Red ink at the bottom of my card and added some silver rhinestones beside it.

On the inside I stamped a small snowflake image in Bashful Blue ink and my sentiment from PTI's Holiday Button Bits was stamped in Real Red ink on some more Sugar Plum DP, and matted on a Plum Pudding Scalloped Oval.

This week we have a fabulous guest designer with us - Julie. Be sure to check out her blog to see her lovely creations. Make sure you also hop on over to the CSAYL blog to see the rest of the design team's fancy fold cards!

Supplies
Stamps: Snowflake Fairy Lily (PCS); Holiday Button Bits (PTI)
Cardstock: Kraft, Select White, Plum Pudding, SugarPlum DP (PTI)
Ink: Real Red, Bashful Blue (SU)
Accessories: Dizzy Doily die (MFT); Circle nestability (Spellbinders); Fresh Snow ribbon (PTI); Scallop Oval punch, Oval punch (SU); silver rhinestones (Kaisercraft); Copics; dimensionals; Glossy Accents (Ranger)

CSAYL - Monochromatic Colours

Hi there!
This week's challenge over at CSAYL is to use only monochromatic colours on your cards and the winner this week will have the chance to be a guest designer in September.

For my card I turned to one of my all time favourite stamp sets - Wings Of Joy from Taylored Expressions. Red is also my favourite colour so I decided to go different shades of red to create my monochromatic look:

I used white for my base and Berry Sorbet for my mat. The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with my R22, R24, R27 and R29 copics to create varying shades of red. Some Dazzling Diamonds glitter was added to the image as well. I scored two lines at the top and bottom of the card and added a strip of Scor-Tape which was then sprinkled with glitter. Finally I used my new Eyelet Lace border die to cut a strip from Berry Sorbet card.

On the insde I stamped a sentiment from Wings of Joy in Tuxedo Black ink along with the snowflake images on either side. I finished off my colouring these with copics.

You have until next Thursday to link up your card so be sure to check out the CSAYL blog to see the rest of the design team's work for some inspiration.

Supplies
Stamps: Wings of Joy (TE)
Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Berry Sorbet (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Copics; Eyelet Lace border punch(PTI); Dazzling Diamonds glitter(SU); scor-tape

Colour Create Challenge #78

Hi there!
It's my turn to pick the colours over at the Colour Create blog this week and I decided to go with one of my all time fave combos - Kraft, Red and White with the optional extra of adding your own stamped background. Here is my inspiration pic:

Here is my card:

I had a lot of fun making this card. I first used some Pure Poppy card, scoring about 1 inch iin from one end and using my Apron Lace border punch along the edge. I then attached some Stampers Select white to the scalloped end of my Pure Poppy card to create my card front. I used a flower and dot from Beautiful Blooms ll set to create my stamped background, using Real Red ink. My sentiment from Inside and Out: Birthday was stamped in Crumb Cake (Kraft) ink and then I tied some white ribbon across the front, attaching a red button to the centre of my bow with twine. I stamped three large flowers in Real Red ink and cut these out, attaching to the ribbon with a silver rhinestone in each centre. I used my Little Leaves die to cut a leaf from Kraft cardstock and tucked this behind my flowers. Finally I rounded the corners of my card front to finish.

On the inside I repeated my flower background along the bottom of my white layer and added my sentiment again in Crumb Cake ink.

The rest of the design team have come up with some wonderful cards, so take a look at the Colour Create blog and be sure to link up your entry!!

Supplies
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms ll, Inside & Out: Birthday (PTI)
Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Kraft, Pure Poppy (PTI)
Ink: Real Red, Crumb Cake (SU)
Accessories: corner rounder; white ribbon; red button; twine; Little Leaves sizzlit die (SU); silver rhinestones (Kaisercraft); Apron Lace punch (Fiskars)

Colour Create Challenge #77

I'm back with my card for this fortnight's Colour Create challenge. My card is very late due to my really bad bout of the flu, but as I had nearly finished my card, I decided to post it anyway. Here is the inspiration pic for this fortnight's challenge:

Liz has come up with a lovely colour combo - red, green, brown, blue and white with the option of adding texture. This is what I have created:

As soon as I saw this colour combo, I instantly thought of my Green Tea Leaves paper which has all of these colours incorporated. I cut three strips of paper and adhered them to my white layer which had been embossed with my Argyle Impression plate. I added some Chocolate Chip ribbon along the join. I stamped my sentiment from Inside and Out: Birthday in Chocolate Chip ink and die cut it with my circle nestabilities.  I then matted this layer on some Old Olive cardstock cut with my Blossoms 4 die. Below the sentiment I stamped the two tiny leaf images from the Mat Stack 1 Collection in Old Olive ink and added a red rhinestone to the centre.

Have a great weekend!

Supplies
Stamps: Inside & Out: Birthday, Mat Stack 1 Collection (PTI)
Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Green Tea Leaves DP (PTI); Old Olive (SU)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive (SU)
Accessories: Argyle Impression plate (PTI); Chocolate Chip ribbon (SU); red rhinestones; Circle nestabilities, Blossom 4 nestabilities (Spellbinders)

CSAYL - Non Traditional

Hi its time for this week's CSAYL challenge which is to go Non-Tradional and not use any green or red. This week's challenge is sponsored by A Perfect Presentation and the winner will receive one free template of their choice.

 

I decided to use the Squared template to create a simple Christmas decoration:

I found it really hard to photograph this project and it looks much better in real life! I printed the Squared template 4 times onto Very Vanilla cardstock. On each of the boxes once constructed I added a pink mat to each side. I stamped my background onto Very Vanilla squares using Background Basics: Botanicals in Pretty in Pink ink and Melon Mambo ink. These squares were then added to the pink mats. I added my letters to spell Xmas and added some vanilla snowflakes which had been coated with glitter. Some random pink rhinestones were also added to finish off the blocks.

Make sure you have a look at all the other lovely creations over at the CSAYL blog and link up your project for your chance to win this week's prize!

Supplies

Stamps: Background Basics: Botanicals

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Pretty In Pink (SU)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Pretty In Pink (SU); Versamark

Accessories: Snowflake punch; Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Heat and Stick Powder (SU); Chipboard letters (Cristina Re); glue dots

CSAYL- Inspiration Photo

Hi everyone,
Sorry it has been such a long time between posts - I woke up on Sunday morning with a terrible headache and I soon realised that I had come down with the flu! I then have been off work for the last 4 days, totally out of it and only today have been right to go back. What a horrible experience - it really knocked me about and I just had no energy to create any cards! I missed yesterday's Colour Create Challenge, but I do have that card nearly made, so I will still post it over the weekend.

Anyway today it's Friday, so I do have a card to share for this week's CSAYL challenge. This week is a fun week - we have an inspiration photo and the challenge is to use this to create your card. The winner of the challenge will get the chance to be a guest designer for a week in September. Here's the pic:

Here's my creation:

I used Snow Swirled by Stampin' Up for all my stamping. I randomly stamped my pastel snowflakes on white card, adding a silver rhinestone to the centre of each. The sentiment was stamped using Smokey Shadow ink and then the whole layer was embossed with my Linen impression plate. I adhered this layer to some Lemon Zest cardstock before mounting onto my white base. To finish off the front, I used my glue pen to run a thin line of glue around the edge and dipped the sides in Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

The inside uses another sentiment from Snow Swirled stamped in Smokey Shadow ink and then the layer was embossed again with my Linen impresssion plate before mounting on Lemon Zest cardstock and adhering to the inside.

Have a look over at the CSAYL blog and check out the other designers' cards. Be sure to link up your creation for your chance to be a guest designer in September! Don't forget, there are only 19 weeks till Christmas, so  now is a great time to start your Christmas stash!!

Supplies
Stamps: Snow Swirled (SU)
Cardstock: Select White, Lemon Zest (PTI)
Ink: Lemon Zest, Smokey Shadow (PTI); New Sprout Dew Drop (Memento); Rouge Chalk ink (Colorbox); Blue pigment ink (Martha Stewart)
Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds glitter (SU); Linen impression plate (PTI); glue pen (Zig); silver rhinestones

CSAYL - Gimme The Bird!

Hi there!

Its time for another CSAYL challenge and this week the challenge is to use a bird image on your card/creation. This week's sponsor is the fabulous Pink Cat Studio:

The winner will receive 5 free digis of their choice! I was stumped on this challenge, but fortunately Pink Cat Studio has some fab bird images and I chose to work with Birds Make Christmas Cupcake stamp:

I printed my image on Very Vanilla cardstock and coloured it in with Copics. I added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the icing, hats and at the bottom of the cake. This layer was then matted on some Kraft cardstock. The sentiment is a free download from PCS and I tucked this in behind. I used a layer of Kaisercraft Joyful DP and sewed this onto some Kraft cardstock. I used both sides of Cheerful DP for my pink and green layers, scalloping the bottom of my pink strip and sewing them together.  Finally I tied around some twill ribbon and attached a blue button in the centre. All the layers were then added to my Certainly Celery card base.

On the inside I used another free sentiment download from PCSand finished off with matching DP.

This week Sally is our guest designer. Check her blog out here.

The rest of the team have some wonderful creations. Make sure you hop on over to the CSAYL blog and link up your creation at the same time!

Supplies

Stamps: Birds Make Christmas Cupcake digi, Seasons Greetings digi, May All Your Christmas Wishes Come True digi (PCS)

Cardstock: Kraft (PTI); Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla (SU) Joyful and Cheerful paper from Christmas Spirit collection(Kaisercraft)

Accessories: Twill, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Scallop border punch(SU); Copics; thread; blue button