Forgotten Friday 46 - Add A Bit Of Bling

It's that time of the week for a Forgotten Friday post, and this week Judith has challenged us to add a bit of bling. Like Judith I aim to make my Christmas cards over the course of the year, not get to October and end up rushing like mad to get them done in time. So this week it's time for another Christmas card, and I've used another stamp from the neglected Kanban set bought last year. When I bought the stamps they came with a set of die cut shapes ready for stamping, matting and layering. So I stamped the baubles directly onto one of the shapes with mid-night blue stazon (only because it was the dark blue that I wanted for this) and then took another slightly larger shape and stamped with the snowflake that was also on the same stamp sheet. I then added some colour to the background of these using tumbled glass and broken china distress inks. The backing paper is from the Artylicious Seasons Greetings CD in a colour that matched. I over stamped with the same snowflake stamp and then darkened the edges with the broken china distress ink. I have a part used sheet of Christmas greeting peel offs in my stash so used one for the sentiment on the card, but it hasn't shown up well in the photo.

This now brings my total Christmas cards made for next year to twelve now, as I made some with some leftover bit and pieces while I was tidying my craft room. Why not join in the fun of Forgotten Friday, all you have to do is make something, with anything that has been forgotten or neglected. It's a great way to rediscover what you've put away in the back of the cupboard.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Forgotten Friday 45 - Red and Brown

This week for Forgotten Friday Judith again set a colour challenge, Red and Brown. I did find this a challenge as well, very often my cards just come together with out any thought as to what colours I'm going to use. I started by sorting out my cupboard that I keep all my stamps in (it's so much tidier now) to see if I could find something that would be suitable. Sitting in the cupboard was a box with a set of stamps from Kanban, these I bought last summer when they were Today's special Value from QVC, so I decided that it was time they came out and got inked. I've used this script stamp with butterflies on, stamping onto white card with perfect medium, then embossing with white. I then coloured the image with barn door distress ink, I then done the same with the sentiment (also from Kanban). After mounting these onto some pearlised gold card, I mounted some brown card onto some of the gold, added a red ribbon across the bottom, mounted the toppers and added a flower.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - Zodiac

Another week and another new challenge over on the CD Sunday blog, this week it's Zodiac. This isn't a subject that I normally pay any attention to, but remembered that I did have at least 3 CDs with this subject on. I have chosen to use Card Creations plus, Enchanted for this one, and prepare a card for later in the year. As the Birthday this intended for is at the beginning of June I've used Gemini. I've used lemon centura card for the base and then a matt purple with the lemon for the matting. The card was to thick to be punched I found some matching pearlised paper to use for this. I added a ribbon across the middle of the punched section, added some card candy onto the corners, the tag was also on the CD.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Experimenting

After playing with all my leftovers last week, I decided that this week I wanted to be a bit more creative, and this is what I have managed to achive with a little experimenting. I bought some of these Stampscapes from the NEC in November last year after falling in love with them, and although this is the first time that I've used them, I bought some more with some money that I was given for Christmas. At the moment I'm playing around with different inks and different types of card. I was pleased with the way that this one turned out and decided to make it into a card. I have used some good quality glossy photo card about 200 gms, I then stamped the images with black Stazon and coloured the background with Adirondack dye inks in several colours. If you would like to see more of these wonderful stamps and what can be created with them, here is the link to the US site which has a wonderful gallery and even tutorials, there is a link on the homepage to the UK site (there is no gallery on the UK site).

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - Enchanted

The last week has flown by and it's time again for another challenge over at the CD Sunday blog, this week it's Enchanted. As I had not used this Garden Fairies CD by Debbi Moore I've decided to used this lovely image of the buttercup fairy. I've not used any matting this week, instead I have just used a promarker to go around the edges of the backing papers, and I have also used 2 Marianne corners cut out of white card and coloured with the same colour promarker.  I added some glitter to the image, and some bright yellow flowers that I had in my stash, not quite buttercups but the right colour at least.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue 

Forgotten Friday 44 - Blue and Silver

It's been 2 weeks since the last Forgotten Friday post, and this week Judith has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged us to make something with blue and silver. So here is my effort not only in blue and silver, but also a Christmas card. I've used the Steampunk Christmas set from Chocolate Baroque, and I'm ashamed to say that these were cut out when they arrived some when back in the late summer and not used. As they have been sitting on my worktop neglected I felt that they qualified for the forgotten Friday challenge. I have used a plain white card 6x6, and stamped the Joy stamp into the corner, embossed with WOW platinum embossing powder and added some colour with distress inks, tumbled glass and broken china. Then I stamped both sizes of the flower stamp onto some white card in a lighter weight, again embossing with the platinum embossing powder, then I coloured the flowers with the same inks. I cut them out and shaped them so that they lifted off the page and added some silver leaves. For these I used a Marianne die which I had to cut once it was cut out to give me separate leave that I could place where I needed them.

I also wanted to show you this project below which I had prepared for last week. Inside there are 6 square cards and envelopes all made using up toppers and scraps that I had laying around the work top and in the boxes of bits and pieces that I seem to collect.

And finally some of you may have seen the cards that I showed you earlier this week again made with the leftover bits and pieces. Below is the wallet that I made to put those cards in.

Why not have a go and see if you can make something using blue and silver, with something that's been neglected or forgotten.
 
Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Leftovers

I thought that I would show you some of the cards that I've been making the last couple of days. They are all made from leftover toppers, backing paper off cuts and scraps of mirri card, all of it laying around my craft room. I must admit to having 6 boxes with scraps in which I intend to go through this weekend. I shall use some of the smaller mirri card scraps to cut out some die cut corners, what is it that makes us crafters hoard even the smallest of pieces of card. All of these cards are A5 size, made from toppers from Joanna Sheen CDs and are now just waiting for envelopes, these I will make with matching backing papers. If I make a box or even a wallet to put these in they would make a perfect gift for someone. I've have even managed to make 8 Christmas cards to go into my stash for next Christmas , all with leftover bits and pieces.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - Sea Life

I can't believe that it's Sunday again already, and time for a new challenge over on the CD Sunday blog. This week it's Sea Life, so I've used one of my favourite CD's The Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection, and the gorgeous Angel Fish image that's on there. I've used a light blue pearlised card for the base and the matted with some centrua pearl card in a deeper blue. The backing papers are the ones that match the image, and I've used 3 of the toppers. I then just added some blue pearls to the corners. I've even made the envelope and insert for this already, not bad as I'm cooking dinner at the same time just need to go and finish it now.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Forgotten Friday 43 - SWALK

A few day later than Friday I know, but better late than never. This year I have promised myself that I will make one Christmas card a week, that way I should have quite a stash by the time Christmas comes around. So here we are week one, and the first card, and like Judith I will use the Forgotten Friday challenge for two of these per month. I have so many neglected Christmas stamps so this will be an ideal time to use them.

For my first card I have used the Christmas Swalk stamps that were launch earlier last year, and sadly they were not even cut out let alone inked. I have coloured the image using promarkers, and I also coloured the corner with the same green that was used to colour the coat of the boy, as I had used a scrap of white card to cut this out. The red flowers I've had in my stash for a long time, I just edged them with some iridescent glitter, added some brads to the middles, some leaves and a couple of swirls The backing paper and sentiment were printed from the CD that went with the stamps, also unused until today.

If you, like me, rushed to get your cards ready in time for Christmas last year. Why don't you join in with the Forgotten Friday challenge, and make a couple of cards a month.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - O For Olympics

Here we are at the start of a New Year, and a new challenge over on the CD Sunday blog. Their first challenge this year is O for Olympics, and I found just the right image on MCS, the Anniversary collection, The Finishing Line. This card will also make a super mans card to go in my box of ready mades. I've used a dark blue card base, and some bright orange for the matting as this matched the colours within the image. All of the elements were on one sheet so not a lot of printing to do, I just added the orange card candi when it was finished.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue