CD Sunday - Chocolate, Cream And One Other

This weeks challenge over on the CD Sunday blog is, Chocolate, Cream and one other. I must admit it left me a little stumped to start with but once I'd looked through a couple of discs I spotted this on the Next Big One by La Pashe, and knew that I could do something with it. I've made this in preparation for Father's Day in July. I started with a Cream card blank, so that was one colour, and then resized and printed the brown (chocolate) background paper. Once I'd cut this out I used some vintage photo distress ink around the edge to deepen it a bit. I used spellbinders, and some brown card to cut out some cogs, which I've placed randomly onto the background. Next I sized and printed the car four times (this is my one other colour Black) so that I could decoupage it, also at the same time I made the sentiment using the text feature in MCS. I then went onto making a matching insert and matching envelope using the backing paper.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Forgotten Friday - Tweetings

Time again for a hunt through the cupboards for something that is neglected or forgotten, and this week I have decided to go for Christmas stamps. After saying at the start of the year I was going to get ahead and make a Christmas card each week (so I don't get caught out at the end of the year), I realised that it had been a few weeks since I had made one. The stamps I've used for this one have all come from Chocolate Baroque, the sentiment and bird house from Christmas Tweetings and the pine branch from New England Winter. As postage prices here in the UK are set to rise quite a bit on Monday I made this card very flat, in fact I stamped directly onto the card blank. The sentiment and bird house were both stamped with Memento black ink, I then masked the bird house and stamped the pine branch over the top using pine needles Distress ink. I then coloured the image in using water colour pencils, and finished it all off by adding some barn door Distress ink with a blender across the bottom corner where the sentiment is.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Silhouette 2

This is the card that I made for My Husbands Birthday yesterday, and as he's a big fan of the Stampscape stamps, I could not resist making him this. I going to enter this into the Craft A Scene challenge, this will be my second entry this month. It was made using just Stampscape stamps and Adirondack inks onto glossy card and the highlights, a Sakura gel pen. The backing paper was from my stash that I've had for sometime, but went well with the picture.

I'm glad to say that it was a big hit with hubby.
Thank you for taking the time to look.


Sue

CD Sunday - Sweets For My Sweet

This week the challenge over on the CD Sunday blog is Sweets For My Sweet, and I used this lovely image from Cupcake, Tumble Ted and Tizzy Pastimes CD. Ted really looks as though he's enjoying his birthday cake, from the inside, out. The brads are faux brads that are already printed on the  topper. as well as the ribbon. It also had a sentiment on but I changed this with one that came on the sheet with the decoupage. The topper is mounted onto a piece of card that matches the card blank I used, then I printed a backing sheet that matched the ribbon on the topper, and just ran a promarker in a matching colour along the edge. 

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Kelmscott Bauble

On my recent wanderings around blogland I have found a couple of blogs where people are joining in the challenge over at the For Your Inspiration blog. This is the photo they have posted this week for inspiration.

It did not take me long to find just the right stamp to use for this, it's the Kelmscott Bauble, which is from a set of stamps by Chocolate Baroque originally for Christmas, but the designs are suitable for anytime of year. Unfortunately these stamps were retired last month. I stamped the image with Memento black ink and coloured the flower with promarkers. Then I made a mask of the flower and blended some Spiced Marmalade distress ink around the edge. The die cut is from Spellbinders, Floral Accents, the backing paper from a Hot Off The Press pad that I've have for several years, this was mounted onto some purple card the same as for the die cut. I've added some ribbons in both orange and purple and just added some card candi to the corners. Unfortunately the colours have changed slightly with the photo.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue x

Forgotten Friday - Iris Tag

It's time once again for me to rummage around in the cupboard for something to use that has been forgotten or neglected. This week I came across this beautiful stamp from Chocolate Baroque called Elegant Iris. After making my first tag some weeks ago, I thought it was about time I made another and the script stamp on the sheet fitted perfectly onto a tag. I stamped the image in black versafine ink and then coloured the image with water colour pencils. Then with some cut and dry foam I blended some purple coloured ink from one of the big and juicy ink pads around the edges. I just added some ribbon to finish. I'm going to pop this into a box and then it's ready to add to a card or project at a later date.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Silhouette

This month the challenge over on the Craft A Scene blog is Silhouettes, and I must admit to having my silhouette stamp sitting on my worktop for the last two weeks, waiting for me to get around to making a card. I thought I had better get a move on or it would soon be the end of the month and too late to enter. I've used the Gone Fishing stamp sheet from Stamp Addicts and Stampscapes for this. First I stamped the images with Stazon and then coloured it with various colours of Adirondack ink pads. I mounted it onto some black card and then some matt silver mirri card. The backing paper was some that I had printed off sometime ago and not used, I can't remember where it came from. I ran a dark blue promarker along the edge of the paper and then blended a little Broken China distress ink around the edges, and mounted it all onto an A5 black card base. The sentiment is also from Stampscapes.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - Ring A Roses

The challenge over on the CD Sunday blog this week is Ring A Roses, so as I was making my FIL's card to give to MIL on their Anniversary, I decided to combine the two. I've used Rob Addams, Roses For All Occasions CD, and made an 8 x 8 card. Some of the flowers in this basket are very deep in colour, so I picked a deep pink mirri card to use for the matting, the backing paper is also from the CD and although you can't see it very well is covered with lovely pink roses. The decoupage is quite deep and printed of over 3 sheets, I put it together with silicone gel, then mounted onto the card with foam pads. I tied a bow and added to the side of the card before I stuck the bottom layer onto the card. I've just realised that I have taken the photo before I added the sentiment, which said, To My Wonderful Wife On Our Wedding Anniversary.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Forgotten Friday - Hummingbird

I was just thinking how quickly this week has gone, but then remembered we had a bank Holiday on Monday. This week on my rummage through my cupboard I found a stamp set that I bought in the US in 2009, and yes you've guessed it, I have not even opened the packaging. Defiantly a very neglected set, so perfect to use today for the Forgotten Friday challenge over on Judith's blog. After sorting out my promarkers to do the colouring I discovered that my black Momento ink pad is in need of replacing and not stamping very well, I've reinked it several times so decided to get a new one. That left me with a problem as the other ink pads I have are not so good to use with the promarkers, so I put them all away and rethought how I would make the card. I stamped the hummingbird and some flowers with versafine black ink, and also the sentiments, one from a set by Flower Soft and the other from a set from Kanban. Next I added some colour to the background using cut and dry foam and Adirondack ink pads. Then I coloured some flowers that I had stamped out separately, again with cut and dry foam and ink pads. The hummingbird I coloured with Whisper pens, which had no effect on the ink I used. I mounted it onto some gold mirri card, and two shades of green card, before mounting it all onto a white 6 x 6 card base. Last of all I added the flowers that I cut out, and added some gold card candi to the centres.

I'm off the the Stamp and scrapbook show at Alexandra Palace tomorrow, so I am just about to review my shopping list, there's lot on it and of course I need it all :-)

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - Toybox Treasures

This weeks challenge over at the CD Sunday blog is Toy box Treasures. What a good opportunity to get out the new Paintbox Poppets CD from Crafters Companion. I chose to use this lovely image of a small boy pulling his toys behind him, it reminds me of my own son who was this blond once upon a time. He liked to be outside in all weathers, and had a walker that was always piled high with toys that went around the garden with him. I used a 6 x 6 white card base, and printed off two of the backing papers and mounted them onto some matt silver card. I used one of the decoupage topper sheets from the CD, which also had a sentiment on and I just added some card candi to finish. Another card to pop into my store cupboard for when I need a card in a hurry.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Forgotten Friday - True Love

This month my in laws celebrate their 63rd Wedding Anniversary, and I get the job of making the cards that they give to each other.  While rummaging through the cupboard to see what I would use for this weeks forgotten project, I found this stamps sheet, Damask Hearts from Chocolate Baroque, I can't remember the last time that I used this set so they more than qualify. This is the card that I have made for MIL to give to FIL, I didn't want to make something that ended up too flowery. I started with a cream 8 x 8 card base, and picked some brown and cream card stock to work with. I stamped the hearts onto the cream and embossed with gold embossing powder, after cutting them out I worked some tea dye distress ink around the edges. Next I took another piece of cream card and just rubbed the versamark ink pad along the edge of the card, dipped the edges into the gold embossing powder and embossed (it does not show well in the photo). Again I went around the edge with the tea dye, and stamped the words My true love, I mounted the hearts onto this and then mounted it onto some brown card. With yet another piece of cream card and repeated the embossing and inking to this, then with one of the small stamps from the set I went around the edges of the card using, you've guessed, tea dye. After mounting this onto some more brown card I mounted it all onto the cream card base. I know MIL will like this as browns and beige's are her favourite colours.

I hope that you are having a wonderful Easter, and thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Another Baroque Egg

I'm loving these gorgeous Easter Eggs from Chocolate Baroque, they look so lovely when they are stamped out. For this one I stamped onto cream card stock, and then embossed with Pepper Embossing powder from WOW. I then used Tea Dye distress ink around the outside, I was hoping to give the impression of milk chocolate over white chocolate. I used a 6 x 6 cream card base, and printed off a backing paper from the Essence of Nature CD (also available from Chocolate Baroque) I used the same ink pad around the edge of this, and also on the cream card. I added a ribbon around the middle and the popped the egg on top. I found that I had a tan coloured flower in my stash and I used the tea dye on a cream one that I layered on to this, the die cuts are from a Crealies die. Lastly I added the sentiment which was from the same sheet as the eggs.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - All Sewn Up

The challenge this week at the CD Sunday blog, is All Sewn Up. I started by looking through all the CD's that I could think of that had sewing related images on, but as soon as I popped this one, Grandma's Button Box from Flowersoft into the PC, I knew it was the one I would use. I printed off one of the patchwork backing papers in blues, and the embellishment sheets. There were some lovely sentiments on the CD and eventually I chose to use "Friends are sewn one stitch at a time". I used a sheet of textured dark blue card for the matting and also to cut out a sewing machine, which I found on the Heritage cartridge for the Cricut. The scissors were from the Sentimentals cartridge and were cut from silver mirri card (unfortunately they picked up some background colour while being photographed). The corners were cut out and the decoupaged, and the the flowers shaped by hand and put on with some silicone glue.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue