Forgotten Friday 15 - Not Christmas

It's Friday once again, and I can't believe how quickly the week's seem to be flying past this year. Of course it's that time of the week where I have a rummage to see what I have, that's not been used either at all' or for a long time. A few weeks ago I was looking in my box of Christmas stamps, and I came across this one. It is from a collection of stamps that were released by Graphicus (now Chocolate Baroque) . These were sold a Christmas stamps and all the sentiments with them are Christmas, however they are so beautiful and the images are all designs in the style of different artist's. This one is in the style of De Morgan , the others are Mackintosh, Kelmscott, Morris, Beardsley and Klimt. As you can see from this image while they would make lovely Christmas baubles to put on a card or other projects, they can also be used as  an everyday image. I have chosen not to put a sentiment on this yet, but will put it in my box of ready made cards until it is needed.

This card was made using  the De Morgan  Bauble stamp sheet, stamped with a black momento ink pad, and then coloured using promarkers. I then mounted it onto a couple of scalloped nesties, one in a matchingblue colour and the other is a very pale pink centura pearl card (it dosen't show very well I'm afraid). I then used a backing paper printed from the Artylicious Blissful Butterflies CD mounted onto the same pale pink card. The corners are cut using a Marianne die, and I added a pearl to the corner of these in a matching colour.

If you would like to join in with the Forgotten Friday challenge, pop over to Judith's blog to find out all about it.

Thanks for looking.

Sue.

CD Sunday - Stamping

It seems like only yesterday when I was posting for last week's CD Sunday challenge, but then I was a little late last week. This week the challenge is stamping, and I have chosen to use this wonderful image from La Pashe. I coloured him using promarkers, and then added some distress inks around the outside. The backing paper is from Carol Ann's Studio, Handyman CD, they go so well with this image. I have added some brad's that are shaped like men's tool's just to finish it off.

Thank you for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue

Forgotten Friday 14 - Fairy

Well Friday has come around once again. And I must admit to attending (via the magic of TV) the wedding of the year this morning. I know that these days it might seem like a lot of pomp and circumstance, but it makes me proud to be British. I'll get off of my soap box now.

Here is my contribution to Forgotten Friday this week. I found this stamp lurking in the back of the cupboard, it is part of a set of three that were to go with the MCS Walk in Wonderland CDs
a couple of years ago. The Image is coloured with promarkers, and then the wings over sprayed with gold shimmer spray from Crafters Companion . I then coloured the background of the image with some distress ink pads, Milled Lavender, Scattered Straw and Dried Marigold. I mounted it onto a piece of purple centura pearl card. The backing paper was an insert from Artylicious Essence of Nature, I used the faded part and the normal part. The swirls are Marianne dies and the flowers and pearls are from my stash.

Why not pop over to Judiths blog and join in with the Forgotten Friday challenge.

Thanks for looking.

Sue

CD Sunday - Butterflies

For this weeks challenge over at the CD Sunday blog it's butterflies. I have chosen to use Carol Ann's Studio, Butterfly Blue for this. I have not used this CD for some time and had forgotten how beautiful the butterflies are.I have mounted my backing paper straight onto the card, and then with another matching backing paper I have torn across the corner and put on top. I have cut the butterfly out three times and decoupaged it, using black mini gems for the feelers. The sentiment is from the same CD. I made the border by taking an image into MCS and tiling it.

Thanks for looking.

Sue

A Blog Award

The lovely Val has given me a Blog Award and I need to do the following things:

1. Make a post linking back to the person who gave you the Award
2. Share 7 random things about yourself

3. Award 7 recently discovered blogs this award.

4. Contact these blogs and tell them they have won the award.

Here goes with the seven random things about myself.

I'm quite a shy person, but try not to show it.

I'm a member of the Chocolate Baroque Guild.
I collect crafting CDs (or so hubby tells me) I have hundreds.

I love stamping but consider myself a novice.

I'm on the sample makers team for My Craft Studio.

I love going to the Theatre.

I machine knit and machine embroider.

These are the blogs that I would like to pass the Award onto:

Suzy http://craftysusy.blogspot.com/
Linda http://lindasrainbowcraftingcabin.blogspot.com/
Wendy http://craftblog.craftybutterfly.co.uk/
Misty's Mum http://inkonmyfingers25.blogspot.com/
Lynne http://creativelynks.blogspot.com/
Claire http://clairescraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Fabrizio http://craftingmad.blogspot.com/

That took a little longer than I thought. I'm off now to contact the seven people I've chosen.

Sue

Forgotten Friday 13 - People That Care

Happy Easter. It's that time of week again for Forgotten Friday, it has come around very quickly this week. For my project this week I have decided to use a sentiment stamp. I have a lot of lovely sentiments from Elusive Images (now Chocolate Baroque) most of them are unused which is a shame as the are beautiful words. I stamped the sentiment with a black versafine ink pad. I then cut it out using an oval nestie, I then made a frame using a slightly smaller oval and scalloped oval. I used distress ink pads to add some colour to the sentiment. The backing paper is from the Artylicious Blissful Butterflies CD. I finished by adding some ribbon and some flowers from my stash. The brads that were used in the middle of the flowers were some that had been floating around the cupboard, but the colours were quite dull, so I got the promarkers out and added a bright colour to match the flowers.

If you have some old or forgotten craft stuff in you cupboards, why not make something, post it on your blog. Then pop along to Judith's blog here leave her a comment and then she will come and visit your blog.

Thanks for looking.

Sue

CD Sunday - Birthday

This week see the First birthday of the CD Sunday Blog, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. The challenge this week is Birthday, not surprising really. I have chosen to use Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams CD to make my entry this week. I made an 8 X 8 card, using pale lilac centura pearl card. I matted the backing paper onto some silver mirri card and also the topper. I then cut some corners from a Marianne die also in silver mirri card. Popped a purple ribbon and bow across the middle. Added some flowers and made some centres to go onto these. The leaves are a Martha Stewart punch and the swirls a Marianne die. I then finished off with a sentiment that has been foiled and added some pearls.

Thanks for looking.

Sue

Forgotten Friday 12 - Wildest Dreams

Well it's Friday again and time for my Forgotten Friday project this week. I was inspired by a card that Judith made earlier this week called Mosaic Doodles , to get out the stamp board that was hidden away in the bottom of a box and finally make something with it. I used Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque) stamps from the Fly Away With Me stamp sheet. I used my Big and Juicy ink pads to colour the background of the stamp board and promakers just to highlight the birds, then I just went around the thick edge of the board with a gold promarker. The backing paper was from the Essence of Nature CD. I used clear embossing over the stamp board images when they were finished. For a first attempt I was quite pleased with the end result, and I will defiantly be using it again. Thanks for looking. Sue

CD Sunday - Song In My Heart

For this weeks CD Sunday challenge I have used MCS Carousel Of Classics, 1980 -1999. The original was a green colour so I changed it to this turquoise which I think looks much better. This will make a super card for a teenager. I printed it out onto matt photo paper, mounted onto silver mirri card, and added some faux brads. The song in my heart for this is Happy Birthday To You... Thanks for looking. Sue

Forgotten Friday 11 - Just A Note

It time for Forgotten Friday again, and this week I have found the very first stamps that I brought that were unmounted. I believe that it was the first time that Glenda Waterworth was on Create and Craft with Alan and Barry. I fell in love with her stamps and have been buying them ever since. When the Crocus start popping their heads above ground, I know that the warmer weather will not be far away. They have finished now but I just had to use this one today. I also found some brightly coloured card in the cupboard that was neglected and went so well with the colours I'd picked. The backing paper is from the Artylicious Blissful Butterflies CD. The sentiment is from a set of sentiments from Polka Doodles. If you would like to find out all about Forgotten Friday, please pop along to Judith's Blog here . Thanks for looking Sue