Sweet

Afternoon bloggers. Hope the sun is shining where you are today, just as it is here.

It was a tad chilly when I took hubster to a farm sale of machinery but by the time he got back at lunch it was gorgeous. The cheque book stayed firmly in his pocket as the things he wanted went for more than he was willing to pay!

Anyway while he was out I finished my card for this week's CASology challenge.

I'd been thinking about this and so many ideas came to mind but as usual too many ideas means I can't settle on one! Then I saw these donuts on the odds n ends pile, which I was going to use on a project way back but never did so I stamped some text from the same STAMPlorations 'Sugar Rush' set embossed in white then washed over with DI Picked Raspberry, sort of candyfloss colour, and you can't get sweeter than that!

I shall also join in a JUGS as their challenge is brown, white and one other colour!

My extra is pink!

Thanks for popping round. 

STAMPlorations Sketch #28

God afternoon folks.

Today sees the start of a new sketch challenge over at STAMPlorations. 

Here is my take of this week's sketch.

and this is the sketch.

For my card I chose to focus on one of my Stamp Club stamps in the Sugar Rush set. 

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black then coloured the wafer cup with Copics. I coloured the cherry in Copics also, then added Glossy Accents to make it more lush. The texture on the ice-cream I made using Stampendous chunky white embossing enamel over a squiggle of Versamark pen. I like the look of some of the black showing through. I thought the sundae cup needed a lift so I mounted it on a circle that had been textured using the same Sizzix die as the panel.

The central panel I made using some NitWits stripey dp to match the colours in the sundae then overlaid the lattice work panel on top to give more interest.
My dieplate for the panel was smaller than I wanted so I extended the cut by first cutting to just before the end then moving the die plate to match the first cut area then cut again carefully placing the die in the machine so I would not cut fully through. I think if I did it again I would make it even longer to get rid of the curved edges.
The pink border was cut using a Fiskars border punch. The sentiment banner was stamped with the ENJOY from the Trendy Butterflies set and embossed with detail gold.

If you enter you get the chance to win these goodies-

Prizes:

Winner

prize: 3 digi stamps

guest designer spot in Sketch #31

2 Top picks

the option to be a guest designer in the Sketch #31 Challenge if you use a STAMPlorations digi stamp (to be provided )
or clear stamp (if you already have them)

All winners and top picks will receive a personalized guest designer badge that they can display on their blogs, as well as a STAMPlorations guest designer watermark.

Frequent Players Spotlight: Play in all 3 challenges for the month and gain entries to a random drawing. Prize is always going to be a stamp and stencil pack.

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog and check out the fab GDs and the rest of the DTs work.

Sue V GD

Carol Dunham GD

Lee  Ann Barrett GD

Becca DT

Laura Jane DT

Sari DT

Tenia DT

Wei Wei DT

OK, that's a wrap, hope to see your entries over at STAMPlorations.

I shall also enter the following challenges:-
Allsorts - Not Birthday
Penny Black and More - Anything Goes except a digi
ABC Challenges - D is for Die Cuts
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes, option of a sketch

Bye, come back soon.