Buttons and Bows

Morning all.
Another weekend so another chance to play at Fantasy Stampers . This time we would like to see your stamped creations based on -

Buttons and Bows

Here is my DT inspiration card.

A bit different for me but its good to stretch yourself.  

I used DIs in Scattered Straw and Worn Lipstick to create the background then over stamped with Scattered Straw with a hessian texture stamp from Kaisercraft and a script stamp from a Hobby Art set. The greeting is SU Sassy Salutations.

The flowers were cut using some Sizzix thinlet dies then given the same treatment as the background without the stamping. I added buttons with jute string bows, some corrugated card, extra buttons, a scrap of muslin and a string of pearls complete. The background was mounted on a piece of kraft then a white 6 x 6 white base card.

I made it with a few challenges in mind 

Simply Create Too - Old/ Vintage

Cute Card Thursday - Vintage

Loves Rubber Stamps - Buttons and Bows

PS - Thanks for the heads up Loll I shall also enter

The Mixed Media Card Challenge - #2 Summer

OK that's it, why not pop over and investigate what the other DT have been upto, then have a go.

Colour at LIM

The latest challenge at Less is More is to use the colour scheme of your bedroom in your card! With the option to show a pic of said room.

I wonder how many of us dare to share with an actual pic of our room?

Well when I went upstairs to make the bed I thought I would take a quick snap of the linen as the room is magnolia, as we haven't decorated since the barn was finished. I just brightened it up with some bright colours on the duvet set. There are matching curtains still in their packet as we put up temporary ones(£10 from Dunelm sale) while we finished and as they go I have left them! (Actually we haven't finished the odd bits and bobs but we are in after 8 years of complete rebuilding!)

The colours are my fave of the moment. The whole house has a burgundy, magenta, lime green vibe in various hues. This set has a little bit of paler pink and two shades of blue dotted around as well.

Well enough of interior design here is my card.

I had to use flowers as the pattern on the duvet is. I chose two of the colours from the main panel and finished it with lime green leaves and two buds in slate blue. I used a Sizzix set of dies to create the blooms and a punch for the centers which I cut down for the smaller flowers. The leaves were cut from a Sizzix sizzlet die from Stampin Up -Little Leaves. The circular die is Large circle burst by Memory Box. I saw the small circle burst used here and it kinda stuck as I thought it a great idea. The circular sentiment is from LOTV.

Well that's about it, thanks for popping by.

I shall enter the following challenges:-

Less is More - #175 colour challenge

Addicted to stamps -  Bingo (flowers/ pearls/diecut)

Creative Inspirations - Anything goes option of a sketch

Lots of Flowers

Morning all.
It's double post Tuesday as it's time for another challenge over at Cards und More. This time the theme is :-

LOTS OF FLOWERS

We've had no flowers so it's now time to get those blooms out and big up your project with them.
We made a hanger at my craft class the other week so I was inspired to make another. Here it is-

The sentiment is from my Dandelion Wishes set and is just the fit for this challenge. The flowers were cut from white card using a Sizzix set and inked with DIs in various colours. I used a woodgrain stamp to make the panels of the frame and straw board cut into 1/2 inch strips to make it 3D. The background panel was inked with Broken China DI using a cloud stencil and Shabby Shutters DI for the foreground.

Why don't you pop over to the site and see what the other DTs have done for your inspiration.
I'll be back later with the new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz.

Bingo at Fantasy Stampers

Good morning everyone, another fortnight since our last challenge at Fantasy Stampers 

so a new challenge awaits. 

This Saturday the Challenge is a Bingo Board.

PINK	PEARLS	LACE
TAG	FLOWERS	CHARM
TWINE	BLUE	BUTTONS

For my card I chose the middle line, Pearls, Flowers and Blue.

I think I got the jackpot just with the flowers on my design!

My friend gave me a set of the new Papermania papers just after Christmas and this is their first outing.

With all the lousy weather we have had I thought this Tilda in the Summer Rain was a good choice to go with them. Hopefully we won't need the wellies this summer as well.

The sketch is from Sketch n Stash, and the ribbon, papers, pearls as ever were from the stash.

The flowers were cut from one of the papers using a couple of Sizzix thinlet flower die sets, then distressed using an emery board. The background paper was trimmed by hand to the printed lace edging then distressed also. The beige papers were cut and distressed then backed with white card, also distressed. Some stretchy open weave ribbon was wrapped around one end of each rectangle. The lacy border was cut  from white card using a Cheery Lynn Doily Die. It's a pig to cut out but the effect is worth it! Tilda was stamped on a die cut oval and coloured with Copics as follows:-

Skin - E000, 00, 11,R20

Hair - Y21,26,YR24,E25

Boots, umberella - B32, 34, 39, 95,97, C0,3

Dress - E40, 41, 43, C0, 3

Well that's that, thanks for stopping by, Why don't you pop over to Fantasy Stampers and join in the fun?

I shall enter this card in the following challenges:-

Sketch n Stash #28

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your Mark

Penny Black and More - Make it Sparkle

ABC Challenge - Flowers

It's Sunday so it must be CAS

Afternoon folks and thanks for calling around. 

The weather is so much better today but it looks as though we need to make the most of it before the deluge begins again!
Apologies if you need translator, it appears on template but not on the side bar! Any answers folks?

My Grandson and his Mum and Dad were here yesterday so not much crafting, except Ben 'made' a card for his Nanee in Wigan. Actually I cut the letters and picture out and he stuck them on the card with a little help. Hope Jill likes it.

He might be only 3 and a half but he knows his letters and is quite precise.

Anyway as its says at the top it's Sunday so it must be CAS.

This weeks card is an amalgam of various challenges, CASology -purple, CAS on Sunday -making the rounds and CASual Friday - over the edge.

I used a Mojo Monday sketch as the inspiration, a little bit of Ying and Yang.

Circular cards tend to fall over so I decided to make an easel card this time.

The bottom half of the card was embossed using a Swiss dot CB folder then flowers from a Sizzix thinlets set were die cut in purple with purple sequin centers and stuck along the edge of the curve. The smaller flowers were punched in white and had diamantes in their middles.

To hold the easel card up, I attached a purple flower to a strip of white card stamped with a LOTV sentiment on pads.

I shall enter it in the following challenges.

CASology - Purple

CAS on Sunday - Making the rounds

CAS-ual Fridays - Over the edge

Don't forget there's still time to enter this weeks Cardz4Guyz challenge - Horses , as it was Chinese New Year on Friday.

That's it for today then, thanks for stopping by.

A card for my daughter's friend's wedding

Thought I would share this card with you. I am struggling to use this blogging thing so its taken me a while to sort out how to down load this from my phone.

Lili of the Valley - Wedding Couple Stamp

Her friend has made all her own flowers out of manuscript paper so she wanted to have a card to reflect this. Not wishing to boast but I am rather proud of the effort. If you are interested the image is from Lili of the Valley, the background paper I found in an old unused scrapbook but I stamped the manuscript paper using a stamp from Kaisercraft. The flowers were die cut using a sizzix die. The background papers were distressed and then inked with Tim Holtz Milled Lavender distress ink. The swirls were cut using a Marianne die.

Now I've broken the ice with this download thingy I might post some more!
Cheers