LIM take two

Morning all.

I was up early this morning as Max the dog decided the dawn chorus at 4:30 was his cue to get us up. I felt sorry for Al, so said I would take Max out so he could have a bit more shut eye before work.

I thought Max would settle afterwards but he wouldn't so we went out again before nine for a long walk!

So now I'm sitting quietly blogging!

I got a free set of Indigo Blu stamps in this months Simply Cards and Papercraft, so thought I would have a play. Thinking about the latest Less is More sketch challenge I used the hedgerow border from the set and a circle mask plus some milled lavender and broken china DIs. Taking off the mask I stamped a couple of  tiny butterflies and the sentiment from LOTV in Versamark, onyx black. .Voila.

So I shall enter it into the LIM sketch challenge.

Thanks for popping by, come back soon.

Time

Morning again, peeps.

As I said earlier it's Tuesday and it's time for another challenge at Cardz4Guyz.

This week your challenge is to make a project related to -

TIME

Again quite a broad category and lots of ideas passed across my eyes before I settled on a CAS style card inspired by the latest challenge at CAS- ual Fridays- Three Thirds.

Here I used - 3 images

                                         3 layers for the image

                                                         3 techniques to make the image 

( heat embossing, colouring and inking)

                                            3 words in the greeting

and finally image in the bottom third!

Hope that's enough threes!

The image is from a Paper Artsy set which I embossed in black then shaded the dials using Copics (C0,3 and blender) then after cutting the three squares with a Woodware punch I used antique linen DI to colour the background. The images are layered on black and then gold mirror card and the a base card made from white linen effect card.

OK, so why don't you pop over and check out the rest of the DT's inspiration and then have a go.

I shall enter it in the following challenges

ATSM - Make your mark
Sweet Stampin' - No DPs
CAS-ual Fridays - Three Thirds
Without Words - Gentlemen only

Cards und More

Good morning.

Its Tuesday and time for a new challenge over at Cards und More. This time we have a sketch challenge for you.

I tried lots of different ways to interpret the sketch but ended up with this.

I used my Lea,bilities frame square to surround a sky scene made by masking cloud shapes and inking using broken china DI. The circle I interpreted as my Tilda  with lovely lace shoes. A bit of a twist from the expected I think.

The background DP's are from NitWits and I used Copics to colour as follows-

Hair E42,44,47,35,Y21 

Skin E000,00,11,13,R20

Top  Y11,2126

Shoes and trousers RV91,93,95,99

Metallic card to match and flowers from the stash, all on a 6 x 6 white base card. I love to use all those scraps that are left over from various projects. My friend Di laughs that I hoard all those odds and ends, one of the girls who ran the class we went to used to give me all the unused bits and bobs before I could ask! When the box I keep them in is overflowing or I've run out I sit watching the telly punching flowers out. The centers of the flowers are also saved from the out cuts from a lace punch.

OK, so that's my interpretation what will your's be? Pop over and see what the rest of the DT and GDs have made to inspire you and then have some fun.

I shall enter it in the following challenges -

As you like it challenge - fave recycle item

Stamping Sensations - Use dies and punches

Penny Black and More - Blossoms and blooms

LIM

Evening folks.

What a gorgeous day it has been around these parts today, positively tropical!

Cut the grass with the new mower and Al and I cut back the grass around the small copice that he planted about 5-6 years ago. Hopefully once the trees get a good canopy it will help keep the nettles at bay.

Anyway not much time for crafting til now.

I always try to enter the Less is More challenge but this week has been taxing me as it is a sketch and what I first thought of didn't work out. Anyway I kept at it and produced this little effort to honor Chrissie's sketch.

I played around with my Memory Box Starry Wreath and some black and gold mirror card I had lying around. In the end it turned out as a Christmas design but what ho! The greeting is from Go Kreate cut in the same gold mirror card. The ribbon was from the stash as were the Crafty Notions rainbow drops. I cut the two wreaths out then fit the gold one inside the black negative space. I mounted the final square on pads on a small black square base card.

OK that's a wrap for tonight, just time for a little TV with hubby after he takes the dog out!

Quiet Sunday Afternoon

Afternoon folks.

All is quiet at the mo, Al is playing on his ancient tractor and Ben and co have gone to a Christening in Liverpool. It's just me and the dog and some time to craft.

Doing my DT comments has opened up a world of different challenges that I haven't come across before, it's so good to find them, even better when you feel inspired.

On Wednesday I bought a couple of dies from The Craft Box before class. I pushed the boat out with one from a new company that I haven't seen before, Little B. I had to have a play! I also bought a fab rose die from Memory Box so I combined the two.

The new challenge at colourQ is to use these colours in your design.

Now these colours are from Stampin Up and I don't have any but I used what I had to make this.

As the rose image is actually a die cut I had to work out how to deal with it. I decided to die cut it, cover it in Versamark and then heat emboss in clear. I glued the outline to white card and used Copics (RV93,95,99,YG 03,13,17) to colour the leaves and flowers. I used a Spellbinders die to cut the white circle then a slightly larger one in bright yellow.

I used 2 of my Little B dies to cut and emboss the Kraft square which I mounted on a white square base card.

I shall also enter it in the latest CASology challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a good rest of the day.