Red,white and blue

Afternoon folks.

It's been a bit of a scorcher today, not what we were expecting. The breeze has made it bareable but when I came back after nipping into Sainsbugs I almost burnt my hand on the steering wheel! 

Anyway Andy Murray is two sets down at Wimbledon so I can't bring myself to watch so I did the next best thing and did a bit of crafting!

Here is the result.

I made this with a couple of challenges in mind including, Less is More -Red, White and Blue and CASology - Repeat.

I repeat stamped the pressie from the STAMPlorations Party Mates set in Versamark then embossed in clear powder. Then stamped again in Memento and coloured using Copics before fussy cutting.

I got my new Stampin Up Endless Birthday Wishes set out to stamp on the greeting banner. 

Husband is still on the tractor trying to weed wipe the thistles, a never ending task so we will have a quick salad tea I think.

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Red white and blue                                                       

             

                                                       Embossing

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Red cherries

Morning all.

Just a quick post to show a card I made for the new Muse challenge. 

New team over there and this is their first week.

This week's Muse is Joan Bardee with this sweet card.

When I made this I had an eye on a couple of other challenges as well, patriotic colours are it this week.

The cherry stamp is a bargain bucket buy from years ago which I coloured with Copics before adding Glossy Accents to the fruit. The burlap ef used for the white panel was a freebie in last months Crafters Companion mag and the embossed sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

I'll also join in at -

CAS on Sunday - Embossing

(Union Jack plus green from Wales!)

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My Sketch

Good morning.

My is it a week since the last challenge over at Cardz4Guyz? You certainly got your teeth into the 'B's' last week, do you think the message that guys cards aren't that difficult getting through?

Anyway this week it was my turn to choose the topic and I went with -

A SKETCH

Here is my card

and this is the sketch I came up with for you to use.

Regular readers will know that I love a sketch, so I hope you will join us this week with your interpretation. You don't need to follow it slavishly but use it as inspiration, just so long as we can see the sketch within your design.

I made a card similar to this one for our Super Heroes week but as my Grandson wants it as his theme for his birthday party, I made another with a slight difference and on a larger scale. 

I used a freebie digi from Simply Cards and Papercraft's web page and coloured him with Copics before cutting him out. I made the cityscape using 3 diecuts from a MFT skyline die and a couple of Joy clouds. The dp was from the slowly decreasing stash and the star was from scraps!

The greeting was from a Mama Elephant set but as it's for my Grandson I crossed out the my and wrote OUR above. I put a Happy Birthday greeting on the inside, not that he will look past the front!

Pop over to the Cardz4Guyz blog to check out the rest of the DT's and GD's fab inspiration and join in.

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Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - AG

Sketch #36

Good afternoon and as it's the the first Monday of the month we have a new sketch for you at STAMPlorations. I love a good sketch but as I've said before I can be a bit literal in the interpretation.

So this time it's not quite the same as the sketch but what do you think?

This is the sketch for you to use too.

I used frames instead of the solid blocks on the sketch but you don't even have to use suares, I suppose I could just have used the flowers. The sketch is just a starting point, if you check out the rest of the DT you'll see lots of interpretation!

I went to my favourite go to flowers for the focal point, the fantastic Bloom Sketches. I die cut some pierced squares then cut away the middles with a Cookie Cutter square die to create the frame. I know you can get some fab frame dies but so far I have resisted!

Using the colours at Color Throwdown, I used Copics to colour the daisies then fussy cut them before cutting some slots between the petals and arranged them within the frames. The panel was stamped with a text stamp through a piece of scrap card that I tore the middle out of to get the irregular pattern to lay the flowers on. All the stamping was done in Memento Grey Flannel to give a softer effect than with black. The panel was then mounted on a Kraft base, leaving a small border.

PRIZES

 the design team votes on the winner and top picks

Winner

Prize: $10 gift certificate for the shop or 3 digi stamps

+ Guest Designer spot in a future challenge

Top picks

Guest designer spot in a future challenge 

Winner and top picks will receive a personalized STAMPlorations guest designer watermark and a personalized guest designer badge to display on their blogs.

FREQUENT PLAYERS

We're doing away with the Frequent Players Spotlight. Instead, those who play in the two (monthly and/or sketch) challenges we host this month AND use a STAMPlorations product (stamp or stencil) will be highlighted, as well as get an entry to the random prize drawing. So play in the Sketch Challenge or Monthly Challenge or both -- your choice! When you enter projects using our products, you'll be in the running to win a STAMPlorations stamp and stencil pack valued at $10. The winner can also opt for a $10 gift certificate.

So no excuses for you not to join us!

For more inspiration check out what the rest of the team have been up to as well as our fab guests this month.

 Melissa GD

 Karola GD

Irena GD

Becca DT

Laura Jane DT
Nonni DT

Sari DT

Tenia DT

Wei Wei DT

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Feature a Creature

Good morning folks.

A bit of a different post today as it's to announce that I am Guest Designer over at Stamping Sensations for their latest challenge!

I was so suprized to win their May challenge with this card and even more so to asked by Brenda to be their GD!

So this month the challenge is to -

FEATURE A CREATURE

So without further ado here is my card

For this card I kept it CAS using the Chubby Cat Chum. As he looked a tad lonely sat there all alone I gave him a balloon die cut from a MFT set. I coloured him with Copics before fussy cutting him out. Now I say him, as he is a ginger pusstat and all pure ginger cats are male!

The DP is from a stack I picked up in the sale somewhere and kept because I didn't want to use it!

I am trying to use my huge stash of DP so I bit the bullet and cut into it, not that this little bit is going to make a huge dent in the mountain but it's a start!

Check out the main blog for the DT's inspiration and join in.

I'm joining in at -

Crafty Hazel's Patterned Paper Challenge - AG

Creative Inspirations - AG (no sketch option for me)

Cutie Pie Challenge - Cats and Dogs ( just the cat for me this time!)

Thanks for calling around!