To a special fiend

Afternoon folks.

I'm a bit at sixes and sevens today as the clock's went back last night and I can't work out what time it really is!

Anyway I'm popping by to post a card for a couple of challenges, having grabbed a little time in the craftroom.

I made this after seeing the challenge at CASology and Less is More. I've had the idea for my CASology entry since I saw the cue word on Wednesday but hadn't had time to play along but then I saw the sketch at LIM and it all came together. I did flip the sketch hope that's OK.

I made the zombie by sticking two googly eyes from my stash on the base card then tearing strips of copy paper to look like bandages then sticking them down, torn edges showing. I curled back the strips around the eyes to let them poke through.

The sentiment was the tricky bit but using a LOTV sentiment I stamped 'To a Special F' then masked off that section plus the r and stamped iend' = Fiend! The Happy Birthday is from the same set. Very quick once it came together.

So I'm linking up to the challenges at :-

   

Thanks for stopping by. :)

Cute Christmas

Morning all, hope I find you well.

As it's Saturday it means a new challenge over at Fantasy Stampers.

This fortnight we would like to see your projects that feature :-

ANIMAL ANTICS

For my card I went with a CAS Christmas card using this cute stamp that has been unused in my stash for about 4 years, it came free with Quick Cards magazine. 

I decided to do some paper piecing on this after I'd coloured the doggies, using scraps of Christmas paper. Once I'd started I kind of regretted that decision as the pieces were so small, teeny tiny if you count the collar on the scottie dog! Any way I carried on and the end result looks OK.

The rest of the image iI used Copics then added some chunky white embossing powder for the snow and the Santa hat. White PVA and a sprinkling of ultra fine glitter completes the snowy ground.

For the frame I used a Sizzix Ornate labels#2 but after cutting away the center I drew around the outside edge then cut out freehand. The red layer was cut freehand again after I'd gone around the die with a dark red Copic on red card using the chisel end.This gave me a line to cut out, I then glued the two frames together and mounted the frame on pads.

OK, now it's your turn. Check out the rest of the DT for more inspiration and join us. Don't forget we need to see some good old traditional stamping on your projects, no digital images are allowed.

I'd like to join in over at:-

     

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                                   Thanks for stopping by. :)               

Pink Again

Good morning, good morning, good morning. I hope I find you well.

It's time for a new challenge over at Cardz4Galz. This week Amy has chosen the theme of -

Clean and Simple

Just down my alley! So without further ado here is my card.

I was inspired by a card made by my lovely friend Loll (Stamping with Loll), you can see it here.

I loved the squiggle in the center of the aperture and tried to work out how she did it, then read she use a cutting programme! So I improvised with a squiggle die cut by Tim Holtz as I don't own a Silhouette, stamped the leaves from SU's Summer Silhouettes in Weathered Wood DI and fussy cut them, the flower was one I had discarded from another project but coloured with Copics in the perfect colour (STAMPlorations Dee's Artsy Impressions Blooming Buds) and a little silver Stickles. 

The paler pink pearly background (sorry it doesn't really show up in the photo) was also inspired by Loll and was made by smooshing Inka Gold platinum wax with Picked Raspberry DI spritzed with water, see Loll's technique here. I made 3 panels using this technique, the first two were used for my DT inspiration last week here.

That's about it for the moment. Check out the rest of the DT's inspiration and why not join in.

I'm joining in over at:-

    

Across the middle colouring/spritzing/die cut

Musing at ATSM

Hi and welcome to a scheduled post to announce the start of a new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps. This week our challenge is to -

MAKE YOUR MARK

So anything that makes a mark, from stitching to paint.

This challenge is so open ended that I needed a focus, as I always have too many ideas. Anyway this week's Muse is my ATSM teamie, Anita ( Neet and Crafty) so I thought I would use her Muse card as inspiration. Here is my card

 and this is her fab card that inspired me.

Isn't it gorgeous? When I saw the polka dot DP I thought about some 12 x 12 I bought recently that would work really well for this challenge. It's a sort of dark bluey grey and sets off the pink flowers to a tee. The flowers were stamped using a set by Stampin Up that my friend Di lent me while she's off on her jollies, called Painted Petals.

I stamped the flowers with DI in two shades of pink spritzed with a fine mist of water, then some leaves in bright green then over stamped in a darker green. I then went in with a water brush and blended the petals of the flowers but kept the leaves as stamped, just adding a few strokes with a green marker to create stems. The over stamping of the leaves gives them a  subtle depth and the detail using the pen just completes the bouquet before fussy cutting. The top panel was cut using a circle die and was laid flat over the DP panel. The sentiment comes with the set and I stamped it in the same DI as the dark flowers but I masked off the you and replaced it with a black die cut.

So come on down and join us. This week we are sponsored by

who are offering a prize to the Top Addict of 7 digis.

For more inspiration check out the rest of the ATSM team.

I'm joining in over at:-

        

colouring, spritzing, die cutting                                                           

Wizard

Good morning all.

Another Tuesday means another new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz.

This week we would like to see your masculine projects on the theme of -

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU

I had just the right image for this, it was a Digi I won last year sometime from Digital Delights, he's called Wizard Bertie.

I didn't want to make another Halloween card so I made a birthday card, using a digitally created sentiment. After printing out the image I used Copics to colour then I followed the sketch at Sketch Saturday using some left over paper from a previous card. A very simple design, that once I had decided on the layout was quite quick to make. The Copics I used were chosen to match the DPs used as it always gives a more harmonious card design.

OK, that's a wrap. For more inspiration please check out the rest of the fab DT and why not join in, we'd love to see your interpretation.

I'm joining in over at:-

        

                                                T for Two (I used 2 DPs)

Clean and Simple or Fussy and Fancy

CAS every time for me!

Thanks for calling around, see you back soon. :)