Paper Pieced Parcels

Hi and welcome to a post to announce it's time for a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps.

This week out theme is-

CAS

This is my favourite style so here is my card.

This was influenced by a couple of challenges, Less is More, paper piecing and Time Out, Christmas with a twist of pink and or purple.

I first stamped my parcels on the die cut panel, then onto some scraps of co-ordinating pink Christmas paper from Papermania which has been in my stash for absolutely ages. Streamers from the same STAMPlorations set as the parcels were stamped and embossed in silver. The greeting is from a LOTV set, stamped in black. 

Fussy cutting the parcels was a nightmare, especially the ribbons, but looks quite effective in the end!

A few sequins were added for some extra sparkle and some shadow ws added with a grey Copic.. 

That's about it, very simple.

This week we are sponsored by 

who is offering a prize of a $12 gift certificate to the winner

So why not have a go and join us this week. For more inspiration please check out the rest of the DT's fab cards here.

I'm joining in over at:-

Christmas with the optional twist of "use pink and/or purple"

paper piecing

Caught a bug?

Good morning all.
My, hasn't the week gone quickly, it's whizzed around to an other Tuesday.
Tuesday means another challenge at Cardz4Guyz.
This week we would like to see your masculine cards on the theme of -

FEEL BETTER SOON

There are lots of euphemisms for 'Get Well'. I'm sure you can think of lots but I know the the DT have come up with lots of ideas. Here is my take on on the theme.

I must apologise for the quality of the photo, the weather has been dreadful, with very poor light for taking photos!

The image is a digi that I printed onto card then coloured with Copics then fussy cut. The layout is based on the latest sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch.

The checked paper is from NitWits as are the little banners which I cut from scraps in my bits box and the greeting was computer generated then cut with a MFT stitched circle die.

Once completed the panel was mounted onto a kraft base card.

Voila!

OK, now it's over to you, we'd love to see your creations.

Purple Christmas Wreath

Good evening folks.

Just having a quiet time after I took my Daughter and Grandson to the station for their journey home.

We baby sat last night while Nich and Joe went to see Bill Bailey in Manchester. It was lovely to have Ben stay over but it's also good to have some quiet time to myself.

First off I have a little trumpet blowing.

A few month's ago I submitted a card to Craft Stamper Magazine and they wanted to publish it. I was over the moon and it's seemed like years since I sent it off to be photographed but it is now out there in print!

I haven't got my copy yet but my friend Monika spotted it and let me know.

In the same December issue there are 5 other cards from fellow teamies at STAMPlorations. Looks like a bit of a takeover!

Anyway enough trumpet blowing.

Here is a card I made for a few challenges around at the moment.

The wreath is a Woodware stamp that I stamped on the base card before trimming it with buttons and bows, sequins, Stickles and the odd bit of bling. I've made this in various colourways over the years, such a versatile stamp. It also uses some of the buttons my friend Di bought me as a pressie.

I'd like to join in over at:-

Christmas with the optional twist of "use pink and/or purple"

Christmas

Thanks for popping by. :)

Kingfisher inspired

Good morning peeps.

As it's Thursday it's time for another challenge over at Cardz4Galz.

This week our challenge is to create a project with the theme of -

BUTTONS and BOWS

This would seem to need a very girly interpretation, not me at all despite my two pink DT cards of the last two weeks!

Anyway after a bit of a disaster with my first attempt when I had all but finished my DT card I stamped the greeting only to see a little bit of black ink on my white background, arrgh!!!! I had picked a little smudge of it on my little finger! So I was going to try to redo it but in the end I started from scratch and went with this, hope you like it.

As I was browsing yesterday while eating my breakfast I saw the photo challenge over at Creative Inspirations. What a fantastic kingfisher. It reminds me of my Dad who saw one fly past his workshop window in a very industrial part of Sheffield many years ago. A sign to him that the River Don was clean enough again for fish to live in for the kingfisher to catch. Happy days!

Anyway I took inspiration from the colours of the feathers, iridescent green/blue and the orange of his chest and the wood he's perched on. The layout is from the Paper Players this week.

The background was made by stamping SU Hardwood in Frayed Burlap DI and mounted on brown.

The circle was cut from kraft then embossed using a Crafters Companion EF. The flowers were cut using Sizzix thinlets Flower die, then inked with Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough and Twisted Citron DI.

Orange buttons were threaded with white linen and tied in bows and stuck as centers on the flowers. A few blue/green buttons were added and a banner cut using a MFT die in brown and a gold stamped and embossed greeting added. The branch of leaves was in my bits box and I inked them with the Frayed Burlap to tone down the green of the original.

OK, that's my interpretation, what will your's be. We'd love it if you joined us. For more inspiration check out the rest of the DT here.

I'd like to join in over at:-

       

Happy Birthday Al

Good morning folks.

Another Tuesday morning, my aren't the days passing quickly, October nearly over!

Anyway it also means a new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz. This week I'm choosing the theme and I want to see your projects that feature -

NUMBERS

So we want to see any project for a male that is to do with numbers, as simple as that!

It could be for a child's birthday, an older gent's birthday, anniversary or even Dec 25th.

Here is my card.

I made this as you can see for my OH's birthday. He's now into the next decade but still likes to play with his toys, hence the blue tractor!

I love this little tractor stamp from Molly Bloom, it appears that Clare Rowland has stopped designing her own stamps, as I've seen nothing new for over a year. :( .

Anyways this little chap on his tractor was stamped masked then coloured with Copics to match the new tractor that has been a godsend as the little grey Fergie is not up to it these days, it's older than the OH.

The 'new' one allows him to move soil and logs around more easily, he even bought a log splitter that goes on the back and works off the hydraulics, so no more log splitting by hand.

The '60' was outlined in pencil using a computer generated outline, on a square base card before cutting away the edges and middles, the raw edges were shaded with Copics to give a 3D effect then some Nitwits DP was stuck to the back to make a little meadow scene. The sentiment is from LOTV and I cut a sun freehand from a scalloped circle diecut before mounting the sentiment.

OK, that's about it for me, check out the rest of the DT's fab inspiration and why not join us this week. I would love to see what you come up with!

I'd like to join in over at:-

Bright or Pastels

I go for brights especially for birthday cards for men, they seem much more appropriate and I prefer them to the grungy male colours!

Anything Goes - option of a sketch (no sketch for me this week)