Annabelle on her bicycle

Good morning card makers.

I'm posting early on a Saturday morning as I'm guesting over at JUGS for the month of September, thanks for asking girls!

Here's my first card using this weeks cue card.

I had a look through my stash to find a suitable stamp and came up with this older rubber stamp from Lili of the Valley, Annabelle on her bicycle. The basket is full of her cute pup in this case!

My printer is playing up at the moment as you can see from the rather patchy DP in the background, so I'm stuck with using up scraps of DP in my stash until I can sort it out. The sky and checked strips, with a little added Copic marker are NitWits, as is the grass, which I cut using an ancient MS border punch!

So after colouring the stamped image and fussy cutting it out, I put it to one side and concentrated on the layout. I had a panel of linen effect card that was creased, so I cut that away and from what was left I cut a circle from the middle and then ran it through my Big Shot with the same large circle EF I used for my card yesterday, this time I used the reverse. A couple of strips of Copic coloured card to pick out the colours in the image were added to the bottom with clear tape. A couple of scraps of green NitWits DP punched with the grass edge punch were glued behind the opening. On my base card, made from some of the same linen effect card, I added the cloud and checks DP, to which I also added some of the same Copic colour as the strips as there wasn't any showing, adding the top panel on pads. A sentiment strip was added then Annabelle on pads to complete.

So how will you interpret the cue word? We'd love to see you in the JUGS gallery this week.

For more inspiration check out the DT here.

Gardening with Bling!

Good evening, time for a brand new challenge at HLS Birthday and as always it's-

ANYTHING GOES

Here's a card I made for a friend of my daughter's who loves gardening and bling!

I've used a Lili of the Valley image and some NitWits DP, including the pink backing paper. I got my MS grass edge punch out for the grass, this time white card coloured with Copics like the image.

The sentiment is also Lili of the Valley and I blinged that and the watering can up with some tiny, silver diamante crystals. 

I went for a square shaped card for a change and my embossed panel was made using an EF whose manufacturer I forget but it has been very useful over the years!  

So why not join us for the new challenge and it's so easy being an AG one!

There's lots more inspiration over on the HLS blog.

Color Hues #48

Good afternoon. It's the first of the month so time for a new colour combination from Color Hues. It's also our 2nd birthday so we are joining forces with our sister challenge Seize the Birthday to celebrate!

I can't believe we've been going 2 years, it only seems like yesterday that Nancy asked if I was interested in joining the team! 

So for this challenge you not only have you to use the colours below but we'd also like you to make a birthday card to help us CELEBRATE! 

After you link up a card for this challenge make sure you over to Seize the Birthday and link up with them as well!  This challenge and their challenge will be like any other, as each Challenge blog will pick its own winners! 

Here is a direct Link to Seize the Birthday for you! 

OK, here is my take.

When I saw this combination, I thought straight away of a card I made using Stamping Bella's Audrey loves her make up here but then I decided to use this 'young' lady from Art Impressions instead as I'd only recently used Audrey for another colour combo! 

I love these Ai images of ladies of a certain age and the snarky sentiments that come with them.

This one is from Sassy Laugh Lines but I've used a sentiment from another set, Sit Back Laugh Lines.

After stamping, colouring with Copics and fussy cutting, I put her to one side and prepared my background, a snippet of DP from NitWits with the leaves coloured with a Copic marker to match the theme, printer still playing up, and a couple of scalloped edges cut from a scrap of white card. The base card is navy for a change! I added the panel to it and a few Pretty Pink Posh lime green sequins and the sentiment strip completes.

So what do you think of this combination? We'd love you to post in our gallery this time, but don't forget to make it a birthday card.

For more navy and lime inspiration, why not check out the rest of the team here?

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Feminine

Stencil bugs

Good morning card makers, time for a new challenge at Cardz4Guyz.

For this latest challenge we would like to see your masculine cards that -

USE A STENCIL

Here's my take using a STAMPlorations Art Splatters stencil, a die cut happy birthday and some freehand doodling!

My inspiration was a card I'd seen using splatter images with facial features. I loved how the feature stamps turned the splats into funky creatures, sadly I can't find the link again to share.

Anyway, on a panel of white card, I inked through the various splatters with DOx in a variety of colours, Salty Ocean, Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio and Wilted Violet. Once dry, I added a variety of eye and mouth designs to create my critters. I even added a few antennae to the green ones which reminded me of caterpillars! A few dots of white gel pen were added for extra interest.

My sentiment was cut 3 times from black card and stacked before adding to the panel, simples!

There are so many different stencils out there for you to use and the DT have some super ideas if you need it, so why not join in this time?

Check out the DT here for more masculine card ideas.

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No topping this time!

Uniko BA Inspiration

 Afternoon crafters, I'm sharing a couple of cards I made for a BA post over at Uniko using the Winter Foliage stamp, die and stencil together with the Christmas Wishes stamp set.

I was inspired by the latest challenge at CAS Christmas Card Challenge where their cue word is PINE, hence the use of Winter Foliage!

Here are the two cards I created, full details are over on the Uniko blog.

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