Holiday

Hi, it's that time again, a scheduled post to announce a new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps.

This week we want to see projects on the theme of -

HOLIDAY

This is my card for your inspiration.

I used a digi from this week's sponsor -

It's called Narrow Boat and is by Ike's Art. Stitchy Bear have 23 designers to choose from and are offering 3 digi's up to a value of 10$ to our winner.

When I saw this image it reminded me of the canal which runs by one of our local pubs. It's full of trippers at all times of the year as they cruise the Llangollen Canal on their narrow boats. It also reminded me of a song that stuck in my head for ages after I finished colouring - 

Messing About on the River- written by Tony Hatch.

When the weather is fine then you know it's a sign
For messing about on the river.
If you take my advice there's nothing so nice
As messing about on the river.
There are long boats and short boats and all kinds of craft,
And cruisers and keel boats and some with no draught.
So take off your coat and hop in a boat 
Go messing about on the river. 

There are boats made from kits that reach you in bits
For messing about on the river.
Or you might want to skull in a glass-fibred hull.
Just messing about on the river.
There are tillers and rudders and anchors and cleats,
And ropes that are sometimes referred to as sheets.
With the wind in your face there's no finer place,
Than messing about on the river. 

There are skippers and mates and rowing club eights
Just messing about on the river.
There are pontoons and trots and all sorts of knots
For messing about on the river.
With inboards and outboards and dinghies you sail.
The first thing you learn is the right way to bail.
In a one-seat canoe you're the skipper and crew,
Just messing about on the river. 

There are bridges and locks and moorings and docks
When messing about on the river.
There's a whirlpool and weir that you mustn't go near
When messing about on the river.
There are backwater places all hidden from view,
And quaint little islands just awaiting for you.
So I'll leave you right now to cast off your bow,
Go messing about on the river.

It's a song from my childhood and just sprung to mind, a bit of an earworm really. When looking it up on t'internet I even found a song about the canal near us here.

Anyway down to details about the card!

After printing out the image I discovered it wasn't quite long enough to fit my 6 x 6 card base, so I added a little extra vegetation and water to the left of the image and then used Copics to colour. I don't think you can tell and I hope Ike doesn't mind! I trimmed it down to the exact size I wanted then mounted it on black before simply leaving the image to shine. The sentiment is from Woodware.

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                                                           Nature with the Optional Twist of Animals

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Stars

Morning all.

Tuesday morning means a new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz.

Sorry you didn't like last week's sketch but hopefully you will prefer this weeks topic of -

NO DESIGN PAPER

So basically a card made using anything but design paper, You could make your own or use embossing folders to create your own background or go completely CAS like me.

My ideas for this card came from a few challenges out there in blogland.

I first masked off the edges of my card to make a white border then stamped the LOTV sentiment phrase in Versamark the heat embossed with white. I added some stars using a Tim Holtz stencil and an embossing pen and heat embossed them before adding some smaller stamped stars. 

When cool I inked up the central panel using a selection of blue DIs.

Pop over to the main site to check out more fab inspiration from the rest of the DT and our GDs.

I'm joining in the fun over at -

           

One Layer Masculine                                                                 

Add a Sentiment       

   

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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!

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Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - AG