One Stop Craft Challenge - DT Post

The theme at OSCC is Pink and Brown.  How easy is that you may think - well I love these colours - they go together well, and I thought easy-peasy - not so!  So I am not sure I am completely happy with what I have done ....

My image is Lili of the Valley - Glamourous Gardening.  I think if I gardened like this the neighbours might think I am mad - indeed I might tilt myself into the raised borders if I had high heels on!!!   However, I do have a big hat for sunny days.

I have coloured with Copics.  The papers are Stampin' Upm and everything else is from stash  No roses, but some paper flowers, which are all Prima, with a pearl brad through them.  I have also added some pearls to the bottom of the little girl's necklace.

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Summery and Girlie ...

No shade in my garden at the moment, so I am writing this post to go with my summery and girlie card.  I know I often say that 'oh - this is my favourite' something or other - but Sarah Kay images come in the tops as well for me.  They are so pretty and offer so many colouring possibililites, and I like the hats!

My  lovely lady - Isabelle with puppy Coco - is my card for today.  I have used Copics for colouring, and have given it bright summery pinks.  The papers used are ScribbleScrabble, and two different types of Bazzill - Bling and Swiss Dot.  The ribbon is Stampin Up' and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, liberally doused with crystal Stickles, and some fern leaves made with a punch.

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Stamp Something - Summery
Cutie Sunday #97 - Summer
Bunny Zoe's Craft's Monthly Challenge #1 - Nice and Girlie


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Flutter by Wednesday

Flutter by Wednesday have asked that we do something Clean and Simple with our butterflies, angels or fairies.  I was not sure whether I knew how do do this!  I always seem to load everything up.  So here it is ..... I hope it is not too plain, but I understand that the idea is there should be clean space around the image so that nothing detracts. 

This is a Stampin' Up image from the 2008/2009 catalogue, and I cannot remember the name of the set, but there are some lovely images in it.  The sentiment is from the same set.  I stamped with Stazon, and coloured with a mixture of Derwents Inktense Watercolour Pencils and Distress Inks.  I have mounted on to some pale pink Bazzill card that co-ordinates with the dress, and cut a small butterfly to go behind the sentiment.

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3 in 1

It is a while since I posted, and my apologies - I have been catching up on a variety of things, and just have not had time to stamp.

My offering this evening is a Christmas card, and is for three challenges:

- Mojo Monday, Challenge 102, and I followed their sketch

- Stamptacular Sunday Challenge, and their challenge is Scallop Mania and the scallops are used around the greeting and snowflake

- Pile it On - the requirement is for something round, and this is the embossed and glittered snowflake

I have again used a Sarah Kay stamp, and coloured with Prisma pencils, which I am now loving. The greeting is a Stampin' Up, and the snowflake is Hero Arts, which I have had forever. The background paper is, I think, Basic Grey, but it is no longer a pad, just loose sheets, so cannot be sure.

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3 in 1

Hi everybody

Hope you have had a lovely weekend. I went to a Copic workshop yesterday run by Stamps & Memories of Kintbury, met a lovely bunch of like-minded crafters. We had some fun and learnt a lot from Karen and Wendy. Thank you ladies. Now I have to decide whether I am going to invest in Copics. My guess is that I will eventually.

So on to the challenges I am entering this card into.

Dutch Dare Challenge - Christmas in August

Winter Wonderland - the theme is By Candle light

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - and the theme is ......... Christmas in August!

The image is Willow with Lantern, and is coloured with Prisma pencils. I have used various backing papers from my stash, including two from the Figgy Pudding range from last year. The snowflakes are cut out with a Martha Stewart punch, and covered in Diamond Dust. However the twinkle does not show up in the photo. The flourishes are punched with a Paper Shaper punch.

Recipe:

Stamps - Whiff of Joy, Stampin' Up

Papers - Basic Grey and from stash

Punches from the Hobby House

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CupCakes all the way ..

It is the 1st birthday of the Cupcake craft challenge, with cupcakes optional! However I have decided it is cupcakes all the way - after all celebrating a birthday with cupcakes can be rather yummy.

The stamps and background papers are all Stampin' Up, the flowers Prima, and the brads from one of my favourite shopping places.

Colours are done with Inktense pencils, with Shimmerz and Sakura pens to give a bit of bling.

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3 Challenges in I - Stampin for the weekend, The Corrosive Challenge and Inspirational Card Sketches

Hi Everybody

3 in 1 this time around - really had to think about that before I rushed in like a bull in a china shop.

This card is based on the brilliant sketch by Tricia for ICS, and there are some lovely DT examples on the blog as well.

The Corrosive Challenge required an Anniversary Card, and I think this fits the bill - sometimes I don't like things too over the top.

Stampin' for the weekend requires something with a vintage look and I think this also fits that - the papers certainly do, as does the washed out water colouring.

I have used some of favourite papers (can they all really be favourites - I guess so otherwise I would not buy them, and the image and text is from a set of stamps called Summer by the sea, again coloured with water pencils.

Recipe:
Stamp - Stampin' Up

Paper - K & Co, Madeline

Flowers - Prima
Embellishements - The Hobby House

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