Stamp With Us sketch challenge

This is my card I'm entering into this fortnights Stamp with Us challenge. This time the challenge is a sketch challenge.
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When I first saw the sketch one Stampin' Up set came straight to mind, and that was Trendy Trees. The three square on the sketch would be ideal for the trees and I could use the spotty swirl for the background. This set also has a greeting. I chose to use a colour scheme of browns and greens. Before making the final card I drew out the sketch on a piece of A5 paper so I could make sure I got the measurements correct on the final card.

I scored and folded a piece of dark green A4 card in half for the card blank. I cut a piece of Stampin'Up Kraft card for the background panel. I cut this 1cm small on every edge. I stamped with spotty swirl stamp with watermark VersaMark ink pad. I then heat embossed this with clear embossing powder.

On white card I stamped three tree trunks. Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig I added the tree tops using three different colours of green ink pads. I also stamped the greeting. I cut all the stamped images out following the measurements. The tree squares were mounted onto a panel of green card. I mounted the greeting on a panel of Kraft and also white card.



Before attaching all the panels together I added dark brown brads in each corner. The panel were then attached to the card blank using double sided tape.

Stampin' Up products use
Stamp set: Trendy Trees
Card: Kraft
Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig

On your Christening - Challenge card

This is the card I'm entering into this weeks Clare's Weekly Challenge on the DoCrafts website, www.docrafts.co.uk. This week it was a sketch challenge.

For this card I used one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps which I bought at Alexandra Palace craft fair at the weekend. The Lili of the Valley stand was the first place I visited as I 'needed' to get some of their new stamps. I've bought quite a few so I'm sure you'll be seeing them all over the next few weeks.

I stamped the little boy image with a Memento ink pad and coloured him in with ProMarkers. I cut out the stamped image and scalloped frame with Nestabilities. I also cut a large background panel and strip from the same blue I used for the scalloped frame. I used blue gingham paper for the background.



I mounted all the layers together, and before attaching them to a card blank I added white buttons and two star brads. The greeting was printed out and mounted on blue card.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 46 challenge

This is my card for this weeks Passion for ProMarkers challenge. http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/

This theme of the challenge is 'The Young Ones', so it was a card for the young ones in iur lives. My card is for a little girl so I've kept the colours soft and girly.

The stamp I used is called Lazy Ellie by Stamposaurus, www.stamposaurus.co.uk. It was stamped with Memento ink and coloured in, of course, with ProMarkers. I added Glossy Accents to the daisy centre and the ladybird and Stickles to the leaf centres and heart. I cut the stamped image and background frame out with Nestabilities. The white flower outline was cut out using a Cuttlebug die.



I chose lilac as my main colour so I used this for the main background panel. The spotty background and the strip are Whitewashed Core'dinations papers. The spotty panel was created with the Swiss Dot Cuttlebug embossing folder. After embossing I lightly sanded the paper. The strip was torn from the sheet to expose the coloured core colour.

To finish I added an oval greeting by Craftwork Cards, ribbon and brads.

Tractor birthday card

This is an easel card I've made using one of my new stamps. The stamp is called Tractor by Stamposaurus, www.stamposaurus.co.uk

I usually make square cards but I thought for a change I'd make an easel card. I made the card base by cutting an A4 piece of card in half longways. One half I scored and folded in half to form a card. I then scored and folded one of the half panels of the card in half again. The other half from the original A4 piece I cut in half to get an A6 piece. I then attached this A6 piece to the bottom part of the panel of the card. To make sure the card stood up I attached, with small foam pads, a row of Craftwork Card's silver card candy.

The Tractor stamp was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I stamped the image again. I coloured and cut out the tractors wheels and the farmers hat. I added these to the original stamped image with foam pads. I added Glossy Accents to the wheels. The stamped image and a frame were cut out using Nestabilities.



I used mostly green shades for my card. I chose to use a green spotty paper for the background. The patterned strips were cut using Fiskers bat wing scissors. The oval birthday greeting is by Craftwork Cards.

Stamp With Us Colour Challenge

This is my card for the Stamp With Us blog Colour Challenge. http://stampwithus.blogspot.com/

The inspiration photo was a field of pink and orange tulips. I chose to use a flower stamp and orange and pink as my main colours.

The flower stamp is from Stampin' Up Happy Moments stamp set. I stamped it four times onto white coated card using a Memento ink pad. The flowers were then coloured in using ProMarkers. I mounted the stamped strip onto a rectangle of Regal Rose card. Along one of the long edges I had punched a scalloped edge using Stampin' Up Scallop Edge punch. I attached a strip of Certainly Celery ribbon. With the same ribbon I made a flat bow with I attached the the ribbon strip with double sided tape. This was attached to a square card blank.



I added a thin strip of Pumpkin Pie card to the card blank. To finish the card I stamped a birthday greeting using the happy birthday stamp from the Happy Moments stamp set.

Stampin' Up products used
Card: Regal Rose and Pumpkin Pie
Stamp set: Happy Moments
Ribbon: Certainly Celery
Other: Scallop Edge punch

DoCrafts challenge cards

These are two challenge cards I've made for the Sunday Stamping Challenge (SSC)and Clare's Weekly Challenge on the DoCrafts website www.docrafts.co.uk. Both cards use stamps by Little Claire Designs (www.littleclaire.co.uk/).



My first cards is for the Sunday Stamping Challenge (SSC). The theme of the challenge was to make a card with a matching bookmark but you had to use the same stamp on both. As you can see from the photo below the bookmark and the pink panels use the same stamp. The stamp I used was Camellia by Little Claire Designs. The pink panels were stamped with VersaMark ink pad and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The bookmark was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers.



The card blank was created from one piece of A4 card which I folded to 1/3 A4 and I cut away a diagonal panel. This create a 'Concertina' card. On three of the panels I attached a pink embossed flower panel which was mounted into a piece of white paper. On the inside panel I punched a strip of the green card with the Martha Stewart flower punch. This was attached to the card to create a holder for the bookmark.



The bookmark was create from a strip of green card which I attached a flower strip which was stamped and then coloured in with ProMarkers. I added a tassel through a hole in the green card.



The greeting on the front was create from two circles which were cut with Nestabilities. The flower edge is Camellia boarder stamp also by Little Claire Designs. This was again coloured in with ProMarkers.

My second card is for Clare's Weekly Challenge. The inspiration photo for this challenge was an old fashioned telephone box in the snow. I used the bold colours of the red and white as my inspiration for this card.



The flower stamp is PomPom Dahlia by Little Claire Designs. It was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I also used the same stamp to create a patterned background panel. I just stamped the head of the flower using scarlet Versacolour ink pad.



I used layers of red and white paper for the card. To finish I added red ribbon and a bow. The greeting was a Stampin'Up greeting stamp which I stamped in red ink on a small tag.

Happy Easter

Sometimes chocolate eggs aren't for everyone so I've made this pretty card as an alternative and it's certainly low calorie! I chose to use yellow as my main colour, as to me it's the colour of spring. The card is quite simple as I wanted the flowers to be the main focus.

This card uses two new products from DoCrafts, the Papermania rosette template and X-Cut punch. I saw these being used at recent craft demos and I just had to have them as I could see a lot of uses for them.

I cut rectangles of white and yellow paper which I mounted on top of each other. The greeting was text I printed out. On the first white layer I cut the corners with the new X-Cut fleur corner punch and emboss punch. The curve shape it cuts allows you to tuck the corners in of the next layer. I added a small dot of stickles in the centre of the embossed flower which the punch also produced. I added stitching with a white and green Sakura pens. The card blank is my Craftwork Cards.



The daisy flowerheads were made using the Papermania rosette template. The template creates a large rosette but I wanted to use the template to create a smaller daisies. I drew around the template onto a piece of white paper. I reduced this on a photocopied to three different sizes which I then cut out and stuck together using the instructions on the template. I cut the centre yellows circles with Nestabilities and added texture with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. To finish I added crystal Stickles to the yellow centres.

Happy Easter everyone.