Jane Austen

Hi All

In between my house work today, I have made a card for two challenges.

The first is Mojo Monday where we have this sketch,

and the second is Make My Monday who have the Jane Austen Novel, Persuasion, as inspiration




This is my card

I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't read this novel, so I took my inspiration from the pastel colours of the lady's dress and the blossom trees behind her. I inked up the blossom branch and stamped it on scrap paper before randomly stamping the card ( the pale pink flowers aren't very clear on my photo, sorry ). The blue and pink cards were embossed before layering on the card under the Nestabilities panel, on which I sponged the sky and grass before colouring the little girls dress with SU Write markers which I blended with an Aqua painter.

Recipe:
Card = Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White, Blushing Bride, and White card FMS
Stamps = Garden Silhouettes, Summer by the Sea and Woodware sentiment
Inks = Bashful Blue, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Blushing Bride, Primrose Petals, Wisteria Wonder, and Basic Black
Tools = Big Shot, Butterfly Kisses and Cottage Floral embossing folders, Nestabilities and Shapeabilities, Aqua painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Martha Stewart border Punch
Extras = Gems

I'm off to see my 5year old nephew Nathan tomorrow, and he wants me to help him make a valentines card for his girl friend Adelaide, so I'll probably end up covered in ink again.

Last week, he had to go to school dressed as a Fairytale character and tell his class what the story was. As he believes in Elves, and has a special Elf named Boris ( it's me really !! ) watching over him and writing him letters, he decided to be the cobbler from the "Elves and the shoe maker". Nana made him an apron with a pocket for his tools, and I made him some shoes out of wallpaper with buttons on the toes. What do you think? Should Jimmy Choo be worried??

Anyway, must get something to eat now as it's 8.30pm and I'm starving.

Hope you can come back soon

True Blue

Today I have made a card for a challenge that I've not entered before. It's at CAS colours and sketches where this week the DT give us these colours and a sketch








I'm still a bit rusty in the crafting mojo department, but this is what I came up with

The panel and some of the flowers are on 3D pads for some dimension, where some flowers are tucked under the vine fronds. The flowers looked lonely on their own so I added the vines, I hope they are not too much for the CAS rules.

Recipe
Card = Pacific Point ( I don't have Not Quite Navy), Whisper White, and White square card FMS
Stamps = SU Everything Eleanor and Verve
Inks = Tempting Turquoise and Island Indigo
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities and Shapeabilities


This year, one of my resolutions was to sort out my study, and keep it tidy, ( I make this same one every year!!!) so at the moment I am surrounded by boxes and piles of papers which I must have put away and then moved again at least 3 times. I will try to find a suitable place for everything over the next few days.....hopefully!, so I'll have some room to craft properly.


Thanks for looking in, and hope you can call back again soon.

In the Pink

Hi everyone, guess what? I've made a card!!!  I know, a miracle.

Anyway, enough waffle, here we go. I hope to place it into 3 challenges if I make it on time?

The first is Color Throwdown with these colours


then cas-ual fridays where we are asked to use markers

and lastly pals paper arts with this sketch





Here is my card

Recipe
Card = SU Pretty In Pink, Whisper White, and white card FMS
Stamps = SU Growing Green, Vintage Vogue and Verve sentiment
Inks = Regal Rose, Old Olive, Pretty In Pink, and Soft Suede (replaces Crumb Cake)
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, and Shapeabilities
Extras = 3D pads


I used my SU Write markers to colour my stamps before printing them, and used an Aqua painter to move the green ink on the fern leaves. I sponged the pink ink on the butterfly shape and used green to tint the wings.The flower and butterfly are on 3D pads for dimension.

Hope to be back soon

Thank You card

Happy New Year !!!

You may be shocked to know that I'm still here after such a long absence, but I hope to be here more frequently this year. ( it has taken me ages to remember how to create a blog!! Durrrrrrrrrrr )

This was the first card I'd made for 6 months or so, at our Tuesday club on the 8th January, and I was going to enter it into these two challenges. Dynamic Duos and  CAS-ual Friday, however, in my long absence from blogging I'd forgotten how to attach photos  and do it properly. So here I am today at Jacqueline's house with her expert guidance getting my brain updated and my blog onto Google Chrome.

Fingers crossed I can get this blog published to start me off again with being in blogland!!

Here is the card

Recipe
Card = Melon Mambo and Whisper White
Stamps = Everything Eleanor, Stippled Blossoms and Verve
Inks = Melon Mambo and Island Indigo

I was so taken with the process that I made a second card................yes I know, I couldn't believe it either!!
This time I used Jacqueline's SU set of Stippled Blossoms and different colours

Last year was a nightmare for me health wise, so in the year 2013 things can only get better. I've started a new Arthritis treatment (which means going into hospital every 4 weeks ) and after three drips so far it seems like it might be doing some good, so fingers crossed ( if only I could!) I can do more with my hands as time goes on.

Many thanks for sticking with me, and I hope this is the start of more blogs to come

My Sisters Birthday

I've combined 2 challenges to make a card for my Sisters birthday.





The first is this sketch at Mojo Monday ,


and the second is over at  Paper Players where they have these colours






This is my card. It reminds me of the Fruit Salad Sweets that you could buy for 1/2p when I was a kid ( a very long time ago!!!)

The pink and yellow cards were put through the BS in an embossing folder, before being wrapped in a ribbon and border punch.( I didn't have any Limeade green ribbon or card, so I used a SU Write marker to colour some white ribbon and white card). I used the BS to cut the labels, onto which I then stamped the flourish. The flowers were stamped on white card, cut out, and an Aqua painter used to spread the colour, and then the centres added on 3D pads for dimension. The flower panel and Birthday banner were also put on 3D pads.


Recipe :
Card = Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and White card FMS
Stamps = Everything Eleanor, and Verve
Inks = Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, and Daffodil Delight
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart punch, and Couture Creations EF
Extras = 3D Pads, and Ribbon


Thanks for looking at my blog today, and I hope to be back soon.

Male Birthday

Hello All !!,
Yes I am still here, but with an absent creative mojo and other problems, I've not been able to make anything for a while. However, it's my Step Dad's and Sisters birthday this week, so I've had to come up with something for them.

For my SD Dave's card, I've combined 2 challenges.



The first is Simply Stampin where they had this sketch

and ColourQ where they had this colour palette

 This is the card I made



I coloured the tree with SU write markers which took some time to do, so I had to huff and puff on the stamp to moisten the ink again before stamping on to white card.                                                        I used a border punch on the edges of the layered cards, and on a strip of brown underneath the tree that was raised on 3D pads. I also added green ribbon either side of the brown card.

Recipe :

Card = Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, and white square card FMS

Stamp = Leaves of a Tree, and Basic Phrases

Inks = Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, and Adirondack Butterscotch ( the nearest I have to Mustard ) 

Tools = Martha Stewart punch

Extras = Ribbon

Thanks for dropping by today, and I'll show you the card for my Sister tomorrow if you'd like to come back then.

Bye for now



My Blog Candy Winner

Sorry that I've not posted for a while, but things have not been going according to plan in my life lately, and I do hope to get behind my crafting desk again very soon.

At the weekend, I needed someone impartial to do the draw for my Candy, and my nephew, Nathan, jumped at the chance ( especially as he'd been to the big boy barbers that morning for a haircut!!)

Here he is, proud to be important, pulling out the name of the winner, Clare.

Congratulations Clare!, if you'd like to email me your address I'll get the goodies off to you ASAP.

I hope you are all staying dry with all the rain we've been having, and that you've enjoyed Wimbledon as much as I have. Fingers crossed Murray can pull a win out of the bag this year?

See you soon