Stampavie Group Challenge 2

Stampavie (the company who manufacture Sarah Kay and Rachel Anne Miller stamps) have a group over on Paper Craft Planet and the latest challenge set was another sketch (I do love sketch challenges........lol).

Here's the card i made.............

On the sketch the ribbon was along the bottom and the sentiment down the side but i wouldn't beable to fit it that way on this card so i swapped them around.

The papers are BG Boxer. Used my crop-o-dile to make the wholes and set the eyelets. Ribbong and metal sentiment from stash. Image was coloured with distress inks (again......lol).

Thanks for looking. x

Losing my mind!!

I remember making this card for a challenge blog but!!!!...............I can't remember which one and it's been sitting upstairs for a couple of weeks so i will have no chance in remembering now. I have been delaying blogging it incase i remembered but thats not going to happen............lol.


For this card i used my Forever Friends stamp again and BG Granola papers. The 'thanks' stamp is a clear stamp from Studio G.

House Mouse #15

I can't believe how quick the weeks are gong and that we are already on week #15 on House mouse and friends challenge blog. I'm also sure the DT members have excelled themselves again this week - just when you think they can't get any better, they do!! There must be something in they're water..........lol, wish they'd bottle some up for me heehee!!.

The challenge this week is............

Our challenge this week is :~ Polka Dots!!

Polka dots.......Don't you just love them and they seem to be back in fashion!! With us crafters at least. We would like to see polka dots on your creations.

I wanted to go for the more funky look than cute and soft this week, not sure if it quite works with this stamp but i am loving these papersDon't forget to check out the DT's fantastic work. Thanks for looking. x

Sketch Saturday #20

Here's my DT card for the sketch staurday blog.

I received 2 new stamps from whiff of joy the other week so made this card as soon as i received them..........lol. As you may also tell i am loving this Dream Street Paper and i've used the same couple of sheets for at least 6 cards now!! Such value for money i think............lol.

Stitching, Lace and Flowers........

These are some of my favourite things at the moment. I love this light lime green ribbon and have been itching to use some since i got it. I didn't think i had anything that would go with it but i think red green and brown work quite well together (sounds so wrong though..........lol).

Supplies:
Papers - BasicGrey
Flowers - Prima
Rub-ons - Doodlebug
Ribbons from stock

New Home

I made this card the other day and again i am experimenting with making use of white space on my cards. As with my home i would love the minimalistic look, the same with some of my cards but i have yet to get the balance right on both my home and cards...........lol. I will keep trying!!

House Mouse and Friends Challenge #7 - Tags

Over on House Mouse & Friends the challenge this week is:

Hi everybody, I am Janneke from the Netherlands and this week
it was my turn to think about the challenge for you.

And this week's challenge is:

TAGS

I doodled the sketch for my card whilst watching tv at the beginning of the week so i thought with that bit done it would be real quick to get it made up..............I was soooooooo wrong!! It took me ages to choose which paper would work, then i didn't have a stamp suitable so i ended up using part of a stamp. I put the whole card together (which i was quite happy with) then, i had to go and spoil it by handwriting on the tag!! there was too much 'space' on there so i tried to fill it with a little metal flowers and doodles............I don't like it but never had time to change it. Perhaps that will teach me for leaving things till the last minute!!

Anyway, enough blabbing and moaning from me - here's my card:


Ooooooo - almost forgot to add that there is a super prize up for grabs this week donated by alota rubber stamps. Hope you can join in. xxx

No Stopping Me Now.........

..........that i have got my sewing machine out and fixed the tension!!

I love real stitching on a card, it gives such a great effect and thought it about time that i look at my sewing machine and see if i can fix it. It was easy, i don't no what took me so long (besides laziness........lol). I also forgot how good it is, it has a little screen showing me which stitch i have selected and it also recommends what setting would work best for that stitch with different materials - how cool is that.

I could only find a matching black thread and bobbin so i kept the paper i used quite dark.

Here's the first card i made:

<--------Look!!! Real stitching..............lol. For the second card i wanted to try and make something a bit funky, i decided to use my Crop-o-Dile to do the embellishment (didn't turn out how i pictured in my head). I also wanted to make use of the white space (again something i don't do very often) and have like a wonky stitched border around the edge. The stitching was wonky but not as tidy as i would have liked. All in all the card hasn't turned out to well but decided to show you as i think i'll try and make another with the same idea but tweak it to try and get it to work.