Taylored Expressions #88

Another Christmas card today. I really need to get my act together and start turning them out for the craft market next month. Now I have my mojo back I decided to have a go at Taylored Expressions #88 Sketch. I had a bit of trouble with this sketch and had a few false starts but with the arrival of my new SU Stamps yesterday I had an idea and put the Snow Swirled set to work. I am pretty happy with the final product.

Supplies:

• Paper: SU CS Handsome Hunter, Purely Pommegranite, Very Vanilla; Kaisercraft DSP Deck The Halls - Ivy.
• Stamps: SU Snow Swirled.
• Ink: Versamark; SU Handsome Hunter.
• Accessories: SU Clear Embossing Powder; Kaisercraft Adhesive Pearls; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder; Fiskars Corner Rounder.

I hope you are all enjoying your week. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown #66

Oh yay! I made a card at last. It feels like I have been having a
creative block forever but I think the arrival of some new SU products and Cosmo Cricket papers have inspired me (although the card doesn't use any of my new things other than a word window punch, go figure?!).

Anyway this weeks Color Throwdown was a great way to get back on the horse and at first I thought these colours wouldn't work but

after looking at the fabulous examples by the design team I was convinced otherwise.

Supplies (All SU unless otherwise stated) :

• Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Bordering Blue, Whisper White
• Stamps: Of The Earth
• Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Craft White
• Accessories: White Gel Pen, Silver Brads, Border Eyelet Punch, Word Window Punch. Cuttlebug Floral Screen Embossing Folder.
  
  

Oh Deer!

Well today is a very wet day here in Sydney. The skies opened up just before lunch time and it rained until the gutters overflowed. This means that I could concentrate on my craft desk, it needed some help. I have been so naughty and just not cleaned up after myself the last couple of times I have done projects resulting in a mess beyond belief. So I have got stuck in and finally cleaned it all up and discover a number of treasures hiding - great scraps of paper, half finished cards and all sorts of bits and pieces.

I also found this Christmas card which I made last week which I forgot about completely. The unusual thing about this card, for me, is that it has absolutley no stamping at all, because usually almost everything I do has stamping on it somewhere even if it is only the sentiment.

Supplies:

• Paper: SU Kraft and Purely Pomegranate CS; Basic Grey Figgy Pudding Stack; My Minds Eye.
• Accessories: SU Purely Pomegranate Stitched Grosgrain; Kaisercraft Christmas Rub-Ons, Adhesive Rhinestones; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder; Spellbinders Lables 9 Die.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend and if your here is Sydney, staying dry!

New Lay Out

Sorry I haven't posted for a while, I am still wallowing a bit. Each day gets a bit easier but it doesn't feel like I will ever feel great. Anyways enough about that...

I have made a new layout for 52 Weeks 52 Sketches using some pics I took of Winston playing with some flowers I had in a vase.

I hope his floral antics have bought a smile to your face like it did to mine.

Enjoy your weekend.

TESC#86 Version 2.0

I decided to make another card for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge because A) I really liked the sketch and B) I wanted to put in another entry for a chance to join the DT.

Supplies:

• Paper: SU CS Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink. DSP Unknown.
• Stamp: American Crafts Wedding Clear Stamp Set
• Ink: Basic Black, Pretty In Pink
• Accessories: Scallop Hole Punch, Whisper White Grosgain Ribbon, SU Pretty Pink Pink Pastel, Kaisercraft Adhesive Pearls.

Thanks for stopping by!

Taylored Expressions Sketch #86

I haven't made a card in over a week, I think. Well it feels that long. I have had a couple of issues going on in my personal life and it has stopped me feeling creative which is annoying because making cards makes me feel better.

Anyway I really wanted to enter in this weeks Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge because she is looking for some new members for her DT and to be honest that would be a dream come true because I love her stamps and designs.

When I feel down I may not be creative but I do spend a lot of time online shopping for new craft items so I had to use one of the new stamps from my most recent spree.

Supplies:

• Paper: CS Unknown, DSP Basic Grey Figgy Plum
• Stamp: Crafty Individuals - Let It Snow
• Ink: Versa Mark
• Accessories: SU Silver Embossing Powder, SU Silver Mini Brads, Fiskars Snowflake Punch, Kaisercraft Adhesive Rhinestones.

Thanks you for stopping by and I hope that you are all out there busy creating :-)

Color Throwdown #63.2

So I posted a card yesterday that I made for the Color Throwdown Challenge #63 which was to use Kraft, Olive, Chocolate and Yellow. So I made my card which you can see here and as I mentioned yesterday I am not having the greatest run in the world at the moment so I feel like I am a bit off my game, and when I looked at the card today I kind of cringed. I thought it was fine last night but all of a sudden I am over it. I don't know why, it is a perfectly acceptable card but I just wanted to do the challenge again, I felt like I could do better. Anyway after that long ramble here is my second attempt at Colour Combo #63:


Supplies (All SU Unless otherwise stated):

• Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, So Saffron.
• Stamps: Petal Pizzazz
• Ink: So Saffron, Old Olive, Versa Mark
• Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Antique Brads; American Crafts Medium Brad, White Foam Thickers; Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy Embossing Folder.

I only had white letters so I used the foam Thickers and inked them up with So Saffron Ink so they worked with the colour scheme. I am much happier with this card yesterday.

Color Throwdown #63

Just a quick post tonight. I have been feeling a bit yuck lately (long story, I won't bore you) so I haven't been doing much crafting but I managed to feel inspired my todays Color Throwdown when I found some paper from K & Company in my stash.

Supplies:

• Paper: SU Kraft CS, American Craft Olive Texture CS, K & Co Wild Saffron Stack.
• Ink: Chocolate Chip
• Stamps: SU Lots of Thoughts
• Accessories: SU Chocolate Chip Striped Grosgrain, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Kaisercraft Adhesive Rhinestones, Steadler Brown Marker.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are all having a great week.

Blue and Red Owls

I hope you all had fun yesterday on World Card Making Day. I actually didn't make any cards :-( because I cut one of my fingers and it was too sore to make cards because I kept bumping it on everything and I couldn't handle the scissors. How silly.

But I did get a chance to put together a card today for Taylor's Sketch Challenge #85. I am really loving red, light blue and kraft as a colour combo at the moment so I decided to use that.

Supplies:

• Cardstock: SU Kraft, Real Red, Whisper White
• Stamps: Hero Arts Owl, SU Pendant Park
• Ink: Real Red, Bashful Blue
• Accessories: SU Bashful Blue Grosgain Ribbon, SU Circle and Scallop Circle Punches.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the long weekend.

A Last Minute Challenge...

I was just looking through all my fav Challenge websites and realised that I didn't enter a card into this week's Get Sketchy #7! So I decided to put together a quick card that their fabulous sketch inspired me to do. Not sure if I made the deadline or not but at least I had fun making the card. They also had a bonus challenge to feature distressing on the card. I filed back the edges of my card stock to give a distressed look before inking up the edges to emphasize the effect. It is a bit hard to see in the photo but I like the overall effect that it gives.

Supplies (all SU unless otherwise stated):

• Paper: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Whisper White CS; Japanese Origami Paper.
• Stamps: Dream Garden, Eastern Blooms.
• Ink: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, White Craft.
• Accessories: American Crafts White Brad; White Gel Pen; Cuttlebug Floral Screen Embossing Folder.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your having a great day!