Inspirational

Card Sketches #17

And this one is for DH to take next Saturday.......it's the first time I've been ahead of myself for weeks :))

Details as before but with the addition of the flowers which are a mix of Papermania and some I bought from Craft U Love a while ago.

TFL

Back again...

...this time with the card I made for the sketch on Di Hickman's blog last week. I do like Di's sketches but often have to miss out (as with other challenges) when work gets the better of me!

I love using acetate on my cards and don't use it nearly enough so I took the chance with this card. I went looking for a quote or something to use as the feature on the sketch and came across my little DCWV Quote Stack which is starting to look a bit forlorn LOL I cut the front off my card leaving a border of approimately 1cm as I like to attach the acetate to it on the inside so once I've added a paper frill there is not tape showing. The ribbons were from my stash, vellum is by Papermania and is glitter embossed (and absolutely beautiful) the acetate and vellum were punched using my newest MS punch which arrived yesterday :), the flowers were from Crafts U Love and the self adhesive pearls were from my stash. I decided not to add a sentiment to the card so it can be used for any occasion.

Challenge a day

Simple Sue (sorry Sue, I couldn't resist it!) over on the Crafts By Carolyn forum is setting a challenge a day (hence my rather unimaginative title!!) in the run up to Christmas and I am really behind with this one, but I intend to give it a good push today.

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE-A-DAY - DAY THREE

and today it's a RECIPE you can make anything you fancy BUT your creation MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

*at least 4 Patterned Papers

* a button

* some blooms

* some ribbon

I also "loosely" used Kazans Sketch 15 so here is the sketch and my card.

The basic shape from the sketch is there, I just added a couple more layers :) Papers used are Basic Grey Figgy Pudding and Fruit Cake from last years Scenic Route Christmas papers (I absolutely love these papers and still only use small pieces at a time LOL) Ribbon was a freebie on the front of a mag, blooms are from Crafts ~U Love and my button is the snowflake in the centre of the flowers.
Right, back to work as I need to make loads today as I'm doing a jewellery party at a local hair/nail salon tomorrow (and I still haven't made my cards yet-could we put Christmas back a month please?)

Thanks for looking

Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge

Challenge 3
This week there is no sketch but a theme, set by the lovely KIM which is "Blue, White and a little bit of snowflake!". Again any project can be made as long as it fits with the theme.
I made a very quick card for this challenge

I used the Winter House embossing folder by Cuttlebug, sprinkled the rooftops with Debbi Moore's fine glitter and added the snowflakes and snowman which were cut with Cuttlebug dies from white glitter card. The image is mounted onto navy card, the ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis and the rub on at the bottom actually says Winter Wonderland but you can't read it properly (and I don't know how to make my piccies big by clicking on them!) Rub on is by Imaginisce which I ordered yesterday from Crafts U Love and they arrived this morning! Brilliant service :) and they have free P & P until Monday night.