Oblong layers

It's time for an update over on Kathy's Waffle Sketch File challenge and boy do Kathy's sketches challenge you :) Take a look at these.....

The second sketch works perfectly with the C6 card I used for my sample. All the papers and image on this card are available on the Funky Hand web site. Why not have a go yourself and show us what you have done?

Take care, back soon xx

Kathy's Waffle

As it was the beginning of the month last week the new challenge, Oblong Layers, over on Kathy's Waffle Sketch Challenge went live. Although there looks to be two different sketches it is actually just on, the second has been rotated :)

          

Hubby has run out of wedding cards so I decided to use these sketches to start making him some more for his box so these are only C6 cards. This is not a size that I like using they are perfect for these sketches. I've made three so far but I will just show you my first card this week

Papers are remnants of some old, free Crafter's Companion papers which I got in a magazine some time ago, the butterfly is from the Botanical Odyssey stamp set by Kaisercraft (these were a gift from my Secret Santa), the sentiment is a clear stamp from the Make A Wish set by Clearly Besotted Stamps, the flowers were hand cut from odd pieces of left over paper, hence the difference in size lol I do have a couple of dies to cut these but one of them is too small and the other one is too big!

Just a thought, you could use this sketch when you make your "Monochrome" card for the Crafting Muskateers challenge :)

Thanks for dropping by, back soon. xx

Kathy's Waffle

We are back from our rather long Christmas break over on the Kathy's Waffle Sketch File blog and Kathy has welcomed 2014 in with a bang with not one sketch but 3!

Here's what Kathy has to say:

"Our new, February Sketch is simple in format but we think it offers lots of opportunities for many different projects and themes so we hope you'll give it a try. You can share any sort of crafting project that you've used our sketch for - it can be the whole project, or perhaps form just an element of a card, layout...whatever - it's up to you."

I hope you can pop over to the blog for a little bit of inspiration using these sketches and we look forward to seeing what you make!

Bfn xx

Tickety Boo!

Kathy came up with another brilliant sketch for this month on The Sketch File, which she has called Tickety Boo. Why? you may ask, well see for yourself :)

 and here is my card

The papers, including the letters and numbers are from a brand new download from Funky Hand which are not yet released (the joys of being on a fabulous DT :)) and the only extra I added this time was a piece of pink ribbon.


We hope you will join in with our challenge and we look forward to seeing your challenge.


Thanks for looking.

Kathy's Waffle Sketch File

The February sketch challenge is now up on Kathy's Sketch File and this month we are treated to two versions of the sketch, a square one and a rectangular one!
This is my first project using the sketch

and here are the sketches.

 I used the square sketch for my card but I've already done a lay out using the same sketch and I'm also going to be very brave and try to do a double LO using the rectangular sketch.


Materials used are
Blonde Moments - Sugar Dumpling paper
Pink Petticoat - heart paper
Everything else is from my stock and the papers are from my snippet folders so I'm entering my card into Pixie's Crafty Workshop Snippet challenge


Please join in with us and show us what you can do. Don't forget that you can use the sketches any way round you like and as long as we can see the sketch it will be ok. Leave us a message on Mr Linky and we will come and take a look.


Thanks for looking and we look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Kathy's Waffle

Sketch File part 2!! Well just look at me....it's the second day of the month and I have created another project using the fabulous sketch for out challenge this month :)

I chose one of Anice's wonderful word books to work with for this month's challenge and instead of making the word book I chose to use the papers in the kit to make a card instead (see post below) I should have known that I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation for very long and yesterday and today I made a book from it lol

I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out and if you look hard enough you will see Kathy's Sketch on the cover.

I even made the envelope to put it in! I have just added a few die cuts, ribbon and lace, a couple of rub ons and the digi stamp on the front (which is from D Z Doodles ) and that's it, nothing else needed...well I don't think so anyway.

I am going to add this to the Daring Cardmakers challenge and their theme this week is "Spots & Stripes", and the Allsorts Challenge whose theme is "Monochrome" I might also try and sneak it into the Get Funky challenge as they have used Kathy's sketch this week too.

Thanks for looking and if you are anywhere which is suffering from adverse weather conditions as we are in the UK then I hope you can stay warm and safe.

Take care.

Papertake Weekly

I took a break from wedding stationery yesterday and just made cards! I shouldn't have really as I have enough work in to last me for months but my card box is looking very bare, my shops need topping up and Father's Day will be upon us before we know it!

After five years in the wedding business I still find it difficult to balance stationery orders, card making and housework...the latter being the least important but still necessary LOL

Anyway, yesterday I made cards, I have a couple more to finish today, then I will put together 72 place cards while I help DH update the web site :) as well as posting all the challenge cards on here......I'm just glad females are made to multi task (heaven knows what would happen if I were a bloke :))

The image is one of Sally-Ann's lovely precoloured digital download images (it's actually a Valentine image LOL) from Grab-a-Doodle-Do All I did with it was add Glossy Accents to his eyes, nose and heart. I spend more time thanking Sally-Ann for making my life easier than anything. She is an absolute star and a lovely online bud :)........Thank you. Look out for some of Sally-Ann's images as stamps now on sale at DewDrop Craftz So back to my card........the paper is Under The Boardwalk by Daisy Bucket and the little silver brads are from my stash.

TFL I will be back soon with loads more cards from yesterday.

Papertake Weekly

Dawny's Sketch #7
I'm almost in sketch heaven this week as I've found a few as you will see below. As I still have quite a few cards to make I think I might have to go on the lookout for some more sketch challenges ;)

Backing paper is a Pink Petticoat download, the image is another of Sally-Ann's downloads at Grab-a-Doodle-Do but this one wasn't pre-coloured, I used my ProMarkers to colour it. I really must get round to buying another set of these, I've got the pastels and a few of the four other colours and that's it! The image was mounted onto silver mirror card the a pale blue as was the computer generated sentiment. The silver 'dots' at the side are Jingle Bells from Craftwork Cards

For Kathy!!

Here you are Mrs B...........just to prove that I haven't been sat on my hands all week!! ;))
A 2 Sketches template from last week (I couldn't show it before as the recipient reads my blog).

Stamp is an Imaginisce Snag Em stamp coloured with Promarkers and the paper is Pink Petticoat.

Another of Peet's lovely sketches

The papers on this card are Twirl by Crate Paper using both sides, the large letters were cut on the Robo and the flowers were bought at a craft fayre,

I just pulled the petals between my thumb and forefinger to bend them up slightly before fastening it down with a large brad. The sentiment is a rub on by MSE. The card was collected this morning and the customer was really pleased with it :)

This next card is the design DD1 and I came up with for her wedding invitations. I said I would make her a sample (as I do with all 'my couples') so she decided that, as a joke, she would like it making into an invitation to invite her fiance to the wedding LOL I made the card yesterday afternoon and DD2 took it round last night. What I hadn't told her was that I had also put a reply card in it for Lee to answer her. She opened the envelope to have a look before she gave it to him and promptly dropped the reply card in her dinner, so now it has gravy marks on the edges of it!!! I might just go all round the edges with a walnut stain ink :)

I forgot to add that Lee filled in the reply card and he IS coming :)) The large heart was cut using two different sized Sizzix hearts, the small heart is a Bosscut die and the sentiment label was done on the lap top.

Finally another couple of things I managed to knock up (not in the American sense of the word you understand.....on this side of the water it means to throw together :)) yesterday

Some friends of ours have a town centre shop and are in the process of turning a small section of it over to weddings. They asked me if I would like to do them some stuff for the table and the shop window etc and they wanted a red colour scheme. This is what I came up with.

I am still trying to sort out my craft room but am doing an hour or so a day as it is such a mammoth task. I'm moving, relabelling etc. It will be worth it in the end, it just takes a blooming long time.

This morning I thought I would clean the fridge and do some ironing, (serious stuff) so I am already seriously behind with the challenges I want to do but I intend to catch up over the weekend. My first job tomorrow though is to make a card for a 9 year old boy, not one of my favourite categories to make for as I always find little boy cards a struggle unless they are into something like Thomas. He is into trains but I think that Thomas might be a bit too babyish for a nine year old. I'm sure I'll come up with something.

I will hopefully be back tomorrow evening with something to show. Take care and enjoy your weekend. TFL. xx