Congratulations toast...

• SU!- making spirits bright
• Mama elephant- 'union square' framed tag creative cuts
• Paper smooches-congratulations die
• Memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• Copics- E40,81. BG70. C00.
• Wink of stella 'clear' glitter brush pen
• Ranger glossy accents
• White card
• Cream glitter card
• Bronze sequins

I cut a matt of glitter card to fit my card blank. I then cut a matt of white card to sit on top and stamped my image in the centre. I coloured this with copics, then added a clear glitter to make the bubbles glisten, followed by a layer of glossy accents to add shine to the glasses. Whilst this dried, I created the shaker element. I die cut the aperture from the centre of a matt of white cardstock. I then added a piece of acetate to the back of this panel and edged this with foam tape (making sure there will be a full seal with no gaps for sequins to escape!) I made sure the glossy accents were dry, before adding a neat pile of sequins on top. I then positioned the shaker frame onto the card, trapping the sequins in place. To complete the card, I die cut a sentiment from the glitter card and added this across the front of the shaker.

Mx

Uptown girl...

• Stamping bella-mason uptown girl opal the optimist 
• Sentimentally yours- elegant milestone birthday 
• LOTV- timeless Victorian paper
• SU!- finishing touches edgelits
• Neenahclassic crest cardstock 
• Memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad 
• Copics- skin E50,51,21,11,93. Hair E44,43,42.Y21. dress C4. V12,15,17. BG32,34. Dress/bottle YG63,67. Bottle/drink E40,81. Glass BG70. Ground C1,00
• atyou spica glitter pens - clear, sand and black
• Clear self adhesive gems and paper flowers (unknown brand)

I took inspiration from the sketch and decided to create an alternative shaped card by cutting the front off at an angle. To do this, I measured 1cm in from two corners on the front of my card blank and drew a diagonal pencil line across to help line up my edge die. I die cut along the line to shape the card with a decorative edge. I cut a mat of paper for both the inside and outside of my card blank and glued them down. I stamped and coloured my image with copics and touches of glitter to create the champagne bubbles and sparkly belt. I then stamped my sentiment onto another piece of card and used my paper trimmer to shape them into rectangles. I matted each of these onto the coordinating paper and glued them to my card, making sure the glue was only on the areas touching the card front and not on the overhang. I added paper flowers in matching colours and clear gems to complete the sketch with a touch of decoration and sparkle.

 

Mx

Challenge i would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday #432

opal the optimist...

• stamping bella- uptown girl opal the optimist
• sentimentally yours- elegant milestone birthdays
• we r memory keepers- love 2 craft 6x6" paper pad
• SU!- adorning accents border dies
• Neenah classic crest cardstock
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• copics-skin:E50,51,21,11,93. hair: E09,97,99. dress: BG11,32,34,57. RV04,06,09. green:YG63,67,17. cream:E34,31,30. Glass:B41,BG70. ground:C1,00.
• sakura gelly roll 'clear star' glitter pen
• dove craft 'serendipity' sequins
• 6x6" white card blank

I cut a piece of copic friendly cardstock to the same size as my card blank. I die cut both pieces to the same size to give a decorative border along the opening edge of my card. I stamped my girl image and coloured her using copics. I then stamped my sentiment and traced over it with a glitter pen, to add some shimmer. I cut a piece of paper 4cm wide and added this to the inside back of my card. the final touch was some sequins in co-coordinating colours.

Mx

 

challenge I would like to enter:

cas(E) this sketch #185

lovely bubbly !!

• LOTV- bubble bath
• SU!-express yourself
• SU!-softly falling embossing folder 
• Copics- warm grey& yr0000 bunnies, cool grey bath, bg70,b14 bubbles&water, yg63,17,67 bottle, y11,13,15 ducky, y21 drink, yr23,24,27 gold 
• Wink of stella clear & gold 

I cut a piece of cardstock to the same size as my card blank. I used an embossing folder to add some texture before I glued this piece flat onto my card blank. I cut a panel of copic friendly cardstock and stamped my image, then coloured this using copics. I cut a strip of mirri card and a smaller strip of white cardstock. I stamped my sentiment on to the thin white strip. I then glued the image panel and strips together to follow the sketch. Onto the back of this, I added funky foam to create dimension and secured it to my card blank with tape and silicone glue. I added sparkle to the image to complete the card.

Mx

Challenge i would like to enter:
Freshly made sketches #249

Edna needs a martini!!

• Stamping bella-mason Edna needs a martini 
• Lawn fawn- large stitched rectangle stackables 
• Memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad 
• Neenahclassic crest cardstock 
• Copics- skin E50,51,21,93. hair YR21,E43,44,47. wings BV000,RV00,BG10. dress BG57,34,32,11. R56,85,83. shoes N9,7. martini R83,81,B41,BG70,YG63,67. ground W3,1,00.
• Wink of stella 'clear'
• Pink bakers twine

To make this card I diecut a matt of copic friendly cardstock. I stamped my image and matching sentiment. I coloured my image using copics and added sparkle to the wings. I glued the matt on to the front of a card blank. To finish my card, i wrapped bakers twine around the top fold of the card and tied it in a bow. 

Mx

Challenge I would like the enter:

Simon says stamp 'things with wings'

cheers

• SU! making spirits bright
• sizzix circle framelit dies
• lawn fawn script cheers die
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad & copic cardstock
• copics ( BV000,01. RV17,23. Y17. YR15. BG000,23.)
• white, orange & purple cardstock
• 6x4" white card blank

I mat and layered a strip of patterned paper (from my stash) and glued this onto my card blank. I die cut a circle of white cardstock, then stamped the image and coloured it with copics. Using this circle die and the next size down, I created a frame of orange cardstock to layer on top. I also die cut a 'cheers' sentiment, once in orange and 3 times in white, then glued all 4 layers together, for a dimensional element to complete the card.

 

Mx

lazy days...

 

• LOTV 'waterlily' stamp
• SU! 'express yourself' stamp (sentiment)
• SU! 'labels collection framlits' and 'bigz alphabet typeset'
• 8x8 card blank
• craftwork cards 'digi cardstock' 
• purple, green and patterned cardstocks
• Memento ink 'tuxedo black' and 'grape jelly'
• copics markers
• stickles glitter
• white satin ribbon

 

 

I thought this fun image for a big birthday card I wanted to do. I stamped the main image and coloured it with copics. I die cut this out with a larger purple mat to layer behind. I also die cut the numbers from green and patterned card sticking them together offset to create a drop shadow effect. I then cut and matted my patterned paper, added the ribbon tied in a bow and glued onto the card. the image and numbers were stuck down with foam pads for dimension. finally, I added glittered accents to the image for that extra special feel. 

 

Mx

50 cheers !!

stamps: abc-123 sketch alphabet & numbers, distressed dots, for my family & teen tiny sentiments from stampin up!, cheers bear from lili of the valley

inks: archival ink (chrome yellow), tim holtz distress ink pad ( faded jeans & squeezed lemonade), memento ink pad (tuxedo black), promarkers

cardstock: craftwork cards digi cardstock, 6x6" card blank

extras: ribbon

 

I started by inking my card blank in blue, along with some papers to use as matching matts. I then created the background paper by inking the whole sheet yellow, then randomly stamping the '50' around the page. the second backing paper was made using the same yellow, but this time with the dots background stamp onto the white cardstock. I then stamped my image, for the topper, and coloured him using coordinating promarkers. I cut the dotty paper and topper into tag shapes and matted them onto blue inked cardstock. I then punched holes at the top to thread some ribbon through to complete the tag effect. these were then placed onto the card, following the sketch. the first was stuck using double sided and the other raised on foam pads. the final step was to stamp the sentiment onto the dotty tag, in line with the topper, using the edge of the block to make the alignment easier.

 

 'case this sketch #67'

 

 'paper players #186'

 

 'ribbon girl - lovely lili  challenge # animals'

 

'simon says-tags it'

 

Mx

bottoms up !!

got dad a bottle of booze for fathers day and thought it would be nice to wrap it up and decorate it with a bottle hanger. used stamps from lili of the valley, the bear was perfect holding his glass and the new bottoms up just finished it a treat !!

 

 

stamps: set 43 statement stamps, set 26 simply sophisticated and cheers bear from LOTV

 

tools: promarkers and cobalt archival ink pad, tuxedo black memento ink pad, xcut corner rounder, sizzix big shot machine with circle die

 

other: blue card, digi cardstock from craftwork cards, bakers twine and blue tissue



june 'use a sentiment' challenge !!