Play Date Cafe Challenge

Hi again, this colour combo over at the Play Date Cafe got my mojo working.  I've seen quite a lot of twisted easel cards and decided to give it a shot.  I've CASE'd myself here using an old Mojo Monday sketch entry. 

Of course who could pass up the opportunity to win those fabulous Stampendous Fran~tage stamps?  So, here's my entry!

The Play Date Cafe - Barn Red, Slate Blue and Gray

Final Valentine

This is the last valentine style card for 2011! Fitting three challenges in here.

The colour challenge was to combine Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White and Real Red. A challenge indeed, I stamped the French Filigree background stamp in Real Red on Crumb Cake CS, it comes out a bit darker that way. I also sponged the edges.

Cherry Cobbler hearts spritzed with Champagne Mist shimmer paint for lots of glimmer. Main hearts are Bella Toile background stamp in Cherry Cobbler on Whisper White. All this on a Very Vanilla card base with a strip of embossed Very Vanilla across the card, Add some rhinestones for bling and it's done!


Curtain Call ~ Act #69

Picture Perfect Creations ~ Love or Valentine Theme

Totally Stampalicious ~ Glitter and/or Bling!

My KISS card

Back crafting again after a small break dealing with cyclones, no power, phones etc has felt soooooo good. I went to my usual challenge sites and collected a number of inspirational ideas. For this first card I've used the KISS principle (keep it simple stupid!) LOL.....so of course I've used Champagne Mist shimmer paint, sponged edges and embossed sentiment (my favourite mix of clear and dazzling diamonds) plus a bit of bling in this simple take on the sketch and colour challenge.


This card is being entered into the following challenges.

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch challenge

Colour Q ~ Colour Challenge

Best Yet!

OH My! I'm so thrilled with this card, I've had this idea floating around in my head about embossing the leaves from the two step bird punch and this weeks Mojo Monday sketch inspired me to attempt it on this card.

I've been on quite creative a roll lately and have the luxury of time to spend in the craft room. In particular with cyclone Yasi heading this way apart from doing the preparations, there isn't much else to do and all that nervous energy needs an outlet right?


Mojo Monday ~ Sketch

Totally Stampalicious ~ A No Occasion card

Crafty Creations ~ Heat it Up! Heat Embossing (entry No: 2)

Three Little Words...

OMG! Such a wonderful surprise! Grand Creations Winner at Picture Perfect Creations #46. I'm so proud of this card and so pleased others loved it too. THANK YOU to the lovelies over at PPC.

Oh third place again at SU Only challenges! Yay, I love how this card turned out!

I'm on a roll with Valentine cards today...LOL pity there is no valentine to give them all to! But of course, this kind of card doesn't have to be limited to valentines it can be given to anyone that you love.



Features on this card are

Home made Brads---- little hearts punched from cardstock, glued in place then coated with Crystal Effects.

Woven Papers background----On Very Vanilla cs I stamped Bella Toile in Marina Mist and French Filagree in Bashful Blue, I also used the Designer Papers in Marina Mist and Bashful Blue and cut strips from all of these, I then wove the background mat and trimed the ends.

Hearts----Bella Toile stamped in Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler, usning the large heart punch, I punched out two blue and one red heart I then sponged the edges. Using the embosslits heart I ran this through the big shot twice in Cherry Cobbler and once in Marina Mist. I then layerd the punched out heart shapes over the embosslit shapes and layered the three on top of each other topped three rhinestones on graduated from small to large.

Hand Stamped Sentiments ~ I {Heart} Hearts

Picture Perfect Creations ~ Colour Combo #46

SU Only Challenges ~ Valentine

Too Hot

I got home from work this afternoon and it's so darn hot up here that I switched on the airconditioner and shut myself away in my craft room and created some cards. Apart from trying to escape the heat, I didn't start our with that burning desire to get the ideas out into reality, which I'm sure you would agree is mostly what happens, you have these little moments of inspiration taht just have to become a reality.

I'd printed out a couple of pages of pictures of sketches and colour combos from various challenge sites, this sits on my desk and vaguely refer to it while creating hopefully at the end of the session the cards actually match up with one or more challenges...LOL

Here is the first of three just created.. I'm going to head back in there as the humidity is astounding tonight and just being here long enough to type the entry I have worked up a sweat.....ewww I hate that! Give me cold weather any day!

Complaining about the weather aside.....this card is a sort of remake of one I did a while ago for a Stampin' 411 Challenge this time I've used Bashful Blue, Night of Navy and Sahara Sand.



Challenges this card is entered into are...

Hand Stamped Sentiments ~ 'Use Punches'
Diva Coffee Break ~ Colour Challenge # 210

On to the next post before I melt!

Stamping 411 Challenge

 I have to say I'm really having fun by doing these challenges.  And here is another one from Stamping 411.  Simple sketch that I've played around with just a little.

I've used French Filigree background stamp on 2/3 of the backing card which is mounted on Night of Navy. Marina Mist, Night of Navy and Whisper White are the colours, Silver smooch on the Vintage Vogue flowers which have been stamped with Marina Mist and Night of Navy using the rock n roll technique.  Add a bit of bling and a sentiment then you're done!

Birthdays!

Just Add Ink challenge # 41 is all about Birthdays! Who doesn't like birthdays and receiving those beautiful hand made birthday cards? So here is my entry ... I've used the colour combo on one of Regional swaps as it seemed to have caught my eye.

To make this card I've used Sahara Sand, Cajun Craze and Night of Navy. Stamped off the French Filagree then stamped it on the card with Marina Mist ink to create a soft image, then I stamped the image on the sentiment discs added the scalloped border around the discs and then stamped up Perfect Punches Happy Birthday sentiment on Sahara Sand in versamark and Night of Nave inks then embossed it with clear infused with dazzling diamonds...I just love the little sparkle that puts into the words.

Ive then added the wide striped grosgrain ribbon cinched in with a very vanilla brad. a couple of strips of scallops and some tiny pearls to dress it up and it's done.