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Saturday 30 September 2017

Heavy Metal

'Heavy Metal'
 
 
My metal is little bells. These tags are hand cut.

I will also be entering these over at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge where it's
'Anything goes"
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white and red
Scraps of silver and gold ribbon
Bells: Small metal in gold and silver
Single hole plier punch
Twine 
2 Oct

Friday 29 September 2017

Florals

 
 
a cue I will never have a problem with!
 
 
I will also be entering this over at Just add ink where it's lovely and summery
 
 
I took my inspiration from this beautiful card
 

Source: Rose Radford
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Scarp booking
Gold peel off
Liquid Pearls in gold
Thread: Green: DMC 368 
30 sept
 

Thursday 28 September 2017

Pink toadstools

Inspired by all the little things has this delightful photo inspiration
 
I was quite literal in my interpretation
 
 
Once again I used post-it's. By sticking a couple together I was able to give some dimension to my toadstools. A scarp of paper for the grass and some hand doodled birds completes the tag.
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock; 160gsm in white
Paper: Scraps of green and blue
Pentel fine liner in black
Toadstool post-it's
Single hole plier punch
29 sept

Wednesday 27 September 2017

Sticker tags

Cuttlebug mania have this cue
'Fruit, berries or anything from the garden' and off course you have to use a die or embossing folder.

I made these gift tags.

 
 The flowers are all made from the labels of a discontinued range of soaps and toiletry.
Initially I cut 2 identical tags, one out of plain white card stock and the second out of the flowery stickers. I cut about 1.5cms of the bottom of the flowers and added some checks to the white tag so that they stick out of the bottom.
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Flower stickers
Cuttlebug
Die: Tags Wplus 9 timeless tags 2
Twine
Scraps of checked paper 
2 Oct

Tuesday 26 September 2017

Pop Up

'Pop it up'

I made a card and used foam squares to 'Pop up' the topper

 
My inspiration
 
Source: Marion Vagg
 
I will also be entering this over at Just add ink where it's
 
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
paper: Scrap booking
Pink and white candy stripe Washi Tape
Flower sequins
Small wobbly eyes
Double Sided Foam squares
Thread: Dark Pink: DMC 335
              Dark Blue: DMC 134
Craft Glue
27 sept

Monday 25 September 2017

A BIG gift

CASsology has an unusual cue and it's...
 
 
I made a 'big' gift
 
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Peel off in gold
25 sept
 

Sunday 24 September 2017

Take flight

Simply less is moore have this cue 
 
 
I made this some more tags using felt embellishments
 
 
I will also be entering these over at Time out challenges where it's
 
Paint The Flying Spirit Of The Birds Rather than its Feathers
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Page from an old dictionary
Paper: Scrap
single hole plier punch
Felt embellishments
Craft glue
Pentel fine liner

Saturday 23 September 2017

Photo inspiration

Sugarpea Designs have this inspiration
 
 
I concentrated on the colours in the photo

 
I hand embossed the flowers as I had nothing suitable in the way of embossing folders for my Cuttlebug.
 
My inspiration
 
Source: Cardsandbookmarks
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
                    160gsm in pink
Liquid pearls in platinum
Flower stencil from a décor magazine
Embossing tool
Paper: Silver 80gsm
2 Oct
 

Friday 22 September 2017

Shimmer and shine

'Shimmer and shine'


I will also be entering this over at AAA cards where it's
 


and at Uniko studio where it's

 
 
Supplies:
card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Scrap booking
Corner punch
Liquid pearls in gold
 
25/30 sept/27 Oct

Wednesday 20 September 2017

Colour me Pretty

CAS on Friday has this challenge
'Colour me Pretty using pencils or markers'

I made a baby card, colouring the little bear with artist pastels

 
I smudged the pastels with a piece of tissue to get a smooth finish. Enamel dots completed the layout
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Satin ribbon with animals
Enamel dots in white
Craft glue
paper: Scrap of homemade
Artist Pastel in lemon
 
26 sept

Tuesday 19 September 2017

Plane, Train or Bicycle

TGIF challenges have this cue
 
 
I made some tags using a mixture of foam and rubber embellishments.
 
 
The sentiments are hand written
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Scraps
Foam embellishment: Whale
Rubber embellishments: Yacht, train and plane.
Pentel fine liner
21sept
 

Sunday 17 September 2017

Cake

CASology has a new challenge and it's
 
 
I made this card for an avid baker

 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: 80gsm in silver
          Scrap of silver and white tissue paper

Saturday 16 September 2017

It's in the Stars

 
'It's in the stars'
 
I am busy making Christmas stuff at the moment so this fitted in perfectly
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: Red mirror
                   160gsm in white
Liquid pearls in gold
Punch: Friskas stars 
 
18 sept

Friday 15 September 2017

Beads

Color throwdown have this challenge
 
 
I will be entering the front one of these two cards.
 
 
Supplies:
card stock:60gsm in white
Beads: Bugle and small glass beads in navy
            Small green glass beads
            Small silver beads
Paper: 80gsm in emerald green
18 sept
 

Thursday 14 September 2017

A bush of apricot flowers

Inspired by all the little things has this inspiration
 
 
I made this card
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in pink and white
Scrap of black and white polka dot paper
Gold peel off
Thread: Green DMC 911
14 sept
 

Wednesday 13 September 2017

Flowers and swiirls

It has been a while since I took part over at CASe this sketch. Here is there new sketch
 
 
and my card
 
 
 
I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge where it's
'Clean and Simple'
 
Supplies
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Peel off sentiment in silver
Thread: Silver: DMC 415
             Green: DMC 704
Liquid Pearls in platinum
14 sept
 

Monday 11 September 2017

Just add...'D'

Just Add Ink have this challenge
 
 
I added a Dog
 
 
I will also be entering this over at AAA cards where it's
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Foam dots
Thread: Brown: DMC 3829
             Black: DMC 310
String
Flat backed gems in black
13/16 sept
 

Saturday 9 September 2017

A boy and girl tags

Pinspirational challenges has this cute cue
 
 
I made two tags which together fit the bill
 
 
They are made using wooden embellishments for scrap booking and the tags are hand cut.
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints
Pentel fine liner in black
11 sept
 

Thursday 7 September 2017

True Blue

Dragonfly journeys have a colour challenge and it's
'True Blue'

I made a card for a wedding
 
The sentiment is computer generated.
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Blue spotted satin ribbon
Flat backed pearls
Pattern: Small Heart: : New designs, New projects for embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens
              Large Heart: Stitching cards border-1--valentine-hearts
              Medium Heart: Stitching cards naming-day
 17 sept

Wednesday 6 September 2017

Spread your wings and fly high

Split coast stampers F4A393's new challenge is
'Spread your wigs and fly high'


Recently I made some owl tags and will enter them here

 
The stickers are 3D and I used scarps of paper for the background
 
I will also be entering this over at Cuttlebug mania where it's
 
 
 
Supplies:
Cuttlebug
Die: Tags: wPlus 9 timeless tags 2
Card stock: 160gsm scarps
paper: 80gsm scraps
3D stickers
Pentel fine liner in black
Single hole plier punch
 
 
8/18 sept

Tuesday 5 September 2017

Pink flower with a touch of gold

It has been a while since I have been able to take part at Tic tac toe challenge so here is there challenge board
 
 
I did the pink, flower, gold row and made these two small cards
 
 
This one fits the bill perfectly
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Scrap
Liquid Pearls in gold
5 sept
 

Monday 4 September 2017

Coloured Glass baubles

The Christmas card challenges for this week is
 
 
I made a small card using some coloured, raised stickers as the Baubles and hand drew the string and bows 
 
 
To finish I used a gold felt tipped pen to edge the card
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Gold Felt tipped pen
3D stickers
Pentel Fine liner in black
Liquid Pearls in gold
5 sept
 

Sunday 3 September 2017

Recycled rabbit

Color throw down have this challenge
 
 
I took the liberty of turning the yellow into gold and made this Christmas tag
 
 
It is actually two tags one on top of the other.
The bells and ribbon are both recycled from a Lindt easter Bunny Chocolate.
 
My inspiration
 
Source: Laurie Willison
 
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Cuttlebug
Die: tags: wPlus 9 Timeless tags 2
       Tree:
Crochet cotton in white
Bell and green ribbon: Lindt Easter bunny
4 sept
 

Saturday 2 September 2017

Square

CASology have this cue
 
 
and I took it rather literally and put my dove into a square
 
 
I layered him on some mirror paper.
 
I will also be entering this at Word art Wednesday
 
Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Mirror in silver
           Peace: Free download, source unknown
4 sept