Shiny

I have another Christmas card for you today and I will be entering it into the challenge at Split coast stampers 2015 Christmas card challenge and the one at Simply less is moore which is 'Shiny'

I'm not sure how I feel about this card, it's certainly won't be added to my favourites list but here goes anyway

 

I backed it with shiny green card stock and added some glitter glue for good measure.

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Pintrest

Thread: Red: Bargain bin find, no brand or colour code available

             Green: No colour code or brand available

Glitzin' Glamour in red and crystalina

Card Stock: White and green in 160gsm

2 gold beads   

Silk Ribbon Fushias

CAS(e) this sketch have a new sketch

 

 

and here is my card. I made this a long time ago but have never shown it, hence the not so great photo.

It's made with ribbon and embroidery thread. The vellum hasn't turned out that great but I've learnt a bit about sticking that since then.

 

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Silk Ribbon Greeting cards by Ann Cox 

Ribbon: Silk ribbon 4mm in yellow, mustard and apricot

Thread: Yellow, apricot and green Brand and colour codes unknown

Yellow Vellum

Card Stock: White 160gsm

Paper: Orange 80gsm



 

Red, Black and mint

Well it's nearly holiday time for the schools, one week to go and boy is it going to be a busy one. Tomorrow I have to finalize the roles for the school concert so that the boys can learn their lines during the time off and then we can start practising in earnest when we get back. I'm not looking forward to that!

TGIF challenges have there usual
 

 
and I have chosen to combined these two.

 

This is a card I photographed a long time ago but have never shown so apologies for the bad photograph.

 

 

You will need to look quite closely to see the Watermelon and mint colours but they are there as flat backed gems.

 

 

Supplies:





Pattern: My own I was inspired by a stamped card

             Sentiment: Stitching Cards Bookmark Words

Threads: All brands and colour codes unknown

Flat backed gems in champagne, mint, watermelon, blue and pink

Card Stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in black

   

 

 

 



Circles

Boy has it been hot. Thursday was a public holiday so schools got Friday off too. I went to a Garden Show about 45 mins from my home town and this place was scorching. 36 degrees when we arrived at 10am and up to 43 at midday. Hope this isn't an indication of what summer is going to be!
The new challenge at  CASology  is circles

 

 and here is my card
 

I stitched the butterfly onto a circle and then placed a thin fishing line over the back and backed it with a second circle.

I cut a larger circle out of the yellow card front and a smaller piece of card stock in the same yellow colour as the card. I then lined the fishing line up onto the yellow card, secured it and stuck the second pink piece down to neaten it.

To complete I outlined the larger circle with some glitter.

I will also be entering this over at Share joy challenge where the cue is

My Inspiration



Source:Debra Simonis



Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching Cards Free butterfly e-pattern

Thread: Colour code and brand unknown

Thin fishing line

Die: Sizzix 8 circle die

Cuttlebug

Derivan Kindy Glitz in Crystalina

Three clear flat backed gems



 



Christmas Bells

It's a public holiday here in South Africa today, Heritage Day. That meant that I could sleep late, my best!

When I first saw the new sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch I thought I'd have to give this one a miss but then I remembered this Christmas card I made recently and I think it's perfect, what do you think?

I will also be entering this over at Split Coast Stampers Christmas Cards Challenge

Supplies:

Pattern: Ann's paper art.

Thread: Gold DMC E 436
            All others brand and colour code unknown

Kindy Glitz in Crystalina

Card Stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Free download but not sure who from

Rolfes metallic pen in gold 

White Hearts

This weeks challenge at CAS(e) this Sketch is

and my card

My inspiration was this lovely card

Source: Hannelie

Supplies: 

Cuttlebug

Dies: 2 Die 4 hearts

metal dots

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Scrap of mesh

Pentel Dotliner 8.4mm x 16m

Balloons

At Share joy challenge this week our inspiration is

I choose to do the Tic Tac Toe section and my key words where Stitching, embossing and balloons

Here is my card

The balloons are hand embossed.

Supplies:

Pattern: Ann's paper art balloons

Thread: Gold: DMC E 436

             All other colours: Brand and colour codes unknown

Rolfes mettallic pen in gold

Card Stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm butterfly blue

Stencil: A freebie with a magazine from years ago

Butterflies for Lucie

TGIF Challenges have a

challenge and Time Out Challenges inspiration is this beautiful card

The two came together very well in this card which a colleague asked me to make for her sister

I focused on the colours in the card inspiration

Supplies:

Pattern: Pintrest

             Sentiment: Home made

Thread: Dark Pink: DMC 007

             Light Pink: Unknown

             Dark Blue: DMC 809

             Light Blue: DMC 506

             Silver: DMC E168

             Light Grey: Unknown 

Card Stock: White 160gsm

Paper: Free Download from Crafty Ferret
Foam Squares

Small glass beads

          

Leaves

We are having the most beautiful rain. The first of spring and boy do we need it! Been raining for 4 days now. I'm a happy girl and so is my garden, happy that is not a girl!!!

Today's challenge is very apt given the rain.

Addicted to CAS have a new challenge and I decided to use it to add to my Christmas card stash

I will also be entering this over at Splitcoast Stampers Christmas Cards Challenge.

My Inspiration

Source: Maskerade

 

Remember this card?

I entered it in a challenge here and I won!!!

They (being Time Out Challenges) have asked me to be a Guest Designer for their October challenge so watch this space.

Supplies:

Pattern: Chomikuj Narodzenie,18
             Sentiment: Stitching Cards Bookmark Words
Thread: Light Green: DMC 0254

             Dark Green: Brand and colour code unknown

Flat backed gems in red

Paper: Free download from Activity Village.

Autumn Flowers

Well I survived our overnight excursion. Unfortunately for the boys it was rainy and cold the whole time so they only got to do one outside activity. They still had lots of fun and made plenty of noise and mess!

For today's card I combined two challenges
Freshly made Sketches

 and Uniko Studio where the challenge is Autumn/Fall.

I probably took some liberties with both the sketch and the theme. I choose to use Autumn colours in my card as it is actually spring where I live and not autumn at all,
here is my card

  

and then a spring version with some hand embossing. I coloured the vases with pastel pencils and then smudged them with an ear bud.

Supplies:

Pattern: New Designs, New projects for embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens

Threads: All brands and colour codes unknown

Card Stock: 160gsm white

                    200gsm cream

Pastel pencils

Ear buds

Stencil

Embossing tool

Rolfes metallic pen in rose and gold

Pearl beads

Agapanthus flower

I am away at the moment on an overnight excursion with the school. We have taken all 88 nine year olds to what is essentially a farm. As a school we have visited this place twice before and the boys have always had an absolute ball. Got extremely dirty and wet but it was all good, wholesome, clean fun. The kind I had as a child but which today's city kids sadly don't get. Hopefully I managed to get some sleep last night!

This is the new sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch

and my take on it

Supplies:

Pattern:Prick 'n Stitch. Agapanthuses
Thread: Green DMC 254

             Violet: House Of Embroidery 14

Card stock: 160gsm in white
                    Scrap of yellow

Paper: Green check: Activity Village

Hopeful Change

This weeks Splitcoast Stampers Free 4 All #290 is all about Hopeful Change. It is their way of remembering that sad day which happened in American History this month a couple of years ago. 

I have interpreted this as a gradual change in colour from light pink to cerise (as in ombre), symbolising hope.

Here is my card

Supplies

Pattern: Pintrest

Thread: All brands and colour codes unknown

Beads from my stash

Card Stock: 200gsm in pink

                    160gsm in white

An oval of flowers

This week's challenge at TGIF Challenges is this sketch

and my take on it

Supplies:

Pattern: Easy Embroidery on Paper by Joke de Vette

Thread: Petrol Blue

Self adhesive paper strip with words in blue

Flat Backed gems in blue and champagne

Border punch

Butterflies on a thread

Well I did my last early morning hockey duty
on Saturday, yeah. No more leaving the house while it's still dark on a weekend morning until next year, at least.

The fortnightly challenge at Butterfly Challenge is Butterfly and 'Y' for yarn. You may use yarn or some form of embroidery thread. Just up my ally!!!
and as fortune would have it the challenge at Clean and Simple on Sunday is "Stitching"!

So here is my card

I embossed a piece of paper with a brick pattern and adhered it to my card stock before adding my butterfly topper. Flat backed gems complete the layout.

Some small cards using half the original pattern.

Supplies:

Pattern: Pintrest

Thread: Large card: Apricot DMC 340

                                Pink DMC 730

                                Blue DMC 3766

                                Green DMC 368

             All other colours; Brands and codes unknown

Cuttlebug

Cuttlebug brick embossing folder

Flat backed gems in pink, blue and yellow

Card Stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Black 80gsm

           Yellow squiggle: paper Pizzazz Soft tints

            Purple: Activity Village

Medallian

Freshly made Sketches's new sketch is

and my take on it

My inspiration
Love the white and green combination

Source: Gillian at Made with Sparkle

Supplies:

Pattern: 101 patterns for Embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens

Thread: DMC in Blanche

Heart Button

Flat backed pearls

Card stock: 160gsm in light green

Baby Dress

This is my second post for today because this sketch at Share Joy Challenge just happened to match a card I made a while ago but have never shown.

This is the sketch.

and here is my card

I did something with this card which I don't usually do and that is to stitch onto paper. I did this as I didn't have any card stock vaguely the right colour. I chose not to do this too often as the paper bends and is inclined to tear but I got luck with this one and had no dramas.

I loved the pink paper, it had the amazing ability to match with both pinks and peaches. Unfortunately it is now finished and as I have no idea where I got it from I guess that's the end of it for me. The butterflies at the bottom are on a little metal self adhesive strip.

Supplies:

Pattern: New Designs, New Projects for Embroidery on Paper by Erica Fortgens

Thread: DMC Antique Copper

Gold beads

Card Stock: white 160gsm

Paper: 80gsm in mauve and pink

Metal strip 

Moon

So what do you think of when you hear the word 

romantic walks? Well this is what I thought of

and I will be entering it into the challenge at CASology

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching Cards Lantern
Card Stock: 200gsm in kraft

Thread: DMC black and read

Small glass bead for eye

Cuttlebug

Sizzix 8 circle die

Red and white Washi tape

Corner punch

flat backed gems in black

Put your mark on it.

Time out Challenges is Monochrome with put your mark on it. That means using a pen, pencil, water colours, felt tipped pen etc on your design.

Here is my card

The lines are hand drawn using a fine liner and the corners are rounded with the help of a punch.

It was a really quick design to stitch so I made another two.

and

Supplies:

Pattern:Stitching Cards Christening Church
Threads: Brand and colour codes unknown

Pentel Fine liner

Flat backed gems in blue and green

Flat backed paerls in wine

Corner punch

Green and Gold

Green and Gold are the colours of our national Rugby team "The Springboks". I'm  a great fan of the game and will definitely be rooting for them in the upcoming Rugby World Cup in England but it's also the challenge over at Simply less is Moore

 While I didn't make a rugby inspired card I did make this

and

The sentiment is computer generated and the card is hand cut.
I will be entering the second card in CAS(e) this sketch where the sketch is

My inspiration

Supplies:

Card Stock: white 160gsm

Flat backed gems in black

Copper metal dots

Paper: Check Free download from Activity Village
           Stars: Free download from Crafty Ferret

           Scrap of black embossed paper