Another heart card

The new Tic tac toe challenge is

 

 

I chose the bottom row.

I made a similar card a while here.. Here it is again with a different colour palette. 

 

 

 I'm also entering this over at Split coast stampers Free 4 all 327 were the topic is

'What's your interest'.

They want a card showing what you like to do in your spare time. Mine is spending time with people I love and being creative. In this case by making a card.

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm

Vellum

Cuttlrbug

Cuttlebug Embossing folder: swiss dots

Buttons from my stash

Thread: Green: DMC 254

              Silver: DMC 415

             Other colour codes and brands unknown

Bostick double sided tape

Pattern: Prick 'n stitch Page 175

Crochet cotton in white



(31 may)

 



Twist of purple

Time out challenges have two challenges

 

CAS with an optional twist of purple
and
May all your weeds be wild flowers

 

Here is my card

 

I will also be entering this at Clean and simple on Sunday where the cue is

'Sparkle'
 

My inspiration

 

Source: Made with Sparkle

Supplies:

Pattern: Large Flower: Stitching cards free flowering vine

             Small Flower: Stitching cards Free sweet violet

Thread: Silver: DMC 415  

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Pearlised purple 80gsm

Double sided foam

Flat backed purple gem 

Glitzing Glamour in Crystalina

 

(30 may)

5 balls in a row

Always playing with paper have this inspiration

 

I concentrated on the predominant colours in the photo, red and black and that fact that it is a masculine challenge and made this card for my nephew's birthday.

My inspiration


Source: Elizabeth Harris

Supplies:

card stock: 160gsm in red and white

Paper: 80gsm in black

Crochet cotton in cream

Stickers: Soccer ball stickers: Epoxy

 

 

(29 may)

It's about time

Split coast stampers Free 4 all 326's challenge is

It's about time

I only have one pattern which could be used for the challenge.

 

 

Made for my Father-in-law a couple of years ago but never shared.

The envelope is made using a Crafter's companion and I did some faux stitching around the edge of the card to complete.

 

Supplies:

Crafter's Companion

Card stock: White 160gsm

                    Upcycled oatmeal

Paper: Hand made cream

          Envelope liner: Printed from Google

          Blue: Inside of an account envelope from my Bank

          Green: Scrapbook

          Envelope: cream in 80gsm

Pattern: Bergkaarten

Gold gel pen

Gold beads

 

 

 

 

 



Pastel Balloons

Simply less is moore have a

 

'Something that goes Pop or bang' challenge.

Mine goes pop

 

 Supplies:

Pattern: Balloons: Anns paper art balloons

             Sentiment: Stitchingcards words

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in black
Jef Paper Tear Edger LP-06
Pastel pencils
earbud

 

 (27 May)

Orange and green triangles

CASe this sketch has this one

 

 

TGIF challenges have this masculine challenge

 

 

and Uniko studio has

 

 

 

Here is my card for all three challenges.

 



 

It was made for my Brother-in-law.

I'm aware that the colours are rather unusual for a man but for some reason Orange is his favourite colour.

I added some matching paper to the flap of a store bought envelope to continue the theme.

 

Supplies:

Card stock: Kraft in 200gsm

                   Scarp of cream

Paper: Yellow 80gsm

            Zigzag in orange and white: Free download from

            Green: Fizzy Moon Traditional Christmas Decoupage and paper pad

Button from my stash

Sentiment: Computer generated 



(26 May)

 

School colours

The colours over at CAS colours and sketches are not usually colours that I would combined but a little while ago I was asked to make a Thank You card for a young lady to give to the Principal of a school. She wanted me to use the school colours on the card and amazingly they match the colours chosen for this challenge perfectly.

 

Here is the card I made for her.

 

 

My inspiration

 

Source: Debbie Hughes

 

Supplies:
Pattern: Large Butterfly Stitching cards Free butterfly
             Small Butterflies: 101 ideas for Embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens
Card stock: 160gsm in white
                   200gsm in silver
Green enamel dots
Clear glass beads.
 

(25 May)

Fun with felt

Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge

is "fun with felt".
Over Christmas time last year I made a whole lot of felt tree ornaments. I had some oddments left over so when I saw this card I decided to give it a go.

Source: Unknown

This is my version

 

I put a dab of craft glue onto the back of each felt circle to hold them in place before I secured them to the card stock by stitching on a button. To complete I did some faux stitching around the edges.

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Oddments of felt

Buttons from my stash

Paper: Grey 80gsm

Pentel felt tipped fine liner in black

Craft glue

 

 

A pair of flamingoes

Freshly made sketches have this sketch 

I made this card

 

 

I used a single flamingo pattern. First I pricked the right hand bird and then very carefully I inverted the pattern, held it up to the light to match the flamingos and then I pricked the second one. I joined the water so that it made a circle in the middle.

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching cards flamingo

Thread: Blue Anchor 501

             Silver: DMC 415

             Coral: Unknown

Card stock: 200gsm in kraft

                   160gsm in white

Paper: Activity village

Enamel dots



 

 

 

 

(23c may)

Blushing Butterflies

I love the colours chosen over at Color throw down this week.

 

 

Here is my card

 

 

Supplies:

Paper: Paper Pizzazz stripes, dots and squares in soft tints

Thread: Silver: DMC E168

             Black: DMC Noir
             Pink: Anchor 730

Clear flat backed gems

Butterrfly sticker: Mrs A over at Butterfly spot challenge



23 may

 

Handbag

Stamplorations CASeplorations May is this

 

 

I made this card using the pink and yellow background as my inspiration

 

 

I will also be entering this at Share joy challenge were this is the brief

 

 

and at Pinterest inspired challenge where the colourful challenge is

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Border punch

Pattern: Form-a-lines Fashion handbag

Thread: Pink: colour code and brand unknown

             Silver: DMC E168

             Kreinik Metallics Blending Filament 095

Liquid perals in platinium

Paper: Free download from Google images 

Gel pen in pink

(30 May)

 

Felt that

Simon says stampblog Monday's challenge is

 

Felt that

This is a perfect opportunity for me to show you the rest of the little felt tree ornaments which I made at Christmas time but didn't get around to blogging about.
I made  these to put on my gifts but today's ones were for my tree.

and a closer look......

I put off making this heart as it looked rather fiddly but once a got going it came together really easily.
The bell on the bunny is off a Lindt choc bunny I got for Easter last year.

I took my inspiration from similar ones seen on Pintrest.
I am very happy with the outcome
 

 

(24 may)

Pink owl

Recently I was browsing through a collection of owl photo's on Facebook and came across one that was the brightest blue. It looked as though someone has taken a paint brush to it but it was the real deal. So I figured that if nature can do bright blue owls then what's to stop me from stitching a bright pink one.
CASe this sketch have a lovely sketch this week and it's

 

 

and here is my pink owl.

 

 

I doodled around the edge to complete.

 

I will also be entering this over at Addicted to cas where the cue is

 

 

 

as well as Always playing with paper where the challenge is

 

 

My layout inspiration came from this card

 

Source: Alley cat

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in pink

Pentel fine liner

Thread: Pink: DMC 3396

             All other brands and codes unknown

Pattern: By Tania

 





19 may

 

Cars and stars

Here is my card for Share joy challenge where I have chosen the diagonal line of Masculine, yellow and circle 

 

I made this card for a little boy but I guess he's considered masculine no matter how little he is

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Wooden cut outs: cars

Cuttlebug

Dies: Sizzixx circle die

         Sizzixx Star

         Banner: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Pennants

Pentel fine liner

Paper: Free download from Crafty ferret

 

(18 may)

Hessian gift tags

This fortnights Butterfly spot challenge is:

Butterfly, Recycle and/or ruby red

 

I have made a tag

 

 

The red butterfly was hand cut and I used half a craft peg for it's body. The hessian started out as a circular table cloth for a function held at school. A whole lot of the clothes lost their shape when they where washed so they where going to be thrown out. I saved one and cut a rectangular runner from the centre portion which wasn't too badly mis-shaped. This little square on the tag was cut from the left overs so it certainly ticks the recycled box. I machine stitched it with black thread.

I was inspired by these seen on Pintrest

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: cream in 160gsm

Paper: Scrapbooking paper. Fabscraps

Half a craft peg

Scrap of hessian
Cuttlebug
Die: Wplus9 Timeless tags 

 

 

 

(17 may)

Baby Bear

Color throw down's challenge is

 

Here is my card

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in grey

Rolfes metallic pen in blue

Thread: Gold DMC E436

             Black: DMC Noir

             All other codes and brands unknown

 

(16 may)

Torn from a notebook

CASology

 

 

 Of course this word has two meanings. One as in torn and the other as in the fluid which leaks from our eyes during times of emotion.

I have chosen to do the Torn one.

My card looks as though it has been torn from a notebook

 

 

I was really excited to use this die as it's new! Some machine stitching finished it nicely.

 

My inspiration

 

Source: Shirley Sampton

 

 I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge which is "Flowers".

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Ann's paper art.a511 Hobbydol 15

Card stock: 160gsm in white and pale green

Die: Taylored Expressions Notepaper Border die

Cuttlebug



 

(16 may)

Parachute

The latest Tic tac toe challenge is

 

 

 I chose the last vertical column.

Here is my card

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Easy Embroidery on paper by Joke de Vette

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Free download. Sorry I've forgotten the source

Kindy Glitz in Crystalina

Pentel Fine liner in black

(15 may)

 

 



Plaid

Addicted to CAS have this challenge

 

 

I made some small cards and one fits the challenge perfectly

 

 

This one

 

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Anns paper art 282

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Scraps

Flat backed gems

Rolfes metallic pen in pink and gold 

(13 May)

Button Snowmen

Inspired by all the little things have this challenge

 

 

 Despite the really cute little aeroplane I decided to focus on the colours and made this card to add to my stock for Christmas

 

I added some glitter to give it a chilly wintery feel.

It was really quick and so much fun to make that I made a couple of tags too. The tags are hand cut

Supplies:
White buttons in three different sizes
Craft glue
Red and white striped washi tape
Wobbly eyes
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: 80gsm in black and orange
          Scraps of blue paper
Read satin ribbon
Glitzing Glamour Crystalina
Pentel fine liner in black