Golf

At Time out challenges we have been asked to take our inspiration from

Ksenija and her beautiful card

 

 

I used it to make a male card

 

 

I machine stitched around the topper and the edge of the card

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints in stripes and checks

Pattern: Stitching cards golf

1 feb

 

Glisten

CASology have a new cue and it's

 

 

The vellum which I used 'glistens'

 

 

 

The envelope is hand cut

 

 My inspiration

 

Source: Diana Nguyen

I will also be entering this at  CASe this sketch where it's

 

 

and at Split coast stampers F4A362 where it's

'Cuddly or Snuggly'

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

White vellum

Baker's twine in brown and white

Cuttlebug

Die: Herat: 2 Die 4 hearts

        Tag: wplus timeless tags 2

Pentel metallic pen in red

 





30 jan/2 feb

 

An abstract in gold and blue

Pinspirational challenges have this photo

 

 

 

As it is summer where I live and very defiantly nothing resembling anything cold I decided to concentrate on the colours of the photo and not the image it's self'

here is my card

 

I will also be entering this at Just add ink where they have an opposite inspirational picture, one more in line with where I live

 

 

Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Rolfes metallic pen in gold
Pattern: New Designs, New Projects for embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens
30 jan/ 1feb

 

3 hearts

Freshly made sketches have this

 

 

I made an anniversary card

 

 

inspired by this card

 

 

 

I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge where it's

'Anything goes'

and at Inspired by all the little things where it's

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 200gsm in kraft

Paper: Scrap book paper scraps

Flat backed gems in black

Cuttlebug

Die: Hearts: 2 Die 4

30 jan

 

New Beginnings

Simply less is moore have

'New Beginnings'

I choose to make a card for a new baby girl

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Embossed paper: Bought

Ribbon: cerise and white satin

Small pearl beads

pattern: New Designs, New projects for embroidery on Paper by Erica Fortgens 

27jan

Pink and grey

Inspired by all the little things have this photo

 

 

I made some small cards and one is perfect for the challenge...

 

 

... this one

 

 

 I will also be entering these over at  Word art Wednesday where it's

'Anything goes'

Supplies:

Card stock" 160gsm in white

Paper: Scrapbook paper

26 jan

 

Another owl

I have stitched a couple of owls lately and when I saw the new challenge at CASe this sketch

 

I thought it would be perfect for mounting one of them, so here is my card.

 

 

I will also be entering this over at Sugarpea designs where it's

 

 

and at Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge where it's

'Spread your wings'

 

 Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: 80gsm in green and pale yellow

           Bright yellow: recycled envelope from a birthday card I received

Pattern; Tania

Thread: Yellow: DMC 4100

Bud Silk Stationery stickers

26 jan

Love inspired

There are a couple of love inspired challenges this week. I'll be entering the one over at Unikostudio

 

 

also at TGIF challenges where it's

 

 

and at CAS on Sunday were it's

'Hearts'

 

so I made this card

 

 

I was experimenting with the combination of pink and red which I find rather appealing at the moment. I will also be entering this over at DJ kard kreations were it's

 

I have never stitched this pattern before.

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 169gsm in white

Flat backed gems

Small pearl baeds

Liquid pearls in gold

Thread: Red DMC 326

             Pink: DMC 326

24/26 Feb

 

Pink owl

Freshly made sketches have this for us

 

 

I turned it on it's side and came up with this card

 

 

I will also be entering this over at Splitcoast stampers FS520 where Lynne is the latest stamper to be featured. She has a couple of owl cards in her gallery so I thought this would be a perfect way to honour her too

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints in stripes and checks

Thread: Pink: DMC 4180

Pattern: By Tania

23 jan

 

Bats

Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge is a little different this week, it's

'Anything but a card'

 

Halloween isn't very big here in South Africa but once I had spotted this cute photo I was really keen to try out these bats

 

 

 

At the end of every school year I make a little gift for my class and so at the end of last year I decided to forgo the usual bag of sport themed moulded chocolates that I usually make and give these a try. It has been my experience that most boys love all things gross, scary and/or slimy so I reckoned that I couldn't go wrong. I had a lot of fun making them and was really happy with how they turned out.

 

 

 

On the whole they were a great success with the boys, mainly I think because they couldn't believe that they had just been given a 'whole chocolate' all for themselves. There was the one little soul, however, who didn't undo the string, just slipped the choc out of the jacket, so didn't realize that there where actual wings involved. He thanked me for making him a 'cat'! I can see where that came from too!

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in black

Wobbly eyes

Template: Hand cut

Sentiment: Computer generated

25 jan

Yellow and Blue Flowers

The flower challenge have this cue card

 

 

and here is my card

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in blue and white

Cuttlebug

Die: Spellbinders nestabilities curved matting basics A

Pattern: Bloemen Borduren op papier by Erica Fortgens

Thread: DMC rayon

25 jan

 

Circles and hearts

Inspired by all the little things has this for inspiration

 

 

I have just finished making this card

 

 

Using this card as inspiration

Source: Maskerade

 

and I thought it was perfect so I'll be entering it into the challenge.

 

I'll also be entering this over at Split coast stampers F4A360 where it's

'Key to my Heart'

 

and at CASology where it's

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                   200gsm in silver

                   180gsm in black and red

Cuttlebug

Black flat backed gems

Die: Circle: Sizzixx circles

        Heart: 2 die 4 hearts

19 jan

 

In sympathy

CASe this sketch have this sketch

 

 

I made this card by turning the sketch on it's side

 

 

I was inspired by this card

 

Source: Unknown

 I will also be entering  this over at Sugarpea designs where it's

 



Supplies:

card stock: 160gsm in white

Pattern: Flower Prick n stitch dandelion

             Sentiment: My own

Double sided foam dots

Thread: House of embroidery no 14 violet

19 jan

 

Music score part 2

Clean and simple on Sunday is

 

'Black and white with one colour of your choice'

 

I chose red as my colour of choice and made a second card using the same pattern as yesterday

 

 

I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge where it's

'Chill out'

I'm chilling out listening to some music

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Paper Pizzazz stripes

Punch: Fiskars Border star
Thread: DMC 317
Pattern: Creative download Motive A6

20 jan

Music score part 1

Color throw down has these colours for inspiration this week

 

 

I dida musical card using these colours

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

blue sequins

Paper: Paper Pazzazz soft tints

Punch: Fiskars star border

Thread: Dark Blue: DMC 0136

             Light Blue: DMC 3766

Pattern: Creative download Motive A6

16 jan

 

A forest of trees

I am using a bit of poetic licence with Casology's newest challenge which is

 

 

my forest only has two trees!

 

 I will also be entering this over at Curtain call challenge where it's

 

 

 

I concentrated on the colours.

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    160gsm in blue

Paper: 80gsm in bright blue

Baker's twine in blue and white stripes

Pattern: Stitchingcards three-trees



 

16 jan

 

Hip to be square

Simon says stamp blog Monday Challenge is

 

"Hip to be square"

The topper on my card is square.

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    180gsm in pink

Button from my stash

Crochet cotton

Pattern: Chomikuj Narodzenie,18

 

16 jan

I'm die-ing

Split coast stampers F4A359 is

'I'm Die-ing'

in other words we are to use a die on our cards.

I made this one

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: Free download from Google

Die: Edging Die ED 002

Thread: Red: DMC 470

             Green: DMC 703

             Blue: DMC 131

Liquid pearls in gold 

 

13 jan

Music Notes and flowers

Stamplorations have this challenge for the month

 

 

I stitched the musical note in dark grey.

 

 

 

I will also be entering this at Sugarpea designs where it's

 

 

 

Supplies:

card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: Scrapbooking

Liquid pearls in gold

Pattern: Add some sparkle

Thread: Grey: DMC 317

              Apricot: DMC 3324

30 jan