A Furry Friend

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge is

"Furry Friends"

 

I made a fury friend for a little person

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in white and blue gingham

           80gsm in blue

White brads

Rolfes metallic pen in gold

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

Pastel pencils in red

Wobbly eye

 

31 may

Two wreaths

Christmas card challenges have anew cue card for us and it's

 

 

I made two versions of the same card

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white and red

                    200gsm in kraft

Corner punch

Border punch

Paper: Scrap of green flocked paper

Baker's twine in white and red

Satin ribbon in red and white

Beads: white and red

Pattern: Stitching cards free holly wreath 

30 may

Blue flowers

Color throwdown have this

 

 

Here is my card

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white and blue

Liquid Pearls in platinum



 

29 may

 

Little Critters get engaged

Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge is

 

'Little Critters'

Recently I was asked to make an engagement card. I made four for the lady to chose from.
This was one of them

I will also be entering this at Split coast stampers F4A379  where it is

'Look Ma!, no stamps'

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching cards hedgehogs

Thread: Gold DMC E436

              Brown: DMC 4140

              Red: DMC 047

Wobbly eyes

Black beads

Liquid Pearls in gold

Card stock: 200gsm in kraft

Paper: 80gsm in red and gold  

29 may

Tag It!

Cuttlebug Mania have a challenge which is perfect for me as I have been churning out the tags at the moment.
It's
'Tag it'

 

 

Here is mine

 

 

I bought a packet with a variety of little fabric embellishments in it.

I think these little feet are my favourite

I did some faux stitching around the edge and added a button to complete

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 1160gsm in white

Paper: Scrap from a download from Microsoft Published

Cuttlebug

Die: Circle: Sixxizz Circles

        Tag: wplus timeless tags 2

Punch

Pentel fineliner in black

Satin Feet embellishment: Bought

29 may

 

Geometric

Simply less is moore have this theme for us

 

 

I made a card suitable for a man.

 

 

My inspiration



Source: House built of cards



Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in black

           Pattern: Scrapbooking paper

Cuttlebug

Die: Sentiment: Elizabeth Craft Designing 783 



26 may

 

Pink

Addicted to CAS have an easy cue this week

 

 

I made this card a while ago but haven't posted it.

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    Recycled calendar in oatmeal

Satin ribbon: dusty pink

Corner punch

Paper: 80gsm in green

Pattern: Stitching cards lily

gold bugle beads

 26 may

Lace and ribbon tags

Curtain call challenge have this challenge

 

 

I made some soft pink lace and kraft tags

 

 

My inspiration

 

Source: Pintrest

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 200gsm in kraft

Lace scraps

Pink ribbon bows

Paper:

Cuttlebug

Die: wplus timeless tags 2

25 may

 

Sunflowers and a button

My second entry for Sugarpea designs

 

 

is a sunflower card.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints

Button from my stash

Rolfs metallic pen in gren

Pattern: Stitching cards sunflowers

5 june

 

Plum colours

CAS colours and sketches have this great colour combination

 

 

I made another small card

 

I added some iridescent shine to complete the look

 

I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp where it is

'Let it Sparkle'

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: Soap wrapper from a discontinued range of toiletries

Pattern: Easy Embroidery on Paper by Joke de Vette

22 may

 

CAS the DT

The flower challenge asked us to

 

I choose this lovely card by Maria

 

and made another small card

Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints
Rolfes metallic pen in rose
Pattern: 1001 ideas for embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens

Aeroplane Tag

Cuttlebug mania have this cue

 

'Have wings will fly'

 

 

I don't have any dies with wings so I made a tag using a bought 3D sticker of a plane. I used my Cuttlebug to cut the tag 

 

 

I will also be entering this over at Splitcoast stampers F4A378 where it's

'Wing it'

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Free download. Source unknown

Pentel gel pen in blue

Sticker: Source Unknown 

22 may

 

Sunset colours

Time out challenges have asked us to CASe this great card by Hanelie

 

 

I made a small one concentrating on the idea of a flower and using the same sumset colours to stich it.

 

I will also be entering this over at CASology where the cue is

 

 

 I used warm colours

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Rolfes metallic pen in gold

Flat backed gem

Pattern: Easy Embroidery on Paper by Joke de Vette

Vellum in green

25 may

 

Bees in the garden

Split coast stampers F4A377 has this theme

'What's in your garden'

I have bees in mine

 

You can never have too many gift tags. These are hand cut

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Sentiment: Computer generated

Paper: 80gsm in green

           Scraps of yellow gingham

Bee scarp book embellishments

Pentel fine liner in black

Punch 

19 may 

Soft tone hand bag

Pinspirational challenges have this lovely soft picture as inspiration this week

 

 

I picked up on the colours when I made this little handbag card

 

 

The die cut card stock was store bought. I just had fun decorating it.

Glitter glue, ribbon and a flat backed gem 'clasp' completed the look.

I decorated the envelope to match and popped some cash inside to be given for a birthday.

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Store bought card and matching envelope.

Paper: Free download: Source unknown

Satin ribbon

Gold glitter glur

Flat backed gem

Craft glue

Lace from my stash

Toadstool tags

Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge says

'Goes Dotty'

 

 

The mushrooms on these tags are actually from a pad of 'Post-its'. I stuck a few together to give them some dimension and added some white faux stitching. The grass is hand doodled.

 

Supplies:

Mushroom shaped "post-it' notelets

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Script and green

Pentel fine liner in black 

Pentel gel pen in white

Document punch

 

 

17 may

Another silver and white wedding card

Another dilver and white wedding card. This time for CAS colours and sketches where the sketch is

 

 

I made this card



 

I enlarged the pattern and then added a second hole in between the existing ones as I felt that they where now to far apart. The embossing was done by and and is unintentionally back to front.

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

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white and silver

Flat backed clear gems

Rolfes metallic pen in silver

Stencil: Free with a décor mag

Pattern: Form-a-lines wedding hearts

15 may

 

 

Commencement

A month or so ago we attended the wedding of a young girl who I have watched grow up. When I saw the cue over at CASology

 

 

I knew it was time to share the personalized card which I made for her and her new husband.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white and silver

Thread: DMC Blanche

Sentiment: Made by me

Double sided Foam squares

15 may

 

Red and gold baubles

The new Christmas card challenges is a photo

 

 

I concentrated on the baubles and stitched this card

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Pattern: Form-a-lines baubles

Paper: 80gsm in green and red

Red ribbon

17 may

 

CAS for me

Split coast stampers F4A376 asked us to

 

"CAS to me"
That means to take our normal style and either made it clean and simple or else remove a layer.
As my style is generally pretty CAS I made a gift tag and only added some dots of liquid pearls, no second layer which my gut was crying out for me to do!

Here it is

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    Scrap of burgundy

Paper: wrapper from a discontinued line of soaps

Liquid pearls in gold

Cuttlebug

Die: Wplus Time less tags 2

 

12 may

Tones of Apricot

Inspired by all the little things have these gorgeous colours

 

 

 I made this card a while ago and the colours fit perfectly

 

 

I will also be entering this at Word art Wednesday

Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Green baker's twine
Double sided foam squares
Liquid pearls in gold
12 may

 

Bright and beautiful

AAA cards is

 

 

My card

 

 

I machine stitched the strips to the card stock and used foam squares to give the star some dimension

 

My inspiration

 

Source: Pintrest

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 180gsm in kraft

                    Scraps of coloured

Cuttlebug

Die: Sizzix star

Peel off sentiment

13 may

 

Flip it over

CASe this sketch has this

 

 

I flipped it over and made this card

 

 

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

"Hint of Pink'

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Wrapper from a discontinued line of soaps

11/10 may

 

Another sunflower

Sugarpea designs mix-it-up-challenge-31 have these cues for the month

 

 

I made another sunflower

 

 

You will find my first one here.

 

I will also be entering this at Just add ink where it's

 

 

I reckon this qualifies with both faux and genuine stitching!

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Pentel gel pen in gold

Paper: Upcycled soap wrapper from a discontinued range

5 June