Beate's sketch weekend challenge#15

This card is made for Beate's weekend sketch challenge#15.

I love using pink as u can probably tell and i thought this gorgeous penny black sticker would go great on a pink card. i layered it onto some bazzill card and used a bigger piece of a lighter shade for the background piece. I edged that with a brilliance dew drop ink pad to add some shimmer and give some definition.

I used 2 different doodlebug spotty papers for the background papers, and tied some pretty pale pink organza ribbon, from ribbon oasis, around it.

the sentiment sticker is from anitas art.

sketch this:cards sketch. #22

This card was made for the sketch this:cards sketch challenge#22.

I love these little Elzybells teddy stamps, and the football one is great for little boys.

I used the matching football stamp for the background layer.

I added a folded "frill" under the image piece, that was part of the dare at daring cardmakers, as i wanted to try and use a frill on a boys card.

(cheryl i hope u dont mind me getting inspiration from ur frill!).

Im not sure i like how it worked though, so will have another go at that dare!

The folded frill is a doodlebug paper, and the sentiment is from a woodware clear set.

Di Hickman challenge august#3

This card is based on the sketch by Di Hickman

I decided to try and use a colour that i dont often use so chose this fun green spotty paper, and a smaller piece of stripy paper. Im not sure who these papers are by as i got them as a gift.

I wanted a contrast colour so used an orangy/yellow bazzill card as the top layer of the sketch.

I used a glittery sentiment sticker that i bought from a gift shop(but i think they are now sold by papermania), and folded over 2 prima flowers and held them together with a brad.

I added a small strip of green bazzill card along the top as it seemed too big a space, and added some glitter dots with a sakura pen, and also the indents of the embossed flowers.

Marie's challenge #2

I made this card with Marie's sketch challenge#2 in mind.

The sketch was a simple one and we had to make sure we used a punch on the card somewhere.

I used a previously punched scalloped oval that a friend of mine did for me, and i also used my corner rounder punch on the background paper(which is doodlebug-i am obsessed with doodlebug papers lately as u can see!)

The sweet tortoise image was done for me from the same friend(thanks michelle!) but im not sure who makes it.

I added some sheer pink ribbon with a shimmer down the edges(from ribbon oasis), and a wavey sentiment from savvystamps.

Jen's sketch challenge

This card was based on a sketch by Jen (i heart2stamp) . I wanted to keep it nice and simple so i used a busy paper with lots of detail in and a gorgeous penny black sticker to add the image.

I liked the way the white space around the papers seemed to frame the design, so i left it untouched.

The gorgeous paper is a stripy stitched look paper from doodlebug and the sticker, as i said, and the wording are from the penny black sticker sets.

The card was bazzill as always.

forum challenge card

This card was inspired by a challenge given on a cardmaking forum i belong to.

I wanted to use this gorgeous black and white paisley paper from doodlebug so thought id go monochrome again.

The embellishment is again from the papermania embellishment sets and ive mounted it a few times on black and white to make it stand out from the base black card. The tag was attached with a foam pad as well to add more dimension.

To add a small amount of bling i added a small embellishment to the shoe and 3 clear gems in the top corner to add some sparkle.

Clare's birthday card

This was for a lovely friends birthday recently. I adore this penny black stamp and thought it symbolised friendship and helping eachother out.

The pretty dotty paper is one of my faves from doodlebug, and the flowers are primas i think!

The sentiment is done using a magnetic set of stamps called stick and stamp, but i cant remember what company they are from.

Lauren's sketch challenge

This card is from a sketch challenge by Lauren. I found this one really tricky. Her card looked so great and funky but i just couldnt get the look right. I started with the flower from a Basic Grey Romani Paper(Hippie) for the circle part of the design, and then tried to find some papers to match colourwise. I settled on the yellow swirls from Making Memories, and a burnt orange splattered effect paper from a Provo Craft Bitty scrap pad.

I added a thank u sentiment from an Inca stamp, and matted it onto bazzill card. I felt the yellow swirls needed something else so matted it onto limeade bazzill.

I still felt the card looked out of balance so added some yellowy/orangey gems.

Not my best card but it did really challenge me.

Studio S- challenge card

I really liked this sketch from Susie at Studio S. I decided on the prima flower straight away so worked the colour of the card around that.

I found some pretty Making Memories swirl paper and added some yellow bazzill along the bottom.

I added a second prima in a contrasting colour and attatched them with a yellow brad.

The stem was a bit tricky as it was curved and caused me some trouble! i managed to curve the ribbon but it left bumps, so i tied extra little bits of ribbon to cover these, making them leaves.

I stamped the pretty rubber stampede sentiment stamp and matted it onto another shade of yellow bazzill.

A simple but cheery card with sunshine colours, even though ive almost forgot what colour the sun is!! lol

Technique thursday-challenge

The challenge over at Technique Thursday is to go through some old mags/books and find something that inspires you.

I grabbed the first mag that came to hand, "cardmaking and papercraft, issue 37" and the first thing that jumped out at me was a page of gorgeous easter cards by Stamping Caz. I decided to use all the elements of one of her cards, which included ribbons tied to a longer piece of ribbon, handdrawn black outlines around the card, a central hedgehog design and some sparkly dots.

She had used a lilac card so i covered a white card with lilac bazzill, and used a cute hedgie penny black stamp i have. As always i coloured in with watercolour pencils, and mounted it onto some pretty dusky pink bazzill. I tied some stripy ribbon along the top and then tied 3 different types of ribbon along it.

I then drew my outline around the outside with a fine liner pen and added glitter dots all over the card with stickles.

I really loved doing this card and it made me realise just how much inspiration i have in the huge stack of magazines i have kept. I will be doing this challenge whenever i need some inspiration.

Hedgie card

I've really enjoyed myself this afternoon making these 5 cards. Having sketch challenges has made such a difference and has inspired me to try something different on every card im making.

This card was made using a cute penny black stamp which ive had for ages, but still hadnt used as it was tucked behind another!(out of sight out of mind).

I love watercolouring the images as the colours in my pencils are so pretty.

The colours i had used matched perfectly with this gorgeous doodlebug paper i bought at the Glitterpot the other day.

Ive matted and layered with bazzill card as usual

and added a little detail on the corners of the image with a woodware conrner punch.

The pretty flower is a prima sprite(which i find difficult to use as they are so pretty!!).

Marie sketch challenge.

This card is inspired by the sketch over at Marie's . The challenge also stated that we had to use our favourite stamp and explain why.

Well, one of my newer stamps from penny black is my fave at the moment. I love how thin and clean the lines of these designs are and the frog is just so cute. Its such a versatile stamp as well as it can be used for male and female cards and for all sorts of greetings.

Again, i love the pink and lime green combination as its so fresh and spring like.

Ive mounted the image on bazzill card and added 2 strips of green on either side, which ive added a shimmer to with a clear stardust pen to make it stand out against the green background paper.(much more shimmery IRL).

Ive used doodlebug paper(yes i am addicted!) and some pretty pink ribbon by papermania.

The greeting is kept small in the bottom corner and is a tahnk you peel off by anitas.

DCM challenge.-Checks

When i saw checks was the theme i knew i wanted to use this lovely doodlebug checked paper. I first picked up the pink sheet, but i tend to use pink so often i went for lilac.

The gorgeous image is a Penny Black stamp, which i coloured using my lovely watercolour pencils from WH Smith.

The pretty flower is a Prima Sprite with a papermania brad pushed through the middle.

I added a sentiment with some doodlebug rub ons and layered it onto some bazzill card and added a small flower brad from Making memories.

Lilac and lime green is such a great combination and keeps the card looking fresh.

Creative idea on a sunday challenge

The theme for this challenge was black and white. I love using black and white lately, after finding some lush papers from dovecraft, so i enjoyed making this one.

The tag,embellishments, gems and flower are from a great papermania set with all black, white and silver embellishments. The paper as i mentioned was from a great pack from Dovecraft.

I added some extra stripy black and white ribbon to the tag and stamped a sentiment with an Elzybells stamp.

I added the flower charm with some black cross stitch thread.