Double Challenge - Arty Girlz and Penny Black

I did a Double here. I try really hard not to do this, but I'm so far behind at the moment that sometimes it's necessary. Arty Girlz challenge was a Sketch this week, and Penny Black's challenge was Buttons and Brads.

I couldn't help but use Penny Black's Saturday Challenge Sponsors Papers. I have every one of Anice's CD's and Downloads, they are fab and definately funky! The Papers are from the "Now That's Funky" CD by Funky Hand. The Stamp is of course Penny Black, coloured with a combination of Whispers and Sakura Brush Pens. The main backing layer is actually Glitter card but doesn't show very well. Buttons and Brads are from my stash.

My Paper World Sketch #9

I've been playing around with Photoshop and very gradually I'm starting to learn how to use it. I managed to recreate Nicola's Sketch as a Template, use my digital kit and this is the result.

I then created the Hybrid version, which due to my amazing photographic skills (haha) has come out darker than the Digital one.

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I've only just discovered Kay Miller Designs and will certainly be using alot of her kits, they are super fab!!! If you think these papers and images are adorable just wait till you see what else she has. The Kit I used for this card is Little Boy Joy. i went over the letters of the Sentiment with my Sakura Clear Gel pen (not that you can see it in the photo), the stars have been Crystal Lacquered along with the puppies collar and nose.

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Making Waves

This weeks challenge is nice and easy! 'Making Waves' - the challenge is to use scallops or zig-zags (or both if your really keen lol!) on your project! And that it was, Easy! I've just been waiting for the right time to use these gorgeous Scallop Embossed Frames, and this challenge was it!

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This First card is a 21 cm Square Card, I decided to go plain and simple again as I think these Frames make the card. I used the Mixed Bouquet frame. The frame and Card edges have been inked using a Fresh Lilac Pigment stamping pad and glittered with Diamond Stickles. The sentiments and flower are Peel Offs that I coloured using the Purple Metallic Permapaque Hobbymarker from Sakura.

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The close-up is to try and show off the colours and texture as you can't really see it in the top photo.

This second card was done exactly the same way, but this time using the Pretty Paisley frame and a stamp in the middle. The frames are available from Craftwork Cards along with lots of other gorgeous goodies.

CPS #58

Here's this weeks CPS Sketch, I quite liked this one, a bit different to what we normally do. It was harder than I thought to come up with an idea after seeing the great DT cards. So I decided to keep mine nice and simple and a bit on the less side. Or should that be alot on the less side???

I used plain white textued card stock for all my layers but coloured the outer edges of the green and pink layers with the same Twinkling H2O's I used to colour the stamp. I also painted some buttons with the Burnt Umber H2O that was used for the center of the flowers. The Peel Off sentiment was coloured Pink using my Metallic Permapaque Hobbymarkers from Sakura.

My Paper World Sketch #7

Here's my take on this week's sketch. I think I may just attempt another one as I'm not 100% happy with this one.

The papers that I used come from Amanda Thorderson's Head Over Heels Kit available from Digital Scrapbook Pages. The Flower Image was actually cut out of one of the Backing Papers in the kit, I then drew in a stem with my Hunters Green Sakura gel pen. The Butterfly is a wooden button which I painted with Twinkling H2O's to match the Card Stock that I used for the Matting of the image.

CPS #39

Here's my take on this week's CPS Sketch. I did it slightly different by adding the word Christmas instead of an embellishment.

This Penny Black Stamp set is just so cute, I coloured it using Twinkling H2O's and some Diamond Stickles. I did the word CHristmas using a Red Sakura Stardust pen and then going over it with the Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue. The red underneath gives it a lovely gold shimmer.

DCM - Golden Highlights

Here's one that's actually on Time, I'm not a Gold Person myself unless I'm wearing it! I really enjoyed this one. Keryn set the Dare and this is what she had to say:

Going back over my cards I seem to have a liking for gold as an accent colour. So this week I'd like you to make a card for any season or occasion but must include gold somewhere. It could be a brad, metallic card, heat embossing, ribbon, anything at all as long as it's gold.

Well here's my attempt, I used Pink Petticoat backing paper from the Doodle-Icious Christmas Rainbow set, I coloured the white lines of the backing paper with a Gold Sakura Gelly Roll Pen. The images are from the "O Christmas Tree" set, and again I used Sakura Gelly Roll Pens to colour.

DCM - Santa's Little Extra Helper #3

Snowmen and Snowflakes

Another late post, but there you are this is going to be the story of my life until the "Training Rollout" is finished, got a heavy schedule and lots of time away from home for the next couple of month's.

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The backing paper is from Daisie Company, Victoria Hutto's Holiday Patterns Paper Kit, I think this paper and the colours are just fab, I love it! I've "Stickled" some of the snowflakes using the Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue. That Stamp again!, this time I used Sakura Gel Pens only.

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Snowy Days!

Another Late one! And another Stamp I got at the NEC on Sunday. I think your going to be seeing a lot of this one, I think it is so fab. This weeks challenge is Snow! Snowy scenes, snowmen, snowflakes etc etc. Come on everyone! Let it snow!!

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Again I used scraps from my box, this time I used Daisie Company, Victoria Hutto's Holiday Patterns Paper Kit, and that fab stamp which I embossed using Kaleidescope Embossing Powerd on Smoke Blue Versa Color Ink and then coloured with Sakura Gel Pens.