Picture Perfect

I really liked the theme for this weeks (69) - Passion for Promarkers challenge is Photo inspiration and I love the stamp from Belles and Whistles. So cute! The expression is serene and reminds me a little of 'precious moments' images.

LOTV challenge 65

There is a lovely sketch for this weeks LOTV challenge - and here is my offering.

I coloured the image with promarkers - I'm slowly getting used to them, and tey were the bulk of my £15 purchases at Sandown Park yesterday (£13 to be precise).

The flowers are from my stash. Papers are My Minds Eyes (pretty petals?) scraps and I added a little bit of artistic impression with the corner punches.

BasicGrey Challenge 29 - Not a stamp in sight!

I have shown considerable restraint today - I went to a craft show and spent less than £15 on papercraft material - unheard of! Admittedly, I am holding out for the Stamp and Scrapbook show at Ally Pally next week, and the focus of todays trips was on purchasing jewellery material to make gifts for Christmas.

So, after a day of holding back I have gone to town on this fortnights BasicGrey challenge sketch.

I have stepped away from the Scarlets Letter pad, and dug out a Wassail collection pack. I am sure there was a collection at some point - now there are only a few sheets and some offcuts, but nether the less - enough to create the above.

The card is made entirely out of Wassail paper, and I have not used any stamps. The bird is form the cardstock sticker pack, as is the 'noel'. After following the sketch the finishing touch was a bit of gold glitter - Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of sparkle!

PB Saturday Challenge week 118 - one for the boys

This weeks Saturday Challenge-'one for the boys'.

I'd had the sentiment (2311F pink cheeks) for quite some time before I before The stamp (2358J) and I think both are now retired. I used Minds Eye 'Merry Days of Christmas ' and Magnolia 'So Jolly' paper scraps just because they are quite masculine colours. I am not 100% sure that it's complete - I am tempted to add something in the bottom right hand side, but I might just sleep on it....

Meet my craft buddy...

Star, my feline Chinchilla ...or silver tipped persian who is sitting on the windowsill whilst I craft.

PB@ Allsorts challenge and DT call - September

PB@Allsorts have summed it up in this months challenge and the theme of punches. With so many lovely punches around at the moment they are just dieing (pun-intended) to be used.

Allsorts are also looking for a new DT member and I hope (fingers crossed) that my creation will be a worthy contender.

I have used a Penny Black Stamp (3687K light the night); a woodware corner punch, a nellie snellen fern punch and assorted flower punches to make the flowers to the right hand side. Oh - nearly forgot - and promarkers to colour the image - I'm still learning but am getting more confident as the days go by.

Letter from Scarlet - BasicGrey Challenge and DT call

It's no secret that I love Basic Grey products.

The quality is excellent, and colours are vibrant, and I love that I can put four or five papers from the same range together and they blend without one overshadowing another.

I have a bit of a thing with using Scarlets Letter at the moment - I think it is because the 6x6 pad is permanently on my craft desk and everytime I pick it up, I am inspired.

Todays creation will be entered into the BasicGrey challenge - 'punches' and fingers crossed will be considered for DT status.

I hope that I have correctly interpreted the theme - paper piecing. It's all about using the paper in the image and vice versa (I think!).

I've used a freebie stamp from a craft mag, and stamped about six flowers onto scarlets letter, cut them up and scrunched them up, opened the out and fixed them together with a brad. It's cheaper than buying flowers, and the quality of the BG paper means that they hold their shape after scrunching.

I used Brilliance ink to stamp the same image onto the card oval, (stamped onto scrap paper first to remove some of the ink) and over
stamped again with a sentiment from Penny Black (3195H).

I mounted the stamped image onto another piece Scarlets letter, which in turnn went onto another piece, and again another piece with the aim of pulling all the individual pieces together to provide balance.

If I could change anything it would be to use a stamp with a bolder line so that the sentiment stood out a little more, but as it is, I think you can appreciate the papers in all their glory.