Pink & Green

I was really pleased with this card. The colours look so clean and fresh and I just happened to have card and paper which matched perfectly. I coloured the Heather Ellis, Pure Innocence digi image with Copics and also just happened to have a ribbon which matched the shade I chose too. What a piece of luck. It sometimes happens like that doesn't it... but not often!

At Inspirational Card Sketches this week, it's a chance to choose any previous sketch from the blog. This is Sketch #68 from last week. I loved it so much that I think that I will be using it again and again.

It's also for the Pink & Green challenge at the Creative Card Crew and I love the colour combo.

The paper was a free download and I must say that I really rather like the simplicity of it. Hectic papers can often overpower a card... if you know what I mean.

I sold quite a lot of cards at choir tonight, probably due to the fact that I offered a discount as it was the last rehearsal before the summer break. I also gave another £50 donation to choir funds from the sales this term.

5 a Day

The colours in this card are a little out of my comfort zone. I'm not really an orangey person, and it doesn't appear at all in my palette of colours from 'Colour Me Beautiful' or whatever it is they call themselves these days, so I never wear it.

Anyway, it's for these challenges.

Pink Elephant - Orange

Pile it On - Veggies

Penny's Challenge - Fruit or Veggies

Crafty Angels - Sketch

Totally Papercrafts - Monochromatic

The image is from Cuddly Buddly and I believe that the paper is from Pollycraft. The sentiment is from SU mounted on a Nestie and then a Cuttlebug tag.

The corners were made from a Cuttlebug Vintage square, with the centre cut out with a small square Nestie and then cut diagonally to make the corners. I haven't tried this before but I quite like them. The flowers, brads and ribbons are from Papermania.

30th Birthday card

My daughter asked me to make a card for her friend's 30th birthday. The scary thing is that my daughter will be 30 later this year... she can't be that old, she's my baby, and I'm obviously not old enough to be her mother!

I used the sketch from Truly Scrumptious and the colour theme of Black, White + one other from Allsorts. The Butterflies on the backing paper plus the little stamped one, together with the flowers make it eligible for the challenge 'Butterflies & Blooms' at the Secret Crafter this week. Actually I've just had another look at the card and nearly every butterfly on the DP has been obscured by some of the other elements... never mind!

Just Us Girls has the challenge 'Dry Embossing this week. The flowers were embossed after punching and the white backing paper has also had the treatment.

For the monthly challenge from Sir Stampalot, they have the theme 'Punch it'!

The paper is from a Paper Cellar pad and the embossing is Cuttlebug's Paisley folder.

I'm not sure which clear stamp set the chandelier comes from, I really should make a note of these things. The flowers were made from a couple of Nellie Snellen cut/emboss duo punch sets and the sentiment uses a font which I recently downloaded, I really think it's rather snazz.

Have a good day everyone!

Wild Things

When I saw the theme of 'Wild Things' for this week's challenge at My Time to Craft, the Trogg's song, 'Wild Thing' jumped into my head... hence the reason for choosing the words for the sentiment on this card, which were computer generated.

The image is from the wonderful Dustin Pike and coloured with Copics. The papers are mainly Cuddly Buddly, with a glimpse of a piece from Pink Petticoat.

I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers as the basis of this card.

I was surprised how similar the two hearts were; the symbol I added to the sentiment is almost a mirror image of the one on the drawing!

I still have to make a card for my daughter's friend, but I'm gradually catching up with things!