Allsorts Challenge

On the Allsorts Challenge Blog they want to see creations using Pink and Brown so when I found this picture of my daughter in her pink coat on the 'log' flume with my parents it seemed just perfect!

I just love my dad's face- you can almost hear him scream.  Then again, mum's not looking too impressed either and seems to be holding on to Freya for grim death!

Materials:

Bazzill Swiss Dots card.
Felt leaves: Queen & Co.
Flowers; Prima.
Flower centres: Stash.
Heart: Opitec.
Journalling strips: computer generated.
Punch: Fiskars.
Pens: Stabilo & Sakura.

Inspirational Card Sketches #40

The Pixie Cottage are sponsoring us with a prize over on ICS this week.  Dawn continues to come up with great sketches for us to work from and this week is no exception.  Simple but very effective I think.

Materials:
Pearlescent 6"x6" Square card.
Papers: My Minds Eye "Bloom & Grow"
Chipboard coaster: Opitec.
Greeting printed on Word using WordArt.
Flower punches from Woodware.
Eyelets, corrugated card & ribbon from stash.

Inspirational Card Sketches #25

I do hope you managed to get time to pop over to the Inspirational Card Sketches blog to see the fantastic work of the Design Team. Following Dawn's fab sketch, I came up with this card:



I pretty much followed the sketch to the letter with the exception of the horizontal diamonds which I moved to the bottom of the card.

Materials:
White pearlescent 6" square card.
White/holographic spot card: A14 Paper & Board.
Coaster: Opitec.
Printed Chipboard: We R Memory Keepers.
Ribbon: Ribbon Mad.
Diamond Chipboard: Buzz & Bloom.
Inkpad: Colorbox.
Twine: local garden centre gift shop.
Fineline pen: Stabilo.

Rosie-Dee's Challenges - No.43

You've had the sneaky, now here's the peaky from this week's challenge over on Rosie-Dee's



Materials:
Cream pearlescent A6 card.
Stamp: Graphicus.
Inkpads: Colorbox.
Greeting: computer generated.
Twine: Opitec.

BasicGrey Challenge

I'm late with my BasicGrey Challenge card this week due to lots going on last week and a headache that lasted from Saturday through to Friday lunchtime :-(

We had visitors this weekend so we've been a very busy household, out and about enjoying the sunshine (while it lasts!).

My card for the 35th Challenge - Ice Cream looks like this... Based on good old neopolitan ice cream no less!


Materials:
Brown 7.5x21cm card.
Papers: BasicGrey Two Scoops & Granola.
Jute Ribbon: Opitec.
Inkpad: Colorbox.
Flowers: Prima.
Gem: Patti's Pretties.
Ribbon: Stash.
Alphas: Doodlebug.

My papers came from the Two Scoops and Granola range

Sneaky peeks revealed

A while back (25th April to be exact) I gave you a sneaky peek of a couple of cards I made but didn't reveal the whole piccie. The reason was that I was applying for a DT place over on 2 Sketches 4 You, but unfortunately I didn't make the grade :-( I'll just have to keep playing along with the sketches.

So, to reveal my entries....


They were both created from sketches by Kazan and Laura.

Materials:
White5 1/4" cards.
Papers (very old) from my stash and I really can't rememeber who they're by (sorry!)
Hessian ribbon: Opitec.
Tag: a pair of Jacob's jeans.
Ribbon: Ribbon mad.
Twine: Opitec.
Pins: Ebay.
Inkpad: Colorbox.
Rub on: Fancy Pants.

Rosie-Dee's Challenge

Last week I set the challenge of Butterflies over on Rosie-Dee's. These are my cards...



Materials:
Cream 5"x7" & White 5 1/4" square card.
Cardstock embellishments: Crate Paper - Indigo Mill
Trim: Indigo Mill
Hessian Ribbon: Opitec
Black fineline pen: Stabilo

Inspirational Card Sketches / Indigo Mill

Using some more of the offcuts that I've got from the GORGEOUS mini kit from Indigo Mill, and following the ICSketch #7 I created this tonight. I have to admit that I ADORE this cream patterned cardstock from My Minds Eye Laundry Line. It's thick, beautifully printed and has a little bit of glitz added. What more could a girl ask for?

A closer view of the topper that I've made, it's very layered and dimensional.


Materials:
White 5"x7" card.
Papers: My Minds Eye, Laundry Line Coastal Comfort; Bazzill Bling. White scraps.
Hessian ribbon: Opitec.
Chipboard frame & accents: Americal Crafts, Thickers.
Blooms: RAK from ICSketches.
Stamp: Do Crafts, Whisper Words.
Glitter glue: Stickles.