Secret Crafter 35

The other one I manged to get completed is for this weeks Secret Crafter which has the theme selected by Jill of "Bling" ........ she know us crafters all too well.

Main image is Sarah Kay stamped with versafine black and embossed with iridescent embossing powder to start the bling theme going. She is coloured with Marvy pens and her belt and hat ribbon glittered using a quickie glue pen and crystal glitter and mounted onto a piece of very glittery DP from my stash. Flowers, gems and a glittered brad added to finish.

Penny Black challenge 51

Well everyone, It's another gorgeous day and putting my mind to setting up the new laptop is not too appealing. So, as the children are already in the pool swimming and the older ones expecting a barbie, I'm combining this weeks Penny Black challenge which is a great sketch from Domi and Secret Crafter challenge which is the super combination of "Pink, Turquoise and a hint of brown".

My main image is Penny Black 3874K and I have also used 3940F down the side. Both are stamped in versafine sepia and the flowers have also been heat embossed with detail clear. Ovals cut on the Cuttlebug with nesties and scallop strip cut on the Cricit Plantin Schoolbook. I have replaced the bottom flowers from the sketch with a bow and stick pin (spellboubd bead) - hope the two for two amendment is OK. DP's are My Minds Eye.

My card has been photographed amongst the kolkwitzia which has an abundance of pink flowers that I thought matched my card so well.

Secret Crafter challenge 33

There's a moral for me when bying DP's, wear my glasses, otherwise you get surprises as I did with this on from Crate, it's got new baby words, not pretty flowers. Anyhow, it's come in useful as the challenge for Secret Crafter this week is "New Beginnings".

Quite a simple card really which is just as well as I've got the shakes a bit today (no not the vino, although I did have a glass or two last night, just MS). I have made an aperture within the top later of DP by cutting diagonal lines and rolling them back, stamped the corners with a duck corner stamp (no idea of the origin) and cut a pram on the Cricut (stretch your imagination) and placed in the apertures. Stamped a sentiment with a Judikins stamp (sorry no ref on it) and added gems.

Three into one

My second card today combines this weeks Penny Black challenge which is "Recipe - three flowers, 2 papers, 1 charm/brad", Secret Crafter challenge which requires the use of "Glitter" and Friday Sketchers which is a sketch by Claudia Rose which I hared round to draw in all three requirements.

The image is Penny Black 3633K, stamped with versafine black and embossed with detail clear, coloured with Sakura glaze pens and glitter added whilst still wet. DP is Basic Gray and the circles have been cut from this and some really nice deep blue glitter paper using nesties through the Cuttlebug as have the flowers. A small flower charm added to the top and the image mat dusted with chalks to soften the background.

Secret Crafter 31 and Everyday Art Challenges

Two into one again, this time for Secret Crafter where the challenge is "we would like to see brads or eyelets or both on your projects" and a new one Everyday Art Challenge. The second one is new to me, I discovered it this morning after Nixe visited my blog and I in turn visited her only to find she has a challenge and this week a brilliant sketch which immediately gave me an idea to re-create something similar to a project I designed for a class recently.

The main image is Hero CL284 stamped twice onto black card to create a larger one using versamark and detail white embossing powder. The little bird is from the same set and repeat stamped with versafine black and embossed with detail clear.

The two circles cut with nesties from black gloss card that has been run through the cuttlebug using bird call folder, then distressed with fine sandpaper. The greeting is a skinny stamp from Stamps by Judith (stampaddicts). Finally I added some little spotty brads and gingham ribbon.

Three into one does go

I've eventually managed to combine three challenges into one (only because I've been shopping and have new goodies I'm desperate to get time to play with). And.... to share some of our lovely weather and garden, my main photo was taken amongst the lilacs.

The three challenges are Stamp Something where we have been asked to "CASE one of Cindy's fabulous creations as inspiration for your own card". I've opted for the one you will find here where the theme was yellow, green and blue and it is also my DT call. The second challenge is the Secret Crafter with the theme "FLOWERS" and finally the Penny Black challenge where the theme is "Shapes - include at least three different shapes, excluding card and backing paper".

I have used two PB stamps 3948K and 2695J. The first has been repeat stamped and just the last two lines of the sentiment, both with majestic blue versafine and detail clear emboss onto pale yellow bazzil. The flowers have been highlighted with green stickles, green and blue ribbon tied across and a stick pin made with blue green and yellow beads, a button and finally three Swarovski crystals - they only go on very special cards.

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Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 28

In anticipation of an early start tomorrow to go to Ally Pally, I am posting tomorrows card this evening. The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge is to create a scene and as I was planning on doing some more samples for Stampaddicts with the new JudiKins stamps that featured on their latest C&C show, I have used the rainy day girl as the main feature. Stamped with Stayzon and the park scene built up with Art Impression stamps inking with Marvy pens. The greeting is Woodware FRCL128, the circles cut on nesties and the girls brolly, hat and coat stamped onto Daisy Bucket paper.

Saturday Challenge 27

Chocolate Orange was the theme for the Saturday Challenge this week applied to a set template layout. The stamp is one I've had for years - Chapel Road B21which came from Stamp Addicts. Stamped in versafine sepia and embossed with detail clear and chalked to add definition. The same process with the dragonflies from the stamp but onto vellum, lightly glittered and decoupaged. The paper is My Minds Eye.

Pretty in pink and Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

I have received so many messaged from both sides of 'the pond' about the hatpin card I posted yesterday, I thought I'd better do another one and also show a close up of the pin itself. This one has more of the yummy new paper from My Minds Eye, a background block stamp from Hero H2545 (think it may be disscontinued) and Penny Black 3815J. I used Hero blossom but only partially inked up the stamp and spritzed with water before stamping. The roses were stamped with versafine black and clear emboss and coloured with Marvy le Plumes and given a coat of diamond glaze. Hatpin threaded with coordinating beades and some ribbon. Corners cut on Cricut Jasmine and flower border on Storybook. Stamping products from
http://www.sirstampalot.co.uk/ and hatpin made with products from http://www.spellboundbead.co.uk/. Also used this one for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge