Make My Monday Challenge

There is still a French theme going on at Make My Monday and I'm rapidly running out of French themed 'things' so good thing there's only one more week!  This time they are asking for TRICOLEUR namely to include red, white and blue.  I had a piece of watercolour paper which I'd used at a recent marbling workshop - not particularly successful this particular piece but the colours were right and I was going to sponge and overstamp it so used it for a background here.  French themed stamps are from Chocolate Baroque Paris plate, the small text is En Francais stamp by Stampin' Up and the swirl from SU Everything Eleanor set.  The flowers are also from Everything Eleanor and the leaves from French Foliage (SU).  Sentiment was stamped on a scrap of the background paper and cut out using a Crealies die and flowers were mounted onto Spellbinders die cuts.

For a Friend

Have you ever spotted a 'must-have' die or stamp on a blog, purchased said item, only to find that it is much larger or smaller than it appeared??  Well that was the case with this lovely Marianne die set - much larger than I thought but at least it didn't need the addition of too much to turn in into a special card with a simple stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up. If you are wondering, this is a six inch card.  I made the roses using a Creative Expressions embossing folder and cutting out the individual flowers to manipulate and layer - a bit fiddly but something which can be done easily while watching TV. The leaves were made using a Crealies die and of course cut from some of my scraps.  Backing paper is from a Prima pad - love their designs.  Not the best photo but the light isn't brilliant at the moment and the flowers are too deep for a good result using the scanner.

Make My Monday Challenge

This month on Make My Monday the theme is to be FRENCH and for this first week it is PARIS.  I decided to go for an autumnal look and yes I know that traditionally it is 'springtime in Paris' - I'm thinking outside the box here!!  Backing paper is from Prima and has been overstamped with some images from Chocolate Baroque Paris plate; the postcard was made from a scrap of kraft card and the Notre Dame image (both CB also) stamped on a scrap of watercolour paper which had been used to 'mop up' some Distress stains from a glass mat. Leaves and corn etc were cut from another piece of inky watercolour paper using a Tim Holtz Sizzix die and the sentiment was cut out using a neat die from Crealy.  There are some great French themed cards from the Design Team so well worth a look.

N is for Numerals

When it came to the third letter of my alphatags for this month I was stumped for a while but evetually came up with the idea of using numbers in some way and this is what evolved.  The tag itself was cut from Tim Holtz kraft resist and Distress inks used to bring out the design. The torn bingo card was a TH embossing folder, again sponged to show up the numbers; rosettes were cut using a Sizzix die, having first stamped numerals onto the kraft card using an Elusive Images stamp from the ATC set (now Chocolate Baroque), the leaves were a Crealies die also cut from the kraft resist card.  Now it is time to get the brain working for the next two letters.

CD Sunday challenge

The challenge theme this week on CD Sunday is nursery rhymes and it is a good job there was so much inspiration from the design team or I wouldn't have known where to start.  I searched out my Victorian Birthdays CD from Joanna Sheen and found this colourful image of 'three little kittens' - used backing papers from the CD and added a punched border, a few flowers and a greeting layered onto a variety of punched shapes.

Bah Humbug challenge 33

I recently treated  myself to a fabulous set of  Steampunk Christmas stamps from Chocolate Baroque and the first card I've made with them will be just right for the Bah Humbug challenge this week as their theme is 'something new'. The background was made by spraying Glimmer Mist in red and gold onto some card which was then put through a cuttlebug embossing folder with cogs and wheels which matches the steampunk design. The main design was stamped and embossed with vanilla ice embossing powder onto red card and the poinsettia (also from the stamp set) was embossed with the same powder which has tiny gold flecks in it. The border at the bottom was cut with a Crealies border die which also happens to be another new item - couldn't resist this or the stamp set which has lots of other versatile designs which will be used for Christmas and are also suitable for other occasions too.

Make My Monday challenge 10

The theme this month on Make My Monday blog is 'things with wings' and this time it is birds or bugs so I decided to go with the bird idea.  The birdcage, bird and sentiment are stamps from a set by Papermania, background was printed from Artylicious Fantasy Floral (now Chocolate Baroque) and overstamped with a CB stamp from Butterfly Flourish Swirls, the border strip was cut using a Crealies border die.  I've just added a few Prima flowers with centres punched from the background paper and some gems to match the bird which was coloured with Coloursoft pencils.

Imagination

The background (although it's too beautiful to be called just that) is a download designed by the talented Lesley of the Chocolate Baroque Guild and I added a quotation from a Tim Holtz stamp set.  The flower was made using the matching design paper from which I also die cut some leaves and buttons. I just love the colour combination here.