Forgotten Friday 16

Well it is time for Forgotten Friday again on Judith's blog although now it is Saturday.  Blogger was 'down' yesterday so wasn't able to post this card until this morning.  I was reminded when I saw Judith's card last week that I too had bought a box of Scrabble  style tiles a good few years ago and hadn't actually used many of them so dug them out of retirement to add words to this card.  In doing so I discovered there are many more Qs and Js etc in this set than there are in the real game tiles so not really sure what will happen to those but maybe I can paint over them and stamp something but it would probably be easier to bin them!!  I was asked for a Get Well card in the week and realised that all I had were a couple of 'feminine' style ones so decided to do this one which might be more male orientated.

The image is a digtal one but I'm afraid I can't recall where it was from because I usually print out a whole page of images to make best use of the card or paper and keep the spares in a box so this 'ruff' looking dog has also been lying neglected.  Background papers are from my stash, the words at the top were printed from the computer and I added a Marrianne die cut corner.

Brilliant Giveaway

There is a great giveaway on the Ribbon Girl blog to coincide with some new stamps launched by Lili of the Valley (lots of ones for boys this time) so pop along and have a look.  Good Luck!!

Coredinations Card

I've used Core-dinations card and a sanding block here - this was a pad  called Chocolate Box which has various shades of brown all with different colour cores.  The background paper is from K & Co and has matched well with the Core-dinations.  The wording was achieved using a Sizzix small embossing folder sanded to show the core colour and this in turn has been layered onto a Spellbinders ornate label cut from the same card and then onto a Nestabilities shape which had some tiny swirls stamped around the edge and was sponged with some brown ink.  A piece of ribbon , a flower and a little Spellbinders buckle complete this card.

Tatty Teddy

Docrafts have just brought out a range of Papermania Tatty Teddy items which are quite appealing.  For my 'I-spy friend' (you know who you are) I didn't actually buy this stamp because it was free along with a small embossing folder on the front of their Creativity magazine.  He has been coloured with Copic pens and the image was cut out with a Nestabilities die.  Background paper is from the Pampered Pets range and the sentiment was a stamp from the freebie set.  Some natural coloured ribbon was coloured using the same Copic pen as I used on Teddy's nose and a Sizzix square lattice embossing folder (Stampin Up) was used on one of the layers.

Bah Humbug challenge 18

First of all may I say welcome to the new guest designers over at Humbug Hall this month - some great cards for inspiration on the 'going green' challenge for this week.  We could opt for making a green card as in using the colour, go green as in recycling or use both options which is what I've done.  This was a simple card to make really because I cut the image off an old Christmas card from about 8 years ago (why do I hoard so much??); cut the smaller image from the back of the card which I happened to notice as I was putting the remainder of the card into the actual recycling box; used some green backing paper from my stash and simply layered it all together.  A really quick and easy option this time and by the way the small squares on the recycled card are gold and shiny although they don't show up too well in the scan.

Forgotten Friday 15

I didn't think I'd get around to making a card for Judith's Forgotten Friday challenge today but then the postman arrived  after lunch with a new  Go Kreate die set which I'd ordered so I just had to drop everything and have a go with it. The dies cut a whole shaped card and will work in the smaller machines like the Cuttlebug and Big Shot.  With the smaller dies in the set I cut out a frame using some Stampin Up background paper and then stamped a message and some little leaf swirls onto a matching piece of plain card to go behind the aperture. I added a little stamped dragonfly, a flower and a leaf spray cut using Marianne dies.

Where is the connection here to Forgotten Friday you ask - well the stamped sentiment is from an unmounted  set of birthday messages (by Chocolate Baroque) and I'm sure I've not used this actual one before although I've had them since they were issued some time ago.  The leafy swirl is a small stamp from another  CB set and I know I've not used that one before either ~ I am trying to look through my stamp collection regularly to remind myself of the ones which I've been neglecting.

Pick a Pattern

The challenge for May on the St Luke's Challenge charity blog is to pick a pattern (or more than one) and I've used  Funky Hand spots and stripes papers left over from a card made recently but have also printed them both again in reduced sizes  for matting and layering and for a punched tab embellishment. The image was from a Forever Friends set by Papermania and was coloured with pencils.  The sentiment was printed from a Funky Hand CD. although it looks as though it might have been made using a label maker. I hope I've managed to include enough pattern here!!