Covering Two Challenges

It is rarely I have my act together enough to cover more than one challenge at a time but I've managed it this week with the St Luke's charity which is a seaside theme and the CD Sunday challenge where they are asking for buttons to be included (there is also a prize up for grabs here so trying my luck).  I chose the image and background paper from Joanna Sheen's Cardmakers Year CD which I've not looked at for a while but as I had no suitable stamps for the seaside theme I thought maybe there would be something on there amongst the summer months and I was right - several to choose from in fact.  I used a mask to emboss the stitchy grid, added some ribbon, flowers with button centres and a sentiment produced on the computer.

Fantastic Florals

I was clearing my work space yet again) and came across this stamped image (from Fantastic Florals by Chocolate Baroque)  which I'd coloured using Polychromos pencils so decided to make it into a card rather than store it away. Background paper is an odd piece from my bit box and I also used some whitewash core-d-nations card embossed with a leafy design (cuttlebug folder) and sanded to reveal the coloured core.  A ribbon to cover the join, a sentiment produced on the computer and that's it really,

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.

Bah Humbug Challenge 32

The challenge at Bah Humbug this week is white on white so I've gone down the die cutting/embossing route.
The corners are a Marianne die and the wording is part of a Crafts Too embossing folder which has several seasonal phrases but I thought this one was appropriate to the challenge.This piece and the corners have been sprayed with marshmallow Glimmer Mist which is very subtle so doesn't show up too well on the scan.  The piece behind the wording was cut using a Sizzix die and embossed with a Cuttlebug snowflake die but was not sprayed.  There are other ideas for this theme on their blog so do go and take a look.

Friday Again

Well where did that week go?? I'm afraid it sort of escaped me in the muggy heat we've been having - thankfully it rained quite a bit yesterday and it is a little cooler now thank goodness.  Friday is usually the day for forgotten stash and I have a card made with some two-step floral stamps from Stampin Up which have been lying idle on the shelf for a while. Background paper is from SU and I also cut a strip with a decorative punch from EK Success using the reverse of the paper.  The roses were stamped in two colours, cut out and arranged onto a die cut circle which has had matching pearls added.. A computer generated greeting, ribbon and corners complete this get well card. Apologies for my lack of blogging this week.

Make My Monday challenge 9

The theme for this month at Make My Monday is 'things with wings' and specifically this week either butterflies or dragonflies. I've chosen some backing paper and stamps by Chocolate Baroque then simply added a flight of butterflies using a Sizzix embosslits die (Stampin Up) - a simple card but they have wings and they are butterflies!!

Home Sweet Home

I have to confess I just couldn't resist this set of stamps from Chocolate Baroque and this is just one of the images on the plate of Clarice Cliff type cottages.  Image was stamped onto 160gsm sketch book cartridge paper and coloured using Polychromos pencils, then cut out with a Nestability circle and brushed with some dye ink for the sky.  Background paper is from CB Essence of Nature CD and the 'art deco' sunrays were made using a Tim Holtz embossing folder, sponged with Distress ink.  The word is from the stamp set also and is on a Stampin-up punched label .In reality the colours relate to each other better than they appear on the scan - why do scanners sometimes change colours??  No doubt there is a technical reason!!.