Dare you to, Digi Stamp Challenge 13

Dare you to, Digi Stamp Challenge 13 is the inspiration for this card. I thought that Hopeful Harry who is just in at Craft Fairy, was the perfect subject for this challenge.

I must admit that th ephotography is not the best but the light is poor today and it was the best that I could do.

The stamp is Hopeful Harry and he is just in today. Let's hope that you get him before he sells out.

Happy crafting,

Yvonne

New Stamps from Stampinback

We've just had some new stamps from Stampinback and I had to use them as I think that they are really lovely and the designs are right up to the minute.

I didn't just want to have them as a black silhouettes though and I went for fawn and greens.

The images are 'Fennel Silhouette' from Stampinback.

Tall Flower, silhouette also from Stampinback.

The pens that I used to colour the images are Zig Art and Graphic pens 49, 56, 57.

The ribbon is willow green chiffon in 16mm width.

The sentiment is 'approach dreams'

The flowers are from the romance selection of Eco friendly flowers.

The paper I had in my stash but any soft green should do.

To Make this card:

All you need to do is ink up the stamps with your chosen colours and stamp up the images.

Cover the bottom of the card with some green paper and cover the join with sheer green ribbon.

Ink up the sentiment and stamp out. Mount onto another piece of green paper and stick to the card.

Add a couple of smallish flowers from the pack and you have a card.

Happy crafting.

Ismaki Sketch Challenge

Well, I must say that I am doing my best to get cards made by doing as many challenges as possible. The best thing about challenges is that they make you rethink your ideas and come up with something new and, I hope, exciting.

This card is the one that I've come up with after looking at the one given over on Ismaki.

If you want to make anything like this you will need:

Blooms from our lovely new range.

The Cartes Postal sheet of rubber stamps.

The leaf stamp from out new Florals and Leaves rubber stamp sheet.

Art and graphic pens to colour the stamps. I used 56, 50, 60, 49 and 110

The Next Level, Sketch 1

This is my first submission to the Next Level challenge. It took me ages to get it right but I'm really happy with the result.

From Craft Fairy I used the

Hydrangea stamp from Stampinback

flowers from the pink pack of flowers.

Silver ribbon

I hope

I have a camera

I still haven't found my camera charger, but thank goodness for my daughter who has lent me her old camera. The photos are so much better than scanning.

So to work. Here is my effort for today.

If you want to make this card or something similar you will need:

1 A6 base card in off white

Sentiment stamp ( I used the one above that comes from I Brake for Stamps)

1 piece of pink light weight card

1 sheet of patterned paper

Flowers from the Romance 4 collection

A green flower

3mm ribbon in pink

3D foam pads

Glue

1 brad

To make this card:

This card is fairly self explanatory. It is simply a matter of layering up and sticking down

Here's the next one

Only two cards as yet. I really do have to speed up. I do have an excuse.....I'm disorganised. I bet that the rest of you that share this excuse are thinking, 'Thank God'.

This card is made with an Inkadinkadoo stamp called English Rose. I coloured it with the Art and Graphic pens from Kuretake which can be seen if you click here.

The ribbon is the spotted pink satin, click here.

A few buttons and a message are all that you need to complete the look.

Two Hydrangea and a Lovely Message

I seem to be on a roll lately and the cards are coming thick and fast. This is today's effort and I have to say that I am quite happy with it.

To make it:
Coloured the hydrangea stamps with the Art and Graphic Pens from Kuretake and stamp it twice, colouring up between stamping. Use the H2O water brush to move the paint a little and added some extra colour where the shadows should be.
Cut the images out and then get on with the rest of the card.
Cut a base card 10.5cm x 28cm. Score this at the 14cm point to make a card 10.5cm x 14cm when folded.
I cut a piece of pink card and scored it and then cut it to fit over the join in the base card.
I stamped the message, which is from the Inspirational sayings plate, on a piece of card and cut it out to leavea a small border. I mounted this on to a piece of pink card. This was then stuck to the base card.
I stuck the hydrangea images slightly overlapping on to the card with a mixture of adhesive and foam pade. The adhesive was for the bottom hydrangea and the foam pads for the upper image.
I decorated the lower part of the card with a broken line of green. One of the greens that I had used on the stamp.

I knew that I could do it!

Use another colour other than pink. So here's the evidence to prove it.

This card is made with the new in set of Autumn Shades, £1.50 Prima Style flowers. You get three flowers in the pack and I've layered up the orange and white flower and then snipped the green one to cut out two leaves which unsurprisingly, I've used as leaves. I drew on the stem.

The ribbon is the 9mm caramel grosgrain that you can find by clicking here.

The papers are some that I had in my private stash but I'm sure that you will have plenty of them!!!

Happy crafting,

Yvonne

Oriental Lily all in Pink

Here's a new card from one of my favourite images on the Cartes postal Stamps sheet. It also uses some of the new blooms so it really serves two purposes as it let me be creative on two fronts.

To make this card you will need:
1 pink base card 140mm x 140mm
Some green patterned paper
Length of pink dotty ribbon
Blooms from the Romance Collection
Inspirational Sayings Unmounted rubber stamp
Cartes Postal Unmounted rubber stamp
2 buttons
Tut Art and Graphic pens in colours: 57, 202, 305
Waterbrush
Stazon in Stone Grey
3D foam pads
Glue

What you need to do
Use the Stazon to stamp out the oriental lily image.
Colour up the image with a waterbrush and the Tut Art and Graphic pens in colours: 57, 202, 305
Trim the image
Stick a piece of green paper across the card and then stick the pink spotty ribbon onto the card as shown.
Use the foam pads to attach the image to the card and then use glue and foam pads to layer the flowers of your choice to the card.
Add a button to the centre of the bloom.
Adhere a larger button to the card, as shown, and stamp your message on to the card.

Happy crafting,

Yvonne