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Monday, 22 June 2009

The Pink Elephant Challenge

I loved this Pink Elephant challenge so much that I managed to finish it half an hour. This is a record for me as sometimes it can take me up to half a day to get things right.

To make this card you will need:

Papers and card that I had in my stash.
What to Do:

Cut a baase card 14cm x 14cm.
Layer it up with a mount of about 13.5cm x 13.5 cm
cut four squares that will end up slightly smaller than the mount square. Stick to the mount.
Colour the stamp with the selection of colours given above. You can use my example of do anything thta you want yourself. Stamp an oval shape that you've cut out. You can use a square one if you don't have an oval one.
Use 3d foam pads to stick to the card.
Stamp the word 'Nature' on to the card and embellish with a green flower.

Happy crafting,
Yvonne

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Tiger Turner, Friday Sketch 56

It's a while since I last entered the Friday Sketchers challenge, but here goes with this one.

I've made the card with one of the fabulous stamps from I Brake for Stamps which we sell on the Craft Fairy web site.

Click here to see this and the other amazing senior stamps.

The bloom can be found here.

The ribbon here.

Happy crafting,

Yvonne

Saturday, 20 June 2009

Stars

The challenge on Our Creative Corner is for 'Stars'. Now I have some primitive stars so I thought that I'd give it a go. This is my take on the challege.

The stamp is from I Brake for Stamps and the bits of ribbon are from my personal stash.

Stampin Chic

When the ladies on Stampin Chic set out the challenge for a creation that contained 'NO WHITE' they must have had me in mind as many of my cards always contain white. This, then, really is a challege for me so this is what I've come up with:



If you want to make this card you will need:

Florals and Leaves sheet of unmounted rubber stamps from I Brake for Stamps.

Zig, Kuretake, Art and Graphic pens in 56, 57 and 73

Paper raffia in Oatmeal

Buttons

Papers

Happy crafting,

Yvonne


Friday, 19 June 2009

Black, White and one other colour

I've just seen the challenge on Stamp Something for black, white and one other colour and the pink and black challenge on Ooh-la-la Creations so...


I used my fabulous stamp from the Glamour Girls sheet from Time to Stamp and paired it with the flowers that have just arrived on my doorstep throw in a bit of pink spotty ribbon and a button and here's my card. The paper is from Doodlebug Design.

Happy crafting.

Thursday, 18 June 2009

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.

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

ABC Summer Challenge

The challenge this week on ABC is 'Summer'. So as I had this wonderful stamp I thought that I would put it to good use along with some ribbons, blooms and hot paper.



If you want to make this card you will need the following:

Orange handmade flowers
Orange Stripe Ribbon
Rear View Ruth, Unmounted Rubber Stamp from I Brake for Stamps

Happy crafting.

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Allsorts Challenge 5 Triangles

Here we are again with another challege and this time it's triangles ao I had just the card.



This card is one of my all time favourites and I hope that you like it too.

The pink glitter frame is here.
The butterfly is from our wonderful sot of butterflies that you can see here.
The dusty rose ribbon is here.

Dutch Dare Challenge #52: A Charity Card

I've just seen this challenge on Duch Dare to make a card that will cheer up a child and I knew that I had the perfect card. hair and all.



She is stamped with one of the stamps from the wonderful Kids sheet by The Merry Stamper.



Here it is:
I hope that this will cheer any child up!!!

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