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:

Floral Silhouette Bouquet, Unmounted Rubber Stamp from Stampinback

Art and Graphic Markers from Zig, Kuretake I used 56, 57, 2, 2oo, 47

Nature, Unmounted Rubber Stamp from Stampinback

Green Hydrangea form out rnage of mulberry paper flowers.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Cute Cats

I'm quite excited because I'm going to be demonstrating for Kuretake at the Cardiff Hobbycraft. So if you want a sneek preview of what I'm going to be doing then here are the cards.


Tha background is achieved really simply by using a Zig Dottariffic pen in black to dot the card. The more pressure you apply the bigger the dot. I just applied the dots randomly to the top third of the card.

Going Dotty with Dottariffics

I really do love cards with spots. I've made this card with my Dottariffic pens from Kuretake. Dottariffics are being phased and Craft Fairy is one of the few remaining sites that has them in stock so get them quickly or loose out forever. To achieve the effect seen here use pastel colours. If you want to be far bolder than go for the bright pure colours.

If you want to make this card then you can get the sentiment from this sheet of stamps.

Happy crafting.

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

The Next Level

Some of you, who follow this blog may know that when I have the time I'm always up for a challenge so this new challenge site is just perfect for me too.



If you go along and visit them then you can find out all about the challenge and maybe get to win some of the wonderful blog candy that they have on offer.

Daisy Silhouette

I've just had another set of beautiful Silhouette stamps in and I've decided to use them with a twist. Instead of a silhouette, I've used the Art and Graphic pens to colour the stamp and then print it out. So now we have colour rather than just silhouette. A little ribbon and buttons are all that are needed to complete the look.


What you need to use:

Flowers and Leaves stamps sheet from 'I Brake for Stamps'

Yellow gingham ribbon, 9mm wide.

Art and Graphic pens from Zig, Kuretake in colours, dark olive (57), yellow (1), and fawn (49).
Yellow buttons

Green paper

White base card and card to stamp out the image.

What you will need to do:

1. Stick a piece of green paper to the base card, leaving a small border of white showing.


2. Tie a knot in the ribbon and stick it to the green paper by tucking it behind the paper and sticking it to the back. Trim the edges.


3. Colour up the stamp as seen and stamp it onto a piece of white card. Trim and mount with green paper.


4. Stick to the base card as seen.


5. Add the buttons and stamp on a sentiment and your card si finished.

Happy crafting.

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

Four Flowers in a Row

Now I know that it's a lame title but this is what I started out with. It's a pretty stamp from Savvy Stamps and that's exactly what it is: Four Flowers in a Row.
I've been looking at the sketches on splitcoast Stampers and I really like these layered ones at the moment so this is what I came up with.

It's a fairly straight forward card to make.

Bags of Flowers

We've just had a consignment of beautiful flowers and, as usual, I couldn't wait to use them. This time I've decided to make a bag rather than a card and this is what I've come up with.




This is a very easy bag to make and I used the template that I have used in the past to make the bag. Here it is again for all those who haven't seen it before.

1. I used an A4 sheet of heavy paper for this bag. Light weight paper will not do, neither will card.
2. Draw the lines lightly in pencil on to your chosen sheet and score along these lines.
3. Fold along the score lines and glue the 1cm fold to the inside of the 3cm fold on the opposite side of the bag. This will form a tube. Let it dry. The time that it takes to dry will vary with the type of glue that you use.
4. Now fold the top of the bag over towards the inside of the tube. There is no real need to glue this.
5. Holes can be punched to thread the handles through. I used a single round hole punch. I marked the place for the holes first. Punch both the front and the back at the same time so that the holes are level.
6. Fold the lines along the base of the bag as if you were making up a parcel. Glue together. To provide extra strength you can glue a piece of lightweight card to the inside of the base of the bag.
7. To decorate the front of the bag use flowers from the romance selection of Mulberry paper flowers and some lilac ribbon. The sentiment is from the Inspirational sayings sheet that has so many wonderful sayings to add to your work.

However, I couldn't resist a card too so here's one that I made with some of the flowers from the same pack. I made it for my sister in law's birthday as she is a good friend as well as a sister in law.
As you can no doubt see, I've kept the same large flower but varied the center flowers and added some leaves to give a very different result. I did my usual dot and dash border which is brighter in the flesh but which came out a bit pale in the photograph.

I've decided to use the Oriental Splendour ATC sheet of stamps from The Merry Stamper today as it's been used by Cath Wilson in a Craft Stamper feature for the February edition. This card uses the same sheets that Cath used so you can do other things with your stamps.

I have made my card up as a 'Thank You' card as I also wanted to submit it in the Daring Cardmakers 'Give Thanks' challenge.
If you want to make this card, you will need.
Oriental Splendour ATC sheet of stamps
Oriental Half Plate

Base card in white linen finish
'Thank you' stamp from the Inspirational Sayings from I Brake for Stamps
Pink paper flower
Pink grosgrain ribbon with spots
3 buttons
Stazon in Stone Grey
Art and Graphic pens to colour the image.
Pink card to mount the image and the the background strip.

I've used Sketch 96 from the wonderful CPS as a basis for my design. You can look there for more interpretation of the same sketch.


To make this card you will need to use the fuschia stamp from the flower power stamp sheet from I Brake for Stamps which you can get by clicking here For all those who want to see all of the stamps on this £10 sheet here it is:
I also used a sentiment from the Inspirational Sayings plate for the words on the card.
The ribbons are:
16mm Pink Organza
9mm azelia organza

To make this card

Stamp the image with Stazon in Stone Grey.
Colour it with the Art and Graphic pens 202, 200 and 56.
Stamp the saying and mount both the saying and the image onto pink card. Use 3D foam pads to attach both to the base card.
Tie a length of pink and azelia ribbon to the card and embellish the knot with a flower.
Happy crafting
Yvonne

You will no doubt see from the following cards that I seem to have become obsessed by one stamp. I think that you'll have to agree that this is a lovely stamp and by ringing the changes with the background papers and colours used to ink the stamp, you can end up with some very different cards. I've used it with the Brushables and the Art and Graphic pens to create the different effects.

To make this card you will need:

1 Base card. I used a C6 card.

Iris stamp from the Flower Power sheet of stamps:

Art and Graphic pens in colours, 56, 3 and 1.

H2O waterbrush

3d foam pads

A sheet of toning paper

White 9mm grosgrain ribbon.

Stazon in stone grey

White card for the sentiment and the image.

What you will need to do:

1. Stick the paper to the bottom third of the card and with the white grosgrain ribbon, cover the join.


2. Stamp the image on to a piece of white card and use the pens and the waterbrush to colour it in. I stamped my image onto an oval piece of card but, an oblong one will be fine.


3. Use the 3d foam pads to stick the image to the base card.


4. Stamp a message on to a piece of card and trim to fir the base card. Adhere to the card.


5. Use the thin end of the blue pen to make a dot and dash edge to the base card and your card is finished.

Here's the stamp:

Click onto the image to be taken to the web site where you can buy this great value stamp.

All in Pink

Have you seen the Glamour Girls project in the October 2008 issue of 'Craft Stamper'? It's beautiful and worth buying a copy of the magazine for. Helen has done a wonderful job and I'm delighted to say that she loved the stamps. I've been spurred on to make more from them and this is today's effort. I've called it Ooh, La La and I think that you can see why.

Products used:

1 base card 14cm x 14cm when folded.

I stamp from the Glamour Girls sheet

Stazon Ink pad in Stone Grey
9mm pink ribbon ribbon with white spots

Silver card Pin up stamp from the same sheet as the glamour girls.
Pink bloom

Pink button

3d foam pads

Double sided tape.

Here's another project that uses the same sheet.

Enjoy!!!

The image comes from the Glamour Girls sheet once again and the background has also been produced with a stamp from the same sheet. So does the cute little sentiment 'Divine' at the bottom of the card. The ribbon is a 7mm wine grosgrain that can be found on the Craft Fairy site by clicking here.

Thanks for looking and, if you like anything that you see, please leave a comment.

Lilac Flowers

Four flowers seems to be the thing at the moment and my hand drawn calligraphy flowers have been neglected while I've been using the stamps. neglected but not forgotten and I got them out today to make this lilac card. What I Used
1 base card in white linen 14cm x 14cm when folded.

An extra piece of white card to draw the images.

Blending Calligraphy Pens in English lavender and Orchid

Lilac card
3d foam pads
light olive art and graphic pen from Zig by Kuretake colour 56
Sentiment stamp

What I did:
I cut four squares from the spare piece of white card and drew four flowers with the calligraphy pens. I did them slightly off centre. I used the green Art and Graphics to draw stems and leaves.
I used 3d foam pads to stick them to the piece of lilac card and made sure to leave a border all around the squares.
I then stuck this lilac card to the base card.
I drew around the base card with a dot and a dash line .
I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the card.

I wonder what will come next. I won't commit myself as I need to see what mood I'm in.

A Medly of Calligraphy Pen Projects

Recently I managed to buy some beautiful card and heavy paper that has a pearl finished with a sheen of gold so I decided to put it together with the calligraphy pens and this is what I've come up with.

The first little card is using the blue set of pens and a small scrap of card. I did three different flowers to give the card a bit of an edge.

This second card is made with the pens again but this time I drew lots of different flowers with each of them at different heights.

Next I made a simple tag with the technique that I call 'shaky hand'. This is very quick as it is only one flower and little else.

My final piece is this gift bag which is the one that I made in my workshop.

I hope that you like them too.

Sunshine Flowers

When the weather is awful, it's been a perfect excuse to do some crafting. I know, I know, any excuse. This card is the result:

It's made with the Kuretake Calligraphy pens and a little bit of scrap paper that I had lying around. It makes me smile too as it's in sunny colours to counteract the rain.

Like lots of little girls my grand daughter likes handbags so this stamp is perfect for her as is the pink colour that I used to make most of the card.

To make this card you will need:
The Kids sheet of unmounted stamps from The Merry Stamper
9mm Swiss dot ribbon in hot pink
Pink blooms
TuT pens from Kuretake to colour the image
Crayon Kid Alphabet Rubber Stamps
Pink buttons
White and pink card

Most of the working for this card is fairly self evident. The printing of the word 'Julia' needs a little explanation.

Stick the letters to the mounting block, remembering to put them on in reverse order, otherwise the word will be the wrong way around when you print it. I didn't put the letters in a straight line as I believe that the harder you try to get perfection the harder it is to attain it.
Colour each letter with the TuT pens and vary the pinks to get a more interesting word. Print randomly over the base of the card as seen.

Hydrangeas

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:
1. You colour the hydrangea stamps with the Art and Graphic Pens from Kuretake and you stamped it twice, colouring up between stamping.

2. You then used the H2O water brush to move the paint a little and added some extra colour where you think that the shadows should be.
3. Cut the images out and then got on with the rest of the card.
4. Cut a base card 10.5cm x 28cm. Score this at the 14cm point to make a card 10.5cm x 14cm when folded.
5. Cut a piece of pink card and scored it and then cut it to fit over the join in the base card.
6. Stamp the message, which is from the Inspirational sayings plate, on a piece of card and cut it out to leavea a small border. Mounted this on to a piece of pink card. This is then stuck to the base card.
7. Stick 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.
Decorate the lower part of the card with a broken line of green. One of the greens that was used on the stamp.

Spots it is.

When I saw this challenge on the Papertake Weekly Blog I knew that I just had to join in with it as I really do love cards with spots. I've made this card with my Dottariffic pens from Kuretake. The two colours that I've used are:

Light Pink
English Lavender

1. You will need a base card. I used an A5 card scored and folded in half.


2. A piece of thin lavender card and another thin piece of white card to layer over the lavender card.


3. Use the fat end of the Dottariffic pens to make random dots over top two thirds of the piece of white card. I made them different sizes. You can do this easily by pressing heavier of lighter with the pen.


4. I then used the thick and thin end of both colours to draw lines over the bottom third of the card as seen. I didn't use a ruler, I just drew them freehand. I think that the lines look a bit like an old fashion set of pyjamas.


5. Use a bow shaper to tie a bow in a piece of 7cm lilac grosgrain ribbon, and don't cut the bow off the ribbon. Stick it to the card to cover the join between the spots and the lines.


6. Now stemp your chosen sentiment on a piece of white card and stick it behind the white frame. I used ed foam pads from Stix2 to do this. I also coloured the edges of the frame with the lavender dottariffic.


7. Mount the decotated card onto lilac card and then trim it and stick it to the base card and you're finished.

You can make this card yourself with the pens and the sentiment from the fantastic set of sentiment stamps below.

Happy crafting

I think that the title of this post sounds rather like a nursery rhyme and that has made me feel far more cheerful. God knows I need cheering up with this miserable weather. I'll stop going on about it and get down to crafting now, I promise. Today's entry is another of my calligraphy pen flower cards and I've also used the dottariffics to make the border at the bottom.

What I did and used.
1. First fold a sheet of A4 card in half to make an A5 size card.
2. Then put green dots where you want the flowers to be placed and load the light pink calligraphy pen with a little of the medium pink and get to work on those flowers. It really is easy. All you need to do is small fan shapes around the dot that you placed on the card. Sometimes I made them bigger, sometimes smaller. On others I held the dark tint to the outside. It's up to you. There are no hard and fast rules.
3. Now draw in the stems in and add a few buds.
4. To make the border across the bottom of the card cut a strip of pink card with a scollop scissors of a template. Cue a strip of white card slightly thinner so that when the white is placed on top of the pink, the pink can be seen.
5. Use the thick end of the Dottariffics in pale green to draw lines on the white strip.
6. Tie a knot in some pink ribbon and tape in place behind the strip of border card, Now stick the border card to the base card.
7. Stamp out a sentiment and stick it to the base card with 3d foam pads.
use 3d foam pads to add the dragonfly.
8. Draw a dotty border around the edge of the card and hey presto your card is finished.

Hearts it is

I decided to join the challenge on Cute Card Thursday, which, this week is to design a card with a heart on it somewhere. This is my attempt.

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.

Here'e the wonderful stamp sheet that you can use for making your own versions of this card:

Happy crafting

Yvonne

Some of you may have seen me use this stamp before and it is a very pretty stamp I know so I decided that it was just the thing to use for this CPS #99 sketch today. I've also entered it for the Arty Glitz, Button It Challenge. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

If you want to make this card then you can get this super value stamp from the Postcards and Stamps sheet. You get all of these images for just £10. It can't be better.

While I'm on the subject, here are a few more cards that you can make with this set of stamps.