Inkspirational #35

Its time for our sketch challenge at Inkspirational. And here it is the sketch we hope will inspire you to get inky:

I decided to go for a Xmas card this week. Sitting on my craft table I had some emerald coloured material that I found in my stash. It has been there for over a week as I knew I wanted to use it for Jackie's Pantone Colour Challenge but just hadn't decided what to do with it. When I saw this sketch I suddenly knew I would die cut some baubles out of this material. If you look closely you will see it is a really thin mesh material that has gold threading through it-perfect for Xmas!

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I have popped the middle bauble up on a foam pad to give dimension and used the 'oh gosh by golly, it's time for mistletoe and holly' sentiment stamp from CAS-ual Friday stamps to represent the thread to hang the baubles.

This month eclectic anthology are our sponsors and before you go don't forget to take a peek here at the fabulous projects the rest of our DT made earlier this week to inspire you.

Have fun and enjoy your weekend x

Addicted to CAS #21

Its time for our new challenge at Addicted to CAS and this week our hostess is the super talented Harriet. And her code word today is Music

Remember with this challenge we want to see Clean and Simple creations-lots of lovely white space! 

I had quite a few ideas for this code word but when I saw this card on the Fresh Squeezed Stamp Blog by Erin I was inspired to use my cassette tape stamp. I really had wanted to use this stamp as my hubby is transferring music from his old cassette tapes onto his mac so he can master them and burn off c.ds. He used to be in a band and this was the only way to tape music back then (yes we are old!!).

And here is my CAS music card:

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This was fun to make and quite simple-stamping, masking and I used an impression plate for texture and popped it up on foam pads for dimension.

I used the sketch this week at Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge

This week we are being sponsored by Paper Nest who are awarding our winner with a $25 gift voucher for their store.

I would also like to enter this into a new challenge I came across A Creative Romance. The challenge this week is CAS.

Our DT this week have come up with a fabulous bunch of CAS creations for you. Check them out here then get creating and join in the fun x

Sketch from Atlantic Heart Challenge:

Just for You

Happy Friday Eve,

Today I have a card for you that was inspired by Lori's card here at the Muse Club. I liked the layout of Lori's card and in particular the panel with the curved edges. I also wanted to make a linen coloured card for Jackie's Pantone Colour challenge (free custom design blog header to be won with Jackie's challenge)

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I found this flowered card in my stash along with these buttons and just followed Lori's layout to create this card.

And before I go I wanted to say a big thank you to the team at Casology who picked this vintage typewriter card as the winner this week. I am still doing the happy dance!

Hope you all have a great day x

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #60

Its already Wednesday and that means it is time for our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This week we are having a 'photo with a twist' challenge. Which means you can create anything you want, if you use an image from our sponsor Nicecrane Design ,or you can be inspired by this photo:

I decided to go with the photo this week and came up with this:

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I am sorry the photo is a little dark but I wanted to show the embossing on this card stock and this seemed to be the only way to capture it.

So obviously I was inspired by the lighthouse and did try to make a card using a free digi image of a lighthouse but with not much success. Then I had a light bulb moment (I know, bad pun!) and used these Fresh Squeezed Stamps to make my card. I do love how it came out!

What inspires you in this photo? Or perhaps you want to use an image from Nicecrane Designs-we have a freebie on our blog here, where you can also see the wonderful creations our DT have come up with this week.

I am looking forward to visiting your blogs, now go and get inky my friends and have fun!

I will also enter this into the 'cards without flowers' challenge at ABC challenges

One Layer Vintage

Happy Sunday my friends,

I made my card today for the One Layer Wednesday card challenge and the Pantone Colour challenge that Jackie Rockwell is running on her blog here. Jackie is offering the winner of her challenge a new custom designed blog header. As Jackie has already designed my blog header I am entering in the hope of winning this for a friend.
I was trying to make a card for the Emerald challenge but the more I look at my card the more I realise that it is more suitable for the 'Tender shoots' colour, so I am entering into that one. And will have another go at the Emerald colour!
I will also enter this into the vintage challenge at Addicted to Stamps Challenge

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I have again mixed my vintage typewriter stamp with the tech talk stamp from CAS-ual Friday Stamps. I love the mix of old and new. And as this is one layer perfect for popping in the post!

Enjoy the rest of your day x

Muse #31 and Colouring Flowers!

Today my card was inspired by Marion's at the Muse Club. I loved how Marion had used masking and stamping to create the floral image and used these ideas to create my own interpretation of this:

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I have coloured the middle flower using copics. I have tried to blend the colours as instructed and encouraged by my blogging friend Nonni. I am slowly getting a bit better with this technique but lots of practice needed! I really wanted this flower to stand out so I raised it on foam pads to give it dimension. The background flowers have just been masked and stamped off to give the faded look. 

And here is Marion's card that inspired me to get colouring!

Inkspirational #34

Its time for my Weekend Warrior post at Inkspirational and this week we have this wonderfully romantic card by Marina for you to CASE.

I was inspired by the bold lettering and was going to go for a Love theme but as I started create another idea came into my head......I would make a card that I could use as a love card or for a number of other reasons-congratulations, Happy Anniversary etc. 

I did this by combining my Tech Talk CAS-ual Friday Stamps with a sentiment and heart from a Fresh Squeezed Stamp set. 

I stamped the heart directly onto the card base then stamped another one and covered it with glossy accents, fussy cut it and mounted it on a foam pad to give dimension.

This month Eclectic Anthology are our sponsors.

Before you get inky don't forget to take a look here at the fabulous projects our DT have come up with.

I am also going to enter this into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments-anything but a Birthday card

Happy Campers Crafts Collective-use a stamp

Have fun x