Retro Play Dates!

mmm retro play dates....what do you think would involve-dressing up in 'bell bottom' jeans, listening to rockabilly music and eating loveheart sweets??? Not too sure really-what do you think a retro play date would be like-only clean answers will be accepted!!

My card today is not retro in anyway but was inspired by the sketch this week on Retro Sketches. I do like their sketches although I think this week has to be the one I have liked best. Here it is:

 

When I saw this I knew what I wanted to do but the challenge came when I decided to use the colour combo of cotton candy, ruby, cirtus and dusk from The Play Date. All o.k except the dusk but eventually I found a dusk button in my stash.

I stamped the pink flowers and cut them out then raised them with foam pads to give the card some dimension. If you look really closely you will see I have used my linen impression plate AGAIN. I must pull myself away from this but when you love something you just do.......at least it is not cream cakes, whiskey or cigars. Although I might be addicted to them and you will never know as we live in the 'virtual' world of blogging!!

Off to watch Murray at Wimbeldon now and just maybe I may pour a whiskey, light up a cigar and munch on a cream cake......or will I????

stamps: PTI 'garden of life', Paper smooches 'sentiment sampler'
ink: memento dandelion, tuxedo black and whispers grand cranberry
gems and button from stash
Linen impression plate PTI

Lost balls!

Now be honest, have you ever walked into a room and then can't remember what you came in for??? Yep, happens to me often and as I get older I think it is happening more and more!!

Well imagine if you were a golfer and the older you got the harder is was to remember where you left your balls. And a man with no balls is not much good (is he girlies??).

My card today is for a man fast approaching his 80th Birthday and I am not sure if he really does forget where his balls are when playing around (bad pun I know!) but thought this card would make him giggle.

I used the sketch from this weeks challenge on Fetch A Sketch. I will be entering into the Cards for Men 'sports with a sentiment' challenge and the Cutie Pie 'one for the boys' challlenge.

I got to use the retro papers from 'stampin' up and the image is a digi from Bugaboo Stamps. I used my promakers to colour the image although not sure that lilac coloured flags are ever seen on a golf course??

I have just finished my first week of posting everyday and hope it has not been too much for you. I was only able to do this as I had a few bursts of creativity......I didn't craft everyday unfortunately just scheduled posts as the week went along. Still I feel like I have achieved something and deserve a Friday night G and T.

Have a good weekend x

U Rock!

Happy Thursday, or Friday-Eve as it seems to be called in blogging land!

Just popping in with a quick card today. I made this card after seeing this photo on Jay Gees Nook




What stood out for me was the grey brick work and the chevron detail of the framed photo, both seen in the main picture. Plus I do love this combo of colours which is very close to Colourq's challenge. I have stuck to Colourq's actual challenge colours and designed my card with Jay Gees picture in mind.

I decided to have a go at stamping the chevrons and stars across the card and centre paper then lifting the centre card on foam pads. It was a bit tricky to get it all lined up but I think I almost managed it.....a bit wonky in a few places and I assure you I was only drinking peppermint tea, no Gin at this time!!

Have a rocking day x

Used in my card:
PTI chevron stamps
Papersmooches sentiment sampler stamps
Craft Meow's retro foundation stamps
Memento inks-dandelion, london fog, bahama blue
Whispers ink-grand cranberry
Ribbon stash

Runway Shoes!

Here is Runway Inspired challenge photo for this fortnight:

When I saw this photo I fell in love with the shoes and the mix of colours. When I was thinking of a card inspired by this photo I wanted to use my gorgeous shoe stamps but everything I tried I didn't like. So I went back to the DT cards and saw how they had all gone for the colour blocking and how striking it looked. I particularly liked Angeline Yong's card here. I was inspired by her card and came up with my version here:

I have used a PTI impression plate on the main card stock (the back of the linen plate) and actually used the linen plate on the blocks of card........I think these impression plates are becoming a bit of an obsession (I had admired cards made using them for ages and now I have my own I can't stop using them!).
The sentiment is from Paper Smooches

Enjoy your day x

Retro Birthday!

Last week the sketch challenge on Retro Sketches out challenged me! I wish I had managed it, however this week the sketch easier for me to tackle. Here is the sketch:



I had a 70th Birthday card to do for a guy so decided to use my new 'retro designer series paper' from Stampin' Up. I love the retro look of this paper and it is so perfect for a guy and a retro challenge!!

I have mixed and matched a number of stamps to construct the sentiment-the 'alphadot' and 'sentiment sampler' from paper smooches and the license plate set from 'stampology'.

This card is for overseas so needed to be pretty flat so I have just slightly raised the 70 on foam pads...well when you get to 70 you deserve to show off!!

Please note...........it is not a CAS card!! I went against my natural desire to make all things CAS. I had a lot of fun mixing papers, stamps and inks.......but boy, does it take some time!! Still I am pleased with how it comes out and love the retro look!!

Have a fun and happy day x

Cas-ual Pink Diva!

At the end of last week I spent some time blog surfing to get new ideas and inspiration. I had a lot of fun and was amazed at how many super creative people there are out there and how much passion there is to share our love of all things crafty.
Whilst surfing away I came across a card I loved on A Passion for Papertrey. The cards was by one very talented crafter Cara. You can check out her blog and her card here. The card I loved was her second flower card and I decided I would 'case' this card for the 'pretty in pink' challenge set by Cas-ual Fridays.
I am a 'purple loving' girl but for many years I was an 'all things pink' girl. So I do love a pink challenge! I also wanted to enter a new challenge for me on Divas Design, here they challenged us 'to die for' (use a die cut). I just had to link pink and diva.........and why not!!

To start I die cut the bold pink flower then used a mix of 'the garden of life' stamps from PTI to make the flowers in different shades of pink. The centre one I have cut out and layered onto the die cut-this has 'angel pink' memento ink in the centre. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches. I used the PTI linen impression plate although it seems my photo has not shown this! And to finish a few different shades of pink gems.......and you have a 'pink diva' card.........I already know which one of my diva friends is getting this!!

Celebrate in Style!

Yesterday was a very 'inky' Saturday for me. I spent the afternoon crafting away. And today I am here to share one of my cards. A very CAS design but I have to say I do love how it turned out.
I wanted to do a card for the 'black, white and a splash of blue' challenge over on The Play Date Cafe.  I loved the blue used in their inspiration picture below and wanted to see if I could get something close to this-my memento 'bahama blue' ink works pretty, see what you think??

I will also enter this into the Ruby's Rainbow's 'black, white and one other colour' challenge.

I have used PTI's linen impression plate but my photo doesn't seem to show this. I used this sentiment as I wanted it to reflect the elegant feel of the card.
I can see this being a nice and easy card to replicate for other occasions when you need to make a card at the last minute.
The stamps are all from PTI's 'big and bold wishes'

Not sure today will be so 'inky' as hubby is contaminating our crafting space with work.....he has a deadline and has to work at home and unfortunately has to do this in our little creative space......the work vibes give me 'crafter's block'!!

Guess I will go to my allotment and see if my beets are ready to harvest!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend x