I've used two Christmas tree decorations too, which, yes you've guessed, I bought in the sales! The bottom one came in as part of a pack of 8 - 2 of each colour in equally vibrant pink, green and yellow from Sainsbury's. The top star with gem was from Matalan. And I am now quite sparkly myself!
I think I'll be using this sketch again as I'm now in the mood for more Christmas cards! It won't last long, so don't worry!
The flowers have been cut using a Cuttlebug die and I've added buttons and string for detail.
The lid on the exploding box is a rather snug fit as I forgot to allow enough overhang!! But aren't the colours lovely?!
I've punched the two red hearts, glued the bunting and hearts to the string and then added some brads. You may think it is very similar to a card I showed earlier in the week - well, that one came first and this one second!
I have a feeling that I'll be making more of these rockets as they are great and easy to make too!
I decided to go with random pointy bits at the bottom of the card rather than scallops as its more manly! The sentiment stamp is from Our Betty - Your Special Day stamp set, again from Funky Hand. Brads are from my stash. A bit of inking and edge doodling and its all complete!
The image is Harold Hammock and I've added my own computer generated sentiment. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and is great for those male cards or to send as a get well soon card too!
And I like pottery too! From Little Wren Pottery
Hehe - and this one just made me smile! Buy from CraftyGina
See you next week (hopefully at the usual time of 9am!)
The ribbon is from my stash and is a perfect match! I actually printed the image twice and the coloured one in lilac but ran out of time to make that card, so it will be ready for another one in the future and I'll feel really organised - much more than I'm feeling right now!!!
I've doodled a fine line and a running line around the edge of the card, plus a little inking and running line on the banners too. The sentiment is from the Our Betty - Special Day stamp set and I'm always a little nervous about stamping directly onto a card, but these stamps are perfect every time!
I've used the two largest Nesties from the set to create the shapes - the image is raised up on foam pads and the ribbon sits neatly underneath. Edges have been inked and I've dotted a border with a blue gel pen on the bottom shape.
I've used off-cuts of card that have been embossed with the Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls folder as the background, and the red layered card is from my stash, along with the red organza ribbon.
With it being such a lovely image (and quite big too!) I didn't want it to look lost on the card and for it to be the main focal point.
To enter the challenge you need to follow the theme, make something masculine and get your entry in by 25 January. Good luck!
The backing paper is from Candy Doodles from Polkadoodles with the organza ribbon and charm from my stash. This is such a cute image and I have a feeling that I will be using it a lot more as it is a dream to colour! Thank you Pattie!
This is one of a pair of earrings from BlueForrestJewellery
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I've used my trusty Studio G mini wooden alphabet stamps for the wording, Nesties for the layered shapes. And a confession. I didn't leave enough space for a spine to the card and ended up cutting two shapes. Hence the eyelets and black ribbon tie!
They stamp beautifully each time and are a dream to colour - I've used Promarkers plus liquid pearls on her dress. Papers are from Funky Daze (Son Day collection) and I've used two Nesties to cut the shapes. Ribbon is from my stash. The stamps in each set are interchangeable and can be used to either build up a scene or individually and all work well both ways.
The organza ribbon is from my stash and was just long enough for the bow!
The stipulation for each challenge is to follow the theme and to use Bearly Mine digital papers. Which is not difficult with a great range of freebies to download! And I've used two of them! The card blank is the other part of this card which looks a bit purple in this photo although in real life it is more pink.
I've rounded the corners of the papers and inked them. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and is from Soft Pencil and I've used a set of Nesties to cut and layer the image. The chocolate brown pearlescent card is left over from some Wedding stationery I made in 2009 (see - I just don't throw things away!)
And the colour theme is Red, White and Blue
The ribbon is from my stash and as luck would have it, a perfect match! I've layered the image onto random bits of card also from my stash (the box level is slowly going down!)
I've used a great image from Dude Time Doodles - Larry Lane, who has been coloured with Promarkers. The three little bowling pins I've had for ages; I'm a bit of a hoarder and don't like to throw anything away as it could come in useful one day! These are from a cracker and I knew they would be perfect for a bowling card one day!
The papers are from Funky Hand - Girls and Boys and again I'm using up my scraps! A bit of inking and faux stitching and the card is complete! You'll have to excuse the bit of glue that you can see under one of the pins - Jacob was much aggrieved that I'd used them and moved it!
To enter Day One challenge create a card with a bug and go to Enfys' blog to link up your card - the challenge closes on Saturday 22 January at 12noon GMT.
I've used my Nesties to cut the shapes - the largest one for the bottom half shape and then the smallest two to layer the embellishments on. The little sparkly gifts and snowflakes are from three packs of Christmas embellishments for 29p each from Hobbycraft - I've simply changed the colour of the gem in the centre of the green themed cards to a green gem and then added a gem to the top of each of the gifts.
The turquoise ribbon is Tempting Turquoise from Stampin Up and the green I think is Dovecraft and it was in my stash.
But if your neck gets cold, try this neck warmers from TheOwlandtheFireFly
The flowers, bling, button and pearl heart are all from my stash. And I've just realised I've not added a sentiment. Ah well!
The punch is a Martha Stewart one and I've used the off-cut from making the card blank (trying to cut down on waste - not that I throw much away anyway!) The ribbon, found in my ribbon bag was just about the right length hence why it is not tied!
There is also a pink version but I've gone for the lime green A5 pre-coloured version (sizes are A6, A5 and A4 in black and white for you to colour or paper piece yourself or pre-coloured versions). The ribbon bow at the top actually closes my cupcake so the concertina fold is at the base of the cupcake.
