Simple and Cute!

I've missed so many of the Lili of the Valley challenges, mainly due to lack of time! But I'd been sent some of the lovely die cut images by Enfys some time ago and I liked the look of the current sketch challenge, so I went for it!


And made two cards! It seemed a shame not to make both a girl and a boy card! The images are Lili of the Valley and are just so sweet! For both cards I've used similar elements - for the girl card I've used papers from Tinker and Co - Shabby Quilt along with a Martha Stewart punch which I've threaded the ribbon through via another punch I had plus ribbon and seed beads from my stash. The brad was also sent to me by Enfys an age ago!

The matching boy card again uses papers from Tinker and Co but this time Spring Fresh along with a Fiskars border punch, ribbon from Stampin' Up (Tempting Turquoise) and again seed beads and brads from my stash. The large sentiment brad is from Enfys too!

So there you go! Two pretty quick and simple cards to add to the baby box!

• Images: Lili of the Valley
• Papers: Tinker & Co Shabby Quilt and Spring Fresh kits
• Punches: Martha Stewart, Fiskars and one of mine
• Boy ribbon: Stampin' Up - Tempting Turquoise
• Everything else: My stash
  

Birthday Princess

The sketch for Our Creative Corner is this one:


I've used a digital image from Gordon Fraser which I bought from here - there are two other fairies on the digi sheet so watch out for those in future posts! I've coloured the fairy with Promarkers and added a bit of sparkle to her wings. The sentiment is also from the same digi sheet.

I've lightly inked the white part of the circle and also all the edges on the card and papers. All the papers are from Patti Picklicious cd from Kirsty Wiseman. The red card is from my stash and the punched ribbon slider is I think Fiskars and was sent to me from Kath ages ago. The red grosgrain ribbon is from my stash. I've used a Martha Stewart punch for the scallop edge.

The fairies are a joy to colour and really seem to be full of energy! Plus its about time I made some girlie cards - as I keep being drawn to making boys cards for some strange reason!!

• Backing papers: Patti Picklicious cd by Kirsty Wiseman
  
• Image: Gordon Fraser digi image from CraftsUPrint, coloured with Promarkers and a little sparkle
  
• Punches: Fiskars for the ribbon punch, and Martha Stewart for the scalloped edge
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Another Dinosaur!

I do like Dustin Pike's dinosaurs and this challenge was no exception! The Dare U 2 Digi Stamp challenge is to use a digi image and also:

Punched Shapes or Die Cuts

The image is Dustin Pike coloured with watercolour pencils and I've chalked the background to make it less white. The yellow and orange papers are from It's Funky Too - the orange paper and the green have been textured with a Fiskars texture plate (frantic minutes rubbing the image on!) and then I've pulled an ink pad across the top so that the stones stand out more.



The sentiment was a freebie Papermania stamp set from a magazine a while ago and I've also inked this to tone it down a little. The die cuts are the bones from a Sizzlit dog set. And although I know that this dinosaur is a herbivore, well, I didn't have any die cuts or punches of leaves, so I've had to go with the bones. Just pretend you don't know that!

• Backing papers: Printed - It's Funky Too, dark green card from my stash
• Image: Dustin Pike coloured with watercolour pencils
• Sentiment: Papermania sentiment set
• Dies: Sizzlit bones from the dog set

New House

Another new challenge site for me - again found whilst looking at fellow Polkadoodle DT mate Saskia's blog (it's all your fault!) and I came across CRAFT challenges!

This week the brief is to:

make an unusual shaped card - no squares or rectangles allowed!

I was asked to make a new home card for a work colleague as her son and girlfriend have just moved house (he loves windsurfing, hence the board and strange shorts) and I was given a sketch of what their flat looked like - they are actually on the top floor and that's why I've only done three windows - it symbolises their floor.....!

I've used a template from Craftwork cards, and have used Fiskars embossing boards for the roof and bricks on the house, chalked and inked them and then added the windows over the top. The window frames have been cut with a concentric rough square Cuttlebug die with vellum added for the glass.

The little people are Sizzix die cuts and I've adapted some of the shapes so they would fit with the theme. The surfboard is my own template.

The sentiment has been attached with wire.

• Dies: Sizzix
• Embossing: Fiskars embossing boards
• House Template: Craftwork cards
• Ribbon: From my stash
  
  

Tilda & Co Challenge 32 - Cold as Ice

I think I must be doing something right at the moment because cards are not taking me that long to make - everything is just falling into place!

The Tilda & Co Challenge 32 is

Cold as ice...
The sun is now drifting away very fast and soon it will be as cold as ice....
Using the colours Blue & white Only . Show us how cold your projects can feel this week.

The backing paper is from the beautiful Deep Blue collection from Vicki's blog and I printed it off so it would fit the cardstock perfectly. The pale blue snowflake backing card is a download from Mad About Cards (I think a freebie too) and is one I printed off last year with such good intentions and never used it! Tilda (from Jozza) has been coloured with watercolour paints and I've added a bit of silver glitter sparkle to her wings and shoes.

The snowflake is cut with my Sizzix die and from vellum with added white fibres around the points and a square blue blingy gem to hide the 3d foam pads underneath! The sentiment I found so I don't know where it came from and the ribbon threading overlay was sent to me by my fellow Funky Hand DT mate Kath. Blue grosgrain ribbon from my stash.

Tilda actually has a bit of a blue shiner - I was over zealous in daubing a bit of colour on her cheeks and must have had blue paint on my finger too! Ah well, its in keeping with the blue theme!

• Backing paper: Deep Blue collection from Vicki's Blog and download from Mad About Cards
• Image: Water coloured Tilda
• Ribbon & fibres: Both from my stash (and previously Blackburn market)
• Embellishments: Sizzix snowflake cut from transparent vellum