Comfort and Joy in Gingerbread

A lovely sketch from Inspiration Sketches this week which I have used the new digital scrapbooking kit (yet to be released!) from Alison Sloan called Comfort and Joy.

All the papers are from the kit and I've added some real burgundy organza ribbon and a chipboard sticker topper that I bought last year and never got round to using (possibly because I bought many!)

The papers are very rich in colour and have a traditional but contemporary twist to them. I've only used a small selection of the papers here - there are loads to go at, plus digital elements too!

Thank you to Alison for asking me to 'play'!

• All papers: Comfort and Joy from Alison Sloan
• Dies: Nestabilities
• Everything else: My stash
  

Christmas with a Twist!

A great simple sketch this week on Inspirational Card Sketches - I do like them uncluttered!!

And I've made this contemporary Christmas card! I've used papers from Funky Hand - Dreams Come True which are not actually Christmas papers but I think the blues work so well with the black!

I've added some organza ribbon from my stash along with a silver snowflake with added seed beads in the centre. I've also added individual seed beads in the top corner, for 'closure'!

A bit of corner rounding, inking and doodling and the card is complete!

• All papers: Dreams Come True from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

Back On Your Feet

This is the sketch from Inspirational Sketches this week which I've combined with an image that I bought from CraftsUPrint a while ago.

The digital image, drawn by Lee Jacobs has been coloured with Promarkers and I've simply used bits from my card box to make up all the layers. I've not got a clue where the patterned paper has come from, but have a feeling that it was part of a paper pack download from a crafting magazine.

I've added faux stitching around most edges and added card candy to keep with the sketch. Sentiment has been computer generated.

• Backing papers: From my stash
  
• Image: By Lee Jacobs, bought from here, coloured with Promarkers
  
• Sentiment: Computer generated
  
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  

Law and Order

A wonderful little sketch over on Inspirational Sketches caught my eye:


And I had the perfect image for it! The digi image was bought from CraftsUPrint and is drawn by Lee Jacobs. Coloured with Promarkers and a little bit of white gel pen for highlights. All the card is from my stash with card candy from Craftwork Cards.

And before I forget - don't you forget to tune into Create and Craft on Monday 5 July at 10am - Sky channel 671 as you will see the very new Funky Hand cd Colour Me Happy released! Hopefully you'll get to see some of the samples I made - and if you know me, you'll be able to spot mine!! Big clue - none of mine are actually cards!!!

• Digital image: Lee Jacobs, bought from here, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: All from my stash
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  

Football Dino!

Now this was a really quick card to make! Probably because I'd already coloured the image a few weeks ago when it was to be part of something else, and then wasn't. So I think it took about 20 mins to make in total!

The Inspirational Card Sketches challenge this week is this delightfully simple sketch:
So I used a really thin and naff card blank, but made it better by using two, cutting one smaller and layering it on the top. It works, and I have an instant border too! The backing papers are from Funky Daze (oh how I love these papers!!) and I just trimmed around the dino leaving some bits sticking out then layered him onto the backing paper.

All edges have been lightly inked with blue and green with three card candy's added. The sentiment is stamped and is Anita's.

The Dino is from Dustin Pike and I've coloured him with felt tips (the bargain ones from Tesco's!) and added some white gel pen for highlights.

And the card is for a friend of mine (we met when we were heavily pregnant at a very relaxed and funny anti-natal class and we were both expecting our first bundle of joys within 2 weeks of each other) who's eldest is 6 soon. See how organised I am becoming!! It won't last, I can tell you!

• Backing papers: Funky Daze
• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with felt tips and white gel highlighter pen
• Card candy: Craftwork cards
  
  

Golden Wedding Anniversary

The Inspirational Sketches challenge this week is this sketch:



I was asked to make a special Golden Wedding Anniversary card and decided to use the sketch (basically I was struggling what to do!) So two Anniversary cards in a week can't be bad!

The backing paper is Papermania 6 x 6 Simply Elegant which I have slightly trimmed down to size, rounded the corners and lightly inked. The two ribbons are from my stash (one was already handily tied!)
The numbers have been cut from gold card and then gone through the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder and added onto two nestie cut shapes. The wording on the lighter brown nestie shape has been cut with my Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet set and the little heart is from my stash.

I made the two wire and bead hearts and purposely kept them a little random and not too heart shaped.

• Backing papers: Papermania - 6 x 6 Simply Elegant
• Dies: Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet set, D'Vine Swirls embossing folder and Spellbinders Nestabilities
• Ribbon: From my stash
• Beads & Wire: From my stash
  
  
  

Top Blokes

Inspirational Sketches is a new challenge blog for me - I actually found it before I went on holiday but didn't have the time before to enter but have managed it now! This week is the following sketch:

Which I have flipped round to create two gardening themed Fathers Day cards as I've had two requests from Nursery for them. Both cards use a George at Work download from Charmed Cards and Crafts and all the papers are from Funky Daze - the Son Day collection.

I've inked all the edges with chestnut Whispers ink and the image I've chalked the whiteness of the card to take the starkness of it away. And the stamped sentiment is from the Clare Curd Stamping For Him collection.

Quite simple and quick to make and they went down a storm at Nursery! I really enjoyed this sketch - nice and simple but effective!

• Backing papers: Son Day collection from Funky Daze cd
• Images: George at Work download from Charmed Cards and Crafts
• Sentiment: Stamping for Him collection by Clare Curd