WOYWW 27 June 2010

This week I don't have a picture of my desk (it was too much of a mess) for Whats On You Work Desk Wednesday... but I do have a picture of a card that I finished last night.

A friend & his partner have their 1st Anniversary this weekend & I decided that I wanted to make a card.

As I could not be bothered to clear up my work desk to take the photo I put the card on the chair at the Computer Desk & took the photo there LOL - anything for an easy life :)

Created using a Little Claire Designs digital stamp (coloured with my ProMarkers), some left over ribbon & patterned paper. 

In addition I am also submitting this card into the following Challenges:

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Ribbon & Bows


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Flower Power

Don't you just love it when you sit down and an idea just pops into your head and before you know it you have a finished card!!!!!

Well this happened this afternoon... I took a quick look at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog to remind myself of this weeks challenge.

This weeks challenge: FLOWER POWER!  So we want to see your projects with lots of flowers on please, It doesn't have to be a card, scrapbook pages, altered items etc are all welcome so long as you've stamped something!

So I sat at my desk and opened my folder of stamped & coloured images to see what I could find.  This image from Little Claires jumped out at me, I then used the colours of the flowers (coloured with my ProMarkers) as the basis for the rest of the card.

As the colours I was using were strong I decided to use a plain cream coloured card & as the image & flowers looked lost I added a 'doodle' border.

I really do like this card & I think that it might just keep this one in my box LOL

Anything but Square

This week I have tried something that I have never done before... I created a card that did not use a card blank or a single piece of card folded in half!!!

I managed to create a card that was Anything But Square.  The good news was that it was easy and I like it so much I think I will be doing it again.

The question is why did I create a different shaped card, well over on the 'Sweet Stampin' Challenge' blog the challenge for this week was this...

This week we want to see your anything but square cards.  You can go rectangle of course but we'd really love to see you being a little more adventurous!!  Some of the team made circle cards for the first time so why not experiment, if we can do it so can you!

Over the weekend I had spent some time colouring in a pile of images using my ProMarkers and this card featured one of those images (the Pirate was from the 'DigiStamp Boutique').  I cut the image out using one of my Labels dies and decided to use the largest size to create the card. 

I used a green cardstock & cut 2 shapes, then used my Hougie board to score about 1/2 cm from one edge and placed the 2 pieces together (coloured side out) with double sided tape along the folded section.

I then used my Moss Green distress ink to give the edges a bit of colour before mounting the Pirate on the front.

All in all a very simple card, but I think it does look good!

More Than 1 Ribbon

While I had the ribbon out for the 'Charming' challenge over at the Less is More Blog, I got to thinking about the Sweet Stampin' Challenge for this week.

So on to our new challenge: Use more than 1 ribbon, so as long as you've at least 2 ribbons on your card, you're in! 

 After a search for an image I wanted to use I put together this card...

The stamped image was from a set of stamps on a magazine cover.  This time I decided to use my Watercolour Pencils to add some colour to the image. This card was then finished with 2 different ribbons (with a blue theme to match the quilt) and a scrap of brown cardstock.

Easter Card

Over on the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog this weeks topic is either Easter or Spring. 

A couple of months ago there was a stamp with the 'Lets Make Cards' magazine which I wanted to use, but just had not got around to doing anything with.

So I inked it up and got to work.

To colour the image I used a selection of Brilliance inks (with a bit of water) and this has given the flowers a slight shine.

Hedgehog Love

I'm not sure how I managed it, but I have created 1 card that fits 3 challenges.  I don't think I have done that before (I occasionally manage 1 card for 2 challenges!).

Ok, I chose the image of the two hedgehogs for the Sweet Stampin' Challenge ("Something Nature related with some Bugs, Bees or Ladybirds on your creation") as it included a snail - which I hope will count as a 'bug'.

I then realised that it would also fit the Little Claire Design Challenge for this month (Romance) after all what can be more romantic than 2 hedgehogs in love????  To top it of the image is a digital version of a Little Claire Designs stamp :-)

To complete my hat-trick I decided that I could use the Sketch from the I Love ProMarkers challenge to mount the image (coloured in using my trusty ProMarkers, of course).

An A5 card created using Pearlescent Card finished on with a couple bits of Candi

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Little Boy with his Balloon

I created this card to meet of 2 challenges.

Don't Scrap It - Less is More
It's a Man Thing - Sweet Stampin' Challenge

I have used a part sheet of blue Cardstock and found a odd cut of white to stamp this image on to (I think the image was free with a magazine at some point in time). The image was then coloured using my ProMarkers & cut out using an oval die.

The Brown card stock is also a left over piece.  As for the 'Baker's Twine, it was also an off cut.

Seeing Stripes

Once again I have been able to create 1 Card for 2 challenges - this does not happen very often, so I am pleased when it does.

This card was created with plain white card stock, I used a stamp to create the Zebra Striped Boarder on the right and then a stamp featuring Zebra along the bottom. A green ProMarker was used to give the grass a bit of colour.

The 2 challenges are:

Less is More - One Layer Card with Stripes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Clean And Simple (CAS)

I Love You

I coloured the image used in this card a while ago (it was free with a magazine) & decided that I would use it for 2 challenges this week. 

The colours have not come out very well in the picture, both fish are shades of pink/gray & the 3 hearts are blood red.  I also found some 'beads' with the letters & heart symbol to create the sentiment.

This card is for the following Challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - The One I Love
I Love ProMarkers - Love is in The Air

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Animal

Over on the 'Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog' the topic for this week is Animals.

Here is my entry for the challenge this week, I used a stamp which was free with a magazine a while ago, along with a Little Claire Designs sentiment.  The background paper is from Do Crafts.

This is quite a simple card and in some ways I found it difficult to create (especially where to place the zebra & sentiment), but I felt that the colours went together really well.

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White on White

I have created this card for the Sweet Stampin' Challenge this week, which is...

White on White

"All card stock & paper used should be white, but your image can be coloured any way you wish. Embellishments should also be mainly white.  See, we're not too strict as long as the overall card is mainly white, we're happy!  We just want you to enjoy creating."

This is the first time I have attempted a White on White card, and I must say that I am pleased with the card that I created.  This card also features one of the Lili of the Valley stamps that I brought a couple of weeks ago.

As many of you will know my shading skills with my ProMarkers are not very advanced, but I have been able to achieve a look that I am pleased with :-)

Ok so enough typing, here is the card:

Well, what else can I say, the embossing folder was a free one with a magazine (using the same 300gsm card used to create the card), the flowers are from Papermania & I have used White Candie for the centres (you can't see it in the photo, but the Candie has a slight glitter finish).

I am also submitting this card in the I Love ProMarkers Challenge this week "Anything Goes".

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All That Glitters

The topic over on the Sweet Stampin' Challenge is:

All that Glitters - The theme this week is "glitter, bling, shine, sparkle"...get the idea?? You can make anything you like as long as it fits the theme and has something that has been stamped.

For this challenge I have created my first Triangle Card (as seen in the 'Lets Make Cards' magazines) & I must say that I was pleased with the way it looks. 

I have added a stamp from Little Musings (coloured with my trusty ProMarkers). I also used some ribbon out of my stash & some split pearls.  As for the Glitter, well the photo does not show it very well... I have glitter on her wings & the flowers in her hair.  In addition the ribbon has a glitter edge to it as well.
Happy Stamping :)

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Spots & Dots

While on a recent Blog Hop, I came across the 'Sweet Stampin' Challenge' Blog and decided to join in.

This week the topic is: SPOTS & DOTS

The image is a Little Claire Designs digi stamp coloured with ProMarkers.  The ribbon & card stock came from a 'Lets Make Cards' magazine.