Sketch #378 at Sketch Saturday

It is my second week as Guest Designer at

Sketch Saturday 

The generous sponsor this week is

Simon Says Stamps and the prize is a

$25 Gift Certificate

Here is this weeks Sketch

As it is September our Jacaranda Trees

will be coming out in bloom soon here in
Australia and they

are truly a beautiful site.
For this reason I decided to base my card around them
and my favourite colour.

I cheated here because I have this lovely digi set

  from Doodle Pantry and you can find it Here

It is a pre coloured set (my favourite kind)
making my card super simple and quick to make.

As you can see I used the DP from the set
for my background and framed them in white.
My main focal image is cut from Spellbinders Squares
and backed with Lacey Squares sponged with
Memento Sweet Plum.
Background edges is also inked with the same.
Sentiment is cut with JustRite Vintage labels
Image sponged with Memento Lulu Lavender
Added some ribbon and a little bow to finish.
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So there you have it for this week. Pop over to
Sketch Saturday for the DT's take on this sketch.

I'll be back again next week for another
 Great Sketch Challenge.
See you then... 



Happy Birthday Balloons

Hosting this weeks Challenge at

Just Us Girls

is Cheryl and it is TREND  WEEK.
and she chose a popular trend at present
BALLOONS. 

   

 

I have hot air balloon stamps but there wasn't

anything I could find that I thought suitable in my stash

balloon wise and I wanted to use the birthday kind
so I put out an SOS to my crafty friends

who I knew had some dies and asked them to cut some for me.

Well I received 2 envelopes full of different shapes and sizes.

 

Of course I went straight away to play with some...

okay I used just a few but liked the big balloons

so got out an old Cuttlebug Alphabet Die Set

and added the HAPPY to them.

Pretty easy eh? and then popped them onto

some iridescent shimmery paper.

Added some string to the balloons, a few random

sequins and gemstones and the big

birthday stamp from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

heat embossed in gold to finish.

Pop over to our BLOG
and check out what our Guest Melissa
and Jugheads have made.

Thanks for dropping by
 



Another Tree for 'The House'

For the last few weeks at The House that Stamps Built

the Rock Stars have uploaded 2 techniques
 I haven't used before.

This weeks is to create a background with Painter's Tape

You can see the details Here from Deonna.

I have seen this technique before
 but never got around to trying it out.

Now's my chance.

PS I have delayed starting making that birthday card
till the week end so I can concentrate on it fully. See last post.
 

This card is again for the DCC99 - Falling for Fall challenge

 

Now apart from very inky fingers this was a breeze

and makes a cas card with great effect.

Here are the products I used -
Brown/White card stock
Masking tape using
Memento Morocco/Peanut Brittle
Tim Holtz Dried marigold
Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil over the masked strips
Repeat Impressions Tree 1610
heat embossed in Terracotta
A few strips of scrap DP on the corners
Sentiment is from Cheery Lynn.

That's it for me for now

 



Designer's Choice at 'The House'

It's time for a new challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built

and it is

Falling for Fall/Autumn

 

 

I have made a card with the gilding flakes I used 

on my card before and thought perfect for this challenge.

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Here are the products I used -

Iridescent pearl card stock

Repeat Impressions - Tree 2719

Kaisercraft Nesting Rectangles

K&Co Fall DP

Gilding Flakes - Autumn Leaves

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Sentiment is Gina K Designs

Ribbon from my stash

Kaisercraft Pearls.

 

Just a quick post today as I will be busy

over the next few days working on a

special birthday card for my BFF.

Her birthday is just a few days before mine.

If it wasn't for her I may not have found

this great craft without her.

 

Thanks for popping in for a peek.

 

 



It's All Floral at Crafty Cardmakers

This week over at Crafty Cardmakers

Julie is hosting this challenge and wants to see creations

with floral embellishments.

Details can be found Here.

 

 

I had my base card stock, background stamp,

embossing folder and die all sorted

and was going to use my favourite stamp/die set

when I realized I had used it in last week's challenge

so couldn't do that - hence I went to my

drawers with bought flowers in and started

looking through what I would use.

Well I had flowers scattered everywhere

trying this one and that one till

I finally decided on a variety of coloured,

shape and sizes of my flowers.

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I started with kraft card stock as my base

and Stampin' Up hexagon frame.

My background is inked with

Stampin' Up Woodgrain  in

Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap

The hexagon die is embossed with

Cuttlebug Textile folder and popped.

Flowers are from my stash.

The vines behind them are from Kaisercraft

as is the pearls.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

cut from JustRite Vintage Labels

and inked with SU Rich Razzleberry.

 

I am also entering this card at

My Time to Craft for their Challenge #303 Flowers.

 

Thanks for dropping in and hope you liked

what you saw.

 

Till next time Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 



Casing a Technique from 'The House'

In an earlier posting I said I had

another card in mind for the current

Colour Challenge at The House that Stamps Built

 

and here it is

 

I have cased the latest Project of the Week from
The House and it is from my very

Dear Friend Cheri Weston.

I even used the same stamp lol

Please go over and check out Her Blog 

for all the amazing work she does

which includes a Tutorial on how to make

Delft Tiles. This is her card below.

 

For my card I used the following products -

White & coloured card stock

Repeat Impressions  Stamps - Flowering Vine

& Sentiment - Beautiful Days

Embossing Folder - Couture Creations Ambrosia

Spellbinders Circles

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow

VersaColor Orange

Memento Love Letter Inks

VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad

Zing Clear Embossing Powder

PS The flowers were embossed twice

as stated in the Tutorial and it really

looks like fine china.

Stampn' Up Banner

Gemstones

Frame & Flowers were popped.

 

I really enjoyed this Technique

Thanks SS

 

Till next time

Cherrio from