A card from me today for the colour Inkspiration challenge over on Facebook - #C134 which gave us this image as inspiration and the choice of colours. Addicted to Stamps has a Clean and Simple challenge so I'm adding this into their challenge also.
I'm also adding this into the Allsorts Challenge who are asking for Insects, Bugs, Bees and Butterflies. Bees and Butteflies are about the only insects/bugs I can do lol! I was lucky enough to win one of the Allsorts Challenge a few weeks ago and my prize was a fabulous voucher for Stamp Addicts. I received some lovely stamps which I've yet to ink up but they will be being shown soon.
My Pool Party ink is very dry - quite a few of the new colours I got last year went dry really quickly and yet I have SU inks over 10 years old that are still in good condition. Sometimes different isn't better!
I've used grey cardstock for my background and a piece of DSP from the Coffee Suite as the backing paper as it has that gorgeous pool party colour. I've used Kinda Eclectic stamp set and the sentiment from Beautiful You. The butterflies were simply inked in the three colours and punched out with a retired butterfly punch A touch of the gorgeous pool party satin ribbon finishes off the card.
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33 years ago in September hubby and I said I do - and we still do! The challenge over at Inspired By is
and it inspired me to do another scrapbook page. I happened to be going through some old photos on the computer and this one popped up - I'd obviously scanned it in sometime earlier as, when we were married, there was no such thing as digital photography.
I've used some more Kaisercraft papers for this layout - I think I may need to go and search out some new papers - this was from a Kit from Charmed Crafts and Cards an online shop Ive found and this was their monthly kit back in January and luckily they still had some left. I've added a couple of sentiment stamps from Stampin Up and the flowers and butterflies are SU thinlets and punches.
It's always a good idea when a partner has a hobby also -my hubby's is fly fishing and, probably in the grand scheme of things - it's probably more expensive than my crafting hobby. So when he can go off for the day on a Bank Holiday weekend fishing I can order yummy crafting goodies to assuage his guilt lol!
In honour of his love of fishing I decided he needed a page of his own - I was inspired by Rochelle Spears and her layout and challenge
I've used some of the lovely Kaisercraft papers again - this one is Memory Lane and some Stampin Up additions from Jar of Love stamp set and matching framelits. There is also the little chair and drink from the SU Seasonal Thinlets set. The little envelope in the top left hand corner hides my tag of journalling. I do like my pages to tell a story rather than just be pictures.
And as hubby is off fishing again today - I'm on to my next layout !!!
I adore mosaics - I have a mosaic table in my garden and have often fancied actually doing my own with the tiles but I've never got round to it. My son is an archaeologist and I always nag him to see if he's discovered a roman mosaic on his travels - but sadly not yet. I used to volunteer at our local Iron Age Museum and there is a fabulous mosaic that was discovered not far from where I live depicting Mars the Roman god of war - it was discovered on the floor of a house about 5 miles away from where I live - it is over 2,000 years old. An amazing piece of art and can't you just imagine ancient peoples sitting there patiently putting each piece in place.
The challenge over at As You See It is Mosaics. My mosaic card is no-where near as detailed or fiddly. I've used SU's Birthday Blooms which has been coloured in with Watercolour Pencils layered onto a black and grey background.
Seven years ago we rescued a very scared little English Springer Spaniel - then aged 18 months. He was to be a companion dog for our Welsh Springer Tegan- she was only two but we had just lost our old girl and our pup did not like other pups so we thought an older rescue dog might be better. And as a mixed English/Welsh household we knew the two countries could live happily side by side lol! And so it proved to be - they have been the best of friends and never a cross word between them. He is a gentle soul and although manic in true Springer style he has come on in leaps and bounds - quite literally. When we first got him he hated water now we can't keep him out of rivers. He loves to play and although he still has issues such as loud noises, bangs, anything that looks like a stick which make him run a mile he's a great dog. That's the trouble with rescues - you don't know their history and they can't tell you why they are fearful.
So in recognition of Bracken I've done a page layout for him following the sketch at Stick It Down.
I've kept the colours monochrome as much as possible in keeping with his own colour of brown and white. I've used some of the gorgeous papers from Kaisercraft from their Lake House collection. The scrabble words are from an old set I found in my cupboard as are the chipboard words. It's amazing what you can find back there!
The dots and the hearts have been inked in old SU Going Gray Ink and stamps from Painter's Palette and Jar of Love.
My card today is for the above challenge Cards In Envy who asked us to choose a favourite sketch - I must admit I'm kind of new to the whole sketch idea - apart from the challenges that ask for them I rarely look at sketches to follow! Seems I've been missing a trick as I've now found them for scrapbooking layouts also All those hours scratching my head trying to think of something and all I needed to do was go on Pinterest - in the words of the immortal Homer Simpson - Doh!
I found this sketch which actually fitted the card I had just done - I think I've really done that the wrong way round but hey - it worked!
I've used a lovely new set for me from Penny Black with some really lovely flowers stamps on it - my stash was actually short of flowers and I just couldn't find exactly what I was looking for until I saw this set. I think it was called Enjoy. I used the little daisy stamp and used some SU marker pens to colour it in - the background was sponged in Pear Pizzazz and the outer layer of the oval sponged in Tangerine Tango - with its matching ribbon - this is the last of this bit of ribbon I have and I'm gong to miss it. The flower was one I had in my stash and I inked it in the same Tangerine Tango and added a brad - #bringbradsback!
Just as we thought spring was on its way in the UK we got hit with winter and lots of snow. I chose this theme and my photos of my son, hubby and the dogs as we enjoyed the snow. As you can see the dogs had a fabulous time.
My layout was inspired by the Let's Get Sketchy challenge blog and their sketch
My background paper was one that I had in my stash - I've added some DSP from Stampin Up and some stamps from Project Life Remember This. The snowflakes have been cut out with the Seasonal Thinlets.
Look at these gorgeous colours we got to play with over at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week
My card uses Marina Mist for the background and for the dots from Painter's Palette. I've also used the ink stamp from the same set but I've stamped it off in the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive just to give it a softer background look. The feathers have been inked in the same colours and cut out. The ribbons are Old Olive Mini Chevron and Rich Razzleberry Stitched Edge layered on top of each other. A few little glitter dots finish off the card.
Do check out what my fellow Design Team members have done this week and join in with us - we love to see your creations.
One layer cards can be tricky - but necessary sometimes especially as the postage costs in the UK have risen if you have a card with a 'bump' on it! I found a new challenge to me today which is asking for one layer card - Cards In Envy with the Envy meaning envelope.
They do allow for a mat layer but I've kept my card one layer. I've used some stamps from a set I got from Clear Impressions called Rural Springtime. There are some lovely stamps on it and I chose to use three from the set.
I first used some Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Bundled Sage and Tattered Rose to make the background. I used Tim's new, to me, Stamping Platform to add my stamps. I found the platform great for this type of stamping where I was positioning a few stamps to make sure they ink correctly and in the right place.
I used some of SU Melon Mambo for the sentiment and a touch of Wink of Stella on the trees just to make them sparkle and give the card a bit of interest.
