Shades of Blue

The theme this week over at Less is More is colour and they've decided on shades of blue.
http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-22-colour.html
Its quite difficult keeping to one colour

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I started by collecting together various shades of blue inkpads and then using a Crafters Workshop template did the main image.  Mounted this onto 2 shades of blue card and then punched some tiny flowers using my woodware punch and stuck them on top some of the inked flowers, finishing with some gems for a bit of bling.  The sentiment is a Lily of the Valley stamp.

I look forward to receiving your comments.

Scrapaholix

What a fantastic weekend with sunshine all the way.  Had a good time at my Scrapaholix group yesterday, nice to meet up with everyone and natter whilst we scrapped and today have been Crafty Notions in Newark to see some demo's together with a little retail therapy

Here's a couple of layouts that I finished.

First Christmas Card......

The challenge this week  over at "Less is More" is a sketch

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-21-sketch.html

I thought this was a great sketch for using my round cute companion stamps by Jayne Nestorenko and so my first christmas card is born ....

The images are coloured with Prismacolour pencils and glittered with stickles, the centre strip has been embossed using a cuttlebug folder and my big shot. I think the sentiment is from Woodware.  Finished off with a light spray with my irridisent glitter spray from Crafters Companion

I look forward to reading your comments

Sketch 121

After an afternoons gardening in the glorious sunshine I decided to wind down by playing with my new Lily of the Valley stamps
I made my card following Sketch 121 over at Card Patterns

http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/06/sketch-121.html

Papers are from the Henbury Lane collection from Papermania, embossing done with cuttlebug folder on big shot and then distressed with sanding block.  Scallop made using Colour My World templates, glass beads are dewdrops from Crafty Notions.  I've coloured the image with Prismacolour pencils.

These new stamps are just so cute.

Hope you like it, I look forward to receiving your comments.

Challenge 102–Sketch by Donalda - Lily of the Valley

Challenge 102 over at Lily of the valley is a Sketch by Donalda


http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/06/challenge-102sketch-by-donalda.html

I thought it would give me a chance to play with my new Lily of the Valley Girl stamps.

Papers are from the Henbury Lane collection by Papermania

Image coloured with copics and prismacolour pencils

Flowers from my stash










Hope you like it, I look forward to reading your comments.

Monogram

Its taken me a little while to get going this week, sadly we had to have our puppy dog put to sleep yesterday its been a fraught week making the decision as she's been part of the family for nearly 9 years.  However I decided to try and keep busy and take my mind off things by doing a little crafting.

The theme this week over at "Less is More" is Monogram, oh dear this is something I've never considered, its taken some thinking about and I still don't know if I've got it right but here goes.....

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-20-theme.html

I did the monogram and wording on the computer and printed out onto patterned cardstock, pale blue pearlised plain cardstock to match and flowers from my stash

Sketch Saturday Challenge

The sketch over at sketch saturday this week is sponsered by Pollycraft



and my take on the sketch is :-

I've been making some age birthday cards for a friend
so the sketches come in handy for inspiration

The papers which I have had in my stash for ages are from Doodlebug Designs and I thought they went well with the decoupage image.

http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-160-18th-june-sponsored-by.html