Graphicatsketchs

Another birthday card crossed off my list, March & April is such a busy birthday time for me I thought I'd better start in plenty of time.

I have based this one on the sketch over at Graphicatsketches http://graphicatsketchs.blogspot.com/



8x8 square card, papers from the First Edition Summer Breeze range by Mindy Terasawa,           Molly Blooms stamps to make the picture which I coloured with Copics and embellishments from my stash.

Wow, Wow, Wow, I'm a Challenge Winner....................

Wow, wow, wow, just found out I've won the January Sketch Challenge over at the Scraproom Blog

http://thescraproomblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-sketch-challenge-and-winner.html

Can't believe it must be my lucky month

This was my winning layout

Layout Samples

I've been busy getting samples done for my crop next Saturday, for this month I have created the kit using 2 doublesided papers from the Kaisercraft After Five Range together with plain bazzill card (2 pale green, 1 grey & 1 black) Kaisercraft pearls and After Five journalling tags.
and here's what I've done so far............................

For the1st layout I've used a sketch from My Little Sketchbook
http://lizqualman.blogspot.com/2012/02/sunday-sketch-february-5th.html

I used a swirl stamp (Stampendous Tim Holtz collection) and green paint dabber to create the random background, used my sewing machine to stitch a straight border 1" in all round and the curve to join the butterflies and flowers,  butterfly stamp was one I got in a previous Scrapaholix kit which I have sinced used so much and the flowers are from a Hero Arts set.

For my 2nd layout I used the sketch for the February Challenge over at The Scraproom Blog

http://thescraproomblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-sketch-challenge-and-winner.html

                                              

EK Success punch to make the scalloped borders, again the hero arts flower stamp and the sentiment stamp is one of a set I've had that long can't remember the make.

I printed the photo's in B&W as I thought they went with the papers better.

and enough left to hopefully produce another layout before Saturday.

Hope you like them, your comments always apprecited

I'm So Excited ..............

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it ........

I've just found out my card has been featured in this weeks showcase over on Less is More,

1st time I've ever achieved this on any blog it gives you such a great feeling, thanks Chrissie & Mandy

February Scrapaholix Crop

It was our monthly Scrapaholix crop at Birstall on Saturday and I've just got round to finishing the layouts started at the crop.

The kit this month was made up of 2 x patterned papers from Graphic 45 "An ABC Primer Collection" together with plain cardstock and resin flowers.

One of the papers wasn't the one that we had been originally shown and proved to be a bit of a challenge, had to dig out vintage photo's (me as a little girl) not something that I have used before.

1st layout done :-

I've based this one on the sketch at Frosted Designs blog, sketch along tuesdays sketch #34 

http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/

2nd layout done :-

Hope you like them

Wedding Anniversary

Its my Sisters Wedding Anniversary at the end of this week, so as it has to be posted thought I'd better get cracking with their card, I based it on the sketch over at mojo monday - 226.
http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2012/01/mojo-monday-22

Close up of sentiment









Patterned papers are from the Porcelain collection by Basic Grey, flourish heart stamp is from Indigo Blu, small heart stamp was free on last months Craft Stamper, sentiment stamp from Stampin Up.

I'm also entering this on the Make it Monday blog
 http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/

Less Is More Challenge

The challenge this week over on the "Less is More" blog is a sketch

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2012/01/week-52-sketch.html


with a few ground rules

• rectangular
• in landscape orientation
• with the bank remaining in a vertical postion

and here is my take on the sketch :-

( the photo has come out a little dark)

I used a big and juicy inkpad - mountain meadow and my brayer to colour the background card

then using a Tim Holtz stamp set "Urban Chic" from Stampers Anonymous and archival ink stamped the images.

Layered it onto black cardstock before attaching to main cardstock

The verse is from the same stamp set.

Hope you like it, your comments always appreciated.