Inkspirations sketch challenge #11

It's been a long while since I participated in an inkspiration challenge, but I've finally found some time to sit down and try it! This is the sketch we were given to work with.

Stamp sets: Echoes of Kindness, Best Yet, Short & Sweet.
CS/paper: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, watercolour paper, Sangria patterned paper (Sei).
Ink: Summer Sun, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Always Artichoke, Versacolour 82 Black.
Other: Clear rhinestone brads, clear embossing powder, aquapainter, 3.5cm circle punch, 3.2cm circle punch, 6cm circle punch, dimensionals.

I love the Sei's Mimosa collection of patterned papers, and I really wanted to use the Sangria print in a card. It's so bright and pretty! You can't really tell from the photo, but it has a bit of glitter on it. However, I think the paper is really busy and doesn't really work for this card. The rhinestone brads didn't really stand out on their own, so I placed pieces of Kiwi Kiss cardstock underneath to make them stand out. The Kiwi Kiss circle ended up looking a bit bare, so I stamped a little heart with Versamark to make a background. Perhaps I should've used a flower instead. Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday #94

Wow, it's been a while since my last challenge entry. I think I haven't done any challenges since way before I left on my holiday. Time to get back into things!

With Mum's birthday coming up, I thought I'd use the latest Mojo Monday sketch to make her a card.

I took the colour combo from Stampin' Up!'s Urban Garden paper, and what a great combo it is! However, I took the liberty of moving the circular element, cos it didn't quite look right to me after rotating the sketch clockwise.

Stamp set: Echoes of Kindness, Best Yet, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (retired).
Cardstock/paper: Kiwi Kiss, Basic Grey, watercolour paper, Urban Garden DSP.
Ink: Versacolour 82 Black, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Blue Bayou, Night of Navy marker, Not Quite Navy marker.
Other: Aquapainter, clear embossing powder, distressing tool, 3.2cm circle punch, 3.5cm circle punch, stampin' dimensionals, Maya Road butterfly rub on, paper snips.

I love love LOVE how the butterfly turned out! I rubbed one of the Maya Road butterflies onto Baja Breeze DSP, cut it out and stuck it onto the card using dimensionals. It was such a pain fussy cutting the butterfly, although I think it was worth it. Here is a close up of the wee butterfly.


Thanks for looking!

But wait.......there's more!

Hi again! I was playing with Beck's "Thoughts & Prayers" stamp set yesterday when the idea for this card popped into my head.

Stamp set: Thoughts & Prayers.

Cardstock/paper: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Old Olive DSP (retired).

Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive marker, Rose Red marker, Pretty in Pink marker.

Other: Purely Pomegranate double stitched ribbon (retired), distressing tool.

Am loving my new paper distressing tool!! :) I kinda like the way it turned out, very feminine and flowery. I've never put those three colours together, but they look pretty good. Looks like I might be using this combo again! I've borrowed this set from Beck, along with the "Echoes of Kindness" set, so expect to see more cards using those sets. TTFN!

I'm back!

Greetings and salutations!! I'm back after a looooong while away. I had difficulty getting back into the swing of things after my 3-week holiday plus we're quite busy at work. However, I had a craft day with my best buddy (hi Beck!) and I think I'm getting back into challenges and regular posts!

I made a card about 3 weeks ago for a friend who left us to work in another lab that uses flies and dragonflies (hi Melissa!), hence the term "flying" away. I had to use an A4 sheet to make it, so that the whole lab could write messages in it.

Stamp sets: Border builders (retired), KI Memories Formal Lowercase set.
Cardstock/paper: Whisper White, DCWV textured Brights cardstock.
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Brilliant Blue, Summer Sun, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie, Almost Amethyst, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Basic Black, Basic Black marker.
Other: Making Memories Mini Shimmer Alpha stickers, Stencil Station dragonfly stencil.

It was a really easy card to make, except I hadn't made anything in a while (4 weeks, to be precise) and I seemed to be a bit rusty. The dragonfly's wings have a dusting of glitter on them, which you can just see from the photo.

Fast forward two weeks, and I made a card for Melissa's birthday. Seeing as she's just left a lab that uses sheep, I had to use the wee sheepie from the "Pun Fun" stamp set. I don't own the set and I don't know anyone in Adelaide who does, so I SOS-ed the ever helpful Keesh who stamped a few for me and posted them over. Thanks heaps, Keesh!


Stamp sets: Pun Fun, Rough Edges Alphabet, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (retired).
Cardstock/paper: Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, watercolour paper, Washington Apple DSP.
Ink: Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Blush Blossom marker.
Other: Aquapainter, scallop edge punch, distressing tool, white grosgrain ribbon (non-SU!).

Sheepie wasn't too difficult to watercolour, seeing as most sheep tend to be white-ish. I lightly went over the body with a bit of Sahara sand in an attempt to make it look less bright. However, I think I only made it look dirty. :D

Anyhoo, that's it from me for now. I still have a challenge entry and another card to post, but I must be off to change before going out for dinner. Will try and post after I get back. Thanks for looking!

Hurrah for holidays!

Hi! Apologies for the lack of posts lately, but I'm currently overseas on a short holiday! I was so busy trying to get stuff done and get things organized before I left, that I didn't have time to make anything, so I'll just put up some photos of cards I made a while ago but didn't upload onto my blog.

Stamp set(s): Stem silhouettes (retired), Sincere salutations, Just Vine jumbo wheel.
Cardstock/papers: River Rock, Old Olive, Whisper White.
Ink: Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Basic Black, Versamark.
Other: Cream satin ribbon (non-SU!).

This first card was really easy to make and I borrowed the vine jumbo roller from a friend. It's a card that can be given to a guy, which is great cos I don't have many masculine cards and I find them difficult to make.

Stamp set(s): Spring solitude bundle (stamp set + wheel, retired), Sanded (background).

Cardstock/ papers: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White.

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Blue Bayou, Rose Red, Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Perfect Plum, Old Olive marker, Chocolate Chip marker, Versamark.

Other: White grosgrain ribbon (non-SU!).

I tried making a set of cards for my Aunt's birthday last month, using the Spring Solitude bundle from the previous catalogue. I kinda ran out of time (and mojo!) to finish making them, so I stuck to two basic designs, only altering the colours. I hope she liked it, but even if she didn't I figure at least they're practical! :D

The weather here is absolutely awful! It's hot and very humid (~65% humidity!), which makes you feel sticky and uncomfortable........all you feel like doing half the time is standing in the shower! Still, I've been having a blast for the past 3 days and I still have ~2 and a half weeks to go! I can forsee that I'll probably need a holiday to recover from this holdiay, what with all the running around we've been doing. I'll probably not be updating the blog until I get back to Adelaide, but I'm sure I'll have plenty to post about when I get back. See you then!

Yay!

Makeesha is back with more inspiration challenges, and this one is a sketch challenge. I love sketch challenges!

26/05/109: Edited to add a better photo!


Apologies for the slightly blurry photo, but my photography skills aren't very good. :) It's a really simple card to make, and I've been wanting to try something like this ever since I saw this card made by Kristina Werner using the Sweet Slumber specialty paper and the Heart to Heart punch. I love how this card turned out! I added the sentiment as an afterthought but made a boo-boo when I stamped it, so I had to cover it up with the So Saffron cardstock. And I'm really starting to like this colour combination. Thanks for giving us another great challenge, Keesh!

Stamp set: Short & Sweet.
Ink: Basic Black.
Cardstock/Paper: Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Sweet Slumber specialty paper.
Other: Heart to Heart punch, word window punch, white gel pen, dimensionals, white grosgrain ribbon (non-SU).

Mojo Monday 84!

I tried to stick to the sketch but the circle thingo I made really didn't look good at all, so I took it off.

This is what it looked like with the circle.

The colours I used were taken from the Fall Flowers DSP (Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Soft Sky) and I embossed the flowers using white EP. Thanks for stopping by!