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Mojo Monday 339 - Happy Birthday Girlies
Thursday, April 03, 2014
It has been a long time since I made a card using a sketch challenge and so when my sister asked me to make some cards for her friends, I thought I would use the Mojo Monday sketch 339.
The sketch challenge was to make a tall and skinny card and so I made a card that is 3.5 inches wide and 5.5 inches high.
I went with the Martha Stewart Monarch large butterfly punch and the hydrangea punch on the circle and added some sequins to the top of the card.
I decided to use the new Clearly Besotted birthday word die on the cards and just stamp the happy and also the name.
Paper - American Crafts May Berry | Stamps - Clearly Besotted A Little Sentimental and Stampendous Tiny Alphabet| Die-namics stitched circle | Clearly Besotted Birthday word die | Martha Stewart butterfly and hydrangea punch | Sequins - Doodlebug.
For the second card, I kept the style the same but used a label from Clearly Besotted Lovely Labels and used different patterned paper and sequins.
Paper - American Crafts My Girl | Stamps - Clearly Besotted A Little Sentimental and Stampendous Tiny Alphabet | Clearly Besotted Lovely Labels | Clearly Besotted Birthday word die | Martha Stewart butterfly and hydrangea punch | Sequins - Doodlebug.
I am really loving the word dies from Clearly Besotted and think they are great if you want to add some more character to the card than just stamping the sentiment.
Hope you are having a good week. See you soon.
Mojo Monday Sketch 319
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Yesterday I mentioned that I had bought a Christmas patterned paper pad that was a lot more subdued than I had expected. Today I have a card that I made using these papers.
It has nice patterns just not as bright as it was on the front cover.
For this card I used the Mojo Monday Sketch 319. and the Dovecraft traditional Christmas paper pad and the Clearly Besotted Signature Christmas stamps.
On the wreath I used some pearls and added some glossy accents to the ribbon to make it shiny. For the stars, I used a cream coloured pastel pencil to add some colour to the white stars and then added some wink of stella glitter pen on top to make them sparkle. I also added some to the holly leaves on the green paper but you can't really see it in the photo.
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Right I'm off to make some chocolate muffins. Hope you are having a good weekend. See you soon.
Peace love joy card
Friday, November 15, 2013
I really wanted to make some bright and fun Christmas cards this year as the past few years I have bought paper pads that were a lot more subdued.
Even again this year, the first paper pad I bought wasn't as bright as I had hoped it was going to be, as the front cover of the paper pad was very bright but the paper wasn't, very disappointing.
So I decided to purchase the Doodlebug Home for the Holidays paper pad as I had seen it in a haul that Michelle from The Card Grotto did and it was just what I was looking for.
I am a big fan of the colour red so really wanted to pick out the red of the paper and use it for the scallop circle and the flowers.
The flowers are made with 2 punch shapes to make the flowers look fuller and then added a gem to the middle to add some bling. Love them.
To add some more sparkle, I added some red stickles to the tree to continue the red theme.
It is definitely the brightest card I have made recently!
Even again this year, the first paper pad I bought wasn't as bright as I had hoped it was going to be, as the front cover of the paper pad was very bright but the paper wasn't, very disappointing.
So I decided to purchase the Doodlebug Home for the Holidays paper pad as I had seen it in a haul that Michelle from The Card Grotto did and it was just what I was looking for.
I am a big fan of the colour red so really wanted to pick out the red of the paper and use it for the scallop circle and the flowers.
The flowers are made with 2 punch shapes to make the flowers look fuller and then added a gem to the middle to add some bling. Love them.
To add some more sparkle, I added some red stickles to the tree to continue the red theme.
It is definitely the brightest card I have made recently!
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I decided to use the sketch #89 from Retrosketches for this card.
Also as the Clearly Besotted challenge was Christmas, I thought I would enter it there too!
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
Also as the Clearly Besotted challenge was Christmas, I thought I would enter it there too!
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mojo monday 317
Sunday, November 03, 2013
For today's card I used the current sketch from Mojo Monday 317. I didn't think I would have time to make a card with this sketch but I needed a card for a 50th birthday party last night and so quickly made one yesterday afternoon.
I was going to use some patterned paper on the background but decided to emboss some white card as there would be enough in the circles.
As the card was for a man, I decided to just keep the embellishment to the buttons and added a tag with 50th on it.
I don't think it turned out too bad for a card that was last minute and took me about an hour!
Stamps - Clearly Besotted A little sentimental and Amy R It's your birthday | Paper - My Mind's Eye Lime Twist fly a kite and out of the blue | Embossing folders - Cuttlebug stars and Triboss chequered | Circles - Die-namics circles stax 1 |Tag - Clearly Besotted tag along die collection | Brad - Papermania | Buttons - Hobbycraft and Sew Sweet | Sekura white gelly roll pen.
Hope you are having a good weekend.
Clearly Besotted Challenge #5
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
I quite often use card sketches to help me make a card but have never used a colour challenge, so this week I decided to use the colour inspiration from Clearly Besotted.
Part of the challenge you have to use at least one of their products. I went with the Butterfly wishes additions and stamped them onto kraft card.
I decided to use the embossing folder, Sizzix leaves 3, that I won recently as I thought it went well with the theme and adds some texture to the background.
When it came to the colours, I found it slightly difficult as most of my patterned paper is very bright and colourful but managed to find some in the Crate Paper Story Teller paper pad.
Stamps - Clearly Besotted Butterfly wishes additions and Amy R It's your birthday | Paper - Crate Paper Story Teller | Border punch - Martha Stewart doily lace | Clearly Besotted Butterfly wishes dies | Martha Stewart 3 in 1 butterfly punch | Spellbinders Nestabilities label one | Wooden stars - Ebay | Embossing folder - Sizzix leaves 3 | Sequins - Hobbycraft | Stickles star dust.
This is the colour palette.
I had great fun with card and hope to do more of these challenges in the future.
Mojo Monday Sketch 315
Friday, October 18, 2013
It's been a while since I have done a card using a sketch challenge, So decided to try one this week.
This card is made using the Mojo Monday Sketch 315.
I decided to use one of the jars from the papers from Dear Lizzy Neopolitan and added some glossy accents and stickles glitter to the little hearts in the jar.
Although I didn't use any of the images from the Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes Additions, I chose to use one of the small sentiments to fit on the little tag.
Also I had to use my favourite little wooden hearts.
Paper = American Crafts - Dear Lizzy Neopolitan and My Girl | Stamp = Clearly Besotted - Butterfly Wishes Additions | Ribbon = American Crafts | Tag = Staples | Wooden Hearts = Ebay | Twine = The Ribbon Girl | Glossy Accents | Stickles Star dust.
Here is the sketch:
Hope you have a great weekend.
Mojo Monday Sketch 290
Saturday, April 27, 2013
I love colour and if you look at my Pinterest boards, you will see they are full of colour but I also love the simplicity of white and I am really loving white and mint combo at the moment and so decided to use mint on this card.
I was going to use some butterflies or flowers on the little squares but they were too big so went with the little wooden hearts instead.
I inked the edges on the little squares lighter than on the sentiment because it wasn't until I had put the squares on the card that I realised that they were a bit bare.
Adding the white faux stitching, the heart gem and the crystal pin brought the card together.
Paper - Dovecraft Tea Party | Stamp - Amy R Its your birthday | Label - Spellbinders Nestabilities Label four | Ribbon - Hobbycraft | heart gem - Hobbycraft | wooden hearts and crystal pin - Ebay | White sekura gelly pen.
I decided to use the Mojo Monday Sketch 290 for my inspiration.
Hope you are having a nice weekend.
Retro Sketches 60
Friday, April 26, 2013
As the weather here has been getting a lot better I have been trying to start sorting out the garden. Last year I didn't do much in the garden and we have virtually no plants or flowers so I am trying to find ways to add some more colour and texture to the garden. Truly hope I managed to do more with the garden this year.
For today's card, I used the sketch 60 from Retro Sketches. This card came together quite quickly as there isn't too many things on the cards and love the wooden flowers on the card. I am really liking all the wooden embellishments that you can get.
As the patterned paper isn't across the whole card, I decided to ink the edges of the papers so that it didn't look so bare.
Paper - Crate Paper Story Teller | Stamps - Forever Friends Black and Gold | Ribbon - Hobbycraft | Brads - Making Memories | Wooden Flowers - Kars.
This is the sketch.
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
Deconstructed Sketch 98
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Today I have the card that I was making when I showed you my desk in yesterdays post.
I used the sketch 98 from Deconstructed sketches and used the paper pad I mentioned yesterday, that I had picked up in Homesense.
In the paper pad was a design which lent itself to being used as the main background as it already had three different patterns and some faux stitching.
The sentiment fitted nicely in the beige part of the paper and I also chose a patterned paper that match the colour of the stripes and stitching.
I was going to add some glitter to the butterfly but decided instead to just add a couple of gems.
Paper - American Crafts Amy Tangerine | Card - American Crafts | Stamps - My Pink Stamper Fabulous Phrases | Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart | Buttons - American Crafts | Twine - Sew Sweet | Gems - Papermania.
Hope you have a lovely day.
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