Oh my goodness, has it really been that long since I blogged?! As some of you know, I returned to work in April and I am loving being back in the consulting room and reconnecting with patients that I haven't seen in a long time. I have been catching up on all the changes in the industry and learning how to utilise all the new technology. I have been doing very little crafting except for trying to finish a crocheted blanket for Master 9 while I relax in the evenings. However, I had a bit of time yesterday to do some cardmaking and turned to Feeling Sketchy for inspiration.
Here is the sketch I played along with......
I used some hexagon dies from MFT, Stampin' Up cardstocks in shades of grey and sentiments from Avery Elle to make these very clean and simple masculine cards. I don't know where the enamel dots are from- they were lurking in my stash of gems and pearls.
The card bases are actually white- I photographed them on a black background- but I am thinking maybe I should have used black cardbases? The black border looks cool......
Anyhoo, I will try to be a better blogger from now on......that reminds me.....I should probably try a Project Life layout this weekend too!
I am playing along at Feeling Sketchy again and this is the sketch they're using to inspire us.....
I decided on a bold black and white colour scheme and some some stamps from Mama Elephant's "We Click" stamp set.
I white heat embossed the sentiment, camera and washi tape stamps onto black cardstock and stamped the polaroid frame onto white before fussy cutting everything and adding to my card base with foam tape. Some baker's twine added some texture. Quick and easy!
I am playing along with Feeling Sketchy's Sketch #140......
My card measures 8.25" x 4.125" and I used stamps and inks from Stampin' Up and a border stamp from Avery Elle. I used a square die from Spellbinders to make my windows.
Be sure to stop by Feeling Sketchy for all the challenge details and for some great inspiration!
I am playing along again at Kraft Plus and once again the challenge is a ripper!
The challenge is to use this sketch and add some houndstooth, all on a Kraft base of course.
I pulled out an older collection from Basic Grey called "Knee-highs & Bow-ties" to scrap this layout that celebrates the wonderful imagination that my youngest son possesses.
I used my Silhouette Cameo, a cut-file from the Silhouette Online Store and some stencil material to create a houndstooth patterned stencil. I applied Gathered Twigs Distress Ink through the stencil with an ink blending tool to give my Kraft background some subtle tone-on-tone texture.
I just love how the Kraft Plus challenges always get me to try new things- now I know how easy it is to make my own stencils with my Silhouette :-)
I realised that I haven't shared any layouts or cards for a while and since we recently had a Mini Crop at Turtle Soup I have a lot to share!
Our Design Team members set a number of challenges for the crop and here is what I came up with......
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I am thrilled to be the Kraft Plus Guest Designer for February. As usual, the challenge really pushed me out of my comfort zone, and that's what I love about challenges.
I created some postage stamp backgrounds with my Silhouette Cameo and utilized some old papers from Stampin' Up that had a postage stamp theme. I aged everything with Distress Inks including the wood veneer letters from Studio Calico.
I hope you'll play along with the challenge!
I needed a quick birthday card and had a stamped and watercoloured panel leftover from another project sitting on my desk.
When I need to whip something up fast, I like to play along with a challenge and Feeling Sketchy has this sketch for inspiration.
I made a shaker card using scraps of cardstock and vellum. I used nesting dies from Spellbinders to create my panel and frame, layering up six frames for dimension. I find this method is much easier than using foam tape to enclose the shaker material. My stamped panel was created using a mixture of tiny images from Hero Arts and I used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours. The Hero Arts sentiment was stamped on vellum with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder.
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I'm back with another project for Turtle Soup and this time it's a card sketch.
Here's my take on the sketch- it's a shaker card :-)
I switched my embellishment cluster with the sentiment positions on the sketch.
I used patterned paper from Simple Stories, star dies from Paper Smooches and a sentiment from WPlus9.
Be sure to head over to Turtle Soup to play along.
Hi everyone- I'm back after a blogging break during which time we have finished the school year, moved house and hosted family for Christmas. I am also excited to announce that I have joined the Turtle Soup team and will be hanging out over at their forums this year.
My first assignment was to create a layout using this sketch.....
I pulled out some goodies from the Fancy Pants Designs "Be Different" Collection and created this layout.....
I hope you will check out Turtle Soup and join in the fun!
I'm playing along at Kraft Plus again and the November challenge is a doozy! The challenge is to be inspired by P!nk, the artist.
I drew my inspiration from her song "Perfect" and turned my layout into a message to myself. I have had a difficult time this past couple of years with mental illness and I wanted to remind myself that I am just perfect the way I am.
Her "I'm Not Dead" album cover inspired my use of floral patterned paper on my layout- more fussy-cutting than I would normally do, but worth it I think.
I used my Silhouette Cameo to create the song lyrics on the left hand side, removing random letters to let the paper underneath peek through. When I got to the part I felt was the most important message, I removed all of the letters to make it stand out. I used patterned papers from Crate Paper's "Random" Collection and the "Things I Know" stamp is from a really old set from 7gypsies.
The team at Kraft Plus sure do know how to get the creativity flowing- their challenges always push me out of my comfort zone and I love it!
I'm playing along at Feeling Sketchy today and instead of using the sketch for a card, I have made a layout.
I rotated the sketch 90 degrees anti-clockwise and used a very old collection from Studio Calico. I am continuing my mission to use up older collections whenever I make a page :-)
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