Susie's Sassy Challenge no 4 - A touch of gold

Susie's Sassy Challenge no 4 launches today. Thank you to all of you who took part in the last Buttons and Bows Challenge. It was lovely looking at all your cards.

The Challenge for this fortnight is 'A touch of gold'. Something a bit different for me as I don't normally use gold. I am more of a silver person but I found this lovely gold Papercellar card and took my lead from this to create my card. Some American Crafts snowflake paper gave me my inspiration for the colour. I love this paper and have used it on quite a few of my cards this year. I have a tiny bit left now and am trying to think of a way to use it!


I used a Kraftin Kimmie stamp and a Stampendous sentiment on a DL card base I had covered in the gold card. The image was cut with Labels 8 Nesties and coloured with promarkers, Sakura pens and stickles. I am really trying hard with my colouring now but still need a lot of practise on my shading techniques. I finished the card off with some bling, a diecut snowflake and gold organza ribbon. I love organza ribbon!

Now for the interesting bit about the Challenge!

The prize this fortnight has been donated by the lovely Dulcie Jackson
The winner will receive the 3 items in the above photo.

There are not too many rules to this challenge as you know by now but you do have to stick to the theme or you will have your entry removed from the linky to be fair to everyone
And please link back to the challenge in your post .
Anyone can enter anywhere in the world all you have to do is make a card or project.
Closing date is Wednesday 30th December at noon GMT


I hope to see you there!

Jane
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A Thank you card and an image folder

Another make from last week. This is a Thank you card and image folder I sent out to my blogger Friend Claire with some Crafty goodies to thank her for the lovely package she sent me last month. I think it is safe to post on here now.

I used the labels 8 Nesties to cut a card blank which I then decorated with some Papermania paper and a Kraftin Kimmie stamped dog image. The image was coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment is from Hero Arts, the bling is Kanban and the flowers are Prima.

Using the same recipe, I decorated a folder I made to contain some stamped images. I really love this little dog, he is so cute!

Here is the inside of the folder. It is a piece of A4 scored and folded with some triangles of card to hold the images in. I added organza ribbon under the matting and layering to allow the folder to be tied shut.

I did colour in an image last night before crashing out in bed early again so I hope to have a new card to share with you soon.
I hope you are having a good week. Can't believe it is already Thursday!
Jane
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Giant paperclip bookmarks

I had a very early start today, my youngest Son woke up coughing and feeling sick at 4am and I couldn't get back to sleep after settling him back down again. I decided to put my time to good use and cleaned the Bathroom, watched a recorded Program on Create and Craft where Sheena demonstrated Spellbinder Nesties (am still debating whether to treat myself to some...I think they would be a good investment to add to my collection...I love what she did with the Flowers and the Butterflies are gorgeous...)
I then decided to have a go at making some more bits and pieces for the Christmas Fair. I decided to make the Paperclip bookmarks as I thought they would be a nice quick and easy make.


These were very simple to put together. I stamped some small images. The cupcakes are Kraftin Kimmie, the cup and flower are from Elzybells and the Football is from my stash. I then cut out the images with my nesties, coloured them with Promarkers and embellished with Kanban bling. I cut 2 scalloped circles for each Bookmark and sandwiched the clip between 2 large foam pads and stuck the scalloped circles either side. I then added the stamped image to the front and finished off with Gingham ribbon.

Here is the Bookmark in action! We are off to the Vyne in Basingstoke now to take a look around the National Trust Property then hopefully back for more crafting!
Have a nice Saturday!
Jane
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Kraftin Kimmie dog card

I finally got around to making this card up tonight after having coloured in this image over a week ago.
I am entering this into the Kraftin Kimmie blog challenge with is 'Buttons, buttons....whose got some buttons?'. I used Imaginisce Button brads on my card.

I stamped the image on Canson Card and coloured it in with my Promarkers. I then glazed the dog tag with glossy accents. The Backing papers used are all Basic Grey as is the ribbon. I layered up Nesties shapes on foam pads to mount the image on to.
I finished the card off with a layered Prima flower. The sentiment used is from Elzybells. I really love this cute little dog stamp. It was lovely to stamp with and lovely to colour in. I can't wait to use my other Kraftin Kimmie stamp to make more cards.
I hope you are having a good week and I would like to Thank all of you for the lovely comments you have been leaving me recently when you have been visiting. It is lovely to get positive feedback on the things I make. It really means a lot! Thanks so much!
Jane
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