I printed the Willow designs image onto textured card and coloured it with Promarkers. I covered a card blank with a scrap of Basic Grey backing paper, added a paper flower, an Elzybells sentiment and some stick on gems to create a very simple card. It doesn't need much else as the paper and image really make this card.
I coloured the image with Promarkers to match the papers and added a sentiment from Elzybells mounted on Nestabilities label shapes.
The little charm is from Quixotic paperie. I loved making this card and will definitely be making more of these and I think Di's images are just adorable! I hope you will be able to join us for this last Challenge.
The flowers are from various sources and the little silver rings I poked the brads through are from Quixotic Paperie (Elaine has such a lovely range of embellishments and findings). The sentiment is by Hero Arts and I stamped it on Nestabilities labels which I threaded on to Gingham ribbon. This card is quite simple, I didn't want to overdo it due to the strong colours and I never would have thought of using Red, White and Blue in this way before the Challenge.
I used lots of new bits of stash to make the card. The backing paper is from a K+Co stack I received from Quixotic Paperie today. The stamp is also a new purchase from Elzybells.
I followed the sketch quite faithfully but added some black pearls to the corners and a button topped star to the top right hand corner.
I printed the template for the owl on to 2 different backing papers from the new Docrafts goody bag. Docrafts have outdone themselves with this month's bag. I love all the contents and have used most of them for these cards. I inked the edges of the pieces before assembling them and added buttons from my stash and gems from the kit for eyes. I added a touch of glossy accents to the beak.
The sentiment is frim Hero arts and was stamped on to a Nesties label shape. I added brads or tiny buttons from the kit to either end and inked the edges before mounting with foam pads. The branch is a Sizzlits shape from a set.
I stapled ribbon from the kit to the tops of the cards and added a couple of flowers (also from the goody bag!).
Thanks to my Nesties and my Xyron machine I was able to layer them up really quickly.
I love these cute little penguins and all they needed was a little colour from my Promarkers and some gems and glitter to bring them to life.
I am practically all ready for Christmas to begin. A few loads of washing to get out of the way and a bit of cleaning and Christmas can begin!
The Get Funky Challenge this month set by the very talented Kath is to make a Christmas decoration. I took inspiration from a decoration made by Elizabeth from Elzybells which she showcased on her blog yesterday and decided to use printed papers instead or ribbon to put the decoration together.
I printed one sheet of the gorgeous spotty paper and then fed it back through the printer so it was printed on both sides. I then cut the paper into strips measuring 10.5 cm x 1.5cm. I shaped each strip into a curve sticking the ends together with strong glue.
I made this lat night and took photos early this morning, I couldn't resist sharing a photo of my cat Patch looking a bit moody at being woken up too early :-)
I cut the little Witch out after colouring her in and mounted her onto some Daisy and Dandelion paper I had cut out with my labels Nesties and layered onto some Sizzix card. The 'trick or treat' is also from Elzybells and the little star was from a pack of crafty goodies from Lidl.
Helene is going to study Meteorology so I wanted to make a Weather themed card for her.
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!
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 used a template from Mirkwood designs to make the Trapezoid box. I printed the template directly onto Kraft cardstock before cutting it out. I then stamped the Spider's web and spider from the Elzybells seasonal sentiments. I covered one side of th box with black textured cardstock and then I stamped the Halloween Trick or treat trio onto white card and coloured and cut out my favourite little Mummy!
I mounted the Mummy topper onto a Nesties scalloped circle and stuck him to the black panel. I punched holes to form the ribbon closure as per the template and then assembled the box with strong glue.
I made a little Nesties tag and stamped the Trick or treat sentiment. I inked the edges of the box with a black chalk inkpad and then stuck orange punched stars randomly on the box. I filled the box with yummy treats and tied with a ribbon adding the tag to the back of the box.
It is made from a sheet of A4 card folded in half then cut down to 15cm x 15cm. I then cut another square 14cm x 14cm and cut in half diagonally and stuck to inside to make pockets.
I stamped and coloured an Elzybells Cardmaking Stamp and mounted it on Nesties to the front and then finished off with a sentiment mounted on Nesties shapes and topped it off with some Prima flowers.
I decided to make a gift box in the shape of a house and fill it with some mini scrapbook albums. I made the base shape of the house in 2 pieces tracing around a square Nestie to make the roof shape then scored, folded it and then stuck it all together. I cut some grass freehand and stuck it around the base of the house.
I cut a Fiskars border to add to the roof on the side of the house, added a window cut from Nesties and another Fiskars border for a window box was filled with more leaves and flowers. Flowers were dotted around the grass.
I cut a piece of card for the roof which was scored and folded and edged with the border punch. I stuck it down at the back to make a hinged roof and added velcro to the front top to close the box. I added Petra and Peter's initials to the back of the box in a Nesties panel.
I then made 3 mini albums with my Bind it all to add to the box to record the 105th Birthday of the house.
I used 3 different K+Co papers and the spotty paper is Basic Grey - for my 4 patterned papers.
There was a great sketch to follow by Clare C, I love the squares and thought I would use some of my Labels Nestabilities for them. The brown card is Kraft card that was a birthday present from Petra, the backing paper is Crate paper which I bought from Ally Pally, the button was from a pack at Quixotic Paperie and the letter stickers are Making memories.
I really enjoyed this Challenge, the no stamping rule made me 'think outside the box' and was a perfect excuse to use up some of my Sizzix shapes, I have loads precut and they are always abandoned in favour of my stamps!
I chose the Daisy design papers from the Funky Wordbooks cd. I printed the lilac and green daisies backing papers and the lower case letters.
I stamped an Elzybells witch from the Trick or treat trio and coloured her in with Promarkers, cut her out and stuck her to the panel with foam pads.
I made up a flower from felt flower shapes, a purple fabric flowetr and some die cut shapes and stuck to the top right hand corner of the label. I embellished with a few gems.
I decided the bucket was looking a bit empty so I made some treat bags from cellophane bags and staples a Nesties label on with fake stitching an a stamped Boo! Coloured with Promarkers.
I cut all the shapes with Nestabilities. The papers are from the DCWV Baby Girl stack and I coloured the image with Promarkers. The green flower was also coloured with a Promarker and the sentiment is Elzybells.
The challenge this week was to follow a sketch. I love the Clare Curd 'Big One' paper pad as you do not need to put much else with it to make stunning card. I cut out and layered up some flowers and added them to a Nestabilities circle, the flower stalks are cut from a Cuttlebug shape. The letters are Basic Grey and the scallop strip was punched with a Fiskars border punch.
I made a little card using on of the Elzybells new release stamp sets. This set is perfect for an addicted Crafter as all the stamps in the set are to do with Cardmaking or Scrapbooking. I used the girl stamping for this card some Basic Grey Cardstock and Kraft card and my Nestabilities and Promarkers for the image.
To make the folder to put the images in, I folded an A4 sheet of pearlescent card and added ribbon. I then covered the front and back panels with more Kraft card and Basic Grey cardstock. I stamped and coloured the same image and added a sentiment in a Nestabilities scallop. I decorated with more flowers and tied the bow.
The finished gift looked really effective. I will definitely be making more of these to give away as they are so pretty and a great way to store stamped images waiting to be coloured.
