Sunday Sketch & Stamp #161

It's Sam's turn to give us a sketch this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp and this is what she has come up with

For my card I've used a stamp from the Stampin Up Serene Silhouettes set and stamped it in black and embossed it. I've then cut it with a Nestie and coloured it with ink to match the backing paper. The doily is cut from DSP with an X-Cut die and the greeting is by Craftwork Cards. Some ribbon and gems to finish

Masculine Card With Stripes

The girls at Cuttlebug Mania want us to make a masculine card with stripes this week. For my card I've used this layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches

I must admit that this is my second go as the first one I tried with a square card and when it was all put together it just didn't work and ended up in the bin! I've used a Marianne car die as the main image. I do have some proper crafting metal but it is not cheap so I came up with these which at 99p, I thought were great value

And they cut the die beautifully in my Cuttlebug. You'd get 4 of the cars from the centre flat piece and I'm sure I'll find a use for the outside pieces. The stripy backing paper is from a DCWV pad called Cafe Mediterranean. The letters are  Tattered Lace dies again cut from the plate. A few Papermania Mosaic gems to finish

Favourite Colours at Crafty Friends

I was asked if I'd like to be a Guest Designer for the new Crafty Friends challenge and of course I said yes. This is their third week and they're already getting loads of entries.

The theme this week is to use your favourite colour and I've used an image by their sponsor this week Rick St Dennis called Serena and followed the layout at Feeling Sketchy

I've coloured her with Promarkers and cut her out with Nesties. The backing paper is from a pad I got in Netherlands of all blue papers and I've used the divine swirls embossing folder for the card pieces. I didn't want to add flowers and then remembered this pack of little feathers I got  - a great deal for 99p

The greeting is by Craftwork Card and I've added some Stickles to her jewellery to add a little sparkle

And here is my card in full

Addicted To Colours

It's colour week at Addicted To Stamps and this is the colours they've chosen

I don't have any Perfect Plum so I've used Lavender Lace instead. I've based my card on a class I did with Jane Gill at the Glitter Pot. Jane put some lovely colour combinations together and I thought these colours would look good too.The main image is Wheat stamp by Woodware which I've stamped in Versamark and embossed with WOW white powder. I've randomly dabbed the three colours over the embossed image. The sentiment is from the same set and is embossed and coloured the same way. The background stamp is Grasses Background again by Woodware and I've stamped this on So Saffron card with Versamark and embossed with clear powder

Christmas In June

The girls at Cuttlebug Mania want us to make a Christmas card this week - the first week of glorious weather too! I've based my card on this layout from Seems A Little Sketchy

Most of my Christmas stash has been put away and it's too early to get everything out but I did keep this cute Marianne Design Skater stamp with my other Marianne stash so I've coloured him with Promarkers and cut him with a Nestie die in the Cuttlebug. The backing paper is also by Marianne Design from the Scandinavian Winter bloc. I've embossed a strip of white card with the Swiss Dots folder for the piece across but when it came to do the mat for this, I didn't have enough of the blue card so I've used the scraps from the main piece and only matted the end pieces that show (another card for Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground). The sentiment is from the same set as the image which was a freebie with a magazine last year - one of the best freebies I've had in a magazine. The skates are a Marianne Design die and I've finished off with a little Stickles.

Sunday Sketch & Stash

This is the sketch we have to work with at Sunday Sketch & Stamp this week by the lovely Mari

For my card I've used a Kaisercraft stamp set called Technologic. The backing papers are by Smirk from the For Him pad. The image is matted onto blue mirror card to match the top paper. The silver cogs are cut with Spellbinders cogs dies from scraps of mirror card. neither piece was big enough so the pieces that are missing are behind the image - a great way to use those scraps

I love the sentiment that comes with this set

Because of the scraps of mirror card, I'm entering this into Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground. If you've not played before, pop along and see what it's all about and use up the scraps

Thinking Of You

I'm still in Southampton so that I can visit my Aunt in hospital so craft supplies are a little limited. However, while doing some clearing out in my old craft room this morning I came across a clear stamp set of flowers and sentiments. It has no makers name on it but I think it may have been an early Butterfly Kisses set although I can't be sure. I also found a bag of bits that I had put aside for the playgroup. I'm ashamed to say I raided it for a black ink pad and I also found some iridescent glitter glue so I've stamped the foliage onto scraps of white card (which were temporarily held together with post it notes on the back) and added the glitter glue and layered them onto a black mat. I've also stamped two butterflies, cut them out and added glitter glue over them. I don't have any black ribbon here so I've used a scrap of black card  and added three gems. The glitter doesn't show in the first photograph so I've taken one at an angle to try and show it as it has a lovely greenish tint. And as I've used scraps again, I'm entering this into Pixie's Crafty Workshop Snippets Playground - my third this week so I'll be in with a chance to win Ryn's lovely Water Droplets stamp - fingers crossed

Cuttlebug Mania 3D Summer

The girls at Cuttlebug Mania want us to make a 3D project with a summer theme. My Aunt is currently in hospital in Southampton and is likely to be there for at least another week so I've made a little container to keep some bits and pieces by her bedside. I took it up last night and it's got tissues, hand cream, hair brush and linen spray in it now

It's a simple design made out of a 9x9 piece of paper in a nice summery colour and tied with some ribbon. I've decorated it some die cut cats which I cut in the Cuttlebug with Memory Box dies and her name cut from Tattered Lace dies and a flower from Joy Craft dies. These are all cut with scraps of white card and are slightly different shades but as they are on different sides, it doesn't show. And as they are cut from scraps, I'm entering it into Pixie's Crafty Playground

Dahlia Fold Dress

The technique this month at Technique Time Tuesday is to use the Dahlia Fold. I wasn't very pleased with my first effort so I  thought I'd have another go. I've been thinking about this for the last week but as I've been staying in Southampton, this is the first chance I've had to try it. I've used three of the "petals" punched from vellum scraps to make a skirt and the bodice is the Large Tab punch by Stampin Up (it's punched from dark purple card but looks black in the picture) A scrap of ribbon for the belt with a couple of gems added. The backing paper is glittered and is from the Fizzy Moon Celebrations paper pack and the sentiment is from the Stampin Up set For My Family. As I've used scraps of vellum for the skirt, I;m entering this into Pixies Crafty Snippets Playground

School's Out at Cuttlebug Mania

I'm really missing my craft room at the moment as I've been staying in Southampton since Wednesday so that I can visit my Aunt in hospital. I did however buy a new Papermania embossing folder yesterday and when I got up at 4.30 this morning I thought I'd have a play. And then I remembered the Cuttlebug Mania challenge this week is School's Out. I really didn't think I'd be able to enter this week as I don't have a lot of craft stuff here but I do have my old Wizard so I used the embossing folder for the background. I found some old stickers and thought the graduation owl would be perfect. The green is a lot brighter in real life but I only had the camera on my mobile to take the picture so it's not the best. A touch of ribbon to finish. The wording inside the card is Congratulations - you certainly measure up.