Green Beret

You may be wondering why I chose these garish greens for this card. Well really, they chose me. I was just playing around with a new 'Mowed Lawn' Distress Ink Pad and liked the mottled effect, particularly when I stamped over it.

This card is for the Out of a Hat Creations Hatter's Bingo challenge. The line I've chosen is - hat/stamp/text/buttons.

Rapunzel

 This is my second Design Team card for Inkspirational Challenges  . This image was kindly provided by A Day For Daisies , who are our sponsor this month.

Immediately I saw the photo inspiration, I thought of fairytales. Here is Rapunzel letting down her long hair so her prince can join her in the tower.

I printed the image onto card , masked it and created a background with my favourite Stamposaurus brick stencil and sponged ink.  I took of the mask and, using a scalpel (bravely, I think!) cut away the background inside the window and stuck it onto some patterned paper (from DCWV Once Upon a Time stack). Then I coloured the window, birds and Rapunzel with Promarkers and paper-pieced her dress.

I hope you like it and I hope you will come and join us at Inkspirational Challenges.

I'd also like to enter this for the 'Create a Fairytale Scene ' challenge at Crafty Cardmakers .

Wintry Birthday

This is a new image form A Day for Daisies. For my colour scheme I was inspired by the photo inspiration at Stampin' Royalty. 

I'd also like to enter this for:
Sisterhood of Crafters  Baby It's Cold Outside
Fab and Funky  Winter

Umbrellas

This stamp, by Stamps Happen,  is another oldie but goodie - I've had it for years and used it lots. Here I've paper pieced it using pages from a collapsed novel and patterned paper scraps.

I'd like to enter this for the 'Book Paper' challenge at City Crafter.

Inkspirational Challenge 2

Just a quick post to remind you that the second Inkspirational Challenge  is now on, using this picture inspiration. Why not join in? Don't forget we have a fabulous follower giveaway too.

My Design Team project will be posted on Saturday in the End of the Week Encouragement post, so please pop back and take a look.

Art Nouveau

This week's challenge at CD Sunday  is Art Nouveau. I found this image on Joanna Sheen Fashion Boutique CD. I printed it out on glossy card and tried throwing embosssing powder on it quickly and heating it ...didn't quite work but some of the powder stuck to the darker colour on the image and formed a sort of dew drop effect I quite liked. (Of course, doesn't show up on photo!)

I cut out the centre of the image and layered it onto another copy , using 3d foam. The background paper is from a  My Paper Stash pad that came with a My Craft Studio CD. It has a bit of sheen on the flower. I mounted everything onto dull gold and added a Sizzix die cut corner.

Lion Baby Card

I'm still building up my stock of new baby cards.

The lion image is a sticker from a Paper Adventures sheet I bought in 2005! The spotty cs in the background was from my scrap box and the lettering is Sizzix die-cuts. The scalloped die-cut card and the cardboard buttons are from a new Do-Crafts Goody Bag. I drew a wobbly border round the scallops and stacked the buttons up.

I'd like to enter this for:
365 Challenges Day 1 New Beginnings
Jellypark Challenges Old and New
CCEE Stampers Baby Card
Bearly Mine Challenge Something old, something new

Guess Who's Coming to The Tea Party?

Out of a Hat Creations have a fun challenge this week. They’ve issued an invitation to the Mad Hatter’s tea party and they want to see your reply.

I used My Craft Studio ‘A Very important Date’ to make these replies. I played around combining images and cropping some of them off the page. I used the ‘add text’ feature to write their response.  Then I printed out, inked the edges and mounted onto black card.

Quick(ish) and easy, I know, but I hope you like them. 

The First Inkspirational Challenge !

Today I nervously present my first Design Team project for the new Inkspirational Challenge Blog.

This week's challenge is a colour challenge

My project is a working clock using images from A Day for Daisies who are sponsoring the challenge this month.  I used a Sizzix die for the clock face and a cheap battery powered mechanism with hands included.

I used a CD on the back to give it more substance.

 Please come over to Inkspirational  and join in. We have a giveaway going on with lots of great prizes, so don't miss out!

For Baby

I always need new baby cards, so when I saw the Vintage Boy (or Girl) challenge at City Crafter, I wanted to join in. The image and the strip of music paper are Graphic 45 and the other papers are by K and Company. I used a sketch from Feeling Sketchy and I finished off by embellishing in my usual restrained style. No honestly, that's my trademark ...not just that I can't do embellishing!!!

So, I go to bed, over-full from leftover festive food and drink, not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow , but excited about the new challenge blog which starts tomorrow and where I am on the design team. Please join us at Inkspirational Challenges and follow us for a chance to win a prize in our giveaway.