Spring Card Kit Swap - Day 3

Day 3 of my card kit swap with Nonni and Pia. 

Above is the kit that Pia made and sent to us. It has a really fresh, spring-y feel. 

Here are the cards I made with this kit:

I masked the bunnies image and also used the die-cut border as a mask and sprayed them with yellow ink. I added a sentiment and white enamel accents, 
I'd like to enter:
Simon Says Hip Hop 
Alphabet Challenge  bunnies 

The image, spotty paper and the banner paper were all from the kit, I added a sentiment, white gel pen , die cut cicle and lots of doodling. 
I'd like to enter: 
Inspired by all the little things  photo (below) 

Please go and visit Pia and Nonni's blogs to see what they did with this kit.

But wait...there's plenty left over from the kit , and I will be posting the cards I made with the leftovers from all three kits tomorrow, 

Spike

I've been aware of CSI Challenge  for a while but I've always been a little intimidated by it - it really has a lot of elements to it,  But as I was on a scrapbooking weekend, I thought I'd give it a try. Here's the brief:

So here's how I met all the elements :
The picture - my layout is about my daughter's cat.
Colours - all in there! 
Sketch- yes 
EVIDENCE - CHOOSE AT LEAST 3 CLUES 

• floral pattern 
• animals 
• flowers 
• metal (brad in centre of flower) 
• frames - around journalling 

TESTIMONY - CHOOSE AT LEAST 1 CLUE 

• Topic: Document something about pets or other animals. 
• Presentation: Write your story inside a frame. 

Phew! 

Spring Card Kit Swap - Day 2

I'm doing another card kit swap with Nonni and Pia. 

Above is the kit that Nonni made and sent to us. I was immediately struck by the mix of dark and very bright colours - very different to my kit.  

Here are the cards I made with this kit:

I think this is my favourite as it is so different for me. The image of the chick emerging from the egg was coloured with markers . I darkened the yellow on the speech bubble and stamped 'hey chickie'.  Apart from the yellow mat, everything else was from the kit. 
I'd like to enter:
Dragonfly Journeys  egg
Little Red Wagon  egg
Snarky Stampers  silly 

A totally different look for my second card - I coloured the flower image and filled the centres with Glossy Accents, The green patterned paper was also from the kit, 
I'd like to enter: 
Come and Get it : in the garden 

Now, if you're wondering what happened to the other items in the kit, don't worry - I made some cards mixing up the kits and I'll be posting them later in the week. But don't expect to see anything made with the flower bouquet image..that was a casualty of my clumsy colouring. 

Please go and visit Pia and Nonni's blogs to see what they did with this kit.

Tomorrow I will show you Pia's kit and what I did with it.

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Birthday Case # 2 with prize!

We're still celebrating our birthday at City Crafter  and we'll be having CASE challenges all month with the chance to win prizes.

This week we'd like you to CASE this wonderful card by Ros (below):

For my DT card I made a Christmas card, using a cat stamp by Katzelcraft. I added a Santa hat from a different Katzelcraft set and coloured him with markers. I layered him onto an embossed music panel and cut 'falalallala' on the Silhouette. 

Case Ros's card and link up at City Crafter Challenge Blog, and then hop around and leave comments at the following blog list.

City Crafter Challenge Blog

Kirsty Vittetoe

Ros Crawford

Stella Schenkel

Marina

And here's what you could win: 

I hope to see your creation in the gallery!

I'd like to enter:
Winter Wonderland  animals
Quirky Crafts pets
Christmas Card Throwdown  musical notation

Spring Card Kit Swap - Day 1

I'm doing another card kit swap with Nonni and Pia. 

Above is the kit that I made and sent to them. The main event are the stamped images from Neat and Tangled' Cottontail Cuties' set. I'd seen this set and wanted it but felt that I might not get much use out of it because it's so specifically Easter, However, when we decided to do this swap, I felt able to justify my purchase!

Here are the cards I made with this kit:

I made a simple stepper card and used the 'cutie' image , coloured with markers, and half a doily. I added some patterned paper,

I'd like to enter:
Cute Card Thursday  Easter
Crafty Catz Easter
Aloha Easter

Another 'cutie' coloured with markers. I used two of the die-cut labels and spray - stencilled some sunshine.

I'd like to enter:
Sweet Stampin  mellow yellow
Fusion  photo (below)

Now you might be wondering if that's all I used from my kit, but I did use more, but mixed with stuff from the other kits, and I'll be posting these later in the week.

Please go and visit Pia and Nonni's blogs to see what they did with this kit.

Tomorrow I will show you Nonni's kit and what I did with it.

April Fool

I wanted to scrap an unusual photo - it's a photo of a screenshot my daughter posted on Instagram - so I chose to use this slightly unusual sketch from Stick it Down :

I used Pinkfresh Studio papers and embellishments , black spray ink , an arrow punch and a title cut on the Silhouette. The journalling tells the story of the April Fool's jokes I play on my daughter and I copied Michelle who was at the retreat this weekend by writing it in capitals on strips and then outlining them.

10th Birthday

This layout reminds me of a song from one of my favourite films  (Chitty  Chitty, Bang Bang ) - Up from the ashes, grow the roses of success.

I rarely make double- page spreads but I had really thought this through: the sketch from Let's Scrap , photos printed, title cut (on Silhouette) , papers chosen ( but not these ones!) .

The papers were not working .....I was using a white background and tried to watercolour it using a stencil and it just looked rubbish.  Then, to top it off, I accidentally knocked the cup of paint-water  over my desk and wet the papers and part of one of the photos. I was so fed up- I just gave up.

The next morning I decided that I would just start again. I chose some different papers and I was able to cover the water damage  on the photo by covering it with the 'high 5' card - it didn't matter as all the children who are obscured are also elsewhere on the layout. I actually ended up liking this layout a lot!

As well as Let's Scrap, I'd also like to enter the challenge at Aud Sentiments , which is to make a birthday project that's not a card. 

Mowing the Lawn

I've just got back from a lovely weekend scrapbooking with Scrapbags, my local group, so I'll be uploading some layouts I've made.  Before I went, I made a note of some current challenges and this helped me get my ideas together.

I made this for the challenge at Scrap the Boys  , which is to use photos of boys helping out their dad etc.  Here is my son, when he was younger,  helping his dad mow the lawn.  (He's ten now, and the novelty has worn off!)  I used Echo Park paper and printable elements, and I cut the sentiment on the Silhouette.

Inkspirational Challenge - Spring

Our new Inkspirational challenge is 'Spring'.

For my DT card I made a card to congratulate a couple on adopting a small child. (Friends of my daughter.)  I thought the sheep and that one of them is 'springing' over the fence fitted the spring theme.

The sheep stamps are by MFT and the sentiments are Clearly Besotted and Creative Expressions.

Our guest designer this time is Trina , and I hope you'll come over to Inkspirational and see her wonderful card, and enter your own spring project.

I'd like to enter:
My Time to Craft no designer paper
Crafty Friends  animals
Daisy Chain  spring

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Birthday Case # 1 with Prizes !

It's our birthday at City Crafter and to celebrate we'll be having CASE challenges all month with the chance to win prizes.

This week's challenge is to CASE the fabulous card by Kirsty, below:

Case this card by Kirsty 

For my DT card I copied Kirsty by making most of my card black and white, which I did by using white texture paste and a Tim Holtz stencil.  I stamped my sentiment (Waffle Flower)  on a strip across the card, like Kirsty did.

Case Kirsty's card and link up at City Crafter Challenge Blog, and then hop around and leave comments at the following blog list.

City Crafter Challenge Blog
Kirsty Vittetoe
Ros Crawford
Stella Schenkel
Marina

And here's what you could win: 

I can't wait to see what you make.

I'd like to enter:
That's Crafty  flowers
Creatalicious  flowers
Stamp Ink Paper  flowers