Talking to the Birds

It's my first day back at school today...hence the early hour of this post...so how did I spend my last night of freedom...crafting of course! I made a quick card for a few challenges: I used the Papertake Weekly Challenge sketch; took my colours from the inspirational photo from the BasicGrey Challenge; and used the 'Polkadot Party' theme of the My Time to Craft Challenge. I used Annie ('Talking to the Birds' by Sugar Nellie) because of her polkadot skirt, and coloured her to match the polkadot paper (from the 'Wisteria' pad by BasicGrey). I used my 'Swiss Dots' Cuttlebug folder to emboss the white card, added a piece of ribbon from Poppicrafts and a sentiment by Studio G.


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Summer Blossom

With all of the glorious weather we've been having lately, it's not surprising that a lot of the challenges are celebrating 'Summer' at the moment, so once again I'm combining quite a few on this card: Cupcake Craft, A Spoon Full of Sugar and Everybody Art with their 'Summer/Summertime' themes; the fab sketch (by my lovely friend Cathy) of the Dutch Dare Challenge; and the 'Favourite Colour Combo' challenge of the Pink Elephant.
I've interpreted the 'Summer' theme by using bright summery colours and flowers. My image is the lovely Annie ('Blossom' by Leanne Ellis for Sugar Nellie), coloured with watercoloured pencils to match the gorgeous K&Co papers ('Amy Butler' and 'Classic K - Margo'). The flowers are a mixture of Poppicrafts and Hobbycraft, the sentiment was cut using the 'Olivia' alphabet, and the ribbon is also from Poppicrafts.

This card is going to my partner for this month's friendship swap on the Docrafts forum, where there was no theme, but I thought that a bright summery card was in order this month!

ABC Challenge - O is for...

Wow - what a talented bunch of crafters you all are! It was fantastic seeing all of the fabulous items you created for our 'Not a card' challenge! As this is a scheduled post (I'm already on my way to work), I'll draw the winner of the handbag charm I made last week, when I get home this afternoon.

This week at the ABC Challenge we're at the letter O, which is for 'Orderly'...we would like your cards to be balanced...so, for example, if you use a flower somewhere on your card, it should be balanced by another somewhere else on the card.

I've used 'Blossom' (by Leanne Ellis for Sugar Nellie), and coloured Annie in shades of red and pink to match the papers by My Mind's Eye ('Adore') and BasicGrey ('Blush'). The flowers are from Poppicrafts, the pearl brads are by Papermania, and I couldn't resist adding a few pieces of card candy (by Craftwork Cards).

Don't forget to check out the fab creations by the other DT members for more inspiration.

The Sugar Bowl Challenge #10

I've used 'Annie' ('Blossom' by Leanne Ellis) in one of my favourite colour combinations 'Pink & Green' on my card for the current Sugar Bowl Challenge. The papers are a mixture of K&Co and BasicGrey, and I inked the edges with a pink fluid chalk (although it doesn't how up very well in the photo). I embossed one with the 'D'Vine Swirls' Cuttlebug folder. The flowers are Prima, the brad and buttons are by Papermania, and the ribbon is from Poppicrafts.

Sketch Saturday meets Colour Create

I've combined the fab Sketch Saturday Challenge sketch with the gorgeous colour combination of 'Duck Egg Blue & Rose' of the Colour Create Challenge. I had to rotate the sketch to fit my image ('Blossom' by Leanne Ellis for Sugar Nellie), which I cut out using my new deckled rectangle Nesties. The paper is by K&Co (from the 'Amy Butler' pad), the flowers and ribbon are from Poppicrafts, and the raffia lace is from Hobbycraft.

The Sugar Bowl Challenge #7

Inspired by the gorgeous weather we've been having lately, I've made a 'Spring' themed card for the Sugar Bowl Challenge. I've used Annie ('Talking to the Birds' by Leanne Ellis), coloured in pinks and blues to match the BasicGrey papers. The blue papers are from the 'Cupcakes' pad, and the pink one (embossed with the Cuttlebug 'Textile' folder) is from the 'Sultry' pad, and I used an emery board to slightly distress the edges for a bit of definition between the layers. The flowers are from Poppicrafts, and the raffia lace is from Hobbycraft.

A Spoon Full of Sugar meets Charisma Cardz

This week's Charisma Cardz Challenge is a sketch...and although I really like the sketch, it took me ages to work out what to do with it. I'm not sure I like my finished card...I think it's the black & white...I usually use a lot more colour, but I had this image already coloured...I may have another play with the sketch some other time! My image is 'Blossom' (Sugar Nellie stamp by Leanne Ellis), the paper is by Papermania ('Inspirations' pack), the ribbon is from Poppicrafts, and the sentiment is a stamp by Hero Arts (from the 'Anytime Messages' set). The Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge this week is to use gems on our cards...I hope my little Papermania flower gems count.

The Sugar Bowl Challenge #6

The theme for the current challenge over at the Sugar Bowl is 'Mother's Day'...we don't have to make a card, just something that a Mother would love. I opted to make a Mother's Day card...although I don't know who I'm going to give it to...I've already made the card I'm giving to my Mum. I've used Annie ('Blossom' by Leanne Ellis), and coloured her in brown and pink to match some yummy BasicGrey paper (from the 'Blush' range). The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp, the flowers are from Poppicrafts, the Lace Raffia is from Hobbycraft, and the heart charm and adhesive pearls are from my stash.

Annie...again!

I've combined challenges again on this card: the colour combination of Orange, Yellow and Green of the Colour Create Challenge; the 'Paper Piecing' technique challenge from Stamping Chic; and the Secret Crafter Challenge of 'Masking'. All of the papers are by BasicGrey, from the 'Boxer' and 'Cupcake' pads. My image is a Sugar Nellie stamp, 'Blossom' by Leanne Ellis, and I masked off the two flowers from either side of Annie before stamping (so that it would fit in the oval). I then stamped her gain on to the 'Boxer' paper, and paper pieced her skirt. The flowers were stamped using two of the stamps from the 'Doodles' set from the Clare Curd Signature Range by Papermania, on to scraps of the other BG papers I used, then cut out. The orange panel was embossed using the Cuttlebug 'Textile' folder, the sentiment stamp is by Whiff of Joy, and the lace raffia is from Hobbycraft.


This was the card I sent to my partner for the March friendship swap on the Docrafts forum, where the extra challenge was to use 3D flowers on our cards, so I think I've got that one covered too!

Sketch Saturday meets Pink Elephant

I've combined this week's fab Sketch Saturday sketch with the colour theme of Pink, Green and Brown of the Pink Elephant Challenge on this card. I had to rotate the sketch to fit my image - Annie...again, but this time 'Talking to the Birds' (by Leanne Ellis for Funky Kits). The (very loudly patterned) paper is by BasicGrey, and the brown panel is Core'dinations card embossed with the Cuttlebug 'Textile' folder then sanded to reveal the core. The flowers are by Prima, and the sentiment is from a set by Studio G.

BasicGrey with Charisma

For this card, I've combined the sketch from this week's BasicGrey Challenge, with the Charisma Cardz theme of 'Pretty Cards'. My main image is the very pretty Annie ('Blossom' stamp by Leanne Ellis from Funky Kits), coloured in various shades of pink to match the BG papers from the 'Blush' range. The swirls in the corner are from a set by Doodlebug, and the lace raffia is from Hobbycraft.

I also made another card using this stamp this weekend, for a few more challenges, but as I've sent it to my Docrafts friendship swap partner, so I'm going to wait 'til I know she's got it before I post it on here.

One Stop Craft meets BasicGrey

I've combined Sharon's fab sketch for the One Stop Craft Challenge, with the theme of this week's BasicGrey Challenge, which is 'Hearts'. The image I've used is a Sugar Nellie stamp ('Blossom' by Leanne Ellis). All of the papers are by BasicGrey - the one with lots of little hearts on it is 'Crush' from the blush range, and the other plainer papers (which have all been embossed with the Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder) are from the 'Sugared' and 'Two Scoops' pads. The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp, and the flowers are a mixture from my stash.

BasicGrey Challenge 20 meets Colour Create Challenge 1

I've combined the colour scheme of 'Pink, Green & Brown', of the first ever Colour Create Challenge with the fab sketch for this weeks BasicGrey Challenge, as it was a perfect excuse to use some of the gorgeous BasicGrey 'Eva' papers. My main image is a Sugar Nellie stamp by Leanne Ellis, called 'Talking to the birds', which I've watercoloured to match the papers. I've embossed the green paper with the Cuttlebug 'Spots & Dots' folder, and the sentiment stamp is by Whiff of Joy.

A Spoon Full of Sugar #33

I've been busy this weekend trying to finish some music arrangements for classes next week, but what I really wanted to be doing was playing with all my lovely new stash! So I've been setting myself targets, with the incentive of allowing myself a little 'play time' when I reach them!
This card has been made using the fab sketch for the current Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge. The stamp is another of my new Sugar Nellies ('Blossom' by Leanne Ellis), the paper is by Papermania (Inspirations 'Warm Tones'), the sentiment stamp is from a set by Studio G, the flowers are a mixture of Prima and Poppicraft, the satin ribbon was wrapped around a stack of soaps, and the ric-rac was a Christmas gift from a crafty friend.