Its April!! I can't believe we are into the fourth month of the year already but here it is and it means we have a new challenge theme for you!
This month at The Flower Challenge we are looking for 'Shaped Cards'!! You can make any shape you like with a main floral theme. I can probably count on one hand how many times I've made a shaped card in my life, so I can't wait to see all the ideas you link in the Gallery!!
This doesn't happen very often but I actually made two cards to share with you today. They are small enough to add up to one card but are different shapes, so can't wait to hear what you think:
I'm being a bit tricky with my 'floral' theme this month. I was really struggling to come up with a shaped card idea and then came across these dies by Waffle Flower and thought they would be perfect!!
I started off by grabbing some white CS and Distress Oxide Inks 'Wilted Violet', 'Worn Lipstick', 'Cracked Pistachio', 'Broken China' and 'Spiced Marmalade'. I blended areas of the card stock big enough to cut out each of the Waffle Flower 'Lacy Flower' dies from each colour.
To make the card bases I used two top folding cards and die cut the Waffle Flower 'Lacy Flower Mats' from them, making sure two points of each flower die were hanging over the fold so they weren't cut. They way the cards could open like this:
I glued and layered the coloured dies on to each card front. For the sentiments (from Waffle Flower 'Congrats') I heat embossed them in white on strips of black CS and popped them up on foam tape. It would be easy to make envelopes for these with my WeRMemory Keepers Envelope Maker and they would make great gift cards.
I'm going to link these to the Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge where their theme is 'Anything Goes'. Its my 4th entry, they will be getting sick of the sight of me......
You have until Wednesday 25th April to link your projects to The Flower Challenge and we will be back on the 15th with a few more ideas. Also don't forget to pop over to the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have created to inspire you. Can't wait to see all your amazing cards!!
Take care
Shona
Hope your all having a wonderful Easter weekend! Its Easter Monday for us here in New Zealand and we are still eating chocolate. Unfortunately Max has come down with his 3rd virus in 4 weeks so he's been sick and coughing since Saturday but he still managed to find all his eggs yesterday and ate a few. The schools are all closed for Tuesday as well so Phoebe has Ella coming to stay tonight, so we need to be prepared for chocolate-fuelled giggling till all hours....
I've managed a little crafting lately and been using some of the stamps that haven't been inked up yet. This Neat and Tangled set is one of those and the current Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge is so perfect to add any type of card you like with their 'Anything Goes' theme:
I'm always a sucker for floral stamp sets and this set from Neat and Tangled 'Bloom' is so beautiful!!
I tried something different when I stamped out these flowers. Using all the tiny stamp images from the set, I used my MISTI and set up two groups on the panel of watercolour CS. I stamped the groups with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white powder and then just moved my panel around in the MISTI to stamp the groups again. Was so much easier than having them on separate stamp blocks!!
Once I finished embossing I used my Altenew Markers Set A to colour them in. The panel didn't seem right to use in its entirety, so I used a curved die from Pretty Pink Posh on one side. I adhered a strip of grey CS on the left of the card front and popped the coloured panel up on foam tape. I heat embossed the sentiment in gold on watercolour CS, fussy cut it out and put it on foam tape, making two layers on one side to really pop it up. I finished off by gluing on some sequins, also from Neat and Tangled.
Max has just purchased a new PS4 game that he's been dying to get his hands on. He's paused it and is waiting for me to finish typing this so I can watch him play. The graphics are so real, its amazing what they can create nowdays!!
Take care
Shona
Just back from playing basketball with Max. He's so good but I keep trying and one day I'll be a good match for him one-on-one. I'm so hot and sweaty so thought I would sit down for a moment before tackling some gardening and share another Christmas card with you.
With the current Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge being 'Anything Goes', I thought I would share with you another Christmas card I created with 'nontraditional' Christmas colours:
Will have to earmark this card for my daughter Phoebe for Christmas as she is mad about Llama's!!
I started by stamping the llama and presents with black ink on white CS. I coloured them with pencils and fussy cut out.
Since the llama is coloured with pastel colours, I decided to try a pastel background but make it more graphic by using a solid triangle stamp and ink pads from Waffle Flower. I cut a panel of white CS and using my MISTI I eye balled stamping the triangles down the middle, stamping each colour twice for good coverage.
I cut the stamped panel to be a bit slimmer, added some strips of grey CS under each side and then adhered to a card base. The presents were glued in place and the llama put on foam tape. I stamped the sentiment in grey ink of a strip of white CS, put it on foam tape and added some sequins for shine.
The llama is from Neat and Tangled 'Fa La Llama' and the presents from Mama Elephant 'A Beary Christmas'. The triangle stamp is from Neat and Tangled 'Scandinavian Prints Christmas' and the sentiment is also from Neat and Tangled 'Santa's ride. And of course the sequins are also from Neat and Tangled too!!
Another Christmas card for the very small stash I have so far this year. Must make sure I create some more each month so its not a big rush in October/November. I'm going to go outside now and tend to my own garden. There is so much to do now we've hit Autumn but you wouldn't know it with the hot weather lately!!
Take care
Shona
