As soon as I saw the colour inspiration for this weeks challenge at The Colour Throwdown I knew I would have to join in.
I instantly had a brilliant idea for a card and sat down last night to make it quickly. Well, my quickly turned into a frustrating 2 hours where every single thing I did turned to custard. I smudged ink, glued things the wrong way round, didn't like the layout...you name it, it happened. I went to bed around 12.30am with a finished card but not happy.
When I came to photograph it this morning, I still wasn't happy (it looked even worse in a photo!), so scrapped it and tried again...twice! But still they failed. The challenge had beaten me and I let it go. I took the dogs for a walk and then it happened......
I had no orange ink, enamel dots or sequins but I did have orange paper, so made the best of what I have. I used my new rainbow die for the first time and die-cut from orange, pink and yellow paper. I glued the rainbow pattern onto some white cardstock to keep it together. I then die-cut the tag with windows. I glued the rainbow to the front and stamped my sentiment at the top. This was then popped up on foam squares, a few enamel dots and finally...I was happy!!!!!
The metal rainbow die is from Paper Smooches. The tag and window metal dies are from Pretty Pink Posh. The sentiment is from Altenew 'Sohcahtoa' and the enamel dots from Papervine.
Will also link this to the challenge at Artful Crafts - September where their inspiration colours are very much the same:
Since I used the rainbow die for the first time, I'm also going to enter the challenge at Simply Create Too #69 where their theme is 'Show us something new'. This is my second entry.
And I just had to enter the NBUS #2 Challenge run by the forever wonderful Darnell. NBUS stands for 'never before used schtuff', so this card fits the bill. This is the second time she has run this challenge, last time was a huge success and so much fun, so I really encourage you to join.
Okay. One card down, two more to go. As usual I was going to go to bed early tonight but want to change a few things with my card for my first DT post at Time Out Challenges. I'm a wee bit nervous and excited at the same time.....
Take care
Shona
I've just realised its midnight and I had decided that I would go to bed early tonight. Oops..... I just find it sometimes takes so long to do a blog post, by the time I've copied blog addresses, made links, pasted images etc, a quick post can take half an hour. I do love doing it all though, just wish my internet connection was much faster (or maybe I mean my brain......)!
This is the gorgeous card this week for the Muse Challenge. They have the most incredible cards for inspiration. I loved the colours and the intricate butterfly die. Here is what I came up with:
I chose to do a softer pink using distress inks and stamped my butterfly straight on top. I added a little Wink of Stella to the wings for a bit of sparkle. I popped the pink card on some foam squares above a slightly larger piece of black cardstock. The sentiment was heat embossed in white on to some vellum and carefully glued to the front. Just a couple of enamel dots and a rhinestone made it on to the card as I wanted to keep it as simple as possible.
The butterfly stamp is from Couture Creations and the sentiment from Hero Arts 'Year Round Sentiments'. The enamel dots are from Papervine and the rhinestone from Kaisercraft.
I really wanted to link this card to the challenge at Addicted to Stamps #111 where their theme is 'Anything Goes with the optional twist of Get Well/Thinking of You'. They have dedicated this challenge to their friend Marie who has health problems at the moment. They wanted her to know that people are thinking of her. This is so lovely of them and I'm sure Marie would be so touched at their kindness.
I'm also going to link this to the challenge at CAS on Sunday #41 where their theme is 'Black and White with one colour'. I've gone with black/white and pink.
And of course I will be linking to the Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge where their theme for Stamptember is 'Stamp it'. This is my second entry.
I also wanted to mention that I have been a huge fan of Joan Rivers for many years and was so shocked yesterday to hear that she had passed away. To lose her and Robin Williams within the past few months is heartbreaking as I loved their humour and craziness so much. No one will ever be able to replace them and I don't think anyone will make me laugh so hard. They will certainly be missed.
Take care
Shona
What a fantastic week its been. Thankyou so much for all your lovely comments about my joining the Time Out DT, they make me smile so much (although if I smile anymore my chubby cheeks might implode!!).
Not only did I find out I had won two card challenges yesterday but today a lovely parcel arrived from Spain. I follow a blog My Paper Journey which is owned by the most amazing designer Yainea. A few weeks ago she had an amazing giveaway of goodies which unfortunately I didn't win but.....the original winner didn't claim and she chose another comment and it was me!!! I was so excited and contacted her straight away.
Yainea is so lovely and I told her about myself and how my daughter Phoebe couldn't wait for the parcel to arrive. Well, it only took one week (from Spain!!) to make it to New Zealand. This is what we found inside:
Isn't this fantastic! I can't get any of these products in New Zealand, so its extra amazing for me. She included the most beautiful card, a few extra goodies for me and a lovely bag of crafty trinkets just for Phoebe. What a fabulous woman!! Phoebe and I are going to work on a card to send to her to thank her so much for her generosity and kindness. Crafters are so wonderful!!!
So, the inspiration for the challenge at CASology this week is:
All I could think about with this challenge was the word 'understand' but had nothing in my crafting stash to portray this idea. So......
Now your probably wondering 'what does this card have to do with the word 'under'??? Well, have you ever heard of the word 'undergrowth'?? It means plants and shrubs that grow under a tree etc. My sentiment is appearing amongst the 'undergrowth'! Am I kooky or what??!! I sure hope this makes sense as I think this is one of my favourite cards.
I stamped the sentiment in green and then stamped the leaves and flowers in the same ink. I then took a chance and tried some water-colouring. I used a Distress Ink to paint the pink flowers and used the same green stamp ink to paint the leaves. It turned out even better than I thought it would and the little pink sequins finish it off nicely.
The sentiment is from Neat and Tangled 'Kindness Matters'. The flowers/leaves are from Altenew 'Painted Flowers' and the sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
Because I've done some water-colouring, I'm also going to link this to the challenge at AAA Cards Challenge #18 where their theme is:
And I'm also going to link this to the Lawnscaping Challenge #89 where their theme is:
And last (but not least) I will link to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where their Stamptember Theme is - Stamp it!
Whew, I think this is the longest post I've ever done!! Sorry about that but there are so many wonderful challenges to enter and people to thank. I hope I haven't missed anything!
Take care
Shona
