Perfectly Rustics Colour Challenge

It's all about colour over at Perfectly Rustics this fortnight - actually it is all about three particular colours:

Here is my project.

Card Tip:

I great way to use up those scraps of pattern paper and card stock is to use it as accents.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Francheville blue card stock, DCWV smoky card stock, white standard card base.

Papers: DCWV citrus stack paper pad.

Stamps: Sassy Studio Designs Birthday Cake Sassy.

Markers:

               Skin: E000+E00+E11+R20

               Lips: E04+RV32 
               Hair: E21+E23+E25

               Stockings: BV02+BV04 
               Boots: C01+C03+C05 
               Dress: BG000+BG01+BG02 

               Cake: YG03+YG06, BG02, Y21, YR02,R29

Embossing Folders: Sizzix flourish, Darice argoyle background.

Other: Vertical silver happy birthday sticker, pearls.

Challenge List:

Sassy Studio Designs Progressive Challenge.

Create With Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge

Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge-emboss it

Creative Fingers Challenge#83-anything goes

Simply Papercrafts For All Occassions Challenge#6-anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge#110-anything goes

Crafters Cafe Challenge#120-anything goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge#37-anything goes

Moo Mania Challenge-anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door-anything goes

Letters and Symbols at Perfectly Rustics

Well its time for another challenge at Perfectly Rustics and we are talking about using letters and symbols on your card. I had seen this technique over at Papertrey Inks and thought this was an opportune time to try it out.

Card Tip:

This technique is called white on white diecuts with a pop of colour, and the variations are endless - here is the video featuring this technique Papertrey Ink Make it Monday.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Quill white card stock, pink card stock from stash.

Stamps: AmyRStamps its your birthday.

Ink: Hero Arts neon pink.

Dies: Kaisercraft nesting frame, QuickKuts nesting balloons.

Other: Ranger glossy accents - 2 applications.

Challenge List:

Artistic Inspirations Challenges#132-anything goes with twist
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge-anything goes
Seize The Birthday-anything goes
Addicted to Stamps Challenge#146-anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge#229-anything goes
Clear It Out Challenge#26-Girls/diecuts and/or punches

Creative Card Crew Challenge#88-for a teen

Party Time Tuesdays Challenge#198-anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door-anything goes

Tuesday Throw Down Challenge#246-anything goes

Pop Ups with Perfectly Rustics

Over at Perfectly Rustics this fortnight we are talking about Pop Up Cards. Firstly I will admit I scoured youtube for video tutorials, but likely for me, my  Elizabeth Crafts Lots of Pops Die arrived just in time and this is what I came up with.

Card Tip:

I haven't used any of the accessories that come with this die. I  have also used the simplest option - to see more of what this die has to offer here is a technique video Karen Burniston Pop it Ups pop-up dies for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: 5"x 7" white card base, Quill cream and burgundy card stock.

Papers: Bo Bunny silver and gold collection.

Dies: Papertrey Ink modern alphabet dies, modern alphabet dies upper, Elizabeth Craft Designs lots of pops, agatha edges,merry christmas, holiday house.

Other: Gina K Design organza ribbon.

Challenge List:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge#10
Inspiration Destination Challenge#33-anything goes
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge#137-Use some ribbon
Crafty Girlz Challenge#2-anything goes
Wags n Whiskers Challenge#154-lots of layers
Crimbo Crackers Challenge#80-die cuts
Little Miss Muffet Challenges#111-many layers
Christmas at Sweet Stampin Challenge-cute christmas
Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenges-anything goes
Christmas Card Challenge#24

A Guest Book with Perfectly Rustics

There is a new challenge starting over at Perfectly Rustics today with a theme of Use Three of Something, I also wanted to share a project that was a huge joy to create. My little sister Rachael decided to get married to the love of her life Simon on 30th April 2015 in New Zealand and I was incredibly honored that they asked me to create a guest book for them. This was the first time I had made anything like this and with only a guest list of 17 - it presented an interesting challenge, This is what I came up with.

Card Tip:

I needed to create a small guest book that was strong enough to hold up but also had black pages - a request made by the groom. So my solution was covering a chipboard album. I started off with a American Crafts 6x8 chipboard minibook, and covered it with assorted card stock.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Bazzill royalty,her majesty,black tie.
Papers: cream paper from local scrapbook store.
Stamps: Tiddly Inks As You Wish
Markers:

               Skin: E000+E00+E11+E02+R20 

               Guy's Hair: E33+E35+E37
               Lady's Hair: E40+E41+E43+E31

               Guy's Shirt: E50+E30
               Guys Tunic: E23+E25+E29
               Guy's Pants: E53+E55+E57

               Guy's Boots: C01+C03+C05+C07
               Lady's Shirt: E50+E30
               Lady's Dress: V000+V01+V12+V04
               Lady's Shoes: E53+E55+E57

Dies: Cuttlebug typewriter font die, Spellbinders lattice rectangle, Couture Creations nesting hearts, I also used my Brother Scan and Cut for the page shapes.
Other: Prima flowers, purple and cream ribbon from stash.

Challenge List:

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge-duo

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge#9
Inspiration Destination Challenge#31-anything goes
Hiding in my Craftroom-die cuts
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge#135-anything goes
Dies R Us Challenge#25-anniversary
Crafty Girlz Challenges#1-anything goes
Artistic Inspirations Challenges#130-anything goes or a touch of ribbon
Addicted to Stamps Challenge#103-flowers
Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge-anything goes

Remember with Perfectly Rustics and Hero Arts

its a brand new challenge happening over at Perfectly Rustics, and this fortnight we are talking about having Remember or Remembrance on your card. I also thought this was a great opportunity to showcase another Hero Arts stamp.

Card Tip:

To create this flower, I have stamped it four times on white card stock. I scanned it with my Brother Scan and Cut, and had it cut out each one. I then cut out different sections of the flowers, coloured them with distress inks and layered them up with foam tape, topped with a clear button and embroidery thread.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: white card stock for 5" x 5.5" card base , white, green and blue card stock from stash.

Stamps: Hero Arts hand drawn flower.

Ink: Memento tuxedo black ink, Distress Inks in bundled sage, tumbled glass, peacock feathers.
Dies: Couture Creation nesting scalloped rectangles.
Other: Fiskars scallop border punch, Tattered Angel glimmer spray, button, embroidery thread, mother of pearl sequins.

Challenge List:

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge#131-anything goes
Scrapbooker PHD Challenge#22-focus on a sentiment
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge#7-anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge#16-lets see spring
Pile It On Challenge#63-die cuts and or punches
Robyns Fetish Challenge#258-pastel colors
Scrappy Hands Challenge#35-bingo, 3D+button+stamps

Corrosive Challenges#221-hop into spring
That Craft Place Challenge-easter/spring
The Paper Players Challenge#239-use a diecut

Perfectly Rustics Eggs

Its time for another challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and in the spirit of Easter the theme is Eggs. So with that in mind, I went a little bit simpler with my layout as to highlight a gorgeous and bright basket of Easter eggs.

Card Tip:

 I have used a die to emboss instead of die cutting. To do this you will still need a die cutting machine but instead of a second cutting plate in your sandwich, you use an embossing mat and possibly cardboard shims.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: DCWR textured white card stock for 4.25" x 5.5" top folding card base, Quill black card stock. 

Stamps: Simon Says Stamps absolutely stamp set, Elizabeth O Dulemba colouring pages.

Ink: Memento tuxedo black ink.

Markers:

               Basket: E55+E33 + colourless blender + Y21 

               Bow: R22+R24+R27+R29
               Eggs: BG02+BG05, YGO3+YGO6, RV19+RV04,                                     B21+B24, YR02+YR04.

Dies: Simon Says Stamps stitched rectangles.

Challenge List:

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge-anything goes, twist your favourite thing

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends-anything goes
Inspiration Destination Challenge#25-anything goes
Hiding in my Craftroom Challenge#192-embossing
Challenge Up Your Life Challenge#11-Easter
Snarky Stampers Challenge#30-e is for Easter
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge#271-no design papers
Simply Create Too Challenge#381-Easter or bunnies
Sister Act Card Challenge#98-anything goes
Stempelsonne Challenge#137-anything goes with a stamp

Perfectly Rustics Little Boy or Little Girl Challenge.

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and this time its all about little boys or girls. With that in mind, I picked this adorable AlicaBel image, I could just see her going along to a birthday party with her gift in hand.

Card Tip:

I had coloured this image up a while ago, I have a whole box of images that I have coloured previously when I felt like colouring vs making a card, sometimes it comes in handy, especially if you need to make something last minute.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: standard A5 white card base, purple card stock from stash.

Papers: patterned paper from stash.

Stamps: AliciaBel Nena, Quietfire Designs Ten Tiny Tag Sentiments.

Ink: Versamark ink, Allison Ellis white detail embossing powder.

Markers:

                    Skin: E000+E00+E02, B21.

                    Hair: E23+E25+E29
                    Hair Band & Shirt: V12+V15+V17

                    Pants: B21+B24+B26 
                    Shoes: E59+E57

                   Present: RV02+RV04+RV06

Dies: Couture Creations nesting hearts, Spellbinders grommet tags.

Other: White ribbon from stash, purple gems in assorted sizes.

Challenge List:

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge-anything goes
AliciaBel Challenge-anything goes with an AliciaBel image
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge-punches and diecuts
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge#4-anything goes
Krafty Hands Challenge-hearts and flowers
Inspiration Destination Challenge#21-anything goes
Crafty Sentiments Challenge-bling it on
Avenue 613 Challenge#112-anything goes,optional twist birthday
Come and Get It Challenge-layer it on
One Stitch at a Time Challenge#231-anything goes,optional twist birthday

Perfectly Rustics Wings Challenge

So today is the start of a brand new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and the theme this fortnight is Wings. This was a hard one for me I have so many things that could qualify, butterfly stamps and images, dragonfly stamps and images not to mention Fairy images galore. So I decided I wanted to do some stamping and keep it simple and this is what I came up with.

Card Tip:

Lovely bright colours are a great addition to a simple design.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Quill A2 white card base.

Stamps: Gina K Designs fabulous frames, whimiscal wishes for sentiment.

Ink: Memento tuxedo black ink.

Markers:

               Butterflies: V04+V06+V09, BV02+BV04+BV09, 
                                     B24+B26+B29, R83+R85+RV06

Challenge List:

Scrapbooker Phd Challenge#20-cas using a stamp
Inspiration Destination Challenge#19 - anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge#66-add wings
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge#265-birthdays
Stempelsonne Challenge#134-anything goes - must have a stamp
Seize the Birthday-anything-goes
Crafters Cafe Challenge#102-birthday card
Lawnscaping Challenge#99-clean and simple
Through the Purple Haze Challenges#76-anything goes
Catch the Bug Challenge-anything-goes

A New Year at Perfectly Rustics

Well it is a brand new year and a brand new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics today with a theme of Animals in any shape or form. I happened to be part of the Kit and Clowder facebook Christmas Card swap and as my card was going international, I thought this christmas Emu was perfect for this and perfect for this challenge.

Card Tip:

Your inspiration can come from anywhere, but that is what it is inspiration, that doesn't mean you can't change the idea along the way. The inspiration for this card came from a magazine but I slightly changed it with its dimensions to fit my focal image and I used a die for my bow creating more dimension. 

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Cr8ative blue card stock, Quill cream card stock, focal image is on Ranger watercolour paper.

Papers:Doodlebug santa express paper pad.

Stamps: Kasazz edward with tree, Gina K Designs seasonal sentiments, Eclectic Images wishing you christmas.

Ink: Heroarts black ink,Versamark ink and gold embossing powder, Colorbox gold pigment ink, Derwent inktense pencils.
Dies: Lil'inkers Design bow die - large, Kaisercraft nesting frames, Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder.
Other: Glossy Accents, Ice stickles.

Challenge List:

Allsorts Challenge#293-new and cute
Crafty Calendar Challenge-whats new
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge#1-anything goes
Scrappy Hands Challenge#30-layers
Sir Stamp Alot Challenge-dies and punches

The Glory of Christmas Challenge#50-non traditional colours
Cards Galore Challenges-anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge-anything goes along as its Christmas

The Crafting Cafe-lots of layers

The Sisters of Craft-anything goes

Perfectly Rustics Include a Sentiment

Well its time for a new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and this time we are talking about sentiments, with a catch of course, we want any sentiment at all except Happy Birthday. So here is my inspiration for you.

 

Card Tip:

Just because it is a wedding card doesn't mean you have to stick with pastels for your colour scheme, I have used black for my accent colour and I think it works well.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Standard A5 white card base, black  and yellow card stock from stash.

Papers: Snap Click Supply Co  Nancie Rowe Janitz I Thee Wed paper pack.

Stamps: Tiddly Inks Forever Yours, Paper trey Ink simple sentiments.

Ink: Memento tuxedo black ink.

Markers:

               Skin: E000+E00+E21+R20

               Guy's Hair: E33+E35+E37
               Lady's Hair: E50+E51+Y21

               Guy's Shirt: BIC black
               Guys Suit: C01+C03+C05+C07
               Guy's Tie: C07

               Lady's Dress: E50+colourless blender.

Dies / Embossing Folder: Couture Creations Nesting Dies scalloped rectangles, Cuttlebug divine swirls. 

Other: Wink of Stella Clear pen, small heart punch

Challenge List:

Outlawz Saturday Paper Ala Mode Challenge-anything goes

A Little Bit Crafty Challenge-anything-goes but not christmas

Inspiration Destination Challenge#9-anything goes

Imagination Crafts Challenge-anything goes

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps Challenges#30-anything goes

Just Us Girls Challenge#269-wild card

Brown Sugar Challenge#122-anything goes

Crafty Catz Challenge-anything goes

Stempelsonne-anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks#222-die cuts

Perfectly Rustics Sewing

Its time for a brand new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and this fortnight we are talking about sewing, any kind of sewing as long as it is on your card, layout, or ATG. I would love to take all the credit for my card today but alias I had some help. There is a fantastic company here is Australia called Paper Quilt Creations. Michaela Laurie has created a huge amount of quilting patterns of all different shapes specifically for paper craft. They include templates, how many and what size squares to punch out and detailed instructions on how to put them together. It makes quilting super easy and enjoyable with fantastic results.

Card Tip:

Just remember that if you are using your sewing machine for any kind of paper craft you might need to change your tension on your machine, and always do a test run before sewing on your finished product. Of course this also means you will need to change it back when you want to go back to sewing normally. 

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock:

cream A5 card base.

Papers:

Pink glitter paper from stash, patterned paper scraps from stash.

Other: Paper Quilt Creations Masked Ball,Tonic ticket and tag corner punch. Sewing Machine, Metallic Thread, plastic flowers.

Challenge List:

Imagination Crafts November Challenge-anything goes

2 Creative Chicks Challenge#20-any sewing
Natalie and Amy Challenge#26-stitch it

A Creative Romance-pink

Alphabet Challenge-s for stitching

Brown Sugar Challenge#118-anything goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge#253-anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge#81-anything goes

Creative Knockouts-patchwork pretties

Addicted to Stamps Challenge#119-cas

A Mermaid under the Sea

Its time for a new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and the theme is Banners. I have a niece that is obsessed with Ariel and all things mermaids, so not only is she having a mermaid party but I thought this card would be perfect for her.

Card Tip:

I have created this background myself, here is how to achieve the same look:
Step 1: Using the distress inks of your choice - I used peacock feathers, bundled sage,tumbled glass and dusty concord, with a ink blending tool add varying amounts of each colour to white card stock.
Step 2:
once you are happy with the colour combination you have created spray the whole piece with a glitter spray - I used Tattered Angel iridescent gold. 
Step 3: just in selected spots add more spray so you have pooling.
Step 4: move the card around so the pooling liquid moves around, this will also help blend the distress inks further. 
Step 5: set aside to dry or heat it with your heat gun, just be careful of your pooled areas as the heat gun may direct them where you don't want them.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock:

standard A5 white card stock base, white card stock for background piece and banners.

Stamps:
Elizabeth O Dulemba Coloring Page - Mermaid, AmyRus Stamps happy birthday for sentiment.

Ink:
Memento tuxedo black ink, Distress Inks as above and peacock feathers for edging the banners.

Markers:

               Skin: E000+E00+E21+R20

               Lips: R85+R83 
               Hair: E33+E35+E23

               Tail: V01+V04+V06+V09, B21+B24++B26 
               Top: V01+V04+V06
               Bubbles: BG13 

               Shell: Y21+RV32+colourless blender + BIC summer
               melon+peach parfait.
               Fish: Y21+Y17 +BIC summer 
               melon+sunset orange,YG03+G14+B21+B23, 
               R22+ R24+Y15+Y17, R24+R27     

Dies:

Simon Says Stamp little banner die.

Other:

Gems of various sizes and colours.

Challenge List:

Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge

Operation Write Home#September - create your own background

Pumpkin Spice Challenge#82-birthday
Suzy Bees Bloomin Challenge#45-anything goes
Crafty Bloggers Network#September-anything goes
Stamplorations September Challenge-stamps & markers
Imagination Crafts Challenges-anything goes
Wedodoobadoo Challenge#14-something feminine
Cards Galore Challenges#9-make a card