Shaking and Sliding with Perfectly Rustics

It is a brand new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and we are talking about Shaking or Sliding cards. I opted for a shaker card, my first I am happy to admit.

Card Tip:

You can add anything you like to the shaker part of the card, beads, sequins, punched shapes - I have added a variety of shapes and sequins for interest.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Quill white card stock and base.

Papers: Authentique delightful collection.

Stamps: Anne's Digital Art Poppies

Markers:

               Flowers: RV02+RV04+RV06+RV09+RV19

               Leaves: G14+G07+YG17
 Dies: Frame created with Brother Scan and Cut.

Embossing Folder: Darice Scroll Frame.

Challenge List:

Outlawz Progressive Challenge
Inspiration Destination Challenge#39-anything goes
Simply Papercrafts Challenge#7-anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge#112-anything goes
Crafting With an Attitude Challenge#4-anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges#25-anything goes
Creative Moments Challenge#71-anything-goes with wet or dry embossing
Penny's Challenges#233-anything goes

Perfectly Rustics Make it Better

Well here we are again with a brand new challenge starting over at Perfectly Rustics with a theme of Make it Better. I am sure we all have previous projects, layouts and cards that we would love to keep some of the elements but do a  "do over", well here is your chance.
I think I have already posted how much of a influence Kit and Clowder have had on my colouring skills, well you are about to see further proof. Here is my original card using the gorgeous Wee Stamps Summer Fairy.

Here is my do over

Card Tip:

If you are not up to no-line colouring, stamping your image in a light brown, like I have done here will give you an outline that is softer.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: white DCWR card stock for top folding 5" x 6" base. Purple card stock from stash.

Papers: Kaisercraft magic happens.

Stamps: Wee Stamps Summer Fairy, computer generated sentiment.

Ink: Memento rich cocoa, desert sand for sponging, Versamark ink and white embossing powder on wings.
Markers:

               Skin: E000+E00+E11+R20

               Hair: E31+E33+E35
               Dress: BG000+BG01+BG02+BG05

               Shoes: BG000+BG01
               Flowers: V04+V06+V09 
               Leaves: YG03+YG06 

               Wings: R81+RV02+V01+BG02+YG03+R22+BG34+B21+YR02+Y15

Dies: Spellbinders standard circles small and large, Dienamics Fancy Flourish.
Other:Wink of Stella glitter pen, Uniball white gel pen. Fiskairs apron lace border punch, EK Success mini flower punch.

Challenge List:

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge-anything goes with texture twist
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge-easter spring cards for kids
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge#5-anything goes
Inspiration Destination Challenge#23-anything goes
Hiding in my Craftroom Challenge#190-freestyle
Crafty Sentiments Challenge-spring colours
Brown Sugar Challenge#136-spring
Craft for the Craic Challenge#14-bingo Diecut, more that 2 layers, image

Aloha Friday Challenges#42-living things with wings

Hugs and Kisses over at Perfectly Rustics

Its a brand new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics today, and you guessed it, its all about Hugs and Kisses. It can be in your background paper, your sentiment or your focal image or embellishment.Here is my take.

Card Tip:

Don't forget that your alpha dies can not only be used for custom sentiments, but accents and backgrounds like I have used them here.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: Quill cream 5" square card base, Quill cream and black card stock. 

Papers: Bazzill glitter card stock in assorted colours.

Dies: Sizzix twinkle toes alphabet dies.
Other:Heart punch, red sequins, tonic ticket tag duo corner punch, Artlover glitter rub on letters.

Challenge List:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - anything goes
Inspiration Destination Challenge#17-anything goes
Jelly Park Challenges-bling it up
Sir Stamp Alot Challenge-dies and punches
That Craft Place Challenge-love and/or valentine
Di's Digi Designs Challenge-add sparkle

Perfectly Rustics Tree Challenge

Over at Perfectly Rustics this week we have a brand new challenge and we are talking trees. I have been itching to not only try out a new stamp set but wanting to do some paper piecing as well, this is what I came up with.

Card Tip:

Be careful what papers you use for paper piecing, you wont to make sure the print is small enough to be seen in a small image.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: white A5 card base, Creative blue card stock.

Papers: Doodlebug santa express paper pad,KlouiseDigiArt digital papers, Kaisercraft mint twist paper pad.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn trim the tree, Gina K Designs seasonal labels for sentiment.

Ink: Memento tuxedo black ink, Versamark ink and allison ellison white embossing powder.
Markers:

               Star: Y15

               Tree trunk:E57+E59 

Dies & Punches: Spellbinders ribbon tag trio, Tonic ticket and tag duo punch.

Other: wink of stella clear glitter pen, glossy accents, line of clear gems, homemade acrylic dots, blue ribbon from stash.

Challenge List:

Outlawz Monday Greeting Challenge - 3 patterns of designer paper and bling
Sweet Stampin Challenge-oh christmas tree
A Girl Who Crafts Challenge-Christmas
Crafting Musketeers Challenge#20-use bling

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge
Kreativeinkauf Challenge#21-Christmas Tree
One Sweet Challenge-Christmas
Paradise of Stamps Challenge#7-christmas
Seema Crafts December Challenge - Christmas
The Craft Garden December Challenge - Christmas

Perfectly Rustics Wet or Dry Embossing for Christmas

Well like many people this time of year its all about Christmas cards. Last year I created and sent out 50 Christmas cards - I couldn't believe it either, especially when I made them in between Christmas and New Year, just a smidge late. So this year I vowed to get started early. So I usually post out at least 40 of those cards so I like to consider three main points when I am creating these cards:

1. It has to fit into a standard size envelope for postage so not too crazy on the embellishments.
2. the design needs to be easily repeated with slight variation if possible.
3. Just because its Christmas doesn't mean I want to limit myself to the colour scheme of only red, green and silver or gold. 

So with Perfectly Rustics new challenge today of wet and dry embossing, I saw a perfect opportunity to get started.

Card Tip:

For the colouring of the embossing folder I used a sponge dauber and I created a template by die cutting a circle out of scrap paper. This helped me to create the defined line around the outside of the ornament and saved me from transferring any where i didn't want it. It wasn't a perfect fit, I just moved the circle around as I went. I also used a brush to apply the colour to the top sections.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: White A5 card bases and white card stock for embossed piece, Cre8tive blue, green, pink,purple and orange card stock.

Stamps: AmyRus Stamps merry and bright for sentiment.

Ink: Memento bahama blue, Distress Inks seeded preserve, pickled raspberry, bundled sage,dusty concord, dried marigold.

Dies and Embossing Folder: Couture Creations xmas lights embossing folder, Spellbinders label 8

Other: Assorted coloured ribbons from my stash, assorted sizes and colours of gems.

Challenge List:

We Do Doobadoo Challenge#19-Christmas
Krafty Hands November Challenge-Christmas Cheer
All About Crafts-cas or clean and simple
Inspiration Destination Challenge#7-anything goes
Dies R Us Challenge#14-Christmas
Outlawz ChallengesTwisted Thursday - anything goes, twist thankful

Crafty Calendar November Challenge - its all about Christmas
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge# 202-bright colours

Christmas Stampin Challenge#37-anything goes

Crafty Catz Challenge#255-Christmas is coming

Perfectly Rustics Witch.

So its time for a brand new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and this fortnight we are talking about Holidays, so I have decided to do a Halloween card with this gorgeous witch from Simply B Stamps.

Card Tip:

Don't be afraid to mix different distress inks together, you come out with some surprising results.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: 
Black standard card base, white card stock for background from stash, cream card stock from stash, silver mirror card for stars.
Stamps:
Simply B Stamps Betty Boo-doir Witchy Mrs Boo 

Ink:
Distress Ink chipped sapphire, dusty concord, vintage photo, seedless preserves for around sentiment.

Markers:

               Skin: E000+E00+E13+R20
               Lips: R85

               Hair: E29+E59+E57 
               Eye: YG06+V06
               Broom: E35+E55+E23

               Hat: V01+V04+V06+V09 
               Dress: V01+V06+V09
               Stockings: V01+V04,YGO3+YGO6 
               Shoes: C7+C5+ E55 

               Bottle: YG03+YG06+YG09+G14
               Skull: C1+colourless blender + gold pen.

Dies:

Spellbinders classic oval.

Other: 
Star punch, silver ribbon,Tattered Angels pearl glimmer mist.

Challenge List:

We Do Doobadoo Challenge#17-halloween

Southern Girls Challenge-getting wordy on it

A Little Bit Crafty-boo

Inspiration Destination Challenge#3-anything goes

DiesRus Challenge#12-halloween

Pumpkin Spice Challenge#88-harvest or.halloween

Sweet Stampin Challenge-halloween

Fairytale Challenge#102-happy halloween

Aloha Friday Challenges#34-dies and/or punches

Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge - purple, green, blue

Perfectly Rustic Colour Combo

So its time for a new challenge over at Perfectly Rustic and this time its a colour challenge. Ever since I saw this Papertrey Ink die and stamp set I have wanted to use it, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity. So with that in mind I have done a very simple get well card for my Nana. 

Card Tip:

I have die cut the butterflies twice, one in the green and one in the espresso. I then adhered the green butterfly on top of the brown butterfly but slightly to the side which gives a shadow effect.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: craft A5 card base, espresso card stock and glitter green card stock from stash.

Stamps: Papertrey Ink life is beautiful stamp set

Ink: Memento rich cocoa

Dies: Papertrey Ink life is beautiful die set

Other:green gems

Challenge List:

Pink Gem Challenge#129 clean and simple
My Time to Craft Challenge#261-die cuts only
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge#249-all sentimental
Sister Act Card Challenge#77-anything goes - Winner
4 Krafty Girlz Challenge#28-anything goes
Delightful Sketches Challenge-add a sentiment
Crafters Cafe Blog Challenge#84-use punches and/or diecuts
Crafting by Designs-anything goes
Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge#36-anything goes
Nut Crafters Challenge#78-something new,the stamp set and die set

Perfectly Rustic Inspiration

Perfectly Rustics brand new challenge today is an inspiration challenge. What I saw was masses of flowers in reds,blues, purples and yellows, so I decided to do a simple one layer card with lots of flowers.

Card Tip:

I was missing the right ink colour in distress inks to get the colour I wanted, so I mixed a light distress ink with a dark memento ink and got the perfect colour. Don't be afraid to mix your inks even if they are different types.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock:

white card stock for the base (A4 sheet cut in half)

Stamps:
Stampin Up flower shop and matching pansy punch, GinaKDesigns a year of flowers for sentiment, the flowerpot image is from my stash.

Ink:
Versamark ink and white embossing powder,Distress inks tumbled glass,dusty concord,wild honey,aged mahogany, tea dye,vintage photo, Memento paris dusk. The pot and stem and leaves were coloured with Derwent inktense pencils.

Dies:

Papertrey Ink angled labels die collection.

Other:

sequins,thin purple ribbon.

Challenge List:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge - summer fun
Allsorts Challenge Week#273-warm sunshiny colours - Top 5
Aloha Friday Challenges#30-in the garden
Paper Crafting Magic Challenge#16-sequins
Paper Creators Crafts Challenge#28 - bows,bling and blooms
The Cutting Edge Challenge#8
The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge-anything goes
Natalie and Amy Challenge#23-die cuts and flowers
Seema Crafts-summer fun in august
The Sisters of Craft-anything goes
Stamplorations Monthly Challenge - diecuts and stamps
Chocolate Coffee Cards Challenge#71-bingo - Diecut, Bow, The Colour Blue.

Bows

A new challenge begins today over at Perfectly Rustic with the theme of Ribbon - add a bow or ruffle.
For my inspiration card I wanted it look like a present wrapped up with a bow and I am very happy with the results.

Card Tip:

A Stamp a Majig is a great tool for lining up your sentiments in small spaces.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock: 

standard cream card base from stash, burgundy card stock from stash.

Papers:

DCWV citrus stack.

Stamps:
Papertrey ink fillable frames #4 for sentiment

Ink:
Memento coccoa brown ink

Dies:

Lil’Inker Designs Bow Die Large,Spellbinders label 28

Other:

small resin flower from stash

Challenge List:

Crafty Catz Weekly#241-anything goes
Sister Act Card #67-anything goes
Outlawz CAS Challenges-diamonds and pearls
4Krafty Girlz #23-anything goes
Little Miss Muffet #90-anything goes
Milk Coffee-birthdays challenge
Crafters Cafe #73-anything goes
Pennys challenges#187-anything goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters-die cuts andor punches
Frosted Designs-flowers and stitching
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge#271 - Top 6

Sketch Challenge

Over at Perfectly Rustic this fortnight it is a Sketch Challenge.

Here is my Design Team Inspiration Card.

Card Tip:

Don't discount any colour combinations - until I put it together I would have never thought of putting pale pink with teal.

Card Ingredients:

Card Stock:
white 5" x 7" card base, pink copy paper.

Papers:

patterned paper from my stash.
Stamp:
Get Stamping Magazine free stamp set for sentiment.

Ink:

Memento tuxedo black ink for sentiment.

Dies: 

Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing Folder.

Other:

Kaisercraft Ribbon,K&Company paper flowers

Challenge List:

Southern Girls Challenge-you spin me round baby right round
Hidingin my Craft Room#157-super scraps saturday
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge#239
Fussy and Fancy Challenge#118
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge#93
Crafting at the Weekend#3
Pumpkin Spice Challenge#78-anything goes
Suzy Pants Smarty Challenge#37-anything goes
4Krafty Girlz Challenges#22
Aud Sentiments Challenge#110