Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Shabby Chic

Hi All!

 

Good morning everyone, it's my turn to share my Sweet Stampin' Design Team card with you or in this case a plaque. The theme this week is 'Shabby Chic' and you can make whatever takes your fancy but you MUST include a stamped element on it.

For my project this week I used a small MDF oval plaque which I embellished with paper flowers (stamped & cut out), punched and die cut shapes.

Here's What I did

I stamped several flower onto patterned paper and fussy cut them out, and then covered my MDF plaque with more patterned paper from the same pad. Distressing ink was used on the edge of the plaque and flowers to add texture and definition. Next I die cut a sentiment and some hearts from pink and brown card, then punched out a few branches and leaves from green card.

I glued all the components to the plaque and to finish off I added a few gems and pearls. Lastly I attached a strip of pink ribbon.

Here's what I Used

Cardstock/Paper: Pink, Green & Brown CS, Craftwork Cards 'Country Garden'

Stamps: Dreamees 'Sunflower' Set, Hero Arts 'Dotted Flowers'

Dies: Sizzix 'You & Me', Memory Box 'Cross Stitched Hearts', Creative Expressions 'Perfect Peony Open Petals'

Other: Dreamees MDF Oval Plaque, Distressing Inks, Pearls, Mini Butterfly Punch, Martha Stewart 'Leaf Branch' Punch, Martha Stewart 'Branch' Punch, Lace, Gems, ribbon

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our 'Shabby Chic' challenge we'd love to see your entries.

 

BUT REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card, follow our theme and link back to the Sweet Stampin' blog for a chance to win a prize!  Have fun and good luck.

 

This week's prize is a Live & Love Crafts

 

Thank you so much for dropping by and why not leave me a message to say hi :)

Challenges entered: 

 

Hugs

 

 x Janine x

Sugar Nellie - Gorjuss 'Runaway

- Hello Sugar Fans -

 

Good morning everyone! Sorry for my late Sugar Nellie post, but you know what it's like.....sometimes life just gets in the way of our crafting :(  But I'm here now, and hopefully my card will brighten up your cold, grey wintery day.

So for my Design Team card I decided to use one of the gorgeous Gorjuss girl stamps called 'Runaway', I love this stamp, it's so pretty and I've been dying to use it for ages. I wanted to create a dreaming feel so I softened up the background with a mixture of Copic pens and blending solution, and I really like how it turned out. As the image is so large I decided to keep the rest of the card CAS.

This stamp and lots of other Gorjuss stamps are available to buy from Funkykits. 

 

 

Here's What I Did
Firstly I matted an A5 card base with delicate pink patterned paper. Next I stamped the large image onto some colouring cardstock and created the background using a mixture of different colour Copic pens and blending solution - this was used to soften the look. The rest of the image was coloured using the same pens as before but more intensely. The finished image was mounted onto some pink card, along with 3 die cut flourishes to create a frame.

The image and frame was added to the card base using foam pads to add dimension. To finish off I added a few sequins and some clear glitter to the horse.

Here's What I Used
Stamp: 'Runaway' available from Sugar Nellie at Funkykits
Paper/Cardstock (CS): A5 Card Base, Pink CS, Papermania 'Blueberry Hill' Paper Pad
Copics: Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, R30 / Hair - C2, C3, C5 / Horse - W0, W1, W3, W5, W7, E00, E000 / Horse Mane & Tail - BG01, BG05, RV01, V01, V05, YG01, YG11 / Bridle & Saddle - BG000, BG01, BG05, BG49, RV000, RV00, RV02 / Blanket - YG01, YG03, YG17 / Dress, Boots & Socks - RV000, RV00, RV02, RV34 /Background - RV000, RV00, V000, V01, YG11, BG000, BG01, 00
Dies: Creative Expressions 'Graceful Lace Trim', Crealies 'XXL Stitched Rectangle'
Other: Sequins, Wink Of Stella 'Clear' Glitter Pen

Don't forget if you want to see more Sugar Nellie creations made my lovely teamies why not drop by the Sugar Nellie blog or join our Facebook page (just search for the Official Sugar Nellie Group).

Why not join in with the challenge over at the Sugar Bowl - there's still  time to enter with a great prize up for grabs. The theme this month is 'Anything Goes' so it's really easy. DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE CHALLENGE YOU MUST USE a Sugar Nellie stamp. 
 

I look forward to seeing you soon. Why not leave me a message so I know who's out there - I'd love to hear from you!!

Challenge Entered:
 

Hugs & kisses

x Janine x 

Sweet Stampin' - Flowers

Hi and Happy New Year

 

Good morning everyone, it's my turn to share my Sweet Stampin' Design Team card with you. Our cheerful theme this week is 'Flowers' and remember you MUST include a stamped element on your card/project.

For my project this week I am sharing a box card I made for my daughter using a variety of digi images from Mo Manning and Polkadoodles - I coloured everything with Copics and fussy cut all the images out.

Here's What I did

After creating my box and adding my papers to it. I die cut flowers attaching some to acetate strips.  I then printed off my digi stamps - the Mad Hatter, Alice, Dormouse, cups, etc. I coloured them all in with Copics and also attached these to acetate strips. Everything including the die cut flowers were then placed inside the box.  The quotes were printed and die cut and coloured with pan pastels.  You'll also spot the odd playing card (including the Queen of Hearts) - these are actually mini cards from a Xmas cracker.

Click the link here to the Box Card Template I've created.  It's a bit lengthy sorry, but it does have illustrations.  You can open, download and/or save it. FYI, if you want to make the box height and/flaps slightly larger or smaller just increase or decease the measurements I've given you. Any questions just email me...have fun! 

Here's what I Used

Cardstock/Paper: White  Hammered CS, Neenah Colouring CS,  Striped paper was part of a magazine prize, Various Coloured CS

Copics:  SKIN (Alice & Mad Hatter) - E000, E00, E02, E11, R20 / (ALICE) Hair - YR0000, YR000, YR00, Y11, Y15, E13 / Dress - B000, B02, B05, B12, B23 / Hairband - B000, B12, B23 / Pinafore & Tights - C0, C1, C2 / (HATTER) Jacket - YG03, YG06, YG11, YG17, R14, R17, R20 / Hat - C0, C01, C02, C5, YG03, YG11 /  TEAPOT - Y00, Y11, Y15, Y17 / (CHESHIRE CAT) Fur - V01, V04, V05, V09, RV00, RV02, RV04, RV13, R20 / BRANCH - E31, E33, E35, E37 / DORMOUSE - E31, E33, E35 / CUPCAKE - R20, RV02, / CAKE - Y00, Y17 / CHERRY - R14, R20 / CREAM - Y00, Y11, Y13 / CAKE CASE - B000, B12, B23 / BLUE TEAPOT - B000, B02,B05, B12, B22 / GREEN/YELLOW CUPS - Y00, Y11, Y15, Y17, YG03, YG06, YG11, YG17

Digi Stamps: 'Alice, Cheshire Cat, Dormouse, Mad Hatter' by Mo Manning / Cups, Cakes, Teapot - 'Picknix Collection' by Polkadoodles

Dies: Xcut 'Ovals', Die-namics 'Flower & Leaves Trio', Spellbinders 'Rose Creations', Go Create 'Frilly Square 1'

Other: Serif CraftArtist 2, Distressing Inks, Candi, Glitter, Acetate, Mini Playing Cards

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our 'Flowers' challenge we'd love to see your entries.

 

BUT REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card, follow our theme and link back to the Sweet Stampin' blog for a chance to win a prize!  Have fun and good luck.

 

This week's prize is a Wild Orchid Crafts

 

Thank you so much for dropping by and why not leave me a message to say hi :)

Challenges entered: 

 

Hugs

 

 x Janine x

Sugar Nellie - Waiting For You

- Happy New Year Sugar Fans -

I hope you had a fabulous Christmas and New Year. To celebrate Christmas I travelled to London to stay with my gorgeous daughter because she couldn't come home due to work commitments, and my hubbie had to work all over Christmas period (he works away from home). Unfortunately it wasn't a great Christmas for me (sob!) because I contacted the flu on Christmas Eve and was ill all over the festive period and I'm still not over it completely. Blah!!

Anyway enough of my sad story...it's the first Wednesday in the New Year and my turn to share a Sugar Nellie card with you. For my CAS card this week I used one of the Furry Friends digi stamps called 'Waiting For You', it's available to buy from Funkykits. Definitely check them out as there's quite a few characters in the collection and include cats, dogs, rabbits etc and they're all very cute. To create my card I used a Kraft card base, Kraft card and pencils to colour this little sweetheart in with.

Here's What I Did
I used a 5" x 5" Kraft card base. I printed my image and sentiment directly onto a sheet of Kraft card and die cut it into a square. The image was coloured using a mixture of pencils. The completed picture was matted and layered onto some cream card and added to my card base using foam tape to give a little extra dimension.

To finish off I added glitter to the balloon, white pen on the bear's face and balloon for highlights, and a few die cut hearts.

Here's What I Used
Stamps: Furry Friends 'Waiting For You' available from Sugar Nellie at Funkykits
Paper/Cardstock (CS): Kraft CS Base, Kraft CS, Cream CS
Pencils: Lyra Rembrandts Polycolor (LRP) & Derwent Coloursoft (DC)
Bear - (LRP) White, Gold Ochre, Burnt Ochre, Van Dyke Brown, Venetian Red, Rose Carmine & (DC) Brown Eearth, Dark Terracotta / Heart - (LRP) White, Rose Carmine, Venetian Red, Dark Sepia & (DC) Rose, Red / Bench - (LRP) White, Light Blue, True Blue, Prussian Blue, Light Cobalt Blue /  Notice - (LRP) White, Lemon Cadmium / Grass - (LRP) Apple Green, Sap Green & (DC) Lime Green
Dies: Crealies XXL 'Stitched Square', Memory Box .Cross Stitched Hearts.
Other: Glitter, White Pen, Black Fineliner

Don't forget if you want to see more Sugar Nellie creations made my lovely teamies why not drop by the Sugar Nellie blog or join our Facebook page (just search for the Official Sugar Nellie Group).

Why not join in with the challenge over at the Sugar Bowl - there's still  time to enter with a great prize up for grabs. The theme this month is 'Anything Goes' so it's really easy. DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE CHALLENGE YOU MUST USE a Sugar Nellie stamp. 

I look forward to seeing you soon. Why not leave me a message so I know who's out there - I'd love to hear from you!!

Challenge Entered:

 

Hugs & kisses

x Janine x