Sweet Stampin' Design Team - Green

Hello and good morning everyone ---

Here in the UK it's starting to look a lot like spring ---- not!! Actually it's typical British weather - it changes from day to day which makes it really hard to fine something suitable to wear. LOL!

Anyway, enough of my complaining its onto my Sweet Stampin' Design Team card for you this week. Our theme is' 'Green' in honour of St Patrick's Day - your card must contain green and have a stamped element on it.

I made this panorama card for my hubbie's birthday just before Christmas, and as it included quite a lot of green so it seemed an ideal opportunity to share it with you. I love making these cards as the 3D effect really brings them to life, however they're a nightmare to photograph. 

 

 

 

 

Here's What I Did
The panorama layers, 'Happy Birthday' sentiment, hills, clouds and floral border were all cut from dies. To make life a little easier I cut the fab man in the hammock (centre layer) using my Silhouette machine - however this did take some working out but thankfully it worked out beautifully (did a little bit of hand cutting in some area). The man, hammock and trees were then coloured with Copic markers and then die cut to fit the panorama shell. When fully assembled the 6" x 6" panorama contains 2 inner layers, 2 sides, frame and a front and back panel.

Here's What I Used
Digi Stamp: Sassy Cheryl 'Fathers Day Snooze'
Cardstock (CS): Sheena Douglas Stamping CS, Green, Blue , Brown CS, First Edition 'Boho Chic' CS
Copics: E000, E000, E00, E11 / Hair - C3, C5, C7 / Shirt - Y000, Y00, Y02, Y17 / Shorts - B000, B00, B05, B18, B23 / Grass - G00, G02,G03, G07 / Hammock Stripes - G00, G02,G03, G07, R20, R22, R27 / Tree - E31, E33, E35, E59
Dies: Tattered Lace 'Panorama' Die and 'Square' Collection, 'Happy Birthday' Washing Line, Autumn Edge', Spellbinders Borderabilities 'Curved Border One', Joy! 'Clouds'
Other: Distressing Ink 'Tumbled Glass and '
 

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 'Green' challenge we'd love to see your entries. 

 

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 sponsor is Flat Friends

I look forward to seeing what you create.

 

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

Challenges entered: 

 

Hugs

 

 x Janine x

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Take Flight

Phew, hasn't it been hot and sticky lately - even the typical British rain hasn't given any relief.  But I suppose we shouldn't complain too much because before we know it, it'll be cooler and wetter and we'll be complaining that it's too cold.  Lol, we're never happy are we!!! 

Anyhoo, it's that time of the month again ---- it's Sweet Stampin' time.  This week our theme is 'Take Flight' - basically that means anything that flies or has wings ie butterflies, balloons, aeroplanes, fairies etc.

For my card  this week I decided to use the digi stamp I won a recently over at Sassy Cheryl - I won one of her 'Show Me Thursday' challenges.  This little cutie is called 'Maddie Is Flying High' and it's available from Sassy Cheryl's online store here.

Here's What I did

I used a 6" x 6" dark brown card base (made myself) and matted it with patterned paper. The digi stamp was printed directly onto Neenah CS and die cut into a square. I also printed a further 3 copies of the image to cut out later.  Before colouring Maddie I carefully created a cloud effect using a template and some distressing ink.  Next I coloured the background areas of the base image with Copics, and then coloured in some of the areas on the 3 extra images which I fussy cut out. The cut out sections were layered up onto the base image using foam pads. To finish off I die cut a few little flags and added a few buttons on top.

Here's everything I used:

Digi Stamp: Maddie Is Flying High' by Sassy Cheryl

Paper/Cardstock (CS): Neenah CS, Brown CS, My Mind's Eye 'Tangerine' 

Copics: Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11 / Hair - C2, C3, C7, 100 / Box - E50, E51, E53, E13, E99 / Hat & Propeller - R20, R22, R27, R29 / Top & Flower - Y000, Y06, Y08, Y38 / Smoke - C1, C3, C5

Dies: Die-namics MFT Blueprint '8'

Other: Distressing Inks 'Tumbled Glass'

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 Take Flight challenge we'd love to see you. REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card!

This week's sponsor and prize is from Crafty Ribbons.

I look forward to seeing what you create.

Challenges entered: 

 

Hugs

Janine x

Yey I Won A Prize!

I'm so chuffed. I entered my Sweet Stampin' - Doodles card onto Sassy Cheryl's 'Show Me Thursday' blog and it's been featured, and I've won a prize. Yey!!! 

Here's the link to the page http://sassycheryls.blogspot.co.uk/. 

Apart from her gorgeous hand drawn digi stamps Sassy Cheryl has a challenge blog and a 'Show Me Thursday' blog (SMT). On her SMT blog you can simply upload anything you've been working on that week ---- it doesn't even have to include a Sassy Cheryl image either (how cool is that!), plus you can win a prize if she selects you.

So why not check it out and entered your project/card.

Hugs Janine
xxx

Sweet Stampin' - Doodles

Helloooo, well it's that time again....it's my turn to make a Sweet Stampin' card for you. Our theme this week is DOODLES....brilliant!!  So come on and get stamping and doodling with us. Sooooo to get you in the mood here's my card for you.

  

 

Here's What I did

I used a 6 x 6 card base, and matted and layered it with my paper and added a doodled faux stitching around the edge. I die cut my orange card into a square and die cut it again with the word 'Friend' both from Die-namics Blueprint 3.  The image was printed out 4 times, coloured with Copics, cut out and layered up. My die cut flower was attached to some acetate and tucked behind one of the layers so it would stand proud of the card.

Here's what I Used:

Cardstock (CS)/Paper: White Neenah Colouring CS, Dovercraft 'Garden Party' Paper Pad, Orange and Pink CS

Copics:  Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R30 / Dog - W-0, W-2, W-3, W-5, Hair - YR0000, YR000, YR00, E13, E99 / T-Shirt, Bow & Ladybird: R20, R22, R30, R35 / Branch and Leaves: YR00, E13, E99, YG03, YG09 / Bird & Daisies - B0000, B00, B02 / Sky - B0000, B00 / Daisy Centres: Y02, Y15, Y16, Frame - YR02, YR04, YR16 / Grass - YG03 / Butterflies - R20, R22

Digi Stamp: Sassy Cheryl 'My Favourite Kind of Weather'

Dies: MFT Die-namics 'Blueprint 3 and 8'

Other: Acetate Fineliner Pen, Glitter

We hold a weekly challenge with a fantastic prize plus a monthly prize draw for everyone who enters a card/project throughout the month. 

So why not drop by 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 Doodles challenge we'd love to see you. REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card!

 

This week's sponsor and prize is from The Hobby House.

I look forward to seeing what you create.

Challenges entered:

Hugs

Janine x

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 213 - Anythings Goes - Santa

Hellooooo everybody, only 2½ weeks to Crimbo....yey!! So to get you in the mood the challenge this week  at Totally Gorjuss is ANYTHING GOES - SANTA.  So to give you a little inspiration here's my card or should I say tag. Isn't he a handsome chap!

I love making tags, they look good and they're so simple to make as well as being really useful.  So here's what I did - after printing a computerised sentiment out I die cut it into a circle and added red pan pastel to it. The circle was added to a  red scalloped circle along with die cut holly leaves.  My digi Santa was printed off 4 times onto Velvet card and coloured in using my copics.  I then cut out certain sections and layered them up and finally adding him to the circle.  To finish I added glitter and a ribbon.

Here's what I used.
Digi Stamp: Sassy Cheryl 'Better Not Pout Santa'
Paper/Card: Red and White Card, Velvet CS (super smooth card for alcohol pens)
Copics: Skin - E0000, E000, E00, R30, R20 / Hat & Berries - R20, R22, R30, R27, R29, R59 / Holly - G21, G94, G99
Dies: Spellbinder - Small 'Circle' and 'Scallop Circle', Memory Box 'Holly'
Other: Glitter, Ribbon, Permanent Ref Pan Pastel

So why not come along and visit our blog at Totally Gorjuss and check out what my team buddies have made to inspire you. While you're there don't forget to enter your card/project into our weekly challenge - remember it's ANYTHING GOES - SANTA. There's a prize up for grabs and this week's sponsors is J & C Creations.

**Sorry about the photo my tag looks a little wonky - I think santa's been on the sherry already!

As always I'm looking forward to seeing what you make.

Janine x

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 200 - Anything Goes

Well I can't believe it, another week's gone by and we're now in September and starting to get dark earlier and earlier each night. Boo hoo!  Wow, it won't be long before it's Christmas. OMG I'd better start my xmas list for santa...in my household his name is Tony (that's my hubbie......in case you're wondering). :p

So to shake of the  impending winter blues I thought I would add a bit of sunshine, so here's my card for this week's challenge at Totally Gorjuss - the theme is 'Anything Goes'.

Here's everything I used:

Digi stamp: Sassy Cheryl 'Terrible Sock Trouble'

Papers: My Mind's Eye - Green Zig-Zag, Craft Central - Yellow Spotty Paper (part of my prize from Papercraft Inspiration Mag) 

Copics: Skin - E000, E00, E02, BV000, E11, R20 / Hair - E11, E21, E33, E37 / Dog - E000, E00, E21, E33, E35 / Dress - Y00, Y02, Y08, Y15, G000, G00, G21, G67, G82, BG10 / Floor - G000, G00, BG10, G21 / Chair - YR000, YR00, YR02  

Pan Pastels: Diarylide Yellow, Phthalo Green

Other: Doily, Gems, Ribbon, Serif CA2 (Sentiment) 

So why not come and visit our blog at Totally Gorjuss and enter your card/project in this week's challenge - remember it's ANYTHING GOES. There's a prize up for grabs and this week's sponsor is Craft All Day. 

I'm look forward to seeing what you make.

MY NEW COLOUR SAMPLES

Here's a quick montage of samples that I've stamped and coloured while I've been recuperating.

Full details of everything I've used is on my other blog: http://thecolouringcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/new-stamped-and-coloured-samples.html

Thanks for visiting.

Janine XX