Embellies with a Twist at TCC - Red, white and blue

This post is a few days late.  It has been busy with the school holidays and so I wasn't able to make the card in time or post it on Monday.  So here it is now.  Better late than never.

The colours of the card - red, white and blue are inspired by the Embellies with a Twist challenge at The Crafter's Cafe.  We would love to have you join us and take part in our challenges. 

I decided to use the sketch at Card Patterns #172 for my design.  Unfortunately this is the last sketch for Card Patterns.  Due to family commitments and things, the blog is coming to an end.  This is the third blog I have enjoyed following and taking part in their challenges that is coming to a close.  A few months ago there was Wee Memories and then more recently, Lily Pad Cards.  I can imagine that a lot of time and effort goes into these challenges blogs (probably more than most of us realise) and I can appreciate that sometimes a good thing has to end and other priorities like family, need to come first. I know that even I struggle to get to my blog sometimes and that wouldn't be as much work as running a challenge blog.  So thank you for all of you who run the challenge blogs.

I am also entering this in the Casual Friday challenge CFC59 - Round and round - Use 2 circles.

Supplies:

Image: Tulips digital stamp from The Stamping Boutique
Stamps: HA Happy Birthday
Patterned Paper: Cre8tiv
Other: Copics, Red and white twine, Small heart punch from Stamping Up,

Tonight was a special night.   We had a formal evening at our church, City Impact Church, celebrating its 30th birthday - today!  A very special occasion.  I have been at the church for 20 of those years.  I have seen a lot of changes and growth.  I have been blessed in so many ways by the church, including meeting my husband there.  Click here if you are interested in seeing a video about the 30 years of City Impact Church.

Thanks for dropping by and for your comments.  Enjoy the rest of your week.

Angela

Finally time to use my new stamps

Hi,

I haven't had as much time as I would have liked over the past month for making cards and I only just realised yesterday that I never got around to making a card for the Hero Arts February challenge.  I wanted to make sure I entered something in the March challenge, so last night I made this.  I like cards with flowers and I finally got to use one of my new stamps - the zig zag background stamp.  I have also bought the London background stamp so I look forward to using that one sometime soon too.

Here is my creation using the zig zag stamp:



This is for the following challenges:
Hero Arts March Challenge - This card includes the feature of "Fabulous Flowers - Let your creativity bloom and include one or more flowers on your project!"
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Supplies:
Ink: Archival Brilliance Aurora (three colours - yellow, orange and pink), Versafine black
Stamps: Hero Arts Zig Zag (CG422), Hero Arts 4 flowers (CQ290), Hero Arts Happy Birthday (C5594)
Other: Stem and leaves made from green textured paper, gems coloured with black copic marker
Cardstock: Baby pink, hot pink and white

Firstly I used a brayer, rolled the three inks onto the zig zag stamp, stamped it onto white card and cut it to size. I mounted this onto hot pink card and then onto the baby pink card.

I sponged pink ink onto some white card and stamped the larger flower. I then sponged the yellow ink and stamped the smaller flower. I cut both of these out. I also sponged some more yellow for the Happy Birthday sentiment. I cut the stem and leaf out of textured green thick paper. I mounted this, the flower and sentiment onto the zig zag background and lastly added the black gems to the middle of the flower.

Here is my second card.

This is for the challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays- CFC42, Hey Baby! Clean and Simple Baby Projects

Card Patterns - Sketch 154
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Baby and yellow duck patterned paper (Sorry I don't know where it is from)
Stamp: Penny Black - Basket of Joy
Cardstock: White, yellow and baby pink
Other: pink gems, pink ribbon, Faber Castell coloured pencils. Stampin' Up scalloped punch, glossy accents


This uses the sketch from Card Patterns.

Thanks for dropping by and for your comments.

Enjoy your weekend.

Angela

Hearts, hearts and more hearts

Just to warn you, today's post is a little longer than usual with three new cards that I have made over the past few days.

A lot of challenges at the moment have the theme of Valentines Day, love, hearts etc, so all the recent cards I have made are of that theme.  I don't have a huge collection of love or heart type stamps, so I have mostly used my Hero Art Ribbon Heart stamp (C2041).

The first card is a rather simple design. 
This is for the Hero Arts January Challenge (Love & Hugs & Kisses)


I stamped the cream background card with the Hero Arts envelope stamp. I gold embossed the three hearts with the Hero Arts ribbon heart stamp onto burgundy paper.  I gold embossed an extra heart, cut it out and mounted it on top of the middle one with dimensionals.  I framed the burgundy paper with cream card.  I gold embossed the sentiment and framed it in the same way.

Here is my second card.
It is for the following challenges:
Card Patterns #148
Die Cut Divas January Challenge Love
Penny Black and More January Challenge - Love and Hearts
Hero Arts January Challenge (Love & Hugs & Kisses)

I used heart patterned paper from cre8tiv and cut it into four panels.  I used my scallop punch to create the scalloped edge down the left side of the first panel.  I mounted the four panels onto red card.  I added the white ribbon.  I then used my spellbinders circles and scallop die cuts to make a red circle and white scalloped circle.  I white embossed the two hearts (HA ribbon heart) onto the red circle.  (I did many attempts of embossing this until I was reasonably happy with it, and also after trying two different sized circles – so lots of cut circles and embossing!)  The PP already had the white heart on it, so I cut out other from some of the leftovers and mounted that to the top edge of the circle. 

My third and final card.
This is for the following challenges
Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 184 - Anything Goes
Die Cut Divas January Challenge Love
 



I used some different heart patterned paper from cre8tiv and framed it with red card.  I used my spellbinders circles and scallops die cuts to make a red circle. I added a Penny Black stickeroo to the red circle and framed it with a white scalloped circle.  I white embossed the sentiment onto the PP.

Thanks for taking the time to have a look at my blog and cards.  Please let me know which one is your favourite out of the three.

Have a great weekend.

Angela

Final Simply Scrapping Crafts Challenge

I did manage to make two fairly simple cards last night.  When I saw the final September challenge (a little late)  for Simply Scrapping Crafts and I thought I really wanted to take part.  The theme is make a baby card.  I have a friend having a baby girl in the next couple of months so I thought I would make a card for her.  I used the sketch from Card Patterns #136 as my layout for the card.



The stamp is a Penny Black one "Basket of Joy" and I used coloured pencils to colour it.  I used baby PP in the background and added a pink and white bow.

I am also entering this in the One Stop Craft Challenge #152 "Anything Goes"



My other card is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge  #172 "Age is just a number". A card personalised with a number.



It seems to be the season of birthdays for my children's friends, so I thought since my daughter has just turned 5, there will be others turning 5 soon too.

I used a Penny Black stickeroo mounted on a label die cut which I had inked the background with red ink, leaving the edges white.  I cut out the "5" from an alphabet and number set I have for my cuttlebug.  I positioned the hedgehog so it looks like he is looking up to the number on the card.  I added the ribbon and some kindy glitz for a bit of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by.

Angela

Birthday parties over and time for cards

Finally, a blog entry again! It has been a while (well a week) and I have been missing it. It has been a busy few weeks with my son's 7th birthday, and then daughter's 5th birthday, so birthday parties to organise and cakes to make and no time for cards.

So the cakes first and then I will show you the card I made.

Jonathan had a Toy Story theme for his party. A Woody or Buzz cake would have been quite difficult so I made his cake one of the aliens.


Danielle had a butterfly theme so the cake was a little more straight forward.





Today's card I made using the sketch from Card Patterns - Sketch 135.

It also works with The Crafter's Cafe September Progressive Challenge.
Week 4 Challenge: Happy Birthday! Card + peach/pink and light green colors + "terrible twos" (use the number 2 or two of something - like an embellishment)

Here is the card.



Lots of pink on this card, with some green and two sets of light and dark pink swirl circles.

Thanks for dropping by.  I appreciate your comments.

Angela