Good Morning!
I'm so grateful for everyone who linked up their shoe projects last week at Fab'n'Funky Challenges. I had so much fun checking out all the entries. Fab colouring, great layouts and super inspiration. The winner and Top 3 are on the blog right now so why not head on over for a visit.
We have a great new challenge for you today and this week it's the wonderful Pat K playing host. If you would like to be inspired and amazed - check out Pat's blog here. I love her style. Now I better let you in on our theme..
Valentine's or Hearts
Simples! Love is definitely all around this month! Our sponsor is one of my favourite stamp companies, ever! We have Lili of the Valley (LOTV) this week and they have such wonderful images and papers to lust over on their site. Click here to start lusting!
I have a wedding card this week as I went with the heart theme using a LOTV image and sentiment.
What a sweet image! I started with a 5.5" kraft card blank and added a sheet of Webster's Pages paper that I received as a free gift with a magazine last year. I wrapped some Creative Expressions cream lace around this layer and really fell in love with how gorgeous the lace looks.
My topper was stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with gold detail embossing powder. I cut out with an X-Cut heart shaped die and then inked through with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen for a vintage feel. My sentiment is also LOTV and I simply stamped in brown ink and then cut out by hand. I inked all over with Antique Linen DI. I curled the sentiment over the edge of my table. Love this technique!
I love this image and have just realised that I bought it when I was in Glasgow for the SECC craft fair last March at the same time I bought the magazine with the free papers! Meant to be I think!
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 84 - Vintage Love
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon or Lace
Natalie and Amy #6 - Something Old and Something New (something old is my heart die and something new is my lace)
Southern Girls Challenge #61 - Get Krafty
Deep Ocean Challenge #44 - Love and Lace
Party Time Tuesday #106 - Love and Romance
I hope you'll be able to link up with us this week at Fab'n'Funky Challenges.
Happy crafting,
Rachel x
Hi Everyone,
It's official - we are all dotty!! One winner has been picked at random and Anne-Marie has also chosen her top 3. I'm not sure how she every managed to choose. Check out the Fab'n'Funky Challenges blog to see if it was you! Don't forget to grab your badges too.
Now onto the challenge for this week and we have the lovely Pat P as our host. She has chosen a fantastic theme this week...
Cute and Girly
I have used a Saturated Canary image called Ivy. We are sponsored by Joanna Sheen so be sure to check out her brilliant website for a great range of crafting products.
Isn't she cute? I used Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour my image in the following colours:
Blush
Dusky Pink
Cinnamon
Walnut
Cobalt Blue
Soft Green
Tea Green
Wild Orchid
Pink Pearl
Blue Grey 1
Once she was coloured I scanned her onto my computer and use My Craft Studio to make matching papers with the colour picker tool. I really love doing this as the papers are guaranteed to be the right colour. After scanning the image I used Ranger's Glossy Accents to glaze her glasses.
I covered my A5 card blank with the pinky paper and then stamped the flourish in Perfect Medium clear ink. Unfortunately I think my ink pad had dried out and the embossing powder wouldn't stick. So to add the glitter I used a Quickie Glue Pen and Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles. I also added a small border of glitter all around the card.
My image was cut out with Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles. This is the first time I've used this die and it is so lovely. Although, it did take a couple of runs through my Grand Calibur to get a perfect cut. The minty paper was put through my Happy Birthday embossing folder and mounted onto silver mirri-paper which hasn't shown up in the photo. I added my toppers with mounting foam.
I'm entering this card into the Allsorts Challenge 160 - Any Die Will Do.
Can't wait to see all of your cute and girly projects this week.
Happy crafting,
Rachel x
We loved all your girly projects last week with our lace and pearls challenge. Great entries again, ladies. I'm sure Wendy had a really hard time choosing her top 3 but check out the Fab'n'Funky Challenge blog to see if you were lucky. Be sure to grab your badge too.
We have another great challenge this week which launched today. Lou is our fabby host and she has chosen something really great...
No Designer Papers
That's right - no patterned papers in sight! We are sponsored by Joanna Sheen and one lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher. I went with a clean and simple design (well, CAS for me!) this week and this is my card:
I used Kanban stamps to create the floral background picture. I stamped in black and used both first and second generation ink. I cut into three and mounted onto black card with foam tape. The butterflies are also from Kanban. I stamped with pink ink and then cut them out by hand. To give dimension I used Pinflair glue gel so that the wings are raised off the page. I bought the ribbon from the craft fair in Glasgow in March. The sentiment is from my stash.
Hope you're enjoying your week.
Happy crafting,
Rachel x
