Inspirational Card Sketches -DT Card - Stamp With Fun

Its tuesday and another fab sketch from Dawn over at Inspirational Craft Sketches. Here is my take of the sketch. I have used Gorjuss from Set 3 and coloured with Promarkers and White Inksenntial Pen. All the papers are from Designer Extreme Vol 2 available at Bearly Mine Designs. The sentiment is from this weeks sponsor Digiments, who are offering a $20 Gift Certificate. Ms Border Punch, Swirl Punch, flowers and Pearls also used on this card.

This card also meets this weeks challenge at Stamp With Fun, the theme being Pearls.

Have a great Tuesday and looking forward to seeing your take on this weeks sketch,

Thanks for looking

Clairexx

Cupcake Craft Challenge DT Card - Christmas / Sketch Saturday

Good morning everyone. Had a pretty hectic week with one thing or another and am hoping to come back down to earth this week. The Cupcake Challenge theme this week is "Christmas Cards" which has been set by the lovely Pops. I really dont mind a challenge like this as I am one of those who always leaves it way too late but have managed 2 in the last few weeks (Whoopee)!! I actually used a stamp from Gorjuss Set 3. I do enjoy making more non traditional christmas cards and I thought that the crowns they are wearing were quite fitting for a christmas card. I have coloured her with SU Watercolour Crayons and Copic Markers. Stippled and inked around the frame. The papers are from Fancy Pants "Happy Holidays" and the sentiment, snowflakes and postage stamp are all from a set of Inkadinkadoo. I've had the set for years and use them every christmas. Added a piece of Gold Lace to finish and followed the sketch from this weeks Sketch Saturday. My card also fits this weeks Cute Card Thursday which also has a Christmas Theme.

I do hope you can join in this weeks challenge, the rest of the DT have some lovely creations and we'd love to have you. Thanks for looking and see you tomorrow with another post.

Clairexx

ICS DT Card

Dawn has come up with a fantastic sketch over at this weeks Inspirational Card Sketches and I couldn't wait to have a go at this one. I rotated the sketch, which I dont normally do but it worked for me in this instance and am pretty pleased with the outcome.

Used Gorjuss from Set 2 and coloured with Copic Marker Pens and Shimmerz Paint. The papers are We R Memory "Tiffany". I have use both the Martha Stewart Lattice Border and Butterfly punches. Lace. Pearl Beads, flowers from stash and the sentiment is a strip from the same paper pack.

This is another insert from "Extreme Designer Inserts" available at Bearly Mine Designs. Choosing a colour to match just isn't a problem as there are so many colourways to choose from and they can be resized simply but dragging to your chosen dimensions.

Please do come join us at this weeks Inspirational Card Sketches, we have a great prize up for grabs and as usual the rest of the DT have come up trumps again!

Thanks for looking!

Clairexx

Secret Crafter DT Card

Hello everyone, a little cooler now, but personally I enjoy the hot sunshine. Another weekend upon us and another challenge over at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. This weeks theme is 3 Ribbons and has been chosen by my blogging buddie Cathy. I had to open up my new pad of My Minds Eye, Bloom and Grow. These papers are gorgeous and the colours are so fresh. Dont think I've done a green/orange combo before but they work a treat. Gorjuss has been coloured with Promarkers and highlighted small area's with Smooch Paints. I had to use my new MS Border punch and all the little confetti hearts that were left over, I used my quickie glue pen and added then to either side of Gorjuss just as extra embellishment. I have hand tied a bow and the other 2 pieces are on the right hand side of the card. I used a sentiment from WOJ and have distressed all the papers with an olive green chalk ink pad. All the other bits are out of my stash.

This insert is just the most perfect match. It is again from Extreme Designer Inserts from Bearly Mine Designs. It would take me forever to create an insert as beuatiful as this by hand and to have the matching colour ready and waiting at the click of a button is most definitely a plus. It is available to purchase from Bearly Mine Designs and free P & P within the UK.

I do hope you can play along in this weeks challenge. Last weeks challenge was another great success and we love seeing what you come up with. Dont forget to see what inspiration the rest of the DT have to show.

Thanks for looking and am sure to be back with another card soon.

BTW, for those who have been asking, our house is still on the market. A few viewing and I cant believe how fussy peeps can be. We had a lovely elderly couple come look the other day. Said they loved it and was on the short list, then when speaking with the agent this afternoon, they now say they are no longer interested as the living room is in the wrong place!!! OMG. Sorry, thought most living rooms were at the front of the house, after all, all the other matching houses in the road have the same layout. It is getting frustrating though as we have lost the gorgeous house we had our eye on. But I've my eye on another and am taking hubby for a viewing today, though told myself I must not get attached as its all too stressful.

TTFN

Clairexx

Secret Crafter DT Card/Charisma

Another Saturday is here again which means time for another challenge at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. This weeks theme has been brought to you by the lovely Jill and the chosen theme is "Bling". Pretty easy aye, so what you waiting for. Remember all entries get put into the monthly draw to win some goodies at the Secret Crafter Shop.

I've used a A6 card on this occassion and "Gorjuss" from set 2 which I've coloured with Promarkers. All the papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, Designer Extreme Vol's 1 & 2. Pop on over to the Shop for more details but all I can say is I cant live without my discs now, the designs are stunning! Have added the neccessary "Bling" and added a sentiment. MS punch, Hero Art Flowers and a few Milky Gems. The rest of the DT have as usual come up with wonderful creations for you to view and Mr Linky is up and running. I do hope you can join us with this challenge and would love to see your creations.

I'm also entering this into the Charisma Challenge which has a theme this week of Pink & Brown.

Hubby is having to finish off painting my utility room. He was adamant he wasn't going to paint it, so I went ahead and bought the stuff, made a start and made a total hash. Managed to get paint on the ceiling and floor and can only manage an hour at a time as it tires my body, so low and behold, he's offered to finish it off for me this weekend hopefully LOL. Will try and get to a few more blogs this weekend. We are viewing a couple of houses and mine is in reasonable order now so have a few estate agents coming in next week. Busy, busy, busy. I'll shut up now!!! Have a lovely weekend and thanks for stopping by!!

Clairexx

Cupcake Craft Challenge DT Card -

Good morning everyone, another Monday is upon us and that means another challenge over at the Cupcake Craft Challenge. This weeks theme has been set by the lovely Caryn and her chosen theme is "5 EMBELLISHMENTS". This wasn't so hard for me as I love extra's adding to my card. I have used the new Gorjuss from set 2 and coloured with Copics. I've edged the image and papers with Rub and Buff in Gold, wanted a distressed feel to it. The papers are a mix of Basic Greys. My 5 embellishments are Flowers, Spacer, Brad, Button and Lace. Have also used my favourite Martha Stewart and L-Em punches.

I do hope you can join in this weeks challenge, do pop on over and see what gorgeous pieces the other DT members have made. And next week its my turn to choose the theme so do come back and see what I have in store.

Have a lovely week, roll on Friday is all I can say.

Happy Crafting

Clairexx