CD Sunday - 1950's

How Sunday morning's seem to come around so quickly these days, it's time again for a new challenge at the CD Sunday blog. This week the theme is 1950's and was chosen by Carol. For my card this week I've used MCS, Fab Glam Fifties, if only I had a lovely slim figure like this lady. I used a 6x6 white card base to start with, then teamed everything with the topper and used shades of green. The flowers started off as white and I painted them with some pale green pearlidoodles that were in my cupboard, and added some flower brads to them that I've had for some time and the bow was picked to match the coat. I hope to be back on track with my commenting this week, we've just spent the last week in Cornwall with my Mum and Hubby's Dad. We had a lovely week but had no mobile phone signal for most of the time, and no Internet for the whole of the week. It's great to get back to normal this week. This is Anne's last week as GDT, please do pop over to the challenge blog and see what she and the other DT members have made to inspire you this week.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Snow People

Time once more for a new Challenge on the CD Sunday blog, and this week it's Beryl who has picked the theme, she went for Snow People. As I had just received the Crafters Companion Snowman and Snowdog CD it was the obvious one to use for this challenge. I've used an A5 white card base, and some silver linen textured card for the matting,and matching paper for the backing from the CD. This jolly group of snow people seem to be having a wonderful time, but I'm glad we don't have weather like this just yet. We still have Anne with us as GD this week and she again, with the rest of the DT have made some lovely cards for you as inspiration, do pop the blog and take a look.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Lavinia Challenge 7 - Add A Flower

I've made this card for a friend who is just about to turn 50 (good job she doesn't read my blog), we were neighbours as children and our Mum's are still neighbours now, and great friends too. It also fits the challenge on the Lavinia Challenge blog this month, which is Add A Flower. My scene was made using various shades of browns and oranges in Adirondack, and a little spiced Marmalade distress ink for the edges and the flowers. I cut the design out using a grand nestie, then used the next size up to cut a matt in brown. I then place it onto an 8x8 white card base, I considered adding Happy Birthday and 50, but changed my mind and have left it blank. I finished by adding some glitter to the wings and stars.

I am also going to enter this into the following challenges:

Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything goes Stamp Challenge
My Time To Craft - Autumnal Colours
My Craft Creations - Stamped or Digi Images

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your and comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Week Three - Dusk To Dawn

I back again with my second post today. It's week three over on the Craft A Scene challenge blog. This month we are asking you to make your scene between Dusk and Dawn, so you could have something like this with a setting sun, or moonlight. For my card I use some matt card stock from Lavinia stamps, my brushes from Inkylicious, and Adirondack ink pads. I started at the bottom with the yellow and worked upwards with blues getting darker all the time. The stamps are from a set called Daydreamer, from Inkylicious and stamped using Black Onyx from Versafine. I thought this chap looked as though he had either fallen asleep under the tree, while the birds made their way home to roost, or he was sitting waiting for the stars to come out. I mounted it onto some black card stock, and a 6x6 light blue card base, finally I added some card candy from my stash. Do pop over to the challenge blog and check out the inspiration from the other Design Team members.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Little Boys

I thought the last week would go by slowly as hubby was away with some friends fishing for the week. But it raced by, and I find it's time again for our next challenge over on the CD Sunday blog. This week it's Caz's turn to chose the theme and she's chosen Little Boys. I was putting this card together, while wondering what CD to look at to see what I could use, when I realised that this would fit the theme perfectly. It started with an 8x8 white card base and some silver mirri card. The decoupage and backing papers are from Joanna Sheen's - A Victorian Christmas. After putting the backing paper onto the mirri card I added some silver and narrow red ribbon across the bottom of the card. I also added two corners cut using a Marianne die. The decoupage was put together using glue gel, and after placing on the card. I added the sentiments. Do pop over to the challenge blog and see what the rest of the Design Team have been making for your inspiration this week. We also still have Anne with us as Guest Designer.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Shop Till You Drop

Sunday once again, so time for another Challenge over at the CD Sunday challenge blog. This week the theme is Shop Till You Drop, and was chosen by Jenny. It seems that last weeks challenge left a lot of you stumped for ideas, hopefully this one will be more up your street. We still have Anne with us as Guest Designer this week, and she along with the rest of the design team has made some wonderful inspiration cards for you, do pop over to the blog and take a look.

For my card this week I've used Crafters Companion, Frou Frou CD, but will admit to taking it into MCS and making the images that I wanted to work with a little larger. I've used Silver mirri card for the matting. Added a black organza ribbon to one side then popped the shop topper on with foam pads. I cut out the laden shopper, who is decoupaged, and added her using glue gel. The sentiment was made using the PC and after putting it onto some mirri card was also stuck on with foam pads.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

More Christmas Cards

I can't believe that we're now in September, the sun is shinning, it's lovely and warm and I'm posting Christmas cards on my blog!! I've got a couple more Chocolate Baroque cards to show you today, made again with the cover a card large background stamps (I love these wonderful images they make really quick cards). I made some backgrounds to stamp onto by putting inks, either from an ink pad, of from Distress stains or spray inks such as Dylusions, or Sprinkys onto a glass cutting mat, and then picking up the colour onto card. You tend to get some really very random backgrounds this way.

After they had dried, I stamped onto them using the large stamps and a versamark ink pad, then embossed with WOW white embossing powder. I really like the results that you get this way, the randomness of the background seems to work well with the white embossing. Both of the sentiments are also from Chocolate Baroque and are newly released this month, they are larger than normal sentiments for Christmas, and work well with this sort of card too.
 

I'm going to enter these cards into the following challenges:-
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenge - Stamp Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Dusk To Dawn

As it's the first Sunday in the month, I'm back again with my second post today, this time for Craft A Scene. This month we want to see all of you scenes with a Dusk or Moonlight theme to them. I started my scene with a blank piece of white card and a large circle cut from copier paper, this is stuck in the middle slightly to the top, this was going to be my moon. I then tore another piece of copier paper in two and placed the first piece under the moon. Then starting with distress ink in Seedless Preserves I went around the blanked off moon. Next I used Dusty Concord, this time I took the colour to the edge of the paper. I then covered the sky I had created with the other piece of torn paper, and using Forest Moss, created the ground. Before removing my mask from the moon I went around the outside with Black Soot. After taking the paper mask off, and using Lavinia Stamps,  I stamped the two rabbits playing in the moonlight (this stamp is called Midnight Meandering). Next I stamped the Bat flying across the Moon, at this stage I decided that I would put a couple of wispy clouds  across the moon, I did this by putting a little of the ink from the pad onto a tissue and just dragging it slightly. Next I added the Willow Leaves, Toadstools and the Owl, all using Tuxedo Black by Memento. I matched some card to the Seedless Preserves and mounted the scene, then using some black card and another Lavinia stamp call Star Cluster, I went around the edge of the card with versamark ink, and then added Cosmic Shimmer mica powder in silver over the top. This was then buffed off to just leave the stars. I mounted everything on to an A5 white card base. Do pop over to the Challenge blog and see what the talented design team have been making for inspiration this month.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Scentimental

Time again for another new challenge over on the CD Sunday blog, and as it's the beginning of the month we have a sponsor. This month it's Jems Designs and the lovely ladies have given us a CD to play with, it's the gorgeous Scentimental CD, this is also the prize that's up for grabs too. I went for something a bit different this week with my card. Using the Grand Decorative Circles Dies from Spellbinders I cut out two of the largest circles in this lovely bright orange card. then glued the top together to make a card. I then cut the backing paper to match the shape and after sticking it to the base I went around the edge with some peeloffs that I had in my stash. Next using the smallest circle in the set I cut out a circle in a cream card. There is a section on the CD that has circular toppers on and this one fitted perfectly. From the embellishments on the CD I cut out the matching bottle of perfume, and the sentiment "Daughter", after shaping a little in my hand i used some glue gel to pop it onto the card. Finally I added some flowers with pearl in the centres some leaves and some swirls. As I was finishing making an envelope for this card, a friend turned up, fell in love with the card, and bought it off of me there and then. I had to take the photo quickly before she could take it.

This month we have Anne as our Guest for the month, and both Anne and the design team have made some gorgeous inspiration cards for you. Do pop over to the challenge blog and take a look at them, and why not join in as well, we all love to look at what you've made.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue