Wedding Card

Well my Nephew is getting married and I am gaining a Niece.... very exciting :-)  So to celebrate a wonderful young lady joining our family I made a card... I know... fancy that!

The background is a Cuttlebug Folder "Victoria" which was rolled through with the top B plate just on the edge of the folder so there isn't a folder mark left on the cardstock then I used the same folder with just a strip of self healing mat instead of the top B plate to get the stripe then simply used the Crafters Companion Ultimate Pro and embossing tool to make the lines.

The heart is Design ID #1292 from the Silhouette store called "Wedding Cameo" which I think is quite beautiful.  The frame is also cut on the Silhouette Cameo and Congratulations is sketched in the font Edwardian Script.

Hope you like it... Sarah x

Morocco anyone?

G’day again,

Firstly excuse my absence… a migraine came to visit… hopefully it will go away soon!

Secondly… I am soooo excited… my Birthday Present arrived early… my dear Husband and boys got me a Silhouette Cameo J  Which incidentally has meant a complete re-arrange of my desk again!

Now I have managed a whole ONE card in the last few days; it’s an entry into the challenge from Our Creative Corner with a photo inspiration (below) and it must have a metal embellishment.

I have to say I love the whole Morocco vibe and the aged patina colouring!

So this was the photo inspiration....              This is my card…

 

Patterned Cardstock from DCWV “The Endless Summer Matstack.

Texture added with Cuttlebug Moroccan Screen embossing folder.

Metal dragonflies inked with Adirondack Tim Holtz alcohol ink “rust”.

Everything else was dug out of the stash ;-)

Happy Crafting,

Sarah x

Queen for a day!

I sure am learning a lot as I whittle down my Mad March Birthdays list... especially what works for me and what doesn't!  Including blogger at the moment!  I keep signing up to follow blogs and by the next day I am no longer following... hmmmm

Okay todays card is again my Magnolia "Christmas Tilda With Puppy" but she is not for Christmas again today since I wanted to explore the image a little more after yesterdays effort.  I think she lends herself quite well to birthdays!  Anyway enough babble... the card:

To tie in with a Shabby Chic theme everything including the lace (given to me many years ago by my Mother In Law!) got a good dabbing of Tim Holtz Distress Ink... I did find there is a fine line between "distressed" and "too much" lol.

The Challenges... well firstly... thanks to all of the Challenges for giving me some direction and some deadlines!  No I don't expect to win anything but you are all giving me some great ideas!  Now the ones this card is entered in...

Crafty Sentiment Designs... This was a difficult one for me... Pretty in PINK! (I definitely managed lots of pink though and this stamp is sooooo Pretty!)

Our Creative Corner... Shabby Chic with Fabric Flowers and a Crown... There is also the colours from the inspirations photo, pretty pink... light blue and Tim Holtz's antique linen (I am wearing this inkpad out!).

Marvelous Magnolia - Anything goes!  Very nervous about entering this one... everyone's entries there look like they have been crafting since they were born! 

Materials:

Stamps:  Magnolia "Christmas Tilda with Puppy"; "Queen For the day" from the Cool Britannia collection by Louise Allen.

Cardstock and doilies from my stash.

Inks: Memories Dye ink - black; Tim Holtz Antique Linen.

Embossing: Cuttlebug embossing folder "Wrought Iron"

Circle and Scalloped Circle: Spellbinders.

Lace and fabric flowers were from my stash. (It's amazing what I find when I go digging in boxes!)

Pencils: Faber Castell.

Punch: Martha Stewart Doily Lace.

Anyway... I hope you like this one... it's growing on me...

Sarah x

Sky-blue-pink-with-polka-dots!

Todays make is a card to enter The Ribbon Girls March Challenge.  The must have is “twine or ribbon” so since yesterday I had to explain to my dear Husband and Sons WHY I received a bag of bakers twine by post from a lovely friend it seemed bakers twine was the order of the day! (Thank-you Sam!)

The challenge is also sponsored by Lili of the Valley which made me go digging in my stash!  A while back I bought a magazine and with it came a whole heap of gorgeous printed images from… you guessed it… Lili of the Valley so I decided to use those since I haven’t got my hands on any of their stamps as yet!

I am also entering this in the Cupcake Crafts Challenge for *Sparkle* as the cardstock is pearlescent and the brad is as one of my darling boys pointed out "pretty, pretty, shiny, shiny."  So I hope that qualifies as Sparkle :-)

In Mad March we have a whole string of birthdays so that is my focus this week… get them all done and posted. My Nanna’s birthday is one of the first so I picked out a beautiful Lili of the Valley image that lended its self to the colour that my Nanna used to tell us was her favourite… 

Sky Blue Pink with Polka dots!

So this is my interpretation of that with bakers twine featuring down the side with a happy birthday slider so it’s a little tactile and interactive.

I used:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Flower: Stampin’ Up! Punches.

Brad: Making Memories “Paperie Rouge”

Leaves: Create-a-flower Cuttlebug die and embossing folder.

Slider: “Fruit and tags” Cuttlebug cutting die and “Happy Birthday 2x2.75” embossing folder.

Patterned Paper: “The birthday brights” from Australian Simply Cards Magazine.

Punch: Martha Stewart Doily Lace.

Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle.

Souffle white pen (for lettering).

Faber Castell Pencils for colouring the stamp.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah