Rudolph Day - March

I'm just popping in at the very last minute with my Rudolph Day card. I've had it made for a couple of days but just not found the time to blog it.

I used the SU Sparkly Seasons stamp set and dies. When this set came out I wasn't very keen then someone gave me a card using it and I wished I'd bought it. Luckily I just found one on that well known auction site that had never been used. It's just a shame that the die set doesn't include one for the snowglobe base. I mounted it onto a snippet of Christmas paper. The red card and the white I stamped on all came out of the snippets box as well. So a trip to the Playground is called for as well.

In the Country - Cardz 4 Guyz

I am so glad that spring seems to have arrived at last! The last few days have been lovely - the down side is that I am going to have to cut the grass!

But enough of that it is time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz and it is my turn to choose the theme. I have gone with "In the Country", lots of choice there I hope.

I decide to dust off one of my Joanna Sheen CDs - Jayne Netley Mayhew and printed off this sweet picture of two mice stocking up for winter. I added some raffia and some leaves from my stash and mounted it all onto a side fold A2 kraft card blank.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you create, and as always there is more inspiration on the challenge blog.

 

Sunday Scrapbooking

I have been going through my draft posts and right down at the bottom were three more layouts which I made quite a while ago . So I have combined them into one post for you.

Have a good Sunday and Happy Mother's Day to my UK readers - hope you remembered to change the clocks as well!

Trees at Cardz 4 Guyz

Tuesday again and time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz. Joan has chosen "Trees" as our theme.

I decided to use a NBUS stamp and die set from SU called Thoughtful Branches.  I added glossy accents to the apples but it doesn't show up very well in the photo, I think the sentiment is a Penny Black one.  I look forward to seeing what you all make, and don't forget to check out the super makes from the rest of the team. 

White Embossing

It's time for a new challenge over at Make My Monday. This week the challenge has been chosen by Pat and it is White Embossing. I decided to use   SU's Corner Garden stamp and emboss the flowers in white on black card. Yes I know my card is yellow!  After four attempts to emboss white on black I gave up. Either the stamped image didn't stamp properly - even using the Misti - or I ended up with specks of white where I didn't want them!

 

So I binned the black and pulled out a scrap of yellow, then coloured the flowers with Promarkers in shades of orange and yellow. The sentiment is a new one from Penny Black stamped in brown. I mounted the completed panel on dark brown card then into a 5 x 7 card blank.

I hope you will check out the rest of the DTs' creations and then join us. 

Doodle

This fortnight Addicted to CAS  have a code word of Doodle. It gave me the perfect opportunity to use one of my Sarntangle stamps.

I simple stamped it in black and added a little touch of green, and mounted the oval onto a mat of matching green card. A sentiment from the same set of stamps finished the card.

A Chinese Garden

Quirky Craft Challenge is a new to me challenge, and this is their first challenge after restarting them. They want us to use a photo as inspiration for our creations. I decided to go with a scrapbook page.

When we were in Sydney in 2014 we found the Chinese Garden which is surrounded by western office blocks and buildings. It was an oasis of calm in a busy city and we spent quite a long time wandering around. You can see the modern buildings in the background of the photo of the Pagoda. I created the page in Craft Artist so I hope a digital entry is acceptable.

Cardz 4 Guyz - Numbers

The new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz this week is "Numbers" chosen by Jan. This fitted in perfectly with the need for a card for my grandson's birthday later this month.

I used a new football die bought at the Make It show last week, but was a bit disappointed to find that it only cut the outline and the hexagons were embossed. I had intended cutting them out in white and layering onto black, instead once I had embossed them I sponged black ink through the die.

LIM Teal

I know at the start of the year I said I was going to try and enter Less is More, more frequently. At first I did then fell by the wayside again!

This week there is a colour them and the ladies want "Mainly Teal".

I'm not sure whether this is  "cas"  enough, but I'm sure they will let me know if it isn't.

I used lots of bits out of the snippet box for this, in fact everything except the card blank. I think I made the little image when LIM had an ombre challenge a while back, then didn't use it.

Masculine Clean and Simple

The new challenge at Cardz for Guyz this week is Clean and Simple. I used a NBUS SU die and cut it out in red and black, then inlaid the pieces.

The sentiment stamp is a wood mounted onethat has been in my stash for quite a long time, possibly Hobbyart. Don't forget to check what the rest of the team have made.
I'm also joining in at Cards in Envy - another new to me challenge.