One card....and a lot of challenges

I happened to make this card over the weekend, using a Gorjuss Stamp which I had been meaning to have a play with for ages, and some lovely papers which I had previously printed out  from the lovely Bearly Mine Plaid set.

Who knew that one simple card would fit the bill for so many lovely challenges!

I had a lovely card making this card. For once the colouring of the hair went right (more by luck than judgement I think!) and my paper piecing came out just as I had imagined it. I also got the chance to use some lovely punched flowers which i had left over from a previous project so I didn't ave to drag out my Grand Calibur and dies. It just doesn't get any better than that.

Anyway, I hope you like the card and here is the long list of challenges that I would like to enter.......

Fab n Funky - Ribbon or Lace
Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers
Papertake - Paper Piecing
Cupcake Craft - Lavendar and Lace
The Squirrel and the Fox - Here Come the Girls
Joanna Sheen - Girls
Make it Monday
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Lace
Come and Get it - Sketch
By the Cute and Girly - Flowers
One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/challenge-7.html

Thanks for stopping by.

Sharon x

Bearly Mine Anything Goes Challenge

It's time for a new challenge over at Bearly Mine today and this week it's everyone's favourite - Anything Goes.

We are sponsored this week by the wonderful Meljens Designs and I have chosen this funky Flower Power Car from her range to play with.

The papers that I have used today are Floral Fantasies for the patterned paper and the distressed paper that you see at the back is from the Plain and Simple range. I have to say that, much as I love all the patterned papers, I have to say that the Plain and Simple is always my go to set as, no matter what other paper I use, there is always a Plain and Simple to complement it.

Also, I have tried something a little different for this card - take a look at the side view......

Just a little idea that I  picked up off of a show on Create and Craft one day!

Well I do hope that you will come and join us at Bearly Mine this week - I  look forward to seeing all your lovely creations.

Sharon x

Challenge Reminder - Lili's Little Fairies

Hello all my blogging friends......

Just a quick reminder that Lili's Little Fairies have a lovely challenge going this week entitled 'Thank You'.

This is a nice easy challenge and we would love to see your creations using Lili of the Valley Stamps or panels so please fee free  to hop over here to join in the fun.

Sharon x

The end of a busy day.

I've had a busy day today, demonstrating over at Stamp Addicts for their open day. Not only did I get to spend the whole day playing with stamps, embossing powders and glitters, but I also got to speak to some lovely crafty people, so thank you to all  of you who came to chat with me today.

If you would like to see what I  got up to, hop on over to The Purple Zone where Sarah has pated up a couple of pictures.

Now on to my challenge card today, for which I have used a lovely LOTV stamp, coloured with my beloved Promarkers of course.......

The papers are from a Wild Rose Milton pack which I come back to again and again as I just love the colour palette, so, of course, I coloured my image to match the papers. Finally, I finished off with a little bit of doodling with a Promarker fine nib.

Here are the challenges that I would like to enter today:

Make it Monday
Forever friends
My mums craft shop
Passion for Promarkers
Stamp and Doodle
The Paper Shelter
Sister Act
One Stop Craft
Sweet Stampin Challenge

Thanks for stopping by today

Sharon x

Thank you challenge at Lili's Little Fairies

Time for another challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies and this week it's all about saying thank you.

I thought this LOTV bear would be perfect for the thank you sentiment, especially with tat lovely patchwork flower that he is holding on to.

I picked my papers beforehand first, as per usual and coloured my image to match. As you can see, I also doodled around my papers, trying to do something a bit similar to the stitching around the flower petals.

Finally, I have gone for a bit of a dotty technique on my bear to make him look a bit furry. This was done using darker colours around the edges and a blender pen towards the centre, to create highlights on his protruding bits!

Well thats my DT card for you. I hope you will pop on over to Lili's Little Fairies to see the other fabulous offerings from my team mates, and maybe join in yourself  so we can see your lovely work too.

Here are some other challenges that I would like to enter this card in to today:

Forever Friends - Anything Goes
Natale andAmy - Things with Wings
Stamp n Doodle - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
As You Like It - Favourite Colour Combo  Pink and Blue because I love pastel colours
Make it Monday

Thanks for stopping by.

Sharon x

Wings and Things

Today I thought I would show a card using items from two of the companies who I have the pleasure of designing for.

The Stamp that you see is from Stamp Addicts and is actually part of a larger stamp which you can find in the new releases on their website. The stamp itself is really substantial and this is probably less than a quarter of it. It's very stylised as you can see and it lends itself really well to picking out small areas and decoupaging.

Now on to the backing paper, which has come from the Bearly Mine Floral Fantasies set. I have been using this set quite a lot lately as it has  a real variety of styles and a nice range of colours. Some of the papers include the cutest little flying bugs too.

My latest favourite thing is importing the papers in to Serif and sizing them to fit my card, which also shrinks the flowers down too. Not something that I did for this particular card, but I will save that to show you another day :o)

Here are some challenges that I would like to enter today.....

Forever Friends - Anything Goes
By the Cute and Girly - Flowers
Simon Says Stamp = Things with Wings
Sister Act
Gem ofa Challenge - Things with Wings
Make it Monday

Thanks for visiting.

Sharon x

Fluff and Flowers

Today's post is all about fluffy bunnies and flowers. Can you believe that this lovely stamp was a freebie with a magazine at around about Easter time? The stamp is a really good size and had a lovely girl bunny to go with it. I had to put them to one side to make sure that I used them and they didn't get forgotten about as they were certainly too nice to be left inside their plastic packaging!

For this card I coloured the rabbit with pro markers and, having already got the paper in mind that I wanted to use, I coloured him in to coordinate. The papers are from a Wild Rose Studio Milton pack and I really like them because they have such lovely colours which are a bit different to the usual pinks and purples that I am usually drawn to.

  

Well that's about all I can say about this little sweetie - it's fairly CAS.......a bit of ribbon here, a smudge of distress ink there, some faux stitching and we are done!

Hope you like it.  :o)

Here are the challenges I would like to enter:

Forever friends monthly - Anything Goes
By the Cute and Girly - Flowers
Crafty Calendar - Blooms and Blossoms
Papertake - Anything Goes
Whimsy Inspires - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Make it Monday

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a happy week ahead.

Sharon x