Sketch Saturday

This is a card I created for Sketch Saturday. Loved this sketch as I would never normally cut curvy paper shapes and so I enjoyed making this one. I used a Sugar Nellie - Carefree stamp, coloured with water colours, My Minds Eye Wild Asparagus papers, buttons and ribbon from my stash. kel x

Christmas in July

Most places I look over the net its Christmas time in July. And why not?! I always rush at making my christmas cards, once i have made for friends and family, I always find I dont have enough for myself to send out. So to make a start I've joined in the challenge with Cute Card Thursday. The image isnt very clear as I did this when my ink pad was on its last legs, so it is very faint. But I quite like how its made the image a bit more delicate. (Thats me trying to justify the bad stamping by the way, lol). Thanks for looking. Dont forget to let me know you stopped by. :)

Recipe:

Patterned paper: Basic Grey Wassail

Stamp from Sugar Nellie - Partridge in a pear tree

Organza Ribbon

Brush markers

Whiff of Joy Blog Candy

The new fall stamp kit from Whiff of Joy is now available on the web store , but Katharina is offering 2 sets to give away as blog candy. The stamp set is a brand new set of never seen before stamps designed by Elizabeth Bell and text stamps designed by Katharina, all designed with Fall/autumn in mind. I got the Summer ones and they are beautiful. The blog Candy ends 26th July. Pop on over to have a look!

Colour Create

It seems like ages ago when I last took part in a card challenge, so I thought I'd jump back in with Colour create. Blue and white is the theme this week and here is my creation. I love these little Matrioshka doll stamps from Basic Grey Gamma Collection. When I took the photo of the card I realised I hadnt added a sentiment, so the ammended card no reads "No hiding! Its your birthday"

Recipe:

Patterned paper Basic Grey - Marrakesh, Wassail.

Doodlebug - Pure white flock card

Lace and blue organza ribbon from stash

Doll stamps: Basic Grey value stamps - Gamma Collection

Thanks for looking, Kel x

Present for teacher

There are only a couple of more nursery days for my dd before we go into the six week holidays. I got to thinking of presents for the teachers. They are so lovely and I wanted something they could keep and use instead of the usual chocolate and/or wine gift. In the Papermill shop I found some plain chipboard covered 8x8 book full of plain white blank pages. And better still they are Buy One Get One Free!! So I got the 2 I needed, covered them in My Minds Eye - Bloom and Grow papers, spelt notes in MME - Wild Asparagus chipboard and Cosmo Cricket - Love notes Chipboard alphas, added a flower on each book, then tied loads of scrap ribbon and wool around the binding. Took hardly any time at all and I think they will be useful. And I am going back to the papermill shop to stock up on some more of these bargain books!! Kel x

Quirky

What are your quirks? Thats the question over at Butterfly crafts this fortnight. For me its all about the texture of things on my hands and feet that I just cannot take. After having a shower I cannot bear to step straight out onto the floor, I have to dry my feet first then put them straight into slippers. I also cant touch cotton wool, felt, polystyrene, washing powder (generally anything that is too soft). It makes me go cold just thinking of it. When I was a kid, my sisters usd to put cotton wool in my school shoes for a laugh. They all have their own little quirks now so its pay back time!! Ha Ha!! I cant walk on carpet wearing just my socks. Makes my feet feel all funny and makes me gag. And I dont like my hands being wet. Obviously I wash the dishes, but my hands have to be dried immediately after, even if I just go to pick something else up and put them straight back into the sink! Touching anything that has been made wet from the rain either is a no no. Even writing about this and putting the layout together has made my hands clammy and my mouth feel weird. Challenge well and truly done! Thanks for looking Kel x

Recipe:

Basic grey porcelain paper and stickers

Papermania scalloped card

Hole Punch

Smirk chipboard button

DCWV alpha stickers

Cosmo Cricket Chipboard letters

Papermania journalling spot

Splish Splash

As I have just started to type this it has started bucketing down!!! Huge drops of horizontal rain. How fitting, seeing as the latest challenge for scrap whispers is to create a water themed layout. I have so many photos of water it was really hard to choose one. They range from boat trips, to swimming, to my dd feeding ducks, but I love this photo of my dd just quietlywatching swimmers in the pool a couple of years ago in France.

Even though you cant see her face, i just love the tranquility of this shot so immediately chose to use muted blues and aquas. I tore some Wasail Basic Grey paper and inked along the edge with black ink. Then I used some Marrakesh Basic Grey paper and cut semi cicles into it with m hole punch to give a stamp effect. Then added a piece of Aqua paper from Dovecraft, a random piece of white vellum. Then to finish off I added some white and blue gems, pearls, buttons, lace, organza ribbon and a photo turn, along with a tag threaded with twine. The title is French for I look - Je Regarde and for this I used Heidi Swapp ghost letters. As I said before I do not speak French so I got the translation from a random google search, but when I was adding the letters I forgot the "e" at the end so I had to cut that by hand from a piece of acetate (I ran out of e's) and attach it with staples. I was a bit annoyed as I spent hours on this LO, but it is all part of the French learning progress.

This challenge is up til midnight on saturday. And as I finish, the rain has stopped! Just in time for the school run.

Thanks for looking, kel x