Allsorts sketch

This Saturday I'm not at home so with any luck this scheduled post is live all by itself =). I'm at a scrap event all day and I'm sure it'll be a blast, they usually are, not very productive but great fun =).

So at Allsorts this week we have a sketch for you. I used papers mostly from Panduro, ribbon also, and an image from Magnolia. Distress ink used: Pumice stone.

If I had used a Penny Black image this card would have been good for the november challenge cause it's Christmas - but maybe you'll go for the combination =)

DCD door hanger

This week at Die Cut Dreams we want you to create a door hanger and on the DT we got to play with the pre-cut hangers from the DCD shop.

I used a Magnolia image and a mix of home-made and bought flowers, distressed and stamped the background and cut out a heart by sheer improvisation.

Blue Tilda

So this is the end of the weekend and the autumn holiday - back to work tomorrow!

This evening I have a christmas ornament I made for Totally Tilda (blue and silver) and Magnolia Down Under (make your own embellishment). It also fits A spoon full of sugar (relish to embellish) and the ABC challenge (G is for glitter).

I made an accordion flower using regular cardstock and embossed some swirls along one edge. The lace doily was a bit large so I crumbled it slightly (there's a circle of blue cardstock on the backside so it still looks nice) and the silver ribbon is fastened between the doily and the back cardstock). The bow is separate and just glued to the front.

These ornaments will work in the tree, as a bottle decoration or as a fancy tag on a christmas present cause you can write on the back. Very versatile, and it's my tip of the day so I can enter it in Top Tip Tuesday =).

(each fold on the accordion flower is 1/4 " and the cardstock is 12" x 1 and 3/4")

Allsorts - poem inspiration

At Allsorts this week Fleur is in charge and she wants you to get inspiration from the poem

"TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS"

by Clement C. Moore (read it here)

I made this framed card, coloured the Magnolia image in vintage photo, distressed the whole situation with the same colour and added a little colour with the holly and the red string.The printed paper is from Panduro. I used beads instead of brads on the sentiment, therefor it's eligeble for Just Magnolia's monthly challenge.

SFTW - sketch with a twist

It's time for another fortnightly challenge at Stampin for the Weekend and this time we have a great sketch for you. I made my calendar page for November using this lovely WoJ image, coloured in Pumice stone. Papers are TH and the butterflies in the corner is a required twist to the sketch =).

White Christmas

Made a card today to fit a couple of challenges, the little one is still coughing her lungs out so there's not much else to do than stay at home anyway...


I put a sort of template to the card folding here.

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - vellum (as backing for the image)

LOTV challenge - one for the girls

Charizma cards - with love at Christmas

Simon says challenge - all white

DCD and Penny Black at Allsorts

This morning I have two DT projects for you; at Die Cut Dreams the theme this week is No colouring in, featuring a heart and at Penny Black at Allsorts the challenge for November is Christmas.

So, first out is my work for DCD. I made a heart shaped box and used one of DCD:s die cut bears as the main image. Loads of dew drops coloured with alkohol ink Latte.



And the work for Penny Black at Allsorts is the stamp called 3911K christmas friends, used as a background on paper distressed with peeled paint and fired brick. As usual there are amazing prizes so hurry on over.

Allsorts - Gold and Cream Christmas with a hint of red

This week at Allsorts the colour combo is a real favourite =). It's Gold and Cream Christmas with a hint of red.

The LOTV image is coloured with antique linen and all the edges are distressed with the same.