Sk8er Boy

Here's another new card I've made using one of my favourite rubber stamps- Skater Ian. It was a bargain I got from the Sincerely Yours show at Lincoln last year which I hope bodes well for next week when I'll be visiting again!

I took a 6x6 'Black Magic' Coredinations paper, trimmed it to size & embossed it with a checkerboard pattern. I then distressed it to reveal the bluey grey base. I then used a chevron stencil and silver stencil paint to add an extra texture to the card. I then added some new washi tape to the corner of the card and mounted it onto a white 6x6 card base. I stamped the skater image onto white card and coloured it using promarkers and spectrum noirs. I then re-inked the hat and stamped it onto a small scrap of an old Basic Grey paper and paper pieced it onto my topper. I mounted the stamped image onto the card using 3d foam to add depth.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-
Crafty Cardmakers 'embossing, distressing & paper piecing'
Papertake Weekly 'sound of music' (inspired by the song 'Sk8ter Boi' by Avril Lavigne)
Daring Cardmakers 'stencil it'
Basic Grey 'song inspired' (sk8ter boi)

New CMM challenge- Washi Tape

There's a brand new challenge over at the Card Makin Mamas blog and this time it's Washi Tape. I'm not a huge fan of washi tape so this was most definitely a challenge for me! I had a look around pinterest to try and find some inspiration and this is what I created...

I started by placing stripes of the tape onto the card in both vertical & horizontal directions. I then used a Sheena Douglas butterfly stamp, with black stazon, straight onto the top of the tape giving me the gappy image (technical term!). I then added the 2 small stamped butterflies using a black versafine ink basically to prove that I can stamp properly when I want to! Really simple and not my most favourite card ever but still pretty effective I think.

If I can manage a washi tape card then so can you so come & join in- you might be a lucky winner!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-
MayzyArt 'rainbow'
Pink Elephant 'washi tape'

Bon Voyage Kraft card

I bought the DoCrafts goodie bag for the first time this month and even though I've always looked at the great value of them I've never actually bought one- but this time it had both Forever Friends & All Aboard items in it as well as a beautiful butterfly stamp- well worth the £15. This is the first card I've made using the all aboard items.

I started by inking the edges of a 6x6 card with both Walnut Stain & Tea Dye distress inks. I then mounted a piece if kraft 6x6 all aboard paper onto the card and then ripped the edges of one of the map papers and also atatched this to the card. I then used the air-mail print & word patterned craft tape (washi tape) to work as toppers.

I am entering this card into the following challenges-
Papertake Weekly 'anything goes- option of kraft'
Creative Inspirations 'kraft'

Bright & Funky Floral Card- Kanban 'so feminine' & WRMK

I was inspired by the latest challenge from 'The Paper Shelter' http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/challenge-94-flower-extra-vaganza.html to make something really bright and fun- perfect for a female birthday.

I started with an 8x8 Craftwork Cards scalloped edge card blank which, for once, I left exactly as it was (no inking, stamping or embossing!). I chose the topper that I wanted to use which is from the Kanban 'celebrate in style' sheet from the 'so feminine' kit. It already had a foiled edge that is a silvery/lilac colour. I then trawled through my vast collection of 12x12 papers to find something that would match the colourway. My 12x12 'Tiffanys' scrapbook pad by We R Memory Keepers was perfect. I chose 4 matching papers, some that used glitter and some that were plain. I cut a 9cm square from each one and joined at the back with double sided tape. I wanted to try something a bit different so I then used some pearlescent tape to go over the joins blending them but also emphasising them too!

I attached my paper square to the card blank using double sided tape and then attached the word topper with 3d foam. I then used my xcut flower punch to punch out 12 flowers from 4 more papers from the WRMK pad- this time I chose plainer papers as patterned ones would get lost on the background. I punched 3 green, 3 pink, 3 blue & 3 brown and used an embossing ball tall to shape them by pushing in the centre of each flower. I attached to flowers to the corners of the paper using PVA glue and then added a glittery centre using 'Star Dust' stickles glitter glue.

This is my first entry into a 'Paper Shelter' challenge but hopefully not my last- I do not yet have any of their beautiful digi stamps but hopefully if I win the challenge then that will change! Wish me luck!