Upsy Daisy

Hi there!  My card today steps away from the monochromatic funk I usually find myself in and incorporates a mix of bright colours - hooray!! It would work well for either a guy or a girl I reckon.  You can give a guy a card with flowers on it right??  If not, about half of my stamps are ruled out! hehe.

I was given some exciting new things to play with for Christmas, one of which was sponge daubers.  This is actually my first attempt at using them and I'm happy with the results, but there's definitely room for improvement too! 

The square was sponged while still sitting in the nestability die to create the soft white border, and then I matted it against the orange cardstock.  I'm a big fan of this paper, it's Washington Apple dsp from Stampin Up! and I think it's a great colour scheme.

So what do you reckon - masculine enough to give to a bloke??
Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Washington Apple dsp (SU!), White
Stamps: Upsy Daisy (SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Bashful Blue (SU!)
Other: sqaure nestabilities

Friday Mashup!

Wow, it's been awhile since my last post - where does the time go?!!
Over the weekend I found a new challenge blog (well, new to me that is) called Friday Mashup! This week they are running sketch challenge #35 and I was inspired by the clean and simple design so decided to participate.   

Here's the sketch:

Here's what i did with it:

I love the way this one turned out, even though it was a struggle for me to leave so much blank space - I was tempted to fill it up somehow.  I'm glad I resisted urge though!  I stuck pretty much exactly to the sketch, without going off on any creative tangents :) 

My scallop punch creates quite small scallops and I wanted something bigger for this card so I created the strip by cutting a scallop square nestability and trimming off one side.

The colours are Wild Wasabi and Certainly Celery - such a soothing combo together - and the black button is just one from my stash (off some skirt or another hehe) which I threaded with a strip of cardstock.

The stamped dragonfly is from KaiserCraft and I coloured it in with my water colour pencils before cutting out with a classic circle nestie and popping it up on a foam dot.

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  I'd love to know what you think.
Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Wild Wasabi, Subtles DSP (SU!)
Ribbon: Certainly Celery (SU!)
Stamps: Dragonfly (Kaisercraft)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Other: circle nestabilities, square scallop nestabilites, black button, foam dot

Kimono Kids

Karen Giron has another great Sweet Sunday Sketch (SSSC104) for us this week, and I decided to combine it with another challenge to flex my creative skills *wink*.  I've found a fun site called Our Creative Corner and they have a Cut It Out challenge this week, where you can do anything that involves fiddly cutting.  

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I received a new order of Stampin Up! supplies on Friday, including this cute stamp set Kimono Kids.  I stamped these cuties in Momento Tuxedo Black and coloured them in my watercolour pencils before cutting them out and popping them up on foam dots.  A row of KaiserCraft rhinestones in the corner and one in the centre of a punch flower and I was finished.

I decided to omit the scalloped strip on the sketch from my card becuase i just couldn't get it to work with my layout.

Thanks for visiting :)
Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Rose Red, Subtles dsp (SU!), Pink (Bazzill)
Stamps: Kimono Kids (SU!) 

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Other: Flower punch (CarlaCraft), Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), foam dots, water colour penicls

Jac-inks Challenge #1

Woohoo, a new challenge blog!  Today i'm joining the first ever challenge over at the jac-inks Papercraft Challenges blog, and there's fabulous blog candy up for grabs!!  The challenge was to create an item using neutrals colours + one other, and to include at least one stamped image. 

I went with a scalloped circle card (which are so fun to make!), and stamped a bunch of crazy little monkeys from Stampin Up!'s Fox & Friends set.  For my burst of colour I tied a red ribbon from my stash in to a little bow.

The scallops look a little weird on either side of the top but it's just because I popped the card open to photograph.  When the card is sitting flat the scallops are all aligned perfectly - I promise :) 

Thanks for stopping by!
Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel (SU!),

Stamps: Fox & Friends (SU!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!)

Other: Scallop Cricle, and Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), red ribbon from my stash

Roses for Grandma

Good Morning :)  I made this card last year for my Grandma, something about the roses just made me think of her.  She lives in a rest home in a different city to me so it's nice to send her something pretty for her room.  She loves telling the nurses (and anyone else who'll listen!) that the cards are hand made.

I wasn't much of a fan of Kiwi Kiss when it came out, but when i discovered this beautiful Bella Rose dsp (SU!), I changed my tune entirely.  I think this paper is just goregeous!!

Three buttons make a simple and cute embellishement.  They're threaded with a tiny sliver of card stock to help make them pop.

I also prettied up the inside of the card:

I've just realised that this card uses all Stampin Up! products - aside from the white cardstock which I buy locally in huge sheets since I go through so much of it!!

That's all from me today.  Thank you for visiting.
Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red (SU!), White; Bella Rose DSP (SU!)

Stamps: Whimsical Words (SU!)
Ink: Riding Hood Red (SU!)

Other: Scallop Edge Punch & Buttons (SU!)

One from the Vault

Well i reached in to the vault for this one... it's the Mothers Day card I made for my Mum last year - I did tell you I had a lot of photos up my sleeve to post when I got the chance!

This one is fairly simple - I love working with a limited colour scheme and sometimes it's actually quite a struggle for me to introduce other colours.  Guess i'd better work on that!

I think this DSP (retired, from SU!) is just beautiful; a wide stip of it with a punched flower, a rub-on sentiment, and some rounded corners and I was done!  No stamping whatsover on this one.

Today is Friday which has got to be my favourite day of the week!  The whole weekend lies ahead, it can't get much better than that :)

I hope you have a great weekend too.

Sheryl



Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Riding Hood Red (SU!), White (on the inside)

Other: Chit Chat Rub Ons (SU!), Flower punch (CarlaCraft), Silver brad, corner rounder

Birthdays are the best!

No sadly, it's not my birthday but you'd be forgiven for thinking it was with the title of this post!  My birthday was back at the beginning of December and I received some fabulous stamps and supplies from my husband Matt & other family. 

One of the lovely gifts was the gorgeous stamp set Greenhouse Garden from Stampin Up!  I got to work with it straight away to make a birthday card for a special friend; and now i've finally got around to posting it!

I seriously love these flowers!!  They're easy to cut out by hand and are so striking with the two-tone colour. 

I used VersaColor ink on the flowers which is one of my favourite products as their ink gives fantastic coverage and they have such a massive colour range.




This layout was super quick and easy.  I think i'll be remaking this card in the future, perhaps as a sympathy card next time.

I'd love to know what you think.

Have a great day!
Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Pink (Bazzill), White; Grey DSP (SU!)
Stamps: Greenhouse Garden (SU!)
Ink: Opera Pink (024) and Petal Pink (134) (VersaColor)

Other: Chit Chat Rub Ons (SU!), foam dots

A Deer Friend

I'm loving this long-weekend and the extra time to scrap; I was able to do this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge straight away - that's never happened before!!  I absolutely loved the layout Karen had for us this week.  Here's a look at the sketch:

And here's my card:

How cute is that deer?!  I picked up this adorable set, "Oh Deer!" by Technique Tuesday, when I was in Singapore last year.  I spent so much money on cardmaking supplies while I was there - they just have so many more products than we have. 

I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.  I don't make very many masculine cards but it's not from lack of trying!  I just usually end up embellishing them with a flower or butterfly which tends to make them look a bit girly!! 

I also completed the inside which i really should do more often.

Well, that's all from me.  Have a great week!

Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip (SU!); White; Subtles DSP (SU!)
Stamps: Oh Deer (Technique Tuesday ), Sentiment on inside is from Upsy Daisy (SU!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery (SU!)

Other: circle and scallop circle nesties, foam dots

Friday Sketchers Challenge

Hooray it's a long weekend, and we're staying around home which means extra time for making cards and scrapbooking!!  I found a great sketch online yesterday at Friday Sketchers so thought I'd give it a crack.  The prize is a voucher for My Favourite Things; I've been eyeing up their gorgeous stamps and dies for ages!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my take:

I really enjoyed working with this sketch.  I love the detail in this Inkadinkado stamp, it's a fun one to colour in.  The sentiment strip says "Thanks", it's clear-embossed and looks a little hard to read in the photograph but it's fine IRL.  I thought this would be a great card to give to a neighbour or friend to say thanks for collecting the mail when we've been away on holiday.

Right, i'm off to enjoy more time playing in my studio!
Thanks for stopping in.
Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie (SU!), White, Washington Apple DSP (SU!)
Stamps: Don't know the name of the beach scene stamp (Inkadinkado), Sentiment is from Fruit Stand (Technique Tuesday)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Versamark

Other: Flower punch (CarlaCraft), Eyelet (SU!), clear embossing powder, foam dots

Finally a Sweet Sunday!

I've been a huge fan of Karen Giron's fabulous papercrafting for a while now - hers was one of the first blogs I found when I started cardmaking and I was (and still am!) totally in awe of her talent.  This is the first time i've participated in one of Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges, or any challenge for that matter - exciting!

I'm not sure i love the finished layout - the colours I chose are way outside my comfort zone! - but it was fun to make.  I paper pieced the cupcake wrapper and coloured in the top with watercolour pencils.

This Kaisercraft cupcake stamp is one of my favourites, I popped it up on foam dots for a bit of dimension.  I finished the card off with a Riding Hood Red button threaded with a thin sliver of the Pink Pirouette cardstock - fun!

Thanks for checking out my first ever challenge card :)

Have a lovely day.
Sheryl

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red (SU!)
Stamps: CS719 (Kaisercraft)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Other: circle nestabilities, foam dots, Riding Hood Red Button (SU!), Scollop Edge Punch (SU!)

Behind The Times

Happy New Year!  I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year holiday.  I had a lovely couple of weeks off, spending time at the beach and with friends and family. 

I know that Christmas is well and truly over but I've got a Christmas card to show you today.  Since I'm new to this whole blogging thing, I didn't get around to posting many of the cards I'd made before the big day, so please bear with me as I really wanted to show this one off!

This was my first attempt at a Chrismtas card using "non-traditional" colours.  It's a very bright happy card and I love how it turned out.  The colours are SU's Pacific Point and Riding Hood Red and the stamps are my first ever JustRite set which I absolutely adore!  These cirular stamps create such clear crisp text, they seriously rock! 

This is a fairly flat card.  The red circle is clear embossed and is popped up on foam dots.

Well, thanks for putting up with a bit of Christmas in January, and thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Cardstock & Paper: Pacific Point & Riding Hood Red (SU!), White,

Stamps: Christmas Stamp Ensemble (JustRite)

Ink: Pacific Point & Riding Hood Red (SU!)

Other: circle nestabilities, clear embossing powder, foam dots, corner rounder