Sketch Saturday... Mandys sketch!

This is a great sketch and I really enjoyed doing it... I hope that I have done it justice!

The image is Summer by the Sea SU! but one that I have never used before and I picked it because of shape and where the detail lies. I love the way that her foot is dangling in the water and the detail that her foot is making! I then painted this with my watercolours and then mounted it on SU! cardstock. The DSP is scribble scrabble and I love it the quality is great ( i have promised Aimes I will get some pictures on of the purchase I made asap! ) The dots are craftwork cards and the sentiment is carte postale. The ribbon is from my stash...

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking - TTFN Debbi x x x

Stamp With Us! Challenge Night...

Well this evening I have been busy - the SWU challenge night and chat online again this was something I was late completing but I got there in the end - next friday I am going to have to tell my little ones that mummy is busy - LOL as if they will listen!

So this evening we had to make pink tree/branches which was interesting
to say the least!

For this card I used the Forrest Friends set and the sentiment from Warmest Regards - the cardstock was from two colour families Pink Passion from bold brights and Pretty in Pink from the Soft Subtles range - the ribbon is from a retired set and the wheel detail is using water colour joy ionked with staz on... the animal images are stamped in close to cocoa to give a contrast to the pink...

The second challenge was a colour challenge we had to use the following colours: Bashful Blue, Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery and So Saffron... I only had Bashful blue ink pad so I thought I would get my watercolours out and have a go at water colouring the image in the required colours and using the relevant cardstock to mount the image on - I painted an image from Summer by the Sea and the sentiment was from Warmest Regards. The roses around the edge of the card are from a retired set recently purchased called Roses in Winter and it is stamped in Bashful Blue...

Thanks for looking and any comments are always appreciated - bye for now

Debbi x

Stamp With Us! Recipe Challenge...

This post is a little late but I will add it to the blog anyway, I have been very busy this week with the first meet of my craft group and let me tell you we had a fantastic night, good company, lots of laughs and cakes too!

The challenge on Stamp With Us! this week was a recipe challenge which was as follows: 2 designer papers, ribbon and four brads - the rest was up to you! This week I used the set Summer by the Sea, this is a set that I don't own but Margaret kindly stamped me some images to water colour! So for this card I painted the image using the SU! water colours I thought I would use turquoise as this really stands out. I used brads to match and as I only have tart and tangy papers set of papers (for the moment! - May offer here I come!)- I decided to use the beige papers that are included in the hostess level one set as a contrast to the bright of the turquoise. I also included a strip of velvet beige ribbon that is from one of the retired ribbons sets from last year - again this ties in really well... I used the greeting Warm Wishes from the Cheer and Wishes set stamped in tempting turquoise and mounted and the same colour cardstock and then again on whisper white.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking debbi x x x