Sheffield Training Swap

OK so here is the card that I made for the Sheffield Regional Training day last week. There were about 25 of us there and one of the greatest things about these days are the swaps that we make eachother - I will post piccies of some of the fantastic work I received later in the week. So the card that I made is again craft - sensing a theme anyone?? I have used the fresh cuts stampset - this looks so good stamped in any colour! I love it, I have inked the edges of the card

blank in craft ink using a dauber. I have inked the edges of the image and mounted this on craft card stock and again inked the edges but this time I have chosen basic black ink to add a little depth to the mount. I have added a basic black panel with whisper white ribbon across the middle with a knot detail to the right hand side. I have stamped the sentiment from the stamp set in the bottom right hand side of the card - and for this I have used a stamp a majig.

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking - your comments are appreciated! Debbi x x x

yeay - pictures!

So here is a card for you that I have made for a recent swap over on ILWS. The aim of the swap was to complete something neutral - you could use whichever stampset you wanted and the only stipulation that there could be no colour other than the neutrals!

Here is what I created - I have used a craft card blank and inked the edges of this using a dauber with craft ink. I have then stamped the image from fresh cuts onto a piece of craft card again inked the edges and decoupaged the leaf element in the bottom right hand side of the card. I have mounted this on basic black card. In the top right hand side of the card I have stamped the flower vine from the set also in craft and at the bottom of the card I have stamped the sentiment from the stamp set and to try and get this straight I have used the stamp a majig.

I have used some of the stampin' up! striped ribbon to decorate on the left hand side of the image mount.

STAMP SET fresh cut

INK craft, basic black

CARD STOCK craft, basic black

ACCESSORIES stamp a majig, dauber, dimensionals, black and white ribbon

Colour Create Challenge

This weeks challenge and my last one this evening - so should be doing my swaps but have just had a play instead! is the challenge over on colour create and I love it - blue, craft and white - not three colours that I would have necessarily put together but they work so well. I decided to go with bashful blue and use the fresh cuts set again - this set is out as I have decided to use it for one of my swaps but have yet to decide on the colours that I want to use! Anyway I have stamped the image onto bashful blue card and inked it with bashful blue - I have then inked the edges and decoupaged the leaves in the bottom righthand corner - to emphasise these more I have daubed the cut out leaves to make them stand out more. As you can see there is a lot more depth to the colour. The sentiment is stamped in bashful blue and I used the window punch to punch it out. I have also added three card candy in matching colours to the top right of my card. I hope you like it and thanks for looking your comments are appreciated - Debbi x x x

2 sketches for you...

As soon as I saw this sketch I knew that I had to enter this challenge - so simple but really effective, I liked all the DT cards and their takes on the sketch are great. I decided to use the SU set Fresh Cuts and get my window punch out for only its second outing! I chose to use the colour combination craft and basic black as I think these look great together. I stamped the image in craft ink on craft card and inked the edges, then decoupaged the leaf on the right hand side of the image with dimensionals. I then took a piece of black cardstock and added whisper whited ribbon to the middle of this. I out three brads from my stash in the top left of the card and stamped the sentiment also from fresh cuts in craft ink onto black and punched this out using the window punch.

I hope you like the card I appreciate all your comments and thanks for looking - Debbi x x x

Stamp With Us Challenge...

For this challenge we had to use the picture as inspiration I decided to use the three colours from Stampin' Up! earth elements - I used ruby red, close to cocoa and summer sun. The stamp set that I used I purchased about three months ago and have only ever mounted the words - Fresh Cuts so I mounted it and set to work - One of my newest purchases was the border punch I have never bought this as I could never get it to work - but I think I may have mastered it... I cut a card blank from close to cocoa, stamped the image on whisper white with ruby red ink, inked the edges, mounted this on summer sun cardstock adding the detail of the border and then did the same on ruby red cardstock. I added chocolate chip ribbon to decoragte and stamped he sentiment for you from the same set in ruby red on the card blank, I also inked the edges of this. I hope you like the card and thanks for looking, your comments are much appreciated Debbi x x x Not long now for the blog candy!

Charisma Cardz Challenge

This week there is a great colour combination challenge on here I love these colours together and I don't think that I have entered this challenge before 'PINK, BROWN,, CREAM and TOFFEE' How great do these colours look together?? I have used a penny black stamp that I have coloured with my pro-markers I have then mounted this on regal rose and chocolate chip cardstock. I have rounded the corners of the image too. I have used a sentiment from the SU stamp set Fresh Cuts and then again double mounted this and rounded the corners I also inked he edges. I have used a sheet of DSP from my stash that I have had over a year and not wanted to cut it up - how often do we feel like that?? I finally inked the edges to the card in regal rose. This is not a colour that I use very often, but I love the subtlety and will be using it again! I hope you like the card and thanks for looking - any comments are much appreciated Debbi x x x ps I apologise about the smudge on my picture too - lens had a baby fingerprint on!