Friday Sketchers - Sketch #51

"Here's sketch 51.......have fun creating.....I look forward to seeing what you've made :-)
As this is our One Year Anniversary week, the members of the Design Team are giving away the cards that they have made for this week's challenge, AND, as well as the card, each member will also be including a small gift/RAK. Each designer will select a winner next week. We will then get in touch with the winner for postage details. By visiting the DT's blogs this week you just might get a peek at some of the RAKs!!"


I really loved this sketch.. there are so many layers!! Here is my entry:


Card Ingredients:
Papers: BG Mellow
Stamp: Sarah Kay 'Time for Apple Pie'
Distress Inks: Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Black Soot, Brushed Cordoroy, Fired Brick & Tattered Rose.
Blossoms: Cafe Prima

And to everyone celebrating today - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Basic Grey Challenges - Challenge 34 - Anthea's Sketch

For this weeks challenge, our fabulous Design Team Member Anthea has created this fabulous sketch for you to play with :), feel free to twist, flip and stretch the sketch in any way you would like, as long as the sketch can be easily recognised you are good to go :), But remember the golden rule, there must be at least one item from Basic Grey used on your creations :) :)



And here is my take on the sketch :)


Card Ingredients:
Papers: BG Lily Kate and Romani/Gypsy
Image: Gorjuss Girl, Kit #2
Distress Inks: Shabby Shutters, Broken China, Worn Lipstick & Scattered Straw
Sentiment: Studio G
Ribbon & Flower brad from my stash.

Studio G Challenge 7

2 posts in one day!! This card I made for the Studio G Collectors Group.


Studio G Challenge 7 - Create an item (card, LO piece, anything you want) using Paper Tole or Paper Piecing technique.

Card ingredients:
Papers: Doodlebug, Bazzil Cardstock
Sentiment and Paperpiecing Shuttle: Studio G Stamps
Ribbon: American Crafts

Just Magnolia - Week 4 - In Stitches

"This week the challenge is for Stitching - now this can be faux stitching, hand stitching, machine stitching, whatever takes your fancy. Some of the DT have done amazing stitching - hand and faux. In fact I struggled to work out what was real stitching and what wasn't on some of them. So if you haven't got a machine please don't be put off, grab a pen and get drawing!!"


So, out came the sewing machine!! Yes, real stitching :) The light here today is just awful, it's so dull and overcast, so it was hard to get a good picture.



Card Ingredients: (all linked items are available at Pez-A-Doodle Designs)
Magnolia Image : Tilda with Rose
Papers: MME & We R Memory Keepers
TH Distress Inks - Worn Lipstick, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Antique Linen, Brushed Cordoroy & Vintage Photo
Sentiment: Studio G $1 stamps
Lace trim: Kelly Paper Crafts (ebay)

PaperPlay Challenge - Week 16 - Flying High

This weeks Challenge was set by Jackie

The challenge is to use Wings on your project, Birds, butterflies, fairies whatever you like as long as it has wings.

This week I did a tag for my challenge entry.

How I did it:
I distressed the background with Fired Brick, Antique Linen and Broken China distress inks and stamped the swirls using Brushed Cordoroy and then brushed some Rust Perfect Pearls across it before it dried fully. I used crackle paint on the wings and heart and used a heat gun to both dry it faster, and to curl the wings up. I glued the wings onto the tag and then the heart onto the wings. I'm not sure what brand the sentiment is as it was sent to me by my dear friend Dee Dee. When everything was just about dry I spritzed the whole tag with copper Glimmer Mist and again used the heat gun to dry it off.

Tag ingredients: (all linked items are available at Pez-A-Doodle Designs)
Tim Holtz - Grungeboard Wings & Heart, Crackle Paint,- Fired Brick, Old Paper Distress Stickles - Fired Brick, Distress Inks - Fired Brick, Antique Linen & Broken China
Swirl Stamps - Inkadinkadoo
Perfect Pearls - Rust
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Copper.

Once I had that one finished I did another -


This time I applied a TH Mask and distressed the tag using Faded Jeans, then I removed the mask and applied Fired Brick. I spritzed the whole tag using glimmer mist. Then I distressed the edges of my patterned paper and glued it to the bottom of the tag.. then added a little bit of ribbon, a button and a tiny tag onto which I stamped a cute bird from the Inkadinkadoo Flourishes.

Whiff of Joy Challenge #29…Sketch by Katharina.

This week we have a sketch for you from our very own Katharina.

Just remember that there is only one rule…to use at least one whiff of joy image on your creation...

So this is my entry :)


Card ingredients:
Papers: MME Bella Bella
Distress inks
Image:Melinda with Muffin Basket

A Gorjuss Day

As I said... it was a Gorjuss day and I couldn't resist playing with the new kit. Of course then I couldn't decide which stamp I wanted to use.. so I ended up closing my eyes and picking 4 randomly, LOL. I still haven't decided if she's a blonde, brunette or jet black!