Seeing Spots

Sorry for going quiet for a little while, it has been a busy week or so in our house! Had my in-laws staying with us at the weekend which was lovely but meant there was no time for blogging.

It is my sister-in-laws birthday next week so I wanted to make her a card.  I have also just bought the "You Are" stamp set from CBS, so I couldn't wait to use them.  I saw this weeks sketch on CAS(E) this sketch and instantly came up with the idea of what I wanted to do. 

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

I used what is meant to be the middle of the flowers to stamp the circles, following the same layout as the sketch.  I then added a glossy accents to a few of the circles to make them pop, I then couldn't resist adding a couple of pink enamel dots to finish it off. The sentiment I printed onto card, I am really lacking stamps for sentiments so I think this will have to be my next investment, I've also seen some gorgeous digi stamps at Pink Petticoat which I'm really tempted by too.

I'd like to enter this card into both the CTS #35 challenge but also the Clearly Besotted Challenge #2. 

Supplies:
Stamps - CBS "You Are"
Ink - Versa Color 34 Orchid and Memento Lilac Posies
Enamel Dot - My Mind's Eye "Cambridge Court"
Glossy Accents, Dovecraft pink twine

Thanks for visiting, please do leave a comment as I love reading them and getting some feedback.

Jacqui x

Freshly Made Sketches #92

It's my Mother-in-law's birthday next week so I wanted to make a card to give to her.  I was massively lacking any ideas but I stumbled across the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge Blog.  I'd not seen the blog before but as soon as I saw this weeks sketch I knew what I wanted to do, and the card below is the result!  It's a really lovely sketch.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I drew the wave shape of the flowery paper freehand and cut it out, then used the piece I'd cut off as a template to cut the thin strip (it's dark aubergine, although it looks almost black int he photo).  The sentiment I tried writing by hand and embossing but it looked awful so I resorted to printing it out and it looks much better.

Supplies:

Gemstones - from stash

Flowery Paper - Boofle

Pink paper - from stash and embossed using "Simple Flowers" from Cuttlebug

Card - From stash

It's a beautiful day here so I'm heading outside while there's still some sun.  Thanks for visiting!

Jacqui x



Fairy Jasmine

A few months ago I was lucky enough to win some Clearly Besotted Stamps via their facebook page.  I hadn't used them yet so thought it was about time to ink them up! They were all of very cute characters like the one I've used (Fairy Jasmine), sadly they are now discontinued.  I am going to enter this into the CBS challenge as entries are still open for a few more hours. 

I inked the image using momento ink in tuxedo black and then coloured in the image (admittedly I think I need more practice!).  The "3" I cut using  "Large Typewriter Number Set" from memory box on my Cuttlebug and finished using some Glossy Accents.  The paper is from the 6 x 6 Boofle stack, the stars are glittery but it's hard to tell from the photo.  I assembled it all using some foam pads.  The ribbon was from my stash (I think it was from a box of chocolates I got for my birthday!).

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend.  Mine was lovely but very busy, I'll definitely sleep well tonight!

Jacqui x

CTS #32 and CBS Challenge

I got home early enough today to take a photo of the card I made at the weekend before I lost all the light.  I based it on this weeks CAS(E) this sketch challenge, as soon as I saw the sketch I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to do.  Here is the fabulous sketch:



I turned the sketch around to make my card, but hopefully you can see all of the elements in my design.

Everything was things I had in my stash.  The butterflies I cut out using 2" and 1" punches that I have, and the circle I cut using a 2" punch.  I added a little glossy accents to the "body" of the butterflies to add some interest.  The sentiment is printed directly onto the card as I didn't have a nice clean simple stamp for this which was the look I was going for.  The writing under the circle is from the background builder set from clearly besotted, so I'm also going to enter this into the challange that they are having at the moment.

I love entering these challenges, most definitly will be entering more of them.

As always, thanks for visiting!

Jacqui x

Christening Card

This is a card I made for my gorgeous little nephew.  I really struggled coming up with ideas for a Christening card but after a lot of trawling through Pinterest (love Pinterest!) I came up with this:

I drew and cut the little shapes by hand after Googling images to get some help.  The papers are all from the 6 x 6 Boofle stack and I think the colours work well for a baby boy. The bow I tied myself with a scrap of ribbon that luckily matched perfectly, I managed to do it after watching a video on YouTube on "how to tie tiny bows using a fork", I honestly don't think I would function without the internet! Sad but true!

That's all from me today.  I have made a card for this weeks CAS(E) this sketch challenge but I got home too late to photograph it...so hopefully I'll have another card to share tomorrow.

Thanks for visiting!

Jacqui x

Father's Day #2

The second card I made was in a different style.  I used papers from my stash, trying to pick my most "masculine" colours.  I added some interest to the blue paper by using the Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug.  All of the cutting was done by hand except for the circle which I used a 2" punch to cut around a sentiment I had printed on my printer (lack of suitable stamps!).  I lifted the sentiment using foam pads to make it more of a focal point.

Hope you are enjoying celebrating Father's Day...unfortunately I won't see my Dad again for a few weeks but we can celebrate together then!  Thanks for visiting today. 

Jacqui x

Fathers Day #1

It's Father's Day today...so I have two cards to share with you as hopefully my Dad and my Father-in-law have both received their cards by now! I struggle with masculine cards, which is a common problem I think. 

For the first card I cut out the word "Dad" from card, and overlaid it over some stripes of different blue paper I has embossed using Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots folder.  I raised this on foam squares and left it at that, keeping it simple as usual!

Jacqui x