And then there were cards...

And now for some cards. The other day I blogged about my recent purchases so today I thought I had better show you one of the cards I made with them. I love these Dear Lizzy papers. So much so that I even went out and bought some more!

I'm not overly happy with the saturation of this photo but I guess the more I try the better I'll get at this! I do like the detail shot below though...

That's about it for now! Happy Crafting

Sarah

 

You can't use up creativity, the more you use, the more you have - Maya Angelou

Todays Purchases - Episode #05

Some of the purchases I made the other day at Chandon Craft, my favourite local scrapbooking store!
1. Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic papers. I wanted to get the paper pad because I'm into cards at the moment. They were sold out so I bought a few of the papers I loved and cut them down to 6x6 and 6x4 sections as soon as I got home. Then I bundled them together in a bulldog clip and ta-da! My very own paper pad. Plus no fear of ruining a big 12x12 pad by cutting it up because it's already done
2. Midway paper pad by October Afternoon - so fun!! How could I go past this for birthday cards?
3. Dear Lizzy Thickers - love the gold! So sparkly, and it's the same font as Playschool. I felt very nostalgic when I remembered that
4. Lost and Found 3 Ruby paper pad. I have been attempting to make some wedding/engagement cards lately and I thought this colour pallate would be great for them.

Happy Scrapping
Sarah

Every artist was once and amateur - Waldo Emerson

Challenge #228 - Sketch

This was my attempt at this week's sketch at 365cards. I tore the sandy coloured paper to make it look more like sand and thought some surf boards would look cool sticking out from between the layers.

I covered the surfboards using dimensional magic which makes them look more realistic and adds some extra texture to the card.

I drew the clouds by hand using white gel pen.
Sarah

You have to go whole heartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having - Frank Lloyd Wright

3 Favourites

A fun card with three of my favourites. The challenge at 365 is to use your favourite colour, favourite patterned paper and favourite tool. I used the butterfly punch and went for polka dots.

The more I think about it Chevron is really my favourite pattern (if you couldn't tell) so I'd better have another go and use that as my entry.

Thanks for stopping by
Sarah

Stars can't shine without darkness - Anon

Challenge #226 - Colour Scheme

Here is my attempt at the colour challenge. It wasn't the colours that sparked this card in the end, it was the tree sticker. I was cleaning my desk and flipped through a sticker book I had from Amy Tangerine and found this cool sticker with a heart on a tree. I thought it would be really cute with two wood veeneer people underneath.

 The colour I added next was the green - this seemed obvious to me as leaves are green. Then I already had 3 of the 4 colours needed for the colour challenge so I just flipped through my stash and pulled some other brown papers. I liked this brown damask because it fits with the theme of engagement/weddings in a subtle way.

So it appears that the portrait function on my camera works better if it's in auto mode rather than portrait... oh well
Sarah

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me - Ayn Rand

Challenge #227 - ATC

I haven't made an ATC card before but when the challenge came up today on 365cards I thought I would give it a go. The theme was 'School' so I searched through some older paper pads and found one from Kasier that had some cool die cuts and foil papers in it.

Here is my ATC (Artist Trading Card I believe it's called) It was a fun little experiment and made my card come together really quickly.

I think I could make some of these to just add to cards when I get stuck. It would be a good way to start when I get stuck or if there is a particular embelishment I want to use.

Another detail shot that worked. I wish it was a bit more blurry in the background but I think I may have to have a better camera to actually achieve that. Will have to add a camera to my wish list
Sarah

Challenge #223 - Double the fun

I bought this paper pad from Simple Stories a while ago. It has some really fun cut apart sheets with great sentiments that I can't wait to use. In this case the challenge was to double up on at least three items on your card, so I used a stamped sentiment for a second ink colour.

The doubled up items are: 

• two gift embellishments (I made these myself)
• two colours of bakers twine
• two inks (I used black die ink for the sentiment and distress ink to highlight the patterned papers)

Here's a detail shot. I raised the presents using foam dots for a bit of emphasis and to make them seem like they were a bit more real. This was for challenge #223 at 365cards challenge blog. Been having fun with these challenge this week
Now I'm off to have a go at a colour challenge. Not my usual thing but a challenge is supposed to be a challenge, yes?
Sarah