Cakes .... cream tea

Something totally different ......

 

I haven't had much time recently to take part in any challenges.
I have to look after my disabled / elderly father & have no other family to help, 

and have had a lot of running around for him lately

 

So I thought I would see if I could make a card quickly.....

   

Then I remembered some decoupage sheets I made.. 

A while ago I had a go at making my own decoupage sheets

 

I saw a number of challenges which mentioned food, 

so I thought I'd make a card with one of the sheets.

 

This time my card is totally printed and no colouring.

 

I printed the image out so it had five layers, cut them out and mounted them on to a lacy background,  I was seeing it as being the lacy table cloth.    

To finish it off I added a sentiment

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,  please come back again soon

and see what new challenges /  creations I have made

  Mel

 

 

I have entered this in the following challenges :

 

Food Glorious Food  http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

anything goes http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.com.au/

anything goes  http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/

cool colours  http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/pile-it-on-38-cool-or-warm-colors.html

anything goes http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

Stamp N Doodle

I have recently been invited to join the DT over at Stamp N Doodle

The challenges over at the Stamp N Doodle this month were :

 

11th September : Spots N stripes

18th September :  Stitching - Real or faux

25th September : In the garden

 

We were given 3 images to choose from.

   Cry Babies,    You're Joking right!   and  I dressed all by myself

 

When I first looked at the images,  I thought of what papers I could use, then I remembered, I have a pile of papers that have come out of the centre of craft magazine, so I challenged myself to use them for these challenges.

 

I decided to use  "I dressed all by myself"  for Spots and Stripes.

First I found the papers and tried to pull some colours from the backgrounds.

I covered half the card blank with the spots and the other  half with the spots.

Then a sprit of black card across the join, which I also mounted the image on

                       

                                 

The colours I used for this one where:

Skin : vanilla, satin & almond.

The Tutu: Bright orange, peach and honeycomb

The top and leggings were: Gold, pastel yellow & sunflower.

 

 

I used the cry babies image for Stitching - Real or Faux.

 

I found some blue gingham papers and a contrasting blue paper.

I mounted a piece of the gingham into a grey card blank.

I took inspiration for the colours from the papers.

 

The colours I used :

Skin : vanilla, satin & almond

For the dresses :Powder blue, pearl blue & denim

& sky blue, cyan and Artic blue

Boots: Indigo blue

seat:  mint & pastel green

 

After colouring the image I matted it onto the blue paper and then on to a piece of green card.

I then added Faux stitching around all the layers. 

and finished off with a sentiment mounted on to a circle of the green card.

 

 

In the Garden  -the image I used was  You're Joking right!

I searched through my papers and found some with flowers in which said in the garden to me.

one sheet also have a flower and butterfly on it.

Again I decided to use the colours in the papers as inspiration for the colours

 

 

The colours I used for this one where :

 Skin : vanilla, satin & almond

Dress : Peach Gold & Pastel yellow.

 

I mattered the border on to the bottom half of the Kraft card,

and then added a piece of contrasting green to the top part.  

then matted the image on to a piece of green card

and then onto a piece of Kraft card.  

The image was then stuck onto the front of the card. 

To finish off,  I added the butterfly and the flower,

which i added a gem to the middle. 

To finish it off i added a butterfly shaped gem to the girls hair

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,  please come back again soon

and see what new challenges /  creations I have made

  Mel

 

 

 



The Stamping Chef vs Simply Betty Stamps #2 Bite me

For this challenge  I picked the TSC image to use ...  "Bite me"

The image it not one I would normally use, but I like to challenge myself to use different images..

The latest thing I am doing in my challenges, is challenging myself to use the pile of papers
I have that have come out of old craft magazines,

and use their colours as an inspiration for the colours I use to colour the image.

 

I found some papers that were green with pink roses, the reverse side was plain green.

 

I covered the card blank with the roses, and then mounted a strip of the green on to a piece of black card, and the stuck to the middle of the card. 

I wasn't sure what colours to use for the hair / top, but as I had use the black card, I decided to use black for the hair, and a lighter shade (grey) grey for her top.

The colours I used were

Skin:  vanilla, satin & almond

Hair:  Black & cool grey 4 & 5.

Top :  Cool grey 1,2 & 3

Roses:  Fuchsia & carnation pink.

I went around the edges of the skulls and web with cool grey 1.

 

Once coloured in, I cut the image out using a oval die and then cut a mat out of black card.

  

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,  please come back again soon

and see what new challenges /  creations I have made

  Mel 

 

 

 



The stamping chef  

"Put a ring on it challenge"

 

The image as it suggests shows a bride with her ring.

 

The  colours used to colour the image were

Dress :  blossom, pale pink and baby pink

Skin: Vanilla, satin, almond.
Hair: Tan, Gold, Pastel Yellow
Leaves:  leaf & grass green

Rose : poppy & berry red.

Eyes: powder blue & Lips: baby pink
 

 

Once I have coloured In the image I cut a frame
from silver mirror board using
a Tonic Diamond swing ovals die set.

and cut the centre of it out using a spellbinders oval die.

 

I then cut the image so the flowers would be in front of the frame

and the lady behind, (cutting along the petals of the flowers)

 

I then embossed a sheet of A4 pink card

using an  embossibilites folder - floral vines.
And folded it in half to make an A5 card blank.
And mounted the frames image on to the
card, and added a sentiment

 

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,  please come back again soon
and see what new challenges /  creations I have made
  Mel


I am entering this into the following challenges :

The stamping chef   "Put a ring on it challenge"

http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ anything goes

 http://notrealstamps.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/anything-goes.html
http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/ favourite colours combo

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/  Colours of Summer
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/  anything goes


 

 

Creative Moments Design Team 
 Challenge 25: Birthdays

I have recently been invited to be on the Creative Moments Design Team 

For my first challenge I was sent a 
Digi image and given the theme of  birthday.
this challenge is sponsored by :

The image I was sent was one of some penguins

I immediately thought of snow and so to of Christmas.

So, off I went to look for my silver glitter spray

and sprayed a sheet of A4 copier paper

I sprayed a bit spotty, but it added to the effect.

I then tore the paper and placed in front of the penguins

so it looked like they were standing in the snow.

I then took a piece of sliver mirror board

to mount the image on.

I then mounted that onto another piece of the glittered paper

I then took an A4 sheet of a silver/ grey card

and an Embossalicious let it snow

A4 embossing folder

This was folded in half to create an A5 card

I then mounted the image into the card

and added 3 snowflakes, made using a

Martha Stewart  snowflake punch

Finally as it had to be a birthday card, I added

a sentiment strip along the both of the image

Things I used:

Sheet of a4 copier paper

Glitter spray (CC)

Silver Mirror board
Martha Stewart snowflake punch.

a4 grey/ silver card

A4 snowflake embossing folder

Thanks for taking the time to read please come back again,
and see what new challenges /  creations I have made
  Mel

I am entering this into the following challenges :

http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/      Winter Animals

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/        Animal

Delicious Doodles with Dies

Through the purple haze challenge for this week was...

Delicious doodles with dies

 The image I used was Just Purr-fect

The first thing I did was select the colours to use.

so I choose the following colours from my promarkers:

Hair: Tan, Gold, Pastel Yellow
Skin: Vanilla, satin, almond

Cat: Caramel, Cinnamon, Oatmeal & Pastel beige

leaf green for his eyes.

Dress: Powder, pastel & artic blue.

Lips: Antique rose

After I had coloured the image in

I mounted it on a piece of pale blue card

Then I selected :

a sheet of A4 brown card,

a sheet of A4 Trellis card (anna marie designs)

and die cut some tattered lace ivy dies from a sheet of dark green card.

I folded the A4 Brown card in half, and then cut a piece of the trellis

to fit to the front of the card. I then added the image on top of the trellis
using foam tape,

and then stuck the pieces of ivy on to the trellis.

I then looked at it and  realised I needed something else, so to finish it off

I looked for a sentiment and added it to the bottom left hand corner of the card.

 Thanks for reading my blog, please come back again soon,
 to see what other challenges we have been taking part in
 

I am entering this into the following challenges:

 

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/   anything goes

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/       Always anything goes

http://notrealstamps.blogspot.com.au/             Anything goes

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com.au/

http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com.au/