Scrapology May Card Challenge - Mythical Creatures

This month's card challenge on Scrapology has been sponsored by Sue who is not only a member of our DT but also runs the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge blog.

The brief was to use a Mythical Creature which is just up my street!

I love all the Sweet Pea images especially those by Ching-Chou Kuik.

I used a CWC 6x6" card and created mats of glitter and bazzill.

The image was stamped and coloured with Copics as below.

Sandra gave me a couple of swirls cut with a Memory box die at Jill's crop so I cut them in half and placed them under the edge of the image.

Random gems were added amongs the fronds.

Why not pop over to Scrapology to see the cards made by the DT and enter our challenge.

Look forward to seeing you there.

TFL

xxx

Scrapology June Card Challenge - Thats Crafty

Our June challenge was set by Laura at Thats Crafty.

Laura stocks the amazing Sweet Pea stamps which have featured a lot on my blog recently.

The image below is Purple Woods by Ching Chou Kuik and is coloured with Copics.

The card is a 6x6" from Craftwork Cards in lime tp which I added three panels of Magnolia paper.

I ran an edge with Platinum stickles around each one.

The image is double mounted onto purple and lime bazzill as is the birthday message (also CWC) and punched with SU scallop and circle.

Below is a close up of the image, they are so beautiful to colour in.

You can't really see here but I have dotted stickles onto the trees behind.

This is the sketch we used.

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Sweet Pea Stamps - Royal Flower - Scrapology May Card Challenge

This is the second card I made for the May Card Challenge as set by Zoe Pierson.

The image is another Sweet Pea Stamp called Royal Flower by Caron Vinson - Thats Crafty.

I have been making cards with Caron's decoupage sheets for years and really love her images and artwork so when I saw stamps for sale, they just had to fall into my basket!

Coloured with Copic's again, this image was cut with my other new set of Nestabilites from Cardinal Colours. The papers are from my stash, I think the butterfly papers are Prima's Jack'n'Jill range.

I added some lace to create borders top and bottom then cut and mounted some extra butterflies.

The message is from SU, available from Zoe.

The card is A5 landscape and below is a close-up of the image.

Again I used the white gel pen to highlight and a Sakura gelly glitter pen on the hair and wings.

Why not pop over to Scrapology and enter the challenge - there is a fab prize up for offer to be announced shortly.

This is sketch we are using.

Sweet Pea Stamps - Love is Gone.

This one is by Ching Chou Kuik and is called Love is Gone from Thats Crafty.

I cut the coloured image with my creative memories circle cutter then a slightly larger one on purple cardstock. As I was colouring this one BG's Eva papers came to mind so here they are.

I used an 8x8 CWC card and layered it with papers as above and a square cut with a Martha Stewart PATP set. A stem of paper roses were added along with a small pink ribbon.

Below is a close up of the image, I used Copic Ciao pens.

You can't really see from this but I used a white gel pen in dots which really makes the image "pop"

I also used a Spica glitter pen on the wings.

Sweet Pea Stamps - Arden

Another recent purchase were some Sweet Pea stamps from Thats Crafty which I adore!

I spent hours with Lynn on Bank Holiday Monday stamping images and took them with me last Saturday to our monthly crop to colour. I really travelled light and only too images, Copics and the bare essentials.

We all had a lovely time although Lynn was sadly missed as she was unable to come - it was a long drive without her but I blasted out some Keane, Maroon 5 and The Muse to keep me company!

Anyone seeing me must have had a laugh as I was singing at full pelt! But, I digress, this is the first of my new stamps, her name is Arden and she was designed by Nikki Burnette.

I used an 8x8 scallop CWC card and papers from the Green at Heart BG range.

I added some leaves and a paper rose to the side with a small bow.

Stickles were added to the outer edges of the circles and a corner of jewels.

Below is a close up of the image.

Happy 21st Jim!

Our final project from Carolyn's on day SU retreat was to make a mini album based on a design by Andrea Walford.

Although we cut all the papers to decorate the album with, it was left for us to complete at home.

My friend Denise asked me to make a card incorporating lots of photographs for her son Jim's 21st so I decided to use the blank for this. The overall size is 6x6".

The Springtime Vintage was too floral and girly for a male, so I used a different collection of papers, still SU, called Sweet Pea which I got from Zoe (Mrs Wonka) last year.

I kept the front cover simple by using cardstock punched with a Martha Stewart PATP and just adding a line of glitter (silver) and a button.

The album opens like a maze and has many pages which I have shown below:

The inside opens the other way so I fixed down the bottom flap with double sided tape and stitched a button on. The top flap has a ribbon fixed behind the photograph which fastens around the button.

Inside I added some tags with the remainder of the photos.

This is the card I made from me.

A 6x6 CWC card using the same papers as before.

The letters and numbers were cut with the Teardrop Cricut cartridge.

I used distress stickles to highlight and give dimension.

Happy 21st Jim - hope you have a lovely birthday

xxx

Happy Easter everyone and a Belated 60th to Keith

You would think that making cards I would never miss a birthday?

Wrong - I really am the worlds worst :(

Denise's partner Keith was 60 a few weeks ago, you may recall my blog entry about her asking for a card at the last minute? Well.....I never got round to making one from us - bad girl I hear you cry!

I've corrected the situation now and made him the following.

Its a CWC 6x6 card with papers and cardstock from SU - Sweet Pea - which I got from the lovely Zoe

at the end of last year.

The letters and numbers are cut with the Teardrop Cricut cartridge and I added glossy accents to the letters and the dots on the 60. The birthday greeting is a peel off.

Its based on an idea I saw Lynn create when her children were 18 last year.

Sorry its late Keith :)