Talking Texture

I am a little late with this post but today a new dare started over at Daring Cardmakers. This time its all about texture on your cards.

Kathy is this weeks host and she wants to see lots of texture on your creations.  This could be fabrics, metal, cork, leather anything to make your card interesting to touch.

This is what I came up with.  And yes its Christmas!!

 

For my touchy feely bit I have used some pom pom trim, lace, the snowflake is cut from glittered foam and my ribbon is all glittery too.

 

The papers and sentiment I have used are from Pink Petticoat.  I also just love my Stampin Up star framlits at the moment so I mounted the snowflake onto one cut from glitter card.  Which is hard to see in the photo.

 

I picked the colours of the card to match the challenge over at Merry Monday which was to use pastels.

 

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team blogs for more lovely inspiration.

August Elemental Inspiration

So sorry that I have been missing from Blog Land for a while.  We recently got our son christened so we have been really busy planning it and enjoying the company of family and friends.

The day went really well, the service was so lovely although the weather could have been a bit better but we did manage to spend some time in the garden afterwards.

To this weeks challenge at Daring Cardmakers.

You need to choose 3 elements from the picture above.  If you look closely there are tonnes of elements you could use.

Here is my card, which I made for my husband as he celebrates his birthday next week.

 

I have used the main colours which look like blue and brown, wood and some corrugated card to match the panel to the left of the picture.

 

My daughter also made a little card for her Daddy using the same picture and a few bits from Mummys stash.

Christmas in July

Its my turn to host this weeks dare over at Daring Cardmakers and guess what its Christmas!!!!

We all need to make a head start with these cards.  I know I have a few to make to post back to the UK.  Its always difficult to start making them early especially when the weather is so sunny and lovely.

So I would like to see your Christmas Cards this week.

Here is mine.

 

I have used my trusted snowflake dies from Spellbinders.  I have inked around it to make the outline then cut one out of blue glittered card.  The backing paper and sentiment are from Pink Petticoat.

I also had to add one of these little jingle bells as a finishing touch.  I think they are very festive and really cute.

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more gorgeous inspiration and I can't wait to see your creations over at Daring Cardmakers.

Have a great weekend.

July elemental Inspiration

Its the first Friday of the month which means elemental inspiration time over at Daring Cardmakers.

Such a pretty picture this month.

The challenge is to pick at least 3 elements from the image to create your card.

 

I have made a golden wedding anniversary card so the elements I have used are the colour gold, ribbon, organza, flowers and leaves.

I made the flower using circles of organza material and melted the edges to form the shape and added a little bead to the centre.

Don't forget to stop by the design Team blogs for more lovely inspiration.

Its a little post from me today as I am packing to go away on holiday so I am busy ironing and sorting clothes.

Ruby Rock It!!

Good morning everyone!  

This week at Daring Cardmakers we are excited today to introduce the first of two sponsored Ruby Rock-It dares!

Here is a little about Ruby Rock-it :

Ruby Rock-it Designs was created by Fynmark in Australia in 2008. Already successful with other mainstream papercraft brands in the local market Creative Director Joanna wanted to create a new brand that focused on all the things she loved – vintage style papers and richly textured embellishments – and so Ruby Rock-it was born. “It’s an acknowledgement to my grandmothers who were a huge influence in my life growing up – their tea-cup patterns, their love of all things olde-worlde.”

There are just oodles of wonderful products for all types of crafter's so why not take a peek at their {website} or follow them on their {facebook page}

So here is this weeks dare

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Baby Rock-It!!

The products the DT are using are from the Fundamental range from Ruby Rock-it 

The dare is to make a Baby themed card which has a 'rocking' or 'moving' element to it!

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We have this wonderful little prize back from RRBF for one lucky person who completes the dare this week (Winner will be drawn randomly before next weeks dare is revealed)

 

Here is my card

 

 

My moving element is the little pocket with the removable card. 

I also used some of the little wooden arrows and cut up some of the tags to make the bunting.

The cloud paper is from my stash and its been sat on my computer for ages so I have no idea where it came from.

 

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration.

 

 

Christening Stars!

So pleased we are having our son Christened here in France.  I recently discovered an English speaking church and started going once a month to their family service.  I also asked about the possibility of having my baby christened and they said yes.  We still have lots to plan before July.  I really enjoy getting crafty when its a special occasion.

Here are the invites I made for this special day.

 

I love my stars!!  I have made them very simple and used the Stampin Up star famelits.  These little dies are great for all occasions.

 

I also bought these from The Craft Company ready for some christening cupcakes with stars for decoration.  So as you can guess we are having a star themed christening.  Well he is my little star!! Baby Daniel has now started to crawl and has kind of said his first words which sort of sounded like Dada.  Well will have to finish my post here as I can hear him waking from his morning nap.

 

 

I will have a few more bits to add as at the moment I am making a little banner with his name on and also some little favours for the guests.

Yes its supposed to be blurry!!

Its challenge time at Daring Cardmakers and this was a big challenge for me. 

This weeks dare is all about creating a bokeh effect on your cards using your ink pads.  I had never heard of it before so had to do a little research. 

In photography, bokeh (Originally /ˈboʊkɛ/, /ˈboʊkeɪ/ BOH-kay — also sometimes pronounced as /ˈboʊkə/ BOH-kə, Japanese: [boke]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light".

Then I had a look on U Tube and found some great tutorials but then released I had no white ink pad.  So I used bleach instead.  I think I got the same effect!!

 

I used a purple and teal ink pad.  I inked up around the edges and over the whole piece of card using a blending tool.  I then added some darker circles using a scalloped die as a stencil.  I then took some normal household bleach and a cotton bud and painted it on in circles which took out some of the colour out.