Rosebuds

Hi everyone, a card today for the Cuttlebug Challenge where this week the challenge is to make a simple white card. I couldn't quite manage to make it completely white I'm afraid and luckily some of the DT cards have colour in them so hopefully this will qualify. I've used one of my own designs entitled 'Rosebuds' soon to be available as a digi-stamp from my download site which will be opening soon. The image is marker coloured cut and embossed with a large oval nestie and layered on a scalloped nestie cut from Lilac Bazzil card. I've mounted the image on dimension tape over the cuttlebug embossed panels, I think it looks a bit like a cake which is quite nice as it's for a birthday. The panels and card blank have been sponged on the edges with Milled Lavendar distress ink and to decorate I punched some butterflies, embossed them with the swiss dots folder, sponged and stickled. Added the ribbon and gems to finish. TFL.

Materials:
Paper: White and Lilac Bazzil card
Stamp: Sketching stamper digi-stamp
Colouring: Promarkers
Embellishment: Cuttlebug embossing folders, swirls and swiss dots, stardust stickles, pm gems, lilac satin ribbon, Milled lavender distress ink, sponges

Christmas Stocking

A card today for Cute Card Thursday where the challenge this week is punches. I've used a cute download by Paula at Pollycraft which is coloured with distress inks, edge distressed and touched all around with black ink. I used a small hole punch to punch the circles around the nestability cut scalloped circle and this is also sponged with ink as is the background paper.

Materials
Image: Christmas stocking by Pollycraft.
Colouring: Ranger Distress inks in Black soot, broken china, fired brick, peeled paint, weathered wood and frayed burlap, sparkle gel pen, sponges for colouring edges, fine and medium brushes
Paper: Red Bazzil, My minds eye, Shabby Princess
Embellishment: Red gems, hole punch, dimension tape for image panel, edge distresser

TFL, Back soon,
Chris

Penny Black 'Wish Big'

Hi everyone, a card for Penny Black Saturday where the challenge is to use only a sentiment stamp but no image and also for Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge where there's a lovely sketch by Wendy to follow. I've used Basic Grey Wassail papers (which I've been hoarding!) for the squares and strip at the bottom, these are layered on white and dark red bazzil and gold pearlised card cut with various nestability dies. The bottom strip of gold is cut with the my scalloped cutter blade and looking at it now I wish I'd punched some holes or something as I think it looks a bit bland. I added white ribbon, Imaginisce poinsettia flowers highlighted with stickles and the gem to finish. TFL.

Back soon,
Chris

Butterfly Bunny

This card is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. The challenge is to make a card using images of things you would find on a farm. I've used this lovely Butterfly Bunny stamped image which was sent to me by my friend Clair as there are always bunnies on farms and the cabbage will fit in too. The image is coloured with Ranger distress inks and matted on sage green bazzil card and Basic Grey Sultry paper. I added a panel of white card embossed with the CB swiss dots folder, a thank you sentiment from the Inkadinkado garden set stamped in Ancient Page grey ink and some gems. TFL.

Back soon,
Chris

Kadoodle 'James and Zack'

Here is my first card with my own stamp design. I can't explain how exciting it is for me but it was special making this card. The stamps make lovely clean and clear impressions which is very pleasing.

Zack is modelled on our own family dog and I've coloured him more or less the same as he is IRL lol! He has more black and tan on his head however.

The image was water coloured with Tim Holtz distress inks and I added some stickles collar. The edges were distressed with a distressing tool and then edged with ink to the dog. I layered this panel on gold and burgundy bazzil card. The bottom layer is a piece of the gold card embossed with the cuttlebug in the forest branches folder and inked over with distress ink then placed on burgundy bazzil. The sentiment panel was cut with nestabilities scalloped/plain rectangles with rub on doodlebug letters and a burgundy button.

I have five more cards to make before Tuesday and I'd better get my skates on. Hope you all had a lovely weekend.

Chris