Springtime walk

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good weekend. A card today for two challenges, with a theme of spring time. I've stamped and coloured Tilda with tulips and the little scene is freehand watercoloured and I hope springlike :). Mini Tilda with bouquet is wandering off into the distance, I think she has enough flowers :D

I used dies for the card shape and all the layers, the patterned paper is Webster's Pages. and I dyed the seam binding with distress ink/mica powder mixture and also Ranger Perfect Pearls mist. 

Thank you for your lovely comments and enjoy your weekend.

BasicGrey Challenge 28 - Sketch

Hi everyone, Saturday and time for another BasicGrey Challenge. This week we have a great sketch to follow designed by my lovely Design Team friend Heather, thanks Heather, I loved working with your sketch, it's one for the archive! Feel free to rotate, resize and flip the sketch or even all three if you want to :), you can also add any more embellishments etc that you would like to, but remember to use at least one item from basicgrey somewhere on your creation, and most of all have fun :) Gorgeous creations abound from the rest of my design team friends too so I hope you can pop over to have a look and join in with the challenge this week.

I decided to resize the sketch and have gone for a square card using a black papermania scalloped card blank. Granola papers in three of the designs are used for the shaped elements of the sketch. The image is my design 'Country Church' for Kadoodle Stamps available from the Craft Barn and is watercoloured with Distress Inks and there's a little bit of Star Dust Stickles for a few highlights here and there. I added the sentiment, 'dad', cut from black funky foam with a GoKreate die from the Milan alphabet also from The Craft Barn and I doodled white dots on top. To decorate I've used some checked ribbon, a BasicGrey button, some doodling with a white gel pen and I also distressed most of the paper edges. The scalloped part of the sketch is done with scalloped scissors but I cut in a wavy line instead of straight across the paper. The image panel is mounted on dimension tape. Hope you're off to a good start with the weekend and manage to get some craft time today. See you tomorrow. Chris x

Colour Create Challenge 6 - Orange, Green and Yellow

Morning everyone, Sunday and time for another Colour Create challenge, I can't believe how quickly the weeks are going by, already we're up to challenge 6! The colours this week are orange, green and yellow with an option of 'not a card'. I found a tutorial on Inspirational for this one sheet mini album and decided to use it as a wallet as the ends are open. I think the orange dotty paper is 'my minds eye' but I've totally forgotten in between making it and writing the post! The inserts are made from core'dinations card embossed with circles and dots embossing folder as is the scalloped circle on the front and these are sanded to reveal the colour core, Ive also added some panels to the inserts and added sentiments which is where I'll write my message, I'm afraid I didn't photograph these. The image is marker coloured, matted on more core'dinations and attached with dimension tape. I've cut the sentiment from fun foam with a Go Kreate die and added some stickles over the top and glued it down with Pin flair glue gel, same with the prima flowers which have little half pearls for their centres. I also added a spine of core'dinations card where the album is folded in half to make it look a bit more like a book. Finished off with the two types of ribbon and an orange gem. Hope you decide to have a go at this challenge the inspiration from my DT friends this week is absolutely amazing and Tara has a long list of suggestions for what to make if you're stuck for an idea. Enjoy your Sunday. TFL. Chris