BasicGrey Challenges 16 – Tutti Frutti

Hi everyone, hope you’re all well and already enjoying the weekend. It’s a new challenge on BasicGrey and this time our theme is Tutti Frutti!  Amazing inspiration as always from my DT friends and a great prize from Simon Says Stamp to make things even sweeter :D, I hope you can join us.

I’ve used one of the lovely papers from the new BG Green at heart collection, a pear stamp by ‘Me and Carrie Lou’  to fit in with the challenge which I embossed in gold then water coloured with distress inks. All the edges are distressed and sponged with Walnut stain ink, the pear has been cut out and mounted over the punched square of cream card with dimension tape. The cream square is also popped up but I didn’t manage to catch the effect in the photo. Amazingly, NO stickles was used on this card………… think I’d better go and have a lie down :D! TFL and thanks as always for your lovely comments, I appreciate them very much.

BasicGrey Challenge 20 - Sketch

Hi everyone, Saturday again and time for another BasicGrey challenge and some fantastic inspiration for this week from the DT, I hope you can join in.

..."This week we have another sketch for you to follow, you can resize and even flip the sketch but please make sure that the original sketch can be recognized easily in your creations, feel free to also add any other embellishments etc to your creations and of course not forgetting to use at least one item from BasicGrey".

I enjoyed working with this great sketch created by Martine, well I love all her sketches actually! I've used BG Bittersweet papers for my layers and Kraft card which has been edged with Ranger Distress ink and the piece under the image embossed and sponged with the ink. The image is my new stamp design for Kadoodle, 'Frilly Flowers' and is marker coloured and glazed with glossy accents and then stickles to give an enamal effect (hopefully)! I stamped the little row of hearts instead of a sentiment, outlined them with a clear gel pen and added stickles to the centres. To finish I pierced all around the edge of the card using a Tim Holtz piercing ruler and added a BasicGrey Boxer Brad.

I hope you're having a great weekend so far. TFL.
Chris

Materials:
Stamps: 'Frilly Flowers' Kadoodle available at The Craft Barn, Studio G clear stamp, row of hearts.
Paper/card: BasicGrey 'Bittersweet', Kraft card also from The Craft Barn
Colouring: Promarkers in pastel pink, vanilla, sandstone, raw sienna. Sponging with Ranger Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick
Embellishment: BasicGrey Boxer brad, Ranger Gossy Accents, Stickles glitter glue in Candy Cotton and Black, Tim Holtz Piercing Ruler, Edge Distresser, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder 'Paisley', Dimension Tape, Sakura clear gel pen, sponge

PCS Lily the Fairy

Hi everyone, here's a card I've made for the Pink Cat Studios blog challenge, there's a cute little Lily the fairy image to download and use for your card. I've coloured with inks and markers, cut out with labels nestie dies and matted over another labels cutout in Coredinations card which is embossed and sanded then edge distressed. The background layer is also embossed and sanded and I added some sticky tape and pressed cosmic shimmer glitter jewels onto it which I've seen on a few blogs this week and I think is a brilliant idea. Finished the card with Prima flowers, gems, and an Elzybells sentiment. TFL.

Materials:
Stamps: digital image from Pink Cat Studios, Elzybells sentiment.
Colouring: Ranger Distress inks in dusty concord, worn lipstick, black soot, mustard seed, frayed burlap. Ancient page ink in primrose. Promarkers blush and pastel pink.
Cardstock: Lilac cardstock for base, Coredinations in lilac and pale yellow.
Embellishment: Cuttlebug folders, sandpaper, glue tape, Cosmic Shimmer glitter jewels, edge distresser, Prima hydraenga flowers, gems, stickles glue in stardust.

Back soon Chris