Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 119

This is a a card I made for the latest challenge over at PBSC, and this week there is a sketch to follow. I wasn't very happy with the colouring on the first image that I was going to use so a last minute substitution was made. This one was first stamped onto the background, then I stamped a second image onto white card, cut it out and stuck it on top. It didn't need much colouring to finish it off, just the bird, bee and a bit of grey on the sheep for shading. The patterned papers were designed by Kirsty Wiseman and the pink is some Funky Hand paper that I had left over from another project. I haven't put a sentiment on yet as I'm not sure who it's for, though I do need some thank you cards for children so that's looking likely.

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ITEMS USED

Stamp - from 'Fresh New Day' set by Penny Black
Patterned Papers - Kirsty Wiseman 'Delicate Garden'
Pink Paper - Funky Hand from 'Seaweed Smiler' collection
Blue Card - From Stash
Punched Flowers

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Gift Box with 3D Flower

After winning the August challenge at Get Funky with this Gift Bag I was inspired to make something for the September Challenge of a 'Fabulous Funky Floral Fantasy' which must include 3D flowers. Although I make many things my current obsession is papercrafting, mainly cardmaking with a bit of scrapbooking thrown in, but for this challenge I decided to make a box.
I used a collection from 'Colour Me Happy' which appealed to me because it included my favourite colour green. The small flowery paper and the plainish green for the box and lid were printed on 300g white card and for the flower I used 120g paper, printed in pale pink on the front and pale green on the reverse.
I made my own template for the box but took inspiration from one I saw a couple of years ago for the flap-closure. It's the same on the bottom but has been glued together. An hexagonal piece of card with a ribbon loop goes inside before closing the flaps to keep the box rigid.
I could have stuck the flower directly on top of the box but thought that it would get spoiled when opening, so I made a lid to go on top. My first effort was a bit snug - well too small really - so this is version two ( I 'll now have to make another box to go with the first lid - can't throw it away).
For the flower I made a template, then one slightly smaller and a third even smaller and cut two of each to give six layers. These were sprayed with water, scrunched up, dried with heat gun then scrunched again, then I added pink chalk to the edges and made a frilly bit for the middle before spraying with 'Spray and Sparkle'. After attaching it to the box lid I stuck three small green gems in the center to finish it off.

FINISHED BOX

BOX SHOWING FLAP CLOSURE

THREE PIECES

CLOSE UP OF FLOWER

Items Used

Papers - 'Colour Me Happy' Seaweed Smiler collection
from Funky Hand
Spray & Sparkle - Crafters Companion
Ribbon/Gems - own stash

I'm entering this in the following:-

Get Funky September Challenge - 'Fabulous Funky Floral Fantasy'
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 122 -'Anything Goes'
Secret Crafter Challenge # 101 - 'Anything Goes'

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 118

I made this card with a MEN/BOYS theme for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge but have had so many problems with the internet, then my sewing machine, then Mr Blogger that it is probably too late now but I may as well post it anyway. One card is in the bin because my sewing machine kept jamming so I wasn't going to bother but then I decided to try again and it co-operated (sort of) so this card is the result. Image Penny Black of course, coloured with ProMarkers and the papers are Funky Hand from the Funky Seasons CD.




Edited: It's been pointed out to me that this card also fits this months challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts which is PUNCH AWAY. I am a follower of this blog and had seen what the challenge was for September but then promptly forgot. I'm not very good at combining challenges and tend to stick to one at a time unless I realise that they are asking for similar things. I did actually use a punch for the squares, it's a 3.5cm one by Woodware. Thanks Jules.


Lynn (very frazzled)

Gift bag with a pocket

The August challenge at Get Funky is POCKETS. Well I've been thinking about this for weeks as I did want to enter but couldn't decide how to incorporate a pocket on a card that didn't look like I'd copied one of the DT's cards. Then yesterday I remembered seeing a gift bag on Di's blog 'On The Cards' and a link to a tutorial on Split Coast Stampers for a Box in a Bag so I checked it out and decided that I would make a gift bag for my entry (bag - pocket - same thing isn't it). I used the idea of starting with a shallow box, which then has the bag sides attached, but used my own measurements so that I could make the sides from a strip cut from a sheet of A4 paper. The base of my bag is 1 1/2" x 4" and measures just under 3 1/2" high (excluding the handles). I really enjoyed making this lovely little bag but then began to doubt whether it would qualify as a pocket, so to make doubly sure I added a pocket to the front. I was on a roll then so a strap came next then 'hammered metal' reinforcements created by embossing silver mirri card with a cuttlebug folder, then faux stitching on the pocket. When using this gift bag a small gift tag could be slipped into the pocket - think I'll be making some more of these in different colour combinations.

DP - Funky Hand 'Dreams come True'
Darkness Lifts collection
printed on 160g paper
(different design printed on inside)

Silver Mirri card - from stash
embossed with Cuttlebug 'Mesh' folder

Thanks for looking, please leave a comment so that I know you visited.

Hugs,
Lynn x

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This card was made for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge ... Week 115, which had a sketch to follow. I've stuck quite close to the sketch, which was a problem as I don't have any oval dies, but I got my 'thinking cap' on ond found a way around the problem. I drew a double oval in 'Paint', printed it onto card then cut it out by hand ... I 'm quite pleased with the result. The image is from a sheet of Stickeroos that I've had for ages (Young Things #10-193) I bought a few sheets before I had any Penny Black stamps but this is the first time I've actually used one. The backing paper was received with some Blog Candy so I don't know the manufacturer, ribbon and buttons from my craft box and Prima flowers which were white but have been coloured with ProMarkers then finished with punched flowers and gems.

Thanks for looking.

Hugs,
Lynn x

Winter Greetings

The theme of the week 65 challenge at Passion for ProMarkers is 'Winter blue' so I decided to make this card with just the winter greetings and not specifically as a Christmas card. Now the new challenge starts tomorrow (or should I say today) at 9 am so I am very late posting this but it's been a busy week and then tonight when I tried to get this card finished I had problems with my snowflakes ... or should that be ice crystals. The Cuttlebug die and matching embossing folder were bought before christmas last year and didn't get used much ... now I remember why. Everytime I attempted to cut the shape, parts of it didn't cut through completely, with an extra layer of card it was better but still not cut through properly in the middle. Much wasted card later I gave up and finished a few of them with my scissors (if I wanted to cut snowflakes by hand I wouldn't have bought the die) but after using the embossing folder they looked fine and didn't look like they had been cut by hand. Next problem was the spray adhesive I used to hold the glitter ... not holding would be more accurate as it seems to be falling off, but by this time I had had enough so they will have to do for now, I may take them off and re-do them tomorrow. The stamp was borrowed from a friend and as it's unmounted I don't know who the maker is. The papers were designed by Martine McKnight and are part of a kit that is free to download but I'll have to add the link later.

Card is smooth white base 6" square

Stamp - Unknown make
coloured with ProMarkers
Blush, Pastel Pink, Berry Red, Grass,
Pastel Blue, Cornflower & China Blue

DP - 'Winter Wonderland' by Martne McKnight

Die/Embossing folder - Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal'

Sentiment stamps - Stampendous from 'Snowy Short Stacks'

Icicle Sticker - Starform

Thanks for looking.

Hugs,
Lynn x

Birthay card for my son

Todays card was made for my son for his 15th birthday. He plays cricket at our local club, and his team have been very successful this year, so the card from his dad and me had to have a cricket theme. This set of stamps was bought with him in mind but I'm sure it will get used for others too as there is also a footballer and various sentiments.
I'm entering it into this weeks challenge at Cards for Men which is Challenge no 17 - Decoupage. It's A5 size and though not very clear on the photos, several of the elements were stamped twice and attached with Pinflair Glue Gel to add dimension - cap, shirt, gloves, bat, pads and shoes, in addition to the pads in the bottom corner and several of the balls. I don't think Alex realises that there are actually 15 cricket balls on this card - one for every year - I did this rather than spoil the layout by adding a number 15. The club colours are red and black so I was made up when I managed to find this paper - I think it looks quite crickety (is that a real word).

Stamp - It's a Man's World by Clare Curd
from 'For the Love of Sport' set
coloured with ProMarkers
Striped DP - Kirsty Wiseman
Sentiments - Papermania Peel Offs

Thanks for looking,

Hugs,
Lynn x