Stampartic Challenge

I have a sneaky feeling my camera is on it's way out. For the last couple of weeks I've noticed my photographs are slightly blurred. I've cleaned it and done everything else I can think of - to no avail. Another item for my ever growing wish list!!

I've been meaning to enter a Stampartic challenge for some time, but never got around to it. When I saw the fabulous sketch for this one I just had to do it.
I used paper from a Basic Grey with K&Co pad, together with bazzill basic cardstock. The image is Magnolia's Angel of the Year 2008 and coloured with pastels. I cut the flowers with the EK Success retro flower punch and the leaves with Leone Em branch punches.

Materials
BC - bazzill : DP - Basic Grey with K&Co : Image - Magnolia : Derwent pastels : Punches - EK Success & Leone Em : Pearl brads and ribbon from stash.

Truly Scrumptious #2

Challenge 2
Wow, what an amazing response to our first challenge! It was great to see so many entries, including email entries, and we really enjoyed looking at your cards.
We have used Random.Org to select our first winner who will receive the two Easter stamps from Alota Rubber Stamps. Our winner is Iris - Paper Crafting in Cocoa. Please email us with your address and we will arrange for your prize to be sent to you.

Onto our next challenge. We have another sketch for you this time, but there is more. We would like to see some handmade buttons on your card. They can be made from anything; paper, card, fabric, shrink plastic, acetate, fimo.... but they must be made by you. Our sponsor for this challenge is Sketching Stamper Digi Stamps. Christine has designed a range of gorgeous digital stamp images, some of which have been used by our Design Team. The winner of this challenge will get to choose eight images to download.
Here is the sketch:

Well - by the time I'd finished this challenge I had more misshapen, deformed buttons in my house than you would believe. Shrink plastic - I think I'll give up on that stuff, Fimo - I think I'd better give up on that as well. I ended up cutting my buttons out of some lizard skin effect furry type fabric with my cuttlbug. I tried piercing holes in them and using thread to tie them, that didn't look right so I eventually resorted to using small pink pearls as button holes. The papers are a download from Digital Scrapbook Art and I used one of Chris's amazing digi images which I coloured with watercolours, glittered her dress and matted her on to circles cut with nesties. The sentiment is computer generated.

Materials
BC - Bazzill : BP - Download from Digital Scrapbooking Art : Image - Sketching Stamper digi-stamps : Rowney watercolours : Cuttlebug + round nesties & heart die : rest from stash

WOW - 3 in 1

It's a long, long time since I managed to get three challenges with one card.
The Double Dutch challenge is a recipe. 4 buttons or brads, three scrap papers, two flowers and a metal object. I have four brads, (two at the side, and two in the centre of the two flowers). three scrap papers and a metal heart charm fastened to the ribbon.
I followed the Sketch and Stash sketch and used my new Tilda and some papers I've been stroking for years from my too nice to use box.
And Pink Elephant is ribbons and die cuts. I die cut the nestie labels that Tilda is sat on and also the sentiment tag and the ribbon is self evident.

Materials
BC - Bazzill : BP - Paper Adventure : Image - Magnolia : Sentiment - Freebie with Magazine : Derwent pastels : Papermania pearl brads : Petaloo flowers : Rest from stash

House Mouse -27 Chipboard

The The House Mouse challenge this week is - "All about Chipboard chipboard". You can make anything you like as long as you use some chipboard and a minimum of one HM or friend image.

All I had in chipboard were flowers and some Basic Grey pieces (gorgeous but not suitable). I went to my local shop and all they had were - flowers!! So flowers it had to be. This card has sat on my bookcase all week, and everyone who has seen it has laughed -
so at least it has a comic aspect to it!! I covered the chipboard flowers with Basic Grey Ambrosia papers, sanded and then inked the edges. I cut flowers with the EK Success punches and put the little mousies heads in the middle. I used the Spring Blossoms House Mouse stamp (coloured with watercolours) as they had petals round their faces and cut out Mudpie and Monica as they seemed to be looking at one another. I use Basic Grey Boxer chipboard pieces as the stems and finished it with another flower with an Inkadinkado sentiment middles and two little buttons on the side.

Materials Bazzill BC : DP - Basic Grey Ambrosia & Boxer chipboard stems : EK Succes flower punches : Spring Blossoms HM image : Rowney watercolours : Inkadinkado sentiment : Rest from stash

Julie's Blog Candy Card

Julie is offering Blog Candy and the condition for entry is a card with hand-made flowers. As I love making handmade flowers this was 'right up my street'. If you haven't visited Julie's blog, do so, apart from gorgeous hand-made flowers she creates the most amazing cards.

I resorted to Eileen's tutorial at Ikkis Cuttlebug Cupboard again. I just love these flowers and can't stop making them. Sorry - but I know I'll be boring you to tears with them soon - if not already. I used bazzill bc and downloaded papers from Digital Scrapbooking Art.
I cut the flower from KanBan silver embossed cardstock I found in my bit box, and added silver spacers and Papermania pearl brads. I used the Leone Em ash branch punch for the leaves and an Inkadinkado sentiment which I inserted into a SU 'thingy' - can't think of the name of them.

Materials
Bazzill bc : Digital Scrapbook Art downloaded papers : Kanban silver embossed card : Cuttlebug & mini round nesties : Papermania pearl brads : Leone Em ash branch and Martha Stewar Lace Doily punches : SU -'thingy'