cards made with prizes won!

I have been lucky enough to win some challenges and blog candy here and there in blog land.

Here is my showcase of things I have made with my winnings.

Spellbinder tags won from SheetLoad

This is a thank you card made with a Flourishes Damask background stamp that was part of some Blog Candy won from Linda's Blog

This is Hero Arts stamp Garden Roses K5056 and is so beautiful to use.

White cardstock was embossed using Cuttlebug & Swiss Dots folder. Oval spellbinder die used to cut & emboss the oval. The embossing was not very obvious, so I highlighted the edge with a fine gold sticker. Hero Arts Garden Roses was heat embossed with fine gold and then coloured in with watercolour pencils and highlighted with chalk. Gold organza ribbon was placed across middle of background and stamped image attached using mounting tape. Corners were highlighted with 'left over' bits from a sticker sheet. Whole thing was layered on pink cardstock. Matching envelope is stamped with black STAZON and chalked. HeroArts Blog here

here is another card using the same stamp - this time stamped with STAZON and coloured with chalks

I recently won Set 2 of Flourishes A Year in Flowers here and have been having 'fun' colouring them in - I can see lots of uses for these images and am very tempted to buy the rest of the year ;-) 

This is August - Morning Glory

this is July - Tigerlily - I really like this one.

I am currently working on the June - Rose images - stay tuned ;-)

A little something .............. in pink

I was in a pink mood ;-)

Bizzzy Becs' current challenge is 'to make a little something' so I made this little thank you card.  It is small, 7.5 cm x 10.5 cm

It also fits in with the onestopcraftchallenge - optimistically pink
and flourishes - flowers

Now I really must get back to my tidying up.

Stamping Vacation Card Maze - Just Magnolia - OneStop

Hubby has been doing some work at home, so I have been left to my own devices ;-)
Ofcourse, I have been spending some time in my craft room.   I was originally doing a 'tidy up', but you know what that leads to .............. ;-)

I decided to give stampingvacation Card Maze a try and this is what I finished up with:

Tilda was recycled from an older card that I was never happy with my choice of card that I had placed her on.  ;-(  I think I like this layout much better for this particular image.

Had to get a close-up of these lovely flowers from bizzybecs

I even gave the inside some special treatment.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:

stampingvacation - Card Maze #2

justmagnolia - birthdays

onestopcraftchallenge - optimistically pink

flourishes-timeless-tuesday-challenge-fttc55 - flowers

allsortschallenge - for mum

Irises - my favourite flowers

Here are some more of my efforts with my Flourishes - A Year in Flowers Calendar set.

Image stamped with Versamagic Midnight Black and heat embossed with clear - this gives a beautiful gloss to the black.  Flowers were hand coloured with SU inks and paint brush.

This card is submitted for the following challenges.
I changed the layout just a bit to suit the proportions of the stamp - I really like this CAS look!


cleanandsimplestamping - sketch

StampSomething - a touch of spring

I also made up another card along the clean and simple lines.

This image was heat embossed with Black embossing power and hand coloured with inks & paint brush.

Panels were cut & embossed using cuttlebug and spellbinder dies.

Stamp Simply #126 and Build-a-sketch

As mentioned in my previous post, I have recently won some Flourishes stamps and have been having fun colouring them in.

I was stuck for a bit of inspiration as far as layout goes, so I used my Build-a-sketch tools - and guess what?  I came up with a layout!

I knew exactly which Flourishes stamp I wanted to use next.

I saw the perfect colour combination challenge of StampSimply it all came together fairly quickly ;-)

so here is my card

DP from my stash (I think it is Flavia), Flourishes A Year of Flowers image heat embossed with black and coloured in with inks.  Gold peel offs used for border and sentiment.

Pretty butterfly sticker added.

This is what happens when you heat emboss and don't use your anti static pillow!  black dots everywhere!

I love this image - we have this Morning Glory in our garden.

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 52

Over on Flourishes they are having an anniversary challenge.

I have recently won some Flourishes stamps (Calendar set) and couldn't wait to colour them in!

FTTC52A is a sketch

FTTC52B is to 'pop it up'

FTT52C is to use a citrus colour (mine is orange)

FTT52F is to use your favourite Flourishes set - this calendar set is my fave

I hope you are able to combine challenges - if not, then I guess I will submit this one for the A-sketch challenge.

Ribbed white card used as a base, Flourishes Tigerlily embossed with black embossing powder and hand coloured.  Centre panel, squares & strip cut & embossed using cuttlebug & spellbinder & Birch dies

Sentiment & Kaisercraft white pearls added.

CraftMad September Card Sketch - Timeless Tuesday

I have been struggling of late to get some 'crafting mojo' ............ everything I try, just turns to mush............ ;-)

This is the first card I am at least half happy with  LOL

While I was deciding which nesties to use to cut out my image, I came across the current TimelessTuesday challenge and it suggests to extend creations outside the frame!  The glasses were extending beyond my nesties frame and I did not want to go up to the next size as it would be too big for the scalloped edge!  So, a perfect solution to my problem!

I started positioning my card with the current CraftMad card sketch challenge in mind, but no matter what I tried, the two embellishments across the bottom just did not work -  so I changed it a bit  ;-)

I am struggling with my nephew's wedding card - I have posted two pics in the hope that I can get some guidance.

Below is the same card, but turned on it's side and some flourishes added.

What do you think?  Any suggestions?

I want the card to be simply elegant - I am not sure if the card is making the statement that I want.

Flourishes May Challenge His and Hers

over on flourishes the may challenge is to make a card using the same layout, but one for him and one for her. This idea appealed to me, so I thought I would give it a go.

I only have one flourishes stamp, so the prospect of winning some more is very appealing ;-)

I stamped the reverse damask stamp using choc chip on some cardstock and layered on brown card, placed a strip of metallic brown across middle, highlighted with a ribbon. Thank You stamped with choc chip on centre panel, and dusted edges with choc chip. Placed pearls & ribbon as final touches.

I didn't think this looked very 'male' but posted the photo anyway. I did, however, have a brainwave when packing up the mess I had made while making these cards and rumaged through my embellishments - I knew I had something 'male' somewhere ;-) I think this version is a better 'his' card ;-)

The female version of the card used the same layout, only using red as the base colour and embellished with flowers and a bit of bling.

My first male card was definitely not very male ;=( more unisex maybe ???

I have so much of a hard time with male cards - the desire for bling just gets in the way LOL

MojoMonday #78 Thank You Card

I posted a comment on Linda's blog and I won some blog candy! So I thought it deserved a thank you card, made using the Flourishes stamp that I won as part of the candy!

I used the MojoMonday #78 layout for inspiration.

I used SU Choc Chip to stamp Flourishes Reverse Damask stamp, the small flower from SU Delight in Life and a Thank You sentiment on soft beige card. Brushed the edges with Choc Chip and then layered this card on chocolate cardstock and highlighted card with cream ribbon & pearls. The strip across the middle is a metallic choc brown, but does not show up that well in the photo.

I am very pleased with the way this card turned out - I hope Linda likes it too!