Ismaki no4 - Cheery birthday card

Up till now I have been using watercolour pencils and water to colour the Magnolia stamps. I have a wide range of felt tip pens I bought ages ago and thought I'd see if I had enough colours, particularly of skin tones. I'm really struggling to find a caucasian skin colour, so for now i'm enjoyin doing these more Asian/Afro Carribean looking Tildas. And I have to confess I don't often see stamped and coloured in images of `People of Colour', which is a real shame.

So I'd just like to send out a challenge, how about a non Caucasian skin tone for your next stamped person?

The photo is a `keeping it real' one, on my desk with the post made-a-card mess! I've been experimenting with holding a piece of tissue in front of my flash whenever I have to use it, so I don't get so much of a glare, seems to be working!

Love the sketch from Ismaki this week, here's the card...


Ingredients
Papers- TLC and unknown
Stamp - Magnolia and Hero Arts
Punch - Carl Craft, Fiskars threading water
Flowers - Prima
Pen - Sakura Souffle

2sketches4you - Design team call

I've been a fan of this sketch challenge blog since it began.

Laura and Kazan do a great job of coming up with innovative and inspiring sketches. It has unsuprisingly become a popular site.

They recently had the Spring Design team call, Ilove the fact they have a new team every 3 months.

I don't really think I'm in with a chance as the standard is so high. It's nice to have a challenge though and I had fun making these for the contest.

The flap on this card can open so an additional sentiment or gift could be put inside.

Ingredients:
Paper - Maria De Marco and Basic Grey
Flower - Prima
Punch - Leone Em and EK Success
Stamp - Hero Arts
Brad, eyelets and ricrac from stash



Ingredients:
Paper - Anna Griffin
Stamp - Stampin Up!
Flower - Prima
Brad and braid from stash
Pebeo Pearl Touch

Di Hickman sketch January no3

This is the card I did for Di this week

Struggled with the circle, so was happy when I found this big flower could do the job!


Ingredients:
Anna Griffin paper and stamp, Prima flower, button, lace, thread and ribbon from stash.

SALT - Mercy

My sister set the theme this week, click here to read the blurb she wrote.

The words `God have Mercy on me a Sinner' came to mind, they're from a parable Jesus taught about 2 men's different attitude to God. Praise God that he shows his mercy to us when we don't deserve it. Often it is easy to think that we aren't `that' bad, especially when we hear in the news of people who commit awful crimes. However the Bible says that we ALL have sinned and fallen short of the standard God has set. But, he has created a way back to himself, through Jesus.

So, this piece is for me to hang up somewhere to remind me of God's great love to me... a sinner.



Ingredients:
Paper and chipboard frame and letters - Cosmo Cricket
Flowers - Prima
Punch - The Punch Bunch
Ribbon and Rose from stash.

Happy 30th Brithday

Was comissioned to make this for a friend.
Was great fun.

The words had to spill over the edge as the composition just wasn't looking right with the size of lettering I had choosen.

I've taken to decorating the insides of the more decorative cards. I tend to use whatever scraps I have left on the table. And if there are any bits left over after that, they go on the back. I just can't give up my frugal ways!

Inside

Back

Ingredients:
Paper - Cosmo Cricket
Punches - Martha Stewart, Leone Em and The Punch Bunch
Lettering - Fontin Font cut with Craft Robo
Flowers - Prima and other.
Brads - Paper Mania