Happy 40th Birthday Kay

Today is an awesome day, why?  Because 40 years ago today my friend Kay was born and that is definitely worth celebrating, which is exactly what us girls on the SBS DT have done using this fab image Betty drew up specially.

I’ve chosen to make a tag for Kay using the current sketch over at Sketch Saturday.  Rather than using paper for the rectangular element I decided to try my new Mega Flakes and FlitterGlu from IndigoBlu and I think it turned out looking great. 

I took the great sentiment Betty did up and added it to the back of the tag and embossed it in gold.

With all the gold elements I’m entering this in Inkspirational’s current challenge.  As I’ve also got a whole lot of embossing I’m also linking it up at Crafting By Design.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E23, E25, E27, E30

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair N4, N6, N8, 100

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, G28, G40, G43, G46

Skull E40, E41, E42, N4, N6, N8, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

IndigoBlu Mega Flakes ~ Lancashire Rose
Stampendous Embossing Powder ~ Detail Gold 
Embellishments

Jazzydoodle Designs ~ Clay Skulls

Jesse James Button It Up ~ Party Hats

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Fern

Papers

Graphic 45 ~ Kraft Tag

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Ribbons & Trims etc

Gold Satin Ribbon from stash

Green Tara ~ Bead Garland Gold

Green Tara ~ Cobweb Ribbon Olive

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Birthday Kay

Challenges

Crafting by Design ~ Embossing

Inkspirational #71 ~ Anything Goes with Gold

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch #340

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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life

My card today features an awesome image from The Stamping Chef called The Artist.

Now Tamara, the Stamping Chef herself, is running a competition to be the ‘colouring face’ of the Stamping Chef, details can be found over in the shop where you buy the image.  I couldn’t resist entering as it would be such an honour to have my colouring featured on her shop.  Also the image was clearly going to be a challenge with all that curly hair so I really wanted an excuse to colour it up.

Of course, once it was coloured I had to put The Artist on a card.  I followed the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 to make up my card and selected papers that made me think of painting and paints.  I don’t know how long I’ve had the Echo Park or Little Yellow Bicyle pads I used, they’ve been in my stash for a good while so I’m entering my card in Crafty Creations’ current challenge to use something old from your stash.

As always my card is a 6x6 square, so I am also entering it in the current challenge at The Crafter’s Café.  I made the circle elements I mounted the iamnge on using my trusty Nesties, layering a plain circle on a blossom pattern.  I also made my own embellies with some pretty butterflies from a Marianne Design Creatables die.  With my die cuts I am entering this in the current PDE Linky Party challenge.  To finish off my butterflies I added in some adhesive pearls and mounted them on some lace tape, another thing I’ve had in my stash for ever, and pearl trim so I am also linking my card up at Divas by Design.

Seeing I have used a Stamping Chef image on my card I am also entering it in their current challenge, where it’s always anything goes.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (cheeks E02)

Eyes E30, E35, G02, 0

Lips R24, R29, R59

Hair BV29, R85, RV10, RV63, RV69

Outfit B21, B23, B37, B39, T4, T6, T8, 100

Paint, Palette & Brush B99, E21, E23, G05, R29, YR68, 0

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Marianne Design Creatables ~ Butterflies

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Blossom 5 & Classic Circles

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Rose

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Victorian Velvet & Weathered Wood

Papers

Close to My Heart Cardstock ~ Indian Corn Blue

Echo Park Everyday Eclectic ~ Doily Multi & Hexagons

Little Yellow Bicycle Hello Spring! ~ Pretty in Plaid

Ribbons & Trims etc

Christina Re Decorative Lace Tape ~ Antique Lace Black

Green Tara ~ Pearl Trim Pale Pink

Live and Love Crafts ~ Pearl Trim Lilac

Stamps

The Stamping Chef ~ The Artist

Challenges

The Crafter’s Café # 77 ~ Square Cards Only

Crafty Creations #270 ~ Dig Deep Use something old from your Stash

Divas by Design ~ Pretty pearls

PDE Linky Party #17 ~ Metal dies

The Stamping Chef #43 ~ Always anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #25

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…his work is noiseless, and his hands are mutes

I have another masculine card today for another colleague at work, this one I’ve used Some Odd Girl’s 1920’s Kody on.

Kody is my trusty go-to image for male cards, he is my favourite for them as he is so very stylish and works for a CAS through to a more elaborate card.  I’ve also used a couple of different Nesties on my card, I love my Nesties, there must be a shape for every occasion, I just wish my bank balance allowed me to buy them all!  Allsorts Challenge is running a ‘favourite things’ challenge so I am linking up my card there.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Sketch n’ Dies, one of my favourite sketch challenges.  I took their sketch and flipped it for the ‘front’ of my card so I could turn it into an easel for interest and have the pennants give a deliberately uneven edge to the card.  I used the sketch again for the base of my easel.

I didn’t want this to be feminine so I swapped out the flower element for a jute star-type flower that I made myself.  I used a clock face brad from my stash to hold my flower together and to tie in with the washi I used on the flags.  As this card is heading off to a male and hopefully is fairly masculine I am also entering it in the current challenge at the Alphabet Challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (cheeks E02)

Eyes E30, E35, 0

Lips E11

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N0, N1, N2, T4, T6, T8, Y23, Y26, Y28, W1, W3, W5, W7, 100

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Labels Twelve & Pennants

Embellishments

Brad from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot

Papers

Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman ~ Man About Town

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Kraft Cardstock from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

Gold Dot Washi Tape from stash

Green Tara Washi Tape ~ Vintage Watches

Jute Trim from stash

Stamps

Some Odd Girl ~ 1920’s Kody

Challenges

Allsorts #270 ~ Favourite Things

Alphabet Challenge ~ M for Men Only

Sketch n’ Dies #12

 

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Five, six, pick up sticks

My double layout from my baby book today features the adorable Noor from Lacy Sunshine.

Little Noor was a freebie recently and was drawn up by Heather to celebrate the birthday of a little girl whose mother runs a crafty shop.  Although Noor is supposed to be two I’ve done this layout up ready for a photo from baby’s first birthday.  As I’ve used little Noor I am entering this in the challenge at Noor Designs.

The layout is from the current sketch at Sketchabilities and allowed me to use up some of the scraps from the other pages.  There was lots of space in the sketch so I’ve used a stencil with a row of butterflies to fill it, this is the same stencil I used on the cover so it ties in nicely with that.  With my stencilling I am also entering this at Country View’s current challenge.

I’ll have the last two pages done up over the next couple of days and you can see the cover from this book at this post, the first page here, the last page here, a double layout at this post and another double layout here.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E21, E30, E33 (R20 cheeks)

Eyes E23, E27, 0

Mouth RV10, RV11

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66, V000, V01, V09, V12, V15, V17

Balloons BG000, BG01, BG02, V000, V01, V12, Y11, Y13, Y15

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Magenta Stencil ~ Nature Element

Embellishments

Carta Bella Alpha Stickers ~ Beautiful Moments

Paper Flowers from stash

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Wild Mini Blossoms Pink

Prima Flowers ~ Chantelle Medallion

Inks & Paints etc

Teresa Collins Basically Essential ~ Modeling Paste

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Papers

Authentique Classique Pretty ~ Tartan

Carta Bella Baby Mine ~ Baby Floral, Baby Girl Dots

Kaisercraft Pitter Patter ~ Bundle of Joy

Ribbons & Trims etc

Baby Girl Ribbon from stash

Green Tara ~ Organza Pearl Trim Pink

Lace from stash

Stamps

Lacy Sunshine ~ Noor

Challenges

Country View ~ Stencil it!

Noor Design ~ Noor

Sketchabilities #119

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