Sketch Saturday 100

Hope you're all enjoying the nicer weather that we've been having this week,I've been lucky enough to have spent at least half of each working day this week out in the fresh air,beautiful!
I've had such a busy week so far,not much time for crafting,tonight however I decided to shut my eyes to what needed doing and have a little me time doing something I wanted to do!

So here it is,the card I made for the Sketch Saturday Challenge 100. The image is another from set 5 Suzy Marij Rahder stamps,such a fun image,I really had my niece in mind when I bought this set as she does synchronised swimming and there's several images in the set that will be great to use to make cards for her.However I couldn't possibly wait till November to use it for her birthday card so I've christened it tonight on a card for a friends birthday in a couple of weeks.Forgive me for not waiting till the Stickles had dried,wanted to post before bedtime.
Thanks for stopping by,
happy crafting,
Julie x

Home at last!

Well,a couple of day's away turned into 10 days stranded in Spain,might sound good to some but unfortunately the weather was rather wet. How I wish I'd known in advance,I'd have taken my Copics and a few stamps with me! Still home at last and our adventures weren't half as bad as some I've heard of.
Now this is a card I'd made for the birthday of a work colleague,unfortunately it was earlier in the week but I'm sure he'll forgive me for giving it late.


Don't you just love this stamp! it's from set 5,Suzy by Marij Rahder,I treated myself to 3 sets from the range at Scrapbook Sisters before I went away when they had the full range of 6 sets available. Do check them out as the images are amazing and suitable for men,women and children.The images are a good size this boat alone measures around 11.5cm x 9cm and there are 13 images in this set, at £9.73 it's certainly good value for money. I added the boat's name using Peel off letters and used stickles on the waves.
Thanks to everyone that visits my little blog, I've so missed keeping up with it over the last 10 days and hope that I get the time to catch up with all the blogs that I usually visit regularly.
Thanks for stopping by,
it's good to be home!
Julie x

Scrapbooking

Haven't any time to make cards this week so instead I'm going to share a couple of my recent layouts from my fortnightly scrapbooking classes. I'm not sure who the papers are by but they are so lovely. I have used 4 of the papers here it doesn't show on these photos but they all have some glittering on them.

They are just gorgeous papers don't you think?

I love the dimension you can get by off setting two shades of flowers nearly on top of one another. I also "popped" the centres of the flowers by punching a circle of paper then with the colour side down I held it in the curled palm of my hand and moved the rounded lid of a pen round and round the centre which gradually shapes the centre. I then mounted it using a tiny foam square.

The frame was made using one of the lovely templates that are available at Scrapbook Sisters .

If you haven't checked out their blog for a while,their "shoe challenge"closing date has been extended to the 30th of April. I for one am pleased about this as I haven't had chance to finish mine. Why not take a look and have a go!

Thanks for stopping by,

happy crafting,

Julie x

A Pint of Milk

Doing a bit of blog hopping is such a great thing to do. I love seeing what people from all over the world are up to and leaving comments on their work,lets face it,we all like to hear what fellow crafters think of our creations. You can find some great ideas and adapt them to suit your needs. I like to let people know if I've followed any tips,sending them links to things I've made.

Before Easter I found this neat little idea on a blog called "On The Cards"where someone had made these brilliant little cartons to put sweets into. I held it in my memory bank and decided to use it as a gift box for the make up items my daughter is giving for a friend's Birthday

I wrapped a strip of paper around the box first and then embossed a strip of white card using an embossing folder I scored this 1mm bigger than the edges of the box.I brushed the embossed area with a chalk eye and added stickles and punched flowers on to this before placing it around the box.

The large flower was cut using a sizzix die the large gem that I used in the centre comes from Paperchase,as does the peg that I used to hold the box shut.
If you follow the link you can find details of how to make these boxes.I adjusted the measurements to make a slightly larger box than was shown, using an A4 piece of card. If anyone would like to know the measurements that I used I will post a photograph of the template I made.

They are so easy to make,let me know if you have a go so I can visit your blog, I love a bit of blog hopping.

Thanks for stopping by,

have a great weekend,

Julie.x

Hello Sunshine!

The Sun is out,
the sky is blue,
My Laptops back,
as Good as new!
It is mended,
It's got a brand new part!
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Who'd have thought Leo Sayer would inspire me this morning lol!
I am soooo happy,
Happy Saturday everyone!
Julie x

New Baby

I'm really pleased how this card turned out,I know it's simple in design but I just love it.

The cute Giraffe is a stamp from Pink Gem Designs,I stamped him onto white card stock using Memento Tuxedo Ink (now in stock at Scrapbook Sisters) I coloured him using Copics and then used my Revolution Nesting circles,I used the clever little trick that I found on "The Animal Factory" blog where you leave part of the image uncut so that it stays outside of the circle.Can't explain it very well but hopefully you can follow the link where the technique is explained beautifully. I then used Nestabilities to cut a scalloped circle in blue.The name was cut using the sizzix Alpha bubble dies.The card stock,blue ribbon and Woodware greetings stamps were also from Scrapbook Sisters.
Congratulations to Lisa and Justin on the latest addition to your family!
Hope you like the card,
thanks for stopping by,
Julie

Double Challenge

Second and final visit of the day,this time with the other male card I made yesterday. Same stamp I know but I can get away with that,can't I?

I followed The Shabby Tea Room Week 4 challenge,Embrace the white, making a card with a mainly white theme,you were able to use one other colour along with the white,obviously I chose to add green using My Minds Eye Quite Contrary paper. The Sketch Challenge that I followed is Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge M.T.S.C.68. I will definitely use this sketch again on a girlie card as it was so nice to do.
That's all for today folks!
Thanks for stopping by,
catch you later in the week,
Julie x