CASE STUDY 12

I saw on case study at casestudychallenge.blogspot.com this week a great card to case so I thought why not. I have done a very simple birthday card. I am trying to stock up again on cards. I love this butterfly from beautiful wings I think it will be my new fave. I have cased the basic layout which is a very simple design but a great one. i have also used by scorer and scored two lines under the ribbon. Any way very shot post today , lovely and sunny outside so playtime with the boys.

Card I cased by Barbara


My card

Colour Challenge

I found this colour challenge of Rich Razzleberry Pumpkin Pie, Certainly celery, Garden green, and whisper white. I wrote down the colours but for the life of me can not remember where I saw it, so if you know please let me know. I had trouble with this card I love all these colours and thought this will be easy but no took me ages to get it looking decent. And I still don't think I am completely happy. But its a card and I haven't made one all week, to many Nice sunny days out side with the boys.

Anyway back outside time again its 32 degrees inside and is cooler outside in the shade.

take care

meagn

Just Add blue again

I am loving blue at the moment, it is really inspiring me to make some more male cards especially teenager ones. I have used the new stamp set Extreme Elements and extreme Guitar on pg 52 and 53. I love how this has turned out. the colours are pear pizazz, poppy parade, more mustard, crumb cake for the background and for the star panel Mariana mist and platinum shimmer paint. I have a confession to make I have owned this punch for about a year and it is the first time I have ever used it on a card. It really fits in with the youthful look I was going for so I think I will have to use it more often.

This second card use a new stamp set for me but was in last years catalogue Seaworthy I love this set from the moment I saw it but again another one I put off buying and was so glad it made it back in the catalogue. I have used for the blues, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue, Mariana Mist and Baja Breeze. I love the effect the splatter stamp from extreme elements has done in the back ground.

Take Care

Megan

Just add Blue and a wedding

I said in my last post that I had done a wedding card, I love how this has turned out. Sorry to say that the stamp is retired but I will never get rid of it is a personal favourite. Love the ribbon effect it really softens up the card.

At Just add ink this week it is Add Blue for because in it is Anxiety and Depression Awareness Month, I believe in fate and the reason I got this card done so early was because I was up early this morning panicking about a meeting I have today. Anyone out there who has a special needs child knows how hard it is to get funding and the more capable the child is the less you get. my oldest has high functioning Autistic and get nothing at the moment. So fingers cross I will be able to get some today. The butterflies are done on watercolour paper, I washed the paper a few days ago, I wish I had taken a photo of what the paper looked like as it look awful and was about to do in the rubbish but I thought give it a go and see how it turns out and I think it turned out great. The rest of the card is very easy, just a simple layout as the butterflies are the show. Better go and ready myself for today. Wish me luck.

Stamp-A-Holics meet JAI

this week Stamp-A-Holics has started their own blog to set and enter your challenges it is a great idea and a fantastic place. Please go and have a look http://stamp-a-holics.blogspot.com/ . This week challenge was a 2, 4, 6, 8 box. I made a very small one for a little girl I know and note pad for her to do some drawings. I also wanted to do JAI challenge of just add pink and bling. Sorry very small post today making diner at same time. Come back later this week and I have a wedding card that made last night.

Card a la Carte CASE

I saw a card on Card a la Carte that I had to try and CASE. I am on a mission to make some more male cards as I had used all mine up. The one on the blog was a thanksgiving card but I loved the layout so I thought I could change it around a bit to suit what stamps I had (well borrowed from my mum). I love how it turned out except for one thing my white singo gel pen ran out so I had to dash, not that y0u can really dash down the street with two little boys walking but after a bit of bribery we got back with a new gel pen and two new toys. I am not very happy with this pen it doesn't compare to the one that stampin up sells but it will do till I order a new one.

Ingredients:

Crumb Cake, Confetti White

Craft White, white embossing powder

Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzaz, Soft Suede

Holidays and more Holidays

As the title states I have been on holiday with my boys this is one of my favourite breaks as my oldest always celebrates his birthday in them. So I have been away from the blogging world just having fun with them. They grow so quickly and soon they wont want to hang out with mummy.

On Saturday night my husband had a try at card making, as he says I try his hobbies he should try mine. We made a very simple card that I saw on Andrea's blog. My one is the group of trees and his is the oak.

He even said he had fun and might do it another night.

The robot card is what I made for my son this year, he chooses the stamps and I put it all together. People who know him understand he doesn't like surprises so this I think will be a on going event in his life.

the last card is based on a sketch at splitcoast this week. I had a bit of time today with the boys playing with the new birthday Lego so I thought I would give it a go. The whole time I stared at it it reminded me of a wedding cake so I turned the whole sketch into a wedding cake. the flowers are boho punch that I got a few mths bake but hadn't even taken out of wrapper so I thought I better use them before I buy another punch.

TAKE CARE

Megan