Crushed Midnight Sea...

Hello!

I had some time to play last night so I combined a couple of challenges to come up with this...

I combined the Seize the Sketch and Colour Me challenges for this one...

I used one of the Crushed Curry die-cuts from the Tag a Bag accessory kit for the main image, masking off the edges with post-it notes and stamped the ship image inside with Midnight Muse ink. I layered that on a tag created with the Angled Tag Topper punch and added some linen thread underneath in random loops.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: The Open Sea, Blue Ribbon
Ink: Midnight Muse
Paper: Afternoon Picnic dsp, Crushed Curry, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Tag a Bag accessory kit
Accessories: silver buttons. Midnight Muse ribbon, linen thread
Tools: Angled Tag Topper punch, 1 3/8" circle punch

You can find all the ingredients to make this card in my Stampin Up online store... just click on the link on the right to go shopping...

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Yellow Ribbon Birthday...

Hello!!

I've got some exciting news to share today... I've joined the AMAZING Colour Q Royal Court design team!!! I was so excited when I saw this post there earlier today this week - what an honour! I can't wait to start designing with the future colour combos (you know how much I love a colour challenge, and Colour Q has been a fave of mine for ages!). Anyways, I really wanted to play along with this week's challenge, which is a lovely bright combination...

I know the picture has got pretty doilies etc in it but when I saw the colours together I went in the direction of a boy's birthday card and ended up with this...

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch for my layout...

I used the Blue Ribbon circle stamps for this, inking the lower one with an old Ruby Red marker I had in my drawer, the middle one I embossed with white EP on Ruby Red card, and the top one was stamped with Daffodil Delight, and again on Ruby Red with Basic Grey. I cut out the '1' and layered it over the Daffodil image, then punched it out with a circle punch and layered it onto a slightly larger Ruby Red circle. I created a grey layer under the middle circle with my scallop circle punch, punching once then putting the shape back in the punch, rotating slightly and punching again to get this shape. I added some Daffodil washi tape, some retired ribbon and some Basic Grey buttons tied with white baker's twine.

The white panel is layered onto some Basic Grey chevron pieces cut from the Tasteful trim die then onto the background piece. The background is So Saffron card, stamped with images from Clockworks in saffron and grey. I added a little silver clip at the top for a bit of shine.

I quite like how this one turned out, even though boy's cards are probably my least favourite to make (cos I don't know what I'm doing mostly!!).

That's all for now - I'll be back tomorrow with my Friday Mashup card (another boy's card actually..!).

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Pacific Blue Birthday...

Hiya,

I needed to whip up a quick birthday card for one of the guys in our church worship team the other day so I used a few challenges to help me out: Dynamic Duos, CAS(E) this Sketch and the Paper Players...

Believe it or not, I think I actually pulled off a CAS card that I'm happy with...

I used Naturals Ivory for the card base, scoring around the edges at 1/4" from each edge, then stamped the grunge elements from Clockworks on the front with Basic Grey ink, then stamped the water drops from French Foliage over the top and embossed with silver EP. The ribbon badge image was stamped with Pacific Point on Very Vanilla and cut out, with the ribbon flags layered with First Edition dsp. The greeting was stamped with black craft ink and embossed with clear EP, then punched out with a circle punch, layered on a slightly larger Basic Grey circle, then onto the Pacific Point piece. I couldn't resist adding a couple of bits of washi tape at the top (that stuff is growing on me!).

Thanks for stopping by... Hope your week ahead is a great one!

x Amy x

Blue Ribbon Birthday...

Hi there,

Just popping in quickly to share a little card I made last night using the new This & That Epic Day papers for this week's Freshly Made sketch...

I kept it fairly simple for a boy's birthday...

I used some Natural's Composition dsp and smooshed a white craft inkpad over the top to get a faded, aged look, then wiped off the excess with a piece of paper towel. The medallion was made using the Blue Ribbon set and the colours from the Epic Day dsp (Calypso Coral, Gumball Green and Pool Party) I added a sticker from the This & That coordinating sticker sheets, as well as an arrow paper clip. Some linen thread and a piece of Gumball Green ribbon finished things off.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x