SSS February 2015 Card Kit #2

Evening all! I'm back with another card from the card kit - and I've managed to squeeze in a couple more today too so I'll be back with more - having a kit definitely seems to be a mojo booster for me :-)

This one is a bit of a masculine style valentines card, and it's a shaker too! I've used cardstock, papers & sentiment stamp from the kit and added in some Freckled Fawn wood veneer hearts and twinkly twine. 

I've used this weeks Freshly Made Sketch, Virginias View 'Shaker Card' challenge, Just Us Girls 'Love' theme and also the current Card Concept photo, I've used the love theme plus woodgrain. 

Thanks for looking!

Supplies;

Papers, cardstock & sentiment stamp - Simon Says Stamp February card kit

Wood veneer shapes - Freckled Fawn

Ink - Stampin' Up 'Early Espresso'

Die - X-Cut 'Nested Hearts'

Other - acetate & twine

Hey Sugar!

Hi! Another blogging break, soz! Not much time for card making at the mo, I'm back at work and my little lady has just started crawling - fun times! ;-)
I'm back with a little romantic card I've made using the Simon Says Stamp 'Hey Sugar' set. I stamped and layered the cookies with different card stocks, embossed the matching toppings then covered with a layer of glossy accents. I sort of wish I hadn't done this last step as I'd sponged the cookies for a bit of dimension and I think I it made it run, hey ho! I also used these super old Basic Grey 'Bittersweet' papers, they're one of very few paper pads that I've almost used up - just a few scraps left! I've used this weeks Just Us Girls inspiration photo, the Paper Players sketch and I'm also going to enter into the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge. Thanks for looking - if anyone is still out there reading this poor neglected blog! ;-)

Supplies;
Stamps & sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Hey Sugar'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Early Espresso', 'Real Red' & 'Strawberry Slush'
Ink - Stampin' Up 'Early Espresso' & 'Cherry Cobbler' & VersaMark
Paper - Basic Grey 'Bittersweet'
Other - white embossing powder & Glossy Accents

Christmas Coffee Cup

Hi! And Happy New Year!! I hope you all had a lovely break! I'm back to share one of the Christmas cards I made before yet another challenge deadline passes ;-) This one was for my brother. We're chalk & cheese but share a love of Starbucks so I knew I wanted to use the 'Red Cup' somehow.
I've used the Freshly Made Sketches sketch and the Colour Me... colour scheme from Challenge #51. I'm also going to enter into this weeks Simon Says Stamp challenge of Anything Goes and Just Us Girls Winter challenge. I hope you like it!

Sparkly congrats card

Morning! Taking a brief break from making Christmas cards to show this Congrats card I made using the gorgeous colour scheme at Colour Throwdown this week; Gold, Silver, Brown & White. I combined it with a flipped version of this weeks CASe this Sketch using die cut sequins for the embellishments, and also this weeks Papertrey Make it Monday Glittered Frames challenge (I need to get some thinner tape to try this again, I'm not sure I like how chunky it looks). It also fits this bill for this weeks Just Us Girls Sparkle challenge. Thanks for looking, have a great Sunday.

Supplies;
Cardstock - Stampin' Up Early Espresso
Die - Mama Elephant Confetti
Sentiment - Papertrey Think Big Favourites #5
Other - Martha Stewart Florentine Gold glitter & WOW! Platinum embossing powder

Reindeer tag card

Hi! Back from another unintended break. I've been making loads of cards for loads of challenges but blogging seems to take me ages and they've always ended by the time I get round to it! Haha! So here's one that's still open...just! It's for this weeks Muse challenge combined with the Fusion challenge photo and the Just Us Girls & Simon Says Stamp challenges of Anything Goes. I used embossing paste and glitter with a Dreamweaver tree stencil. I added a few pops of red with some die cuts and twine. By the way, if anyone knows of a good ipad blogging app (I find Blogger is really hard to use and Blogsy makes my photos blurry) please let me know :-)
Thanks for stopping by xx

Supplies;
Cardstock - Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slate & Basic Grey
Dies - MFT Tags Stax, Memory Box Leaping Deer & Resting Birds
Paper - Echo Park Winter Wishes 
Sentiment - Waltzingmouse Compliments of the Season
Stencil - Dreamweaver Bare Trees
Other - twine, white embossing paste, glitter & silver brad

Chalkboard Christmas cards

Hi! Back with another pair of Christmas cards, this time with a bit of a chalkboard look.

They're pretty similar and are both for this weeks Colour Me... challenge which is Real Red and a neutral, and also Just Us Girls chalkboard theme but following different sketches. This first one is using this weeks My Favourite Things sketch. The sentiment is stamped in Sparkling Snow embossing powder but for the life of me I couldn't get the glitter to show in the picture!

Then this second one is using this weeks Fusion sketch. The background was sponged with white ink, as were all the edges. I hope you like then, thanks for looking!

Supplies;
Sentiment - MFT 'Seasonal Sentiments'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Real Red'
Papers - Echo Park 'Tis the Season'
Die - MFT 'Let it Snowflakes'
Embossing - WOW! 'Sparkling Snow'
Other - white ink & red gems
Stencil - Simon Says Stamp 'Falling Snow' 

Water colour Roses

Morning! I hope you're having a lovely Sunday! Before I get on to my card today, I wanted to let you know about a Festive Giveaway over on the Buttons for Brains Facebook page. All you need to do is like us and share the giveaway by weds 17th sept to be in with a chance to win these goodies! Good luck!

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Now onto my card. I'm sure you've all seen Dawn from WPlus9's water colouring videos - if not, why not?! They're amazing! :-) This one especially got my attention so I gave it a go, although I feel a bit mean as I tried the technique with some Papertrey stamps - oops! It gave me a chance to use my very old and very neglected Whisper pens. Not sure they're even sold anymore but they're all I used before Copics came along. They're all still working though so a good investment in my book. It's not a patch on Dawns Peonies but I feel pretty pleased with how it turned out so I think I'll try it with other stamps, colours etc. The challenges I'm entering this into are CASology Three and Just Us Girls Water Colour. I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies;
Image - Papertrey Ink 'Sweet Life'
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Summer Garden'
Colouring - Whisper brush pens
Other - purple vellum & Tim Holtz water colour paper

Child's birthday card

Hey! I'm back with a card I made for a few challenges; this weeks Case this Sketch, Just Us Girls colour theme of blue, green and a neutral (mine is grey), The Paper Players child's card theme and this weeks Papertake challenge of die cuts. I inked up my little balloons to give a bit of dimension then added lots of Wink of Stellar glitter, hopefully it shows up! :-)

Supplies;
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Smoky Slate', 'Pistachio Pudding', 'Soft Sky' & 'Coastal Cabana'
Ink - Stampin' Up 'Smoky Slate', 'Pistachio Pudding', 'Soft Sky' & 'Coastal Cabana'
Background - Hero Arts 'Tiny Star Background'
Sentiment - Penny Black 'Sweet Wishes'
Dies - Nestabilities 'Ovals' & MFT 'Party Balloons'
Other - Wink of Stellar Glitter Brush Marker 'Clear', silver embossing powder & silver twine