Your A Star

Sunday Stamp and Sketch have again provided a very interesting sketch with a number of layers. I recently bought a fabulous set of papers at a sale price, which I planned to use for boy's cards, I know you will know what I mean when I say it even has a wonderful paper smell, it is called Sweet Peas- Peas in a Pod. I have used a LOTV stamp, the Promarker colours used were of course guided by the colour of the papers. Here is the sketch I followed. 

Little Boys at CD Sunday Challenges

It's my turn again at CD Sunday Challenges to choose the theme, well it isn't really but things got mixed up, can't even remember why. LOL. I had no problem choosing the topic after I had seen this image on the La Pashe best of 2012 CD, it had to be Little Boys. I have five grandsons, two sons,  two nephews and three grand-nephews, we are a heavily loaded male family. I actually enjoy making male cards. The background is a piece of black card, I used a white pencil.  Taking the theme from the main image I asked my OH for some mathematical equations, I don't understand any of them, but thought they made an unusual and interesting card. The image and greeting are from the CD. Have fun everyone, please pop over to our challenge blog to see how the Design Team have again provided with some wonderful projects. Remember you MUST include something from a CD and mention which CD  you used to be considered for a winning position.

P = Paper Piecing

For the next two weeks at Alphabet Challenge the challenge for the letter P has been chosen by Pat - 

Paper Piecing.  For those who may not be sure what this is, it is a very useful and interesting technique where you can add papers of your choice to decorate a stamped image. Instead of using plain paper to colour with the various mediums available, sometimes stamping the image a second or multiple times will provide you with pieces of paper to fit onto your stamped image. The background paper is from LOTV Country Gent pad, The leaves, flowers and greeting are from Sheena Douglas stamp sets, - Always Floral and Only Words. leaves coloured with Promarkers. I look forward to visiting you to see how you all use your Paper Pieces, above all, have fun.

A Blue Christmas

I made this cute card a few days ago which suits several challenges.

Sweet Stampin - Feeling Blue

Here Come the Boys - A Blue Christmas

Crafty Cardmakers - Christmas Snow and Ice

The papers and image are from the CD The Best of La Pache 2012, the cute greeting is a stamp from LOTV. I have edged all the pieces with Broken China DI. Added Glamour Dust for the Snow and Ice. Thanks to all challenge groups for the inspiration from their design teams. 

Shiver me Timbers

I do enjoy working from a sketch and over on Sketch Saturday I found I was inspired to make the above card. pop over to their challenge blog to see their rules and the sketch. I do like their sketches in particular for I find them an interesting challenge. Today I made a card for a girl, with the theme of a female pirate from Crafty Sentiments, the skull and cross bones (swords) are from Tandastamps, (sadly no longer in business).

My background papers are from a 12" sq pad from Grace Taylor. Coloured with Promarkers. I added a covering of Glossy Accents onto the skull and swords. Thanks for the lovely inspirational cards and the challenge sketch. 

At CD Sunday Challenges this week Jenny has chosen for our challenge, Shop Till You Drop, thanks Jenny. I have been longing to use something from the Katy Sue Fabulous Fashion CD for a while now. I am so in love with this CD as well as the Fashionable Shoes. The colours are just so vibrant and wonderful and of course the designs are to die for. This card was made with a Shop Template and decoupaged dress from the CD, so I can't claim this to have been designed by me, for it is as it comes, I have merely constructed it, added a few jewels and a sprinkling of glitter here and there.  I do feel though it is worthy of being shown .I look forward to have you have spent your shopping time and the projects you have made for the challenge.

Scentimental - at CD Sunday Challenges

We at CD Sunday Challenges are starting a new month with a wonderful sponsor CD from Jem's Designs - Scentimental - I have chosen to use the Lundborg's Perfume. There are a number to choose from. Please do pop over to the main blog to see the wonderful scented cards from the Design Team. I made an easel card, cutting the main card to fit the pretty shape of the printed image. All papers are from the CD. Additional elements are the pearls, the butterfly, roses, leaves and greeting. I found this a wonderful CD to work with and am greatly looking forward to making more cards. Have fun everyone, I again look forward to visiting your blogs to view your creations.