STUCK ON U SKETCHES DESIGN TEAM REVEAL - Feb 27th Sketch - You are my everything

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and the

STUCK ON U SKETCHES

DESIGN TEAM REVEAL SKETCH FOR February 27th.

 

This is a fabulous sketch, Nanne has done a wonderful job.

  I  do hope you visit all the other designers this week for lots more inspiration and give this one a go.

xxx

HOW TO

Choose photos, papers, cardstock and embellishments

Start with a pretty background paper

Add a white doily for the circle

Matt two photos onto cardstock and lightly adhere

Cut out four border trims and attach as per the sketch

I cut out a printed title to attach to one of my borders

I added another small blue doily, cut in half in opposite corners

I also punched out a doily border for one of my strips

I added another die cut lace border beneath the title strip

I then made three large flowers and six small flowers and attached

I used a lacy leaf die underneath one large flower

I added extra roses and mini roses

Cut out three butterflies, attach bodies and adhere

Stamp and cut out three small hearts, attach with foam pads

Print out the small journaling strip and attach

Add pearls to the flower centres.

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SCRAPPY STASH 

Pretty papers - Heartfelt Creations Birds and Blooms Collection

Cardstock, blue, cream and pale green

Large white doily

Small blue doily

Doily punch, large

Decorative Lace border die - H. Creations

Flowers made using stamps and dies from H.C Collection

Lacy leaf die - Arianna Lace, H.Creations

Extra roses from my stash

Blue, white and pink chalk ink

Stamens punch

Mini heart stamp

Foam pads

Butterflies

Stick pins

Pearls

xxx

SOME CLOSE UPS

 

 

 

LINKS

BUTTERFLIES  https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/butterflies/

STICK PIN BODIES http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/hand-made-stick-pins.html

MINI FLOWERS

http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/hand-made-flowers-tutorial.html

LARGE FLOWERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MiIL4M1RKA

HEARTS

https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/hearts/

xxx

MANY THANKS FOR VISITING ME TODAY

HAVE FUN WITH THE SKETCH AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH MY INSTUCTIONS IF YOU LIKE

BYE FOR NOW

xxx

 

 

CARDABILITIES #118 - February 28th - Special Wishes

Hi everyone, welcome to my blog and my last card for CARDABILITIES Design Team.

I am so sad that this will be the end of my four month term.

I have  had a great few months as I really love these sketches and it has been brilliant working with Karan and the team.

So without further ado, here is the latest sketch.



http://cardabilities.blogspot.co.uk/

xxx

HERES HOW
Take a DL card blank, mine is 8x4 inches
Cover the front with pretty paper
Use a template and cut out a shaped top with pretty paper
Matt this onto plain cardstock
Adhere to the top of the card
Cut out one or two banner shapes for the corner
Using scalloped scissors cut out a small border piece of card and adhere as per the sketch
Die cut a small branch, ink the edges and adhere
Cut out a title, matt and adhere with foam pads onto the banners
Cut out a clock face, adhere below the banners and title
Add a pretty button
Start to decorate with mini roses, stamped flowers, butterflies, stick pins etc
I then added stickles to my small flower centres.
xxx
CRAFTY STASH
DL card blank
Pretty papers from Heartfelt Creations
Shaped template
Scallop scissors
Button from my button box
Mini roses
Hand cut pansies from H.C Posy stamp
Mini butterfly punch
Mini hand made stick/hat pins
Golden yellow stickles
Yellow gold mini pearl
Clock face
Purple and green chalk ink
Foam pads
Title from H.C paper pad.
xxx
LINKS
Butterflies 
 https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/butterflies/
Mini flowers http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/hand-made-flowers-tutorial.html
Clock faces
 https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/clocks/
Stick/hat pins
http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/hand-made-stick-pins.html
xxx
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flying-Unicorn/120928447946596
Blog:http://flyingunicornllc.blogspot.ca/
XXX

MANY THANKS FOR VISITING ME TODAY
I HOPE YOU HAVE A GO WITH KARANS BRILLIANT SKETCH
BYE FOR NOW
xxx
 



BERRY71BLEU DESIGN TEAM REVEAL - FEBRUARY MOOD BOARD - Its time for a Hug

Hi everyone and Welcome to my blog and the

BERRY71BLEU February Mood Board Challenge.



BERRY71BLEU

 

Join our February Challenge and share some of the things you love! Our challenge host Dana created this mood board using images that caught her eye on Pinterest. Whether you like birds or butterflies, flowers or feathers, postcards or old books, or something else entirely, just have fun creating a project showcasing the things or people you love. Feel free to incorporate photos, patterns and colors from the mood board in your project, but please do not feel required to use these images. This challenge is specifically about the things you love - no restrictions!



 

THIS IS WHAT I DID.

 

For this challenge I used all the things I love, the flowers, the colours, the butterflies, the lace, hugs  and of course the subject, Jessie!!!

 xxx

 

HERES HOW

 

 

Cut down a pretty paper to 11 x 11 inches, distress the edges

Adhere to a 12x12 inch piece of cardstock

Matt photo onto white cardstock and distress the edges

Matt again and distress the edges

Lightly adhere to the page

Print out some of the digital stamps from CAT FILE STORE

Cut out the ones needed and layer up

Add some lacy die cuts in white card

Stamp and die-cut flowers, birds, leaves, branches and butterflies

Attach the branches, flowers etc down one side of the page and underneath the photo

Add lots of blooms, pearls and little birds

Add mini roses and butterflies

Attach a large butterfly with a stick pin body

Add the cut out heart with the date

Adhere some lace and a fern chipboard piece, painted

Add the title.

xxx

 

Check out the fabulous prizes donated by our generous sponsors:

First Prize: $15 Gift Voucher to the CAT File Store

Second Prize: Art Workshop Kit Club - Pocket Life Kit

 

Sponsors:

CAT File Store

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CAT File was founded in May 2014 as a family business of two people: Pawel and Mira. We are a small online store providing fresh and colorful digital designs: cut files and printables dedicated mostly for scrapbooking purposes. We love documenting our life and CAT File is our way of sharing this passion with others. It's the platform where crafters from all over the world can gather together, find an inspiration and give it. It's also the space that we created for young designers to grow and develop their skills.

Art Workshop Kit Club

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Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/artworkshoppl/art-workshop-kit-club

Instagram: http://instagram.com/artworkshopkitclub

Art Workshop Kit Club, located in Poland, is a joint effort of Agnieszka Arnold, a huge fan of handicraft and the owner of Art Workshop, and Tusia Lech, designer, coordinator of many scrapbooking ventures and owner of 7 Dots Studio. Our main mission, as a Kit Club, is to get your creative juices flowing. Each month we offer unique scrapbooking kits, with great products inside. We carefully choose the products for each kit, so they match each other and inspire you. Each month there are two main kits - Scrapbooking and Pocket Life. In these kits you will find patterned papers from various manufacturers, colored cardstock, 3x4'' and 4x6'' cards, stickers, alphas, stamps, chipboard, strings, ribbons, crystals and coming soon Art Workshop Kit Club exclusive products.

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for shipping costs. Make sure you follow our 

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook pageand Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there! 

Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations this month!

 

 

 

~February Mood Board Challenge~

SOME CLOSE UPS



 

 MANY THANKS FOR VISITING ME TODAY

GOOD LUCK WITH THE CHALLENGE

I HOPE YOU HAD AS MUCH FUN AS I DID AND YOU HAVE A GO.

 

CARDABILITIES DESIGN TEAM REVEAL #117 - 14th February - FOR YOU

Hi everyone and WELCOME to my blog and the Cardabilities Design Team Reveal #117

xxx

HERES HOW

Take a 6x6 card blank and cover with pretty paper

Make some flowers, small, medium and large

Adhere flowers

Add borders, scalloped and straight

Add some stamped stitches 

Die cut and ink some branches and attach

Die cut some lacy leaves, attach

Die cut, two swirls, attach

Die cut a hearts border, add below borders

Die cut the sentiment and attach

Add mini pearls to flower centres.

xxx

CRAFTY STASH 

One 6x6 card blank

Pretty paper- Heartfelt Creations

Flower stamp and die - Sun Kissed Fleur, H.C

Brown chalk ink

Scalloped edge scissors

In Stitches stamp - Prima

Classic leaf die - H.C

Lacy leaves - Arianna Lace die, H.C

Swirly flourishes -  Arianna Lace die, H.C

Sentiment die - Spellbinders Mini dies

Sentiment - Spellbinders Mini Dies

Mini sticky back pearls
 

XXX

MANY THANKS FOR VISITING TODAY, and DONT FORGET THERE ARE PRIZES TO BE WON FROM DIES R US

https://www.diesrus.com/



https://www.facebook.com/diesrus
 

COME BACK SOON FOR A LAYOUT DESIGN

BYE FOR NOW.

xxx

 



STUCK ON U SKETCHES DESIGN TEAM SKETCH REVEAL - Life is Beautiful - 14th February

 

 

Hi everyone, welcome to my blog and the latest

STUCK ON U SKETCHES design team sketch reveal.

 Today we have a fabulous sketch by Nanne.

xxx

http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.co.uk/

XXX

For this layout I have used one of my favourite colour combos, purple and yellow, COMPLIMENTARY colours from my colour wheel, see below for more details.

xxx 

HERES HOW

Cut down a sheet of pretty paper to 11x11 inches and adhere to a 12x12 inch cardstock

Matt photo in matching cardstock

Lightly adhere photo as per the sketch

Start to layer up around the photo as per the sketch, ink the layers as you go

Cut out two black hearts and add stitches around the edges

Start to layer up in the top corner, co-ordinating with the main grouping

 Decorate with flowers, butterflies, mini roses, pearls, leaves etc

Add the title and any journaling

I added a little stamped camera at the end

xxx

SCRAPPY STASH 

Plain cardstock in black, white,  lilac, yellow, green and purple

Pretty papers - Heartfelt Creations Butterfly Medley Collection

Purple, olive green and yellow chalk ink pads

White gel pen

Butterflies

Sticky back half pearls

Mini hearts die - Spellbinders

Flowers and leaves stamp and die sets from the H.C Butterfly Medley Collection

Mini gate die Sizzix

Mini roses in purple and yellow

Medium roses in yellow

Title from the Butterfly Medley Collection

White Arianna Lace Die - H.Creations

Lilac brad from my stash

Small camera stamp - free from craft stamper magazine

xxx

LINKS

Butterflies     https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/butterflies/

Hand made mini flowers   http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/hand-made-flowers-tutorial.html

Colour Wheels here https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/colour-wheels/

xxx

 

 

 

xxx 

MANY THANKS FOR JOINING ME TODAY

DONT FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR OTHER DESIGNERS EVERY DAY THIS WEEK FOR MORE INSPIRATION

BYE FOR NOW

xxx