The Pink Elephant ...Sketch Time...

Monday morning and time for a sketch at The Pink Elephant.  This week our sketch is one by the extremely talented Lori and is a real fun one to work with.  Do pop over to The Pink Elephant to see the amazing creations by the rest of the team and hopefully join in too.

To create my card I used one of the silhouette images from the 'Dancing With Shadows' CD by Joanna Sheen.  I haven't used this CD for ages, but was inspired to do so by the new challenge blog...

CD Sunday, where their very first theme is 'Things with Wings'.

As many of my friends are on the DT I'm hoping that Wendy's brilliant idea of a challenge site using Craft CDs as the starting point for each project will prove very popular.  I'm sure it will as we all have CDs on our shelves that sometimes gather more dust than use.

Other materials used on my card include a Cuttlebug embossing folder, Nellie Snellen flower and leaf punches.  I've also added glitter and tons of tiny gems to make the frame that bit special.

Other challenges...

• One Stop Craft Challenge - also have the theme 'Things with Wings'
• Creative Card Crew - Happy Birthday
• ABC Challenge - Sparkle - not sure how much the gemstones and glitter show on photo but in real life lots

Have a great start to the week everyone.

Ann xxx

Penny Black and more gingham...

I seem to have had quite a craze on checked paper and card this week, which as the challenge at The Penny Black Saturday Challenge  is 'Check it out' turns out to be quite a good thing.  The lilac check card I've used here is by Kanban and is double sided with plain lilac on one side and the check on the other.  Really handy as the colours are a perfect match with no effort involved.  The stamp is one of my NEC purchases - sigh - I love the Penny Black stamps I bought!  I used Promarkers to colour it and then matted on to the card.  The sentiment is from a set of clear sentiment stamps by Hero Arts.

The flowers were made using another NEC purchase (there were quite a few) - my Nellie Snellen flower punches, which not only punch the flower, but emboss it too.  Flower brads were from stash and unbelievably the exact same colour as the card - wow how often does that happen!?

Additional Challenges...

• Sketch and Stash - the sketch (brilliant sketch and one I will use time and time again I'm sure) - new stash is stamp and punches
• Cupcake Craft Challenge - Make your own flowers.
• Magical Crafts - Animal Antics

Training again at work today, so won't be blogging until tonight.  Have a wonderful day everyone.

Ann xxx