Sketch for Tilda & Co Challenge

This card is for this week's challenge at http://magnoliachallengeblog.blogspot.com/. Great sketch to have a go at and fantastic blog candy on offer for one lucky person.

The punched circle framing Tilda was made using a Fiskar's circle punch - first time I've used it and I'm quite pleased with the effect. My daughter bought me quite a few of these in a sale a little while back and to be truthful I had forgotten I had them (too much stuff - who's spoilt? - me never!). I really must 'challenge' myself to use things I buy!

Red, Black and White...

This week the challenge at http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ was to use red, black and white in a project. My own personal challenge at the moment is to try and use up some of the bits and bobs left over from cards I've made in the past. Sometimes I stamp extra images or create some decoupaged pieces and then store them carefully, but as my collection of small bits of paper and half completed items grows I really think I ought to get some of these things used.

On this card the numbers were some I stamped and decoupaged a while ago. The stamps I used are part of a set from Make your Mark in York. The backing paper is from DCWV and was also a small piece left from another project and the embossed numbers were made using the numbers cuttlebug folder.

90th Birthday - card 2

As the card maker in the family I also needed to make a card for Mum to give my Auntie today. I decided to use the last of the silhouette images I printed last week. This one is a lovely image of some children playing with a flower garland and like the other silhouette images I have been using it is from the CD 'Silhouette Magic' CD by Ooh-la-la-Creations.

Sorry for the poor quality of the picture - it is really hard to take photos of acetate cards. I think it's actually possible to see the reflection of the camera on this one!!

Our challenge at http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ this week is to create a card using acetate. Quite a few people have said they would like to try this so alongside our card examples there is a write up of how my card was made. So do pop along there and give a acetate a try out.