One layer of cardstock...

This card is for the challenge at http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ where everyone has been asked to use only one layer of cardstock. A great chance to keep it simple and use my Fiskar's Shapeboss to do some embossing.

I also managed to use Stamp number 5 from the Hampton Arts grab bag - only another 95 to go!! I coloured directly on to the stamp using Marvy Le Plume pens. I found the image looked better kept simple rather than adding anymore colour after stamping.

Materials used:

• unmounted rubber stamp by Hampton Arts
• Marvy Le Plume markers
• water colour white card
• silver sentiment and border peel offs
• lilac bow from stash
• tag die cut

Simply Sparkling Cuttlebug Sketch...

My sketch is from this week's challenge at http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/ . The cuttlebug challenge blog is one of my favourite challenge sites as there is always something new to look at. It's really well worth visiting so if you haven't been do pop over there and have a look at the great tutorials and designer cards.


I used a glitter card for my squares and added bling to the snowflakes so I'm hoping my card is also acceptable for the challenge at http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ where the theme is 'sparkling' to go along side our November 5th celebrations.

Materials used:

• Blue pearlescent base card
• silver mirri card for matting and layering
• soft white semi glitter card
• snowflake die cuts and punchies combined with some Jolees
• silver border and sentiment peel offs
• gems from stash
• wizard square die - standard

Hand drawn element + sketch...

The challenge at http://artygirlzchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ is to use a hand drawn element in your design and it doesn't have to be something elaborate which is perhaps as well in my case!!

I had already started work on this fantastic sketch at http://cutie-sunday.blogspot.com/ and really needed to make my green layer on the card match the rest of the papers.

Using a black marker I drew the irregular square on to the green paper to match the cream layer and then used a fine tipped pen to draw the stitching line all the way round. I was really pleased when my daughter thought the paper was already made that way - yeah it must be a good match.

The green bauble is a clear stamp by a company called Stamptivity and is stamped on to the green paper, cut out and then topped with a bow. All the other images and main frame were cut from papers in my stash which I believe were originally from the English Paper Company.

Materials used:

• white base card
• papers from stash
• clear stamp by Stampivity
• green organza ribbon
• black card