Pocket Watch

Here's a simple card I made using some Hunkydory products that I won in one of their competitions. As the focal point is a pocket watch, I'm joining in with Cards 4 Guys challenge 16 - Time

It's such a simple card I can't really think of anything else to say about it!

Proud as a peacock

The peacock feather papers I have used here have been in my craft stash for many years. I think they date back to when Artylicious used to have a club and sent out monthly paper packs. I knew I'd get round to using them one day! The domed topper is a peel-off sticker coloured in with gel pens, and the double ended feather panel was stamped with Versamark then brushed with pigment powders. Originally it was going to be on a purple background but the feathers didn't show up very well.

I'm playing along with the Alphabet Challenge, F is for Feathers.

Bear and a bike

This week's image at Pinspirational challenges is this pretty bicycle and flowers photo

I have used this cute "Pickles and Podge" decoupage from the CD "The best of La Pashe 2012"  along with lots of bits and pieces from my "too small to be much use but too nice to throw away" box (we DO all have one of those boxes, don't we?)

A stitch in time

Here is a card for a crafty friend who prefers stitching and sewing to stamping and sticking (how could she???). Apart from the doyley, all the embellishments are from the Crafter's Companion CD "Die'sire Embossalicious resources" and the knitting embossing folder is from the same range.

This week at CD Sundays the theme is "For someone special" and I'm playing along.

Dragonflies again

I love to craft with all kinds of designs and motifs, but my favourite of all is the dragonfly. I must have a couple of dozen different dragonfly stamps, in different shapes and sizes. It's a motif I keep coming back to over and over again.

To make this card, I masked off the two outer thirds of the card and sponged all the colours from a Kaleidacolour "Caribbean sea" separately into the unmasked area. Then I spritzed it with water to blend the colours and create a slightly grungy, textured watery looking background.

When it was dry I removed the masking and stamped three small dragonflies in the central panel with  a small sentiment at the bottom

I'm joining in with Casual Fridays CFC 131 - Three Thirds
and Addicted to CAS #37 - Grunge

Simple but sparkly

This week's challenge at Less Is More is this sketch

 

I used die cut circles in silver and white, embossing the white on with Swiss Dots. and added two gorgeous parchment flowers that were part of a challenge prize from CD Sundays. The greeting is a simple peel off, saying "Happy Anniversary" - if I was making this for a particular anniversary I'd add the number in silver die cuts on the central circle.

 

 

Wheels in motion

At Cards 4 Guys, challenge #15 is Wheel Fun and this is the card I have made for the challenge. The toppers and the patterned background card are Kanban ones I've had for some time - I think they were part of a Create and Craft freebie. I decided to make this style of card - I think it's called a shutter card - because men tend not to be impressed with lots of embellishments but give them a card with a bit of engineering to it and they will spend hours opening and closing, folding and refolding it to try to work out how it was done.