Love to you!

Hi there!

How's your weekend so far? I hope you're having fun and lots of time for crafting!

I couldn't believe it when I opened my blog reader this morning and saw that the challenge at Less is more this week is to use mists or sprays. The reason for my delight was that I took time last week to play round with spray paint I bought some time ago at a stationary shop . The sheets of card stock were actually lying on my desk, waiting for something to happen when the challenge went live!

Good sign I think!

I created the striped background by adhering strips of yellow and pink alternating with the sprayed/ misted strips. I then die cut half of the butterfly on the edge (used the negative of that cut) and completed the butterfly on the other side with the positive of another cut.

To complete the layout I used the sketch from Just us girls challenge.

Also adding my link to the Anything goes challenge at Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge.

This is the sketch:


                                                          


Thanks for visiting me today!

Always there

Hi there!

A lazy Friday here in Abu Dhabi. Hubby and I went to the gym early morning, then out for some shopping ( ♥ end of summer sales ♥)  and lunch at a lovely Turkish restaurant. It's just too hot an humid to be outside... so inside it will be...either in a shopping centre or in the house. I really think it is the hottest day of the Summer so far with the real feel temperature reaching 56 degrees C! (132 F)

Ok ... so on to a card I  made yesterday...

And the inside...

My card was inspired by 2 challenges:

Freshly made sketches ~ sketch

Time out challenges  ~ inspiration picture


                                    


The stripes were masked with washi tape and sponged with faded jeans distress ink. The cross panel was embossed with a embossing folder called Asian wave by Couture creations and also sponged with faded jeans distress ink.

The life buoy and sentiment were cut with my Silhouette and the rest of the sentiment (inside and out) created digitally. I wrapped the buoy with a piece of white twine for added interest :)

I saved a digital sentiment for you to use:

That's it for now ...have a great day... and weekend!
Thanks for visiting me :)

Seize the birthday (weather)

Hi there!

I am here to invite you to play at Seize the birthday for the next 2 weeks ... where the topping this time is weather. Include any sunshine, clouds, etc. element/s on your card. Feel free to go with the no topping option, and show us any newly created birthday card!

                                               


Here's my take on the theme:

... and another angle:

To create an interesting background for my weather scene, I folded the bottom part of the card at an angle, to show the lovely polka dots on the flip side. I added a transparent panel on the inside in order to make the card stand upright. The sentiment , sun and clouds were all cut with my Silhouette.

Fonts used: pharmacy and fox in the snow.

The layout of my card was inspired by the sketch at  Less is more.

I am also linking my card to the anything goes challenge at Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge.

Thanks for visiting me today!

Case this sketch #138

Hi there!

It's Thursday !

Time for a new sketch at Case this sketch :)


                                                        


I love this sketch by Chrissy and see myself use this again and again in the future!

I used a mask and stencil I have cut for previous cards... as you can see it's been used a few times!
The black was sponged with Versafine onyx black ink.

The "wild" was cut using the font fox in the snow and "the thing" was created using DK mango smoothie.

I am linking my card to the following challenges:


Cas-ual fridays  ~ pretty patterns (zebra print)

AAA cards ~ maskerade (masking)

Happy little stampers  ~ masking

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge ~ Anything goes


I hope to see you play along at Case this sketch this week... thanks for visiting me today!

Treasure

Hi there!

It is 8 am Wednesday as I am starting to type this post. Just returned from the airport after dropping off our youngest daughter . With Summer holidays coming to an end, she returns to the Netherlands today to start the second year of her International business and management degree. We had a wonderful time together and I miss her already.The house is awfully quiet and now we are looking forward to Christmas to be together again for a short time.

I will treasure every moment of our time together. Maybe that was on my mind yesterday when I picked the sentiment for today's card...

My card was inspired by the current Muse card club challenge where Tracey is the muse this week!

I used the tree as my starting point and added flowers in the same yellow/orange color scheme as Tracey's card. I decided to keep the rest of my card white on white.

The tree and flowers are die cuts from the tree of nature set from Cottage cutz. The sentiment and bird were cut with my Silhouette. I think I have a new favorite font for the Silhouette... it cuts perfectly and is called always in my heart.

I am also sharing my card at Simon says stamp (work it Wednesday) ~ die cuts (3rd entry) and Addicted to stamps ~ CAS.



        


Just before I say good bye... a picture of  Daniélle and I... my Facebook friends already saw the picture over the weekend ;)

Thanks for visiting me today!

Remember to treasure moments together ♥

Casology :Plaid

Hi there !

This week at CASOLOGY we invite you to plaid with us ;)

                                 
                                                     

This is my inspiration :

Close up:

To make my card I used a background pattern from The pixelscrapper. The heart was die cut, colored with promarkers and popped up for dimension. Glossy accents give an extra special touch.

I added a Silhouette cut 'hey' and sweetheart created digitally. Sequins for  the finishing touch.

For more inspiration... go see what my team mates created!


                                                                         Guest Designer: Karen

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross
Hazel Hodgkins
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kimberly Wiener
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Tracey McNeely 

Hope to see your card in the gallery this week!

Thanks for visiting me today ;)

Sketch time at LIM!

Hi there!

It's a very quiet and peaceful Sunday morning and I am here to share a card I made yesterday.

You know I can't resist a great sketch... And this exactly what Chrissie and the team at Less is more are giving us for this week's challenge ... A FABULOUS sketch !

Ever since I bought this double sided polka dot paper , I wanted to do something featuring  a fold somewhere or somehow. Thought this was a great sketch to do just that !
But yes, if you fold the lower part up, the card would not be able to stand... it needs 2 feet just like we to stand up straight... so I added a transparency on the inside . Not only does it make the card stand up straight... It adds cool interest I think ;)
The 'hey' is part of a 3 word phrase from the Silhouette on line store. The friend created digitally and the butterflies were left overs from this card.


                                                   


Thanks for the great inspiration LIM!

Enjoy you Sunday... blessing to you and thanks for visiting me today!

Fresh from the runway!

Hi there!

As promised yesterday... I had another idea for the 200th sketch at Freshly made sketches. In my mind's eye I could see it as a starting point for a card inspired by this week's Runway inspired  challenge.

So here it is... I couldn't decide this time which shot I like best, so I am showing both ;)

The flower is from the Silhouette on line store. Design ID #77150

The fern leaf is a dingbat font. The letter z from Janda flower doodles.

I added liquid gold pearl to the centre of the flower and around the end of the leaf.

I really wish I could tell you that I did the blended background , but unfortunately no... my inking ability doesn't stretch that far! I used the filled gradient function (designer edition provides) to create the background.

To explore the detail of the dress I zoomed in... and noticed that her sandals don't look the same! That's was something new to me!

I used the sketch upside down.

Thanks for looking!

Have a great weekend!

Freshly made #200 !

Hi there!

When I saw the first announcement of the upcoming celebrations at Freshly made sketches, I searched my blog archive to see at which sketch I started to play... I could trace it down to about sketch no 20. Skipped a few here and there... but managed to join in most of the challenges since then!

I always find it a bit scary to go back into my card making history... but on the bright side... it's good to see how much I have learned. Not only about design... but also about taking a decent (I hope) photo of the project! Card making tools and techniques also evolved quite significantly over the last couple of years!

So on to my cards for today. Yes card(s), because how on earth could I stop at one attempt with the given clean-slate-fantastic-sketch?!
I used the same elements, just a couple of color and other subtle changes, and this is how it looks like: You may pick a favorite ;)

Take 1:

Take 2:

Take 3:

Not much to explain...The butterflies were cut with my Silhouette and the loopy border die is from MFT. Cut twice and layer for the first 2 cards and for the last card, I have used glitter fun foam... another great find at a local stationery shop.

I may have one more card up my sleeve ... but this is it for now!



                                                      
Here's to the next 200 sketches... thanks for the fabulous inspiration from all participants!


Thanks for looking :)

Case this sketch #137

Hi there!

There's a new sketch up at Case this sketch ...and it's one I am pretty sure you're going to love!


                                                   

An awesome sketch like this doesn't need too much tweaking ! Here's my take... with more inspiration from THIS CARD made by blog friend Ardyth !

... a look closer by...

To create the cutting file for the tilted panel , I did an offset of the flourish, and welded it into the panel. All that remained to do was to add the flourish and butterfly after the tilted panel was adhered to the card base.

The name of the font of the sentiment is called "sophia" .

I hope to see yout card in the gallery this week!

Thanks for looking ;)