Scrapville Sketch

After having a break for a couple of months I'm now back on board at Scrapville, just in time for the September/October card sketch. You have to be in it to win it so get scrapping/card making for your chance to win some scrappy goodies! Here's the card sketch from Anita for this month:

This is for my little niece's first birthday in November - I can't believe she's almost one...and I've still not met her in the flesh. Thank goodness for Skype eh?

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with - 'pumpkin time' is midnight, October 14th.

Thanks for popping by,

Claire

Play Date Cafe Again

Hello bloggers,

Just a quick post to show what I've done for this weeks Play Date Cafe challenge:

I found this a really tricky colour combo to work with so kept it all to a minimum. The daisy is a die-namics die - it's the first one I've made but I love how it's turned out. The wooden scroll is Kaisercraft, which I've coloured with moss ink and the sentiment is Waltzingmouse. I've been seeing a lot of that woodgrain embossed background lately and, it just kind of fell into my basket at the local craft shop at the weekend....that's the problem with blogging, you see way too many tempting products you want to buy!

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

Kaisercraft Saturday Sketch #3

Morning Scrappers!

Since it's probably going to be the last one for a long time, it occurred to me that there'll be even less chances for me to get out of the 'Mum' clothes and dress up. Yes, there'll still be birthdays and dinners out but Australia is pretty relaxed and I'm definitely a jeans type of girl!

So I thought I'd scrap a picture of myself out of 'Mum mode' - in other words, out of the joggers, jeans, t-shirts and other daggy clothes that  we all wear, simply because we know that by the end of the day we'll be just as dirty as the kids.

I flipped the sketch and mainly used stuff from the Peachy Keen 6x6 paper pad. I've been playing around with embossing on vellum for my cards recently, so thought I'd use the same technique on a scrapbook page. The vellum has been stamped in Versamark using the Kaisercraft script stamp and then embossed in white and I've stitched around the edges to make it stand out more against the patterned paper. I've also hidden a photo under the main pic to show how I usually dress - told you it was daggy.

Well, it's the weekend so I'm off to put on an old pair of jeans and t-shirt, make no effort with my appearance whatsoever and look after the kids!

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

Waltzingmouse Challenge #116

Hello fellow bloggers!

Time for another card for the Waltzingmouse sketch challenge:

I decided to do a bit more embossing against the vellum again, this time with the Musical Backgrounds set. I've also used the birdcages and sentiment from Asian Gardens, together with the Frame It set. Instead of putting the sentiment in the usual space I've 'hung' the birdcage there by stitching it to the frame. For those not familiar with this stamp set, my explanation's probably as clear as mud!!

Happy stamping everyone and thanks for stopping by again,

Claire x

Getting Fresh on a 2nd Date

If the mojo's flowing, you just have to keep going don't you? So I've done another card for this weeks Play Date Cafe challenge, together with this sketch from Freshly Made (#FMS53):

It's a little different to the sketch but all the elements are there - just a different size and in a different place. The most difficult thing was stamping all those cupcakes in a straight line...definitely something I couldn't do after a glass or two of wine. But then, maybe the wonky look would also work!

Happy crafting and thanks for popping by,

Claire x

It Will be All White

G'day fellow card makers!

So I keep seeing lots of blogs with beautiful, simple cards that have been inspired by the CASology challenge blog. I've always wondered what this CAS thing is and it turns out it means Clean and Simple. Ok, so I'm a little slow on the uptake.

For this weeks challenge the cue word is 'white'. There seems to be a real trend at the moment for simple cards with heaps of white space. I love it - but I never seem to be able to get it to work on my own cards and I always end up with heaps of layers.

Anyway I had to have a go at this as there's some beautiful, inspiring stuff in the gallery:

I've used my Frame It Waltzingmouse Stamp again - get used to it as it's going to be around a lot! I then lined up a few rows of white butterflies with a pink one slap, bang in the middle. For the background I've stamped a Kaisercraft script on some vellum and embossed it in white.


Can't wait to have a look at what everyone else has done! Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

Another Date at the Cafe

Tan and brown seem to be popular colours for card challenges this week. Play Date Cafe have set these colours with flamingo pink so I whipped out the Frame It set from Waltzingmouse again and did this one:

I used some MME paper for the background and an ancient cuttlebug die -  a framed square I bought about 7 years ago. I cut 4 of the frames using the same paper and placed them on the background for a bit of detail.  I'm just loving this set as it's so versatile.

Just a quick post today - the kids have to eat. I guess that's more important....

Cheers,

Claire x