Entering two card challenges. The Sisterhood of crafters and FMS # 519

Today I'm sharing a card which I'm entering in two challenges,

something I've not done before.

The Sisterhood of Crafters asked us to use the colour Blue,  my favourite colour.

I also used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #519.

The base of my card was made with an embossing folder from Simon Says Stamps, "Kaleidoscope".

The popped up square is from Spellbinders, "Pierced squares".

I stamped the flowers by Stampin' Up, "Flower Up" onto Yupo and colored them with Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink, "Stonewashed".  The lighter tones were achieved by added more fixative.

I added Prima, "Say it with crystals" to the centre of the flowers for a bit of sparkle.

Unfortunately I don't know the name of the silver leaves, as they were a gift from a scrappy friend.

Thanks for calling in to say G'Day.

Keep safe and stay well.

A trio of cards

 Hello creative friends.  Today I'm sharing three cards with you.

The first is for the Clean and simple Card Challenge on FB.

This style is not something I attempt often, but I do love the look and thought I'd give it a try.

I used pale gold card stock for the die cut hearts which are from Impression Obsession.  The quote is from Tim Holtz Small talk.

I'm really happy with the way it turned out.

The second is for Freshly Made Sketches #518

The Happy Birthday die is from My favourite Things

and the little bloom was a gift from a Scrappy friend.

The green card stock has been in my stash for at least ten years!

The third is for a colour challenge with Color Throwdown #675

I used a Spellbinder die, "Romantic Rectangle"

 and a stamp from Carabelle Studio, ""Mini Fleurettes"

Thanks for calling in to say G'Day, keep safe and stay well.

CSI Tenth Birthday Challenge - Christmas Wishes

 Hello again creative friends, two scrapbooking challenges in two weeks! 

 I was invited to contribute to the tenth Birthday celebrations for CSI, during January, this is Case File 379.

I was part of the Design Team at CSI during 2012, through to 2015, a time when I learnt so much and met talented artists from around the world.  Debbi Tehrani, who owns and runs the challenge was the first to offer me a place on a design team and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity.

  The challenge has a Case File with scene, evidence, topic and color scheme. Then you make a scrapbooking layout using the Case File as your inspiration.

This Christmas, after months and months of not seeing are smallest Grand Girls, we were lucky that they came from Melbourne to sleep over on Christmas Eve and be with us for all the hoopla and parcel opening in the morning.

It really did feel like Christmas to see the joy on their faces and hear their gratitude for the gifts they received.

I began by cutting the Christmas trees on my Silhouette Cameo, it's from Paige Taylor Evans and is called Christmas tree border.

The collection I used to back the cut file is from Cocoa Vanilla, "Merry and Bright"

The title was cut three times on my Silhouette and then triple hot embossed with ultra thick embossing powder. 

I used the colour palette suggested and added a tiny bit of salmon pink (under the 10%) allowed.

Evidence

Dots, wood, trees, heat embossing, yarn, chevron, triangles, die cuts, ink in the background (the stars), sprinkle something (ink on the journalling)

Testimony

I used a prompt from Daydreaming on Paper about what I wish/hope for the next generation.

Thanks for calling in to say G'Day.

Keep well and stay safe.