Charlotte's teddy

Made this for a neighbours little girl for her 4th birthday. Its for a Pot Luck challenge on StampTV we were asked to use punches, Coluzzle etc..... but no Nestie on this challenge.

Thank you for looking ... Jose

Silver embossing

I embossed both my pieces of navy cardstock with silver embossing powder, the smaller pieces way layer with white card and attached with foam pads, the corners had red flat pearls attached, and the card was finished with a knotted red ribbon.

This card is for a challenge on stampTV where I had to follow a sketch.

There is also a challenge on No time to stamp which called for heat it up! embossing.

Stamp Something challenge this week is 'my favourite' and that at the moment is embossing

Thank you for looking

Jose

In the Pink

For my card I used one of my cuttlebug folders for the first time, its the leafy branch, and after embossing my brown card with it I roughen it up with a pan cleaner, to get the distressed look. The flowers were made from a Provo Craft die cut, and the circles punched out with my leather punch. The sentiment was computer generated in pink and then embossed with clear powder. I used my scallopped scissors to finish off the edge, and finally pink ribbon threaded through a white beaded buckle. I was inspired by a card I saw while blog hopping, I am afraid I dont know where I saw the card but if anyone does please let me know and I will give credit.

This fits the Pink Elephant challenge where we had to use ribbon and die cuts

One stop Craft challenge where we could not use any designer paper

ABC challenge where this week it was D for distressing

and Stamp TV where the colour challenge was to use Pink and one neutral colour.

Thank you for looking ... Jose

Purple Iris

I have just joined StampTV and there was a sketch challenge starting today, this also fits the bill for the challenge at Tag You're it, using swirls and circles. I coloured my Iris with whisper pens, bringing one petal over the green layer and onto the white card. Used QuicKutz flourish for the swirls and finished off with green ribbon and 3 circle flat pearls. The sentiment was computer generated using Park Avenue BT font.
Thank you for looking ... Jose

Purple Get Well

Penny Black Challenge again, this time a Get well card, I used Penny Black stamp called 'Bright Wing' stamped it 4 times and embossed it, coloured it with purple whispers. the 'Get Well' message was computer generated using purple and then embossed with clear embossing powder. The backing paper was a good quality wrapping paper, and finished off with ribbon.

For the insert, I used a border from Microsoft publisher and finished it off with a purple butterfly stamp in the corner.

Thank you for looking ... Jose

3D Challenge

Stamp Somethings challenge this week is to create a 3D something... so I have used one of my Penny Black stamps coloured with whisker pens and a few dots of Stickles gold, the butterfly is a peel off stuck onto vellum, coloured to match the card, cut out and then creased so that the wings come forward, and then the body stick to the card to give the 3D effect, cant say I am that please with the butterfly I think the black makes it look a bit heavy! The sentiment is computer generated.

Thank you for looking. Jose

Christmas and Birthday card Challenge

This weeks challenge on Just Christmas and Birthday cards. The challenge is a sketch by Amanda, so I used my stamps from the stampin up set City of David, embossed the picture and the sentiment in gold, I used Whisper pen to colour the picture, layered both with orange card and made a flower with orange and brown card using my Provacraft die cuts, used a bit of gold Stickles on the flower, there is also some in the centre of the flower which doesnt show in the photograph, and added gold ribbon.

Thank you for looking ..... Jose

Circle card

I have been really lazy this year, just cant get into cardmaking, and when I saw the Penny Black challenge I though OH NO! I have never made a circle card, but thought I ought to make an effort so here it is... I used an image kindly given to me by Jo she makes some gorgeous cards, Im struggling a bit using H2O's but they say practise makes perfect, well I can tell you I have a long way to go. Used my swiss dot cuttlebug folder for the backing card, and finished it off with a bow.

Thank you for looking

Jose

No stamping challenge

This weeks challenge at Stamp Something the challenge is actually to make something without using a stamp, so I opted to use Peel-offs and I layered these onto acetate, and then layered them onto white card and then black card, then used foam pads to layer them onto my card, this was something I was shown at one of my card groups last year and though how nice it looked. The base card is actually white although it doesn't show up as white in my photograph.

Thank you for looking
Jose

Happy New Year

I am wishing all my readers a 'Happy New Year' ...

And Now down to my first challenge of 2009 ... the subject this week is embossing it can be a card, atc, altered art etc... as long as you include at least one Penny Black stamp.

So I chose to use my Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, and the Penny Black stamp I used is called 'Sweet Talk'

Thank you for looking ... Jose

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

I would like to wish everyone who visits my blog a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year. I used the Clutterbug 'Winter House' embossing folder, layered on red card and then some gold bead stars were added and green ribbon (sorry in the picture it looks black).
Jose

Beading

Sorry I have not been here recently, I have been away on holiday, and while away I did a course on beading with Barbara Harvey, who writes for several magazines like Quick and Crafty and Crafts Beautiful. We had great fun, and I managed to come home with 2 necklaces, both have ear rings to match. Thought you might like to see them so here they are.


This is strung on Tigertail, the beads are pearls are fresh water pearls and swarovski crystal beads
For this I used tigertail again, crimps keep the swarovski crystals and the black beads in place.
Thank you Barbara for fun clases.

Jose