Stamptacular Sunday - Colour Challenge

arrgggh silly blogger I had this post scheduled but it appears that it sent it to drafts again....

Anyhow this week at Stamptacular Challenges we have a colour challenge for you..Bright Pink, Black, Cream and Tan, with no other colours allowed.  Well at first I thought easy these are my favorite colours then I realised that I actually did not have much in the way of Papers that suited the colour challenge and then I think I over thought it and ended up making a card that I like just not love. I have since decided that I do not like colour challenges and much prefer a sketch challenge.

So we have some fantastic sponsors for you this week being:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

 

PRIZE: $20 Gift Certificate; winner pays shipping!

AND

ELISABETH BELL DIGIS

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 2 Digi Images!

Here is my card...

Now don't forget to pop over to Stamptacular and check out the Dt's projects. I can assure you that there is some simply stunning work there.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time

 

I think my MOJO is slowly creeping back

I was on such a good roll the other week with my cards making lots and really enjoying them then all the sudden my mojo disappeared and I came to a complete stop! I LOVE making cards but for some reason the last week I have had no desire to go make cards, now whether this was because I was not feeling too great over the week, had some very distressing news about my Oma and also was out of sorts with the kids going back to school I am not sure. However on Wednesday it was slowly creeping back and I managed to colour up my new magnolia and by yesterday I managed to make her into a card! It is my gorgeous niece's birthday tomorrow so I had the perfect reason to make a card using my new stamp.

I have made my card using this weeks sketch from Friday Sketchers and added some dimension, something I have not been doing a lot of lately my cards have not been layered up in height (I used to always do this) here is a side pic to give you a better idea...

I am also entering this card into this weeks challenge at Make It Colourful which is a colouring challenge, using shadows and depth in you colouring. I think I have managed this.

I resisted the urge to use my Webster papers and went back to some old favorites my October Afternoon papers. I just felt that they suited the image well and as my card is for a 5 year old I wanted it to have a younger feel to it. Anyhow she loved her card to mission achieved!

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

Tuesday throw down - buttons

Magnolia stamp lovers - glitter ( the balloon is but the photo does not really show it)

Craft us crazy - anything goes

Robbie's at a party at the pool at the moment and Mick and Lizzie have gone along so they could have a swim so I have a few hours up my sleeve, wonder if my MOJO will allow me to make a start on another card? Time will tell I imagine.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time xoxo

Ingredients -

Stamp - Magnolia coloured using copics (sorry did the other day so cant remember what colours I used)

Papers - October afternoon

Embellishments - ribbon, lace, buttons, glitter and flowers

Other elements - Tilda's lace die, nestabilities, paper piercing and faux stitching

Inkspirations Colour Challenge #13

What a wet weekend we have had here in Melbourne. Yesterday was the big Grand Final Day and for all the Geelong supporters out there congratulations on your win in the Grand Final yesterday. I did not watch the match but did get glimpses here and there and from what I could see The Saints played really well and the game was very close the whole way through.

 

Today  we had a party for my beautiful niece Caitlyn and her Dad, Andy and Mum organised a party with an animal farm. Weather aside it was a great party and the kids loved patting all the animals. I was very disappointed as I forgot to take my camera, I am sure I have missed out on some great scrapbooking pages LOL!

 

That is enough about me now lets get down to business. Today I decided to play along with Keesha's colour challenge as it suited the stamp that I wanted to use. Here is the colour challenge:

 

 

So the card, well I purchased a while back it’s called "to catch a big fish" from the Sugar Nellie range from Funky Kits. The biggest surprise for me with this card is that I came up with the layout all by myself, not sketch's to lead me. I am very happy with the way the card came out. So I suppose I better let you have a look at it LOL!

 

Well anyhow that is all from for now I have to go make some dinner for the kids and me. I will hopefully be back later tonight or tomorrow with a pic of the card I made for Caitlyn's birthday.
Till next time xoxo