Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge HLSC #11

Again, I must apologise for being late with my post for the latest challenge over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges. Paul and I went for a lovely weekend away and stayed at an old mill in Somerset, it was so quiet and peaceful and we even went to the seaside :)

We've got our 1st ever sketch challenge this week and Leigh has given us the choice if a simple version or a more fancy one. I had intended to do the simple one but my card sort of grew all on it's own and it was a great sketch to work with.

Leigh has got some great digi's released into the Happi Scrappin' Store this week, however I chose one of the gorgeous digis from last week, Jenny Jeans.

I chose a colour scheme of blue and brown and coloured the image with Promarkers. I cut the image out using the 'Out of The Frame' technique which I have done for the first time following a tutorial I had seen on another challenge blog. I always thought if your Nestie was too small you couldn't use it to cut out your image, how wrong was I? LOL

Anyhoo, the papers are from Creative Cardmaking magazine. The big gems are Paperchase, the little gems and sequin flowers are from a Let's Make Cards pack. The swirl is actually 2 double sided Doodlebug stickers that I have added glitter to. The paper flower was one that I made by cutting a swirl out of a circle. It is the first time have made one of those and I am not sure if it looks right but it has a lot of dimension. I added a bit of silver marker to the edge. The ribbon is a chocolate velvet which feels so lovely and last but not least the sentiment is one that has been recycled from a shop bought card.

Please do take a minute to have a look at the rest of the DT's cards as there are some beauties on there and I hope we will see your entries in our challenge this week.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• Allsorts #91 - Inspired by Nature (flowers)
• A Spoonful of Sugar #140 - Birthday Card
  
• Card Makin' Mama's #15 - Happy Birthday
• Crazy for Challenges #75 - Use a die (nesties)
• Creative Cottage #33 - Fabulous Florals
• Creative Stamp Friends #19 - Checks
• Cupcake Inspirations #99 - Blue & swirls inspired by photo
• Cute Card Thursday #152 - Use Something Shiny (glitter & gems)
• Delicious Doodles #13 - Glitz & Bling
• Digi Doodle Shops Best #57 - Anything Goes
• Digistamps For Joy #13 - Create a card with a Sentiment
• Drunken Stampers #55 - Use a die (Nesties)
• Dutch Dare #17 - Sparkle/Glitter/Bling
• Fairy Knoll #38 - Birthday
• Get Creative With Ann #125 - Birthday
• I Did It Creations #43 - Anything Goes
• If the Shoe Fits FF#67 - Happy Birthday
• Lexi's Creations #34 - Flowers
• Mami Doodles #20 - Flowers
• Meljen's Designs #46 - Happy Birthday with sentiment
• My Sheri Crafts #45 -All about Girls
• One Stitch At A Time #50 - Anything but a Square
• Paper Play #7 - Shiny
• Paper Pretties #141 - Card for a child
• Penny's Paper Crafty #47 - Photo inspiration (colours)
• Pixie Dust Studio #62 - Anything except a Square card
• Quirky Crafts #4 - Use something recycled (sentiment from a shopbought card)
• Samuel Taylor Challenge - use Promarkers or Copics
• Scrap Creations - Birthday
• Simon Says Stamp - Make Your Own Embellishment (paper Flower)
• Squigglefly #86 - Digi and something beginning with D (dies/nesties)
• Stamp It Crazy - Free For All
• Stampin' With The Dragon - Happy Birthday
• Stamps R Us #15 - For The Girls
• There's Magic in The Air - Child's Birthday Card
• Top Tip Tuesday #23 - Bling
• Totally Papercrafts #54 - Do it With Digi
• Tuesday Throwdown #37 - 3D (embellishments & image raised on foam)