365 Day 5 & TECC 58

I have made this thankyou card for a very special friend using the sketch 58 from Taylored Expressions and Day 5's challenge from 365 cards to make a thankyou card that can be easily reproduced.

The cards are preprinted K & Co Amy Butler kit, as is the sentiment panel with rub on wording. The other cardstock and alpha stickers are DCWV. The little flower is a Prima and the gem is Papermania.

This is a completely different card for me as I don't 'do' paisley but I quite like this design as it is a bold colouring. I'm really pleased that I was able to colour match with other items I had in my stash.

I can't wait to meet up at the end of the month, not long to go now :)

TECC 54

I've gone and done a daring thing for me - I've turned a sketch round !! OMG :o

This weeks sketch #54 over at Taylored Expressions wouldn't wok well with the shape of the pre-selected stamped image that I had in my folder so I turned it round.

The background paper is Papermania from the Sweet Nothings pack which I inked the edges with an almost dry ink pad. I realise that this is the secret to my inking edges success, it produces much better results :)

The fabric ribbon is Docrafts from a kits I got off QVC. The stamped image came from a swap, I think it may be a Hero Arts one but don't quote me on it. The sentiment panel was produced using the Official Seal Generator.

I used Sakura pens to colour the image and the clear glitter pen has been used to highlight some of the dots on the paper and the parcel on the circle.

TECC 53 - Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenges

Another first for me !! This card was made using the latest sketch 53 over at Taylored Expressions. I have been lurking on this site for absolutely ages now and decided to jump in and make a card.

I didn't use a cupcake for the card though, but I did use the cutest little owls :)

The patterned papers are from Papermania and I cut out 3 likkle flowers and stuck Paperchase blingy crystals in the centres. The mats were cut freehand using templates I made myself and inked around the edges with a small almost dry ink pad. Who needs Nestabilities !!!

The tree is a new rubber stamp due from Papermania but they are actually made by Imaginisce. it has tiny little flowers that I coloured in with a sakura glitter pen but they are difficult to see. The sentiment is a rub on that came free with a magazine. The little owls are from 3d sticker packs that I got from Paperchase. I gave some to the girls I went crafting with yesterday and they loved them too.

I really like this card. I don't usually like green but these Spring Burst papers are so zingy and fresh and I just love the balance of this card.