Single Rose RSVP

The challenge at Beccy’s Place this month is anything goes with one of Beccy’s images. I was very fortunate to win the Rose Bouquet Set last month and felt it would be particularly appropriate to use this set for my card this month.

My favourite image is the Single Rose, just sheer perfection and so very detailed. My favourite colour of rose is yellow but as I had just made a card recently with the same colours I went more towards the pink spectrum for a change.

I used Promarkers to colour my image and added darker colours to the centre of the rose and petal edges. I used a border due from Crafter’s Companion for the trim at the bottom and layered it up with 3d foam.

I used a sketch from CAS Colours and Sketches for the layout. The paper is a Pink Petticoat one from a magazine freebie. The ribbon is a scrap from DCWV and the sentiment is a rub on from Royal & Langnickel.

We have been invited to another wedding reception and I needed to do an RSVP for it so I felt this image would be perfect for it. I don’t do CAS very often as it is I really have to fight the urge not to fill the space up with an embellishment but at least the paper is pretty and not covered up with loads of added elements and of course the image is perfection and needs very little to complement it anyway J

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – 5” Square

Image – Single Rose by Beccy’s Place

Paper – Pink Petticoat magazine freebie

Sentiment – Rub on from Royal & Langnickel

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Crafter’s Companion Grace Frame border die, 3d foam pads

Embellishments – DCWV Ribbon

Techniques – Diecutting

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• 613 Avenue Create – #21 Anything Goes
• Beccy’s Place – May Anything Goes Challenge
• Rhedd & Rosie’s - #7 Blooming Lovely
• CAS Colours & Sketches - #26 Sketch for Layout
• CDAC Seasonal Fun – Weddings (RSVP card)
• Challenges 4 Everybody  – #21 Anything Goes
• Craftin Desert Divas - #7 Ribbon or Twine
• Crafting For All Seasons - #52 Think Pink
• Crafty Blogger’s Network - #11 Bingo Board (Diecut/punch, Flowers, Ribbon)
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Blooms & Blossoms
• Crafty Ribbons - #46 Anything Goes With Ribbon
• Crazy Challenge - #146 Use a Sentiment
• Creative Belli Challenge - #170 Flowers (rub ons are about 8 years old!)
• Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes
• Emerald Faeries - #43 Ribbons
• Everybody Art – #237 Flowers
• Freshly Brewed Designs – Flowers
• Hobbycutz Challenge – #7 Flowers/Roses
• Inspire Me Fridays - #104 Anything Goes
• Kaboodle Doodles - #173 Anything Goes
• Lacy Sunshine - #9 Anything Goes
• Make It Monday –  #142 Anything Goes
• Milk Coffee Challenge – Flowers
• One Crazy Stamper – Flowers
• Ooh La La Creations  – Inspired by Nature
• Outlawz Saturday Paper A La Mode – PAM05252013 Anything Goes
• Paper Creators Crafts - #9 Anything Goes
• Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover – #90 Anything Goes
• Passion For Promarkers - #199 Anything Goes
• Pause Dream Enjoy - #11 Use Foam Tape
• Pumpkin Spice - #21 Anything Goes
• Shelly’s Images TTT – Show us What You Got
• Sister Act Card Challenges - #8 Anything Goes
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - #153 Clean & Simple
• Word Art Wednesday - #81  Anything Goes

Beccy's Place Thinking of You

I have been a follower of Beccy’s Place for a long time and am therefore lucky to have collected a large number of free images. I am however ashamed to admit that upto now I have only ever coloured one in L I keep intending to join in the monthly challenges and never seem to get round to it so I made a special effort for this one. The challenge this month is to use any floral image from Beccy’s Place.

The one I have used was a freebie (still available!) and I have based the colours of red and black on the roses vellum background which is a very deep red with black in it. I coloured the rose on the image/sentiment to match and created many layers for the vellum base and the image. I used Fiskars punch to create the layered element on the left hand side and added some ribbon and a bow. I added 2 gems to the corners and declared it finished. I added some glossy accents to the flower and leaves but not sure that you can see it very well in the photo.

I am trying to get myself better organised and have created a schedule which should allow be to be better focused on what needs making and when. I like to have a balance between DT work but also with other projects I want to work on and thus far my list is allowing me to be more structured with my creativity and get more projects done. Time will tell if this continues……

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – DL Letter

Image – Thinking of You by Beccy’s Place

Paper – Red Rose Vellum by Artoz

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Fiskars Punch

Embellishments – Glossy Accents, gems from Dovecraft, ribbon by Papermania, ribbon bow recycled from an old Christmas Card

Techniques – Punching, recycling

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• Allsorts - #203 A Passion for Flowers
• Beccy’s Place – April Challenge Flowers
• Bloggers Challenge – In Bloom
• Card Makin’ Mamas – Ribbon
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Colour Me Creative – All About Red
• Crafts 4 Eternity – #120 May Flowers
• Crafty Ribbons - #44 Anything Goes With Ribbon
• Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes
• Cupcake Craftroom – Summer Blooms
• Docerela Creations - #36 Flowers
• Lexi’s Creations - #88 – Lace and/or Ribbons
• Make It Monday –  #137 Anything Goes
• One Stop Crafts - #225 Not Square
• Pumpkin Spice - #16 Meaningful Sentiment
• Sparkle & Sprinkle – Use a Digi
• Speedy & Friends - #156 Punched Borders
• Squigglefly – #16 May Flowers
• Wags ‘n Whiskers - #102 May Flowers

Beccy's Place Penguin

I have been a follower at Beccy’s Place for a long time and she is so generous giving away her freebies. I have to be completely honest and say that although I have been collecting them I am ashamed to say that I have not previously coloured one up and actually made a card with one. Last year I didn’t make many cards other that doing DT work and I am trying to re-dress the balance this year and make more cards for my own pleasure as well.

I am entering Beccy’s challenge for the 1^st time, thus forcing myself to use more images from other designers J

I am consciously making a big effort to get my Christmas cards made earlier this year and I do love this little fella. He is a freebie called Penguin from Beccy’s Place and is still available here. I coloured him up with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and used the outside of an Oval die to cut the shape out, inking around the edge with a small almost dry ink pad.

I have used a sketch from Sweet Stop for the layout. The snowflake paper is a Crafter’s Companion freebie from a magazine pullout, the stripy card is a glittered one from a DCWV drawer set that I had years ago from QVC. I cut 2 rectangles into the cross shape to piece together so have the opposite pieces to use on another card.

The snowflake dies are from Spellbinders. I purchased these in a sale for only £9.99 and this is the 1^st time I have used them. I LOVE LOVE LOVE snowflakes and when I saw these at such a bargainous price I knew that some of my Christmas pennies were going to buy them. I am sure you will see them a lot…… I have used oddments of glitter card and different blues to make them, adding 3d foam squares and gemstones. The sentiment is recycled from a store bought card.

Woohoo, that’s another Christmas card done J

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Penguin from Beccy’s Place

Sentiment – Recycled from a Christmas Cards

Paper – Crafter’s Companion and DCWV
Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Spellbinders Build A Snowflake dies, small ink pad

Embellishments - Gems, Glossy Accents

Techniques - Die Cutting and distressing

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• Anything Goes - #85 Monochrome
• Artistic Inspirations – #26 Anything Goes
• Beccy’s Place – January Challenge
• CDAC Seasonal Fun – Snow over the last week, lots of it (no penguins though!)
• Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ - #2 Cold & Frosty
• Christmas Cards All Year Round – Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Creations  – #206 take 2 (DP, blue gems)
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Monthly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• Creative Craft World BTCR – Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes
• Hanna & Friends - #163 Snowflakes
• I Love Promarkers - #152 Anything Goes
• Jen’s Digi Stamps – Blue Silver & White
• Love To Create – #50 Anything Goes With Sentiment
• Milk Coffee Challenge – Snowflakes & Sparkle
• Moving Along With The Times – Bling It On
• Order of the Opus Gluei - #149 Bring on the Bling
• Perfect Sentiment – #63 Blue Silver & White
• Sweet Stop - #195 Sketch for Layout
• Twisted Tuesday - #2TC42 Free For All
• Word Art Wednesday - #64 Anything Goes