autumn card

i am loving the colour challenge over at just add ink this week 

soooo not my colours but i love a challenge :)

 

with all those autumnly colours i thought why not a autumn card 

using a leaf die i have had sitting around for just such an occasion

i placed them in a card in a box to get a 3d effect

 i sponged the outside using a stencil from the sheet of card that i cut the leaves from 

to make the coloured card i inked up a glass mat with the challenge colours,

spritzed it with water to smoosh it all together

and then laid the paper on top of it.

i dried it quickly with a heat gun

and then die cut what i needed out of the sheets

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a pretty lady

over at colourQ this week is a colour challenge 

using wisteria wonder, peach parfait, cool caribbean, and certain celery.

when i saw those colours i knew i had to make this lady

that had been rummaging around in my crafty brain lol

 she was made with the following

xl oval-arms, hat

11/4" circle-face, stomach, hat

bow builder-bow

itty bitty flower-flowers

owl-eyes

heart-bust

scalloped oval-hair

tasteful trim-dress trim

now you peeps with the sharp eyes will probably go
oh my..she hasn't used the right colours!!!
and you would be right :)
i didn't have all those colours so used as close as i had

and here is the inside.

this is going to an inky friend of mine who is celebrating her birthday this month

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just add ink #248 just add colour

woohoo!!

a colour combo from the ladies at just add ink

am loving these colours!

it was wet and wild here yesterday so i got the chance to blob out in the craft room and get my mojo on

i had been to the library and gotten some crafty books out for some inspiration and had been meaning to make some of the stuff inside them

this challenge was perfect for one of them

 here is the plain outside of the card

 inside though it is a variety of card stock and papers making a paris scene using a pop up idea

i have the eiffel tower, arc de triomph amongst the buildings plus a hot air balloon in the sky

 here are the mechanics of it all using leftover strips of dsp to make them pop out

 the book i got the idea from and instructions below

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5 birthday cards

here are some more cards i have made for another client. she wanted 5 very different ones that used flowers or natural elements. i started with colour as my inspiration as i figured that would be an easy way to get 5 different cards. i also went to one of my favourite websites http://www.pagemaps.com/cards.htm for some layout ideas. i have used mostly su stuff but i have also delved into my stash to get some other cool stuff that seriously needs to be used up!!!

this one used some flowery border thingy i had that was already cut out and ready to go so i tunred it into a little scene with vellum clouds and a 3d sun. not my favouritest card in the whole wide world but it turned out how i pictured it in my head. this one came from the 3d sticker in my stash which very cooley matched the su dsp i had. the top bit has been cuttlebugged with the spotty embossing sheet and some pretty su felt flowers to top it off. have been trying to upload the rest of the images but for some reason blogger doesn't want them...ho hum will just have to leave you guessing then hey?!