elite challenges for may

every month the elite stampers have a couple of challenges set by the ever lovely carol and i always fail epicly at getting them done however this month i seem to have done them-woot! go me!

first is a sketch challenge thought i might use some only orange and the "that's funny" stamp set and turn it ito an easel card next was a colour challenge-razzleberry, baja, not quite navy and artichoke thought i would be a bit different and make a cute little back pack bag the little button were made using the cool button die template can be found here the final challenge was to use the medallion stamp which is just so so so so cool and i think i want to marry it and have it's babies (note to self: ask steve first) here i used gold embossing powder and lightened up the background with a bit of white and added a build-a-brad okies-leave a comment to say hi cheers ears

thank you cards

this week i have been busy making thank you cards for a customer she gave me a limited colour palette to work with so they would complement her products. she also wanted them to be simple, original yet also traditional with plenty of texture and depth here's what i came up with i am not sure which one is my favourite but i quite like the last one with the 3d bird in the cage. i used some acetate to stamp the bird cage onto so i could attach it to the birdie and make it stand out better if you are a savvy su person you will also notice that most of my card sketches were cases from the latest sab catalogue lol although the one with the leaves paper from the autumn traditions dsp card and the dragonfly (nature's nest)one was an elite stampers challenge cheers ears!