Sarah Kay Challenge *2* "A Little Sketchy"

This week on the Sarah Kay Challenge Blog we had to make a card whilst working from a sketch


The papers are Basic Grey, the flowers are Prima, the brads are Papermania and I coloured the image using distress inks again. I think that I am slowing getting used to them.


I'm still sure that is a cat walking beside her, I know on the Stampavie site it says it's a dog but it looks like a cat to me.

Tilda & Co Challenge ~28~ Grunge

Challenge 28 Tilda & Co - Distressed Tilda
Make her Distressed looking, a little rough around the edges, a bit of grungy!
So stay clear of these cute pastel colours if you can help it and get down and dirty with tilda!

I had great fun making this card! I went to work on this with a sanding block, I took an emery board to the Tilda image, smudged ink and chalk all over, I even pinched a toy car, inked up the wheels and ran that over the paper. Luckily I had a torn paper flower in my jar so I inked that too. The brads received ink, some of Hubby's paint and a good go with the sanding block as well. The button I actually bought looking like that lol. I crumpled some Rusty Pickle paper after adding the Tattered Angel sentiment and fixed this with silicone to keep it's shape. There are some glossy accents but these don't really show in the photo.

The effect I was trying to achieve was something that resembled a once pretty card that had been left somewhere dank and filthy then forgotten about for years.

Strangely enough most of my friends would probably rather receive this card than many of the cards I normally make.

First Play

This is my first play using Distress Inks to watercolour an image and I am quite pleased with results (ok so I need to perfect but this is a good effort for me with something new).
I mentioned before that I had decided to give my local craft shop a miss. The wonderful Diane at Harmony Crafts in Shoreham-by-sea supplied me with the inks. If you're ever in the area, do pop along, you won't be disappointed.
Thank you so much Diane, this card will be in the post to you tomorrow so you can see the true effect.

Tilda & Co ~*~ 19~*~ Black & White.

This week over at the Tilda & Co challenge blog the theme is black and white.

*Challenge 19*
It's time for a bit of black and white theme, ideally no other colours to be used on you work.
(but if you are struggling with this then your magnolia image ( or 1 of if using more than 1 )may have 1 more colour of your choice.

Once again work must include a magnolia stamp, and could be anything aslong as it is arty crafts.

I found this to be very tricky because I like working with colours. So sorry that Tilda's face is smudgy looking, I used Tim Holtz black soot ink and I think it moved with the zest-it! Tilda has a paper pieced dress and ribbon. Her belt and boots are heat embossed.

I Used:
Paper - DCWV
Cardstock - Papermill
Dots and stitches - Sakura Souffle white
Scallop - Nestabilities
Stamps - Magnolia

More snow, a small rant and last night's card.

An hour later...

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The craft shop in Worthing has changed hands and everytime I go in there I'm overcharged, told that she hasn't any money to buy stock (the products I would like to see in stock apparently won't sell because her customers are "old fuddy-duddies") and scolded for "not" supporting my local craft shop (I payed Blade Rubber Stamps a visit whilst killing time in London and was stupid enough to mention it to her) so yesterday I hopped on the train to visit Harmony Crafts in Shoreham-by-sea. Diane, the owner was friendly but not pushy and has some amazing stock, things I want to buy, oh and I didn't get over-charged, in fact I picked up some Alchemy embossing powder at 50% retail! I also picked up the new Laura Ashley papers from Dovecraft, Tim Holtz Black Soot distressing ink and some Jolly Nation stamps (which are a little blocky in my opinion).

I bought this Toybox stamp in February on the aforementioned trip to London but have never used it. I decided to give it a go along with my new embossing powder last night. It looks stunning IRL but the photo doesn't capture this.

Hopefully I'll find some more time to play over the next week as the children are on their hols for a fortnight.