So sparkly!

Good morning, again, blogland,

I'm back, as promised!

This time I'm here because there is a new challenge for Team Wends over at Sweet Stampin' today.  The theme is 'Mardis Gras', so along with some stamping (as we are a stamping challenge) we'd like to see your sparkly, glittery, shiny makes please!

It has to be said this theme rather stumped me, as know nothing about Mardis Gras other than it's in New Orleans! After Googling Mardis Gras and having Venetian masks come up a lot, I thought I'd try and find something to do with Venetian masks - well that drew a big blank! Then I had a dig through my digis and stamps and found this image in my very old rubber stamps. I thought she looked like she might well join in a parade and that I could sparkle the image up a bit.

This is what I ended up making:

2nd picture - trying to show you the glitter:

The papers are lovely and glittery in real-life as well but it really hasn't shown up in the photos - although I think the glitter on her feathers seems to be there.

Supplies used:

Rubber stamps:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Vivienne

coloured with my Copics

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips : Well Rounded

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection : Double stitched squares

My Favorite Things - Stitched rectangle stax

Poppy Stamps - Scalloped Stitch Frames

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips : Well rounded

Anything else?

First Edition Paper - New Bloom

Hobby House - Rhinestones

Martha Stewart - Essential colours glitter set

What I did

Stamped the image onto Copic friendly paper and fussy cut her out.

Then added glue to her headpiece and shook glitter over it.

Die cut out a piece of linen card with the MFT die, then a piece of cream card with the Poppy Stamps frames die.

Stamped and die-cut out the sentiment.

Used the Creative Expressions die to cut out a piece of patterned paper and stuck it to the 5x5 card blank.

Trimmed a panel from a different piece of patterned paper from the pack and glued it to the already glued down paper.

Glued the linen card rectangle to these papers and then attached the image with 3d foam.

Took the double stitched frame, popped it onto 3d foam and stuck it to the linen rectangle.

Also popped the sentiment onto 3d foam and stuck it onto the patterned paper and stitched frame.

Finally added some rhinestones to the corner of the linen card.

Phew!

et voila, job done!

Right well, I think I'm probably all done for today - other than to say, why not pop over to Sweet Stampin' and have a look at the wonderful cards my Teamies have created and then link up your own creation - it'll be fun!

See you sooner than you'd think,

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge /s:

Gem of a Craft Challenge: Challenge 3 - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: Week 5 - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Galz: #165 - Make it Sparkle

Cat, cats and more cats!

Hello blogworld,

The challenge over at As You Like it Challenge blog really got my attention and I managed to make some 'me' time to make a couple of cards. Neither of my cards are very fancy, one is distinctly CAS (Clean And Simple) and both were made using some new crafting goodies I got for my not to be talked about turn of the decade birthday last week!

I'm going to share one card now, and keep the other in reserve in-case I run out of time (or inspiration) again.

This is my paired back but not quite CAS card:

Supplies:

Stamps (rubber):

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - A Purr-fect Day

Cat coloured with C and BV Copics

Dies:

My Favorite Things - Die-namics : Inside and Out Stitched Circle

Anything else:

Momento Dew Drop Inks

Blending brushes

What I did:

Made a DL sized card blank and a front panel to fit.

Die-cut a circle in the panel, then masked off the top third and using my (new) blending brushes inked over some (new) Memento Dew Drop colours.

Stamped the paw prints and mice from the stamp set on the inked and die-cut panel.

Stamped and coloured the cat in on Copic friendly paper, then fussy cut it out. 

Popped some 3d foam squares on the cat and mounted it on the panel.

Popped 3d foam on the panel and mounted that on the card blank - lined up so that the sentiment showed through the die-cut circle.

et voila!

Now, the bit that got my attention (other than the theme) at AYLI - is that we are encouraged to share pictures of pets - well as you can guess from the card our pets are cats. Personally dogs have the edge over cats for me, but with an allergic hubby and cat-loving TTT - it's cats all the way in our house.

So, photo overload incoming!!

We have: brother and sister Ewok and Worried - 7 years old.  They were the kittens of a rescue cat we took in Tinker (short for Tinkerbelle) who was Emily's (TTT's) own cat. Unfortunately Tinker was run down on the road outside our house in Emily's last years at Primary school - a very upsetting time for her.

Ewok - also known as Vampire Cat! Look at those teeth - but please don't look at all those darn shoes that TTT leaves lying about.

Ewok again - in front winking at the camera.

His sister - Worried.  

Who is permanently worried and has been since a kitten - hence the name.  She is also a total fusspot over food and totally obsessed by the food she does like.  Only dried food, only in a particular bowl (she seriously walks away if it goes down in a strange bowl), only one particular place to be fed and screeches at 7am, 12midday, 5pm and 10pm for her corresponding meals! 

Twinkle - newest addition to the family. She came to us as a runaway from a farm down the road about 3 weeks after Tinker had been knocked down and killed on the road.

She was just 'there' one day after the school run, ran over to Emily and never left her side. Still hasn't, they are the closest of friends and if Em calls her from her bedroom, where ever Twinkle is she goes running!

So there you go, we must be the luckiest family alive - to have all these black cats!  If only they didn't throw up fur balls, be sick in general (normally on the furniture), bring in dead mice and rats, kill birds, claw the furniture and carpets (when we had them) and scratch me to pieces - I'm sure I'd be a real cat convert!!

See you soon,

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge / s:

As You Like It: Favourite Pet Animal - and why.  Hmmm, well family favourite pet animal? I'm forced into it!!

Crafty Creations Challenge: August #424 - Anything Goes

The Paper Funday Challenges: Challenge #32 - Anything Goes (optional twist - Cute Critters)

Try it on Tuesday: Keep it Simple