Young Woman

A friend from my college days youngest daughter is just about to turn 21.  I haven't seen her for many years and it seems amazing that she is really now a young woman - also makes me feel old!

 
I used the VLV September Week 2 sketch and stamps from Stampin Up and Verve.  The papers are from Kate Knight and Kanban.  I used Versamark to stamp the oriental lady and then applied Zing Pewter embossing powder.  The Verve flowers are stamped with a Nick Bantock ink called Damson Plum - the only colour I had that was a close match to the paper.  I replaced the two little tags with the ribbon bow tails. 

I hope she has a wonderful birthday.

Howdy Nephew

I have 3 nephews all in their teens and they all have Birthdays at this time of year.  This card is for my Nephew in North Wales - yes I know it is a long way from Texas cowboys but they do have horses. For the last 4 weeks I have saved the Waltzingmouse sketch and for the last 3 I never made the card so this week I have put things straight and this card is for WMSC64.  

I used several colours of distress ink - Scattered Straw, Antique Linen, Rusty Hinge, Barn Door and Walnut Stain,along with some Memento Rich Cocoa.  The stamps are from Waltzingmouse sets Way out West and Back in the Saddle.

Hello Sunshine

Every now and then I have to do something unconventional. 

A friend of Mum's celebrates her Birthday this week and I believe she is 92.  She lives in Cornwall in a very nice residential home and is quite a character, or certainly was when I last saw her. 
I am sure she will get lots of Birthday cards with flowers so I decided she had to have something different.  The OCC challenge is for a Window, the Speedy the cat challenge is to use a punch and the Woodware challenge is a sketch.  Having recently visited Marwell Zoo the giraffe stamp was the one that shone out.  As you can see from the photo above, that Dave took,, their heads were the bit on display and there was a lot of tongue poking out going on!

The paper is from K&Company, the punches used are Martha Stewart and Woodware and the image is from MFP.  The sentiment inside says Hello Sunshine, Happy Birthday.

Patchwork Snowman

I love this cute snowman from Serendipity stamps so I pulled him out to use on this card which I am entering in 3 challenges.  The colours are for this weeks Color Throwdown (or as close as I could manage), the sketch is MMSC120 and it is also for the ProMarkers patchwork challenge. 

Penny Black Scene

Challenging times trying to tun my PB image into a scene for the challenge this week.  I loved the scenic Stamping class at MCC with Sandy Hulsart but I am not sure my little chap looks quite right on a serious background!  I think maybe some paper-pieced hills behind him and some ice using glitter might have been better but I think it is OK.

Simple Stencilling

Woodware blog had a blog hop last week with Dreamweaver Stencils and this inspired me to take out some stencils packed up on a shelf in a box to make some cards.  I don't find it anywhere near as easy as using stamps but we do need to challenge ourselves to keep creating interesting.  Commenting on the blogs gave a chance to win more stencils and I was lucky and will have new ones to practice with soon!

Simple Stamping

I have a few posts this evening so I will keep then short and sweet.  The Penny black challenge of this week is to make a card using simple stamping so I advanced my Christmas cards by making 9 (not all shown).  The background uses all manner of snowflake stamps I own but the main image is from Penny Black Winter Wonders.