One of a Kind!

 Hello there!

Today I am sharing a layout I have made as the Guest Designer over at kraftpluschallenges.blogspot.com .

I joined in with their challenge a couple of months back and was delighted to be chosen to GD.

As always you must use kraft card and follow the mood board they display, below is the one I followed

My layout shows my handsome (departed) cat. He was such a delight and will be forever in our hearts just as the sentiments say on the board.

I have used a 12inch dark-kraft by Bazzill and using my sewing machine I have stitched around all 4 sides. I stamped some paw prints and added some orange hearts by a stencil. Then I took out a selection of papers cutting each at 3/4inch and distressing all sides and added them to some foam before attaching to the kraft. 

Here's a couple of close up shots of the layout.

The stamped sentiment is by Verve (My favourite) and other stickers are by Simple Stories. I have tucked a suitcase underneath the papers because he was sat on top of ours hoping to come with us and not to the cattery lol as we were all ready to leave for a holiday in France.

Other items used are a mini tab by dusty-attic, Nuvo drops and some white gesso and black acrylic paint which I used to make the splatters.

Thanks for stopping by today, please go over and check out the blog and hopefully join in.

Take care,

Sue.

Gratitude!

Hello,

I'm sharing today a layout I have made to join in with the Facebook group for 49andmarket October Challenge and also the themadscrapperblog.

I have used supplies purchased at themadscrapper.co.uk This online store has an amazing variety of papers, flowers, stamps etc by 49-and-market click the link and have a good time.

Here is the challenge sketch we had to follow. We could flip it to make it work for us but I chose to keep close to the original this time.

Today I have decided to make a Autumn theme page using this wonderful photograph which was shared on a group I belong to by my friend. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to use it.

Papers used today are as follows pomegranate by Bazzill and 49-and-market/vintage-artistry-in-the-leaves-autumnal. I used a stencil and inked through with distress-ink-pad-walnut-stain, vintage-photo and fired-brick. Then I stitched using red metallic thread around the bottom right and just normal red up at the top left. I used a note pad style punch to the left side and then attached it to the Bazzill card.   

                                    

                       

   

The photos were matted on to green and black cardstock and the main photo has cream stitching to the side. I added Jute ribbon and then I made a couple of tags using vintage-artistry-natural-collage-stack placing them on the right of the photos. I also added leaves and stamen from my stash .                                                                        

                                                                                                       Over here on the left of the photo I have used the beautiful new vintage-artistry-in-the-leaves-foliage these are amazing! I've lifted some and others not. I have also added more leaves cut from other papers in the collection and then flowers from 49andmarket which here are royal-posies-tomato, enchanted-petals-parchment and ginger-mini series. 

You will also see I have added other things to the layout. A mushroom, green gems, finnabair-melange-art-pebbles-clear which I coloured with reds and orange inks into gesso-white . I have also added 2 new to me products bramblefox perspectives. I just love that disc at the bottom right. I also tried a bit of splattering in gold and white and to finish black Nuvo Drops.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you like this and will join in with the challenge as well as a bit of shopping instore.

                                            Take Care

                                   Sue.

Birthday Wishes

 Hello!

Today I'm sharing a card I have made for the The Mad Scrapper blog using some beautiful papers by Cocoa-Vanilla-Studio. I am using a mix of papers from two collections.

It's a 7x7inch white card base, to which I added flat a piece of pretty-posies. Then I took a smaller piece of These Days from These-days-collection-kit and on top of that I added a smaller piece of Wall of Fame but the other side showing this pretty peach. I stitched around 2 corners and distressed the edges and added it to foam before attaching it to the card base.

Next I went to the Daydream-garden-variety paper and fussy cut out all the flowers and selecting some to add to the card front above and below the central banner. Here you can just see I placed some flat to the paper before adding others with foam pads.

I added a butterfly to the edge of the banner which I cut from Take-flight as you will see on that paper there are many to cut out! I also added a little glitter glue to its centre. 

Other items used on this card have been Black pearls and pearls which I have coloured with my alcohol pens to match in.

Thanks for stopping by today. Please leave a word or two so I know who has been. Also I hope you can checkout the online store over at themadscrapper.co.uk you will be able to see the full collections I have used along with others from many different top brands available.

Take Care

Sue.

Happy Halloween

 Hello!

Here I am today sharing this cute Halloween Hanger for themadscrapper blog, I'm using one of those inexpensive ply pumpkin shapes which I picked up in a bargain shop for a £1.

I'm using papers and flowers from Thirty-one Collection by Prima Marketing. 

Firstly I covered the stalk in black paint and then I tool the All-the-treats paper using the web side to cover the base. I sanded the edges once the glue was dry. Then I coloured some heavy-white-gesso with some gold acyclic paint and passed it through my finnabair-tapestry stencil in a few places.

Then I gathered some other bits together that I thought I may use. As you can see I cut a few ghosts from the hocus-pocus paper, a few bats using the blush-glitter card and some black from my stash. Also I found some feathers, cheesecloth and those cute jack-o-lanterns by Dusty Attic.

I gesso'd the jack-o-lanterns, a witches hat charm and a tassel top and when dry I added baby pink paint. I painted the stalks with gold and black paint. The tassel I made using the Hocus Pocus paper and a die.

The two papers I have chosen to use on their reverse side have jouraling cards and that is where I cut the October 31st and the Black Cat Boo! from. There are other images which can be used just as easy on cards or even gift bags.

The next 3 photos show close ups of the finished project.

Here you can see the beautiful flowers and yes those gold beads are in the centres! You can also see the tassel I made too.

Here you can see the black cat card which I matted on to another journal card with another under that shows the golden web which itself was matted on to black glitter card. All edges were distressed before sticking down. There's the witches hat too.

Another close up of the flowers but you can also see the pink and white pompoms I added as well as the pink flower gems and a few pink glitter glue drops. Other items used today were Nuvo Drops in white and black and some bakers twine too.

Thanks for stopping by today. I do hope you can spend some time and check out this collection along with many others instore or online at themadscrapper.co.uk.

Till next time, take care.

Sue.