OLW 66 - one layer wonder

Another challenge I haven't done for a while is OLW and this week (OLW66), Susan's challenge is fascinating. That is, we were to go to Janelle's blog and find inspiration there. Ha! The wealth. The treasure. The variety! You have been warned.

I actually ended up with 2.  Here they are:

Card 2

Card 1

The deets (all Stampin Up)

Card 1
stamps: Sweet Summer (SAB set), Short & Sweet
Inks: Black, Regal Rose, Marina Mist + markers: Regal Rose, Certainly Celery
Punch: 1 3/4" scallop for the clouds

Card 2
stamps: Boho Backgrounds (retired), Bring on the cake
inks: Regal Rose, Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirrouette + markers: Cherry Cobbler (centre of main image)

Card 2 was inspired by this:

It's not a one-layer card. Just look at the bottom of the card.  I think the punched edge with the underlay is really cool.

I tried to re-create that using a mask (recognise the  fancy favour die cut?) and brayered (yes, used a brayer!) on the ligher pink before stamping on the background stamp.

For the main image, I stamped first in Regal Rose then sponged the edges with the darker Rich Razzleberry and the middle (covered mostly by the rhinestone) with the Cherry Cobbler marker.

I also scored the 3 lines and added the pearls.  I skipped the twine - wouldn't look right on my one layer wonder. :-)

All up, I did a pretty good job methinks. ha ha.

cheers all.

CFC #21 + LIM #34 - CAS thinking of you

It's been a while since my last entry into CAS-ual Fridays and even longer for Simply Less is More.  It's been soooo busy around here and I have been busy with my other blog - on education.  Apologies to my followers. ;-/

This week I'm doing a joint one inspired by the sketch for LIMmettes (challenge 34) and the colour inspiration over at CAS-ual Fridays (challenge 21).

The card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 " square.

All products from Stampin Up

Cardstock: white, baja breeze, chocolate chip

ink: Marina Mist, not quite navy, chocolate chip

stamps: Artistic Etchings, Teeny  Tiny Sentiments (best sentiment set ever)

I think I've lost my touch in terms of crafting and craft-blogging. ha ha.  Feeling rather awkward!

I hope you like this.

cheers,

Malyn

CFC 15 - Sketch Challenge

It's been a while since I entered a challenge.  I think doing a scrapbook project did me in - 40 layouts in 2 weeks!  Anyway, slowly getting back my mojo.

CASual Friday Challenge 15 is a sketch challenge - and what a good one it is too.  Do go and check it out. ;)  Here's my entry.  With netball season over, I've got to make loads of thank you cards for my girls' team coaches, managers, etc.

Very much inspired by this week's card by DT gal, Julie Day.  Hers is an OLC while I used some designer paper.  but the stamp is the same - Stampin Up Just Believe set.

This sketch is so fab and easy and really works.  Just what a girl needs for making a stack. :-)

For an extra touch while still in keeping with CAS guidelines - a bit of twine, a small flower and the tiniest pearl.

Did all of them in an hour, maybe less even.  You know what it's like - time flies when you're stamping!

Cheers all and thanks for stopping by.

Baby Card

I've been making far too many farewell cards at work.  This is another one, sort of.  This is for a colleague who's off to have a baby and promises to be back - farewell, but not goodbye.

It's a big A5-sized card (A4 folded in half).  I did use a stamp-a-ma-jig to line up those baby pjs.  As we don't know the baby's gender, I tried to keep the colour 'safe' though did squeeze in a pink-and-blue jumpsuit.  Stamps  are from Stampin Up sets (A Slice of Life and So Happy for You).


Here's a bit of detail on the inside.

I folded a sheet of copy paper in half, trimmed a bit off the sides.  I then border punched the top and glued a strip of orange paper (match the feature colour at the front) on the bottom to highlight the detail.

I usually put a sheet of paper inside for group cards as it provides more space for people to write messages.  Otherwise, they just write their names and where's the fun in that???




For those who follow this blog - sorry, I haven't posted much lately.  I've been busy with the scrapbooking project I was making for my mum.  Here's a page from it - my last challenge entry and blog post.  I'm so happy to finish it.

Cheers all and thanks for looking.

PDCC 91 - A splash of RED

The Play Date Cafe Challenge #91 is A Splash of....and I chose RED.  I'm creating a brag book (8"x8") scrapbook of my 2 girls for my mum - you know I'm a "sentimental" crafter, right?  Anyway, this challenge was the perfect inspiration for my cover page - "simply us Sisters".

I had these beatiful B&W photos of my girls taken by their dad which capture a bit of their personality and bond.  This cover page is apt for what the scrapbook is about as well as the showing my kids simply as who they are....growing up.  This is my 7th layout and I've got such a loooong way to go.  You know, much as I'd love to give this away, I think it'll be tough as well.

This has been inspired by many of the DT gals work including:

• use of twine
• use of red 
• black matting
• use of chalk (well, it was by a DT gal but not quite for this week's PDCC)

I was going to do a dry-brush approach but don't really have the right red paint so I ended up using red chalk  (with fingers - messy fun!) which I saw in one of the DT gals blogs....this is why you go visiting DT gals' blogs.   My chalks are hardly ever dug out of storage so it was good to have the inspired nudge to do so.

Happy visiting.