New Home Card

Hi all

Just a quick card to share today. My best friend got the keys to her new place last week so this was just a congrats card for her. This is her 3rd house though so I needed to do something totally different to the last couple I made her and I went searching on pinterest for inspiration. I found a few cards done with the accent house idea and so this is what I came up with. 

I tried to keep it clean and simple but still fun so I went with 2 bold colours and minimal accents

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - Clean and Simple
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Creates and Makes - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz DT - Whimsical Fantasy

Morning all,

 

So here's to the end of another manic week. Last Saturday saw me hit up two shows at the NEC in Birmingham - The Camera Show and Hobbycraft/Creative Stitching - neither of which I was impressed with, but from which I did manage to walk away with what I wanted - well, just about. I don't think I'll be bothering with the Hobbycraft show again - although I was glad to see Magnolia were back after a few years of absence. Anyway, so that was then followed up with a trip to my local haberdashery shop to buy some fabric in order to make some PJ bottoms which are actually long enough - nothing more annoying than having full length trousers flapping 4 inches above your ankle! So at some point before I go on holiday I need get the sewing machine out...... goodness knows when though!

 

Anyway, this weeks theme at Crafty Catz is set by me and I want to see cards which are full of Whimsical Fantasy - so quirky houses which are mushrooms, fairies, pixies etc.

 

We have been sponsored this week by Make it Crafty who are offering our lucky winners a $10 gift certificate

 

So on with my card for the week:

 

Image is coloured with Promarkers: Cinnamon, Terracotta, Burnt Orange, Honeycomb, Henna, Cool Grey 3, Warm Grey 1, Cornflower, Cool Aqua, Buttercup, Moss, Poppy, Burgundy, Maroon, Mulberry. Sentiment is computer generated and card stock is basic coloured textured card stock

 

Clean and simple was my motto. I hope you like it and the theme. Hope you'll come and play this week with us at Crafty Catz.

New Home

Evening all,

Well here's to the end of another week. For those of you expecting a Crafty Catz DT card then I'm afraid to say you're going to have to wait a couple of weeks as the DT is on vacation. We're back on Friday 5th September with our next challenge.

 

But rather then leave the blog empty for a couple of weeks, I do have a few projects to share with you. So kicking off today I have a New Home card for my Best Friend and her Boyfriend. As this is her second house I had to go trawling through the old photos to see what I made her last time - as she keeps most of the cards I make her, it would have been too embarrassing to give her the same design again.

 

Luckily, I have a fabulous Tiddly Inks image on hand and plan up my sleeve.

I printed the house onto brown textured paper from Hero Art's: Life of the Party 6x6 pad. I then dug out my whisper pens to colour over the top and add texture to the building and highlight the roofs etc. I prefer the whisper pens to promarkers for this task as they're not as heavy, so you can add the colour but not loose the original texture.

 

I used a square from a 12x12 sheet of What's Up - Friendly skies for the background. Printed a sentiment onto some scrap red paper and then used this fab picket fence that a friend of mine sent me and finished the hole thing with some flowers, MS butterflies, gems and stickles.

 

I was thrilled with how it turned out in the end.

 

I would like to enter this card into two challenges this week:

Creative Inspirations: Anything Goes

Tiddly Inks Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Hope you all have a great bank holiday weekend if you're in the UK or just a great normal weekend for everywhere else in the world. Until next time, happy crafting

 

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes: New Home

Good Morning and another happy Friday to you all.

 

It's the last Friday of the month, so that means it Anything Goes over at Crafty Catz. We have two fab sponsors this week: Yours and Mine and Make it Crafty

 

 

$10 Voucher

 

My card this week was a new home card for a friend who has just brought her first property, as I didn't have much time to get it made and in the post I kept it nice and simple

I printed Tiddly Ink text from the Steam-punk Range and over the top the Home Sweet Home image. I then duplicated the house image several times so that I could layer it up. I coloured it with whisper pens and mounted it on some spare teal cardstock, added a ribbon with a key charm and a couple of pips.

 

Not the most imaginative card I've ever done but she loved it (and the coasters I sent) so I won't complain.

 

Don't forget to stop by the blog to see some truly inspirational cards from the girls this week.

 

Until next time, happy crafting!