Bits-n-Pieces

Hi everyone, I have been making cards today using up some of my Bits-n-Pieces (these seem to have been growing at a great rate lately, so I must use them up).   I was inspired to do this using this week's sketch challenge at Retro Sketches.

This is the card I made using my Bits-n-Pieces from the Modern Medley DSP and Neutrals DSP Paper Stack.  It is amazing how far these strips and off cuts go.  I inked over some of the DSP using Baked Brown Sugar to give the Brown, Black and Cream colour theme that I was after.

While I was on a roll I also made another two cards using up my Bits-n-Pieces.  It was like doing patchwork but with paper and card, what fun.  This one was made using 1 1/4" squares mounted on 1 3/8" squares, then placed on the diagonal.

I used the new Alphabet Rotary stamp to create the sentiment on the last card.  I can see me using this a lot to create titles for my cards and also for scrapbook pages, the ideas are endless.



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Bits-n-Pieces

Shabby Butterflies

It is back to work for me tomorrow after having a two week break so I have been getting in as much card making as I can these last two weeks.

I love the colour challenge this week at The Shabby Tea Rooms which is based on the colours Black, Kraft and White/Cream with this terrific picture as inspiration.

 

 

I have used the stamp sets "Backyard Basics" and "That's the Ticket" with the co-ordinating dies and punch, with the DSP from the Modern Medley Paper Pack.

 

Inside of my card.

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Shabby Butterflies

Six Sided Sampler

Happy New Year everyone.

 

I had a quiet New Years Day at home with my family and I had some time to play this afternoon.

I made 3 cards using the "Six Sided Sampler" stamp set and matching punch.  The colour scheme is Basic Black and Baked Brown Sugar.  I wanted to have a masculine feel to my cards and I just adore these two colours together.

 

These are the cards.

 

Card 1

 

I used the Stripes embossing folder to create the black gingham background piece.  The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set, black button and Linen Thread to finish.  Other tools used were the Hexagon Punch with the matching stamp set "Six Sided Sampler".

 



 

Card 2

 

The tools I used are the Honeycomb embossing folder, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Hexagon punch, small circle from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, 1/2" Circle punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch,  along with stamps "Six Sided Sampler", "Music Notes" Wheel, "Simply Serif Mini Alphabet" and "Fabulous Phrases", a piece of

Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon was added to finish off the card.

 

Card 3

 

The background was made by stamping and punching out the shapes using the "Six Sided Sampler" stamp set and matching Hexagon punch, then sticking them down on a piece of card cut to size.  Other tools used are Chevron Border punch, embossing folder from the new Sale-a-bration catalogue, Ticket Duo Builder punch and matching stamp set "That's the Ticket", with finishing touches Burlap Ribbon.

 

 

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Six Sided Sampler

Beautiful Butterflies

The challenge this week at the Deconstructed Sketch is based on this terrific sketch

 

I used the Faux Patina technique that I found on Splitcoast Stampers for my background with a colour scheme of Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana and Early Espresso.

 

I cased the idea of the butterflies on the tag from Pat Carr.  At a recent shoebox card swap get together  Pat used this element on her card and I liked it so much I copied for an element on my card.

 



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Finally A Day ...

I have gone bright for my card for the Mojo Monday Challenge this week.  I do not do bright very often, but with the new Gingham Garden DSP from Stampin' Up in my stash I could not resist.

The challenge this week is based on this terrific sketch by Julee.

 

 

I have used stamp sets "That's the Ticket" and "Really Good Greetings", with a colour scheme in the Gingham Garden DSP of Night of Navy, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White.

 

 



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Distress, Distress and more Distress....


This is the card that I made for the challenge this week at Pals Paper Arts. 

I have gone a little bit on the grunge side for this card, using the Early Espresso Core'dinations cardstock embossed with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder and distressed using the Stampin' Sanding block for the background.  This has been matted on to a piece of First Edition Specialty DSP and adhered to the base card in Soft Suede.  Soft Suede is the ink that I have used to distress all the edges of the flowers, tape measure pieces and the tickets.   All the other stamping was done using Early Espresso.

The flower was made using the First Edition Specialty DSP and Canvas Creations, Linen thread, Naturals Designer buttons, Blossom Punch and Blossom Party Originals die.  Stamps used are the Measuring Stick Stampin' Builder Wheel and That's the Ticket.  The tickets were punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder punch.

I took a bit of licence with the sketch as I wanted to show case the tape measure pieces behind the flower and they disappeared if a piece was put over the top, so hopefully all is okay, but if not I had fun.

This is the sketch by Margaret Moody that the challenge is based on:

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Distress, Distress and more Distress....