I’ve finally stamped!

Hello!

   Today I’m very excited as I finally made a stamped card. Yes, I stamped for the first time. That’s because I received the first stamp set I won in a giveaway at Ladybug Crafts. Thanks Samantha I think stamping is fun and I love the way this card turned out. 

    The image is from Humphreys Corner collection by Crafters Companion. I stamped it without any block as I don’t have one yet and I was impatient to try it out.  My daughter coloured Humphrietta (as she named her) for me using Faber Castell colour pencils and outlined it with a black pointer, and I punched around the oval shape. To keep to Nina Brackett’s current sketch at Card Patterns, I used the polka dotted paper from India, part of a doily, diagonally striped ribbon and added the sentiment. It was stamped using the same stamp set, outlined it with a red pointer (my DD did that too) and I added a gift shape confetti. The sentiment looked much better below the image, but as I’d already twisted the sketch I was unsure if I could change the placement of the sentiment. Please do let me know in your comments if I could have done it or not. I’m new at sketch challenges.

I’m entering this card into the following challenges:

CardPatterns – Sketch 121

Craft your passion challenges – Seeing Red

Simply Sunday Challenge at K Andrew – Use a pen

Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog – Simply Red

Creative stamp Friends – Dots

Crafty Cardmakers – Spots & Stripes

Stamps R Us – Little Girl

Happy Birthday Niece!

Hi!
      How time flies!!! It's the third weekend of March and my first post for the month!! Tooooo bad!! This time, the card is to wish my niece, Helga. Helga had sent me some pretty papers for crafting from India and I wanted to make her a card using those papers. Fortunately, I didn't have to think much as to what to make as I found the following challenges:
Card Patterns - Sketch
The Shabby Tearoom - Color Inspiration
Getting Cricky with K.Andrew - All a Flutter
And this is the card I made ...

      To complete the requirements for the challenges mentioned above, I added a circle with a scallop border (drawn & cut), dry embossed some flowers using a kiddie stencil and lightly shaded the edge with chalk pastels. The  accordion fold butterfly was made using gift wrap paper and added glitter on the folds. The rose and rose buds were quilled, ferns punched and the sentiment printed.

I'm also entering this into the following challenges: 

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog - Birthday

Timeless Tuesday Challenge - Butterflies

Papertake Weekly Challenge - 3 of something (flowers,papers)

Top Tip Tuesday - Birthday

Southern Girls Challenge - Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Birthday

PaperPlay Challenges - Embossing

Fabric & Foam Cutouts

The plaid background here is a remnant of fabric. I pulled out the yarn on all sides for a tassel like effect. The flowers are ready cut outs, while the leaves & the flowers centre were manually cut from foam. A sticker was used for the sentiment.

Punched Wreath

This wreath was made with craft punch cut outs, glitter glue was used for the flower centres and all around the card.