Forever Friends Sketch Challenge Cards

Finally finished all my exams for this year so I'm back to crafting! Here are some cards that I made using the docrafts Creativity Club daily sketches and the Forever Friends Kraft Notes range...

For this first card I combined one of the die-cuts from the Kraft Notes Ultimate Die-Cut Pack and the Papermania Pastel Capsule Collection papers. I added some detail with buttons, some purple Candi and purple and white twine.

Again, I used a couple of the die-cuts for this card in combination with some punched flowers which I inked at the edges and embellished with clear gems. To complete I added some gems to the corners of the teddy image and some purple Candi.

This is my favorite sketch of the ones I did because I like how the quirky angles and shapes all complement each other. This time I used die-cuts with co-ordinating backgrounds and worked in the colours of the other papers in the range. To complete, I added some pink self-adhesive gems to the top and bottom corners.

For my final card I combined the Papermania Pastel Capsule Collection and the Kraft Notes ranges again. The spotty background paper is quite bold so I inked the edges of the Kraft Notes paper to give a bit more definition before I layered them us behind my chosen image. To complete I added one of the die-cut greetings and some green buttons.

Button Box

I'm just going to take a break from exam revision to update you with my latest project from the weekend! My mum bought the awesome new Capsule Collection Brights mixed bag of buttons and so I decided to decorate one of the Bare Basics boxes to give us a place to store them.

First I covered the lid with pink cardstock and then the button patterned paper from the Forever Friends Kraft Notes range. I used a pale blue piece of cardstock for the message banner, adding Birdsong self-adhesive lettering and a pale pink button that I stitched into place with beige thread. After attaching the message banner to the top of the box, I riffled through my collection of buttons (mostly Capsule Collection, Vintage Notes and Boofle!) and found some blue, brown, cream and pink buttons that tied in with the colours in the papers. I decorated the sides of the box with blue and pink cardstock and the floral paper from the Kraft Notes range. To complete, I added some pale pink ribbon and the button patterned ribbon from the Kraft Notes range around the edge of the box lid. Here's a closer view of the detail on the lid...