Tiger Pencil Sketch

Needed a wee bit of a break from writing up a bioassay report this afternoon and I re-discovered a sketch that I started a while back and never got around to finishing. It gave me a nice distraction for a bit and I got both things finished this afternoon so all is well! Here's the finished result:

Anyway, I'd better get back to writing up my forensics notes now...the joys of being a uni student! Happy crafting all :)

Long time, no blog!

Hi everyone! Wow it seems like forever since I've blogged, been so busy with work and uni but things are calming down now...hopefully! Quick update from the lovely people over at docrafts who are running another Design Team Call. It's a great opportunity to design projects with a fab team of people and get your work displayed on the docrafts site as one of their designers. If anybody is interested, here's the link with more information and details of how to apply:

http://www.docrafts.com/article/docrafts-Creativity-Club-DESIGN-TEAM-CALL-October-2013

Happy crafting folks!

Creativity Club Sketch #331 Cards

Here's a couple of square cards that I made based on Creativity Club Daily Sketch #331. The first one I made using the new Home To Nest Ultimate Die-Cut pack from Papermania. I chose one of the small square images and mounted it off-center on a square of Kraft card. For the background I used the bird patterned paper, which I inked around the edges in chestnut and mounted onto Kraft card before attaching to the card blank. The sketch has a horizontal and vertical line across it so I used the egg patterned paper with a little bit of Kraft card behind.

I punched individual birds from the same paper I used in the background using a circular punch and mounted them onto Kraft card. To complete I added a message banner from the die-cut pack and some gold glitter glue around the edge of each embellishment. For my second card I used the Wellington Ultimate Die-Cut Pack and followed the same sketch layout as the Home To Nest card.

The pack contains small circular elements that are pre-cut so I just mounted three of these onto gold Mirri card and then onto Kraft card. To complement the gold in the circular elements I used gold brads to attach the message banner to Kraft card, some gold gems in the corners of the teddy image and some gold glitter glue as before.

Vintage Notes Cards

I discovered a 6 x 6" pack of the Vintage Notes paper last week that I didn't even know we had, which just proves that my mum and I clearly have too much craft stuff! I used a couple of the Docrafts Creativity Club sketches again for these cards. For this first one I layered up four different papers, stamping a best wishes greeting onto one of the more subtle patterned papers. I chose a beige button from the Vintage Notes button bag and threaded it onto some pale pink ribbon to tie in with my background paper. To complete the card I made some pink roses using the Spellbinders Bitty Blossom dies, added some pink pearl gems and some brown faux stitching.

I re-arranged the sketch a little bit for my second card and added a scalloped circle element to tie in with the background paper. I then embellished round the circle with gold gems to co-ordinate with the gold Mirri card that I mounted each of the papers on.

Finally I added pale pink and blue gems to the corners of each rectangle of papers, a greeting banner with pink brads and some hand-cut love hearts from the embellishments page in the paper pack.

More Forever Friends

Anyone would think I quite liked the Kraft Notes range! Here's another two cards that I made in combination with the Docrafts Creativity Club Sketches. I liked the quirky angles and shapes on this first sketch so I went with a slightly more adventurous colour scheme. The background papers are from Craftwork Cards but they matched quite nicely with the dotty background of the Forever Friends image (which I double mounted on dark purple and lime green to tie in with the colour scheme). I kept the embellishments simple by adding a circular message tag, purple & gold Candi and black faux stitching.

For my second card I kept to the Kraft Notes range, going for a lime green spotty paper in the background and the button flower paper to tie in with the buttons on the greetings die-cut. I went for gold and pink double mounting behind the image this time to give the card a bit of a colour injection! I punched some flowers out of a gold and cream paper that came from an old Forever Friends "Black and Gold" pack and layered them up with smaller flowers and buttons.

To complete I added a co-ordinating purple butterfly, gold gems and some pink spotty buttons to the top corner. That's all for today as I've just received a parcel of crafting goodies from Craftwork Cards...which is technically my mum's but I'm sure she won't mind me taking a peek!!!

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...