Rose Gold!

Hi Everyone, I am in my bed/craft room where the heating has just been switched off after an hour to take the chill off the house! Yep! it's Summer in this part of Wales. Temperature outside as I type has risen  from 10C / 50f to 15C / 60F it's risen to that after heavy rain with heavy clouds have passed over and lighter ones have arrived, but the wind is strong and cold. It's mid afternoon, I would love some sun and warmth from it.

This is for the Outlawz Sketch Challenge, thankfully it's every 2 weeks now, which means hopefully I can enter each one now. I was thrilled to have been showcased in the last one with this card.

On to today's card. I decided to combine the challenge with a birthday card for a Great Niece.

I was also lucky to win a digital kit from Valentina, who I have been a fan of for quite a few years and have several of her kits already. This card is made from elements and papers from her beautiful kit EVA which is on sale atm.

papers and elements, sentiment - Valentina

I arranged the image and flowers and the other elements

adding a centre border then printing and 

adding the foil from We R Memories Keepers Foil Quill 

and then cutting with the Silhouette Cameo and 3D'd one of the flowers

 I then added a border of rose gold card by Dovecraft.

ribbon - IKEA

 I have hopefully in the closeup shown you the shine of the foil. 

Birthday card

Hi Everyone, firstly I have to apologise if I haven't caught up with you yet, I am trying (some people say very trying LOL) BUT you Ladies are being so very creative and time takes over before I can complete my visits, hopefully it won't take too long for me to catch up with you.

My card today started with the sketch at the Outlawz, it was great inspiration for a card I had to do for hubby's cousin. Now it's made 7 days before I need it, whoopppeee LOL.

I did this from a digital kit, I find when I use a kit, that all I have to do is pick which elements go with which paper I choose and it all matches beautifully, and so many choices too.

kit "Another year has gone" - Valentina at Digital Scrapbooking Studio

designed in PS

all layered onto white card (for a change)

sentiment 3D'd

sentiment, oval and border, print and cut on the Cameo

oval border - Lori Whitlock "Kraft borders"

oval is actually a circle border I "squashed" to become an oval, 

in PS, I "clipped" a paper to the shape to match everything else.
a little yellow sparkle pen on the flower centres and candle flames

 the insert is blurred - sorry, but it gives you an idea of what I did.

this is the sketch for this week

Thank you

Hi Everyone a card today is using elements and papers selected and arranged from this kit by Valentina, I enjoyed selecting and placing the items in Photoshop, I printed each out and layered onto the card.

The background paper has a digital crease in it, doesn't it look real? I 3D'd the circle and the flower on the saucer, also the sentiment circle and though you may not see it, I added Sheena Douglas Sparkle pens to the flowers and the wings of the bird,  a few sequins to add a little bling.

Cupcake & Stripes

Hi Everyone, my card today is for the Outlawz sketch challenge, one I haven't done for a couple of weeks due to a "senior disorder!" - forgetfulness of what day was what. LOL.

Anyhow on to my card, I took one look at the sketch and just knew it involved my Cameo. I designed a square in the design area and added lines to be able to cut it. I also added the balloons I found by accident in my files with the cupcake, which then set the theme of the papers. It really was meant to be, it was put together in minutes, of course it took longer to make. I Print and cut with the Cameo added an outline to the balloons and the cupcake, then 3D'd them.

Then after I had added all the elements to the cut frame, I went to add it to the card base and somehow, goodness knows how, I had made one side bigger than the other????? so I had to cut top and bottom off to fit the card base, I think I got away with it? I then added the birthday sentiment cut from the same floral paper and with 3 more layers to give it depth and added it to the top, a few sequins and it was finished. I don't know why my photos have a wonky element to them, the cards don't.

cut frame-my own design

Balloons, cupcake, paper - Valentina's Creations 

birthday die - Tonic

Our front garden on the 19th October on a dismal day, just before hubby took all the flowers out to plant daffodil bulbs, seems such a shame to spoil the show, but it is extraordinary to have it look like this so late in the year.

Cuppa tea

Hi Everyone, my card today is for the Outlawz sketch challenge, I've got in just in time again. I have decided to try and use items that I haven't used or haven't used for a while, I have so many digital stamps and papers, that should be used, so here is a start.

image - Beyond the Fringe

paper pieced and shaded in PS, the cups cut out and 3D'd

dp - Valentina's Creations Soul in Bloom digi kit

tea pots and name papers - Marisa Lerin @ Pixelscrapper

ribbon from stash

sparkle glue - Stickles 

all layered onto black card.

I thought I would show you our garden, hope I don't bore you with these photos. They were taken over the weekend, when it was cloudy, but still looked lovely I think. Hubby has worked a lot of hours and there isn't a weed to be seen. BUT the washing line is there ready for me to hang out when the rain stops LOL.

Clematis, roses, aqualegia and sweet peas to grow up the frame

fabulous flowers this year on the Physocarpus

Acer tree, runner beans with tagetes in front, Rhododendron going over, orange Azeala, Fatsia Japonica, Pieris, Sedum, Spirea, Solomons Seal, and a few others.

Another view of the border into the garden, so lush this year

I love this combination of the Kniphofia, the orange rose, which I don't know the name of and the pieris. Lots still to come here.

This is the orange rose with a strong beautiful perfume.

This is a David Austin Old Rose, with a heady perfume, and I've forgotten the name!

100th birthday

Hi Everyone, a 100th birthday card today and apologies from me, because we are going away for a few days and away from my PC, so no comments or visits from me to you. We are going to a "Murder Weekend" my SIL's Sister has written it and it's based around a Railway Station and in the 1930's, should be interesting, we haven't done anything like that before. Will let you know how it goes.

Anyway back to my card. Another SIL asked if I would make it for a friend of hers. She had seen the one I had done recently HERE and asked if I could do similar. Here it is, with the inside.

I designed the card and the insert in Photoshop.  I cut the image, the flowers, the age and the lace doing print and cut on the Cameo for the front, then layered everything. I added silver Uniball pen onto the flower stamen, the headdress , the lace and drew lines across the lined paper.

 All images from this kit by Valentina at Digital Scrapbooink Studio.