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DCM - Going Geek

It’s Lythan’s turn to set the challenge this week over at The Daring Cardmakers and this is what she’s chosen:

   I (Lythan) have a son who is 18 this week and he is a real Geek - loves computers, computer games, physics, obscure comics (mostly online), Big Bang Theory and did I mention computers? So I thought I would throw out a real challenge and see what we could come up with in terms of making cards that celebrate Geek- dom. So the dare is....

Going Geek

and as an extra reward this week there is a random prize draw

for a set of Imagine That alphabet stamps

Pop over to The Daring Cardmakers Blog for full details of the prize and what you need to do to qualify to enter the draw.

 

Here’s my card for the challenge.  I went a bit old skool geek for this one, as I’m really not very good an incorporating computer style stuff into my cards (no excuse really since my brother designs computer games *blush*).  Anyway, I remembered I had this lovely vintage style space theme paper, and I got the template for the specs from Papercrafts Magazine.  The greeting is another freebie, this time from Pumpkins and Posies (you should check out their blog, they have some gorgeous free mini-kits).  I suppose it also qualifies on another geek level in that everything I’ve used is all digi – all the papers are digital, and the specs and greeting.  I did use my Promarkers to colour the specs though :)

 

Busy, busy

Gosh, it’s been a hectic couple of weekends.  I’ve been up in the Midlands and we’ve been having a massive de-clutter of the house as we’ve decided that with me being in London we don’t need such a big house, so we’re going to downsize.  It was a bit mad for Andy to be all on his own most of the time in such a big house, and just keeping on top of the cleaning was a huge job for him.  I’m quite shocked really at how much stuff we have as the house never seemed cluttered, yet we’ve filled my 4x4 several times over with stuff for the dump, and stuff to sell/give to charity.  Thankfully it’s all done now, and we’re looking forward to getting our new place all nice (and I’m looking forward to shopping for new house things, but don’t tell Andy that!)

I was lucky enough to get back down to London yesterday in time to whizz to the Big Stamping and Scrapbooking show at Alexandra Palace.  I only had an hour to shop before the end, but that was long enough to get quite a few of the things off my list.  I got a couple of Spellbinder die sets, some distress ink, Paperartsy fresco paints, chipboard shapes, lots of card blanks and some lovely paper roses.  Amazingly I didn’t buy any stamps.  There were lots of lovely dies (especially the Memory Box sets), but as I’ve just ordered a few sets from My Favorite Things, I didn’t get any more than the two Spellbinders sets. 

As I knew I’d be exhausted after all that, I booked today off work, so I’m having a lovely morning getting up to date with my Design Team work, and hopefully I’ll get caught up on my blog visiting today too.  Here are a few cards that I made last week, but didn’t get time to blog:

 

I love this little girl from Scrapbook Stamp Society.  You can’t tell too well from the pic, but I’ve added some glamour dust to the fish so they are nice and sparkly.  The lovely embossed background was created by inking up my embossing folder with Colorbox Chalk ink in Blush Rose before running it through my Big Shot.  I love this colour.

DCM Colour Combo – Sorbet Colours

It’s Leo’s turn to choose the colours in this month’s colour combo challenge, and she’s gone for a gorgeous sorbet palette.

 

I was initially going to do something with my cupcake stamps, then I remembered a lovely Papertrey set that I’ve barely used, that would go perfectly with these lovely colours.  The background paper is MME, you can’t tell too well from the pics, but some of the polka dots are glittered.  I used some ink to die the seam binding a nice coral pink to match.

 

Shabby Tea Room – Sparkly and Bright

This week’s challenge at the Shabby Tea Room is ‘Sparkly and Bright’.  Using this photo as inspiration, to create a card with white/cream, silver and a splash of pink.

I used a digi stamp from Scrapbook Stamp Society, coloured with Promarkers.  I stamped the background directly onto the card with Sterling Silver embossing powder, then added some Papertrey die cut borders and a chipboard flourish which I coated with some more silver embossing powder for real sparkle.

Hearts and Flowers

The latest challenge over at the Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge blog is ‘Hearts and Flowers’.  I decided to use this lovely digi stamp called ‘my hearts just for you’.  You can buy it here.   I wanted to go for a subtle colour scheme rather than the obvious pinks and reds, and I decided to use my new ‘stitches’ stamp set from Papertrey to create a nice background on kraft card.  The little heart border is also from Papertrey – my fab friend Chris sent me a few die cuts last week, and I coloured this one in the same pink as the hearts she’s holding. 

Fly Away Hearts

Well I’m starting to get ready for Valentine’s Day.  I haven’t quite decided what to do for Andy’s card, but he absolutely loved the Papertrey border card I did recently (because it’s all straight lines and he’s even more OCD than me!), so I might do something similar in reds for him.  In the meantime, I’ve got  some gorgeous images from Scrapbook Stamp Society to play with, some of which are just perfect for Valentine’s Day:

 

Isn’t this a gorgeous image?  It’s called Fly Away Hearts.  I coloured the image with Promarkers, then I created the heart background with some white core card and a Sizzix texture plate.  I sanded the card to highlight the hearts.  The lovely ‘Smooches’ stamp is from Papertrey, and I finished off the card with some pretty pearls and bakers twine.

DCM - Colour Combo Challenge

Well it’s the first Friday back for the new year, and I’m so looking forward to getting stuck into our new challenges over at The Daring Cardmakers.  This week we have the very first in our brand new "First Friday" series.  Over the last couple of years for the first Friday in each month we've used Birthstones and Flowers for these challenges,and they've both been interesting and inspiring themes to work with.

For 2012 the First Friday of each month will feature a

Colour Combo Challenge

It should be fun - we're all taking a turn at choosing a combination of colours to base our card-making around so there should be a fab variety of hues and tones to get us creating.  We hope you'll enjoy the idea and feel inspired to join in with us.

Fran is kicking off this new series in style with a fab inspiration photo and colour palette

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Isn’t it a gorgeous palette?  And here’s my card:

The main image is a digi stamp from Scrapbook Stamp Society.  I printed off two copies, then cut out the little girl so I could layer it up a bit to give a bit more dimension.  I’ve coloured her with Promarkers and added some Glamour Dust to the flower and the bow in her hair.  The heart background is a Sizzix texture plate, and I’ve rubbed a white ink pad over it to highlight the hearts.  The greeting and eyelet border are both from Papertrey.   Here’s a little close up so you can see how I’ve layered the image so it’s not too flat.

Pretty in Pink

There’s a new challenge over at the Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog – Pretty in Pink!

I decided to go for a subtle pink rather than full on bubble gum :)  So I’ve coloured the image with a dusky pink and denim colour scheme, then I’ve added some baby pink polka dots to the background, then finished off the card with some lovely dusky rose coloured ribbon and of course my usual Papertrey tiny tag with a little pink pearl – I can’t stop using those tiny tags, they are most definitely my favourite thing.  I’m sorry the photos are a bit dull, the light this evening really isn’t good.

52 Cards Challenge - Week 1

One of my New Years’ resolutions is to take part in more challenges and try and push myself to try new things (and to use some of my rarely used stamps and stash – after re-labelling all my CD stamp storage cases I was very embarrassed at how many of the stamps haven’t been used for years, and some have never been used *blush*)

So to start as I mean to go on, I thought I’d try and join in with my DCM teamie Nat’s weekly challenge.   The details are on Nat’s blog here

This week's prompt is a design elements and theme prompt:

1. Theme = New (new beginnings, baby, home or simply using new stash - the choice is yours!)
2. Circles
3. Scallops

I decided to go for a new home theme, and in an attempt to use stamps not used for years, I decided to use this old Club Stamp border stamp along the top.  You probably can’t tell too well from the photo, but the borders at the top and bottom are embossed with copper ep.

Here’s a close up of the little tag, I added it to a glittery button, tied with green bakers twine, then I put a little pearl in the aperture – the pearl’s a bit more brown in real life and matches the copper really well.

Tippy Toes

Here’s an easel card I made using one of the latest digi stamps from Scrapbook Stamp Society.  I coloured her with Promarkers then used a combination of papers from Pink Petticoat and Echo Park Victoria Gardens collection.  I painted a chipboard flower and leaf with Jenni Bowlin paints, then added some white glitter, a button and some dark green bakers twine.