To Colour or Not to Colour...

I created this set of fun cards for a birthday for one of my nieces & just as I was about to colour, thought "No, she can do that".  This way it will be something that she hashelped create for her little friends.  I then made a matching basket to give them a home.  I am also trying to use my stash of DSP & stamps before the new Catalogue comes out!

The cards all measure 4" x 4".  They have been stamped directly onto Whisper White Cardstock using Basic Gray Ink.

I cut strips of DSP about 1 1/2" x 4", punched the sides with different Border Punches & adhered them to the side of the cards.

For my flowers, I have used ones from my box of goodies, some are SU Flowers, while others are pre-SU!  I adhered Basic Pearls to the centre of the flowers.

The Basket is made from Whisper White Cardstock & covered with the same DSP as I've used on the cards.  I attached flowers to the sides & front.  For my handle, I used a piece of DSP, punched a border down both sides & adhered to the sides of the basket.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Pun Fun

Ink - Basic Gray

Cardstock - Whisper White

DSP - Sweet & Sour Speciality

Punches - Scallop Edge Border, Scallop Trim Border, Eyelet Border, Pinking Hearts Border

Accessories - SU Flowers, Basic Pearls, Adhesive Snail

Non- SU - Flowers

Until next time, Enjoy!

Challenge 126...

Challenge 126 for my Yahoo group is all about Animal Antics.

We have to create a card, scrapook page or projcet that features an animal - even bugs are allowed. 

I wasn't going to do it as I seemed to have so many ideas going around in my head that I was getting a little confused, but then wanted to try a Criss-Cross Card.  I've never done one of these previously.  I have seen them around "blog world" for some time.  As usual, I've adapted my card to fit the Australian standard envelope.

Once I put the Card together, I adhered Ribon around the bottom half & tied a bow.  I stamped my image onto a piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock using Basic Black Ink.  I coloured the image using my Aqua Painter, Basic Grey & Rose Red Inks.  This was adhered to a piece of Rose Red Cardstock.  Using SU Dimensionals, the whole piece was placed on the front of the card just a little off centre.

For the inside of my card, I again stamped the image in the bottom right hand side on Very Vanilla Cardstock & coloured the same as the front.  I sponged Rose Red around the end of the Very Vanilla Cardstock using my SU Sponges & Pastels.  This piece was adhered to a piece of Pumpkin Pie Caardsock.  Using Rose Red Re-Inker, I dyed 2 flowers & kept one of them the natural colour.  I adhered these together & mounted top left hand side of the card ensuring that the flower was not too far over so that I couldn't slide the card into its pocket.  A Basic Pearl was stuck in the middle.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Pun Fun

Ink - Rose Red, Basic Grey, Basic Black

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red

DSP - Sweet & Sour Speciality

Ribbon - 5/8" Organza - Whisper White

Accessories - Multipurpose Glue, Basic Pearls, Flowers, SU Sponge, Aqua Painter, Pastels

Until next time, Enjoy!