DS135 and TCC #2

Spent a little time over the last two days playing in the craft studio again!  I just love this weeks sketch from Jen over at The Deconstructed Sketch Challenge and I have also drawn inspiration this week from a new challenge blog that I am excited to be playing along with - The Card Concept. 

The Card Concept is a really cool challenge blog as it encourages you to define what style of card you have made.  This is a bi-weekly challenge where 12 talented designers showcase their creations based on the inspiration challenge posted and the design styles.  They also give you an insight into what inspired them.

The styles are divided into 6 style themes:

• Clean & Simple (CAS)

• Clean & Layered

• Clean & Graphic

• Freestyle Collage

• Shabby Chic

• Classy & Elegant

So here we go with the inspiration:

And this is the card I created:

After reading The Card Concepts style descriptions I decided my card would probably best fit in their Shabby Chic and Vintage style.

Here is how they define the style:

•the use of used, worn or inexpensive components to make stylish goods

•distressed or sponged edges

•old feel-antiqued

•lots of embellishments

•ribbons or lace

•lots of layers

The layering was taken care of by the amazing sketch.  I love my edge distressor and tea dye ink pad so that got a tick too.    Embellishments, ribbons and lace were all left overs or quickly made from fabric, co-ordinating paper etc. So I hope I have made a wise choice here.



The little heart buttons were made with fabric and paper, I tore sections of the paper and inserted lace behind which I had inked and recycled a button from an old piece of clothing.

To give the card a bit of an older feel (as I had picked papers that were a little more modern) I printed the image onto textured cardstock.  I also drew inspiration from TCC pic as I loved the green grass in front of the cottage and could just imagine back in the day,  the mother and daughter in my card out the front picking flowers.

Thanks so much for taking a look!

Jillibean Joy and RS98

I arrived home from work yesterday to my first bi-monthly delivery of card making kits from The Card Kitchen Kit Club at Jillibean Soup.  I decided to treat myself to a kit subscription for 2014!  I absolutely love their products and designs and I am really looking forward to sharing the cards I create.

My addiction to MFT die-namics and to Jillibean Soup is a little extra special as I was lucky enough to work with one of their talented designers when I lived in the US - Laina Lamb. So I love seeing what she creates and designs and then I get to play with them too!  She is so talented so stop by her blog and take a look! Click here!

So for my first card I stopped by one of my favourite sketch challenge blogs - Retro Sketches.  So here is their sketch:

And here is the card I created:

 

I decided to flip the sketch upside down and move the embellishment a little while still trying to keep true to the overall sketch.

 

The papers were from the Jillibean Card Kitchen December Kit which featured their Cold Avocado Soup collection.  I also used some of their Pea Pod Parts, my MFT Blueprints 3 and a Carl leaf punch.

 

 

The flower was cut from MFT's gorgeous felt (love working with it!) and I added some stitching too!

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my card!



Retro Sketches 97

The heatwave continues and so does the card making!  This time I decided to play along with the lovely girls over at Retro Sketches.  I just love the sketches they put up each week - they are the perfect springboard to get me started.

Here is the sketch from the girls:

And this is the card I created:

The papers for this card were from Carta Bella - Rough and Tumble.  I love the mix of the papers in this collection as they lend themselves to masculine and little boy cards so well.

As usual I grabbed out my MFT dies. I broke open one my brand new January release favourites - the Distressed Hearts Frame and teamed it up with one of my all time favourite go to dies for male cards - the stacking stars.

The stamp I used was from MFT as well and I used the Weathered Wood Tim Holtz distress pad to shabby up the sentiment. I also used a bit of his tea dye ink around the other elements  on the card as well.

Thanks for stopping by!