Week 3 at Sunny Challenges and Creations

Here we are into week 3 would you believe of

 Sunny Challenges. This week the sketch and stamp set was chosen by our very talented Vicky. She certainly made me put my thinking cap on thats for sure! The Stamp set is a wonderful set called Fox and Friends and it is soon to retire. It is such a versatile set for either welcoming a new baby or for a young person's birthday. I took a piece of Rich Razzleberry Cardstock and randomly stamped the monkey from the set over the front if the card with White Craft Ink. The white mat was put through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder. I decided to make the ribbon a bit of a focal point as well by punching small holes in it with the Crop a Dile and then threading 1/8" white taffeta ribbon through the holes and tying it off. Taking the monkey image once again I stamped 'him' off once on Whisper White Card Stock with Rich Razzleberry. I then punched out 3 small hearts from the set of small punches and placed them down the side. The sentiment is from Short and Sweet, and punched out using the Word Window Punch. I decided to send this one off to my young grandson for his birthday, and him being a bit of a monkey I thought it suited him to the ground. Would love to hear what you think, bye for now

Tent Card - Welcome Baby

This evening I was sitting at my desk and found some owls that I had punched out, and started to play with them. I saw a picture of a tent card on the net a while back and thought I would attempt to make one. Well I am here to tell you, they are the easiest cards ever to make. I sponged the inside of the card with a combination of More Mustard, Crumb Cake and Wild Wasabi for the ground area and sponged Marina Mist for the sky. I then stamped 3 little rabbits from the Forest Friends set along the bottom. I covered the front piece of cardstock with Designer Paper and run it through the Big Shot using the Top Note Die to give the opening to hang the little owls from. I attached them to the card with a piece of Certainly Celery Grosgrain ribbon and a rhinestone brad to attach it to the top of the card. I stamped and cut out some bambi's and some baby owls and attached them to the four corners of the front. The sentiment I stmped in Early Espresso and punched out using the large oval, then placed that onto a scallop oval that I had punched out in Always Artichoke. I think it is so cute, even if it is a little unorthodox for the occasion. The measurements to use for the Tent Card are to cut 2 of 12 x 16cm  and for the base 1 of 10cm x 12cm. The base is folded in half then each side folded back so that a W is formed. Attache the back of the card to the base, sitting it in the crease of the valley on the right hand side and adhere. The front of the card sits on the outside of the other side of the W leaving the mountain fold in the middle which enables the card to fold flat for postage. Either glue the tops of the card together or join with brads (I think glue is tidier)
  Hope you like it too. Bye for now,

How Sweet are these Sweet Peas?

I saw the very talented  Maria's tutorial on making these beautiful flowers, which are just quietly my favourite flower next to violets, and then saw the beautiful card my good friend and colleague Kris McIntosh made following Maria's tutorial. This really piqued my interest so I sat down and decided to 'have a go' as well. This tutorial was easy to follow there was no way they were going to fail!

 

 I swiped my Rich Razzleberry Base with the ink pad of the same colour to add some texture. I placed a piece of Whisper White cardstock that I had run through the Big Shot using the Petals a Plenty embossing folder onto a piece of Perfect Plum I decided though to use a Whisper White crimped middle sized oval, which sat on the large oval in Basic Black which I had cut using the Bigz Ovals Die. I also made my tendrils a lot finer as I didnt use stalks for the flowers and I thought it made it look too heavy. This is such a simple but effective card to make. The big decision now................who to give it to???? I hope you like what I have done with the sweet peas, bye for now. Gwen