Island Birthday RS #117 SSC#77

Today I've made a birthday card using the clean, layered sketch at Retro Sketches and some beautiful colours, as suggested by Sunday Stamps Color Challenge. I do rather like the inspiration picture, it reminds me of old European doorways, such lovely, rustic entries.
SUO Challenges have suggested 'stamping in the background', instead of DSP.

The grungy  door surround in the picture inspired me to ink up an embossing folder with Sahara Sand, and instead of pushing it through the Big Shot, I used my brayer to press the colour onto the card. I like the effect it has given, and I think I'm going to try it some more now. The Embossing Folder I inked up was Alphabet Press, the one on the belly band strip is Arrows.

I've used a piece of Pacific Point paper from International Bazaar DSP, and a scrap of Bermuda Bay from Kaleidoscope DSP. I have to say, this is a really pleasing colour combination, which I haven't used before. Not much stamping either, just a greeting from retired Wacky Wishes, so I didn't even get inky today!

 I'm a bit excited too, it's a long weekend in most of Australia, with Monday a holiday for Queen's Birthday.
Have a great weekend
Rachel

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon STS 314

I found Seize the Sketch for the first time tonight. After visiting the Seize the Birthday Blog in search of ideas, they directed me to Seize the Sketch. I'm not feeling like making birthday cards but the sketch immediately"spoke" to me! The circle behind just HAD to be a big, full, silver moon and so I pulled out Serene Silhouettes and my black Stazon. Love & Sympathy provided the greeting and the only colour is a glimpse of Bermuda Bay with Candy Dots and a strip of Kaleidoscope DSP. The background DSP is also Kaleidoscope, a sombre charcoal. 

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Rachel

Retro Sketches Shout Out - Yay!!!

Another Shout Out! from Retro sketches for this birthday card. I used all New goodies from the Occasions Catalogue and a Sale-A-bration freebie stamp.

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Have a great weekend!

Rachel

Kaleidoscope Birthday RS #97

Oh boy! Is it ever hot here in Melbourne at the moment. It reached 43 degrees celsius today, with the same temperature predicted for the next three days. I'm very glad to be on holiday at the moment, as our school is without any air conditioning.

I haven't done too much, but I did slip into my craft room this evening and browsed through the challenges, and then I spied this sketch at Retro Sketches. I really mixed things up for this simple birthday card, taking a stamp from Starburst Sayings (and its matching Framelit), a stamp from See Ya Later (that's a Sale-a-bration stamp set) and the paper is Kaleidoscope available in the new seasonal catalogue, which is on sale to you from January 28th. I used the Label Framelit from Chalk Talk too, so it really is a bit of this and a bit of that.




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Rachel