Sketch #16

To help inspire my crafting I'm following along with the Great American Stampin' Show as they use the sketches from the catalogue as inspiration. This week it is sketch #16 and as usual, you do not have to follow strictly to the same formula. Use the sketch to inspire, and don't forget to send the cards you create.

Initially I stamped a background for this card using a lot of random images of 'teen boy' things, but it just didn't turn out as I'd imagined, so a piece of Just Kiddin' DSP in lovely shades of blue has substituted. This paper pack is only $8.70 at the moment in Clearance.

I changed the dimensions of this centre piece as well and added a matt in the same navy foil (retired) as the numbers cut from a retired number set. After colouring the boot from Let's Wander it was added across the corner.

Pocket Thoughts dies are new in and do come in a bundle with a stamp set. However, I have bought the dies just to make these pockets for money and gift cards inside birthday cards. I think I also might end up using the larger ones on scrapbook pages for journalling blocks or memorabilia.

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Colour Creations - Week 41 - Poppy Parade

  

Contributors to this blog hop are all members of Claire Daly's Art With Heart group. We love chatting, crafting and getting together in person. This is week 41 of our blog hop and the featured colour is Poppy Parade. I'm rather fond of this bright red and have made 2 cards to share tonight.

CARD 1:

It's so easy to cut a piece of designer series paper in the relevant colour, glue it to a base the same colour and you're part way there. This paper is a SALE-A-Bration free offering with a $90 order and co-ordinates with Trusty Tools, page 56 in the mini catalogue. If you purchase the Trusty Tools Bundle, you can add the paper to your order for free, but only for another week. SAB finishes 29 February.

I had some fun with Stampin' Blends colouring various tools and fussy-cut a saw blade from DSP too before creating an arrangement on a large label. 

Hooray For Surprises provided the sentiment on both the front and inside the card. This will be a card for one of my sons later this year.

CARD 2:

My eldest grandson is 16 today, an awkward age for cards until I remember how food, especially junk food is the best way to get him onside. I knew I'd ordered the Host set, Carnival Treats for a reason! You can add it to an order too, if you spend up big and order $250 in one shot.

A little bit of stamping in different colours, some fussy-cutting and some piecing together and I'm thrilled to bits with the result. 'Celebrate' is part of a new stamp, Happy Little Things, to be released online 5th March. The 'sauce' is Pearlized Enamel Effects in Real Red.

All the food items actually only required two colours and the division is really clear, with a thick white line making it so much easier to cut.

An addition of some popcorn and 'YOU' on the inside finishes this card. 

Our next lovely team member is Andrea Sargent who is bound to have something AMAZING to share!

If at any time you find a broken link or would like to see a full list of participants, please head to the blog of our host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Catherine Proctor.

Happy crafting,