A Quick Blog Post With A Tropical Card

A quick hello from me today with a reminder that the Daring Cardmakers challenge this week is "Come Fly With Me".  Check out the challenge and see the design team inspiration HERE.  

I didn't get anything done for the challenge as I am still back and forward to hospital with my OH and he needs lots of support at the moment from me.  I do hope to do the odd blog over the next months and will be keeping an eye on what you are all getting up to on facebook and Instagram when I can.

This is a card I did for the Elemental Challenge last week but had no time to blog it, it does fit this challenge though as toucans do fly!

A Sizzix die, papermilldirect card and a few scraps of other card were used to create the toucan with the leaves and flowers and I cut the large leaf from a digital paper. the toucan was layered onto a pink square then onto a larger dark pink square and finally onto a white square and onto a card blank.  A die cut sentiment and smaller stamped sentiment were added to create a tropical birthday card.

The design team at Daring Cardmakers  love to see your cards so do join them for the challenge. 

Sylv xx

Celebrating The Victrian Era

This week Shabneez is hosting the challenge at Daring Cardmakers.  As Queen Victoria's birthday was in May (4th May 1819 -2nd January 1901)  she wants to see anything on your cards that celebrates the Victorian era. I was thinking steampunk, vintage style or something invented or popular in the Victorian era.

I didn't get a card done this week due to family health issues, and I may not be around much over the next 3 or 4 months but will try to blog if I can.  Although I didn't make a card I did start one.  Some Victorian style stamps, papers and  postcards were gathered together.  The Victorian gentlemen with a distress oxide background was my final choice but I didn't have the time to finish it.

Do pop over to Daring Cardmakers and check out the challenge and the design team inspiration, they would love to see what you come up with.

Sylv xx

Daring Cardmakers M A Y Letters Challenge

Today I have my design team card for this week's Daring Cardmakers challenge.  Kathy is hosting the challenge this week and wants you to use or incorporate one thing beginning with each letters of the word MAY.

I used a Mixed Media Style, an Aperture and the colour Yellow for my M, A and Y.

The background was created first, coloured chalk paints were smudged onto white card and stamps randomly stamped in black and yellow ink and a little stencilling using white ink.

A square card blank was made using white linen card and an aperture was cut out of a square piece of card  which was slightly smaller than the card blank.  A sentiment was stamped onto the aperture before layering it over the painted panel and attaching to the card with 3D foam pads.

A flower and bee were stamped onto a piece of yellow painted card and fussy cut.  These were attached to the card and a few dots of perfect pearls placed on the mount.

You can find details of the challenge and the DT inspiration on the Daring Cardmakers Blog.  

Sylv xx