Spring is Early!

Yes, that's right! Here in Australia it is still officially Winter - but with another gorgeous day over 20 degrees Celsius and all the Wattle out to disturb those allergy conscious eyes and noses….it must be Spring already :-) And I for one am not complaining!! (Despite the Sinusitis!) Spring is my favourite Season of them all - for it is full of the hope of a wonderful Summer :-)
But one thing that is not early is the day  - it's Wednesday so that means it is time for another Sketch from the Paper Craft Crew. A few Team members are taking a break this week it seems but there is still plenty of inspiration for you :-). Here is this week's sketch:

I was needing a boy's card so this quite feminine looking sketch initially seemed like it might be tricky but in the end it worked out ok I think :-)

So I changed the oval to a circle to fit the fun little Octopus and decided to make it a Shaker Card too. To do this I used my Circle Framelits to create the frame and then also cut the bottom layers and some acetate too. For the adhesive I used the Shaker Frames and cut through the largest of one of the Frames so I could shape it how I wanted it - and then also used a small adhesive frame and placed them so there were no gaps. Inside the Shaker window is a mixture of Silver and Blue sequins and some Silver Foil card stock stars punched with the Confetti Stars punch. And I replaced the layers of Scallops with some banners punched from the Sea Street DSP and topped this with some Coastal Cabana Twine:-)

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Maritime

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Midnight Muse (Retired) 

Stamps: Sea Street, Sassy Salutations

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Banner Punch, Shaker Frames, Confetti Stars Border punch, Coastal Cabana Twine, Silver and Blue Sequins (Non-SU)

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I do hope you have time to check out the rest of the cards by the Design Team at The Paper Craft Crew this week and hopefully you will be inspired to join us :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

More Sea Street

There is no doubt about it - Winter has arrived with a bang! After months of being told "such warm weather for Autumn ( and winter) it is a grey, cold and very damp day outside today - and 50cm of snow forecast for the nearest ski slopes over the next couple of days. So it seemed a good time to make a summery card - as we need more summer obviously :-)

And this week's sketch is such a fun one at The Paper Craft Crew  it was perfect to get out my new favourite stamp set for boys…"Sea Street"! The Design Team have come up with some great ideas to inspire you again this week so I do hope you have a couple of minutes to have a look too.

So here is the sketch:

And here is my card :-)

So fun to create the frames with the Frameilits :-)

For the card base I used some Real Red card stock and added the lovely waves from the Maritime DSP to the dark blue layer. And yes, both the circle and Square framelits came in handy to create this week's shapes :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Midnight Muse (retired), Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Maritime

Inks: Midnight Muse, Coastal Cabana, Real Red

Stamps: Sea Street, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain ribbon, Big Shot, Circle and Square Frameits, Label Card Framelits, Decorative Dots EF, Hexagon Punch, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I do hope you can check out all the fabulous Design Team cards at The Paper Craft Crew this week and hopefully you too will be inspired to enter!

Happy stamping until next time :-)

Jan

Sea Street Shaker

Welcome to a chilly Sunday evening in Melbourne. A real Four seasons in One day kind of day - just like we are famous for having :-) And so when the rain started it was the perfect time to join in some challenges and make a card - now that we have a little more time with Sally the dog needing less intensive nursing :-)

Today's card is for TWO challenges :  to "Just Add a shaker" at Just Add Ink and the fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Here is the card:

Doesn't the DSP just look like little waves?

In retrospect the window could've been a little higher….hence I felt the need to add the Twine to the top of the card.

The window is filled with a little mixture of Dazzling Diamonds glitter and some silver and blue sequins. And the little fish are stamped to replicate one of the layers in the sketch.

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Maritime

Inks: Island Indigo, Coastal Cabana, Real Red

Stamps: Sea Street, Happiest Birthday (Retired)

Accessories: Circle Framelits, Hexagon punch, Acetate sheet, Coastal Cabana Twine, Dazzling Diamonds, Silver and blue sequins (Non-SU)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and I hope you have time to check out the two challenge blogs for inspiration as they have some amazing cards for you : Just Add Ink and Freshly Made Sketches.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Sneak Peek and The Paper Craft Crew

Welcome to another beautiful Melbourne day- a pretty chilly start to a Winter's morning, but a gorgeous sunny day! And being Wednesday it is also time for another sketch from The Paper Craft Crew - the Design Team have come up with some fabulous samples to inspire you so I do hope you time to check them all out :-)

So here is the sketch:

And here is my card

So there are THREE sneak peek products used here  - can you guess which ones they are?

YES! The DSP is one, and the two stamps used are the others!

The bright and happy DSP is from the new Maritime pack. The colours in it here are Not Quite Navy, Real Red and Coastal Cabana and of so the colour palette for the card was decided :-)

Next I stamped the smiling octopus from the Sea Street stamp set and fussy cut him and the two starfish out.

For the greeting I turned to a new set that is quickly becoming my favourite - Work of Art. Because the words are on two different stamps it makes interchanging the greetings so fun and easy! And then I layered this onto two punched pieces from the decorative label punch.

And whilst the sketch calls for a 1/2 circle doily - I decided to substitute this for a Starburst - embossed with the Decorative Dots EF for this children's card :-)

And finally, a touch of sequins to complete this rather busy card :-) 

Card stock: Night of Navy, Real Red, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Maritime*

Inks: Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, Real Red

Stamps: Sea Street*, Work of Art*

Accessories: Big Shot, Decorative Dots EF, Starbursts Framelits, Chevron border punch, Decorative Label Punch, Silver Sequins - non SU

*Available in the New Annual Ideas Book and Catalogue available July 1

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I do hope you have time to check out the wonderful samples the Design Team at The Paper Craft Crew have created to inspire you this week and maybe you too might be next to join in the Challenge!

Happy stamping until next time

Jan