Hello peeps!
I hope everyone is well :) I am here today with some exciting news! Some good friends of mine from University, Jemma and Tom, have FINALLY got engaged!!!! Whoop whoop! I am so pleased for them! They have been together since our last year at Uni, which was a whopping 7 years ago now! Yup, feeling a bit old!
I admit, I did get this news a little while ago and it has taken me an AGE to get this card made - partly due to a lack of opportunity, but partly because I wanted to make something that was just right. It has been such a long time since I saw either of them :( I hope to catch up with them at some point soon :)
Anyway, that's enough nostalgia...here's the card...
Jemma has always been a turquoise gal so I tried to incorporate this into the card. The colours are loosely based on a Play Date Cafe colour board from a while ago. I didn't get to participate, but I LOVE the colour combination and wanted to use it anyway :)
It doesn't really show well in the photograph, but the sentiment is embossed in silver and IRL it looks all shiny and special :) I really hope that Jemma (and Tom) like this card. When she let me know about the engagement she said, and I quote... "I expect a place on handmade by Sian!!!" Ha ha! Here you go Jems! :) I had no idea that she followed my blog so I was doubly pleased and I am honoured to have her on here!! :)
Miss you Jemma! :)
Some more happy news is that I was one of the winners over at Catered Crop last week so I get the honour of being part of the Quickfire on Sunday line up - woohoo! The challenge this week is 'So Shapely' and is all about using die cuts and punches. This is a wonderfully ambiguous starting point and it will surely bring out something different in everyone - I can't wait to browse the entries! So, this card is my contribution to this challenge with the border and the flowers all being die cuts :)
Thank you for stopping by today, and always ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Grey, Pale Turquoise, Teal, Raspberry Pink
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps - Big Day Additions
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: Spellbinders - Classic Edges Two, Classic Decorative Inserts Three, Anemone Flower Topper;
WOW! - Silver super fine e/p; pearls
Hey peeps!
I am popping in with a little card for the Fusion challenge today...talk about last minute hey?!! That's just how I roll ;)
Once again, I decided to go with just the sketch. Don't get me wrong, the colours and the flowers from the inspiration image were wonderful, but there was no way I was going to be able to make them look anything other than an experiment in achieving the ugliest recycling paper! I am aware of my limitations and sometimes it does just as well to stick within them as it to push them :)
Here is the fab Fusion sketch and image for this/last week...
...and here is my card...
This card is another one that is destined for my Mother's address. Her friend is moving at the end of the month and she asked if I could make a card for her. Now, I am aware that there is no mention of 'new home' or even an image of a house anywhere on this card, but I think it is a cause for felicitations. Her friend has been trying to sell her house for over a year and it has finally happened! Too tenuous? I don't know - I'll send it to Mother and see what she says...I still have plenty of time to make another one when she says that this one won't do! ;)
I had a bit of fun with this card...you see those outer rings? They have been heat embossed with glow in the dark embossing powder! Te he! The inner circles have been embossed with clear gloss embossing powder. I thought they looked like little planets and that it might be fun if a card on someone's mantel piece was to glow in the evening! (I think this cold has gone to my head a little more than I first thought!) I did try to take a photograph of it 'glowing' to no avail...I was not impressed. Danielle Daws made this card and she seemed to be able to capture the 'glowing'...my photo's just came out black :( I'd love to blame the camera, but only a bad craftsman blames his tools. You can see in Danielle's photo what it look like in the dark though :)
ETA: Lyndal kindly pointed out that this card would also qualify for the challenge currently on over at Catered Crop so I'm popping it in there as well! Thanks girl! :)
Thanks, as always, for stopping by...your time and comments mean a lot to me ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Bright Red
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Big Day Additions
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: WOW! - Glow-In-The-Dark, Clear, Metalline Red e/p; Spellbinder - Large and Small Circle Dies;
Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots e/f; Tonic - duo corner punch
Hello!
I have followed the Runway Inspired Challenge since Jennifer first started it way back in November 2011 - I can't believe it's been so long!! It's an absolutely brilliant idea and completely different from any other challenge out there as far as inspiration is concerned. I love Jennifer's work, and that of the design team and to be honest, they're all so good that I have been a bit too daunted to join in for fear of not being good enough! The level that Jennifer, the design team and the participants of this challenge are at is way beyond me - however, this time around the inspiration photo was just so gorgeous that I couldn't resist making a fool of myself! He he!
I absolutely NEED this dress in my life!!!...
...I mean...drool!! How stunning is that dress?! I am going to have to find one like it as I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to afford the original, not in a month of Sundays! Although, if my darling brother is reading this...I'd like one of these please!! (My brother is a hobby tailor, a very good one at that! So Jack, get on the hunt for some of this material and we'll call it a birthday and Christmas present! ;) )
Anyways; black, white and red is one of my favourite colour combinations...EVER. You always end up with something classy...hopefully! Here is my attempt...
I know the dress has a floral pattern, but a lot of the other entries had flowers on and I wanted to be different! I'm pretty pleased with how this came together, especially as I made a landscape card! I'm not sure I've made one this way round before?! It doesn't really show in the photograph, but the sentiment is embossed so that it stands out a little from the background. I'm also pleased with myself for biting the bullet and jumping in the deep end :)
Thanks for stopping by ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Big Day Additions, Fancy Flourishes & Scallops & Dots
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium; SU! - Black
Other: WOW! - Ebony e/p; pearls
Ok...so I'm not posting these in order...I know, I'm sorry! I'm hoping that I'll manage to get all four weeks entries made this month, but I'll be honest, I'm not holding my breath! Ill try :)
Here is the sketch for Week 2 and my card;
It's another very 'un-me' card - I think the sun coming out for a whole two days had an effect on me!!
Let me know what you think :)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Ocean Blue, Grape, Lilac, Primrose Yellow, Ivory Hammered,
Lime Green, Pale Turquoise
Stamps: Verve - Sunny Days; Papermania - V&A Cornfield; Waltzingmouse - Big Day Additions
Ink: VersaColor - Violet, Silver, Evergreen; Ranger - Perfect Medium, Broken China Distress Ink
Other: Wow Embossing Powder - Primary Lagoon; Papermania clear embossing powder; Verve - A
Cut Above Die - Leafy Sprigs; doily; purple jewellery wire; ivory/pearl seed beads;
rhinestones
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