Blossom Designs

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #52

Okay, this isn't the card I made earlier in the week (adding a few things to it!), so I shall show you my card I made today using Beate's sketch.

I haven't added a sentiment as I didn't know which one to use so until I am going to send it, I will leave it blank.

The DSP is the Wintergreen from SU!.  I have only just got it along with a few other DSP but this one was calling out to me!  LOL

I might try and sneak in Jen's sketch challenge too (if I can!).

Happy Crafting,

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Supplies
Stamps: Polka Dots, Garden Silhouettes.
Ink: Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black.
Paper: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Wintergreen DSP.
Accessories: 1/4" Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon.

Happy Birthday

I made this card using Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #49.

The card size is 4" x 4" which is small for me but it was fun to do.

It is my hubby's birthday tomorrow and believe it or not, I hadn't made him a card.  So this one will be it!  He is not into 'cards' and when I occasionally show him what I have made, he says "that's nice".  Typical bloke!  LOL.  I also usually get Oliver to make a card as well but....you guessed it....I forgot!  Well, I took him to the park to kick the ball around and play on the swings instead!

Mmmm, cake!  Gosh, I haven't had cake in ages and for someone who loved to eat cakes.....actually, after losing 2st (28lbs), I really don't have the craving anymore, which is probably a good thing!  LOL  My eating habits have changed so much in the past year (all for the better!!).  Anyway, I hope you like my card and I hope hubby does too!

Happy Crafting,

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Supplies
Stamps: SU! - Big Bold Birthday.
Ink:SU! - Certainly Celery, Old Olive Versamark.
Paper: SU! - Blue Bayou, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Whisper White.
Accessories: 5/8" Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, Nestabilities (Scallop & Standard Circle), Corner Rounder.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #44

I'm a little late posting this card.  I actually finished it on Friday night, just as our visitors arrived.  I didn't get to photograph it then we went out to a local zoo on Saturday and were gone for most of the day.  A day at the zoo with a 3 year old!! - what can I say!  I was too tired to turn the PC on when we got home, although I did end up taking the photos - woo hoo!

It has been a while since I used this colour combo and I couldn't seem to put the DP back in the box - it seemed to be calling my name!  LOL

Can you see in this photo the sparkle??  I used my versamark pad with my stamps along with the 'heat & stick powder', then I used the 'dazzling diamonds' glitter on top!

Give this sketch a go!

Happy Crafting,

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Jen's Sketch For You To Try - 12th April 2008

Okay, so I've managed to finish Jens's sketch challenge.  I was going to use some DP but in the end I didn't so I stamped the image from the Garden Silhouette set.  I also used the colour challenge from SCS #160 which was to use Mellow Moss, Creamy Caramel, Apricot Appeal & Cameo Coral.  Not a colour combination I would normally put together.

I have been wanting to use this sentiment stamp for ages but just never got around to using it.  This photo doesn't show the true colours of the cardstock.

Here is Jen's sketch - give it a go.

Happy Crafting,

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Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #42

Okay, so today you are going to get 2 cards - yes, 2 cards !!  LOL  I finally got to Beate's sketch today as Oliver had a birthday party to attend yesterday which was about 2 1/2 hours away.  Fred was one of his swimming buddies before his family moved further north and this is the first time we have been there.  Oliver had a ball and there was a bouncy castle !!

Anyway, back to the card !!  A friend of mine is having a baby and they know they are having a girl so I thought I would get in early and get one made.  I'm really liking this sketch, it was so easy to put together.

I got to use my SU! chipboard flower which I painted white with acrylic paint in pink first then painted a coat in white.  You can see that it is glossy where it should be crackled !!  I used my Ranger Crackle Accents medium but so far nothing has crackled - I don't know why, I'm thinking that the bottle has been labelled wrongly.  Who knows ????
I cut out two separate flowers from the SU! DP and layered them on top of the bazzil yellow flower sitting on the chipboard.

I also used my cuttlebug embossing folders instead of stamping.

Here is Beate's sketch.

Happy Crafting,

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Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #41

My wonderful friend Monica who lives in Mexico, recently had a baby girl (girls are all around at the moment!) so I used Beate's sketch to make this card.  I love the Designer Paper I used in THIS card back in February and it was for another baby girl card so I thought I would use it again.

Here is a close up of the teddy bear.  I used my new SU! watercolour crayons in Pink Passion.  I really do need to practise watercolouring more and normally I can colour in the line but for some reason put a brush in my hand and all my neatness goes out the window !!  I also used my polka dot stamp on the Pixie Pink cardstock.

As you can see I have lifted the teddy off the page.

Here is Beate's sketch.  Give it a go !!

Happy Crafting,

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Supplies
Stamps: SU! - Bundle of Joy, Polka Dot.
Ink: SU! - Pixie Pink, Crayons - Pink Passion.
Paper: SU! - Pixie Pink. So Saffron, DP = Petals & Paisleys.
Accessories: SU! Ribbon Originals - Fairy Tale, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain..

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #40

I finally got around the creating today.  I had no idea what colours I wanted to use so I went over to SCS Tuesday's Colour Challenge which was to use SU! Kraft, Sage Shadow & Orchid Opulence.

I also got to use my prima flowers.  I haven't bought them out in a while.  Can you see the ribbon ??  It is 1/4" whisper white......really it is !!  I just coloured it with my orchid opulence marker.  The background stamp is 'Petals' jumbo wheel stamped in versamark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I had to emboss it because I think my son has hidden my large versamark ink pad and I only had the very small one to ink up the wheel which didn't turn out the way I'd hoped, so I quickly whipped out my embossing powder and sprinkled it on.  Now, where to look to find my ink pad !! LOL

Here is Beate's sketch.

Happy Crafting,

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Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #39

Sketch challenge weekend time!!  I wanted to use some of the scraps I have and I cannot remember where I got it from or who it is from.  I like putting brown and pink together............with a splash of yellow !!

I don't know if you can see on the chocolate chip carstock, I have stamped with versamark ink.  I was being really lazy and used my Hero Arts stamps instead of my SU! spot on jumbo wheel because the hero arts stamps are right next to me and the jumbo wheel is at the bottom of the pile.

Here is Beate's sketch.

Happy Crafting,

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Supplies
Stamps: SU! - Wild About You.
Ink: SU! - Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss, Pixie Pink.
Paper: SU! - Chocolate Chip, Pixie Pink, Apricot Appeal, Paper Salon - Sweet Shoppe:pink dotted swirl.
Accessories: SU! Brads, Yellow ribbon.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #38

Woo Hoo.....it's Friday, which means it is sketch challenge time.

What do you think of my card - it is a little dark for me but I am happy with the end result.

I decided not to use an image on the white cardstock but instead I used a sentiment. I'm a little short on sentiment stamps (at the moment *wink*) so I didn't really have anything that was more than 2 lines which would have fit perfectly. Oh well, I will have to do something about that won't I ?? LOL

Here is Beate's sketch.

Thanks Beate !!

Happy Crafting,

Supplies
Stamps: SU! - Welcoming Words, Papertrey Ink - Faux Ribbon.
Ink: SU! - Bravo Burgundy, Adirondack - Cranberry.
Paper: Basic Grey, SU! - Bravo Burgundy.
Accessories: SU! - Hodgepodge, White Ribbon coloured with Bravo Burgundy Marker.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #37

I finally finished my card for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge !! PHEW !

It is also my very first acetate card - can you believe that !! I also finally got to use my SU! hodgepodge.

Happy Crafting,
K.

Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Women Of Life.
Ink: SU! - Really Rust.
Paper: SU! DP - Fall Flowers, SU! - Really Rust, Mellow Moss, Whisper White.
Accessories: SU! Hodgepodge.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #36

Today is sketch challenge from Beate. Yay !!

I had so much fun with this one - can you tell.  My motivation has come back.  I really haven't felt like stamping this week.

I used my white gel pen for the stitching effect.  Godd thing is if your cannot do straight lines (my hand is up), it doesn't matter as it just adds to the effect.

I also used the same colour combination as the other day - SU! Cameo Coral, Summer Sun and Ruby Red.  Can you tell I'm liking this colour combo ?? LOL

• Here is a close up of the stitching with my Papertrey Ink flower and text.

I also did some paper peircing in the top corners.

This is Beate's Sketch - give it a go.

Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Beautiful Blooms.
Paper: SU! Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Ruby Red.
Ink: SU! Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Ruby Red.
Accessories: White Gel Pen.

Happy Crafting,

K.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #35

It is Friday and that means Beate's Sketch Challenge time. Yay !!

I wanted to use this stamp of 'puppybella'. I wasn't entirely sure what colours to use or even what DP to use. I rummaged through the pile of papers beside me on my table and got some inspiration.

Here is a close up of bella with her dog.

Here is Beate's sketch.

Happy Crafting,
K.




Supplies:
Stamps: Puppybella.
Ink: Stazon - Black SU! Markers - Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Real Red.
Paper: SU! DP - Paisley & Petals.
Accessories: SU! - Real Red Brads, Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #34

It is Friday again and that means Sketch Challenge time.

I thought I would use my Bella stamps today.

I am pleased with the result - it is nice and bright and happy.

Here are the "Javabella" girls. Aren't they great !

This is Beate's sketch.

Happy Crafting.

Supplies:
Stamps: Javabella.
Ink: Brilliance Black Stazon, SU! Markers - Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, Bashful Blue.
Paper: SU! - Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, Whisper White SU! DP - Petals & Paisley.
Accessories: White Satin Ribbon, Rectangle Nestabilities.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #33

Not long after my last post, I checked Beate's blog and there was her sketch. Brilliant, I thought, I'm on a roll here.

I cannot take credit for the idea of the film strip - it came from Jayne Mercer. Check out her blog.

I used my nestabilities to cut and emboss the square shapes. If you take a closer look I think you can see the embossing. I used a post-it note to mask the bottom of the square so the image didn't go over the embossed area.

I really should have made the black strip a little bit wider or I could have cut the Old Olive square's smaller but I couldn't be bothered as I know I would not have gotten all the squares the exact same size (I'm very particular with things matching and a perfectionist).

I decided to use my SU! round tab punch for the sentiment with a lovely gem brad. I put a foam pad underneath to hold it in place and also to give it a lift.

This is Beate's sketch - how did I do ???

Happy Crafting.

K.

Supplies:

Stamps: SU! - Oh, So Lovely.

Ink: SU! - Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive.

Paper: SU! DP - Fall Flowers, Old Olive, Basic Black

Accessories: SU! - 1/4" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Round Tab Punch, Papermania Green Gem Brads.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #32

This is Beate's sketch for this week.

Here is the card I made using Beate's sketch. I made the image smaller and added some buttons as I think it needed something at the top of the card.

I bought the paper yesterday while out with my friend Sally.

I am so grateful for these sketches. I must admit, I do have trouble with men's cards. I have a few male birthday's coming up so you will probably recognise some of the sketches. The recipient is under 10 years old.

Here is a close up of the DP. Very boyish with the fire truck and plane.

I hope he likes it.

Happy Crafting.

K.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Clear Design - B & H, English Stamp Company - Car.

Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black, SU! - Old Olive.

Paper: SU! - Mellow Moss, Karen Foster Design - Oh Boy Stripes.

Accessories: Brads, Buttons, Ribbon.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #31

Another of Beate's fabulous challenges.

I decided to go BRIGHT this time !!!

I used the Blooming with Happiness stamp set from SU! I have not used them before and have sooooo wanted to. A friend of mine is having a birthday at the end of this month so I will give this to her. I hope she likes it.

I am trying to find a solution to my lighting problem. Arrrhhh.

Happy Crafting.

K.

Supplies:

Stamps: SU! - Blooming With Happiness.

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx. SU! Markers - So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion.

Paper: SU! - So Saffron, Pixie Pink, Pink Passion, Tempting Turquoise.

Accessories: Pink Organza Ribbon, Bazzil Wings Bitty Blossoms (pink & blue).

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #30

This is Beate's sketch for this weekend's challenge.


Here is my card. It has taken me nearly all day to complete. This wasn't helped by having a 3 year old under my feet (who is now having a sleep !) and clearing out the spare room for Oliver to use. Then there was the decision of what stamps to use.

Anyway, I decided on using Papertrey Ink - Piece Of Cake set. I also used the same Basic Grey paper I used in Jen's sketch challenge and my Nestabilities (where would I be without them ???).

Hope you like it.

Hapy Crafting.

K.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Piece Of Cake.

Ink: SU! - Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Adirondack - Denim.

Paper: White, SU! - Night of Navy, Basic Grey - Skate Shoppe, Bazzil Cardstock.

Accessories: White Gel Pen, Clear Gems, Circle Nestabilities.

WSC #29

Wow, my second card for today - I'm on a roll !!

This is my very first Sketch Challenge on Beate's blog. I have recently only found her blog and this is her first challenge for a while (she had a short break) and for 2008 so I thought I would have a go.

Hope you like it.

K.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! - Bold Butterfly, Hero Arts - Happy Everything Greetings.
Ink: SU! - Old Olive, Bashful Blue.
Paper: White, Red, SU! - Bashful Blue.
Accessories: Olive Organza Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Standard & Scalloped Nestabilites dies.