Guest DT - Crafting by Designs

And hello again my dears!  I know, two posts in only a few hours, and I'm not even awake! lol.

I am very excited to be able to share with you that I have been asked to be a guest designer over at Crafting By Designs for the March challenge. Naturally I jumped at the chance to join in and create something for this challenge, which features everyone's favourite theme... anything goes!

It gave me an opportunity to play with a stamp I'd recently acquired (though it had been on my wish-list for quite some time!), which is the La-La Land Crafts Top Hat Steampunk Marci.
And to make it that little bit more special, I decided to make an easel card, as I've not made one in many months!

The paper is Kanban (I am sooooo in love with that pad. I'm kinda hoarding it though, as I'm unlikely to be able to find more!) matted with gold Miri card, to match the gold embossed designs in the paper.

Some metal brads seemed the right thing to frame the sentiment...

Some copper coloured ribbon and gold pearls to finish it off...

I really, really enjoyed making this card, and colouring this stamp with my Promarkers. I've come to the conclusion that the LLLC stamps really are a pleasure to colour!

So that's my GDT card for Crafting By Designs. I hope some of you are feeling inspired to play along with the March challenge!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Sweetpea stampers - Easel card


Remember to be fabulous!

Sammy-x

Guest design post!

Hi there folks, today I am excited to be able to tell you I am featured as a guest designer on the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge!

I was asked to make "One for the boys", and you know me, that suits me to a T! So after a day or two of deliberation, I decided on a side step card. Now, when I decided this I did not yet have a die cutting machine, yet I wanted stars. Having hand-cut stars before (badly!), I decided this would not do! Hence the finally successful hinting to hubby and a brand new GC and set of star dies (amongst others!) to be able to make this card:

Aside from the stars I decided I had to have hessian/burlap, and I found some papers with not only the colours I wanted to use, but stars too. It's little serendipitous things like that that make me happy :-)

Card recipe:

Image - "Milk and Biscuits" - LOTV
Medium - Promarkers, Vintage photo distress ink.
Papers - Basic Grey "Hang 10"
Sentiment - "Large words" - Little darlings
Dies - Sizzix Framelits "Stars" and "Tickets"
White card, buttons, twine and hessian/burlap from stash.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cute card Thursday - Neutral zone
Addicted to stamps - Anything goes
Penny's paper-crafty challenge - Anything but square
Crafty sentiments - Anything goes
Die cuttin' divas - Use brown
Inky chicks - Use 2 different die cuts (stars and tickets)
Eureka stamps - Anything goes
C is for Challenge - Boys and men
LOTV Ideas to inspire - Anything goes


So, that's it for my first ever GDT post! (How exciting is that?) Hope you all have a fantabulous day,

Sammy-x