Going Monochrome

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Over at Brown Sugar  we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Monochrome

Here is my interpretation of Monochrome, this is a 6 x 6 card with a piece of patterned paper from my stash.  I took a piece of black card and punch a border with a tonic lever punch, and embellished with a silver bling border, the topper is coloured with pencils and blended with Spectrum Noir blending solution, layered on black card. Sentiment is stamped using a black versafine ink pad.

Items Used

white and black card stock

Black distress ink

Crayola/Steadtler/SN colouring pencils

cosmic shimmer PVS glue

silver bling ribbon

Tonic border lever punch

Spectrum Noir blending solution

Black versafine ink pad

Our sponsor is

Dr Digi

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Karen Xxx

Birthday wishes to you

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Over at Brown Sugar  we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Anything Goes

My card this week I took the simple approach and kept it flat.  Coloured the image with pencils and layered it with co-ordinating papers

Items Used

Sentiment and die from Tonic Verso Live, Laugh, Love/ Single Banner

Lace from my stash

Bling gems - Docrafts, Hawthorn & Bramble

Distress Ink - Wilted Violet

Pink paper from my stash

Patterned paper from first edition - Dreamcatcher 8x8 pad

white cardstock

image from Lacy sunshine - Rory's Butterfly

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Karen Xxx

To the Birthday Girl

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Over at Brown Sugar we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Anything Goes

So here is my card for this week

This weeks card is has a white card base size 7" x 7" matted with pink card stock and then layered with patterned paper from the Big Girl collection.  The image is from our Sponsors below and coloured in using a few different brands, Spectrum Noir blending pencils and Steadlter ergo soft pencils blended using the Spectrum Noir Blending fluid.  The flowers are made from a Spellbinder floral dies with a red gem in the centre.  The sentiment is stamped using Versafine Vintage Sepia.

Items used

Image from our Sponsors -

Stamps Big Eye Big Head Dolls Messy Bessy IMG824 My Besties By Sherri Baldy

Pink, Brown, White card stock

Pattern paper from My Minds Eye, Big Girl collection

5mm Red gems

Versafine Vintage Sepia ink pad

Spectrum Noir Blending Pencils

Steadtler Ergo Soft Pencils

Sentiment stamp from Creative Expression 

Spellbinders Blooms 3 and flourish is from Jewel flowers & flourishes

Tattered Lace Beautiful Blooms

Vintage Lace

Collall Photoglue

Our Sponsor this week is

My Besties

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Meet Allistair the Alligator

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Over at Brown Sugar we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Spring

So here is my card for this week

Say hello to Allistair the Alligator, he is a digi image from our sponsors this week, (details below).  He is coloured with Steadtler and Crayola pencils and blended with Spectrum Noir blending solution.  He is cut out using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B, and if you can see from the photo I cut around the end of his tail and slipped the die undersneath so its hanging of the page, then I matted it onto a distress yellow patterened paper and olive green cadstock.

My background is done using the same distress yellow paper with a co ordinating patterened paper from the same stack.  the harlaquin was cut using the sizzix thinlets mixed media dies.  The both of these are then layered on the olive green card stock.  Finishing off with three black gems on two of the opposite corners.

Items used

Patterned paper - My minds Eye - Complete Boy 2009 collection by Jen Wilson

Olive green card stock

Black gems by Great Expressions from The Works

Sizzix thinlets mixed media dies by Tim Holtz

Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B

Steadtler and Crayola coloured pencils

Spectrum Noir pencil blending solution

Digi Image Allister the Alligator

Our Sponsor this week is

Dr Digi

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Blog - http://doctor-digi.blogspot.co.uk

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Candy Cane Wishes .....

Happy Christmas everyone and welcome to my blog.

Over at Brown Sugar we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Christmas

Candy cane were made out of air dry clay with a metal snowflake embellishment

The little gingerbread man was made using brown air dry clay.

The sentiment is apart of the digi stamp set from our sponsors.

The image is from our sponsors and coloured in with Spectrum Noir blending coloured pencils and mounted onto to blue card.

Sponsors - Stitchy Bear Stamps

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Blog - http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Items Used:-

Lilac blue and white card stock

Cosmic Shimmer pva glue

Double sided tape

Spectrum Noir Blending pencils

Air dry clay - red, white and brown

snowflake charms

Spellbinder dies

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Winter Wonderland

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Over at Brown Sugar we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Buttons

My card is made from a piece of white card stock 15cm x 15cm layered with a piece of purple card and pattern paper.

The poinsettia and foliage is cut out of glitter card, the centre I made out of faux pearls and a little wire.

My digi image is coloured in with Spectrum Noir Pencils and I used a Glitter clear gel pen to glitter up the fur of her hood and the cuffs on her sleeves.  

Down the side of my card I embossed a row of buttons and attached a small button at either end.

Our sponsor this week is

Morgans Art Stamps

Store - http://www.artstampsstore.com

Items Used:-

Winter Didi Image from our above sponsors

White and purple glitter card

Pattern paper from Trimcraft - Dreamcatcher

Spellbinders Dies - Layered Poinsettia, Floral Ovals

Tattered Lace - Lavish Blooms Leaves - Beautiful Blooms

Buttons from my stash

Provocraft embossing board - Just my types

Spectrum Noir Pencils

Double sided Tape

Cosmic Shimmer pva glue

Dovecraft Crystal glitter glue

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Karen Xxx

Time to Celebrate

Hi everyone thanks for stopping by.

Over at Brown Sugar we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Pearls

The card size is 7 x 5 white card base, a piece of pattern paper layered onto pink glitter card.  Using a  WRMK corner chomper I rounded the corners of all my layers as well as my card case.

The sentiment was stamped with archival ink in coffee as I thought the black was a little to harsh.  I made my border using patterned paper out of the same paper pack, layered onto a grey card stock and the border edge was made using a corner punch then I added the pearls.

I used some gel sparkle pens and spectrum pencils to colour in the hair.  

My image is from our Sponsor

Sassy Studio

  

Store - http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

Blog - http://www.sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

Prize - 4 Digi images of winners choice

Items used :-       

Image - Buttercream Babe - Mad Hatter Digi Stamp

Pattern paper from Dovecraft Designer Pack - Funky Vintage

Spectrum Noir Blending Pencils

Cosmic Shimmer pva

Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A & B Dies

Grey tone Card stock

White card stock

Pink Glitter Card stock

Sparkle gel pens - assorted colours

Adhesive Pearls

Double sided tape

Sentiment from Angelica and Friends Florence set

Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee

 Thank you for dropping by and for all your lovely comments,

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Karen Xxx