Favourite Things

Favourite things is this weeks challenge over on the  Allsorts Challenge Blog and this card is just perfect for it.
I have used all my favourites here - stamping, embossing and colouring in  whilst enjoying  another favourite of mine - a steaming cup of coffee.

I started by creating a 5 x 5 inch square card blank from white Centura Pearl card.

I embossed a smaller white piece of card with the Swiss Dot Darice embossing folder. I inked the embossed card with Victorian Velvet and Antique Linen Distress inks.

I cut a black piece of card using the largest of my Spellbinder Label 4 die and stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Coffee Cup stamp set in clear embossing ink. I heat embossed this with Papermania's Sea Foam white embossing powder.  I did the same with the swirl.

I stamped the coffee cup from the same Justrite stamp set in black ink and heat embossed this with clear powder. Before fussy cutting the image, I coloured it using Oatmeal,Denim Blue, Pear Green and Cardinal Red Promarkers. 

I layered it all up and fixed the image with foam tape before finishing it off with a blue gem ( can't have a card without bling)

Really pleased with the end result, I have been wanting these Justrite  stamps ever since I saw Sue Wilson using them a few months ago and finally treated myself to them last week.

Hope you enjoy this too

Sonja

Xx

Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everyone

Really enjoyed making my Easter Cards this year with the Somebunny  Stamps that were a free gift in a recent Quick Cards Made Easy magazine

All I used were the stamps, Promarkers,  ribbon, card  and some leftover Doodlebug paper.

Hope you are all having a great weekend. I am off to see the mother-in-law and hopefully find some time to do some crafting later too

Sonja x

Have a hoot

Another quick entry into the Colours Beginning with B challenge at The Allsorts Challenge Blog as I thought the papers were perfect for this challenge 

The image was stamped using the Woodware Patch An  Owl stamp set on to white card and coloured with my Tan and Denim Blue Promarkers. This was cut and decoupaged on to some spotty paper I had in my stash ( probably another magazine freebie). The branch is also from the Woodware set.

I inked the edges with the tan promarker before matting in on some stripy papers, I had stuck to a whie square card blank.

I added some blue gemstones to the corners of the dotty papers and a peel off greeting to finish the card

Have a great day

Sonja

Happy 3rd birthday Elias

Normally not one for "cute" cards, but had to make an exception when I saw this Teddy Bo & co stamp set as I knew it would be perfect for my nephew's birthday.

Turns out it is also perfect for this weeks Colours beginning with B challenge over at the  Allsorts challenge blog

I simply stamped the image on white card, coloured the bear with my Denim Blue and Tan Promarkers.
I then cut the balloon from a patterned paper I had in my stash and added a peel off number.
I stamped the image again and cut off the paw and stuck this on top of the original paw and end of balloon so it looks like the bear is holding the balloon

I stamped my nephews name with blue denim distress ink and added some matching Bakers Twin.
Before assembling it all on a DL card blank, I inked the edges with distress ink to give it a bit more dimension.

Hope you like it
Sonja

Queen for the Day

As today is the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation, I thought it was quite fitting to showcase the card I made using the wonderful and patriotic  Papermania Portobello Road kit. The card is for a German friend of mine who loves all things London, so I couldn't have found a more perfect set of stamps.

I started by embossing a piece of white card with the Papermania  Portobello Road Union Jack Tribossing folder, which I then inked with some Antique Linen distress ink.

I stamped the London Bus, Taxi, postbox, phone box in black on white card and used clear powder to heat emboss the outlines, I coloured the images using Cardinal Red, cool Grey & black Promarkers. Before cutting them I inked any white spaces with the antique linen distress ink.
I stamped Big Ben and inked this with gold ink and again cut it out.
All stamps are from the Portobello Road set.
I arranged all cut out pieces on the left side of the embossed Union Jack and stuck them down using my trusted tape pen.
I stamped one of the birthday sentiments (also from the Portobello Road set) in black, heat embossed with clear powder and fixed it to the top of the card adding a sparkling gem to the top of the crown.

I was looking through my stash and came across the "queen for the day" stamp which was a freebie in " Quick Cards Made Easy"magazine last year. I coloured the "queen" in red using Promarkers, inked the back ground with Antique Linen and added some gems to the crown before adding it to the panel.

I previously stuck the blue dotty paper from the Portobello kit to a card blank and stuck my Union Jack panel on top.
I finished the card with a Union Jack bow and added another gem to the middle.

I am pretty pleased with the result and hope my friend likes it !

Have a fab day everyone

Sonja
xx