Chocolate .......yummmm

This card is for the Chocolate challenge over at Arty Girlz…when I saw the challenge I knew exactly what card I was going to use and I had just the right embellishment…chocolate chips.

The cupcake was stamped using Brown Versa Color ink onto some white cardstock, which I had die-cut into a circle with my Nestabilites. To take the whiteness out of the card I used some of my neutral chalks, having coloured the image using my copics makers and a bit of iridescent glitter. To give the overall feel of chocolate, and sumptuousness I used card from the Chocolate Strawberry range at Craftwork Cards, the dark chocolate card is pearlecent and has a golden glimmer to it, the milk chocolate is matt and textured, and the white chocolate card is pearlecent. To add a bit of a fun element to the card I added some chocolate chips. So lots of chocolate without the calories!



Recipe
Stamp – Pink Cat Studio
Ink – Versa Color Brown
Colours- Copics
Cardstock – Craftwork Cards
Chocolate Chips – Craftwork Cards
Glitter – Craft Planet

Fairy Bubbles

And I don't mean liquid Fairy (washing up liquid here in the UK).

I saw the challenge on the Arty Girlz blog was Circles and I thought I know exactly what stamp or rather what collection of stamps I was going to use. This is a most adorable collection of Fairies that I got from Ibrakeforstamps , and it’s the first time I have had a chance to play with them.

While I was looking at some fabulous blogs yesterday I came across a new Challenge blog called My Time to Craft Challenge and their challenge this week is Things with Wings...so my little fairy qualifies for that as well....take a look at this blog as there are some great challenges.


In fact I have been very good on this challenge, as I have used lots of nice things that I would normally just stroke and put away again wink aren’t you proud of me!

The base card is the most beautiful soft baby pink textured card that I got from Craftworks, which I custom cut in to a square card (14cm X 14cm or 5 ½ X 5 ½ inch). I stamped the images on plain white standard cardstock, coloured with Prismacolor pencils, blended with white spirit. To add a little bit of glitz I outlined the fairies wings with the grey glitter Sakura pen, and finally outlined the whole main image and the bubbles with 10% warm grey Prismacolor marker. Using my Cuttlebug and circle Nestabilites (Standard Circle Large) I cut the image into a circle. While I still had my Cuttlebug all set up I again used my Nestabilites but this time my Petite Scallop Large to cut out two more circles but this time scalloped ones, the first which is just slightly larger then the stamped image I used paper from Hot off The Press Floral cardmakers Ultimate Pack (100 sheets of patterned paper + loads of other stuff had it for ages and this is the first time I have used it!). I used the largest die cut in this scallop Nestabilites collection on some glitter card (it cut through it like butter!) which is in the most beautiful girlie pink that I picked up at a craft fair at the NEC in Birmingham about oh I don't know 2 years ago! I have been using this glitter stack though honest…just not this lovely colour wink

I then used shock horror one of my blooms it’s actually an outsized 5inch bloomer in lilac to be precise! You can see the fantastic range of blooms at Sarah’s Cards Ltd again I have had these for well over a year (along with a whole garden of other blooms) but I just look at them…. but I actually used one!

All the components were then simply layered together, the bloom lifting the image off the page as I left its petals rest gently on its tips. For a final flourish of circles on the front I added 3 large cabochons from Fred Aldous

Inside the card I have cut a insert out of parchment paper as I do with most of the my cards and will stamp a sentiment later today.



Recipe

Pink Cardstock Craftworks
Bloom Sarah’s Cards Ltd
Cabochons Fred Aldous
Prismacolor pencils and markers
Glitter cardstock
Designer Paper – Hot of the Press Floral
Parchment paper – any stationery shop
Cuttlebug
Nestabilites – Standard large circles and Petite Scallop Circle large
Sakura pens in grey glitter
Stamps Ibrakeforstamps

Things that shouldn't be broken...

The challenge over at Arty Girlz this week is Hearts.

I used the following ingredients:

• Plain white cardstock for the base card, Ultra Smooth White Cardstock for the image and red cardstock for the layering
• Patterned Paper is Christmas Plaid by HOTP
• The stamped image 'Three Things in life that shouldn't be broken' is from Create It Home and Heart collection.
• Ink is Graphite Black by Brilliance
• Colours are by Prismacolour pencils
• Ribbon is unknown but its an American designer
• Flowers are Pixi Primas

I was up at 5.30 this morning, and with no hope of going back to sleep I decided to have a mooch around and found the Bling challenge on Arty Girlz Blog and I decided to give it ago!

The base card is lilac and from papermania, I then mounted some cardstock in DCWV Winter blue (there is a theme here lol I think I have used it for at least the past 3 cards I have made!) on to which I mounted some baby pink glitter cardstock,then some blue glitter cardstock. My bubblebella was stamped on some ultra smooth white cardstock,using Graphite Black ink from Brilliance. Bubblebella was coloured in used Prismacolor markers and pencils, which I blended with a blend pen and baby oil. And if the cardstock didn't add enough glitter I added some iridescent glitter to the bubbles! I wrote the sentiment Happy Bubbles!use a Zig Memory System pen in Blue Jay.