Inspired By Film

The challenge at Sassy Studio Designs is a glittery sparkly one:
http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/sassystudiodesigns/forum/topics/fabulous-freebie-friday-11-9-12-and-challenge

And here is my card using "I know what you are" from Sassy Studio Designs

I have used some cardstock from DCWV for the background which had a gold swirl across it.  I don't know if you can pick it up from the photograph but I have added some glitter on top of these swirls to give it more sparkle! 

Remember

The challenge at Sparkle and Glitter is all about remembering:
http://sparkleandglitterwithrick.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/challenge3-remember.html

A link to a list of ribbon meanings is included.  After reading through the list and discovering that there is way more than just pink ribbon, I decided to base my card on the grey ribbon of Asthma.  I have several family members affected by asthma to varying degrees.  I also had a friend die at the age of 16 years from an asthma attack so this one touches me alot.

Here is my card:

The background paper is from Trimgym.  The image comes from Rick St Dennis and the sentiment from Create with TLC.

I have kept to a relatively CAS style card adding a glitter tape, some rhinestones and a grey ribbon.

BINGO and sketch

I have created a christmas card combining a sketch with a bingo challenge:

The challenges can be found by following these links:
Sassy Studio Designs - Dare to Be Sassy Thursday - sketch
http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/dare-to-be-sassy-thursday-150.html
Brown Sugar Challenge - BINGO
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/challenge-15-bingo.html

The BINGO line I have chosen is:
Ribbon - a pretty Merry Christmas one from American Crafts
Buttons - I was going to use real buttons but couldn't find where I put my box of buttons so I have die-cut some buttons from glitter cardstock.  They still count as buttons don't they!
Embossing - I have used a music notes embossing folder to create the background

The background is a combination of the embossed cardstock and some vellum snowflake paper from Free Digital Scrapbook.  The image comes from Sassy Studio Designs and is called Sassy Angel.  The sentiment comes from When the Scrap Hits the Fun.  It is a postage stamp sentiment but I have just used the centre of it.

Roll 'Em Challenge

Something different for a challenge:
http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/ttt-challenge-roll-em.html

I rolled:
4 - ribbon/trim/twine or lace
2 - 2 layers
3 - Bling
I was quite happy with that combination.......
then my 16 year old daughter says "why don't you do another roll?"
0 - kraft
I was tempted to ignore that one but considered I needed to play by the rules and I had rolled it!

This isn't quite how I planned this card - the ribbon was going to be on the kraft card and then I was going to bling up the berries.  However, after I stuck the ribbon down I realised that I had put it on the wrong side!  So, I then changed the rhinestones over to the kraft card but it has turned out okay.  The image that I have used is a christmas nativity scene from Shelly's Images.  I wasn't sure of the interpretation of "2 layers" - whether it was something layered up on 2 levels or 2 things layered!  I have gone with the first option.  The glitter cardstock is layered over the ribbon and then the image is layered up on a higher level.  It gives it quite a bit of dimension which unfortunately is hard to pick up in a photograph!

Hello Winter

There are two challenges currently running at Fresh Brewed Designs (details below) that I decided to combine to produce this card:

The card is for this challenge at Fresh Brewed Designs:
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/november-pre-blog-hop-party.html
and also this one:
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/fbc-121-november-prize-challenge.html

The card uses backing papers from DIY and Digital Designs.  The image is the one supplied by Fresh Brewed Designs for the blog hop (above) and is called Hello Winter.  I have also used some lace as one of the layers. 

Although, these aren't usually seen as Christmas colours, I felt that they work well together and every year there are more challenges to the traditional christmas colours.  Sometimes, a different colour scheme enables the card to stand out amongst all the traditional colours and that way it gets looked at a bit more.  I'm hoping that will be the case with this card as it is such a lovely image.

Christmas Lanterns

The challenge at Tiddly Inks is a photo inspiration one. 
http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/challenge-97-make-it-like-lou.html

The idea is to take anything from the photo of Lou's card and go with that.  I decided to work the sketch from the card and use that:

I have used background papers from a christmas themed paper pack.  The silver organza ribbon is some I have had for a while.  The green grosgrain ribbon is from a mixed pack of christmas ribbons from American Crafts.

The image that I have used comes from Tiddly Inks and is called Lanterns.  It's probably not meant to be a christmas image but it reminded me of some paper lanterns that my Mum used to hang on our tree at Christmas time.  So, for me this image spoke Christmas.  The sentiment is an acrylic stamp.

January 2013

Something a bit different this week.  I've always wanted to make my own calendar but never seem to get started on it!  So far, I've done January but I've got it all bound together so I can easily add the other pages.

And here is a close up of the image:

I'm entering my January calendar page into the following challenges:
Tuesday Alchemy - Anything but a card:
http://tuesdayalchemy.blogspot.gr/2012/11/challenge-39-anything-but-card.html
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/challenge-144-anything-goes.html
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/anything-goes.html
Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes
http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-no-60-anything-goes.html

The calendar template comes from WinCalendar
www.wincalendar.com

The background paper comes from Bearly Mine Designs.  I have also added a strip of glitter tape across the centre.  The image comes from Dearie Dolls and has been coloured with copic markers.  Our January is the middle of summer - usually ice-cream type weather (although last year it wasn't!)  I have added some glossy accents to the centre of the daisies.

I have kept any embellishing fairly flat as a calendar is not going to sit properly with too much weight on it.