WOYWW 189

I'm a very late participant in WOYWW since the time of posting changed - I'm a night owl, so was able to join in before I went to bed on the Tuesday night previously, but now as it doesn't start until Wednesday morning, I don't get to post until I get home from work. If you're wondering what all this is about, check out Julia's blog HERE.  Some lovely new bits of fabric on my (very messy) desk this week - I bought these in Watersons in Omagh so that I can get some things made as examples for my creative crafts class - they've just started on textiles last week, after passing their jewellery making.  Its a good excuse to buy some fabric - even though I have boxes of the stuff in the roofspace!  The wee card thing on the right is actually a tent card calender that I sent out to all the craft class ladies to let them know when we start back again for this session. A very appropriate image from Marianne clear stamps as most of us have been knitting recently.

Sketchy challenge

Yet another engagement card using a LOTV die cut square - I think I may need to order more of these soon! I've used the layout on this weeks Sketchy challenge.  The scalloped card is from Craftwork Cards and the paper is from a LOTV Nitwits pad (I hear there are more of these coming soon! :o)  The ribbon is from my stash - I had to purchase two new ribbon storage boxes recently to store my ever increasing collection!  The purple card was from the Paper Mill shop at Junction One before it closed down - Junction One no longer holds the same attraction!

Another engagement!

Another engagement card, using kraft card and brown paper.  This time I'm using the Sketch Saturday challenge for the layout.  The flower was made using layers of die cut flowers scrunched together - I got this idea from Vicky's blog HERE - but I think 'll have to ask how she makes them as they look much better than mine!  The ribbon is from MeiFlower (it is actually the same colour as the card IRL!) and the corner is a Marianne die (I think!).  The paper came from a First Editions pad called Desert Blooms and yet again I've used a LOTV die cut square - so handy when you haven't much time.  This week has been so busy as the CCEA moderator for Creative craft was coming to see my pupils QCF jewellery making entries and there was lots of last minute setting up etc to do.  Thankfully they all passed! I had also entered wedding stationery at level 3 and I passed as well! - so now I have the equivalent of a crafty A level!!

Engagement

An engagement card today as we needed more for the shop - there must have been a lot of people got engaged at Christmas and New Year!  I used kraft card from Anna Marie designs - bought at the NEC, although they also have it in their online shop.  The image is a die cut square from LOTV and I followed the layout on this weeks Sweet Stop sketches.  The white card at the bottom was embossed using a Couture Creations embossing folder (Trellis) - I really like this one as its a bit bigger than the normal Cuttlebug etc ones and so you can emboss a long enough piece of card to go across a 6 x 6 card without having to 'join' them.  This is about as close as I get to a CAS card, so I will enter it into this weeks Allsorts challenge as well (CAS!)  The wee white hearts were the 'waste' bits from a Fiskars border punch and the flowers were made using a punch and brown packaging paper.  The sentiment stamp is from LOTV and the shaped label punch and stamp are from SU.

Sketch and stash birthday card

A birthday card, made using lots of old stash today - the stamp is from a free set that came with one of the craft magazines.  The wee cupcake stamp is a free one from SU - I was given this when I first hosted a SU workshop a few years ago.  Colouring was done with Promarkers as usual.  The paper is from a Papermania pad and the pink card is a long retired one from SU (Pixie Pink).  As the title suggests, the layout is from this weeks Sketch and Stash.

LOTV New Baby

Another baby boy card - we need to stock up the shop! This time I have used some Nitwits paper that I've had for ages and needs used up!  The layout is this weeks Friday Sketch challenge.  The stamp is from LOTV, coloured with Promarkers.  The labels, flowers and leaves were made using punches.  I still have th problem uploading photos - has anyone any ideas - I can no longer upload directly from the computer, but have to store them in Picasa and upload from there.

Baby boy

A baby boy card again, using this weeks Mojo Monday sketch for the layout.  The stamp is from a clear set of baby stamps (no label so not sure of the company) and I coloured with Promarkers as usual.  The paper is from the same Nitwits pad as the previous baby boy cards - when it's sitting on my desk I tend to use it instead of hunting for anything else! The 'Baby boy' was cut using a Sizzix die and then covered in stickles (although it doesn't show up well in the photo).  The shaped card is from Craftwork cards.