Pencil Magic

(second post today - scroll down for earlier post)

Last week my Sunday ladies learned the Black Magic technique - so simple and so effective.

Here are the cards they made:

This one was inspired by a card by Deb Valder and I've used "kerry cobbler", basic black and white with the Just Believe stamp set. In the background are En Francais (LOVE this stamp) with a non-SU harlequin design.

Next up I dragged out retired set Live Like You Mean It and used a gorgeous nestabilities shape for highlighting my main panel. The spotted background paper is from Love Letters and I just sponged some purple on to match my flowers. I shaped my "banner" sentiment with my bone folder to get it to sit how I wanted it.

Last but not least, I don't think you can do this technique without using either Upsy Daisy or Inspired by Nature - both sets were just "made" for this style! I chose IBN and here's how it ended up:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kez

A Real Hum-Dinger

The colour challenge that Makeesha put up this week is a real hum-dinger! An excellent challenge cos it really gets you thinking about how to combine these colours successfully. Here are the colours:

I made a spiral card and guess what? Yup, it's that butterfly again! I hope you aren't totally sick of it by now - I'll give it a rest after this, I promise! Here's the front:

I thought that butterflies suited the sentiment so well; with their short life span, they have to make the most of what time they have. And here is the inside:

I used acetate for my spiral to try to make it as invisible as possible so that the butterflies would really look like they are fluttering around in mid air. Does it work? Would love to hear what you think!

All materials SU except border punch and acetate.

Thanks for calling in. Have a great weekend.

Cheers
Kez

Just Add Ink Colour Challenge #1

Happy Sunday! Well, there's an exciting week ahead in our household - DD17 and I fly interstate for her Academic Advice Day at the University of Melbourne (wow!) and then back home to see DD11 off on her first day at high school! There's going to be some very excited and nervous females around!!! LOL!

Meanwhile, I was dying to join Just Add Ink in their very first challenge (see my last post for more info), which is the colours you see above. After cogitating for a while on which stamp set to use, I decided on Live Like You Mean It, a hostess set. Here's my card:

Created by Kez. Stamped images ©1990-2010 Stampin' Up! ®

The word Life is clear embossed to enhance the teal bling on the flower centres and bow. I am pretty happy with my first solo attempt at a "Teneale bow"! Love this colour combo too, so fresh and summery. Why don't you pop over to Just Add Ink and have a go at their very first challenge too?

Cheers

Kez

World Card Making Day

Good morning stampers!

Today's card - made especially for WCMD - is a bit of a departure from my usual, colourwise at least, but I have to say I rather like it! It's my first time inking up the hostess set Live Like You Mean It and I've taken inspiration for my layout from a card by SCS member hotmamastampin6.

Materials used (all SU):

• stamp - Live Like You Mean It
• card & paper - always artichoke, whisper white and so saffron card; Spring Flowers DSP (retired)
• other - Versamark ink, white embossing powder, black StazOn ink, pretty in pink ink, blender pen, two-way glue, dazzling diamonds, rhinestone brad, dimensionals, 32 mm and 35 mm circle punches, scallop circle punch

In celebration of World Card Making Day today, I invite you to:

• leave a comment today about my card
• send me an email with your name and snail mail address
• I will send you a hand made, one-of-a-kind, original greeting card
• you can send me a card back too if you want!

Hope you get the chance to make some cards today. Enjoy the long weekend and don't forget to put your clocks forward an hour tonight!

Cheers

Kez