PTT May 2015

It's Party Time again at Party Time Tuesday for the month of May!

I used my coloured image from Mo's Digital Pencil, DREAM, to make up this card:

Sentiment: Unity Stamp Co "Mr Boy".
Sharing with:
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/05/challenge-251-anything-goes-wmo-image.html

I hope everyone is well and crafting!

xxx
Riette

DS4J challenge #112 Button, Bow & Bling

It's MAY!!  Goodness me we're almost halfway through the year! I shouldn't say that out loud then it feels worse!  So let's move quickly to our new challenge at Digistamps4Joy!

BUTTONS, BOWS AND BLING

Goodness did I have a struggle! I guess that's the whole point of a CHALLENGE! As my friends know, I'm a CAS girl, so if you ask me to put a BOW anywhere on a card I'm stumped. This card was not my first try since I was not happy at all with my first one. Too clunky & akward for me!  So here's my 2nd try and I reverted BACK to my boy theme!

I used my ROCKET image in the DS4J shop with a self-made sentiment which is available here for FREE download. Remember - no sharing & selling of this :)

The Star button worked perfectly and was sort of the starting point of this whole card when I found it in my button stash!

Hope you'll join us this month with your creations!

Love
Riette

GDT Outlawz Sunday CAS - Week 4 - LIPS

This is my final week as Guest DT for Outlawz Sunday CAS and it's been an absolute pleasure and privilege! And to end of this month, we are sealing it with a "KISS" or "LIPS"!! (See the Outlawz Sunday CAS page for all the details).

Bugaboo Stamps are sponsoring this month and this little piggy was just so cute! I found this fence on Google Image search for colouring images and popped them both up with foam tape. I added some lips to the sentiment on the sign board :D

Join me in the last week of April at Outlawz Sunday CAS!!  Thanks to everyone at Outlawz who had me join them this month!

xxx
Riette

GDT Outlawz Sunday CAS - Week 3 Do Something Different

Week 3 in my Guest DT spot at Outlawz Sunday CAS! And it's “Do Something Different Sunday” – Use a technique or tool that you have been wanting to try but haven’t, or one that you haven’t used for awhile. Some ideas:  create your own background with paints or inks; die cuts or no die cuts; colour with pencils if you normally colour with markers . . . and the list goes on. 

I've never used stuff like Gesso, gel medium etc that is used in art journaling but I've been itching to give it a try. But before I go and mess up a journal page, I thought I'd try it out on a card!

The background was created by covering cardstock with Gesso, then rubbing it with Adironrack acrylic paint dabber inks. The stamping was done on top in brown ink & Stazon black.
Stamps used:
Chicken wire background stamp & Tree: http://www.unitystampco.com/shop/happiness-limit/
Sentiment: http://www.unitystampco.com/shop/spirit-of-summertime-kom-713/

The sponsor this week at Outlawz is Bugaboo Stamps so make sure you play along!!

xxx
Riette

GDT Outlawz Sunday CAS - Week 2 - HUMOR!

Here is my second card for the Guest DT at Outlawz Sunday CAS!! April is National Humor Month. Laughter is the best medicine. It's infectious, and far more contagious than any cough, sniffle or sneeze. Let's make a CAS card this week filled with humor, a joke, or something punny.  
The sponsor, BUGABOO STAMPS, have loads of cheeky and funny stamps - so check them out!!

 I made a pocket for the front and stuck a coffee packet in there. You can also add a sugar etc  ;D

I added some Glossy Accents on the coffee drip & the spectacles. This is so me!!
Image: http://www.bugaboostamps.com/Frame-it--Stella--drink-coffee_p_2584.html 
Have a chuckle with us and join us at Outlawz Sunday CAS HUMOR challenge!

xxx
Riette 

MAWTT challenge - Inspiration Photo

I am happy to be hosting the new challenge at Moving Along With The Times!  I saw this stunning photo pass me on Facebook and thought it would make a great Inspiration Photo:

I've gotten rid of my fear of shaker cards so now they're actually fun to make!

Stamps used:
Unity Stamp co :
Butterfly - January 2014 , Kit of the Month
Leaves - September 2013 , Kit of the Month
Sentiment with frame - Basically Said

I hope you will join us at MAWTT in our Inspiration challenge.
xxx
Riette

Party Time Tuesday April 2015

Here we are speeding into the year and I hope everyone is doing well!  It's a new challenge month at Party Time Tuesday and we just love partying up the crafting with you! And lo and behold I actually made .... a.... shaker card!!  My first try at this YEARS ago was enough fiddly diddly to put me off it for a long time. But I wanted to give it a try again and it wasn't so bad!

I stamped the fish & bowl from Enjoy The Sunshine (GinaK Designs) on plain card stock and then coloured and cut the fish out. Two for inside & one to pop onto the jumping one.
I then cut the circle out of the top piece of cardstock and then stamped the top part of the image to make it look like the fish is jumping out of the circle.
Some Glossy Accents on the drops and eye for dimension.
I put a "step" into the left hand side of the sentiment strip so that it fits nicely over the edge of the popped up shaker panel. The forked edge is left unglued so it provides some dimension as well.
The sentiment is also from the same set.
The background stamping is with Unity Stamp Co's Kit of the Month JULY 2014.

I managed to get another picture showing the two fish after vigorous shaking and carefully laying it down flat.

Can I just mention that I was SO HAPPY to see this set is still available! This was not only my first "proper" stamp set EVER but it was also a WIN from the generous GinaK Designs. I used this for months probably because it was SO versatile. It's one of those perfect starter sets with images for boys, girls and grownups for whatever you need.

Thanks for visiting and remember to check in on the other Party Time Tuesday Party Planners!

xxx
Riëtte