Top o' the Morning ....

.... to you!  It's St. Patrick's Day, or Paddy's Day, whichever you prefer, here today.  And of course, the weather is horrendous - cold, windy, rain and sleet - classic St. Patrick's Day weather!  We are not going into town to the parade, not my favourite thing at the best of times and in this weather, no thank you!

It's time for another Sentimental Sundays challenge, and this week, it's "Anything Goes".  Our prize sponsor is Redonkulus Designs and our lovely Calypso and her husband, Patrick, have also contributed prizes.  One of the prizes will be for a randomly-picked commenter, what a nice idea.

My card has, again thanks to the yukky weather, photographed really darkly.  Here's what I made:

I used a sketch from Deconstructed Sketch and I'm also entering this into the following challenges: Crafty Cardmakers ("Masculine Birthday featuring technology or a gadget"), Simon Says Stamp and Show ("Shabby Chic"), and Totally Gorjuss ("Something Old" - mine is the Mini stamp, it was one of the first stamps I bought back in about 2005).

I went all Tim Holtz-y on this card, using Destinations papers, and the tag was coloured by spritzing water onto swipes of distress ink and then mashing the blank tag about in the ink.  I repeated a few times, between drying sessions, and it came out really shabby which is what I hoped for!  The gears and sprockets have been copper heat-embossed.  Here's a side-shot of the dimension:

Recipe:

Papers: Tim Holtz "Destinations"

Stamp: "Mini" by Blade Rubber Stamps

Die-Cuts: Nestabilities "Sprightly Sprockets" and "Labels 21"

Other: Copper embossing powder, Doodlebug brads, twine

Thanks for looking!

Last minute ....

.... finishing my card for this week's Sentimental Sundays challenge.  I haven't been crafting this week, as the cursed vertigo has come back, thankfully not really bad - I haven't been sick, just dizzy!!  I've been able to go to work just about, but have been splat on the sofa when at home.  Such a botheration!

Our Sentimental Sundays challenge this week is called "3 embellishments that start with the letter B", and we're sponsored by A Day for Daisies

A Day for Daisies very kindly gave us our choices of images to play with, and I picked a lovely one very aptly called "Daisy Girl" - this is what I made with it:

My "3 embellishments beginning with the Letter B" can be interpreted a few ways - either 3 buttons - or buttons, bow and blonde!!!  I was thinking of keeping this card for my daughter's birthday in the summer, it's a perfect image given that her name is Daisy!!  But then, I've got several friends' birthdays coming up sooner, maybe I'll give it to one of them and make another one for my Daisy!

I used the sketch from this week's Mojo Monday and I'm also entering the following challenges: Basic Grey Challenges ("Spring is in the Air"), Papertake Weekly and A Day for Daisies ("Anything Goes") and Cute Card Thursday ("Spring Fever").

Rather than colouring the daisy petals in the image, I used white enamel accents for a bit of shine and dimension, it worked quite nicely and you can kind of see it in this side-shot:

Recipe:

Papers: Basic Grey "Wisteria"

Image: A Day for Daisies "Daisy Girl"

Colouring Medium: Distress Inks

Other: Buttons and ribbon from stash, Ranger Enamel Accents

Thanks for looking!

 

Think it's about time ....

.... we had some good spring light around here, I'm getting a bit tired of shockingly lit photos!!  I don't often make identical cards (apart from the Christmas production line!), but I needed two sympathy cards in a hurry.  Of course, while I was merrily making the cards at a crop yesterday, the sun was blazing away outside, and when I was taking the pics today, it was a dull grey day!  Here's what I made:

I used a Mojo Monday sketch from a few week's back, the three circle layout suited this card.  I'm entering it in the following challenges: My Time to Craft ("Embossing"), Daring Cardmakers ("March colour combo") and Simon Says Stamp ("Anything Goes").

Here's a side-view of the card, followed by a close-up of the heat-embossed stamp:

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Crickets "Everafter"

Stamp: Hero Arts "Dandelion"

Other: Doodlebug brad, Clear embossing powder

Thanks for looking!