Balloon birthday card / Carte d'anniversaire ballons

After a busy summer I'm back with a quick card for the only August birthday in the family: The oldest grandson turned 6 on Monday! We left his present with them earlier in the month but I was late posting his card, oops! We did put a balloon inside to make him smile :)
Entering 'Let's hear it for the boys' challenge on the Daring Cardmaker's blog and using Sketch Saturday #375 for the layout:

Après un été occupé, je suis de retour avec une carte rapide pour le seul anniversaire d'août dans notre famille: Le premier petit-fils avait 6 ans le lundi passé! Nous avons laissé son cadeau avec eux plus tôt dans le mois, mais j'étais en retard d'envoyer sa carte, oups! Nous l'avons envoyé avec un ballon à l'intérieur pour le faire sourire :)
Alors, pour le défi du thème garçon sur le blog Daring Cardmakers et en utilisant le 'Sketch Saturday' #375
Supplies/ Utilisée: Basic Grey paper, Dovecraft glitter paper, Cuttlebug balloon die, Sizzix text and die.

Garden Party

I'm dreaming of Spring: We had our first sunny day in ages today! This card uses Sketch Saturday #245. As well as the obvious layers of embellishments, the details include cutting the leaves in half to extend their length, gluing the ends of the twine against fraying and the ric-rac bow to get the ends flat so I'm entering the Cute Card challenge too.
I used a Dovecraft square card blank with Dovecraft Garden Party papers and button, Inkadinkado Utopiary stamp inked with Olive Archival ink and embossed with clear powder, Nestabilities classic and scalloped circles, flowers die-cut with Sizzix Tattered Flower Garland, leaves from MS punch, Tea Party twine and MME ric-rac ribbon. I inked the edges of the papers with ColorBox chalk ink.

Aujourd'hui était ensoleillé et je rêve de printemps! J'ai utilisé le modèle #245 du blog Sketch Saturday et le défi du 'détails' du Cute Card Thursday.
Matériels: Dovecraft carte carré, papiers et bouton de la gamme Dovecraft Garden Party, tampon Inkadinkado 'Utopia' avec l'encre Archival en verte olive et poudre d'embossage transparente, Matrices Nestabilities Cercles et Cercles festonnés, fleurs découpé avec la matrice Sizzix Guirlande de fleurs en loques, feuilles de perforatrice Martha Stewart, ficelle de Tea Party, ruban ric-rac et l'encre ColorBox verte au bords du papiers.

Grungy Monday #39

We were challenged by Linda for this week's GM  (sponsored by Simon Says Stamp) to use Tim Holtz's technique to create plaid with alcohol inks. I used my results for the backgrounds on these quick cards. I'm not sure why they are so different in colour as they were made using the same inks but it is possible that in my "Where's the glossy paper hiding? ... Ah, found 2 pieces" moment that they weren't both the Ranger glossy paper I thought they were!
For the first card I also used yesterday's Sketch Saturday #199:

 Used: Ranger Alcohol inks (bottle, terracotta, denim, hazelnut, sunset orange, sailboat blue, citrus), Blending solution and Glossy paper; Stamps: Car: Tim Holtz; 'Wild Bouquet': Hero Arts and text: Compagnie des elfes;
other inks: Stazon (Jet black), Momento (Sweet Plum), Distress Ink (Black Soot); Cuttlebug embossing folder; Paper scraps: K&Co and GCD Studios; gems: Dovecraft and MME; flowers: Dovecraft.

A clutch of cards...

I have to admit, post-Creativa, I have crashed this week and have a nasty cold to show for it. Nonetheless, I have had a card-making session today. I started by listing the current challenges from those challenge blogs listed on the right, took all the inspiration my foggy head could take and then settled down to get these three made:
Après Creativa, je reste tranquil cette semaine sans chois: J'ai attrapé un rhume. Mais, aujourd'hui, j'ai consulté les blogs de défi (la liste au droit de mon blog) et j'ai créé trois cartes: 


Using Sketch Saturday challenge #198 and the Drunken Stampers #84 'Thank you' theme:

Used: Dovecraft gold card blank and cream card, recycled cardboard and piece of fabric, Inkadinkado stamp embossed in gold and cut with Nestabilities, flowers from Dovecraft Tea Party and Kaisercraft, text stamp by Aladine, inks: Walnut Stain Distress ink and ColorBox Chestnut Roan chalk ink.


For Sunday Stampers 'Misty' theme:

Layers of Perfect Pearls Mist on paper allowed to 'catch' overspray and also used to blot from a template used on another sheet: Part of a bigger piece created some time ago, I saved this bit for a card background. I added a band of purple Bazzill, text (compagnie des elfes) and twine (Dovecraft Tea Party) with a HeroArts-Sizzix Butterfly from the Butterflies #3 set. I love these stamp and cut sets: So easy!

and, for Simon Says Stamp and Show 'Anything goes' and PaperMinutes 'Cardboard' theme, a male birthday card:

Literally using scraps of paper (K&Co ?) and card with Tim Holtz 'Bitty Grunge' stamps and Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Text stamp by Aladine.

SpiderMouse

It has been ages since I last used this digi-stamp 'SpiderHenry' from Whiff of Joy but it always makes me smile. I was reminded of him when my son, who is now 11 but has inherited my hoarding tendencies, had to admit that he was never going to wear his spider-man outfit again: He's out-grown it in sooo many ways!
So here is SpiderMouse, painted using a waterbrush and Distress Inks (Fired Brick, Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone, Black Soot) and edged with DI Stormy Sky, layered on Basic Grey 'Boxer' papers.

Challenges: Basic Grey: Star; Saturday Sketch #196; Cupcake Challenges: Boys and their Toys; Crafts 4 eternity: Digital delights.

Happy Birthday Tim Holtz!

The Grungy Monday challenge #31 is to make a card for the king of craft, Tim Holtz, whose birthday is 7th January.
Une carte pour le défi Grungy Monday à célébrer l'anniversaire demain du 'roi créatif', Tim Holtz. Presqu'à toutes les matériels j'ai utilisé étaient dessinés par lui: les matrices, papiers, classeur d'embossage, l'encre Distress... génial!

No, I haven't used a photo of Tim but I have used his papers (Lost and Found), music stamp, embossing folder, Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Peeled Paint Distress Stain, and the Tattered Banners and Vintage Lace dies: Just to show what a clever bloke he is! Grateful for your genius Tim and wishing you a great day :)
I used the Sketch Saturday #188 for my layout and, in their grungiest of shades, the red, cream and sage green combo of the Colour Create challenge.
Also used a white card blank, green card and brad by Dovecraft and Bazzill kraft.

A quick 'thank you' card

I'm at a craft fair over Easter so have been making lots of quick cards to sell and to put together in a folder to donate as a tombola prize. Here is a 'merci' (thank you) card using the Sketch Saturday #151. I used scraps of paper left from scrapbook projects with Nestabilities, Cuttlebug butterfly, PaperMania ribbon, Artemio stamp and ColorBox ink. I added sparkle with Stickles Ice Diamond and PaperMania gems so I am also adding it to the ABC challenge 'S is for Sparkle'.

Voici ma carte pour le challenge #151 de Sketch Saturday et du challenge ‘Sparkle’ chez ABC-challenge. Réalisé avec des chutes de papiers, Nestabilities, papillon de Cuttlebug, ruban, tampon d'Artemio, encre ColorBox, Stickles et quelques pierres.

Sketch Saturday: 3 in 1 card

A friend asked me to make a card to say all of Happy Birthday, congratulations on receiving the Bac (International Baccalaureate) and Bon Voyage as this guy leaves to continue studying in Canada - All on one card! However as soon as I saw sketch #115 on Sketch Saturday I knew what I wanted to do:

Also perfect for the Bon Voyage challenge on PaperPlay. The card was collected this morning and she could not have been happier :)
Used: PaperMania card blank, papers, stamp and markers; computer-generated text and graphics (scroll & map); 3D glossy accents; Spellbinders Curved Rectangles and Tags Trio in the Cuttlebug; Dovecraft eyelets.
Un ami m'a demandé de faire une carte pour dire Joyeux anniversaire, Félicitations pour votre réussite au baccalauréat international et Bon Voyage que cet homme va continuer à étudier au Canada - Toutes les sur une seule carte! Cependant, dès que j'ai vu sketch # 115 chez 'Saturday Sketchers', je savais ce que je voulais faire, et elle était très heureux avec la carte.

Penguins on the Beach

This birthday card is for someone who loves penguins. And I was happy to use a bit more of the old Imaginisce 'A shore thing' papers with the Snag'ems stamp of this little fella feeling the heat! I stamped and embossed in black on pearly card and cut the two layers with Nestabilities. Then I coloured him by using my Cosmic Shimmer sprays but I took the lids off and used a paintbrush to make him all nice and shimmery.  :)
Challenges: Sketch Saturday; Kaboodle Doodles - Beach party theme; Papertake Weekly - Cute.

J'ai crée cette carte d'anniversaire pour quelqu'un qui aime les pingouins. J'ai été heureux d'utiliser un peu plus des anciens papiers d'Imaginisce 'A Shore Thing' avec le tampon. Je l'ai tamponné et embossé en noir sur la carte nacré et j'ai coupé les deux couches avec Nestabilities sur ma Cuttlebug. Alors, je lui colorées à l'aide de mon encres vaporiser de Cosmic Shimmer mais j'ai pris le couvercle et utilisée un pinceau pour lui faire très joli et chatoyant.

Sketch Saturday #106

I was asked to make a sapphire blue card so ... I have used the Sketch Saturday challenge for the layout:

Also entered for Cupcake Crafts challenge 'Dazzle us'.
Used: Papers from GCD Studios 'Homespun chic' and bits from stash; Dovecraft 3" flower punch; EK Success border punch; PaperMania felt butterfly; Doodlebug Ribbon; Compagnie d'elfes stamp; ColorBox chalk inks;  gems.

Sketch Saturday # 71

This card uses the great sketch on 'Sketch Saturday'. Struggling a bit with the 'pet' theme requested but our pets are 3 hens and I definitely don't have any stamps of them but it lead me thinking to how I love going 'up the field' (ground we have behind the house) and relaxing by listening to the bird song and we keep the field chemical-free so the hens and wild birds can enjoy it: The finches and other small birds even come and take the hen's food and the pigeons help themselves to our crops: Enough rambling: Have I justified my choice of paper and stamps enough?
Ma carte selon le sketch chez 'Sketch Saturday' mais j'ai poussé le thème de animaux domestique pour utiliser le oiseau parce que chez nous il y a nos trois poules et j'adore les oiseaux et je les donne plein nourriture!
Used/ J'ai utilisé: papers/papiers: PaperMania 'Sweet Nothings'; stamps/tampons: Inkadinkado 'Birds Galore'; ink/encre: Brilliance 'pearlescent lavender'; embossing powder/poudre embosser: transparent/e; flowers, ribbon and 3D pearl paint/ fleurs, ruban et peinture 3D.

Sketch Saturday #69

I've a bag of decoupage that I've made up but never mounted so here's one used for "Sketch Saturday" challenge #69. The paper is from DCWV 'All Dressed Up' and the pirate is from Jolly Nation mounted on a oval cut with Nestabilities and the Cuttlebug. I stamped the background and used WHSmith rub-ons for the text.J'ai un sac de découpage j'ai fait mais non-montrée. Alors, j'ai mis une pour ma carte selon le sketch chez "Sketch Saturday". J'ai utilisé une feuille de DCWV 'All Dressed Up' avec un découpage de Jolly Nation et un ovale découpé avec les Nestabilities et la Cuttlebug; j'ai tamponnée le fond avec l'encre noire; alphabet rub-on de WHSmith.

A Summer Card (at last) - Playing on the Beach

Enjoying the sunshine so my card for Sketch Saturday is in preparation for summer! It also reflects the Daring Cardmakers theme 'Games and Toys for Boys'. I love watching my son building sandcastles and playing on the beach :)Used: Image: Stampin' Up coloured with water colour pencils; Paper: Dovecraft 'Wild Blossom'; metallic copper paper: Paper Cellar; printed sentiment cut with Nestabilities; rest from stash or can't remember!

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A Spoon Full of Sugar & Sketch Saturday challenge #25

The ASFoS challenge #25 is to make a card for a child so I used my new Alota 'Sassy with Kitty', which Gayle kindly sent me, coloured with distress inks, to make this card and also followed the Sketch Saturday #25 layout. I have Christmas Craft Fairs the next 3 weekends running so it was nice to do a non-Christmas card. On the otherhand, with time against me, I have had one of those afternoons where little has gone right: Ho Hum! Really like the sketch: May well use that again.

Sketch Saturday #19

This is very similar to another card I made recently for my godson but this time it is for my son's birthday today. He's getting in to his guitar so the image is well-suited. Excitement has been growing the last few weeks until he burst in to our room at 7am for the first lot of present opening ! As there is no school on Wednesdays here, the party is tomorrow so we are still on high tension.I followed the Sketch Saturday layout for his card with the image coloured with Whispers markers and Funky Fairy Boys papers. The image and stars are popped up on foam. I used silver peel-offs for the text which the flash has highlighted even more!

J'ai suivi le dessin de 'Sketch Saturday' pour ma carte de l'anniversaire de mon fils aujourd'hui.

Kaboodle Doodle 5 and Saturday Sketchers 33

This week's Kaboodle Doodle challenge was to use the free download papers (thanks Andrea - I love the papers) so I combined them with sketch #33 from Sketch Saturday turned sideways to create this card. I love the lipstick colour and used watercolour pencils on the magnolia image to match. Also love the Maya Road ribbon but the flash has made that look a bit too bright.
Ma carte pour les challenges de Kaboodle Doodle - à utiliser des papiers gratuits - et du sketch #33 de Sketch Saturday. J'ai utilisé des aquarelles avec le tampon magnolia.