Tilda coloured with Whispers markers; papers: 'Olivine' by Papermania; flowers: Prima and Imaginisce.
Magnolia image coloured with Whispers pens; PaperMania 'Scrumptious' papers and gems; Prima flowers; Making Memories button; stamps: Compagnie d'elfes text and Inkadinkado flourish.
Voici ma carte d’anniversaire pour le challenge «Ismaki » qui réaliser le sketch de Isa cette semaine avec l’option de ‘losanges’. J'ai crée la carte A5 avec ma planche Eazi-score. J’ai utilisé un peu de recyclage plus le tampon Magnolia avec crayons aquarelles. J’ai découpé les Cuttlebug Bords Floraux et j’ai colle avec le Xyron. J’ai utilisé papiers divers inclus calque décoré de PaperMania.
My poor neice is still battling with leukaemia : It's been nearly 10 years now since she was first diagnosed and has been through every conceivable treatment and it is hard and depressing that nothing has fully rid her of it. Please pray that she will get a lasting remission.
Wierd few days, still not on top form but really great in other ways! Good news is I have won a sample from ShortCuts of clear & frosted cards which I can't wait to get, and this fab candy arrived from Jessi which was a BIG cheer-up! Big thank you Jessi! Can't wait to play with that stamp and just love the images she sent with it, plus her gorgeous card. Also, I was paid for 33 cards this morning with an order for another 20, and have a confirmed place at the Artisan'Arts Marché de Noël at Châteaulin on 22-23rd Nov : Both big incentives to make LOTS of cards and other bits!
Then mounted a few découpage made a while ago, and finally did a bit of stamping :)
Voici ma carte de Ismaki sketch challenge #29. Here’s my card for Ismaki’s sketch challenge 29:
I was determined to get a card done as I haven’t felt like my head is connected to my body lately and ended up on thyroid tablets last week, as well as already being on blood pressure tablets, and you have to take both for life once you start, so I am feeling well over my 45 years!!! So, it’ back in the saddle then!
Used: Magnolia image water-coloured and part-glazed, Dovecraft papers and stash bits!
First Hampton Art stamp decoupaged with 2nd layer of the woman. Second Hampton Art stamp uses just a small part of the stamp to give me the 4 squares I needed. These were both stamped with black Brilliance and coloured with Distress inks (Frayed Burlap & Shabby Shutters): Stamped these on to waxed paper and picked up and mixed the colours in a mixture of sponging, painting and dragging the distressed edges through the ink. 
Sentiment printed on to pale brown Papermania vellum; green-gold paper from The PaperMill shop, Papermania brad, paper flower also coloured with Distress inks.
The first card above was made following the sketch for Ismaki challenge 10 a few weeks back but there was a delay in releasing the papers so I've had to sit on my hands until now! It includes printing one of the papers on both pink vellum and on acetate which is why I love downloads - so versatile.
Used: Funky Fairy 'blue' collection (2 papers) and printed the 30 on, Pink Pettcoat Lilli image painted with H2Os and 'dressed' with reduced-size Funky Fairy paper overprinted with the image, Tim Holtz' grungeboard painted with black acrylic, Prima's, MM brads and ribbon from my stash. First use of grungeboard and I love it: The flourish painted black looks and feels like leather. It's weird material but great to use.
There's an interesting sketch for Ismaki challenge 10 which I've followed for this 30th card for my nephew. There's a whole paper-weaving thing going on in the middle there which just happened and rather took me by surprise but I am quite happy with. It was weird sticking down lots of layers together though!
This week's sketch on Ismaki involves lots of layering with the option of 'pets'. Mine is fairly true to the sketch: Although it has sunk down the card a little, all the layers are there. Not sure if petting a fish counts for the option?
