Alexandra Rocks

A friend of mine needs a Christening card for this weekend.  Alexandra is a long name but I managed to squeeze it in (twice).  These wood mounted alphabet blockstamps are from PSX and have been in my stash for ages.  They haven't had an outing for many years now - about time they saw some ink !!!

I stamped them on pearlescent pink card with versa mark and embossed them with WOW White Detail embossing powder.  I then used a 1" square punch to punch them out - easy peasy to align and much less effort than using spellbinders squares.

Thanks for stopping by,
Kate

Seize the Stratocaster

An 18th birthday card for one of my son James' friends.  James wanted a musical theme as his friend plays the guitar.  He actually plays the bass guitar but this guitar from an Inkadinkadoo clear set is the only one I have.  The musical flourish (hope he doesn't notice it's upside down) and the sentiment are from the same set.  I've lost the packaging and I don't remember what the set is called.  The papers are from a Funky Vintage paper stack by Dovecraft. 

Much needed inspiration came from Seize the Sketch #18

Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Kate

Sequined Blooms

A birthday card for a friend.  I'd like to say it was quick but it kept morphing (started off as A6 size) and ended up taking a lot longer than I had planned.  The square frames were cut using the silhouette - my Spellbinders Squares were too small.  The tree was cut using the Memory Box Twiggy Tree with a twist - what you can see is the negative and there was a sheet of brown card underneath (I had to keep and paste in all the little pieces which were cut from between the branches).

The sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse Asian Gardens cut using a Spellbinders Label 14 and slightly distressed around the edge with Walnut DI.  The Butterfly is a Sizzix Movers and Shapers die overstamped with Crafty Individuals Stamp CI-258.  The grass was green lined vellum which was cut using a Martha Stewart edge die.

The colour inspiration was from this week's The Colour Throwdown challenge.

and the real life inspiration - the view from my window