Mini Pop Art

Hi Folks ,
Just popping along to share with you a card I've made for OLW using Emilie's colour combination for this week .

I'm not sure how I came up with this idea only by looking through my stamps knowing I could not use layers on the card . As the stamp is small I decided to go for a small square card , first I masked a square in the centre of card base and stamped the graph background from Hero Arts . I used a homemade stencil to ink the squares and in two of them I used a mask of the mini stamp to leave white space to stamp the mini in afterwards , IYKWIM .
I used Adirondack ink pads and water brush to add colour to the minis and then used Tim Holtz bitty grunge stamps around edge of card .
I managed to get in a total inky mess and you don't want to see the back of the card.....I kept forgetting about the ink on my wipeable craft mat !!!
Haven't added a sentiment yet because I couldn't decide what to use .

As I type this my 15 yr old lad is on his way home from school in his taxi getting very excited about seeing our new washing machine we had delivered today ! Anyone would think it was Christmas day in our house this morning he was that excited......that's Autism for you , who needs toys , and I bet he'll know how to use it quicker than I do !

Thanks for looking X

Scrap Map - A girly page

Morning again ....second post today , which means the housework is being neglected again ...oh well :)

This weeks Scrap Map Challenge is a sketch and a girly theme, now because I couldn't get to the NEC this weekend I decided to do some stash shopping locally ( crafters logic ) and , amongst other things , bought the new Cosmo Cricket 'Upcycle' paper pad , the colours are fresh and bright with a bit of news print thrown in . It was the perfect choice for my page about my daughter ready to go on the first day of her work experience at a local special needs school .

Here's the sketch and LO

The journalling explains how her new shoes rubbed her feet so much the first day she could hardly walk and had to wear plasters and trainers the rest of the week !

The flower in the top right hand corner is made following this tutorial posted yesterday by Katherine on her blog so I thought I would have a go at making one for this page . I really like the rolled edges and they are simple to make , here's a couple of close ups

Thanks Kat for a great tutorial .

Pop over to the Creative Craft World blog and join in with the Challenge .

Right I have to restock the food cupboard now so Sainsburys is calling .

Thanks for looking and have a great day X

Less is More #8

Hi folks ,
Another week , another challenge and I can't wait for a Saturday morning to see the next challenge from Chrissie and Mandi at Less Is More . I make myself ponder about a possible design first as I find rushing in usually results in a rubbish card in my case .

This week we have a sketch to follow and we are to keep to a slim tall card so the proportions of the sketch are roughly the same on your card .

here are my cards ......

I have made DL cards before but recently I have subconsciously steered away from them , didn't know why , but now I do ....I find them awkward to decorate , especially in a CAS style, even with a sketch to follow. The robot card has too much white space for my liking but making the circle embellie bigger would mean losing space in the width too , I much rather the shorter slimmer second card as the proportions are better so I'm entering that one in the challenge as it's my personal favourite of the two .

The loopy wire is a Sizzix die and the phone receiver I cut freehand . I thought 'Hello' would be more usable than 'Keep in Touch' . The greeting on the robot card is 'Happy Birthday To You' but in text speak I think ! , they are a set of sentiments that match the robot stamps from Stampendous .

I must say the growing community of crafters at LIM is a wonderful source of inspiration and friendliness , the number of comments people are receiving on their challenge cards is amazing including my own so a big thank you to everyone , especially Mandi and Chrissie , it really is a lovely challenge group to be part of .
Thanks for looking X