Another New Home!

Hi,

I'm on a roll this weekend - 2 blog posts :o)! This is the second of the cards that I've been commissioned to make for a work colleague. She saw my blog post A New Home and asked me to make a similar card for a friend of hers who has moved house this weekend. So, here is what I came up with:

I've followed the current sketch at Papertake Weekly which, being clean and simple, is right up my street!

My card recipe is as follows:

• Base Card - Centura Pearl 300gsm card in Snow White (Crafter's Companion) cut and folded to a 15cm square card.
• Design Papers and 'ribbon' from the Strawberry Kisses CD (Crafter's Companion).
• Image is by The Crafty Pad and was a freebie on the site - thanks Debbie! I brought this little chap to life with my Spectrum Noir Pens in the following colours:
• Skin - 43, 51
• Eyes - 33
• Outline - CG1
• The sentiment ticket came from the February club at Create With TLC which I then tweaked in my word processing package to remove the original sentiment and then added my own fun sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Sketch #65 at Papertake Weekly
• Challenge #149 - Things that Leap at Digital Tuesday Challenge
• Challenge #110 - Let's Leap into Action at Fab 'n' Funky Challenges
• Challenge #175 - Green for Go at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
• March Challenge - Anything Goes with a Crafty Pad image at The Crafty Pad
• Challenge #40 - Let's see some Green at Card Makin' Mamas

Hope you have a great week!

Hugs, Helen x

A New Home!

Hi,

My brother, sister-in-law and niece are moving house in a couple of weeks to their own first home. I've got really organised ahead of time, and made this card for them.

I've followed the current sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches for this card and I really enjoyed doing this layout.


My card recipe is as follows:

• Base Card - Centura Pearl 300gsm card in Snow White (Crafter's Companion) cut and folded to a 15cm square card.
• Design Paper and ribbon border from the Strawberry Kisses CD (Crafter's Companion).
• Image is by The Crafty Pad and was a freebie on the site - thanks Debbie! I brought this little chap to life with my Spectrum Noir Pens in the following colours:
• Skin - 43, 51
• Eyes - 33
• Outline - CG1
• I finished the image by colouring the background using pastels/chalks (which were given to me by a friend who has given up making cards) in the following colours:
• Grass - Dark Green, Green, Lime Green
• Pond - Turquoise
• Sky - Light Blue
• The sentiment tickets were from the February club at Create With TLC which I then tweaked in my word processing package to remove the original sentiment and then added my own sentiment.
• The 3 pieces of Bling came from my stash. 

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:

• #132 at Tuesday Morning Sketches
• Challenge #94 - Square Cards at Robyn's Fetish Challenge

Hugs, Helen x