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Challenge 0210
January 26, 2010 by Ruth
To enter the challenge: Make a card, scrapbook page or something off the page which uses the challenge details above and click on the ‘Add Your Link’ button below. Then fill in your link (make sure it’s a link to the post and not the general blog), name and email. Then select your image to be displayed. It’s that simple! If you have 2 entries make sure to make 2 links!
Sketch & Colour Challenge of the Month – #5
July 15, 2009 by Ruth
Can you believe twice in 2 days, I am on a Ball and can’t stop!!!: )
Today I thought I would put my Challenge of the month up. I hope you enjoy it. I also have June’s to put up as well, however will do a little catch up in the coming week.
Hope you enjoy it. Don’t forget to leave a comment and show me the end result.
Sketch & Colour Challenge of the Month – #4
Life in the Bishop house hold has been extremely hectic to say the least which is why it has taken me until Thursday to finally be able to post my Sketch and colour challenge.
Life has been so hectic over the last few months that I haven’t even had a chance to do the Sketch from last month. I will endeavour to do it on Saturday morning if I don’t get asked to do anything else that becomes urgent between now and then.
This months sketch is rather simple really. The colours are Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink, Close to Coco and Kiwi Kiss. I hope you like them.
Please don’t forget to post your creations as comments so I can view them. Have fun.
Sketch & Colour Challenge of the Month – #3
April 4, 2009 by Ruth
I can’t beleive how quickly the year has gone. I have decided to do things a little different. I thought about not only giving you a Sketch but also a colour challenge all in one. You don’t need to use the colours where I have placed them, just use a little creativity and your imagination and see what you come up with! I hope you like it.
The colours are Pacific Point, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red, yes I know it is a weird combination, however I quite like a challange, especially out of my comfort zone!!!
Please post your creations under my comments I would love to see your work.
Sketch of the Month – #2
March 3, 2009 by Ruth
I can’t believe it is March already and another Sketch of the Month needs to be posted. I hope you like it and enjoy the challenge, remember, I would love to see your designs so please post them on my blog in a comment.
Eastern Blooms
Here is another card I made with my ‘Sketch of the Month’, I chose these colours from the colour wheel. Admittedly these aren’t colours I would have chosen for myself, however they were a nice challenge.
To give the flowers a little more interest I used some crystal effects and dotted in the centre of the flowers.
Stamps: Eastern Blooms
Inks: Lavender Lace, Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal
Card: Apricot Appeal, Whisper White, Lavender Lace, Certainly Celery
Ribbon: Certainly Celery Grosgrain
Punches: Scallop Circle, 3/8″ Circle Punch, 1/4″ Circle Punch
Other: Snail Adhesive, Dimensionals (foam double sided tape to raise the flowers)
Mostly Flowers Christmas Card – Design II
Christmas without using a Christmas stamp can be hard, however I challenged myself again by looking through my stamp sets to see what I could find and mostly flowers stuck out again.
I love this stamp set becuase it is so simple yet elegant and can go with anything. We made this card in our stamp a stack classes on Thursday nights.
I can’t believe it is nearly December which means I need to start writing in the cards rather than stock piling them!!!!
Stamps: Season of Joy, Mostly Flowers, So Many Sayings (Hostess Set)
Inks: Whisper White Craft Ink
Card/Paper: Dashing Designer Series Paper, Old Olive, Real Red
Spring has Sprung
September 23, 2008 by Ruth
Well I had a wonderful time down at the farm. It rained most of the week, however I didn’t mind in the slightest as the ground really needed it. I also had the opportunity to spend quite a lot of time with my Grandparents with my daughter so that was fun.
I ran a class whilst down at the farm (hello to all the girls) and used the ‘Priceless’ stamp set that is one of the specials currently running at the moment. If you buy the stamp set you get the ‘So Swirly’ large wheel as well. Over the next few days I will show you some of the cards I have made with it. However as per my last post I gave you all a challenge to make a card with my Sketch of the Month. So here is mine.
I have used the ‘So Swirly’ wheel in Certainly Celery and then stamped the small flower all over the stamped image with Rose Red, Barely Banana and Cameo Coral. Then using the 1 3/8″ Square Punch, punched out 4 squares.
Using the 1″ and 1 1/4″ circle punches I punched out the ring after stamping it with the flower image.
The butterfly was created using the ‘Rock and Roll’ Technique, stamp in the lighter coloured ink and the roll the stamp in the darker colour to get the effect I have.
I used the stamp set ‘Life Definitions’ for the sentiment and stamped it onto some Vellum and just to add a little metal I used 3 gold brads to affix the vellum to the card (the Vellum is straight on the card, for some reason the close up photo doesn’t look that straight??). I hope you like it.
I would love to see your creations for my Sketch of the Month. So please write a comment and include a link to your website or site where you have uploaded your photo.
The Promotion includes the following stamp sets:
- Merry Merry Stamp Set & Christmas Jumbo Wheel- Page 29
- Artfully Asian Stamp Set & Watercolor Vine Jumbo Wheel- Page 48
- Nursery Necessities Stamp Set & Nursery Letters Jumbo Wheel – 59
- Bodacious Bouquet Stamp Set & Bodacious Jumbo Wheel- Page 80
- Carte Postale Stamp Set & Leaves A LaCarte Jumbo Wheel- Page94-95
- Priceless Stamp Set and So Swirly Jumbo Wheel – Page 105
Feel Free to send me an email if you want more details as it is a fantastic way to get organised for Christmas and make your Christmas Cards.
Colour Challenge
Well I have never done one of these before, so I thought I would give it a try. Kristina Werner has posted a colour challenge on her blog site. I have been making cards most of this rainy afternoon and stumbled across the challenge. Was struggling with inspiration and she help me find it!!!
Here are the colours we can use.
I thought since Stampin’ Up! is trying to eScape this month with a fantastic promotion to help you eScape from the hussle and bussle of life and get back to the simple yet ellegant art of writing to people I would take the opportunity to make a card.
I have used the ‘Heartfelt Thanks’ & ‘Circle of Friendship’ stamp sets with a Rhinestone brad with a few Dimensionals. I also used the Round Corner punch to scallop the edge, 1 1/4 round punch for the ‘Circle of Friendship’ stamp and the Crafters Tool Kit to make the Faux Stitching. I hope you like it. I had some fun making it!
Sketch of the Month – April
April 11, 2008 by Ruth
I can’t believe time has gone so quickly. I haven’t had much time to make cards as Annabelle is keeping me very busy. However I have had time to make the Sketch of the Month for April. I hope you have fun using it. I will endeavour to post my creation up in the next week.
I will also upload another photos of Miss Annabelle in a couple of weeks. I really can’t believe how quickly they change!