My First ATC

On my recent bloggy wanderings, I came across the new ATC Challenge Blog.  I only started cardmaking  in August last year and I have never made an ATC, so I thought why not give it a go!  

Their first challenge is "Anything Goes" and as I'm a big oriental fan, I decided it would be easiest to go with this.

It also fits the bill for the Gingersnap Creations 'Red and Gold' Colour Challenge, so I'm entering it there too.

Oriental papers

'Double Happiness' ribbon

Tim Holtz Rosette Die

Inkadinkado Bamboo and Buddha Stamps

Black & gold inks and gold EP.

Perfect Pearls Bronze

Thanks for visiting and I don't mind constructive criticism!

Suze x

"Less is More" Challenge

Week 13 over at the Less is More Challenge and this week it's a lucky dip with the theme 'Thank You' or 'Congratulations'.

My original idea was to mount two hearts onto a gold embossed panel but it was too fussy, so after quite a bit of time playing around with the layout, this is the end result.  I suppose I could have been even more CAS and stamped the sentiment straight onto the card but it's done now and I need to get back out into the sunshine!

The heart stamp has been stamped with versamark twice on white card and twice on kraft card, then embossed in gold.  I then softened the brown kraft card with distress ink.

Heart Stamp - Inkadinkado 'Friendship'
Sentiment - Papermania
Versamark with Gold EP
Worn Lipstick Distress Ink
Kraft & white cardstock

Hope you're all having a great holiday weekend.

Happy Crafting

Suze x

Candy and a Card

The very talented Debbi is giving away some lovely goodies over at her blog.  If you use promarkers (or would like to give them a go) Debbi has some excellent tutorials.

And here is a card I made for a competition being held by The Papeterie, a local craft store in Aberdeen. It had to be made with products currently sold at the store, so I've gone for a Simply Sassy image, coloured with promarkers and mounted onto card & DP sold at the shop. Cards entered are then donated to charity.

Have a great holiday weekend and hope you all manage to fit in some crafty time.

Suze x

How Lucky Am I?

How lucky am I to have made such a wonderful new friend in Valerie-Jael Tups.  This morning Mr Postman dropped a beautiful mail art envelope through my door which had winged it's way from Valerie in Germany.

Not only did it contain an origami japanese bookmark but a beautiful card and tag too.

Beautiful gifts from a wonderfully talented lady.

Thank you so much Valerie.

'Hugs' Suze x

"Less is More" Challenge

Week 12 over at the Less is More Challenge and this week the recipe is 'off centre'. Well, all I can say is how come I can easily create an 'off centre' card when I don't have to think about it but when I 'have' to do it, it's a struggle.

Finally decided to do something with my faithful old 'inchies' ...

Inkadinkado Inchies stamped with Kaleidacolor ink and clear embossed.  Mounted onto Stampin Up  and Bo Bunny Papers.  Sentiment from Hero Arts.

Have a great Easter Sunday and eats lots of chocolate.

Happy Crafting

Suze x

GC99 Gingersnap Creations - Fans

The new Random Redhead Challenge over at Gingersnap Creations is "Fans".

I decided to use my favourite die of the moment - Tim Holtz' mannequin.  I used the die to make both the mannequin and the cheongsam but trimmed them down to a more slender oriental frame!

The fans are an inkadinkado stamp which I coloured with promarkers and sakura pens and mounted onto a 'panel'.

Maybe a bit 'clean & simple' for this challenge, what do you think!?

Happy Crafting
Suze x

"Less is More" Challenge

Week 11 over at the "Less is More" Challenge and this week those cheeky LIMettes Mandi & Chrissie set us the challenge of using acetate in our cards. Well, it hasn't been easy, but you have to give it a go, don't you! So here's my creation:

I had originally die cut the mannequin in acetate and stamped onto it but it looked a bit 'wishy washy', so after a bit of trial and error, I diecut the mannequin in textured black card (sorry, texture doesn't show up in photo). I then die cut the flowers in acetate and coloured them with promarkers. The colours appeared quite pale so I added a white die cut behind the acetate.  All layers of the flower were also dry embossed.

A bit more trial and error and I managed to print the sentiment in the correct place.  I have used "Chrissie's" scriptina font.

Tim Holtz Dies - Sewing Room & Tattered Florals
Victorian Fleur embossing folder
Black textured card
Acetate from the packaging of my mother's day orchid
Glossy Accents to adhere the acetate
Promarkers and bling

Thanks for visiting and I'll try and get round you all this week.

Happy Crafting
Suze x