scrapbook saturday a day early!

Funky Friday time again and i decided to make my entry a scrap book layout , can't wait to see it completely finished with the photo's.

I used my circle punches with rose red, soft suede, old olive and whisper white card stock the base is kraft ( soon to be known as cookie crumb) and i used some of my chipboard letters coloured with my markers.

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Abi

My Dear Friend.............

Here's my design team creation for the Funky Friday challenge this week which was a sketch...   no scrap book page this time i hear you cry...  well no actually needed a birthday card for a friend and thought i may as well make something useful and I loved the sketch so here's my take on it..

I Used:

Card stock:  Nigth of Navy, Whisper White
Stamp set: Occasional greetings
Ink: Night of Navy
Accessories: eyelet border punch, Pretties kit, satin ribbon, crystal effects.


Thanks for stopping by make sure you pop on over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the team have created this week!

Abi

Cracking me up!

A bit of fun today! after all isn't this what crafting is all about!

Today is Funky Friday again! this week it's a colour challenge, this is my card!

I've been wanting to use this chick for ages I think he's just so cute!

Here's what I used:

Stamp set: A good egg,

Card stock: Ballet Blue, Whisper white, Pixie pink,

Ink: Pink Passion, Ballet Blue, Basic Black, Summer sun,

Accessories: Brocade blue ribbon, scallop edge punch, crystal effects,

If you'd like to join in challenge and see what the rest of the team created then hop on over to the challenge blog here

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Really getting into this scrap booking now!!!!

Ok so I seem to be getting through my scrap book back log quite well  I have a few different photo's to choose from for these pages and I haven't quite made my mind up yet possibly some convention photo's......

Any how these are my pages for this weeks FUNKY FRIDAY challenge it's a sketch this week which I always find perfect for scrap booking as I do struggle  and I know i'm not alone in that with deciding what layout to create and where to put things.

I used:

Card stock:  Kraft, Naturals Ivory and Regal Rose oh and  vellum
Accessories: Rhinestone brads, chip board on boards loads of letters and batch of blooms, Chocolate Chip gros grain, butterfly punch,
Stamps: Friendly background, flight of the butterfly,
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose

So pop on over to the challenge blog and join in a challenge we'd love to see what you create!

don't forget you can mix and match challenges my entry also fits with the totally paper crafts challenge this week too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Snow pages

I've been scrapbooking again and about time too I have so many photo's I really must get cracking,

These are my scrap book pages for the Funky Friday challenge the theme was snow and the colours were blue and white.

I haven't added my photo's yet but I will, If you check out the challenge inspiration you'll see one of my photo's our snow castles we had fun making those,

I've popped in a couple of close ups for you so you can see the details, I used white craft ink and heat and stick powder for the word snow and added some dazzlin' diamonds,  the word days I used Brocade blue ink and white craft ink for the type.

And last but not least these are my clear buttons, it really is amazing how many different looks you can create with them, here I used my white craft ink with clear embossing powder and snowflake stamps.

Here's what I used:

Card stock:  Night of Navy, Whisper white, Brocade Blue

Ink: Versa mark, White craft, Brocade Blue,

Stamps: Polka dot background, en francais background, snow burst,

Accessories: Dazzlin Diamonds, Heat and stick powder, Silver elastic cord, eyelet border punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Funky Friday scrap book pages

So it's the New year and the Funky Friday challenges have re started this time with a Sketch due to popular demand   and also  return with a new design team check out the team and their creations by clicking here

This  sketch challenge was set by Rosina  and we were able to use this sketch to produce any project we wanted not just cards!   Now it's been a while since I have done my scrap booking and I do have a little bit of a back log on the photo front so I decided to use this sketch to my advantage

I haven't added my photo's to it yet  but I will, these pages are for my brother in laws wedding the bride wore a gorgeous red dress and my eldest son was dressed as a page boy ( although he didn't really want to play the part)  but the photo's will look great with this speciality paper, when i can get through the snow to get them printed.

Here's what I used:

Everything is from Stampin' Up!

Card stock:  Basic Grey, Basic Black, Whisper White, speciality paper in white,

Punches:  Scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle punch, heart to heart punch,  1/6" circle,

Ribbon:  Whisper White and Basic Grey Taffeta,

Stamps: Wonderful Words stamp set,

Ink: White craft ink.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

A Floral Baroque Motif

Here's my card for this weeks funky friday challenge to join in pop on over to the challenge site by clicking on the link at the top of the page.
This weeks colours were Rose Red, Regal Rose OR pretty in pink, Whisper White and Old Olive,

I coloured my silk flowers with my classic stampin' pads in Rose Red and Pretty in Pink., I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to positions the back ground stamp ( you can see a video tutorial on how to use the stamp-a-ma-jig here)

I used some old pearls I had, so I even managed a bit of recycling on this card, I love the background so expect to see me do this a bit more often :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

My challenge card

Here is my entry for this weeks Funky Friday challenge,

I had to do a close up just to prove i did use orchid opulence :)
Any how so here is my card, I used whisper white ribbon which I coloured with my really rust stampin pad,

I used my a rose is a rose stamp set, and some Washington apple designer series paper.

I folded the designer paper at the bottom of the card into pleats and added some colour with a sponge dauber for a little more depth,

so I admit I found this one was a little tricky to use all the colours, but then it wouldn't be called a challenge if it was really easy now would it?

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Abi

Sincere salutations.

Here's my entry for this weeks Funky Friday challenge!! :) finally up to date well almost. I just love these colours!

I made the flowers on this card with the Boho Blooms punch and the five petal flower punch ( a tutorial for the large flower can be found here. )

I used:

Five petal, Boho Blooms, 1/4" circle punches

Close to cocoa designer series paper,

Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Barely Banana card stock

Sincere Salutations stamp set,

Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon,

and some glossy accents.

I'm just loving experimenting with my punches at the moment, I really like all the possibilities there are, so look out for more punch creations soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Purple flutterbys.

OK another seriously late Funky Friday challenge card, but as always I love challenges so here it is, I made this Last week for the Funky Friday#25 challenge, to view all my challenges and to join in click the challenge link at the top of this page :)

I used:

Whisper White, Basic Black and Orchid Opulence card stock

Basic Black and Orchid Opulence ink,

Whisper White taffeta ribbon,

A touch of nature stamp set

and pearl from the pretties kit.

thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Rose red fresh cuts

I made this card for my Funky Friday challenge #24 the challenge was to use rose red and white, I actually did do this challenge on time but due to my camera hiding from me I have only just got around to posting it.

I used :

The fresh cuts stamp set,

The five petal flower punch ,

Rose red ink and a rose red brad.

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Friday again!!

Friday again!! I love setting the Funky Friday challenges it means I get to trawl through all my photo's and this is one of my favourites it's an old one, my youngest son was about 8 months old in this photo he's now coming up for his 4th birthday.

SO i chose this photo for the colours in the jumper he was wearing, and this is the card I came up with, which I really love, I really like the fact that it is so simple,

I used a Kraft card stock base with the wonderful words stamp set I used my five petal flower punch for the flower and the leaves and used the bashful blue striped gros grain ribbon from our mini catalogue with night of navy gros grain ribbon and finished it all off with a pearl from the pretties kit.

To see how to make this flower click here

Thanks for stopping by my blog!!

Abi

It's safe to post this now :)

So this was my funky friday challenge card this week the colours were, Tempting turquoise, Night of Navy, Taken with Teal, Creamy Caramel and Garden Green,

if I get chance I Will play with these colours again, but this was my boys fathers day card for their dad, i also made one similar for my dad too which is the reason i couldn't post it sooner .

I used the big deal alphabet with the new choo choo stamp set from our mini catalogue, I also used one of my cuttlebug embossing folders.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

MORE Baroque Motifs

I can't believe how quickly my weeks seem to be going by it's nearly Friday again and that will mean another challenge on my Funky Friday challenge sight, but in the mean time this was the challenge for last Friday ( I'm a bit late posting it ooops) The challenge was to use all the colours above with out adding any extras. so here is what i made.
I saw a card very similar to this recently ( sorry i can't remember who it was by or where i saw it) but this is my version of it, i really wanted to try stamping on the vellum card stock and I am quite pleased with the result.

I used: Baroque Motifs and Oval All stamp sets, with Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie ink, with Chocolate Chip and Whisper White card stock, the ribbon was from my vast collection of crafty bits and I also used the oval and scallop oval punches and vellum card stock.

Thanks for stoping by, If you'd like to join in the challenges just visit my challenge site by clicking at the top of this page.

Abi

Spring solitude Funky Friday #16

OK so i know i said going grey in the challenge but I've run out so i used Basic grey instead. :)

I used the spring solitude hostess bundle to make this card, I used Stampin' write markers in Summer sun and pumpkin pie, with basic black ink on whisper white card stock layered on basic black and basic grey card.

To check out my challenges click the challenge link at the top of this page!

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Funky Friday# 15 and saturday challenge combo.

I made these two cards for the Funky Friday colour challenge and the Secret crafter saturday challenge,

The Funky Friday challenge was to use Regal Rose , Pretty in pink, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and Whisper white, while the Saturday challenge was to make a card using flowers.
This first card I made using the Live Your Dream stamp set from Stampin' Up! I coloured the image using stampin' write markers in pretty in pink and perfect plum, I also used my scallop edge punch, scallop oval and oval punches and also my 1 1/16" hole punch for the details on the scallops. The ribbon was elegant eggplant gros grain which matches the elegant eggplant card base which i used.
This card also used the Live Your Dreams stamp set, I made the small flowers using the three for you punch for the directions for these flowers click here for the tutorial

Thanks for looking! why not join in the chalenges!!

Abi

Funky Friday challenge #14

I just can't get over how fast my week has gone! well for this weeks Funky Friday challenge which you can see here

so for this weeks challenge I used a set which i haven't used for quite a while.... Mixed bouquet, this set is still available in the UK while stocks last until the end of September.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Funky Friday #12 and mojo monday

I chose lots of colours this week for Funky Friday, I thought this lamp was really cool and couldn't narrow the colours down, so decided you could use all or just some of the chosen colours here are my cards.
I used crazy for cupcakes for this card and the mojo monday sketch which i liked this week. I used the scallop edge circle punch and the 1 3/8" circle punch .
For this card i used the new fresh cuts stamp set which i coloured with markers.

Both card used all the colours in the colour challenge for this week.

If you'd like to have a go pop on over to my challenge page don't for get to link to your project you can make anything you like 3d item, scrap book page card, the only rule is to have fun!

Abi

My Funky Friday chalenge #11

So this week I chose the colours above ( yes i realised i spelt certainly wrong too ooops!) I thought this was going to be really easy but I think I started to over think my projects and then found it really hard so I had to leave it for a day and then come back and look at it all afresh and this is what I came up with two quite different cards.
I think the pink one is my favourite. I used pretty in pink textured card stock with some of the new pink striped gros grain ribbon from our mini, I combined this with some of the felt flowers and some punched flowers using the boho blooms punch. The beads are from my vast collection of crafty bits.
For the green card i used baroque motifs and the baroque border wheel, with the scallop edge punch and the the three flower punch from the 3 for you punch set ( which is still available in the UK for a limited time).

Thanks for stopping by! If you'd like to check out my challenges click here

Abi

Funky Friday #10

well i had to get the frogs in there somewhere!!! but just to prove that i don't use the frogs every time there is green in a challenge i had to make something different too.

(I added some green galore too)

I used the 1 3/8 an d1 1/4" punches  and the oval and scallop oval punches for the first card and added some dazzlin' diamonds.

I made the lilly ads for the second card with the oval punch and used the circle punches and the scallop edge punch for the balloons.

These are my card for the Funky Friday challenge to view the challenges click here