I got a bit ahead of myself yesterday LOL

So over at 365 Cards yesterday the theme was 'technology" so I uploaded a card of a rocket - all very well except that today the challenge is "starry skies"!!!  So here is another rocket card LOL - sorry about that!  This one was requested by my 4 year old who wanted a rocket to 'move' and a full moon, and stars...

Technology challenge - rockets away!

The first human may have stepped onto the moon back in the 60s but space exploration is by no means over so for today's 365 Cards 'technology' card I have a punch-art rocket to share with you!

I had so much fun making this card, got some ideas from Splitcoast Stampers and love how it turned out.

White space - or pale green in this case

365 Cards is asking for us to leave some white space on our cards for this particular challenge - I flipped the sketch so I hope this is okay!

For this card I used a couple of Stampin' Up! stamp sets, the paper is from Basic Grey and can't quite remember where I got the felt scroll from!

365 Cards - Everyday card

The challenge over at 365 Cards yesterday was to make a card suitable for almost any occasion, not specifically birthday, get well, thanks etc - so here goes - and will post this off to my mum and she is always in my thoughts!

What I used:

SU Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Old Olive card, inks and a lovely retired set called Organic Grace!

Embellishing bows

The name of this blog has really come to life these last two days with strong, persistent winds and I'm getting a  bit sick of it to tell the truth!  I guess they don't call it 'Windy Wellington' for nothing!  But this year we've been spoilt with very very little wind, a very mild wet, SNOW for the first time in donkeys' years, and the wettest October since the Captain Cook sailed into harbour all those years ago (that's 'poetic licence' by the way, it just has been rather wet underfoot lately...)

Any anyway on the bright side - we won the Rugby World Cup at the weekend - wohoo!!

Back to crafting:

I loved trying out securing a ribbon bow with a brad, once I figured out how to do it, it was quite easy really, and looks so effective!

Embellish your bows it what 365 Cards asks us to do today so I've embellished it with the brad and the lovely golden background paper, the bow wouldn't look quite the same on a plain background - and I'm aware I am pushing the boundaries just a little here! (They are asking for two embellishments...)

What I used:

A selection of Stampin' Up and DCWV papers and cardstock, SU ribbon, brad, stampset and ink.

Trying out the embossing resist technique.

I have a rather large list of blogs I 'follow' which means I don't really get to see them that often but last night I came across a challenge on a blog called '365 cards' which is basically a new challenge every day of the week... this card is for day 235 - I wonder what happens on leap-year!  Maybe it becomes '366 cards' for that year LOL!

It was all about using three pieces of polka-dot paper and that was pretty much the only rule - the challenge was posted a couple of days ago but I think you have one week from when it is posted to upload your card and then the link closes - at least I hope so.

I really enjoyed trying out this technique of embossing a stamped image with clear embossing powder, then gently sponging over it with a colour to bring out the details - I did find it distorted the paper a little so decided to sew them down which worked well.

What I used:

Stamp sets: Petal Pizzazz, Wonderful Favourites (both Stampin' Up!)

Cards and papers:  Very Vanilla (SU), all others from my stash.

Clear embossing powder (SU), Crumb Cake Classic ink pad, sponges, Boho Blossoms punch, rhinestone brad, sewing machine, Stamp-a-ma-jig (SU).

Upcyling cards - again!

(La version en español esta a continuacion del ingles!)

Hmmmm, this particular blog has been a bit neglected, but hopefully now that I have some more time I will get to do more crafty things so I can show you here.

I was tidying up last night when I came across a little box which held some very early attempts at card-making!  They were not very nice (at all, in fact!) but rather than throwing them out I decided I would try to salvage them - ever so thrifty, that's me LOL!

I should have taken a 'before' photo but didn't, so here are a couple of the re-touched cards, I think they are definitely an improvement on what I started with last night.

And of course I used all the little bits and pieces I had in my wee scrap bag, so that's even better!

I have always loved pretty pictures and feel it's a shame when you just bin the mags after reading them, so it appears a long time ago I decided to make cards with them, I think the greeting and floral embellishments has improved them somewhat.

Bye for now.

Hola a todos - anoche me puse a ordenar (mision imposible numero 5!) y encontre una cajita con tarjetas que habia hecho hace mucho tiempo atras con recortes de unas revistas.  Siempre he sentido que es una lastima botar ciertas revistas ya que tienen fotos tan lindas a veces que obviamente decidi en aquella ocasion usarlas para hacer tarjetas!  

En todo caso anoche encontre esas tarjetas y decidi amononarjas un poquito asi es que les agregue las palabras ("que te mejores pronto") y las hojitas y flores - creo que ahora quedaron bastante mas lindas que antes.

Dejenme un comentario con su opinion si desean!  Espero saber de ustedes - adios, y hasta la proxima ocasion!