... Good afternoon everyone - only one more day of our long weekend holiday - to go. We've really been making the most of our time off. Eating - obviously, and I'm going to have to be very creative with turkey recipes in the coming weeks :) Friday evening we all went to a photo shoot with the lovely Andrea - I'll post some photos soon. And today we even did a little shopping - glad we saved it until today. The shops were very quiet first thing this morning! After we got in, Jonathan watched some football - NBC show the UK Premier League games - I think he actually sees more games here than he did in the UK!! Kathryn beat Pokemon - she was delighted. And I played in my craft room and made a fun little card:
Stamps: Docrafts - Born to Shop Shoes
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies: Spellbinders - Reverse Wonky Rectangles (S4-307) #4
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Clear Embossing Powder; Copics - R17, R14, G24, G20, BV02, BV04, B12, B14, R81, R83, R0000, W1, W3, W5, W7, Y13, YR23, YR27
The cue word for this week's CASology - CAS72 is SHOP. As soon as I saw that word I knew which stamps I'd be using - I've had them for quite a while and they don't see ink as often as they should. There are a number of really fun images that are perfect for this challenge. I used the sketch from this week's CAS - Colours & Sketches - CASC&S#52, but I turned it through 90° as the layout worked better in this orientation. I stamped the image on to some scrap white card, heat embossed it with clear powder and cut it out with a die. I coloured the image with Copics and edged the image with R17. I made the shoe border by repeatedly stamping the shoes, embossing them and colouring them in. I made the vertical strip by colouring some scrap card with R17 and cutting a piece to size. The inside is simply a mat of white card that has been edged with the red R17 Copic. I've left it blank to add a message. I've a feeling this might find its way to my Mum - she just LOVES to shop!!!
Well, that's all for now - I think I'm going to try and do a bit more crafting, but for now I'm off to make a coffee and read my book - I'm reading Dragons Dawn by Anne McCaffrey - I think it's the third time I've read it, but it is a wonderful place to visit! See you soon.
LOL! Love the sentiment and your fun little shoe border, Deborah! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!
ReplyDeleteAnd your new blog design looks fabulous!
A fabulous image and such a perfect sentiment! So glad you joined us at CASology this week!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun card! Great use of the sketch! Thanks for joining us at CAS Colours & Sketches!
ReplyDeleteha!! what a fun take on the cue word, as well as the sketch, Deborah! thanks so much for playing along with CASology!
ReplyDeleteI think the card is very cute and love the stamp and the "wonky" die cut.
ReplyDeleteThe card is really cute and I like the wonky die cut.
ReplyDeleteHeehee! This makes me laugh! :) Such happy colors, fun images and lots of that glorious stuff called white space! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for joining us at CASology!
Very cute! I like how you've created separation between the image panel (love that shape, by the way) and the background by edging the panel with the marker, rather than by adding a mat. Thanks for playing along in our sketch challenge this week at CAS - Colours and Sketches!
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant Deborah! Love the stamp and the sentiment is soooo me! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at CAS - Colours and Sketches this week! :)
Lizy xx