A is for Acetate

Dottie's World challenge this week was set by Nicola. She said:

A is for Acetate with a hint of pink!!

It can be a whole acetate card,an aperture of acetate,an embelishment as long as Acetate is there some where & as October is Breast Cancer awareness month I'd like to see some pink!!!

I stamped some acetate and cut the letters and corners, then stuck them on by using my Xyron 150 sticker maker. I added pink ribbon, Imaginisce blooms, brads and ink round the edge and of course a Dottie and George image. I'm turning this into an A4 birthday postcard for someone next year.

Thanks for looking. Love and hugs,
xxx

Spring

Spring has sprung. Well, it did in April in Clacton. Saturday 9th's Sultry Summer Stash Bash on UKS was to use the sketch provided, 2 different manufacturers' PPs and; as an added challenge, mix your alphabets. So, what did I do?

I used 2 different papers: Imaginisce for the top right and K&Co Brenda Walton design (can't remember the exact name as that's the bit I stuck down!!) for the bottom left. Both were bought from Charmed. For the title, I used 2 different stamps, a hand-punch, a sticker, a paper cut-out and handwriting. The flower in the centre is chipboard that I've double heat-embossed using rose ink and clear powder.

Thanks for looking.

Magnetised

My sister Andrea has her birthday on Sunday and I had no idea what to get her until I went into a pound shop in Wisbech and found a pack of coloured magnetic pegs. I decided that I would decorate one for her and mount it on a chipboard surround, so she could still put it on her fridge. As a final touch, I've used the peg to hold some money so she can treat herself.

To make this I used:
Red magnetic memo peg - made by Home etc. of Birmingham
Chipboard
Spotted paper - K & Co Hopscotch 6x6 paper pad
Red pearlised paper (covering the back) - The Paper Cellar
Green spotted ribbon - free with Scrapbook Inspirations magazine
Blooms - Imaginisce, For Peep's Sake Butterfly Blooms (Charmed)
Brads - earthtone by Dovecraft (Charmed)
VersaColor ink pad (used to ink the edges of the chipboard) - No. 14 Scarlet

Joined By Love

UKS's challenge for March week 4 is:

Use ovals on your lo 10pts
Use pastel colours 5pts
Use flowery pp or blooms 5pts
Use only B&W photos 5pts
Add a bit of bling to your lo 5pts

Photos and matting are cut into ovals - 10pts
Pastel blue, green, yellow - 5pts
Flowery paper (DCWV Glitter Posies - Pocket Full of Turquoise) and Blooms (Imaginisce - For Peep's Sake - Butterfly Blooms) Both from Charmed Cards and Crafts - 5pts
Printed all 3 colour photos of my Father-In-Law and his new wife in B & W - 5pts
Bling - Paper and Blooms are both glittery/shiney - 5pts

Full marks again - 30pts

Title is from www.elegantwordart2.blogspot.com and printed on vellum
Brads are Dovecraft Mini Pastels

Friends Together

Last September my really great friend Tee (who I never mention on here do I LOL) and I met for the first time at the Bury Craft Extravaganza. Tee came with her friend and workmate Maggie. Within minutes, we were all having such a ball chatting, laughing and; of course, craft shopping. So, when UKScrappers had a challenge to do a LO on the theme of Friendship, I just had to use pictures from that day.

The requirements for this challenge were:

1) LO on the theme of Friendship

2) Scraplift the LO of a friend or your favourite idea or book author, remember to give credit to the original - provide a link if it's in the UKS Gallery! (If you have a LO in your Faves you'd like to scraplift, PM the scrapper and make friends!)

3) Include one or more Circles, to represent the circle of friendship, never ending/continuous friendship

4) Include something Metal on your LO, to symbolise old (Gold) and new (Silver) friends

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1) Yep, it's all about friends

2) The LO was one that Karen, another friend and owner of Charmed Cards and Crafts shop and Charmed forum had done. I'm sure she won't mind me 'lifting' it.

3) I have included 4 circles in this LO

4) The gold and silver are ribbon star brads

The floral card is Imaginisce ~Loves Me ~Love is in the Air, Flower and brad are Heidi Grace ~ Cherrwood Lane ~ Flowers in Tin, (both from Charmed Cards and Crafts) Striped Paper is Papermania ~ Colossal Paper Pack, Star ribbon brads, Pale green paper from stash, Wording is Die-Cut from Ellison Tootsie alphabet, Sentiment says "A laugh is a smile that bursts"