Flip-Flop or Swing!

That's Daring Cardmakers challenge for this week, to make a flip-flop or swing card. I had every intention of combining it with this week's Dottie's World challenge, but messed up, so I'll make another card for that if I get chance.

The image is a pre-coloured Scruff from the Animal Magic digi-stamps by Lou and from Charmed.

Everything else is Sassafras with the wording cut on my ROBO.

Thanks for looking

More Cards and Challenges

This must be a record for me. Usually if I've made this amoaunt of cards in a week, it's because I'm crafting for someone else or because I'm in a rush to get some done. This time it's because I've decided to join in with some card challenges and make some cards 'just because'. I've spent the last few months concentrating on scrapbooking and have made about 80 lay-outs since the middle of March this year. Card making took a back seat and now I've got re-newed interest in them.

Both images are pre-coloured from the fantastic and amazing animal magic download bundle available by Lou and available exclusively from Charmed. To see more, visit Dottie's World.

First card is using Donald Donkey and made for the Sketch Saturday 1st November challenge. They had an added challenge of using Autumn colurs too. I've used yellow, brown, rust, bronze and gold. The yellow is actually a little lighter, but no matter what I did, I could not get it to look any better. Even using an editing programme didn't help much. The ribbons are gold satin.

I'm just a little late with this next challenge, but I loved the look of the sketch and wanted to make a card using it. The sketch is from Papertake Weekly and is the 13th October challenge. Told you I was a little late didn't I? I have some new vellum glue and put too much on the left corner, so the vellum wrinkled. Because of this, I decided that I could cover it with the sentiment and that itself flipped the sketch over. Simple to change and problem solved.

The multi-toned blue organza ribbon is gorgeous and was in the blog candy I got a while ago from the lovely Emma. I also used red organza, brads and a rub-on sentiment. The image is 'Home Tweet Home'.

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Love and hugs

What's Been Happening This Week?

Well I'm here again. I've been crafting a bit this week. UKS have a Sultry Summer Stash Bash happening for all of August. The idea is to use the stash you already have rather than buy more for it. Mondays are mini-book day and as I'm not that into those, I'm missing them out. I also started a week late, so I'm playing catch-up. This week so far I've done days 2, 3, 4 and 5. Each day there's a sketch to follow (Wednesday had 2!) and most days had a technique or something else to do too.

Here's my LOs so far:

Day 2 ~ Technique - Stamping (stamped title and stamping above and down the right-hand side of the photo)

Day 3 (2 sketches) ~ Technique - Bling

LO 1) Bazzill Bling card and glitter on the flower card

LO 2) Glass gems on wire plus glass beads around ric-rac

Day 4 ~ Technique - Recycle (the title has been done by stencilling inside the waste from chipboard alphabets)

Day 5 ~ No technique

I realised after I'd photographed it, that I'd called this gentleman my Grandad Kirby when he is in fact my Great-Grandad Kirby. I'll rectify that later by adding a couple of words to the top lines.

Thank you for looking.