Frame It!

Tara set her first challenge on Dottie's World this last Sunday and has challenged us to "Frame It!" Here's what she said:

"I would like to see you creating some sort of a frame or border on your card. You could create a frame for your image, your card or both. Feel free to use the downloads for your frame, or you could try stamping elements, die-cutting, punching shapes, embellishments ............ anything goes really! Just remember to use one of our downloads for your main image too!"

I've used a couple of images from the Pixie Chicks collections and overlaid them before printing onto watercolour paper. I've cut a frame from a sheet of Bazzill and added some stitching detail, a couple of blooms and a sentiment.

Thanks for looking

UKS Dark Challenge

Ok, I'm a little late showing you my entry for this week's weekly challenge on UKScrappers, but hey, better late than never I say.

So, the challenge set by The Norty Crew was:

- Choose a theme about something dark which brightens your life - 10 points

- Use a dark colour scheme to represent DARK- 10 points

- Add a dash of your favourite bling to represent BRIGHT - 5 points

- Use ink somewhere on your LO (eg stamping, doodling or journalling) - 5 points

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Dark skies and rain

Black and grey with a little silver

Blue gem brads in the middle of the blooms

White ink for the journalling and detail around the photo

Full points claimed for The Ruby Snippers and Gold Eyelet teams I'm part of.

Thanks for looking

Take care, love and hugs

UKS November Week 1 Challenge

The challenge on UKS this week is set by the Bijoux Belles. They challenged us to use:

Sketch = 10 points

French Title or Theme = 10 points

Red White & Blue = 5 points

Bling= 5 points

The sketch:

My LO
de nouveaux aimes - a la frontiere
(new friends - across the border)

The photo is of me when I was 13 with my French exchange student.

I've:
followed the sketch
translated my title into French
used all three colours plus the French theme
used a blue glass brad in the flower.

All elements included so full points for my team the Ruby Snippers

Thanks for looking

Love and hugs

Completed Lizzie's Challenge

Here's my completed efforts for Lizzie's challenge.

Framed LO

David very kindly cut a large frame down for me for this. I painted it cream, sanded to give a slightly distressed look and added embellishments (cut using my Xyron Personal Cutting System) and buttons to match the ones on my LO. Description of the Lo is here. I'm going to do another framed LO of myself and my other sister and hang them both above my craft desk.

Screen

To make this I used 4 pieces of A5 card and vellum for the panels and butterflies. I dry-embossed the panels and cut the butterflies using my Xyron Personal Cutting System. I'm using this to help hide some of the 'bits' I have on my craft desk.