I have the chance to play along this week’s CAS(E) this sketch challenge # 27. I did a hybrid card using Sarah Hurley’s Bookworm digi scrapbooking kit. I love the papers and elements in scrapbooking kits as they are compiled to complement each other and can easily be matched in a scrapbook layout or card. I layout my elements in my computer and printed them. I added strips of washi tapes on top and bottom and faux stitching as well.
So here’s my take..
Happy Saturday!
I am just thrilled to share my projects today 
If you came from the Sketch-N-Scrap blog, I’m so glad that you visit me in my small nook.
May is a birthday month for Sketch-N-Scrap and the celebration continuous until end of May. There are challenges and inspirations plus a lot of amazing prizes in store for the month-long celebration so be sure to check Sketch-N-Scrap everyday to see what’s being offered on the day.
So now, I’m here to share with you the way I use and combine die cuts into a card. This is the first time I tried doing a shaped card using my Spellbinder Nestabilities, circle and labels 19 dies. I used both shapes as the card base then later added a selection of dies that are mostly from Papertrey Ink.
For my circle card, I cut a label die and arranged an ‘I (heart) you’ dies over it to cut again. I put a different colored paper behind the cut letters & shape for contrast. Noticed that I cut the heart shape only by half? I did partial die cutting, a technique I saw online.
This circle card is not too big so I did minimal embellishment so even if I put this to mail, it will not be too bulky either. I used die cut cork + heart and finished it off with buttons and ribbon. Faux stitching too on top and below the card base.
For the Labels shaped card, I did random die cut elements using different materials. This is just to show you how other materials would work well on your dies and not just only paper. I used most dies from Papertrey Ink. The word ’i heart you’ was from the negative of my circle die.
I did minimal stamping in my card base too, see the musical stamped background? My die cut materials are a mix of paper, cork and felt. I added some texture in my felt heart by stitching along the same heart shape, then added ribbon and a button. I love buttons too!
Faux stitching it is to finish off the card.
I would also love to see how you use your dies. As part of Sketch-N-Scrap’s birthday bash, I’m giving away a pack of embellishments to one lucky winner who will join in the challenge . The pack will include die cut piece embellishments, birthday stamp, rub-on, stickers and ribbons.
So grab your die cuts now and create one to enter the challenge. You can add your project using the inLinkz below. This is my first time using the InLinkz tool so if you happen to encounter any problem linking your project in, please let me know immediately so I can look into it.
The challenge is open until 31st May and I will be announcing the winner by the first week of June.
Please note of some simple guidelines though
The rules:
1. Be a follower of my blog (if you are not yet one)
2. A project must be made after this challenge on the time this challenge went live
3. You must have a working text link to Heart for Handmade Die-cut challenge to be in your blog to be eligible for a win. You can also link to Flickr or other online gallery if you do not have a blog.
4. And the most important one, you must have FUN!
Thanks for stopping by!
How time flies.. It’s already Thursday and tomorrow will be a weekend here in Qatar.
I will be hosting a blog challenge on Saturday, 11th May for Sketch-N-Scrap month-long birthday celebration so before my scheduled challenge goes live, I’m sharing here a sneak peek of what you will see on Saturday’s post.
You can always go back to Sketch-N-Scrap blog for more blog candies, challenges and prizes that are given away!
Sketch-N-Scrap challenge blog now includes a card sketch challenge for everyone, yey! They used to have scrapbook layout challenge previously but have added the card sketches every 5th and 20th of each month, yesterday was the debut of the first card sketch and I’m so glad to share my take here.
The month of May happens to be the birthday month of Sketch-N-Scrap, so expect a lot in store for the whole month, goodies to win, challenges, techniques and inspirations from the Sketch-N-Scrap design team. I’ll be sharing projects here in my blog too so keep visiting and the team’s blog too.
You can visit us our Facebook page too for more inspiration and updates.
This card is just fit for the celebration, Birthday. I silver embossed the circle and used partial embossing of the dots. I added minimal embellishment, diecut buttons on the bottom right.
I’m sharing today this card that I did for Sarah Hurley’s Shades of Blue challenge. I used all elements from the Expedition digi scrapbook kit. I always love to travel whenever I have the chance and this Expedition kit I think will be my all time favorite
I laid out all elements in my computer, then printed another set of the sail and colored them with Promarkers. I cut the sail and put foam dimensional for texture. More inspirational projects are being shared in Sarah’s challenge blog by fellow DT so be sure to check them out too. The challenge runs for a month so there’s plenty of time if you wish to play along.
I’m entering this card to Simon Says Stamp Happy Mail challenge.
Also to DL. Art Anything Goes challenge.
May 1st is the birth day of the most amazing woman in my life. The one who have done so much not only for me but for our whole family, my inspiration and strength, my Mom.
Happy birthday Mom!
1st May also happens to be the release of Sarah Hurley’s Lookbook Magazine, Volume 3. The magazine is a compilation of the design team’s creations (including me ) that is intended to give inspirations using Sarah‘s fabulous kits and products. The collection varies from scrapbook page, ATCs, cards to home decor. Each piece is an art on its own. So amazed how talented these ladies are and I’m so happy to be part of this team.
I originally plan to do a sneak peek but time is so tricky that I wasn’t able to do one.
Anyhow, I’m pleased to share my contributions in the magazine here.
First off is a card for Mom using All Sewn Up! digi-scrapbook kit. I used random strips of the pattern paper from the kit, added embellishments and oh, those fonts is a darling. I love this kit as sewing is also very close to my heart. Just look around and you will see several sewing projects I did on this blog too.
I first got interested in sewing when I watched Mom doing our pajamas when we were little kids. This card is just perfect for her isn’t it?
Second project is a birthday invitation card using Oz Digi Scrapbooking kit. I previously did a Wizard of Oz invite but this one has more Oz elements. I did a coordinating envelopes also to match the whole pack. You may say I may be bias but I don’t think I’ll get tired doing digi projects using Sarah’s kits. The colors and elements are just the ones that I really like.
Now, this one is the first scrapbook page I did, digital it is. I’m more of a card maker and I haven’t done any scrapbook page before. This is my first attempt and what I can say is, I really had fun working on this page. I used the Say Cheese Scrapbook kit. In photo is my dear friend Ben and her son Sam (who happens to be my godson too). See how quirky he is? I love the colors of this kit, the embellishments and those cameras, who wouldn’t love photography?
All I can is, I really had fun doing all these projects. There are a lot of other things I would love to see using these kits and will share them here for sure.
So excited to get these items from my mailbox today I recently won Simon Says Stamp April blog hop and got this grab bag as a prize. Can’t wait to use those Lawn Fawn patterned papers, and that umbrella stamp… I love. It also comes with a page with card projects for inspiration.
See that lollipop too? Just perfect while crafting
I may be able to give some sneak peaks of what I’ve been working with Sarah Hurley Designs, hopefully tomorrow.
Sketch challenge is one of my favorite so when I had the chance to sit down in my crafting table last night, I did this card for CAS(E) this Sketch challenge # 25.
I used the stamps I won from Ali Edwards blog hop and another from Michelle Woerner. Don’t you love those images?
I added a green scallops and lace ribbon on top to give an illusion of a curtain. I cut the three lamps and adhere the two with foam adhesives for dimension.
Also used a color combo from ColorQ challenge # 186.
Hello there!
Today’s card image is from the Crafty Sentiments Designs. You can see my post as well here.
This month’s challenge, Let’s celebrate at The Crafting Cafe is ongoing so be sure to drop by at their blog to participate or get some inspirations too. This card is a celebration of life itself.
I colored the image with Promarkers, embossed part of the card base and added some buttons for color and texture.
I’m entering this card in Simon Says Stamp, Anything Goes challenge.
It’s already late night but really wanted to do my take in Paper Smooches Cool Shades challenge 15-21 April. One of the stamps company I really love is Paper Smooches So whenever I have the chance, I do take part in their blog challenges.
I used the Paper Smooches Zoo Crew stamp set for this project. I stamped the images in pattern papers and cut them individually. I originally embossed the images and colored them with watercolor pencils but was not really happy with the result. It ended up too light and can’t recognize the images anymore. So pattern paper it is, added some buttons too for texture.
I used blue background watercolor for the images but it ended up too light again, well should do more practice in watercoloring.
The color challenge and my take..here
