Three Little Chicks

Thought I’d have a crack at the Papertake Weekly challenge which is one of Dawny P’s sketches. This is actually the very first time I have used a sketch and I have to say, I found it harder than I thought. Although I am reasonably pleased with the final outcome, I found it very hard not to “overthink” it, if that makes sense. The patterned paper is Pink Petticoat again and the stamp is one I’ve had for a while but I love it. I have layered up the image a bit and added glamour dust everywhere! The glitter border round the edge of the base layer is done with very narrow ds tape.

Right, watched Big Brother and Most Haunted so can now go to bed!!

I am loving the fact that the blogging world is full of such wonderfully generous people who want to share not only their endless and amazing talents with us all, but their stash too! I get so excited when some new blog candy appears out there so thought I’d get in on some of that “feel-good” spirit myself.

As I am fast approaching 4000 hits in just over 4 months (my first post was on 31st August 08) I thought that seemed like a good enough reason to throw some candy out there. Obviously this is another new blogging element of which I have no previous knowledge or experience so you must bear with me. I may screw the whole thing up!!

I am putting together not one but 2 lots of yummy, scrummy candy. One for the scrappers and one for the cardies. As I feel I am very much neither one nor the other exclusivley I couldn’t decide which approach to take. So both it is!! Saggitarians are well known for their indecisiveness you know!!

When I have it alll sorted I will post all the details here.

Have a good Monday everyone.

Liz at Pink Petticoat has set a challenge to alter one of her paper downloads and use them on a card. I LOVE all of her papers and image stamps so was thrilled by this challenge. I have never even thought to layer up her designs the way she describes on her blog and it has been like a revelation to me. I feel like I’ve now increased the usefulness of these downloaded papers by a million per cent!! I am also going to enter this card in the challenge over at Charisma Cards whose theme this week is ……PINK! Yay – my favourite!

With this card, I have first printed the solid bubblegum pink then reprinted over the top with the new Pretty Doodles in black. Love this colour combo. I went over the areas I wanted to flock with a Quickie glue pen then rubbed the flocking paper (made by Woodware) over it. You can’t really see it in the photos to be honest. The Basque is a stamped in Versamark then embossed a special embossing powder called “Sticky Stuff” by Judikins. You heat it as normal and it gives you a sticky outline which you can use with glitter or foil or in this case the same flocking sheets I used on the paper. I have added black glitter and some pink gems and that’s it really. Oh, I have stamped and embossed a flourish design (stamp set by Basic Grey) onto the black card before I mounted the basque onto it.
OK, that’s it I think. I have to say, I do love how it turned out.