13.04.2009

Cupcake Crafts Challenge 35 – One layer!!

Afternoon everyone – hope you’re all having a wonderful bank holiday. We have arrived back from our jollies in Angelsey after a fabulous weekend in the sun. We were so lucky with the weather I have to say and were even able to get the kids down to the beach a couple of times.
I have just popped on to upload my card for our challenge this week over at Cupcake Crafts. It’s another toughie this week from our Lauren – make a card with just one layer!! This isn’t QUITE as hard as it first sounds because the “one layer” refers to one layer of card/patterned paper NOT including your base card or image (if using). You can use as many other embellies as you like. So not SO bad!! I don’t know if I might be ever so slightly pushing the boundaries with my example! The base card is MM cosmopolitan range (I think) and is a DS cardstock. Over that I’ve layered a paisley pattern from the same range and edged with ribbon. The flowers are from Joanna Sheen – great value!! Ok, so there is my one layer! However, I did stamp my Gorjuss girl onto another piece of the same card as the base card and then paper pieced her on to that. Is this another layer?? I hope not – that would be cheating!!
Anyhoo, hope you can pop over and join in with this weeks challenge – it gets you thinking!! The other DT’s samples are GORGEOUS and again, so varied. Next week it’s my first chance to set the challenge so I have to get the old brain churning and see if I can conjure up something to get you all thinking again!! Hmmmmm……..
09.04.2009

Happy Easter

Just popping on to say to you all to have a lovley Easter weekend wherever you are. We are heading down to Anglesey for a few days so will be not be posting till next week – hope I don’t get withdrawl symptoms!!

Glittery wishes,

Caryn xxx

07.04.2009

A Spoonful of Sugar – # 46 – How Old?

The challenge this week at A Spoonful of Sugar is to create a card with an age on it. I have used a kit I’ve had for ages from Sarah’s Cards which featured American Crafts products. The colours and designs aren’t EXACTLY what I’d normally go for but as I was using them they really grew on me. All the elements were in the kit which takes a lot of the “searching and matching” pain out of it!! Dawn is our brilliant GDT this week so go and check out the challenge and give it a go. Our prize is once again donated by Bryony at Silly Monkey Crafts and it’s GORGEOUS (wish I could enter myself!) so what are you waiting for?

ETA : I’m entering this over at SCSC coz their theme this week is stripes – yay!