Freshly Made Sketches #185

Whenever I'm in need for some inspiration, I find that sketch challenge blogs are all ways the perfect place to start looking and one of my favourite go to blogs is Freshly Made Sketches. Pretty much 99.9% of the time, there sketch always inspires a card from me and today is no different.

Here is the Sketch challenge for this week:

And here is my Card:

I decided to use the Banner Banter Stamp set because I love this cute little punch and matching stamps but also because this is the bundle that I am offering for my new Product Classes, which start this month (Thursday 28th May).

Haven't heard about my Product Classes??? Here's everything you need to know -

So after all the excitement from Convention and seeing all the beautiful products and ideas on how to use them, it got me so inspired that i have come up with a brilliant idea. I'm super excited to announce, that starting this month I will be holding my new Product Classes!!

On the last Thursday of every month I will be offering you lovely ladies a chance to buy a bundle of goodies and then come along to a free class to make some beautiful cards with them. This month we will be using the gorgeous Banner Banter Stamp Set and the super cute banner punch. 

It's so easy to join in with the fun. All you need to do is send me an email, ordering the 'Product Bundle of the month' before the cut off date, which will usually be 2 weeks before the class, and i will place your orders and have your goodies waiting here ready for you. You'll then come to class and make three gorgeous cards with you new products for no extra charge. At the end of the class you will leave with your beautiful cards, new products plus a few more other ideas on how to use them!!!

So this months details are:-

May's Product Bundle - Banner Banter Stamp Set and coordinating punch $42.95 (clear)

Order cut off Date - 14th May
Class Date - Thurs 28th @1pm - 5pm

June's Product Bundle - Six-Sided Sampler and coordinating Hexagon Punch $55.25 (clear)
Order cut off Date - 11th June
Class Date - 25th June

If you would like any more information or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Have Fun,
Chlo

Ingredients
Stamps: Banner Banter and Simply Wonderful (R)
Ink: Memento Black
Cardstock: Whisper White and Basic Black
Other: Back to Black DSP, Silver Glimmer, Banner Punch, Black and white Bakers Twine and Vellum.

Freshly Made Sketches #156

Good Morning Sunday, and what a beautiful day it is too. The family and I are just getting a picnic organised as we are off to the beach for the day. Now I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of sand, but the kids love it and the beaches where we live are beautiful and pretty hard to resist.

Anyway before we go, I wanted to share a quick card that I made for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

When I saw the sketch, I knew straight away which stamp set I wanted to use. Oh and it's on sale at this very moment, but only until tomorrow, 6th October.

So here is the sketch:

Nice and easy isn't it. So i took the sketch exactly as, except I made it into a square card as my circle was too big for a rectangle card.

 

Pretty cute isn't it. The gorgeous big "it's your birthday" stamp is from the set called Big News and that's the set that is currently 20% off, along with 4 others stamps, until 6th October, in honor of World Cardmaking Day. I used my Subtle markers to colour in each of the letters to get the rainbow effect. I totally love my markers, they are honestly one of my best tools.

The little hearts and the "Seize the Cake" stamp are from another awesome stamp set called Something to Say which has a lot of gorgeous little sentiments.

Well that's it for me today. Remember you can see all the stamps by clicking on their names or visiting My Store. I hope you all enjoy your Sunday, no matter what you have planned.

Have Fun,

Chlo

Ingredients

Stamps: Something to Say and Big News

Ink: Crumb Cake

Cardstock: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder and Crumb Cake.

DSP: Subtle Paper Stacks

Other: Subtle Markers, Starburst Framelits, Circle Framelits, 1 1/4Circle Punch and Incolour Sequins.

Let the Sneak Peeks begin and FMS117

Well I think my Mojo left with our Christmas Elf Sparkles, as I really haven't found the motivation to make anything this week. I have all this free time as Hubby is on holidays at the moment, so it gives me some child free time and I just can't face going into my scraproom.

Do you ever feel like that? Well I have three fail safe ways to get the juices flowing, the mojo moving and today I am going to share them with you!!

1) Clean up your scraproom. Yep I know it's not the best job, but I always find having everything put away, the tables cleaned down and the room ready to go, I always want to stay and start creating straight away. And hey if it doesn't work, no worries, you room is ready when you are!!

2) Make or buy something inspiring, pretty or beautiful for your craft room. This tip i think falls into the Retail Therapy section. I want my room to not only inspire me but also entice me in. Sometimes I will just sit and look at everything lol.

3) Ok this one is an oldie but a goodie. Pick a Challenge! Yep that's it. I know it sounds simple, but honestly it works. And this is the tip I used to inspire my card today.

I popped on over to Freshly Made Sketches and decided that the Sketch Challenge they had on today, would be perfect for me, easy and simple.

Honestly, how can you go wrong with that layout lol. So here is my take:

Pretty cute hey!! Ok so some of you will notice I am using one of the stamp sets in our new Valentine Promotion 'Love you More'. This set is so gorgeous and perfect for V'day. Oh and I can hear you asking about what is the DSP I've used... yep, well that is my SAB (Sale-A-Bration) sneak peek for today. It is one of the Free products you can earn during Sale-A-Bration. Honestly, it's even more gorgeous in real life!!

And did you notice I also add a bit of dimension to my little arrow by bending it in the middle slightly. Hopefully you can see it more clearly in this photo:

So there you go, I hope these helpful hints give your mojo a little nudge when you need it. And why not pop on over to Freshly Made Sketches and have ago yourself. The link is open until January 6th, so you have plenty of time!!

Have Fun,
Chlo


Ingredients

Stamps: Love you more,
Ink: Sahara Sand, Calypso Coral and Early Espresso
CS: Sahara Sand and Whisper White
DSP: Sweet Sorbet (SAB)