Purple Paper-pieced Party Frock

Hello Folks!

Today's challenge at Totally Papercrafts has been set by my talented team mate Chitra and is sponsored by the wonderful Digistamp Boutique...

 

Chitra has chosen one of my favourite themes - CLEAN AND SIMPLE - so channel your inner minimalist creativity and have a look over there to see some of the inspiration from the design team.

Digistamp Boutique has been one of my long time favourite places for digis - I just love the style and cuteness of the images - there's everything from adorable baby animals to funky shoes and handbags.

I chose to make today's cards with a much loved Digistamp Boutique oldie...

It's a gorgeous prom dress done in my favourite technique - paper-piecing. I've used a pretty lilac and purple spotty patterned paper on the dress and as a border and finished off with a matching ribbon and gems.

This card is so typical of my current style - clean and simple. I just love to see white space on cards - very fresh looking. Paper-piecing is such a great way of colouring images as well - it adds a bit more depth and texture than I am able to achieve through colouring with pens.

I've entered this into the challenges at:

CAS-ology - Purple

As You Like It Challenge - Showcase your favourite style

Crafting For All Seasons - For The Girls

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Spots and Dots

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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New Beginnings

Morning folks...

It was my turn to host the challenge this week at Totally Papercrafts and as we have just started a brand new year, I chose the theme of 'New Beginnings'. Take a look over there - there's a fabulous prize from Alota Rubber Stamps and some lovely work produced by my talented team mates...

I need a new home card for a work colleague who has just bought her first home and came up with this...

The house is a very cute digi from Digistamp Boutique and the greeting is a digi by Annie's Little Footprints. The clouds and sun were free digis found on the internet and I drew the tree myself. The papers are from my scraps box.

I've also entered this into the 'New' challenges at  
Heck of a Challenge  
Little Red Wagon 
Sweet Stamps Blog
and Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Bauble Tag Set

Hello Everyone

The challenge at Totally Papercrafts this week is...

Anything Christmassy but a Card

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This weeks fabulous sponsor is

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To have a break from the frenzy of Christmas card making I had a go at a set of tags for this challenge. 

The tags were die cut with a freebie die I got with a magazine a couple of months ago and the baubles  are from a very cute Memory Box die set. I've kept them clean and simple in style - the bauble is the star of the show and all I've added are coloured gems and ribbons in co-ordinating colours. I've also matched the bow part of the die to the colour schemes.

Why not take a look at some of the gorgeous makes by my talented team mates over at Totally Papercrafts?

As well as the challenge at Totally Papercrafts, I've also entered these into the challenges at:

CAS-ology - Ribbon

Try It on Tuesday - Handmade tag

Songbird Challenge - Die Another Day

Thanks so much for visiting

Sharon

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70th Birthday Card

Hello to all you lovely card crafting folk!

This is my first design team card for Totally Papercrafts where the challenge this week is:

'Use Glitter'

This week's challenge is sponsored by:

Delicious Doodles has been going for about 4 years now and the artist, Teri, sells images that will appeal to everyone - everything from cutesy animals to Gothic fantasy figures.

So I resisted the urge to make another Christmas card and instead, I had a go at using glitter on a masculine card.

I've used a pale blue card base and added some very old patterned paper from Papermania. The mounted stars are die-cuts and my glitter has been added to the die cut numbers - number 70 representing the age of my best friend's Dad at the end of this week.


Pop over to TPC to see what my lovely new team mates have made 

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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