One for the Road

Just popping in to show you a couple of quick cards I whipped up with the left-overs of my Fancy Pants Roadshow Collection stuff.

All three of these cards have been made exclusively with this beautiful collection (with the exception of the cardstock), and it's currently on sale in the HBS Shop.

I particularly adored the ribbon, and made this card for the sole purpose of showing it off to you!

And this uses one of the new Cuttlebug embossing folders called Kimi Luvs - which is also available (here).

And while you're over checking out all the sales at HBS, don't forget to enter the sketch challenge for your chance to win some shopping money!! Here's a reminder of what the sketch looks like:

There have been some stunning entries put up in the gallery, but it would be AWESOME to see a lot more, and especially great if we could see some new faces over there! The winner is chosen at random so everyone is in with a chance :-) And remember to check out my own personal challenge attached to this, where you could increase your voucher amount just by playing along.

And speaking of cards and challenges, I am the current Guest Designer at Mission to Create and they've recently put up the card version of the challenge. Go over and check it out for a chance to win some myStamp Box goodies.

Happy 21st Mission to Create

I'm playing along as the special Guest Designer at Mission to Create this month. Mission 21 has just gone live which is such a relief to me because I've been holding onto this secret since February!!!

The challenge is to create a page using as many of the following five concepts as you like, as long as you use at least 3. Along with my page I got to choose one of the concepts myself (can you guess which one?!)

1. Use a bingo card
2. Use tissue paper
3. Ink it up!
4. Sanded Photo(s)
5. Handmade flowers

I used all five on my page and am really happy with how it turned out.

I must have made this page at least 3 or 4 months ago and already I can see how I've grown/changed/developed my scrappy style in that time because there are a few little bits and pieces I would add now if I could .. like, how come there isn't any sewing on this layout!!! Maybe you can count the hand-stitching on the leaves?!

Yes, indeed I did use my Kreatorville February kit for this layout as I alluded to whilst doing my Kreatorville week. For a start, these are the only Bingo cards I had! They are super-gorgeous though aren't they? Good ol' Jenni Bowlin never lets me down :-)

A very easy-to-make layered hand-made flower. Two spiral felt flowers and a ruffled tissue-paper layer underneath. Topped off with a genuine vintage button, and some leaves I cut with my Cuttlebug. Doilies and ribbons and decorative pins. Looooovvee!

Come and have a look what the other Mission to Create team members put together and be inspired to give it a go yourself. There's also a Card Mission coming up later in the month which will use the same criteria. And the prize is a gorgeous stamp set from myStamp BOX so you don't want to miss out on that!