Golf themed cards

 I was asked to make some cards for a Golf Club for the new captain and assistant captain ... it's hard enough to make special request cards, but worse when you've only one golfing stamp ;)
So after a lot of thought and dithering about, I just made two the same but different!

My golfer dude is an oldie from High Hopes, and my grass on the first one is a useful one from Eat Cake Graphics: Bunch of Grass

In both, I've coloured them with my watercolour pencils and then added some sparkle and clear gloss to the golf club and ball.  Doodled borders.


Card 1:

• Addicted to CAS - doodle
• The Card Concept #68 - lime and aqua
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - based on a book - The Bogey Man by George Plimpton
• Sweet Stampin - no designer paper

Card 2:

• Layout from Freshly Made Sketches #277
• Addicted to stamps #231 - anything goes

Day 4 of the Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge


I was also asked to make a 'sorry' card, I'm not sure if this works or not - does it even look like a golf ball in the rough?  Not sure.  I may or may not remake this one if I can think of something else!  Or if you've any suggestions, feel free!

• Simply Create Too #125 - lots of green
• Creatalicious #110 - anything goes, optional use lots of green
• Curtain Call - green
• Happy Little Stampers March CAS challenge - die cut
• Crafty Cardmakers #183 - go green

Brushos Effort

Yippeee for Friday! The beers are chillin in the fridge ready for an outing to our friends so it's just a quickie post tonight. ☺☺☺

I finally joined the bandwagon and got myself some brushos, so this is the first effort.  Not sure if it entirely works on this or not, but here it is anyway!  Reckon I'll be studying some tutorials over the weekend ;)

• Layout from MFT Wednesday Sketch Club #322
• Happy Little Stampers Watercolour challenge March 
• Word Art Wednesday #272/273 - anything goes
• Creative Knockouts #183 - dies or punches

Day 3 of the Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge

March calendar page

I enjoyed making my birdie card the other day so much that I thought I'd use it for my March calendar page, I reckon I could look at these happy guys for a month all right!

I sponged the bottom bit with my brick wall stencil and then chalked in my clouds.  I'm so pleased with how straight my numbers are - it's only taken about 2 years of practice to be able to write them in a straight line LOL!  Whipper Snapper stamp - stamped twice and coloured with watercolour pencils; clear gloss added to their beaks and wings.

• Moving along with the times #40 - rainbow colours
• Cute Card Thursday #467 - anything goes
• As You Like It - what do you make other than cards - I make these calendar pages for me and my Mum every month, much nicer than a shop bought one!
• Tuesday Throwdown #332 - things with wings

Day 2 of the Daily Marker colouring challenge

Mad as a March Hare

Our new challenge at Naughty or Nice is 'Mad as a March Hare' (or feature a creature)  There's a Bugaboo prize up for grabs this month :)

I'm back to calendar making again, so here's some mad 'April Hares' ;)  I'd actually stamped my bunnies etc and then thought to check when Easter actually was, and of course it's in April not March Doh! Good job I'd checked before I added the dates LOL.

Stamps from Eat Cake Graphics:
Flopsy bunny's got an egg
Brewster bunny (foot up)
Bunch of grass

• As You Like It - what else do you make - I make these calendar pages for my Mum every month :)
  
• CASual Fridays #168 - one layer wonder
• Crafty Catz #359 - anything goes, option of Spring
• Stamp Ink Paper #88 - anything but a card

The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge - day 1

Mara Mermaid

↑ Here's the new sketch over at Splitcoaststampers, if you'd like to play along please link your card here.

For my card I've gone all summery with this cutie from Eat Cake Graphics:
Mara Mermaid Floats
Wouldn't you love to be wherever warm and sunny she is?!!!

Coloured with watercolour pencils.  I covered her 'mermaid' outfit with my clear sparkle pen, and then clear gloss on her sea-shell bra.

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - based on a book - The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
• CRAFT #404 - female
• Polkadoodles #8 - anything goes

Guest Designer at Retro Rubber Challenge

I'm Guest Designer over at Retro Rubber Challenge this week :)
It's always good to get some ink on those oldies, so if you'd like to play along there's a colour theme to play with ↑ and all you need is a stamp that's older than a year old.

For my card I used this oldie from Whipper Snapper that I got a couple of years ago.  I watercoloured the sky/grass just a hint and then added some Ranger enamel accents in matching colours.

• CAS on Sunday #102 - critters
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Moving Along with the Times - for a man
• AAA Cards #84 - watercolour
• Tuesday Throwdown #332 - things with wings

Sad Kitties

Hi All, I've keen kinda MIA all week, but I've been getting caught up with some DT work.  Plus we had such a crappy weekend of weather that I spent most of it spring cleaning in the hope it's coming soon!  So far today we've had sunshine, lashing rain and now clear skies so there will maybe be a frost in the morning.

This card is inspired by this week's featured stamper challenge over at Splitcoast - I always think this is a great challenge if you're struggling with your mojo like me!
Here's Karen's original.  I kept her spotty blue bg and window theme.  My kitties are from Eat Cake Graphics - don't they look sad!: Kitties in the window
Coloured with watercolour pencils and popped up on dimensionals.

• Tuesday Throwdown #331 - favourite embellishment - mine's clear gems
• Crafty Creations #335 - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday #270/271 - anything goes
• AAA Cards #84 - watercolour