Not square?

Hi blogworld,

How unusual, eh!  A card that isn't a square and it's all because for the new challenge over at Dream Valley we're looking for your anything but square creations.

We're sponsored this fortnight by these two fab companies:

and

where the winner will 4 images as their prize.

My not square, well this is it - whatd'ya think then?

Front shot:

Detail shot of image:

Arty farty side shot - really needed this time I think!

I used:

Stamp:

The Greeting Farm - Miss Anya collection

coloured, as always, with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Dies:

Nesties - circle and label

Go-Kreate

Memory Box die - Elegant Scrollwork

Paper:

Unknown - it's from my scrap pile

Anything else:

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment from Lili of the Valley

Martha Stewart punch and stamp for the butterfly

I don't know if you noticed the bo-bo, but I tried using Viva Decor Pearl pen on the butterflies and it didn't work!!  All splodgie instead, but by that time the glue had dried and I couldn't pull them off. Blogger it!!!

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for your not square - see you at the valley.

Cheerio

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

Di's DigiDesigns Challenges: Pile on the flowers

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: Fancy Folds

The Paper Shelter: Flower Power

a question and a possible prototype

Hello blogworld

I know, I know, I'm behind with commenting again!  I will catch up but things are still busy and it's sort of connected to why I'm posting.

It's coming to the end of the school year here - we've got two weeks left - and Emily will be moving up into Year 1 in September.  So it's all change with teachers, I asked her what she wanted to give her current teachers as leaving presents and she said she wanted to make flowers for them.

Now what I thought of as flowers and what she thought are, it would seem, two totally different concepts!  She did not like what I made and I couldn't see any flowers on what she made - it looked like a fancy telescope!!!  Brilliant that she made something, but not flowers from what I could see and my living room looked like it had been snowing there was so much tissue paper on the floor.

Daddy had a word, before world war three broke out, and she now is grudgingly accepting of the bouquet I made but I'm not sure if what I've made is silly or not.

Would you mind giving your opinions please?  Good or bad - I don't mind, honestly.  And please remember this is a prototype - maybe more blooms needed?  Certainly I need to get that butterfly to cut better!!

Would you give something like this to a teacher?  I'm, obviously, going to get other presents as well, it's just that Em really wanted to make flowers for them.

So here we go, pictures:

Trying to get perspective for you here - you can see it's only posy size.

So I think the things that are wrong are:

Needs a better ribbon - I'm so mean with my ribbon that I'm always cutting it too short and then it looks pathetic!!  So it's going to be changed to florists ribbon and I'm happy to use loads of that!

Are more blooms needed?

Better wrapping with the green tissue

Butterfly cut badly and needs to be a different colour to stand out - maybe even more of them?

Looking forward to hearing what others think.

Hope you are all having a good weekend.

Sarah

PS - This is not going to the teachers - he's just curious!!

OK who stole it then?

Hello blogworld,


June that is!  And I'd like it back please - along with my summer!  I just cannot believe that it's now July and we still have no sun, it's been raining on and off for (it seems like) months I'd like it to stop now, please!!

I think I'm finally up to date with commenting, if I've missed anyone I'm very sorry and if you want to leave me a comment I'll pop over and say hello.  I must also say hello to my two new followers - hope you like what you see and stop awhile.

OK, so now onto the reason for this post it's a new challenge over at Divas by Design and this time we'd like to see your 'Red, White and Blue' please!  It's appropriate for our friends across the pond as I believe it might be an important holiday over there today ;-)

It could also have been an important day here too - if the doctors hadn't decided that I needed a c-section, due to complications with my pregnancy, it was supposed to be Emily's due date today (albeit 5 years ago)!

We've two fantastic sponsors this week and they are:

and:

Anyway, waffle, waffle, waffle - I'll stop now and show you the card.  The Design Team were very kindly allowed to choose a digi from Kenny K and this is what I chose and then created.

Front shot:

Detail of image:

Arty farty side shot:

I used:

Image:

Kenny K - Sweet Melissa, coloured with my Pro and Flex markers

Dies:

nestie circle

Whiff of Joy - heart banner die

Papers:

Papermania - Portobello Road; blue spots

Random - red spots

Anything else?

Cuttlebug embossing folder - Daisy Pattern

buttons - from my stuff

Craftwork Cards - sentiment

So there we go, that's my Reds, Whites and Blues - looking forward to seeing yours!

Cheerio
Sarah

A challenge, or two:

Passion for Promarkers: Week 156 - Sketch

Kenny K's Krafty Krew: Challenge #100 - Patriotic: colours of your flag.  Well living in the UK - it's Red, White and Blue!

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Paper Playtime: Ch#78 - Red,White and Blue + a die-cut

Crafting for all Seasons: Challenge #30 - Patriotic/Military/Fireworks - I hope this fits the 'Patriotic' part of the challenge