Shopping our stash

 At Shopping our stash this week they want gold on a card.

I used corrugated gold cardboard plus a sleigh which I misted with gold..

I trimmed it with gold braid that Mum owned. It slipped in the scanner but is straight now.

Using up my kit

 I'm using up the scraps from my kit now. I had some of the fisherman paper left over so I'm making 2 cards.

Here's the first one for Crafty Animals

My second one is using scraps I had on my desk

That's my kit all done!

The crazy floral layout.

 

I've had this carta bella Bloom paper in my kit and kept avoiding it. Then I saw the new sketch at Sketches in Thyme.

I decided to use these 3 photos of the mexican dress and go for a totally floral look.

I used 6 journal cords on here, including the circle , they became my banners. My title and hearts are from American crafts Thickers let's Dance.

Sketches in Thyme layout

 

This layout is based on a Sketches in Thyme sketch.

I used poetic license on here and put large tickets instead of tags. I also used a large journal card as my photo mat. One of the papers features fishing but I'm not concerned. Probably the ancient Mayans went fishing too. I used thin washi tape and staples to echo the sketch detail top right.

Mexican male layout

 

Today I made this layout using my "secret men's business " kit.

The Mexican man in my photos was wearing a hat and moustache, so I was able to echo that in the picture of the English gentleman. The striped offcut reminded me of Mexico and I found the word handsome which works well as a title.

I also used washi tape in black and white chevron and stitched a herringbone pattern across the middle to match the decoration on his hat.

Black Magic sketches.

 

Here is the sketch and colour palette.

and here's my layout. 

I used the thickers title and hearts from my kit.Also the little shapes from lilybee designs were in my kit.

The dark green background paper and blue are old pieces I've had for a long time. I'm pleased to use them. 

Sketch n scrap

Here's the Sketch n scrap first February card challenge.

I used some items from my February kit on this one.