Double Trouble and sisterhood of crafters

I'm making an early start on my September CKC kit, as I have been asked for Father's Day cards.
At Double trouble they have asked for a telephone on a card.
I used a black and white background paper then added paper strips featuring moustaches.
Finally, I've added a blue phone.

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The sisterhood of crafters  wants us to make the sentiment the focus.
I've chosen a rather large journal tag that has been in my stash for a few years. I added it to a card which could be for a sympathy card or momentus occasions.
Hope you like it!

Shopping our stash and Artastic.

At shopping our stash they have a pile it on challenge.

I've been adding to my birthday card box ,so made this card.

There are 4 layers of paper plus the sentiment, a hessian ribbon and the flower.

The criteria at Artastic this month is to scrap something that flies.

When we were in Holland we visited Zanze shanz which is an old village set up like Holland was a few hundred years ago.

Trotting along the path came this very purposeful speckled hen.

I decided to make it the subject of my layout.

I used gesso through a mask (Chicken wire shaped of course) and also used 2 speckled grey buttons.

I stuck toi the colours of grey ,black and yellow on this one.

Paper players

Here is the sketch at Paper players..

I decided to make a baby card using blue scraps I had on my desk. My sentiment says welcome little one.
It was fun matching up the 3 papers and I think the card looks ok.

Country view and Sparkles challenges

Papercraft Challenges wants animals.
Country view challenges has "I do like to be beside the seaside"

With that in mind I made this card.
It features a pelican and qualifies for the beach theme as well.
It is an all purpose card which I know will be used.

My second card on a similar theme is for Sparkles challenge where they want us to use 3 different patterned papers.

On this card I used the same background paper and added 2 strips,one woodgrain and one geometric.
I have used another Darkroom Door picture and some hessian ribbon plus a quote.
Several of my friends are librarians so this card will definitely be used.
There is a tiny strip of a 4th patterned paper as well.

Challenge YOUrself

At Challenge YOUrself,  they asked for a vacation layout featuring us.

6 years ago we went to Canada on Vacation.
While in Vancouver I met up with Stephanie who is on Counterfeit Kit Challenges design team.
She took us around Granville Island and a nearby park.
I used a pretty pink floral paper to match my clothes in the photos plus 2 flairs and some smaller die cut items. It wasn't summer,more like late spring (June).

Colour Throwdown and Little Red wagon

I'm trying to use up the purples in my Counterfeit kit plus 2 large navy flowers also in the kit.
This challenge at Colour throwdown gave me the opportunity.
I started with a pale lavender then layered a chevron paper in brighter purple/lilac colour.
I painted the centre and petals of my flower and adhered it to the backing with a purple star brad.
My sentiment says Sending hugs which covers a plethora of purposes.

At Little Red Wagon the theme is use a stencil on your card.

With mine I inked through a clock stencil and again used mauves and purple tones.

It could be a birthday card or just to get in touch generally.

Sketchy boards.

The challenge at Sketchy boards is cogs plus the sketch.
I had some Memory Maze gears which I used rusting powder on to age them.
I think I put too much modge podge on because it took more than 24 hours to dry. Finally this morning I brushed the top to reveal the "rust".
The photo is an old one of a photographer on a beach. I bought when I was in Forster recently.
After sticking my 2 papers together, I inked the mid section with pinecone ink and a cog mask to form the middle background.
I then arranged my gears, a wood veneerer star, a tag plus my title card.

and a close up of the gears cogs.