Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

For this week's challenge I have gone back to using one of my early Christmas designs. That snowman bauble is so cute...

XXM011 Snowman Bauble

I wasn't sure about the sketch layout when I first saw it but it's actually really useful for using up scraps of paper and card.

On the craft card piece I have used one of my new Christmas background stamps which has a lovely script on it.

FRS233 We Wish You

I have glittered the snowman bauble using a clear glaze Sakura pen and ultra fine clear glitter. It's a very easy way to be precise with your glitter and it's dry in an instant!

The ribbon has been heated to make it extra curly. You use a heat gun to heat it very carefully - no house fires please! It only works with ribbon that have a high nylon content.

Couldn't resist the Mark Richard Glitter Domes.... again and perfect dotted around the bauble.

Pop along to the Woodware Blog to see other ideas by the team using the sketch.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Turquoise and brown

I really enjoyed doing this challenge as turquoise blue is one of my favourite colours and it goes so well with brown. I have combined two 'Kaleidacolor' ink pads 'Cappuccino Delight' and 'Fresh Breeze' to get the browns and turquoise blue. I do love these ink pads as they are very cleverly put together.

The stamp set featured is a new one from the Spring release which is so suited for purely stamping:

FRCL211 Heart and Home

I did a very small amount of painting in the heart and on the butterflies using ink from the 'Cappuccino Delight' pad. I pressed the pad against some foil to make a palette so as not add water to the pad.

For extra detail I have added some Mark Richards bling. I have used 'Nailheads' in the corners, 'Candy Bonbons' dotted around and for the butterflies I coloured some gold 'Metals' brown with a Sakura 'Identi pen'. They look like copper!

If you are wondering where the background paper come from? I bought a very old book from an Oxfam shop so the pages are already yellowed...

Pop along to the Woodware blog for other 'Turquoise and brown' designs

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

I wasn't sure when I first saw the sketch but once I started to plan I warmed to it. I have opted to change the thin rectangles to lines of circles which I really like. I've used one of my doggy sets:
FRCL119 Man's Best Friend


I have punched the circles using the yellow 1 1/2" punch. The noses are shinny... I remembered! The Sakura clear Glaze Pen is perfect for the job. I did some sponging as it seems appropriate for a doggy theme. I have added some Mark Richards 'Nailheads' to complete the card.


Pop along to the Woodware Blog to see other ideas using this sketch

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

This week we are back to doing another sketch. This card is definitely for dog lovers. We have never been a 'pet' family but many of my friends have a cat or dog so I've seen first hand how much people love their furry friends. We had a goldfish for a little while... but that is it. I had great fun designing this set and still enjoy playing with it.


FRCL119 Man's Best Friend

All the stamped elements used on this card are from the set. There are lots of doggy related words and items associated with a dog. The large bone is blank so as I have done on the card you can put in a wording or leave it blank.
The papers come from the 'London Collection' that Woodware distribute. I do like my spots and ginghams as they don't clash with the stamping.

I've gone for a bit of sponging around the edges of the papers and card. For that I used a  terra cotta 'Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink' from one of the Cats Eye Queues. So useful for this sort of thing.


The little paw is the waste from this 2cm Woodware punch;  CAT PAW  815-43
A little tricky to arrange and stick but well worth the effort. Other detail include nailheads, ribbon, dashed line drawn using a Sakura Black Micron pen and white highlights using a white Sakura pen.


I should really have made his nose shinny for this post so I will need to do that at some stage!


Pop along to the Woodware Blog to see other great ideas for the sketch.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

Back again for this week's Woodware Design Team Challenge. I'm on a break for this week... to recover from all those Christmas cards!


The photo shoot for the catalogue went really well and as soon as it's released I'll post some of the cards I made to give you a taster and hopefully excite you to get one!


I find it quite strange working to a sketch as I do my layouts intuitively and I like to go with the flow. Anyhow it gets me thinking in a different way which is always good. 

I've used the following sets:
FRCL162 Fairy Tots
FRCL128 Circular Greetings
The Circular Greetings can be punched out using the 1 1/2" circle punch [Yellow]. I've mounted the circle onto the 2" daisy. There are flowers to use for the middle of the circle in the set but I choose to punch one instead. I've added little ribbon tabs, which I really like.

I've coloured the little fairy tot with Tombow pens. I've also used the Sakura Clear Glaze, Clear Stardust and white pen for those highlights and finishing touches. 


By the way I added the grass and butterfly trail with a black Sakura 'Micron' pen. Those bits are not on the stamps!


I you enjoyed this version of the sketch why not visit the Woodware blog for other ideas from the Woodware design team.