Retro Phones

Birdie Brown has two fabulous phones as freebies this month, I love these images so much cheeky character in them, I couldn't decide which one to use so used them both lol. I have previously used Robot Boy on this card and so I couldn't not enter the challenge for the chance to win a free digi could I. I have my eye on a few at the moment am especially loving the ice creams.

I made hello cards for my friends and have sent them with an invite for a coffee catch up, used a snippet of patterned paper and got both from the same snippet too. I just realised these entire cards are made from freebies, the cards were free with a recent purchase, the papers were from a free kit and the images were free too.

Ingredients

Images : Birdie Brown freebies

Sentiment: Birdie Brown

Paper: Design House Digital "Fresh Start" by Karen Funk

Challenges

Snippet Playgound

Birdie Brown

Martini...anytime, anyplace, anywhere

Now does anyone else remember the adverts with Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter,  I can remember watching them and laughing as a child just like I can remember the gold blend ads. In fact I can remember the ads better than the programmes lol.

Anyway enough rambling onto the card. I have used one of the new MFT stamps I bought in Florida and she was so easy to colour in, think next time I might try a bit more shading but still happy with her. I used glossy accents on the glass but gave it a coat of copic clear spica first so it sparkles in irl. I stamped the greeting, from the big sentiments set (also mft) on a piece of matching patterned paper and when I put it on the card it looked lost so I used distress inks to make it pop . Would definitely do this again although it doesn't seem to match in the photo lol.

Ingredients:

Image and Sentiment: MFT Stamps

Papers: Design House Digital "Time for Tea" by Sarah Schmutz (freebie)

Cardstock: Papermill

A Fishing we will go....

I had a fair few female cards to make so of course my mojo wanted to make male cards, so I went with the flow and created this and as soon as I finished the inspiration flowed for the girly cards. Maybe I should just learn to listen to the inner me lol.

I have used another forgotten Digistamp Boutique image, I bought the set in January and this is the first time he has seen paper, also got the papers at the same time...naughty me not using stuff ;). As everything on this card hasn't been used before I am entering Lisa's Waste not Wednesday challenge.

Ingredients

Image: "Stan Fishing" Digistamp Boutique

Papers: Karen Funk " For the Boys" Freebie

Cardstock: Papermill

Challenge: 

Waste not Wednesday - Lisa

Sew a needle pulling thread

Sometimes a free gift with a magazine is so perfect you can't resist, I felt this way about these little stamps that I got free recently with "Simply Homemade" they did come with matching papers but I decided to go on another route.

I saw a card on Kerry's blog using these papers and thought oh I like those so I went and got them and have used them already. 

I normally mat everything onto matching card but these papers looked better without that, have some bits left over so may make another card yet.

Ingredients

Image: Nit Wit Stamp

Papers: "Fresh Start" Design House Digital

Sentiment: Another freebie stamp set