Pear Tree Designs DT Call

Thanks for stopping by today, I have a little info for ya.. so here goes.

It's that time of the year when PTD have a call for new DT members to join our DT!

We are looking for:
2 x DT members

The chosen DT members will need to have/do the following things:
× Have their own blog
× Be able to commit to making a card(s) for our challenge each week
× Have time to comment on all entries (exception to busy times)
× Be able to join in special occasions
× Get on well with our other DT members
× Be committed to the DT

Please send the following if you would like to be in with a chance of being on our DT:
1) 2 x pieces of work, anything like a card etc...(new ones, not previous work)
2) A little bit about yourself and why you would like to be on our DT
3) Name and email address

to peartreedesigns2011@yahoo.co.uk

You have until Wednesday 27th April 2011

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

xo Pear Tree Design Team.

A New Stamping Bazaar Team Member..

.. ME! :D I'm soooo thrilled I can let this loose and tell you all now.

I applied to the call a few weeks ago, they were after six new design team members. They picked me!! Yipeee!! I already work with Susan the DT Co-ordinator over on Lexi's blog, so I feel more comfortable already knowing someone.

Here is a list of the five other new members, so you can check out their blogs too:

Celine

Tash

Alberto

Christine

Linda

A super talented bunch I must say, I can't wait to start working with them!! :D

I have already posted these photos before, but I thought I would showcase Marvin the Bat again!! What a cutie. This is the image that made me fall in love with The Stamping Bazaar in the first place!! Love him!

I'm off to reply to some mail and then munch away on my chicken pasta bake. A late tea.. I know, but I won't be going to bed until stupid o'clock anyway *big grin* One thing at the top of my to do list before bed is to say a Hello to my new team members! :) xo

Pear Tree Designs - Challenge #44 - Lace

Thank you to everyone who joined in with our sketch challenge last week, and congratulations to the winner Darling Ho. Get in touch with Donna to arrange your prize!

This week over at Pear Tree Designs the challenge is LACE - we want to see you add some lace to your creation any which way you like, aslong as there is some lacey love on there!!

The sponsor this week is

http://www.onestopcardcrafts.co.uk/index.asp

.. with the prize of A BIG SELECTION OF RIBBONS up for grabs.


Here is my DT take on the challenge this week

Is this not the prettiest CD you've ever seen? It certainly wouldn't play any music but it makes a cute home decor item for Christmas. Not only have I been trying to get on top of making Christmas cards, but I have been trying my hand at Christmas decorations too. This is one of the first, how'd you like it?

Of course, I had to use Beanie Anya.. again.. and paper piece her.. again. I can't help myself. It's not like I don't have any other Christmas stamps, infact, I have loads. I'm just a sucker for The Greeting Farm!! I have used Basic Grey Jovial papers and doilies, along with a Tim Holtz ticket and some snowflakes I cut with my slice.

I would like to enter this creation into these challenges:
× Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Cut it Out [Paper piecing]
× CCEE Stampers - Add a Doily
× Crafty Senitments - Glitter
× Crafty Purple Frogs - Shape with Us
× Your Next Stamp Challenge - Stitching
× Belli Challenge - Think Seamstress [I sewed the lace to the paper]

Thanks for stopping by, hop on over to Pear Tree Designs and check out what the rest of the DT have made with LACE. xo

Simply Sassy GDT Call..

I'm not gonna lie.. I almost fell off my seat when THIS post popped up in my news feed the other day. Having only bought my first Simply Sassy stamps a few weeks ago - I fell in total love with them. I knew I had to give this a go.

Pop on over to the Simply Sassy Blog for details, but for now.. here is the sketch to follow for GDT submissions..

If you read my blog, you'll know that sketch challenges are often my favourite. So I had real fun with this one! I had a design in mind, and a paper collection I knew I wanted to use, but.. I couldn't decide on the stamp (typical), so I used three!!

First off I made a card following the above sketch.

Artistic Goddess

All patterned papers and rubons are from Basic Greys Origins collection. I have made it my mission to use up at least one whole paper pack before my patterned paper buying ban finishes!! LOL.

The tags are from a new set by PTI called Tiny Tags, stamps and co-ordinating dies. I have threaded a Tim Holtz safety pin through my bow made from SU! Old Olive taffeta ribbon.

This photo shows the pull out, which is a rub on from BG.

I have really got into the habit of decorating the inside of my cards now - and this one is no exception. Using the same spellbinders nestie labels fourteen die I used for the front, I cut some SU!Garden Green cardstock to make a sentiment panel and embellished with more of the PTI Tiny Tags.

I then wanted to make a matching tag (the colour green was really growing on me by this point).

My Friend Kitty

The tag was cut using my MM Slice on the 4" setting. I then added to it using some embossed Kraft cardstock along the bottom to ground the image. The ticket sentiment has been created using Whimsy Stamps Friendship Ticket Sentiments and co-ordinating die. I have added another rubon to the corner and added faux stitching around the outside of the tag. To finish it off I cut my own ring reinforcer from the patterned paper and added some Lime Green Bakers Twine from The Ribbon Girl.

And finally, a box to fill with goodies - which of course matches the card and tag, using High School Student. I think this cutie will remain one of my all time faves - she reminds me of me, plus she was the first ever Simply Sassy stamped I inked up and coloured. She is a dream to colour, although saying that, all of the stamps I've coloured so far have been awesome.

High School Student

A bag full of goodies inc. some chocolate. Mmm. This bag is the perfect size to fit 5.5"x4.25" cards, 5"x5" mini albums, all sorts of crafting goodness. A big thank you to my friend Roz over on the Trimcraft Forum for supplying us all with this tutorial. I have clasped the handles together with a simple clip. It keeps the box a uniform rectangle with no bulging!

Paper piecing is one of my favourite techniques when it comes to images. I have paper pieced her shoes, lunch box, and one of her many books. Sorta looks like grid paper, don't you think?

Isn't that just the neatest edge you've ever seen? So clever.

This is the back of the bag - I simply added a mini envelope cut using the Mini Envelope die from PTI. I filled it with a journal spot from the Origins collection and a Tim Holtz ticket. White faux stitching finishes the edges off.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill - Kraft, Cream; SU! Garden Green, Old Olive, Whisper White

Patterned paper: Basic Grey - Origins

Stamps: Simply Sassy - High School Student, Artistic Goddess, My Friend Kitty; PTI - Tiny Tags; SU! - Afterthoughts, Vintage Vogue; Waltzingmouse - Labels Four

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; SU! - Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Sage Shadow; Versamark

Colour: ProMarkers

Ribbon: SU! - Old Olive Taffeta, Wild Wasabi Stitched Grosgrain; Lime Green Bakers Twine; Granny Smith embroidery floss

Tools: WRMK - Corner Chomper; WRMK - Sew Easy

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels Fourteen, Labels Four; Whimsy Stamps - Ticket Die; PTI - Tiny Tags, Limitless Layers 1 3/4", Mini Envelope

Misc: Basic Grey - Origins Rubons; Tim Holtz - Mini Pins, Journaling Tickets; White embossing powder; white gel pen; brown fineliner, Cosmo Cricket Brown Tiny Type alpha stickers; My Little Shoe Box Celery alpha stickers; green pearl beads and stickpins; SU! - silver brads

I would like to enter the CARD into these challenges:

× The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

× Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
× Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
× Creative Stamp Friends - Swirls
× Incy Wincy Designs - Create a Pocket
× I Did it Creations - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have a great weekend. xo

Pear Tree Designs - Challenge #43 - Sketch

Thank you to everyone who joined in with our 'Mother's Day' challenge last week. It was great to see all the pretty entries - projects and cards just for our Mams/ Mums/ Moms. I hope you made your Mams Mother's Day special. Congratulations to the winner TILLY. If you can get in touch with Donna she will arrange your prize.

The challenge this week is a SKETCH challenge. Here it is..

I love sketches, such great fun to work with and you can interpret them in so many different ways - I can't wait to see what you come up with.

The sponsor this week is

http://craftysentimentsdesigns.co.uk/default.aspx

and the PRIZE up for grabs is 3 x digital images of the winner's choice from their shop!

[Apologies now for the quality of the images, I haven't a clue what was going on!! Jeezz]

Meet Taski - from Crafty Sentiments, isn't she just adorable? I love her big wings and her hair has so much depth to it. The photos really don't do the hair justice. IRL it looks quite real, but hey. Photos only tell you half the story.

I have created my own backing paper again, just using standard white paper, inks and a blending tool. Super easy, and that way you can match colours to your projects.

I have coloured this adorable (and usually I don't take to fairies..) image using ProMarkers - I have given her a lilac dress and grey/ blue socks. I wish I had taken a note of the purples I had used for her dress, as looking back they blend really well. The word 'Happy' is from a PTI set stamped in Pale Plum SU! ink onto Naturals Ivory cardstock.

Here is a picture with the tag exposed. The sentiment reads 'You make me SMiLE' and this is from a Hero Arts set, again, stamped in Pale Plum SU! ink. I have used a couple of SU! rub ons - the name of the collection escapes me. It's the one with tonnes of flowers and stuff, you get a load in both white and brown. SU!'s rub ons are really high quality too, but you wouldn't expect anything less would you? *wink* I have added a (I think) Prima flower I got given in a swap along with a PaperMania brad to the top of the tag to act as the pull-y bit. It also helps to embellish the card in the area so stated on the sketch.

Here is a close up of the tag. I went around the outside with a brown fineliner and added some faux stitching to mirror that on the main card.

I have decorated the inside using the same paper from the DCWV stack I used on the front, cut using my nesties and embellished with some ink and faux stitching. A purple gem has been added to the top and bottom of the ovals.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Dream Valley Challenges - Things with Wings
× Shannon's Sentiments - Include and Oval
× Digis with Attitude - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by. Head on over to PTD now to see what the rest of the DT have come up with using this sketch!