Sketchy Get Well set - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello everyone :o)

I've been playing with a new set from DigiStamp Boutique today... well actually, they've been on my desk for days, but hubby's got this week off and I've not had chance to do much with Pav around as well as the kids lol.

You probably can't tell, due to my rubbish photography skills, but I used my scoreboard to emboss a border above and below the sentiment, so the image isn't actually 'floating' as it appears to be!  The scalloped frame dies arrived in the post today... been eyeing those up on everyone's blogs since my return, and just couldn't wait to use them.

Edit... added a badly lit extra photo that does show the embossed lines lol!

Items Used

NEW Sketchy Get Well set - DigiStamp Boutique

Colouring - copics, plus Wink of Stella

MFT stitched circle scallop frames

Doodlebug sequins & enamel dots

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Polka dot butterflies

Hello everyone :o)

Today's card is for this week's challenge at Less is More, where their theme is 'polka dots'.

I got out the Doodlebug spotty vellum again (love this stuff!), and played around with some shapes until I had a layout I was happy with.

Items Used

Doodlebug spotty vellum & enamel dots

MFT stitchable dot circle stax

(with red card placed behind to show through)

MFT pierced fishtail flags

MFT stitched rectangles

Memory Box butterfly die

Kars butterfly punches

Paper Smooches sentiment stamp

(stamped in Memento Ink in Espresso Truffle)

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges

Simon Says Monday Challenge - we can see clearly

(use something transparent - I used vellum)

Allsorts - wings

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Bluebell 1st Birthday

Happy Easter... hope you've had a lovely day :o)  Have you overdone it on the chocolate?  I haven't... but I'm sure I will do this evening lol!

I'm finally settling in at my new colouring desk in the craft room... it's taken a while to get going again, but I really enjoyed colouring this little cutie.

The stamp is a Bluebell one from Wild Rose Studio, but I'm not sure of the exact name as it seems to have been discontinued... which just shows how long I must have had it, and it's never been inked before!

Items Used

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio

Colouring - copics

Papers - Doodlebug 'Sugar Shoppe'

Flower & leaf dies - MFT blueprints 14

Number 1 - MFT by the numbers die

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
MarkerPop - critters
Penny Black & More - feature a creature
Let's Colour Linky Party - anything goes with something coloured
Fan-tastic Tuesday - anything goes/ cute critters

Thanks for popping in, hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Swirls & Pearls - Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

This week's challenge at Sweet Stampin' is 'swirls & pearls', and we're sponsored by Live & Love Crafts.

I liked this one while I was making it, and then I didn't by the time it was finished... annoying when that happens isn't it?!

Items Used

Doodlebug Sugar Shoppe papers

MFT blueprints 1 & 13

MFT stitched squares dies

MFT gerbera daisy dies

MFT leafy flourish die

Clearly Besotted sentiment stamp

Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - sketch

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Delicate butterflies...

Hello everyone :o)

One of the problems I'm finding now the craft room's all sorted and I can make things again... is that there's just too much choice!  All my crafty stash is organised and accessible, I've found loads of things I'd forgotten ever owning, plus I dropped all my store DTs last year except for DigiStamp Boutique.  So whereas before I'd plan my days around what I 'had' to make, now I can use anything, and I tend to sit looking at it all with no clue what to make!

So I had a look for some challenge inspiration, and spotted one at Addicted to CAS, where their code word is 'delicate'.  A good challenge for me, as my usual style is quite bright and bold.

I thought the combination of butterflies, vellum and pastels worked as a 'delicate' design... might have to make another version in bold colours though!

Items Used

MFT blueprints 13 (for the stitched base)

Tri-square die - Simon Says Stamp

Memory Box butterfly die

Doodlebug spotty vellum & sequins

Paper Smooches sentiment stamp

(stamped in Memento Ink in Espresso Truffle)

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Outside your window...

Hello everyone :o)

I don't have quite as much time for crafting as I'd like this week, as the boys are off school for the Easter holidays, but I managed to squeeze in a card for Less is More.  Their challenge is 'what's outside your window'... now, if I'm perfectly honest, from my craft room window I have a view of weeds and a lawn full of holes (Chester does like a good digging session).  I'm no gardener and neither is Pav!

So this is a prettied up version of the weeds... well they did say we could use our imagination ;o)

I've had a play with a pack of the new Tim Holtz distress crayons to make a watercolour background... just scribbling them on my craft mat and using a waterbrush to pick up the colour.  I'm totally out of touch with all the new 'must-haves', as I haven't bought anything really in the last year, but I fancied trying these.

Items Used

Stamp - Taylored Expressions 'Discover Your Wings'

(embossed with white detail embossing powder)

Sentiment stamp - Stampin' Up

(stamped in Memento Ink in Lilac Posies)

Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - Kit 1

Doodlebug Sequins

Off to my mum's this evening for fish & chips... yum!

Thanks for popping in, hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Bunnykins baby set... again!

Hello everyone :o)

Sooo, I'm back as promised, with a baby girl card this time...

Again, using one of the images (and sentiment) from the new Bunnykins baby set from DigiStamp Boutique.

Items Used

Colouring - copics

Papers - Country Meadow - LOTV (discontinued)

Whimsy corner die

Kars butterfly punches

Doodlebug enamel dots

Off for a little catch up with your blogs... hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Bunnykins baby set - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Happy Saturday :o)

Here's a new little cutie from DigiStamp Boutique....

The image and sentiment are from the Bunnykins baby set... aww, isn't he sweet?

Items Used

Colouring - copics

Papers - Petal Fresh - LOTV (discontinued... why, oh why?!)

Bow die - MFT blueprints 3

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - cute & cuddly
Crafty Catz - baby

I've got a girlie card using another image from the set, so I'll be back again tomorrow with that :o)

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening.

One Layer Sentiment...

Hello everyone :o)

Thanks for all your lovely comments on my new craft room... I'm very, very happy with it, and yes I'm very lucky!  Looking forward to many happy years of crafting in here.  If you haven't seen the pics, they're on the post below this one.

This card is my attempt at this week's challenge at Less is More, which is 'one layer sentiment'.  I still don't feel all that comfortable with one layer cards, but have had a go!

I embossed a panel for the sentiment, plus lots of 'stripes' using my scoreboard.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted, and the butterflies are from a Jane's Doodles set, stamped using Memento inks (rose bud, tangelo & cantaloupe).  I have a real urge to add a few sequins, but that's not really one layer is it?!

Hopefully I'll be back again tomorrow with another post... ooh I'm almost a real blogger again eh?!

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

My new craft room!

Hello everyone :o)

Thought I'd post a few photos of the new craft room, for anyone who'd like a peek at it... it was harder than I expected getting decent photos of a room though (I'd be a rubbish estate agent, eh?!).

There's a few things still to be finished, and loads still to be moved in, but I can finally craft in it, so I'm happy!

Can anyone recommend a good guillotine?  I really need to replace mine... the blade falls randomly and is going to chop my fingers off one day very soon lol.

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Boys to Men - Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

Our challenge for this week at Sweet Stampin' is 'boys to men', and we're sponsored by the fabulous All Dressed Up.

I made a doggy background on the card base, using a freebie stamp set that came with a magazine ages ago, added a big birthday sentiment from LOTV, 'wishes' sentiment from a Clearly Besotted set, and a little paw print from Paper Smooches 'Chubby Chums'.  Inked around everything with a bit of 'black soot' distress ink and finished with Doodlebug enamel dots.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new craft room :o)  It's my perfect little space, and hubby has a corner for all his computer gadgetry too, so we don't have to ignore each other when we're doing our own thing lol.  There's a couple of things to finish off and then I'll get some photos taken, but I'm soooo pleased with it so far.  It's taking FOREVER to get all my stuff moved in though, how on earth did I accumulate so much of it?!

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)