Sweet Stampin' - Valentines

Happy Saturday :o)

This week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is Valentine's, which means that for a change I actually have Pav's card made already, instead of my usual night before mad rush... yay!

The urge to add 'stuff' was strong, but I resisted because Pav isn't one for lots of fuss... I still spent far too long trying to add stuff and then taking it away though!  Love these cute cat images, and I've coloured him to look a bit like our Boris.

Items Used

Digi stamp - Simply Sweet Kitty Wishes set - LOTV Etsy Shop

Colouring - copics + Nuvo clear sparkle pen (on the heart)

Papers - Basic Grey (old ones)

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Snarky Stampers - K is for Kitties

Craft Rocket - Valentine

Dream Valley - love & kisses

Dragonfly Dreams - include a heart

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

LOTV sneak peek...

Hello :o)

There are loads of super cute new Lili of the Valley stamps being released towards the end of this month.  They'll be available as rubber stamps and digis, and they're all gorgeous!

Here's a sneak peek of one of them...

I needed a birthday card for my mum, so the arrival of the new images was perfect timing for me, she loves anything cute.

Items Used

Image - Love Tag, available end of Feb - LOTV

Colouring - copics

Papers - Bonnets & Bowties (retired) - LOTV

Cardstock - Core'dinations

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Memory Box Macarena Corner die (cut up & placed around flowers)

Lettering - Memory Box Parker alphabet dies

Buttons from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Sketch Saturday - sketch (although I have adapted it a bit!)

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps & More - make your mark

Crafty Catz - anything goes + optional hearts & flowers (hearts on paper)

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

As You Like It - favourite shape or fold

Hello :o)

Over at As You Like It, we'd like to see your favourite shape or fold... we're sponsored by Fantastic Ribbons with a £10 voucher for the lucky winner.

I'm not usually a 'fancy fold' type of cardmaker (I think I'm a bit lazy for all that faffing lol!)... I do quite like a shaped card base though, and use this Grand Nestabilities Labels set quite a lot when I want something a bit more interesting than a plain square.  For the stamped feet, I inked up the whole stamp in Memento Ink in Summer Sky, and then dabbed Distress Ink in Blueprint Sketch around the outside of the stamp, mainly because I didn't have a blue ink that was quite right on its own.

Items Used

Stamp - old one, but think it's Personal Impressions

Papers - Doodlebug 'snips & snails'

Inks - Memento Ink in Summer Sky, Distress Ink in Blueprint Sketch (plus some that I smudged around the image, can't remember which ones!)

Frame die - Grand Nestabilities Labels 4

Scalloped frame die - MFT die-namics

Baby die - Simon Says Stamp

Star punch

Doodlebug enamel dots

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Simon Says Wednesday - anything goes

Use Your Stuff - enamel dots

Addicted to Stamps & More - anything goes

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

Sweet Stampin' - hat tip to Burn's Night

Happy Saturday :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where we'd like to see all things 'Burn's Night' inspired... so anything with a Scottish flavour - tartan, whisky, thistles, etc.

Mine is not a brilliant take on the theme to be honest!  I needed this card for Pav's Grandad, and thought I'd team the image with some tartan paper... think this is maybe more 'plaid' than tartan though?

Items Used

Pre-coloured image - not currently available in a pre-coloured sheet, but available as a digi stamp HERE

Tag stamp - Sentiment tags (family ones retired)

Papers - Country Gentleman (retired) - LOTV

Twine & buttons from my stash

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

Everybody Art - anything goes

Hello :o)

Our new challenge over at Everybody Art is 'anything goes', and as I'm still not feeling very inspired, I've kept this one simple.

I've used my very old favourite butterfly die (can't remember the brand, but I've had it for years so probably isn't available anyway... ah hah!... see below lol!), along with my newest sentiment die that I treated myself to before Christmas.

Items Used

Papers - MME Lime Twist

Butterfly die - Quickutz rev-0165

Birthday die - Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Line Border

Glitter dots - Papermania

Keeping this brief because I'm running late (backwards and forwards running kids to various things!).  Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

As You Like It - pearls or buttons

Hello everyone :o)

Our challenge over at As You Like It this week, is to choose between 'pearls or buttons'... my embellishment of choice is usually enamel dots, but I do like how a button looks in the centre of a flower, so I chose buttons.

As I'm working almost mojo-free at the moment, I thought I'd have a look back over some older creations on my blog and remake something, so this one is a similar idea to this card.  I might go back even further and do some more remakes, maybe I'll make it a regular thing.

Items Used

Papers - MME Lime Twist

Flower - MFT Blueprints 14 (cut from an old roll of blind fabric)

Sentiment stamp - Clearly Besotted

Buttons & bakers twine from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Simon Says Wednesday - clean & simple

Addicted to Stamps & More - clean & simple

Simon Says Monday - recycle something (the fabric)

Crafty Calendar - make it flowery

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

Sweet Stampin' - anniversaries

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

Our new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is 'anniversaries'... I've completely lost my mojo since Christmas and seem to be struggling to make anything at all, but here's what I eventually came up with.

Items Used

Digi image - Simply Sweet Foxes (image flipped to create two) - LOTV digi shop

Colouring - copics

Sentiment + die - Basic Banners - Wplus9

Papers - Basic Grey (very old ones found in stash)

Heart die - Crafter's Companion

Silver hearts (pinched from Dex's craft box... the shame!!)

We've more or less finished Dex's new room, apart from the minor disaster of the bed that was supposed to be delivered on Monday, that we were informed by email at 10.30pm Sunday night was cancelled!  When we rang them the following day, we were informed that it was discontinued (they've had our order for two weeks, and we've had the same delivery date from the start), and that we'd have to choose a different one.  Spoke to the manufacturer instead, and it's not discontinued but out of stock until the end of the month.  So sorted a refund from the original company, ordered elsewhere, and now Dex is sleeping on a mattress for the next 2-3 weeks, poor thing!  Nothing's ever straightforward, is it?!

Thanks for popping in, hope you're having a lovely weekend :o)