Less is More - use 3 stamps

Hello :o)

Just a quick post with a last minute entry for Less is More... their challenge this week is 'use 3 stamps', which proved almost impossible for me!  My poor crafty brain just doesn't work that way... I've never been able to do challenges that ask for a certain number of something.

I've faffed around all day, and come up with two cards that aren't really doing anything for me, but I'll post them anyway!

Items Used

Stamps - Clearly Besotted

MFT Die-namics - Stitched Square Frames

MFT Die-namics Blueprints 14

Memento Inks - Pear Tart, Rose Bud, Tuxedo Black

Pearls & flower sequins from my stash

Items Used

Flower stamp - Stampin' Up

MFT background stamp - Romantic Script

MFT Die-namics Blueprints 14

Sentiment stamp - Clearly Besotted

Doodlebug enamel dot

Stampin' Up ink pad - Soft Sky

(plus a lot of faffing around with ink daubers & post it notes...)

I finished another one, but that's even more blah than these, might end up in the bin lol.

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

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)

Fresh Cut Flowers - Craft Mojo DT

Hello everyone... hope you're having a good week so far!

I'm here with my DT card for Craft Mojo, using some of this month's gorgeous new MFT goodies.

I absolutely love these flower dies and the new Blueprints set is fab too... I love all the blueprints sets, but this one is so handy for square cards.

**There's free delivery on orders over £10 at Craft Mojo until Sunday... see HERE for the details**

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

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Get well mum...

Hello everyone :o)

Today's card is one I've made for an order...

I'm really happy with this one... you wouldn't believe how long I faffed with that sentiment (done in Word), trying to get it right... got there in the end though!  And the paper is made from two different Pink Petticoat digi papers (Dandelion Clocks & a dotty one)... a result of more faffing in Craft Artist, merging the two papers and using the transparency tool to fade the spotty paper into the dandelion one.  I was very impressed with myself, but will probably never manage to repeat it!

Ok... so I added the sentiment as a PNG file so you could grab it if you wanted it.  I've had to remove it though, as I tried printing it and it's blurry... no idea why.  Sorry, if I manage to sort it out I'll add it again!

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

Donald - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

I'm attempting to post my Sugar Nellie DT card, but Boris (our daft ginger cat) has flopped between me and the laptop, with his head helpfully draped over my left wrist... this could take some time!

Items Used

Kraft card blank - Anna Marie Designs

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Donald - Funky Kits

(sorry this one's out of stock but you can see others from the same Soft Centres range HERE)

Colouring - copics

Papers - Doodlebug Snips & Snails - Craft Mojo

Paper Smooches Get Well Phrase die - Craft Mojo

Impression Obsession Umbrella die

Glossy Accents & Distress Glitter (on the puddle) - Craft Mojo

Doodlebug Enamel Sprinkles in Bumblebee - Craft Mojo

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Crafty Cardmakers - come fly with me
Divas by Design - rubber stamps only
Crafty Creations - keep it simple
Stuck on U - umbrella
4 Crafty Chicks - things with wings
Keep it Simple - things with wings

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Lili's Little Fairies - get well soon

Hello everyone :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Lili's Little Fairies, where our challenge for this week is 'get well soon' - and there's a two week guest DT spot for our winner.  I've used one of the pretty pre-coloured images from the Wild Flowers Art Pad.

Items Used

5" x 7" card blank - white linen cardstock - Papermill Direct

Pre-coloured image - Wild Flowers Art Pad - LOTV

Sentiment - Vintage Sentiments Occasions - LOTV

Papers - Prima Hello Pastel - MCH

Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles dies - MCH (out of stock)

Impression Obsession Butterfly Set dies - MCH

MeiFlower Purple Mix Pearls - MCH

I'm entering my card for the Use a Sentiment challenge on the LOTV blog, but when my stamps from the new release arrive I'm sure I'll be entering again!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Dancing Tulips - The Stamp Basket

It's my turn to post on The Stamp Basket blog today, and I decided to have a play with some dies instead of a stamped image for this week's card...

Items available from The Stamp Basket

Craftwork Cards scalloped edge card blank

Memory Box - Dancing Tulips & Tulip Petals dies

Whimsy corner dies set

The Hobby House - pearls

My Mind's Eye paper - Howdy Doody

Distress Ink - frayed burlap

Sentiment stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink

I've used 2 separate dies for the tulips - Dancing Tulips cuts the basic tulips and leaves, and Tulip Petals cuts the flower in 4 pieces, and then you just layer them up.  I used my new Stampin' Up framelits dies (not the biggest one, this is the next size down) to cut the central shape, and drew around the die on kraft card to make the mat.  The sentiment is also Stampin' Up, stamped in Rich Cocoa memento ink.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Secret Crafter - in the garden
• Totally Papercrafts - sketch
• Papertake Weekly - in the garden
• My Mum's Craft Shop - feeling blue/ get well soon
• Simon Says Stamp - clean & simple (please delete me if this isn't CAS enough!)

When I picked Dex up from nursery this afternoon, he said "I'm going to be really nice to Morgan today... and to Daddy".... "Oh, that's nice" I said "are you going to be nice to Mummy too?"... Dex thinks about it for a while... "No, I don't think so!"  Cheeky little monkey!

Have a lovely evening :o)

Less is More - 3 shades of green

My plan for today was to make a quick card for this week's Less is More challenge, which is '3 shades of green'... for some reason my first card wasn't playing nicely and took me hours to finish, so I made a couple of quick ones after that - just so I didn't feel like I'd completely wasted the day!

For my first card I inked up a piece of ivory linen card, using 'scattered straw' and 'shabby shutters' distress inks, and 'bamboo' memento ink, then flicked drops of water on it from a paintbrush.  The motorbike and sentiment are Stampin' Up and were both stamped in 'bamboo' memento.  The scalloped border was cut with an MFT die and I added some scraps of card, a button and twine from my stash.

For my second card I've used one of my favourite techniques, it's so quick and easy and always looks different - even when you use the same stamps and ink.  I just inked up a Hero Arts stamp with 'new sprout' memento, then dabbed on 'shabby shutters' distress ink and a touch of 'bamboo' memento, sprayed the stamp with water and then stamped a few times on the card blank.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up and was stamped in 'bamboo' memento.

And then I made a similar card, using 'iced spruce' and 'evergreen bough' distress inks, spraying with water again.  I matted the Stampin' Up sentiment onto a slightly paler shade of aqua/ green.  I'm not sure if this one really turned out quite green enough!

Apologies if any of my post is nonsense... a couple of glasses of wine may have been consumed this evening and I might be ever so slightly tipsy... just a teeny bit of course!

PS. I haven't forgotten that it's Wednesday - I left the Waste Not Wednesdays link open for 2wks this time, as I knew it'd be a bit chaotic over the school hols - so if you'd like to play along this week please see this post :o)

CAS-ual Fridays - colour blocking

Lots of photos, sorry, and I've had such a faff trying to get them to upload! I've ended up having to switch to the old editor but it's added the photos all mixed up (with my least favourite at the top!) and it won't let me add my text before the photos... and the cursor seems to have disappeared... agh!

Anyway... I decided to combine my entry for CAS-ual Fridays, where their theme is 'colour blocking', with the sketch at Clean & Simple, and also use up some of my scraps for Jules' Sunday Snippet Challenge. I may have got a little carried away as I seem to have made quite a few cards! Although really I should be using up patterned paper scraps as I've got loads of them, so maybe I'll make another batch later in the week.

I won't go into too much detail as I don't want to bore you silly, but I've used my new Stampin Up embossing folder on all of them. All made entirely from scraps apart from the card bases. Stamps are mostly a mix of Penny Black and Kanban.

The school rang me to collect a poorly Morgan this morning, so I've ended up with him at home. He says his head hurts and he feels sick. So I've not got as much done today as I would've liked!

Right, let's see if I can get this to post now...

Less is More wk 18 (again!)

I started off with so many ideas today and everything went horribly wrong! I made a DT card, which didn't go too badly, but then I wanted to make some more cards for this week's Less is More 'monochrome' challenge. Mum says a few people at her work have been interested in my cards, so I'm sending a box in next week... I've got loads of birthday cards that I can put in but I need some other themes, so today I was going to do some monochrome 'get well' and 'thinking of you' type things.  Well I've only managed one get well card!  Nothing else worked out... grr!

I was aiming for a card that could be used for a man, not sure if I really achieved it though! I've used a Hero Arts stamp, stamped in Rich Cocoa memento ink, and a Papermania sentiment.  The textured and plain Kraft cardstock is from Stampin Up, dark brown card is from Papermill Direct. Ribbon and pearls from my stash.  Seem to have been on a bit of a corner rounding mission with this card lol!

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

• CES Challenges - clean & simple (my 2nd entry)
• Simon Says Stamp - father's day or male (2nd entry)

Fingers crossed for a better day tomorrow!

Little Claire sneak peek...

Little Claire are bringing out a great set of sentiment stamps soon - all fabulous and they stamp so clearly, I love them :o)  Here's a get well card I've made using one of the stamps...

I've stamped the sentiment in Rich Cocoa memento ink - the little bit of colouring has been done with promarkers and a touch of sakura clear stardust pen.  Papers are Dovecraft 'animal antics' (I think!) with core'dinations cardstock and some ribbon from my stash.  Just a simple little card but I'm quite happy with it :o)

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Moving Along With The Times - anything goes
• Cards For Men - circles

Stamp Something - cute!

Wow - we had 760 entries for our last challenge at Stamp Something!  How amazing is that?!  This week we'd like to see your 'cute somethings' so I'm looking forward to seeing lots of your sweetest images... although I know it'll make me spend money!  We're sponsored by Sugar Nellie this week and one lucky person will win 4 Sugar Nellie stamps, what a fab prize :o)

The DT were very lucky as we were each sent a Sugar Nellie stamp to use... however I had a delivery of a couple of new Sugar Nellie stamps on Tuesday (ordered Monday from Funky Kits, they're always so fast!), and I just couldn't resist using this little cutie - isn't he adorable?  And so easy to colour too.  I've used promarkers to colour him... I'm trying out some new stamping card from Craftwork Cards, having always used Rymans before.  I must admit I LOVE it so far - it's a bit more expensive than Rymans but it really is a pleasure to colour on.

Anyway... onto my very simple card... I've cut the image out and used Collall 3d (similar to Pinflair) to stick him into place with a bit of dimension.  Added glossy accents on the water.  Cardstock and buttons from my stash.  The sentiment is one I've created, but I'm not completely happy with it... oh well!

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Delicious Doodles - get well soon
• Pear Tree Designs - free for all
• Crafty Creations - birds, polka dots & green
• I Love Promarkers - keep it sweet & simple
• Challenge Up Your Life - clean & simple
• Paper Sundaes - choose a favourite past challenge (I've chosen 'cut it out')

Huge apologies for being so rubbish at keeping up with commenting this week.  I've been so busy with orders and preparing for a demo I'm doing tomorrow.  So busy I haven't even put the blade in my new Cricut yet, let alone cut anything with it!  I should be able to wander around and do some commenting this evening - I'm not sure what film Morgan's chosen for 'film night' but the last few weeks choices have been fairly awful so no doubt I'll need something to occupy me!

A quick card and some NEWS!

Well, not my best card is it?  But I'm absolutely useless in this heat - I'm finding it sooo frustrating because I have loads of orders and the craft room is just too hot.  I've got 6 cards that are all at the half-done stage, because I can just about manage to cut all the papers, lay everything out and stick things down, but I can't colour in the heat - I totally lose my colouring mojo!  Unfortunately for me, it's meant to be just as hot all weekend, and they're going to have to be coloured, so I'll just have to get on with it.

Enough of my moaning!  I have some fab news - I've been invited to join the Design Team at Little Claire Designs :o)  They have lovely stamps and lots of other gorgeous goodies, so it should be lots of fun.  I can't wait to find out who else is on the team!  I've made a quick card, because that's about all I can manage at the moment (sorry, I did say I'd done moaning didn't I?), using Little Claire's Happy Little Mice stamp.  I've cut the image into 3 sections, coloured them with promarkers, mounted them on orange DCWV cardstock and trimmed around them.  The spotty paper is DCWV, bright pink cardstock is from Papermill.  Flowers are Green Tara with a button from my stash.  Added a few pink flat back pearls and an ancient foiled die cut sentiment that I've coloured with a promarker - looks fine in 'real life' but isn't showing up well in the pic.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Cute Card Thursday - let's get fruity (fruity colours)
• Kaboodle Doodles - celebrate summer (summer colours)
• The Creative Cottage - summer surprise
• Allsort Challenge - embossing (embossed image)

I'm off to try and watch Andy Murray in the Wimbledon semi-final - Dex isn't happy having it on, every few minutes he shouts loudly for Bob The Builder or Roary The Racing Car pleeeeease, and when I say we're watching the tennis, he says 'no fair!' lol.