Happy Birthday...

 Morning folks,

It's been another busy week at work and Ive had toothache ...blah!

It's time for a new challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.

The theme for this challenge is "cakes or baking".

I love this stamp from Colorado Craft Company, it does take a lot of colouring but I think it's fab, hope my colouring has done it justice!  This time I used my copics to colour, then added a few splodges and sequins.

Pop over to the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog to check out what my teamies have made.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - add a sentiment

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Fi

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Top koala-ty...

 

Howdy folks,

I've been in a right guddle over the past few weeks with some DIY going on in the house but nearly there and most of all my new craft room is next on the agenda and I'm hoping we can get it done by the end of May...fingers crossed!

It's time for a new challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog. 

The theme is "animals" so let's see your fabulous makes.

For my card I have used this cute little stamp that I bought recently from Simon Says Stamp, I stamped up the image with archival ink and coloured with water colours and layered onto some dark green card and then onto the card base.

Pop over and check out what my teamies have made.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - all occasions

Fi

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Happy Christmas...

 

Morning folks, I'm here with my mid month post.

The challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog this month is to use your favourite colours, please remember to use at least one element of stamping.

This is the prize up for grabs this month.

Four A5 stamp sets from Highlight Crafts, two winners each receiving two sets.

For my card I stamped and white embossed the snowflake background, I then masked off the centre section and added some watercolours, I then added more colour to some of the snowflakes that sit outside of the centre panel.  I added some gems, splashes and the die cut sentiment to finish.

challenges:

Dream Valley - anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - Christmas themed

C.R.A.F.T.  - Christmas

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Little Red Wagon - Christmas

Fi

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Beautiful Moments...

 

I thought I would share my latest creation using the beautiful moments stamp and die set from Gina K.  

I watercoloured the background and added a few splashes.  I stamped the branches and die cut them and stamped and die cut the vase.  I layered the vase on top of the leaves.  I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and added a few enamel dots to finish.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Corrosive challenge - anything goes

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment

Fi

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There's something beautiful...

 

Hi folks,

I have had a couple of days off work, mainly for doggy daycare.  Also got caught up on some chores that have been needing done...and now some time to catch up on some crafting.

My new stamps arrived yesterday and I was desperate to start playing with this one...being Scottish I do love a thistle, my son had thistles at his wedding and they were beautiful, so when I saw this set I knew it was a must!

I stamped the image with black archival ink and did a bit of random colouring, I let it run a bit and then once dry went back in for some more precise shading.  I added some splashes and finished with some sequins and pearls.

Hope you like it.

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment

Fi

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Happy rainbows...

Hi all,

Hope everyone is staying safe and crafting!

Well I was super excited to make this card, I ordered some new goodies as a wee treat to myself.  I do love rainbow stamps and dies...very pretty so I did find some inspiration on Pinterest for this. I die cut the rainbows and inked them up individually and then once dry I popped them back into the die cut rainbow. I stamped the black spots on top and the perfect sentiment, oh yes and the clouds were also die cut from the same set which I inked up a bit...finished with some gems and sequins.

 challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Allsorts - something new (new stamps and dies)

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with a die

Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Fab n Funky - keep it simple

Simon Says Stamp - something new (new stamps and dies)

Fi

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Sweet friend

 Hi folks..

I bought this stamp a couple of weeks ago and was so desperate to use it...anyway finally I made a start last night and finished it tonight.  I stamped the image onto kraft card using memento ink and then coloured using my caran d'ache luminance pencils.  I did manage to add some highlights with the pencils but still practising that.  I added some doodles and sequins to finish.

challenges:

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
My time to Craft - no patterned papers
Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Cute card Thursday - anything goes

Fi
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When the rain has stopped...

Hi folks,

Hope everyone is safe and well.

I thought \i would share my card I made using this fabby little stamp from Colorado Craft Company...\i actually bought a few of them a bit before Christmas mainly because the book " Guess |How Much I \Love you" was my sons favourite book when he was little and the illustrations were beautiful...all in all it is a beautiful book.

So I stamped the image using archival ink and then coloured using my zig clean colour brush pens, added some doodling and sequins to finish

Hope you like.

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - Make it Cute

Fi

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First Christmas card...

 

Howdy folks!

Well I did actually buy this stamp before Christmas and was gutted that I just didn't have the time to colour it in......well actually this was my 5th attempt as I just couldn't get the sky colour right with my copics and I wanted to persevere and colour with them, I knew I would have managed with watercolours but anyway I ended up making it a night time sky...maybe I should have added a moon too!  This has really motivated me to get back into colouring so here's my first card for Christmas 2021!

I coloured with copics, and there is colour on the snowman but you can hardly see, I added some little silver stars to the sky.

Hope you like!

products used:

Colorado Craft Company - Anita Jeram Best Sledding Stamp

Copics

sequins

glitter glue

challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
Crafty Hazelnuts - anything goes
Crimbo Crackers - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - something new (stamp)

Fi
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Birthday balloons...

Hi everybody....hope you are all surviving!

Once again I seem to have other things to be doing than cardmaking however I am on holiday from work for the next 3 weeks so I will defo be making time for myself and some cardmaking although having said that we pick our new puppy in a few days so she will also be keeping me busy but she's a baby and will sleep a lot (ha ha).

For my card today I have used this fabby little stamp set from The Ton.  I white embossed the balloons and coloured them with my zig pens, I added some splashes and sequins to finish.

Fi

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challenges:

Stamping Sensations - Make it Colourful

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Spring Daisy

Hi folks, happy Friday, I'm sharing my  DT card I have made for My Mum's Craft Shop.

I have been doing a bit of watercolouring again with my new pens but may have got a little carried away but I really wanted to show you something different and also just to see how bright I could make the image.

The flowers in this set are from  the Altenew Spring Daisy set, it was available whn I made the card but due to popular demand is out of stock again but on order and will be back shortly. The sentiment is also from the Altenew Label Love set which unfortunately is also out of stock and on order.

I stamped this image with black archival ink and then watercoloured using my new zig pens, I started with the light colours and grdaully added more darker shading until it was bright! Oh and I almost forgot...the splodges too, I made them from a teeny stamp in the MFT distressed patterns set.

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl Challenge 113

Good morning campers and my scheduled post!!

So there's a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl......

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible. 


So for my card I have used papers from Teresa Collins Every Day Moments , each of the papers have been layered onto bazzill card, the stamp is Sprinkle Some Love from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits which I coloured with copics, I have added glitter to the wings, the flower has been cut with my die-namics layered rose die, I tied a yellow ribbon (not round the old oak tree) around one of the layers and finished with some gems.

challenges:
Fussy and Fancy Challenge - sketch
A Gem of a Challenge - spots and stripes
Color Me Creative - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - spots and stripes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Divas by Design - sparkle



Fi
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Want some cake...

Hello Saturday bloggers and another miserable day here in Sunny Scotland...lol!!  It feels like winter is back...maybe it never really went away though!!

So today I have this wee card for you...finished it off last night...now pinks isn't normally a colour I go for however that doesn't mean I don't like pink like some people (no names mentioned) so I thought it would be a wee change.

The papers have been my stash forever and are from Crate Paper Bliss Collection, the stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics, I added some stickles to the icing and the fairy wings although it's hard to see in the photo, the flower has been cut using my die-namics rolled daisy die (not my favourite die but thought it would be a change too), I also added a a ribbon bow fastened with a teeny button and charm...finished with some itsy bitsy pearls...can you see them??

supplies:

paper - Crate Paper Bliss

stamp - LOTV

pens - copics

ribbon - The ribbon Girl

charm - The Hobby House

pearls - The Hobby House

die - die-namics rolled daisy

button - stash

stickles - stash

challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - things with wings

One Stop Craft Challenge - add some glitter

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - button it

Divas by Design - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - things with wings

Deep ocean - sparkle (stickles)

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

The Ribbon Girl - add a button

Fi

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A wee springtime bunny...

 

Happy Sunday folks...bet you thought I had gone missing??  I have had a busy week with work last week and had to prepare a presentation, go through 4 stages of an interview not to get the job!!  At least I still have my old one...

Although it has been snowing this week I felt it was to for a spring time card.  I bought this stamp at the SECC...isn't it cute!!

Now I am not quite sure how the green thing happened but it has...I have used papers from MME - Meadow which I layered onto bazzill card and stitched and distressed each of the layers.  The stamp is from LOTv which I coloured with copics.  I added a ribbon and a few little bud type things which I coloured green to match the card...oh and some pearls.

supplies:

papers - MME Meadow

pearls - The Hobby House

ribbon - stash

buds - stash

stamp - LOTV

pens - copics

challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - spring/easter

The Ribbon Girl - green

Simply Create Too - easter/bunnies

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Moving Along with the Times- spring is in the air

Simon Says Stamp - sketch

Celebrate the Occasion  - spring

Creative Card Crew - ribbon

Deep Ocean challenges - cute & cuddly

Ladybug - spring

Squigglefly - spring

My Mum's Craft Shop - spring has sprung

What...no colouring!

Good morning campers and my scheduled post...yes working again!!

So over at My Mum's Craft Shop there's some more inspiration this week with what's available to buy in the shop...here's my inspiration for this week.

I had been eying up this little tree for a while, as I do like trees but couldn't think what I would use it for...anyway I decided to go ahead and buy it and I am so glad I did...I just love it!!

I cut out a pale blue circle and embossed it, then layered it onto bazzill card and distressed around the edges. The cloud has also bee cut from blue paper.  The trees were cut from different coordinating green paper...oh and some doodling too!!

All dies are MFT die-namics...flat bottomed cloud, terardrop tree and the wonky scallop....you can buy them all from the shop.

supplies:

die-namics -  flat bottomed cloud, terardrop tree and the wonky scallop -  My Mum's Craft Shop

papers - Stampin' Up Sweet Pea

sentiment - Stampin' Up

rhinestone - My Mum's Craft Shop

challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons - dies & punches

Creative Card Crew - birthday

A Gem of a Challenge - dies & punches

Fi

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Sugar Bowl challenge 100...

Good morning sugar fans and it's time for a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

The challenge for the next 4 weeks is "anything goes"...that's right...no sketch and no theme just make whatever you like!!

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible!!

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps....but wait as it's challenge 100 Karen has decided to double the prize, so that means 2 winners both receiving 4 stamps...now what a fab prize!!

In addition, Gayle and Elaine will also be awarding Eye Candy to some lucky entrants so pop back to the Sugar Nellie blog next Thursday to see if you have been spotted!!

For my card I have used papers from MME - Dilly Dally.  I layered them onto bazzill card.  The stamp is No 1 Fan from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics....I love this little dude so much!!  BTW this image is also available in digi format. The buttons have been cut from my die-namics button die...but I have a new button die which I can't wait to use.  i finished off with a couple of gems and some card candi...hope you like!!

If you haven't already seen the new Official Sugar Nellie Group on Facebook...then pop over to join in the fun!!

supplies:
stamp - No 1 Fan - Funky Kits
papers - MME - Dilly Dally - My Mum's Craft Shop
die - die-namics button quartet - My Mum's Craft Shop
copics - My Mum's Craft Shop
gems/pearls - stash
card candi - stash


challenges:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - anything goes
Stamptacular - gents & gems
A Gem of a challenge - gingham/checks
One Stop Craft Challenge - anything goes
Jellypark - button up
Hannah and Friends - anything goes

Cold and Frosty....

 

Good morning folks and no I am not about to start singing "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush" but it sure is a cold and frosty morning...lol!!

This month's challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin' is of course "cold and frosty"....pop over and check out the inspiration from my teamies.

We are sponsored by the fabulous My Mum's Craft Shop...

...Kitty has received some brand new stock including those fabby die-namics!!

for my card i thought I would go with white on white look...I embossed 2 panels in white card, one dotty and one snowflakes and layered onto kraft card.  The image is from LOTV which I coloured with copics and then added some glitter. I punched the snowflakes and glittered them up also.  The message I also embossed and then cut out and finished with some tiny gems...hope you likey.

supplies:

white card - in my stash

kraft card - in my stash

MS snowflake punch - in my stash

card candi - My Mum's Craft Shop

stamp - LOTV

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

Stickles - My Mum's Craft Shop

Gems - My Mum's Craft Shop

Embossing folders - in my stash

challenges:

A Gem of a challenge - emboss it

Totally Gorjuss - KISS

Crafts 4 Eternity - punch it

Totally papercrafts - it's embossing time

Hannah and Friends - snowflakes

Fi

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Pretty little Sweet Blossom....

Hello all and here's another creation from me today...well seeing I'm on holiday from work!!  so for this card I have used papers from MME - Blush which I layered onto bazzill card and then distressed each of those layers. The flowers are MFT rolled roses, added a few pearls to the centres.  The corner die is from Memory Box...I have seen a few cards with these and they do look fab however I think I need to perfect the sprucing up of mine but for this one I have added little flower sequins.  I also have added a piece of white lace which i bought from funky Kits.  The stamp is Sweet Blossom which has been coloured with copics and shaded with polychromos.  I stamped the image and using an oval template cut around the florally part to make it look like Sweet Blossom was sitting on the bottom of the oval...I added tiny pearls to the image to finish off.

Bunny Zoe - pink, pearls and lace

Crafts and me - pearls and lace

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch (flipped)

A Gem of a challenge - flowers

Anything Goes - make your own embellishments (flowers)

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Lollipop - birthday

The Crafty Pad - distress it

2 sisters - anything goes
Cupcake - 2's company
Crafters companion - birthdays

Fi

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aah...little chickie...

Good afternoon folks...I know it's unusual to see a post from me on a Sunday but I am holiday from work this weekend. I have been having a wee play with some of the goodies I bought at the SECC and I although I'm not really in to Easter cards, I just couldn't resist this little cutie...I think it's an adorable stamp...
..so the stamp is from LOTV and I coloured with copics and did a bit of shading with polychromos, the papers are Springtime from Echo Park. I layered each piece on to bazill card and stitched and distressed the edges, I even managed to stitch around the message. I am entering the following challenges...

Stamptacular - sketch
Joanna Sheen - spring is in the air
Crafters companion - spring
Crazy 4 challenges - spring
Crafty Calendar - spring
A Gem of a Challenge - perfect pastels
2 sisters - spring colours
Truly Madly Crafty - colour photo
Totally Stampalicious - spring
Deep Ocean Challenge - spring
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - spring
Gingerloft - spring
That Craft Place - anything goes


Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #79

Good morning sugar fans and my scheduled post.....I am off to the SECC this morning to the craft fair...woo hoo!! Hopefully Karen has picked me up and we will be travelling along the motorway heading for Glasgow.

Today's challenge over at the Sugar Bowl is Erika's fab sketch below.....




and of course the option of spring.

As always one lucky winner chosen at random will receive 4 Sugar Nellie stamps of their choice from Funky Kits.


For my card I have used Porridge from Sugar Nellie and coloured him with copics, the papers are Springtime from Echo Park...hope you likey!!

The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Scrapalicious - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Pollycraft - spring has sprung
A Gem of a Challenge - perfect pastels


Fi
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