Time to unwind...

 

Morning folks...

I have been a bit AWOL with my cards lately as the crocheting has kind of taken over, after the holidays I am hoping to get back to an even split as I am missing making my cards, but I am also loving the crocheting...can't stop buying wool...oops!  So off on my holiday up north tomorrow and I am hoping to capture some great wildlife photos...top of the list is an orca but that is unlikely to happen but you never know!

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

The theme this fortnight is "favourite colour".

Now I couldn't quite decide which colour was my favourite as I do like lots of colours however my wardrobe consists of black, black, more black etc but I do like blue and green together....maybe you can tell ha ha!

I actually bought this stamp set and embossing folder ages ago and just haven't had the chance to use it, so since I was talking wool I thought yep let's go with it.  First I embossed the background and added some blue and green ink.  I stamped up some of the wool images, tape measure and crochet hook using blue and green....I tried to colour one of the balls like variegated wool...lol.  I then fussy cut them and layered them onto the card.  I stamped up the sentiment and added some dots and sequins to finish.

Hope you like it.

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

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - anything goes

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Hope you like it.

Fi

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

Beautiful birthday...

 

Morning folks...it's that time again...

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

The theme this fortnight is "use a stencil".

I bought this stamp and stencil set a few months ago but haven't had the chance to use them until now.  The images are quite big so was a bit unsure of how this was going to look anyway here it is.

I stamped and then stencilled the background leaves in blue and green and then layered onto black card.  I also then stamped and die cut a wee leaf, I die cut the sentiment and layered onto the leaf and then added to the card.  I finished with a few sequins.

Hope you like it.

Fi

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

Christmas in July...

Morning folks...I hope the weather is good wherever you are...it's a bit rubbish up here!

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

The theme this fortnight is "Christmas in July".

I bought this stamp set last year but never got around to use it so making the effort to get my unused stuff used!

First I stenciled those little trees with various shades of green and blue...now this stencil was not part of the same set as the stamp but thought it matched perfectly.

I stamped up 3 different little trees, coloured them with copics and then die cut and layered them onto the card.  I stamped and white embossed the sentiment and layered that onto the card too.

I added some doodling around the edges too.

Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. challenge - Christmas

Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas in July

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Happy birthday to you...

 Hi folks,

Well it's the boss's birthday coming up and this is what I have made her, I hope she likes it.

I just love this flower stamp from Gina K...so I decided to use it and stamped and white embossed it onto watercolour card, then I masked it off and stamped and white embossed the birthday text.  I then randomly added some watercolours, I wanted some subtle colouring but some areas I wanted it to be more vibrant.  I added some spalshes of colour too, not that you can see those splashes unless you zoom in. I samped the sentiment, die cut the numbers and the word "you" in rose gold foil card and layered those onto the card.  I added some dots, gems and sequins to finish.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - sending flowers

Addicted to stamps - make your mark

Dream Valley - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

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When it rains....

 

 Hi everybody, I hope the sun is shining wherever you are!

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

The theme this fortnight is ""rainbows and rainy days".

I do love a rainbow....they really make me smile when I need cheered up.

I made this card using the stamps and dies from Taylored Expressions...it's a really fab kit and there's lots of options but opted for this one.  I actually used the stencils to create three colours of the rainbow and I die cut the fourth in gold glitter card, I stamped the dots over the rainbow along with the sentiment, I also die cut a couple of clouds and inked them up a bit.  I added some doodles around the edges and some sequins to finish.

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

challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Fab n Funky - use die cuts

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment

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Thanks...

 

Hi everybody, I hope you are enjoying this lovely weather we have been having...long may it continue!

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

The theme this fortnight is "spring"

I treated myself to some new stuff...trying hard to get my mojo back.  I inked up this stencil with spring colours, then stamped the sentiment, layered them onto black card and then onto the card...added some sequins and dots to finish.

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

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - beautiful blooms

Crafty Catz - anything goes, option of May flowers