Birthday Wishes...

It's time for a mid month reminder of our Anything Goes with a stamp theme over on the Stamping Sensations blog this month.  

We have a fabulous sponsor this month...

  Stix 2 are giving our lucky winner an assortment of mount foam, foil, glitter and various glues and tapes....goodies that never go wrong!

For this card I used alcohol inks to make the background and then stamped the flowers with the lifting ink...that lifts the alcohol ink and then I stamped the flowers in black.

Pop over to the Stamping Sensations blog to check out what my teamies have made.

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

Good morning folks.

It's time for another challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog.  The theme this month is "anything stamped goes".

We have a fabulous sponsor this month...

  Stix 2 are giving our lucky winner an assortment of mount foam, foil, glitter and various glues and tapes....goodies that never go wrong!

For my card I found inspiration on Pinterest, I stamped the letters on the solid colour first, then stamped with the outline....that was tricky lining these up but I think I managed.  I then stamped the happy and birthday overlapping the solid letters, I die cut the parcel and layered it on to the card. I made a couple of tassles using my fringe flower die...added some splashes, sequins to finish.

Pop over to the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog to check out what my teamies have shared.

Fi

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Merry Christmas...

Happy Saturday!

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog.  This month's theme is anything Christmas goes.

My card is kind of plain but it did take me a wee while to line the letters up...not sure if the card needs something else.  I stamped the letters with sea glass ink, I then decided it would be a good idea to stamp the M with an outline in black.  I then stamped the word Christmas in black and then finished with some sequins and dots.

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

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

 

Good morning stampers!

It's birthday week over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog...the Sweet Stampin Challenge is 12 years old...how did that happen?

Well this wasn't really what I had in mind, I wanted to die cut different letters and have a layer on top but after playing about with my scan n cut....with the help of Cass, I gave up and went back to the dies!

So first I added some watercolours to the card and left it to dry, I then die cut the letters and stamped the outline over the top, didn't want the black line to be perfect (I deliberately did that lol) and added some sticky fixers, I then stamped some little flowers, stamped the birthday and finished with some dots and sequins.

Pop over to the Sweet Stampin blog and check out what my teamies have made.

challenges:

Allsorts - one for the girls

Simon Says Stamp - make your own background

Fi

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Jingle all the way...

 

Hi folks

It's time for a mid month reminder of our Christmas in November theme over on the Stamping Sensations blog this month.  Our sponsor is Be Creative who are giveaway a £25 store voucher. In addition there's also a lovely die set up for grabs too.

I wanted to use this little Santa and then I had a brainwave that I would make Santa look like he's bursting through the wall...well that was the plan in my head!

I used a brick wall stencil from MFT and the Santa from the Jingle all the way set from MFT too.  I coloured the Santa with copics, added some white glitter to his beard and fur...finished with the usual sequins etc.

Pop over to the Stamping Sensations blog to check out what my teamies have made.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - make your own background
Dream Valley - anything goes
Allsorts - Christmas
Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Fi

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Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas...

 

Hi folks,

Well some news today, I have been asked to join the DT team over on the Stamping Sensations Blog which I am so chuffed about and here's my first card.  The theme is Christmas in November...how easy is that with Christmas fast approaching.

For my card I cut a piece of watercolour card and stamped the snowflake background with versamark ink and then white embossed it (love this technique).  I then randomly added some colour using watercolour ink and swooshed it around. Once it was dry I added a piece of washi tape in a contrasting colour, this is the first time I have used washi tape and I quite like it. I then stamped up some trees with coordinating ink and die cut them and layered them on top of the washi tape strip.  I stamped a coordinating sentiment from the same stamp set....and the usual sequins, gems and pearls to finish, hope you like it.

Pop over to the Stamping Sensations blog to check out what my teamies have made to share.

challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more - Christmas

Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas

Fi

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas...

 

Hi folks,

A wee mid week evening post from me.

I ordered this stamp and die set a few weeks ago and I must admit it is fab! I had a play about with it at the weekend and this is what I came up with.

I have a few of these turnabout stamps...once you get the knack of working out how to use them then they are great.  I also used various ink pads from Concord & 9th and added some little gems and sequins to finish.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts - anything goes

Fi

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Embossed leaves...

 

Hi folks,

Today I am sharing something a bit different . I had added this embossing folder to my goodies from Simon Says Stamp....I do like leaves and trees.  I haven't embossed for a long time and fancied a wee change.  I inked up the embossing folder with distress ink, I did use 2 colours on each but it was tricky trying to blend them as I couldn't find my brayer.  I then put a piece of card into the embossing folder and ran it through my machine...hey presto!  I added some splashes of the same colour and embellished with pearls, sequins and gems.  The sentiment is from The Ton...which I am loving!

This is a close up of the cards separately...I am please with how they turned out.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky - Embellish It
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi
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Happy Halloween...

 

Hi folks,

Its tme for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.  This fortnight's challenge is "Halloween"...I do love Halloween!

For my card I have used a background stamp from Simon Says Stamp which I gently inked with white and stamped onto black card.  I then used my cloud edge stencil and made some clouds with white ink.  I then left the background to dry off and then inked and embossed the bats and spiders web. 

I stamped and coloured the Stamping Bella stamp with caran d'ache pencils and fussy cut her out and layered onto the card. The sentiment is from the same stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.Then as usual I added some sequins and gems to finish.

Pop over the the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog to check out what my buddies have made!

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Halloween

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fab n Funky - Spooky Season

Beautiful...

 Hi folks...

I made this card a few weeks ago but couldnt share it til now as I made it for my daught-in-law...think she liked it.

I used Concord & 9th harvest Wreath stamp set and stamped using Concord & 9th inks...I die cut the word beautifil and layered off centre on the card.  I finished with some gems.

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

Hi everyone...

I have be en quite busy the last couple of weeks so just catching up on some card making and using some of the new products I have purchased recently.

This stamp is from the Be Kind stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, I stamped using face out ink and then coloured with Concord & 9th watercolour ink. I then added some splashes of the same colour and finished with sequins, gems and pearls...I made some extra tiny pearls with Nuvo pearls.

hope you like it.

challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fi

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Be Kind...

 

Hi folks,

Well here I have made a couple of cards with some new products i ordered from Simon Says Stamp.  I inked up the image with fadeout ink (love it) and then used my zig clean color brush pens to watercolour the leaves.  Not sure if you can see but the stamped image changes to the colour that it has been coloured...I am so impressed.  I added some splashes of colour and some black splodges...haven't done that for a while and was missing that look.  I then added the sentiment and finished with gems, pearls and sequins.

Thought I would post an image of each of the cards on their own too.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Allsorts - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fi

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Coffee and friends...

 

Hi folks,

Well I couldn't wait to make a little card with this stamp set from Simon Says Stamp...it's just so cute!  I used the background coffee stamp and stamped with desert sand onto kraft card.  I stamped the coffee cup and coloured in with caran d'ache pencils and then I cut out and layered onto the panel.  I stamped one of the sentiments and added some sequins.  I then die cut the envelope and pieced it together and stamped some of the elements to the front.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - card and matching envelope

Fi

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Merry Christmas at Sweet Stampin...

 

Happy Saturday!

We have another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog, this fortnight's theme is Christmas is September.

So I treated myself and ordered some Simon Says Stamp products, for my card I have used the Merry Christmas background stamp which I stamped onto black card and white embossed. I then stamped again on a white panel and embossed in black, I then layered onto the black...this was tricky and did take me a few attempts.  I then stamped a third time and coloured in the Merry Christmas and layerd onto the card.  I added a little die cut holly leaf and some arcylic dots.

Hope you like.

Fi

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A Happy Rainbow...

Hi everyone,

I just love all these rainbow stamps and dies, they do bring sunshine, which is what we all need right now.

I inked up the layers of the rainbow with bright coloured ink, I fusssy cut out the clouds and layered the with 3d fixers and stamped the sentiment to finish.

Fi

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Happy Autumn...

 Morning...happy Sunday!

I was on a roll with my new stamps and dies and made this card.  I have stamped a couple of the stamps but mainly used dies and layered up the leaves in various colours.  I added some dots and gems to finish.

Fi

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Get Well Soon...

Hi all,

I have been on holiday from work this week and did plan on making a few cards but as always my plans were interrupted however I did manage to make this one.

I love leafy stamps and dies, so bought this stamp and die set from Concord & 9th....ooooohhh it's so nice.

I stamped the turnabout stamp using different inks also from Concord & 9th, added some gems and dots to finish it off.

hope you like.

challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - L for leaves

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fi

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Sweet Stampin DT card...

 

Happy Saturday...

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog.  This fortnight's theme is "lots of layers".  I thought I would use my favourite sketch that I created a few years ago as it has lots of layers.

I used papers from Simple Stories and layered them onto co-ordinating cardstock, the image is from Stamping Bella which I coloured with my Caran D'ache Luminance pencils (love them).  I die cur the leafy swirl and a dew roses and fixed them to the card.  I finished off with some gems and sequins.

I enjoyed making this card as it did take me back to the early days of my cardmaking.

                             Pop over and check out what the rest of the team have made.

                                                                  challenges

                                                 Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

                                                Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

                                                                            Fi

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Sweet Stampin D card...

 

Hi Folks

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog.  This fortnight's theme is "To use gingham/plaid".  Pop over and check out what the rest of the team have made.

For my card I have use stamps from Stampin Up and just stamped them randomly over the white card, I use a die to scallop the edge.  I also layered a piece of matching paper and added the sentiment and layered it onto a piece of gingham.

Hope you like it.

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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Sending some happy rainbows...

Hi folks

Well when I saw this stamp and die set I just had to buy it, I do love rainbows and have quite a selection of them, so another to add to the bundle.

I used Concord & 9th cardstock to die cut the images, I added a sentiment from the same set and then added the doodled edges and coloured them in, finally finished with some dots and gems.

challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Use Your Stuff - rainbows

Fi

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Sweet Stampin DT card...

 

Hi folks!

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog.  This fortnight's theme is "Masculine".  Pop over and check out what the rest of the team have made.

Masculine cards are not my best and have been looking for some inspiration for a while....and then I came across this little stamp from Sugar Nellie which I love and for me this was where my love for stamping really started.

I coloured the image using my caran d'ache luminance pencils...they are so delish especially on kraft card, they almost melt, such a joy to work with.  I added a little sentiment and some dots to finish.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - masculine

Simon Says Stamp - masculine

Fi

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Happy Anniversary...

 

Hi folks.

I'm sharing this wee card I made using The Ton Round Foliage window dies ( I love it). I die cut the 2 circles in white, I used my copics and coloured one with shades of blue and the other with shades of green then layered them up.  I added a sentiment, some gems and sequins to finish.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - embellish

Creative Moments - anything goes

Fi

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Sweet Stampin DT card...

 

Hi folks!

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog.  This fortnight's theme is "Things with Wings".  Pop over and check out what the rest of the team have made.

For my card I have used stamp and die from The ton called transformation.  I first white embossed the image and wateroloured, I then die cut the butterfly from a separate panel and doodled around the edges. I fixed a piece of acetate to the reverse and then added some 3D foam, it was a bit fiddly adding the sequins but I managed and layered over the coloured image.  I finished off with some splashes, gems and pearls.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - feminine

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - sunshine colours

Fi

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Happy Birthday to you...

Hi folks,

I forgot I hadn't posted this card that I had made last week. I cut a piece of card and covered it in vellum and popped some sequins inside, then I fixed it to the card.  I die cut the happy birthday and balloons and layered them onto the card.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Fi

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Big Birthday Wishes...

Hi folks,

Just sharing this card that I made for my son, it is kind of plain and wasn't sure if it needed anything extra added but when its for a man I always struggle with what to add.

I watercoloured the background and left to dry, the I die cut the Big Birthday wishes and layered it onto a piece of black card and the used sticky fixers to layers the letters back in place.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Crafty Calendar - masculine

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

Hi folks,

I thought I would share this card i made today.  I only ordered these dies yesterday and they arrived today so I had to have a wee play.  I watercoloured some card, let it dry and then die cut the leaves.  I sprayed some splodges onto the card and then layered the leaves in place.  I added a little button to the centre, this helped to hide the glue. I stamped the sentiment and fixed it to the card and then finished with some gems, dots and sequins.

hope you like.

challenges:

Allsorts - any 3 colours of the rainbow

Crafty Catz - anything goes

 

Sweet Stampin DT Card...

 

hi folks,

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin challenge blog, this weeks theme is to use something that you wouldn't normally use to make a card.  I was kind of stuck but I guess that's why they call it a challenge....for my card I made the background paper and balloon but spreading shaving foam onto my craft mat, I then added various colours of alcohol ink and gave it a swirl, I then placed a fresh piece of card on top and pressed down for a few minutes and then gently lifted it and left to dry.  Hey presto....here's how it turned out.  I cut the background paper to size and layered it onto black card.  I then cut the balloon from a stencil and layered it onto the card,  I added some dots and doodles to finish.

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

Hi everybody!

Thought I would share the card I have made today. I treated myself to some goodies from Simon Says Stamp, including this make up stamp set....there's sooooo many stamps in the set, it's just fab.  I stamped some make up images and embossed with rose gold embossing powder, I then masked them and stamped over the happy birthday background stamp and also embossed with rose gold embossing powder.  I then did some watercolouring with my zip pens, I just randomly dabbled some colour all over.  I white embossed the sentiment but die cut the "you".  I also added a little gold leaf to add a bit of sparkle and to finish I added some pearls, dots and sequins and then finished with some doodling.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Happy birthday
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fi
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Happy birthday...

 

Hi folks!

Well what can I say, as soon as I saw this stamp I knew I needed it....who doesn't love Elvis!  I just loved colouring in this image, I am going to make more :)

I have this quite plain and simple, I coloured Elvis with copics...added some sparkle to the suit cos Elvis loved sparkles, and I used a stencil and sponged some ink on but not over the whole card, just behind Elvis, |I did this so that the white suit would pop.  I finished with some dots and sequins.

Hope you like!

challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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Sweet Stampin DT card...

Morning folks...

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin challenge blog.  The theme this fortnight is spring or you can use the mood board for inspiration.

For my card I have used this little daffodil stamp from Altenew, I coloured with Caran C'Ache luminance pencils, I am still practicing with them but I am really enjoy colouring with them but I need more practice!

Hope you like.

challenges:

Allsorts - use a stamped image

Fi

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Surprise...

Hi everybody..

I coloured this image in last week and never got around to making into a card until today.  I tried to colour with the no lines technique....it has a few lines but I think on the whole it looks ok.  I didn't really have a sentiment that was right but this as I wanted a cake one but had to just go with this..

Hope you like.

challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fi

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Just chicken in...

I'm on a roll today...

I saw this cute little stamp set over on the Dies to Die for store but needed some inspiration on what to make.  I had a wee look and saw something similar to this although it was way better than my effort but I still like with how this turned out.  Going to send this to a friend, I'm sure she will like it.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Dream Valley Challenge - hand coloured image

Fi

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Hey...

Hi everybody...hope you are all safe and well.

I am sharing this little card I made, it's quite plain and simple however it did take me a couple of days to colour so I really wanted that to be the focus of the card.  

I treated myself, since I have not been able to do some of the things I like to do because of lockdown so I bought myself some Caran D'ache Luminance pencils.  I did do a bit of research on all the colouring pencils and I wanted something different to what I already have. So I went for these and although they are a bit more expensive I bought a smaller set to start with.  I had a play around colouring on white card and on kraft card to see what gave the best results and to be honest it looked great on both once I had mastered the best way of colouring.  At first I was being quite gentle with them but soon realised that I needed a bit of pressure when colouring.  I did have to sharpen them a couple of times to keep the lead on the pencil sharp but it only needed a tiny bit sharpening. So deciding on what to colour...I desperately wanted to colour one of these Whimsy dragons and with Easter coming up I thought this one with the egg was perfect although have made a birthday card ha ha!

I am loving them and I will spend more time colouring with them and this is what I have created to share with you today.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Dream Valley Challenge - hand coloured image

Stamping Sensations - Colour my World

Fab 'n' Funky - birthday

Fi

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Sweet Stampin Challenge - card for a teen

 

Morning everybody!

Brr its baltic but hopefully my card will take the chill off!

There's another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog and the theme this fortnight is a card for a teen.  Now I was a bit stumped and then I remembered I bought this fab sunglasses die and stamp set...I did also see a card similar on a blog so I took my inspiration from that.

Hope you likey!

Fi

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Happy Birthday

 

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share my latest creation with you. I have sooooo neglected my copics but after seeing all those gorgeous makes out there I was inspired to get my but back in gear.  I bought this stamp ages ago but as usual haven't had the chance to get colouring, anyway made a point of spending some me time at the weekend.

Hope you like it.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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A little rainbow

 

Happy Sunday everybody!

So there's a few things I can't resist and that's snowmen stamps and dies and rainbow stamps and dies...I do have so many of each but haven't had the chance to use many of them.  Anyway this is a new die from MFT and I just love it.

I de cut the rainbow several times and in various colours (took me forever) and then layered 5 cuts of each colour together to give it more of a 3D effect.  The sentiment is also from MFT, not sure it is actually to go with the rainbow but I did think it was appropriate.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - 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

x.

 

Thanks...

 

Howdy folks...it's time for anther challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog. The challenge this week is "thank you or thanks".  The challenge will run for 2 weeks so plenty time to get those cards made.

For my card I inked and embossed this fab little stamp from Altenew, coloured with my zig pens and when dried I added in a bit of gold leaf.

I die cut the thanks and added a sentiment to match and added some sequins to finish.

Hope you like.

Fi

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