O Christmas Tree...

Hi folks,

I thought I would share this wee card I made this afternoon.  I have had this stamp set for ages and not had the chance to use it until today.  This was just a quick card, the trees are individual stamps so stamped them separately in different colours, I thought the sentitment fitted perfectly under the trees, I added a tiny amount of splashes and sequins.

Hope you like it.

challenges:

Less is More - outdoors

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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Christmas time

Morning folks,

Its time for a new challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog.

This months theme is Winter Wonderland.

Our sponsor this month is Craftstash who are giving the prize below...

 

For my card I stamped the big snowflake and white embossed.  I then swiped a wash of watercoloured ink over the top.  Once dry I stamped a few black splashes.  I stamped and white embossed the words and layered onto the card.  I added a few sequins to finish.

Fi

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Snowflake Wishes...

Morning folks,

I just love this stamp set, I have been on a roll but trying to make the cards slightly different. The lovely Brenda asked if I would like to be a guest designer for Allsorts, which of course is no trouble so I thought I would share another snowflake card with them.

I inked up the background and when dry I stencilled some little snowflakes with texture paste, once that had dry I added some more colour to the background. I then stamped some snowflakes and embossed in navy, white and silver.

I die cut the large snowflake in silver card and layered on top.  I added some sequins to finish.

challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Winter Wonderland - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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Snowflake Wishes...

Good morning folks, it's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog.

This fortnights theme is "anything Christmas".

For my card I inked up the background and stamped various snowflakes, I embossed some of them in silver and some in white.  I also stenciled some tiny snowflakes.

I die cut a matching snowflake in silver sparkly card and layered onto the card.  the sentiment if from the same stamp set.

I added a few splashes of ink and sequins to finish.

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

 

morning folks,

Today over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog we are celebrating our birthday so why don't you share your birthday makes with us...remember to include some stamping.

For my card I have stamped and white embossed the cupcake, I then coloured with watercolours.  The sentiment is from the same set which I die cut and layered onto the card. I added some random watercoloured splashes and some black spots and finished with a few sequins.

Pop over and check out what my teamies have come up with.

Fi

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Snowflake Wishes...

 

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing my DT card for Stamping Sensations.  It's our mid month post and still on the Christmas theme.

The prize this month is the fab stamp sets donated by one of our regular entrants.

For my card I inked up the background with distress ink, I spritzed some water to lift some of the ink and once dry I then stamped and embossed the snowflakes in silver, white and navy.  I die cut an extra couple of snowflakes and layered on top of the card.  I stamped the sentiment in navy too and finished with a few sequins.

Pop over to the Stamping Sensations blog to check out what my teamies have come up with.

challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes (Christmas)

Fi

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Let it Snow...again!

morning folks,

I thought I would share another card I made using this fab stamp set from Simon Says Stamp...I treated myself and ordered a few things but this set is just so amazing, I love it so much....be prepared there may be more cards to follow.

First of all I inked up the background with distress inks, I did some blending, I wanted to get a dark sky look.  I then spray some water to lift some of the colour. I then stamped the Snow stamp with versamark ink and embossed in silver, then I stamped the next layer in dark blue and then the final layer in black.  I wasnt sure if the black ink would stick to the embossed areas but it seems ok.  I added some splashes of white paint and some sequins to finish.

challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas

Allsorts - sparkle and shine

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes (christmas)

Fi

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Let it Snow...

 

Morning folks,

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

The prize this month is the fab stamp sets donated by one of our regular entrants.

For my card I have used this fab little layering stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, it's three different layers to build up the word "Snow"...I added some extra stamped snowflakes.  I added some sequins to finish.

Pop over and check out what my teamies have made.

challenges:

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - Christmas

Less is More - 2 or more colours

Fi

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Thanks...

 

Good morning folks!

It's time for the next challenge over on the Sweet Stampin challenge blog, the challenge this fortnight is "thanks".

You can make anything you like as long as there is stamping on the card then that's fine.

I was having a rummage through my stamps trying to decide what to use and I found this Winnie & Walter leaf stamp set....it's a fab little set.

I stamped the stamps, masking some of them to layer them a bit, I coloured them with my zig clean color brush pens (love them), I added some splashes all over.  I die cut the thanks and layered onto the card, finished with some dots and sequins.

Pop over and check out what my teamies have made!

Fi

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Snuggle weather...

 

Morning folks,

It's time for the mid month post over on the Stamping Sensations blog, we are still sticking with the theme of "All things Autumn".

Our sponsor this month is Highlight Crafts who are giving away 2 prizes, Crown and Glory stamp set and Dainty Blue dies and coordinating Reflections.

For my card I stamped this little cutie with memento ink and coloured with copics, I tried some blending with colours that normally wouldnt blend and I am happy with how it turned out.

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

Fi

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Happy Halloween...

 

Morning sweet stampers,

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin challenge blog.

This fortnight's challenge theme is "anything but a birthday".  I bought this new stamp and was so desperate to get started with it...isnt it cute?

I have stamped the image with archival ink and coloured with watercolours, I added some shading with polychromos. I added some little splashes and sequins to finish.

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

challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more - any occasion

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with watercolours

Fi

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It's Autumn...

 

Morning folks, its time for another challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog.  The challenge this month is "autumn"...remember the main focus needs to be stamped.

Our sponsor this month is Highlight Crafts who are giving away 2 prizes, Crown and Glory stamp set and Dainty Blue dies and coordinating Reflections.

For my card I have used this fab stamp from Stamping Bella and coloured with copics, I havent used them for a while.  The sentiment is from the same set.  I added a piece of autumn coloured printed paper and some sequins to finish.

Fi

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Birthday Wishes...

 

God morning folks,

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.  This fortnights challenge is "favourite colour combo".

You can make anything you want using your favourite colour combo as long as there has been some stamping.

For my card I used one of the stamps from one of my favourite stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp which I stamped with black archival ink and coloured with a selection of blue and green watercolour ink.  I did some blending on some of the leaves to give them a bluey green look. Once dry I added some splashes, then a few sequins.  I stamped the sentiment and layered on top.

Hope you like it.

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

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - stamp it

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - birthday

Fi

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Thank you...

Hi folks,

I thought I would share this card I made at the weekend, I was just really experimenting and surprised myself with this one.  I saw something similar on Pinterest and thought I would have a go.

So first I sprayed my card lightly with a mist of water, then I painted watercolour ink onto the butterfly stamp and stamped onto the card.  I then tilted the card and sprayed it again so the watercolour ink would run and mix together....I did get a bit heavy handed so had to soak up some of the ink.  Once the image was dry I added some splashes of colour and also some white paint splashes and finished with some dots ands sequins.  I then layered the sentiment on top.

challenges:

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers watercolour Challenge - anythng goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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Life is better with friends...

 

Morning folks, it's time for a new challenge on the Stamping Sensations challenge blog.

This month's theme is "feminine", you make anything as ling as there's stamping on your creation.

Our sponsor this month is ....

Stamp Addicts is a family run business based in Bedfordshire and have been in business since 1992. We have watched the popularity of rubber stamping and all papercrafts steadily increase over time and now manufacture our own branded rubber stamps which frequently feature on Hochanda TV as well as exhibiting at craft shows across the UK.

We also have these extra goodies up for grabs too..

For my card I stamped the leave image using blue and grey ink, I stamped some of them a couple of times so the image was a bit feinter in some parts. I then stamped and embossed with silver and die cut the image and layered that on top.  the sentiment has been white embossed.  I finished with a couple of sequins.

Pop over to the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog to see the fab cards my teamies have made.

Fi

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Be a Mermaid...

 

Its time for the mid month reminder over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog.

This month's theme is "anything stamped goes with the option of making it magical".  

You can make anything you like as long as the main focus is stamping.

We have a fab prize this month from Fairy Hugs...

For my card I have used another stamp from Colorado Craft Company.  I stamped the image with versamark ink and white embossed it and coloured with watercolours, I blended the colours to make it look more magical and once dry I added some sparkly glitter.  I then added some splashes, I wanted them to look like bubbles.  Once dried I added the sentiments and finishes with some sequins.

Fi

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Happy Anniversary...

 Good morning stampers and its time for another challenge over at Sweet Stampin'.

This fortnight's challenge is "firsts"...that can be first birthday, first day at school...any first but remember to include stamping.

For my card I used a new stamp from Concord & 9th...first time used but I also made it into a first anniversary card.  I stamped the image and coloured with my caran d'ache pencils, I then dies cut the image and layered onto the card. I added the sentiments and I added some splodges and dots to finish.

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

Challenges:

Moving Along with the Times - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

The Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

Fi

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Yummy ice lollies...

 

Hi folks,

I made this card for one of the girls at work, I think it turned out ok and very apt this week given the heat...so ice lollies at the ready ha ha!

 I stamped the ice lollies and coloured them with watercolours, I added some watercolour to the background...to give the effect of the lollies melting ha ha!  I added some splodges and sequins to finish.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - summertime blues

Little Red Wagon - here comes the sun

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes (watercolour)

Fi

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Fairy magic...

Morning folks, it's time for a new challenge on the Stamping Sensations challenge blog.

This month's theme is "anything stamped goes with the option of making it magical".  

You can make anything you like as long as the main focus is stamping.

We have a fab prize this month from Fairy ugs...

I did actually love making this card, although that fairy did have some troublesome areas to colour. I first cut out a piece of card and stamped the fairy image.  I then coloured with watercolours and added some subtle watercolouring the in background too. I added some glitter to sparkle up the image (hard to see in the photo).  I added a couple of sentiments from the stamp set which I thought were perfect and then added some sequins and pearls to finish off.....and no doodled edges!

Hope you like.

challenges:

Happy Little Stampers - watercolour challenge

Fi

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Birthday Wishes...

So I have something a wee bit different to share today.  I saw the background technique on Youtube....well something similar and thought I would try it out!

First I cut the square blank card and then loaded a paintbrush with water and randomly dropped the water droplets across the card.  I then gently dropped various colours of green and blue watercolour ink on to of the water droplets and left it to dry naturally....I left it overnight to find the watercolour had dried into the card....I thought it looked quite cool so made it into a card.

 

I embossed the leaves and die cut them and watercoloured with a darker shade of blue to make them pop out a bit.  I added some sticky fixers and layered them onto them card.  I added a piece of stripey paper for a funky look.  I added some splashes, dots and sequins and doodled the edges to finish.

Hope you likey.

challenges:

Happy Little Stampers (watercolour) - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes

Moving along with the Times - inky background

Fi

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A wee mug...

 

So I treated myself to a wee mug press and I thought I would share what I have made....I have to say I'm a wee bit obsessed!

It does take a bit of getting used too...I have a box of rejects that I can't decide what do do with yet.  I think this is my best one so far above....and a wee selection below which I am happy with too!

 

Fi

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Don't go pitchin' no hissy fit...

 

  

Morning stampers it's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.

This time we want to see your doodling...yes doodling.  You can have as much or as little as you like.

Now I do love a bit of doodling (incase you didn't already know that) so this is perfect for me to showcase the doodling that I like to do. First of all I stamped up this Whimsy stamp and coloured using copics.  I stamped a couple of sentiments from the same set...I have to say these are hilarious! I added some sequins and dots too.  I then doodled around the edges and then shaded in some of the doodled line so it has a checkered effect, now I like using this kind of doodling when there's lots of white on the card as I feel it really stand out.  I then layered the panel onto some coloured card and then onto the card blank.

Hope you likey!

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

Fi

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Happy Father's Day...

 Morning folks!

I have been kind of quiet for a bit, been so busy with work and my dad and lost my mojo a bit...was just getting worn down with everything however things are settling at work and I have newbie joining the team on Monday so things will be less hectic....and I am getting back on track.

I am looking forward to my first event in over 2 years and I am so looking forward to it....my 5th and last time of the Eagles at Murrayfield.....yay!

Anyway it's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.

This time we want to see your masculine cards or Father's Day cards.

I always struggle with male cards so I had a look through my stash and found this fab stamp from Stampin Up...it doesn't need much colouring so perfect.  I also die cut the words and layered them up so they stood out and then added a couple of gems.

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

Hope you likey!

Fi

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Sending Happy Thoughts...

 

Morning folks,

Its time for the mid month post over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog.

This months sponsor is Oakwood Archer who are giving away this lovely prize...

Doodles in Bloom which is stamps, dies and a stencil.

I have made my card using Altenew Beautiful Day...one of my many favourite stamp sets.  I stamped each of the layers with ink to give a bit of depth, then die cut the flowers and leaves and layered them all together.  I left one of the images uncoloured as I thought it looked a bit funky.  I added some splodges and sequins...oh and the sentiment.

Pop over to the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog for more inspiration.

I'm off to work now...with yummy cheesecake since it's my birthday...

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - layer it up

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Fi

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Friend...

Morning folks,

I am here today with my card I made for Allsorts Challenge....yes I have been asked by the lovely Brenda to take a guest spot, today being one of them.

The theme is to use your favourite stamps or dies...now I do have many favourite stamps so it was a hard decision on which to use but eventually I decided on this little leaf stamp from Simon Says Stamp - Be kind. I do love it, it's so simple to colour.  Today I stamped and coloured with watercolours, I did use blue and green and then tried marbling them a bit and I also added in a bit of silver watercolour...its hard to see that in the photo.  I added some shading around the leaves and some splodges and sequins.  Oh I saw a card that had a wee paper strip which I thought was quite funky so I added the stripey paper to finish off.

Pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams cards.

Fi

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Sending some happy rainbows...

Morning folks,

My post is scheduled so hopefully it posts correctly.  I'm away for a wee glamping holiday this weekend, hope it doesn't rain....my card is kind of appropriate if it does ha ha!

It's time for a new challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog and the theme this fortnight is:

"rainy days and rainbows"

I do love a wee rainbow stamp.  I have used some stamps from concord & 9th with umbrella and rainbows...they are from different s but I like that you can mix and match.

Pop over to the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog to check out my teamies makes.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - rain or shine

Fi

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