Happy Birthday...

 

Morning folks,

My first post since returning from our holiday which was great although I caught covid when I was away so the last couple of days was a bit rubbishy however the weather was fab and we did cram in lots of beach walks....can't wait to go back in December and next May, here's a couple of photos...

My nephew had his telescope and we managed to see a few stars and even saw the craters in the moon but he managed to take a photo of saturn through his telescope...it was quite amazing!

It's time for the mid month post over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog.  The theme this month is anything stamped goes with the option of garden delights.

This month the prize up for grabs is £25 Stamp Addicts voucher.

I thought I would try something different....so I stamped the poppies onto grey polka dot paper using red and black.  I stamped the verse also on the same paper then layered it onto black card and then layered on the card panel.  I added a birthday sentiment and some dots and sequins to finish.

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

Fi

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Thanks...

 

Morning folks,

Hopefully my post schedules ok as I'm on my holidays, it's been a long awaited one after a rubbishy year that we have had, hopefully we have some good weather to chill in.

It's time for a new challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog.  The theme this month is anything stamped goes with the option of garden delights.

This month the prize up for grabs is £25 Stamp Addicts voucher.

For my card I thought I would try something a bit different for me...I first stamped the flower with memento ink and coloured with copics.  I then masked the flower and inked up the background with green and blue distress inks.  Next I used a stencil and coloured with a darker blue, then I used a dot stencil and inked up with white.  I stamped up some random lines/grid behind the flower head.  I added some splashes of white paint.  Once dry I unmasked the flower and added some sequins and dots...oh and I stamped the sentiment and layered that on top....I'm quite happy with how this has turned outy.

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

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

 

Good morning Sweet Stampers....my post is scheduled as I am on my holidays...hopefully it goes according to plan!

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

The theme is "doodling"....my favourite!

I stamped the flowers onto watercolour card and coloured them using my zig pens, I added some background watercolouring too.  I added some white splashes, some little doodled hearts and some sequins....finished with the doodled border around the edges of the card.

Hope you like it.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - watercolour challenge

Fi

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A bunch of daisies...

 

Morning folks,

It's time for another challenge over on the Less is More Challenge blog.

The them this fortnight is anything goes...but still has to have the CAS feel to it.

For my card I embossed the daisies, added a little colour to the centres and cut out a square section.  I then layered that onto a white square and layered onto to card.  I added the sentiment to finish.

Fi

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Thanks...

 

Morning

Time for a new challenge over on the Less is More Challenge blog.

This fortnight the theme is "orange" but remember it should still be CAS too.

For my card I stencilled this flower off the side of the card for a bit of a different look, then stamped the sentiment and die cut it to layer on top and added a couple of enamel dots to finish.

Pop over to the Less is More Challenge blog to check out the others.

Fi

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It's a sunflower day...

 

Morning folks,

I'm her with my mid month post for Stamping sensations.

The theme this month is the mood board below but remember the main focus should be stamped.

                      We also have the fab prize below to giveaway to one lucky winner.

           2 prizes, Santoto Gorjuss girls stamps/die/stickers and Woodware stamp Craft Stash 

 

For my card I stamped the large sunflower with memento ink, it took a few attempts as I just couldn't it to stamp evenly, this still has a little missed part from the centre but I coloured it to make it look like the light is hitting that spot.  I coloured this image with copics...I haven't used my copics for a bit so it was good to colour with them again.  I actually used four different shades of yellow, four different shades of brown a three different shades of blue.  I added some little splashes which I kind of regretted afterwards but I think it still turned out ok. I also added some sequins.

challenges:

Double D Challenges - sunflowers

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes

Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Fi

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Birthday Wishes...

 

                                                                Morning folks,

                       It's time for a new challenge on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog.

           The theme this month is the mood board below...isn't it lovely, a fab selection of pics!  

                      We also have the fab prize below to giveaway to one lucky winner.

           2 prizes, Santoto Gorjuss girls stamps/die/stickers and Woodware stamp Craft Stash 

 

For my card I stamped the daisies with archival ink, I masked off one of them, I then coloured with watercolours.  Once dry I added some watercolour shading to the background along with some splashes.  I did cut the birthday sentiment and layered it on top and then finished with some sequins and enamel dots.

challenges:

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Krafty chicks - use stamps

Crafty Addicts - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - watercolour  challenge

Fi

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Viva Las Vegas...

Morning bloggers

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

The theme is "inspired by a book/song or film...I did struggle trying to see what stamps I had that would fit and then it came.....however this wasn't the vision I had in my head.

I stamped Elvis with memento ink and coloured with copics and then I cut him out.  I stencilled the sun rays although I thought I could make it like a dark background and the stage lights shining to make the rays...not quite!  I die cut the letters and fixed some gems...yes to look like lights.

Well...it's something a bit different!

Pop over to check out the rest of the teams makes.

Fi

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Be Positive...

 

Morning folks,

Time for a new challenge over on the Less is More Challenge blog.

Theme is to make a one layer card and there's also a photo to give you some inspiration.

I can't believe we are into August already, it will soon be Christmas ha ha!

For my card I stamped this daisy with memento ink and coloured with caran d'ache pencils....I do love those pencils and really need to practice with them.  I have actually used seven different colours to colour this daisy...I did blend them and I used off white colours too as I wanted the flower to pop out against the white card.

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

Fi

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Under the Sea...

Good morning folks,

It's time for a new challenge over on the Less is More challenge blog.

The theme this fortnight is "under the sea"...

For my card I stamped these little two fishes with archival ink then coloured with watercolours, once dry I added a wash of colour in the background to resemble the sea.  I finished with some enamel dots, sequins and clear dots...I thought these looked like little bubbles.

Pop over to the Less is More challenge blog to check out what the rest of the team have made.

Fi

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Summer flowers

 

Morning folks,

It's time for the mid month reminder over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog.

The theme this month is "anything goes" with the option of "summer flowers".

We have two prizes this month, the first is a £25 store voucher from Crafty Individuals and the second is two dies from Highlight Crafts

I have made something a bit different this time, I stamped the image with archival ink and then coloured with watercolours, I built up a few layers to make the colour quite vibrant.  I added a little sentiment and some enamel dots to finish.

Fi

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This your day...

 

Morning everybody, it's time for another challenge over on the Less is More blog.

This fortnight, the theme is...

For my card I created a little beach scene with watercolours, once dry I stamped on the boulder, grass and pebbles.  I layered onto a square of rose gold and then layered onto the card.  I added the sentiment and a couple of sequins to finish.

challenges:

Little Red Wagon - beach theme

The Sisterhood of Crafters - beach

A Place to Start - life's a beach

Fi

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Best wishes...

 

Morning folks, happy Saturday!

The theme this fortnight over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog is "flowers". Remember the main focus should be stamped.

For my card I stamped this lovely flower with archival ink and I actually coloured it with pigment ink with a blending brush, I wasn't sure how it would turn out but I think it looks quite subtle.  I added some shading around the flower and some splashes.  Oh and I was having doodling withdrawal symptoms so I added some to this card.

Pop over to the Sweet Stampin challenge blog to check out what my teamies have come up with.

challenges:

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - any occasion

Fi

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Have a zesty birthday!

 

Hi folks,

Thought I would share this card I made...it has taken me a few days to work out how to work the embossing, stamping and dies together but I am quite happy with how it turned out....might try some pink grapefruit next lol!

The set is from Stampin Up, first I embossed the fruit, then I stamped the fruit on top of the embossed panel...this was tricky lining it up and then again tricky lining up the dies to cut the fruit out.  I stamped little flowers in the background and layered the fruit on top, I added the sentiment and some sequins and enamel dots to finish...no splodges this time!

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Dream Valley Challenge - use dies

Make My Monday - birthday

Happy Little Stampers - birthday

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Alphabet Challenge - g for green

Paper Craft Crew - fruity

Fi

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Happy birthday...

 

Morning folks,

Well I've had a busy few weeks with work and trying to sort my dads house but getting there, hopefully everything will be all done in a few weeks. I have also been clearing out Holly's bedroom...she found her own place so I am having a bigger craft room...hope to have that all finished before the winter...might even treat myself to some new crafty things....yay!

It's time for another challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog.

The theme this month is "anything goes" with the option of "summer flowers".

We have two prizes this month, the first is a £25 store voucher from Crafty Individuals and the second is two dies from Highlight Crafts

For my card I stamped and embossed this little flower stamp and then added some watercolours, I built up several layers to make it quite vibrant, I then added the background of some blue tones for the sky and green for the grass, I dabbled some pink  highlights to give the effect of flowers in the background. I die cut the sentiment and added some sequins to finish.

challenges:

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and More - any occasion

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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Summertime...

 

Morning folks,

I finally got the chance to use this fabby stencil set with these lolly dies.

The lovely Brenda asked me if I would like to be the guest designer over on the Allsorts Challenge Blog....again, so of course!

The theme is summertime...although I think we have had our summer, it feels like its back to winter!

For my card I used a stencil set and co-ordinating dies from concord & 9th, inked them up with ink from Concord & 9th too.  I added some splashed and enamel dots to finish.

Fi

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With Deepest Sympathy...

 

Morning folks,

It's time for another challenge over on the Less is More Challenge Blog.

The challenge this fortnight is anything goes.

I had broadband problems this week so had to make a quick card, so I had this stamp at hand so I stamped it up, added some splashes and dots and then added the sentiment.  I do love aqua blue and I do love eucalyptus leaves so it was a must.

Pop over to check out what my teamies have made.

Fi

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Just Saying Hello...

 

Morning all, it's time for the mid month post over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog.

The theme is anything goes with the option of around the world.

The prize below is up for grabs.

For my card I stamped this image with memento ink, I just coloured a few bits in red. I then distressed with lost shadow distress ink..it made the image look a bit foggy ha ha!  I than layered it onto the card, added a sentiment and a couple of enamel dots.

Fi

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10th June - LIM - black and light purple

 

Hi folks,

It's time for a new challenge over on the Less is More Challenge Blog.

The theme is light purple and black.

For my card I watercoloured the card with a shade of purple, and then added some splodges and a couple of sequins.  I stamped the sentiment in black and die cut it and layered onto the card.

Pop over to the Less is More Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the team have made.

Fi

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I could just squeeze you...

 

Morning sweet stampers, its that time again!

The theme this fortnight over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog is "pretty in pink". Remember the main focus should be stamped.

For my card I used this cute little fruit slice and stamped in various shades of pink then stamped the slice outline over the top but not completely lined up and then stamped some teeny dots in between the slices.  I then white embossed the sentiment and layered it onto the card.

Fi

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Bonjour...

 

 

Good morning folks,

What lovely weather we have been having, its a shame to be working!

Anyway time for a new challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog.  The theme this time is anything goes with the option of " around the world"....remember the main focus should be stamped.

We have two fab prizes up for grabs

For my card I used this fab little stamp from penny Black, I wasn't sure how it would colour.  I stamped it with ink on 3 fade out ink and then coloured with watercolours.  I made the bonjour and layered on to the card and added a few sequins.

Hope you like.

Fi

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Say it with flowers...

 

Morning folks,

Hopefully the sun is shining wen this cards posts.

It's time for a new challenge over on the Less is More Challenge Blog.

The theme this fortnight is one layer card that features flowers.

 

For my card I stamped the image with archival ink and coloured with watercolours and added a few splodges.

Pop over to the Less is More Challenge blog to check out what the rest of  the team have made.

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

 

Morning folks,

I finally got the chance to use this fabby stencil, I love giraffes.

The lovely Brenda asked me if I would like to be the guest designer over on the Allsorts Challenge Blog, which of course is no trouble!

For my card I use a couple of different colours of distress ink and blended them together.  I added my usual wee splodges as the card looked a bit bare without them ha ha! I managed not to add any sequins on this one too. Added the sentiment to finish.

Fi

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I just miss you...

Morning folks,

It's time for the mid month reminder over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog.

The theme is anything goes, with the option of using a stencil, and we have two prizes, mixed media bundle from Oakwood Direct and two stencils

For my card I stamped the flowers with memento ink, I added some light shading around the edges.  I then used the matching stencils to colour the flowers and leaves...of course I had to add some splashes, dots and sequins to finish off, although this isn't my normal go to colours, I am pleased with how it turned out.

Pop over to check out the inspiration from the rest of the team - Stamping Sensations challenge blog.

Fi

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