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

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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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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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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Kiwi hang out soon?

 

Happy Saturday!

Just popping on to share this fun card I have made.  I love this stamp set and don't know why I never noticed it sooner.  The stamp set is from Concord & 9th...isn't it cool. 

I inked up some watercoloured card with lots of water and then I dropped a little green watercoloured ink on top....it was cool the effect it made, so I just kept repeating that process with different shades until I thought it looked kind of kiwi like.  Once dry I stamped the kiwi's and die cut them out and added this fab sentiment...oh and I die cut the hello.  I added some doodled edges in white...never doodled in white before but I think it look fine for this fun card.

challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

Love to Craft - anything goes

Addicted to stamps and More - dies and stencils

Simple Things

Hi folks,

Thought I would share this little card, I just love this stamp set, it's so pretty and simple to stamp once you get the knack of lining the stamps up. This time I thought I would ink up the stamp in greens rather than blues.  I die cut the sentiment....I do like how fine the wording is....I finished with a few enamel dot

challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - any occasion

Simon Says Stamp - green

Fi

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Orange so you...

 

Well 2 cards in one day!

And this is something different from m...and I said it wouldn't be leaves or blue and green....I white embossed the fruit slices and then watercoloured with concord & 9th watercolour ink.  I die cut some black and white slices and the word "sweet" and layered onto the card.  I added some sequins to finish.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - use a die cut

Fab 'n' Funky - dies or stencils

Addicted to Stamps - any occasion

Make My Monday Challenge - food and drink

Crafty Catz - 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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It's a Beautiful Day...

Hi folks, a wee card from me today!

I have been waiting so long for this this stamp set to be back in stock and couldn't believe it when I noticed it was available in My Mums Craft Shop.

Now initially I was trying to stamp and cut out the images with my scan n cut but was having a bit of trouble however the lovely Janine and Cass soon sorted me out but that card is work in progress so in the meantime I made this one.

I white embossed the flower and leaves and then watercoloured them using my zig clean colour brush pens (omg I love these pens).  I gradually added more layers of colour and then once I was happy I then dragged out some of the colour from the flower and leaves to add a bit of subtle shading around the images.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink and layered on top.

I then added some black splodges, sequins to finish.

products used:

Altenew Beautiful Day

Altenew Label Love

MFT Distressed Patterns

challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - embossing

Allsorts - Pink October

Colour Crazy challenge - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - totally resistable (white embossing)

Fi

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Birthday Wishes

Hey folks..a wee post from me today!

So I have been having a bit of dilema on whether to sell my scan 'n' cut machine as I have used it only a few times however some crafty friends have been putting me off selling  So today I decided to make the effort and use it....and here we are...

I stamped the leaves and then scanned and cut them and then coloured with my zig clean color brush pens...I do love my pens!

So first I stamped and embossed the background in gold sparkle embossing powder, I then lightly added some colour using the zig pens.

Once dry I arranged and layered up my leaves and little acorns onto the gold embossed background.  I then die cut the "birthday" word and layered on top of the leaves.

I added a few black splodges and some sequins to finish!

products used: Winnie and Walter Renees Leaves, MFT Morroccan Background, MFT Cause for Celebration die, Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens.

challenges:

Seven Hills Crafts - Colour challenge

Addicted to Stamps - embossing

Addicted to CAS - watercolour

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fi

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It's a Wonderful Day...

Good morning bloggers....it's the weekend...yay!!  I have been a bad blogger lately but things have been really manic at work however should settle down come Wednesday as I move into a new role....thank goodness, it's somebody else's turn to do the extra work!!

So I am combining both challenges today as I have been snowed under at work...so first up we have Buttons for Brains....

and next Sweet Stampin.....the theme this week is "Summer Fun"....a nice easy challenge!!

Our sponsor this week is Hobbykutz who are giving a £7.50 voucher for one lucky winner...woo hoo!!

So, I have to say that I just love blue and green together and for my card I have used those fabby papers from Doodlebug which are available from the Buttons for Brains store...they are just so vibrant and colourful!!  I layered the papers onto bazzill card and distressed the edges. The stamp is Wonderful Day from Funky Kits which I have coloured with spectrum noirs and shaded with polychromos.  The flower has been cut with a flower from one of the blueprints, the sun I cut with a sizzlits die and then dotted some gems on...

challenges:
Allsorts - summer girls
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Graph It's - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes
Wags n Whiskers - summer fun
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Deep Ocean - favourite colour combo
Addicted to Stamps - polka dots
My Mum's Craft Shop - ink it up

Fi

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Summer Girl...

Howdy folks...hope you are all well on this sunny day!!

Well this post was half scheduled and half not...I was on a high after my friend and I went to see The Eagles in concert....it was amazing and although they have been on the go forever...they can sing live even in their 60's!!  The only thing was strictly no photography etc...which was a wee shame cos I would have loved to have been able to get a sneaky photo but there was no chance as Security were all over it!!

So, anyway...I finished my post and here we have my card for Papertake Weekly Challenge...yay that's right I was asked if I would like to have a wee guest spot...of course I said yes.

The theme is "anything goes" with the option of something summery.

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Sunny Side, I stitched the layers onto bazzill card, the image is Summer Girl from Mo Manning which I coloured with my new spectrum noirs (it's all Lis's fault, she made me buy them)which I am getting used to but I am liking them and I then added some stickles to the ice lolly and the shades. I did some shading with polychromos. The sun has been made with a daisy die and I just snipped the ends off and attached a die cut button, I added pearls to the corners and added a big daisy and ribbon and finished with the stamped sentiment from CC Designs which I thought was perfect....hope you likey!!

challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - bingo(flower, pearls, di cuts)
Totally Gorjuss - stitches
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - ink it up

Fi

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Pretty Poppies...

Good morning all and my post for My Mum's Craft Shop....oh my isn't it baltic??  We have had a severe weather warning for Central Scotland on Tuesday and the schools have had the warning too and pupils have been issued with their code red letters....lol!!  They are preparing ahead of events this year by the looks of things!

Anyway onto my card...I have used the Pretty Poppies stamps and poppy and Leaves dies from My Favourite Things...I am loving these soooooooooo much!!  I can't believe I have only bought these now...they are a must!!

So first I inked up the script and stamped it several times on the creamy coloured card, I then distressed the edges with some distress ink.  I then used the dies to cut out the poppy heads and then inked around the holes....Then using some white card, I stamped the poppies using some red ink.  I then layered up both pieces of card so the poppies are centred through the die cuts.  Once these were in place I then inked the poppy stems and die cut the leaves and poppy seed and fixed them in place.  The message is from the same set, so I layered that onto black card and stuck a little button on to the corner.  I added some card candi to one of the corners....hope you likey!!

supplies:

stamp - Pretty Poppies

dies - Poppy and leaves

ink - distress ink

button

twine - stash

card candi


challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - anything goes

Fi

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A sprinkling of glitter...

Good morning Saturday bloggers....another blustery day here in sunny Scotland...lol!!

So I am up bright and early this morning as I want to get on with some card making...lots to make!!  I also need to play with my new iphone...now I really wasn't liking it yesterday when it arrived however by the time I went to bed last night I was getting used to it and I was feeling a bit happier with it.  I have now got some music on it too so even better...just need to practice with the alarm....that's why I am up early too...lol!!

Anyway...for my card this morning I have used papers from The Sweet Shoppe (which I love), the perfect colour of papers for me..I layered each of them onto bazzill card, distressed the edges and then also stitched each of them.  The stamp is Tilly from Saturated Canary which I coloured with copics...also added glitter to her wings and clothing.  the flowers are die-namics flower trio die and I added some pearls to the centres and also added pearls to the corners of each of the layers.

supplies:

papers - The Sweet Shoppe

stamp - Tilly Saturated Canary

pearls - The Hobby House

glitter - stash

die - die-namics flower trio

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - sketch #81

Saturated Canary - set your creativity free

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - lots of layers
Crafty Calendar - anything goes
ABC Challenge - M for micro (teeny weeny pearls)
Polka Doodles - birthday girl
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Divas by Design - favourite colour combo
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes with pearls

Fi

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A little bit of friendship...

Happy Sunday folks...well looks like it's back the the normal Scottish rainy weather!!  So I suppose that means crafting time...lol!!

I sat and coloured this little cutie last night however the dress is not quite the right colour however I think it still looks ok.

So the stamp is from Personal Impressions - A Bluebird's Proposal which I coloured with copics.  The papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe...Oh I love them, they are so my colours!!  I layered each of the papers on to brown card, added some stitching and then also distressed each of the layers.  I added a piece of blue lace under one of the layers. I also added little pearls to each of the corners.  The flourish has been cut with my Magnolia fancy flourish die and the flower is a MFT layered rose...I added a pearl brad through the centre to hold it all together....then added a little ribbon to finish off.

supplies:

stamp - personal Impressions A Bluebird's Proposal

papers - Life Is The Sweet Shoppe

sentiment - Life is The Sweet Shoppe

pearls/brad - The Hobby House

ribbon and lace - The ribbon girl

dies - Magnolia fancy flourish, die-namics layered rose(from my Mum's Craft Shop)

glamour dust - stash

challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Paper Craft Journey - punch/die cuts

Divas by Design - anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - lace and ribbon

Anything goes - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - die-ing for a punch

A Little bit Crafty - die-ing for it

My Craft Spot - sew fun
My Mum's Craft Shop - for the girls

Addicted to Stamps - layers

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - lace

Fi

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Little flower Fairies...

 

Good evening folks ...I'm off to watch Britain's Got Talent but first a wee card.  I have used one of brand new stamps that the lovely Elaine sent to me for my birthday, I just love it, it's so adorable!!

So the papers are Fancy Pants Park Bench, I have layered the papers onto bazzill card and then distressed each of the layers, the stamp is Flower Fairies from Whimsy Stamps which I coloured with copics, I added some stickles to the wings and some tiny pearls around the fairies although it's hard to see them but they are there IRL!! I also used a piece of cheesecloth...thought I would give that a go as so many of you use it and looks amazing so I just did a small piece to start with. I also added a piece of match lace, I added some wee flowers and one to the centre of the bow which also has a wee charm attached....hope you likey.

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Park Bench

stamp - Flower Fairies Wee Stamps for Whimsy

pens - copics

ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

lace - The Ribbon Girl

cheesecloth - The Ribbon Girl

charm - The Hobby House

pearls - The Hobby House 

dies - die-namics - mini rolled rose

challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch

Joanna sheen - girls, girls, girls

That Craft Place - dies and punches

Addicted to Stamps - bingo(charm, sentiment and pearls)

Allsorts - Happy Birthday

Crafty Calendar - blooms and blossoms

Crafty Ribbons - anythin goes

Cute Card Thursday - tie it up

Crafts and Me - lots of layers

Whimsy - anything goes

Fi

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Wee Blossom...

 

Good morning Sunday people...well I thought I was going to be organised this morning...I woke up early with the sun shining so thought I would get loads of washing done and hung up outside and guess what...the heavens have opened and it's pouring...typical Scottish weather!! Well I suppose I can make a start on my Cowboy Pie for dinner tonight...yummy!!

Anyway, I made this wee card last night.  I am loving my new sunflower die...and these papers from Fancy Pants Park Bench which I layered and distressed.  The stamp is Wee Blossom which I coloured with copics, I added some cheesecloth, pearls, the ribbon and button...this seems to be my style, the distressed layers, the blue and other colour combo and those fabby die cut flowers...this seems to be me and I hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Park Bench -

stamp - Wee Blossom -

die - die-namics sunflower

sentiment - Stampin Up

button - stash

pearls

ribbon/cheesecloth 

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - add a button

My Mums Craft Shop - spots or stripes

As you Like It - favourite die(sunflowers at the moment)

Crafty Calendar - blossoms and blooms

One Stop Craft Challenge - flower power

Mad for Markers - one for the girls

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Everybody Art - pearls

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - beautiful button

By the Cute and Girly - flowers

Fi

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Some news...

Good morning all...hope you are all well!!  So a wee scheduled post today to share my exciting news...I have been asked to join the DT over at Lili's Little Fairies....how fab is that??  Couldn't believe it when Squirrel emailed me and of course I said yes!!  So my first card will be next Thursday so watch this space.

In preparation I thought I would share a wee LOTV card anyway...this image is from one of the sketch pads (they are amazing) which I coloured with copics, the papers are from MME - Unforgetable which I layered onto bazill card and then distressed around the edges.  I finished with some pearls in the corners and some glitter....quite plain and simple.

supplies:

papers - MME Unforgettable

stamp - LOTV

pens - copics

sentiment - Stampin Up

pearl pen, glitter


challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Addicted to stamps - birthday
Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Fi

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pearls and swirls at Sweet Stampin'...

Good morning Saturday fans!!  I hope the weather is not too bad where ever you are....it's forecast for snow again here!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "pearls and swirls".  

This week our sponsor is Bunny Zoe...

...who is offering a £10 voucher to one lucky winner!!

We also have our monthly sponsor The Ribbon Girl...

and there's a £10 voucher up for grabs at the end of each month.

Now the photo quality of my card is a bit rubbish and I never had time to redo it as I had made this card to give to my Slimming World consultant on Wednesday as I had reached my target weight loss and I just wanted to give her a wee thank you!!

I thought this stamp was just perfect...a bit like how I looked when I started my journey....obviously I don't look like that now...lol!! she really did love it and thought it was fab!!

So the stamp is Krilla from Scrapmaginet which is a Norwegian company.  I coloured her with copics as normal... the papers are MME - Oliver.  The flower die is a die-namics mini hybrid heirloom rose and fancy flourish...love them!!  The pearls were in my stash!!  Hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - MME Oliver - My Mum's Craft Shop

stamp - Krilla

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

pearls - My Mum's Craft Shop

die-namics - mini hybrid heirloom and fancy flourish - My Mum's Craft Shop

challenges:

Moving Along with the Times - only girls allowed

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - pearls and swirls

Fi

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Ruby...but in bluey green...

Hey everyone....isn't it baltic today?  The temperature it tells me just now is -1 which is warmer than it was first thing...was -3 then!!

 I have had to turn the heating up a wee bit too as Pepper got home from the vets yesterday and has most of her undercarriage shaved off...poor pooch!!  She was diagnosed over Christmas as having cancer so she has been poked and prodded to see what they can do....so we are waiting on further test results coming back before a final decision will be made. :(

Now I had half made this card between last night and this morning ready for pouncing on the postie today with my new die...love it!!  I also did try to go for another colour but I somehow coloured in blue...will save the pink for another day.

So the papers are from MME - Nutmeg collection which I layered onto bazzill card and distressed the edges, the stamp is from Personal Impressions which I coloured with copics, the flourish die is from Magnolia and the flower die is my new die-namics rolled hybrid heirloom rose received today, thank you Kitty!! I finished with some stickles and some tiny pearls made with my pearl pen.

supplies:

papers - MME Indie Chic Nutmeg - stash

stamp - Personal Impressions Gorjuss Girl Ruby - stash

sentiment - stash

dies - Magnolia flourish - stash

dies - MFT Mini Hybrid Heirloom rolled Rose - My Mum's Craft Shop

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

stickles - My Mum's Craft Shop

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - sketch

Bunny Zoe - anything goes

Inky Chicks - anything goes

CR84FN - colour combo

Allsorts - dies and punches

Cute Card Thursday - beat the blues

Crafts and Me - something new (die)

Divas by Design - girlie

Creative Inspirations - one for the girls

Fi

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