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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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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Another thistle...

 Hi folks,

Just back from a wee holiday up north, we had a fab relaxed time and actually managed to see dolphins in the Moray Firth.  Been catching up with the housework but needed to get a card made too.

As you know I love this stamp set from Stampin Up, and I was on a roll after my last make ( I had a wee production line going).  This time I stamped the image twice in black archival ink and then added some soft watercolouring to the images an around.  I added a wee bit extra detail to the thistles.  I added some splashes and sequins to finish.

challenges:

We Love Stamping - anything goes (option of in the garden)

Allsorts - anything goes (option to embellish)

Happy Little Stampers - watercolour challenge

Crafty Catz - anything goes

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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Happy rainbows...

Hi all,

Hope everyone is staying safe and crafting!

Well I was super excited to make this card, I ordered some new goodies as a wee treat to myself.  I do love rainbow stamps and dies...very pretty so I did find some inspiration on Pinterest for this. I die cut the rainbows and inked them up individually and then once dry I popped them back into the die cut rainbow. I stamped the black spots on top and the perfect sentiment, oh yes and the clouds were also die cut from the same set which I inked up a bit...finished with some gems and sequins.

 challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Allsorts - something new (new stamps and dies)

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with a die

Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Fab n Funky - keep it simple

Simon Says Stamp - something new (new stamps and dies)

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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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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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...

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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Squishy cats...

Happy Sunday everybody!

Well last night I made a start on colouring this little cute stamp, was trying hard to get the shading right but then I could hear the lovely Faye shouting at me to stop...so I did.

the stamp is from Stamping Bella and I coloured with copics.  I found a little paw stamp in my stash which was good luck and I die cut the hello.

hope you like.

challenges:

Allsorts - clean and simple

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Papercraft Challenge - anything goes

Fiona

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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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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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For Karen...

Happy Saturday everybody!!

I can now share my card that I made for my friend who was 50 years young yesterday.

I thought this stamp from LOTV was perfect for her as she constantly reminds us of how we are all fabulous at 50...so I tried to give her that message in the card. The papers are Prima Lifetime collection which are actually really gorgeous IRL.

I layered the papers onto kraft card, glittered them up and added a wee ribbon, charm and some gems....oh a button....and no doodles!!

challenges:

Bunny Zoe - flowers and charms

My Mum's Craft Shop - lots of layers

Allsorts - Happy Birthday

Totally Gorjuss - buttons and bows

That's crafty - kraft

Fi

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GDT card for LOTV...

Good morning bloggers.....and my scheduled post!!

Here is my next card for my guest spot over at LOTV Ideas to Inspire blog.  When I saw this little stamp I knew exactly what I wanted to do and then low and behold I found a stencil over at My Mum's Craft Shop which I thought was perfect!!  The stamp is Feeding Robins from LOTV which I coloured with copics and then cut out...yes I even cut out those bitty robins...the brick wall has been stencilled using my MFT - brick wall stencil and I used distress ink for that, the snowflakes have been cut from the MFT - Let it Snoeflake die set.  The trees are Distinctively Dees with a bit of distress ink on them too...I added a wee bow with a button and charm attached and then to finished I added lots of glitter and a few pearls..oops the papers are Echo park - Wintertime...hope you likey!!


challenges:

Allsorts - ribbons and bows
Simon says Stamp - christmas
Deep ocean - button it

Fi

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Two male cards in the same week...and no doodling!!

Good morning Saturday bloggers and my scheduled post. Today over at Sweet Stampin' we have a new challenge for you...yes you guessed it "masculine"...can't believe that's 2 masculine cards I have posted in the same week!!

The sponsor this week is Quixotic who are offering a £10 voucher to one lucky winner...




and of course there is the monthly sponsor Joanna sheen who is also offering a £10 voucher.



for my card I have used papers from MME - Stella and Rose Hattie collection which are great man colours...The funky scallop border has been cut with my MFT scallop die. The stamp is Chester from Kraftin Kimmie which I have coloured with copics. I added some twine and a button and then finished with a message.


Creative Card Crew - masculine
Aud's Sentiments - Happy
Delightful Sketches - use patterned paper
Moving Along with the Times - lots of layers(at least 2)
Simon Says Stamp - use 3 different papers
Crafty Catz - I spy with my little eye(button, birthday, blue, boy)
Hotshot Crafts - one for the boys
2 sisters - anything goes
Allsorts - free & easy


Fi
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I think it's time for Pippi to make an appearance....

Good morning bloggers, and it's a lovely day. So I have got some housework done, the washing is on with a batch ready to hang out, then I will sort lunch and dinner but first a wee post...when I saw the challenge over at I-copic was BG then I had to make a card...I think the blue/greens are my favourite copics.

For my card I have used papers from MME - Be Amazing and Fancy Pants - Summer's End. The stamp os of course Pippi Longsocks from sugar Nellie which has been coloured with copics, the BG colours I have used is BG09, BG72 and BG000, the flowers has been cut using my MFT flower trio die, I threaded some twine to the button and added a message a couple of pearls.

I-Copic - BG colours
CES - lots of layers
Allsorts - free and easy
Crafters Companion - anything goes
Divas by Design - wings & things
Cupcake Craft Challenge - entwined
Love to Create - buttons and bows


Fi
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There's a Halloween thing going on...

Good morning Saturday bloggers and my scheduled post...back at work!! Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "Halloween".

Our sponsor this week is the fabby Bugaboo and are giving 7 digs to one lucky winner.

For my card I have used Stella Calendar month - October from Bugaboo and I coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME - Mischievous collection and are perfect for those Halloween projects. I cut the pumkins with a sizzix die however I had to cut the them down to size as they were just too big for the card...

A Gem of A Challenge - sketch
Paper sundaes - Halloween
CYDA -Halloween colours
Crafty Boots - Halloween
Make it Monday with the Kraft Outlet - spooky stuff
The Stamp Fairy - Halloween
Papertake Weekly - use black
Divas by Design - spooky
Delightful Sketches - Halloween
Allsorts - Halloween
2 sisters - pumkin patch
CMC Copic challenge - halloween

Fi
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Birthday girl.....

Hello all the weekend bloggers and a wee scheduled post from me cos I am at work...yay!! I am hoping that it won't be freezing this weekend as last weekend was baltic and I had to sit with my jacket on!!

Now I know your thinking...a blue flower but I wanted something a bit different and it's amazing how this litle stamp can look so different depending on how you colour it!! So for my card I have used papers from MME...can't remember which as they are odds that i had left. The stamp is from Lili of the Valley which I coloured with promarkers...I actually coloured the image at the card class the other night but only got round to actually making it into a card yesterday.

Have you seen...there's a DT Call over at Sweet Stampin'...check it out here!!

LOTV - sketch
I ♥ Promarkers - anything goes
Passion for promarkers - anything goes
Allsorts - blue and green


Fi
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Oh it's cloudy today at Paper Sundaes....

Good afternoon Sundae bloggers and another lovely day...well hopefully wherever you are it is sunny!! The challenge today over at Paper Sundaes is "clouds/skies" that can be chalked, sponged, sprayed, die cut.....whatever as long as we can see clouds/skies on your creation.

We are sponsored by the wonderful Letraset....


...one lucky winner will be chosen at random and win the above set...woo hoo!

For my card I have used First Edition - Up, Up & Away papers, the image is Frog on Flower from Nellie Snellen which I coloured with promarkers, I chalked the clouds on the background of the image and then added a couple of die cut clouds. I have also entered the challenges below.

Phindy's Place - die cuts
CES - feeling the blues
Allsorts - free & easy


Fi
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If only me legs were...well you know...

Good Evening an almost good night but before that I just had to ink up one of my new stamps, so for quickness it has been copiced!! Oh i do wish I had long legs like this....but I'm afraid they are the opposite....lol!! anyway......
The stamp is of course City Girl from Simply Sassy at Sugar Nellie which I have coloured with cpoics. The papers are from Kaisercraft - Pink Gelato which are really soft and subtle. I inked the edges with DI's and added stitching, added some stickles to the image and of course I have used my favourite MFT flower die to punch out those flowers which have a little pearl in the centre....right off to switch off the slow cooker for tomorrow's dinner.

The sugar Bowl - sketch/lace
2 sisters - anything goes
Allsorts - free & easy
Totally Gorjuss - punches/die cuts
Creative Stamp Friends - monotone
Kaboodle doodles - stitching
Lothian Crafts - die cuts


Fi
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