Love and good cheer...

 

Happy New Year everybody!

Well what a great start to the year....lost all track of what day it is and late with my card.

It's time for the first challenge of the year over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.

The theme is "Something new" that can be new Year, new baby, new home, new stash etc....and remember to use some stamping too.

So I have gone for the new stash.  I bought this stamp in December with the intention of using it but time ran out so what better time than to start to new year with my first 2026 Christmas card.

First I stamped the image, then masked it off and stencilled the snowflakes in the background...I used a light grey and a pale blue to give a frosty look.  I then coloured the image with my zig pens, love them I got some inspiration for the colouring from the lovely Sue although my stripey tights are not as neat as hers! I stamped the sentiment from the same set and then added some sequins.  I did some doodling around the edges too.

Hope you like it.

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

challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - something new

Simon Says Stamp - add a sentiment

Fi

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With love at Christmas...

 

Howdy folks...

There's a new month long challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.

The theme is "Christmas".  

I have to say I am mega late with my Christmas makes as I have just been that busy with work but in the New Year I aim to be back on it.  I loved creating this little card.  I had seen a card the lovely Sue has made using this stamp which gave me some inspiration, so I bought it and here's my effort.

I used my zig watercolor pens to colour this one, I haven't used them for a while...and I do really love watercolouring the most I think.  I added some sequins and some white splodges to resemble snow (I couldn't find my snow stencil).

Hope you like it.

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

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar - Winter/Christmas

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - anything goes with a snowman

Cardz 4 Girlz - A cute christmas

Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas

Fi

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Happy Haunting...

 

Morning folks...

It's been another busy time for me at work and also had a wee break up north...yet again no orcas, so maybe next time!

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

The theme this fortnight is "Halloween or the colours of Halloween".

Now I do love Halloween but I really don't have many stamps and then I remembered I had Frankie so here he is.  Stamped him up and coloured him green of course and layered him onto some purple stencilled clouds....I need to practice clouds.  I added a few sequins to finish.

Hope you like it.

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

challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. challenge - halloween

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

 Morning folks,

It's been another busy week at work and Ive had toothache ...blah!

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

The theme for this challenge is "cakes or baking".

I love this stamp from Colorado Craft Company, it does take a lot of colouring but I think it's fab, hope my colouring has done it justice!  This time I used my copics to colour, then added a few splodges and sequins.

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

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - add a sentiment

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Fi

x

 

Happy Birthday...

 

Morning sweet stampers and Happy New Year!

I have been choked with the cold and been left with an annoying cough but it's getting better thankfully.

It's time for the first challenge of 2024 over on the Sweet Stampin challenge blog.  The theme is "new"...interpret that in which ever way you like but remember to use stamping.

For my card I used a new background stamp, first I coloured up the background with watercolours and once dried I stamped the birthday wording. I added some splashes of white paint and some gems.  I also die cut a candle and the birthday and layered them on the card...you can kind of see from the image below.

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

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - use stamps

Little Red Wagon - whats new

Simon Says Stamp - something new

Fi

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Happy Christmas...

 

Morning folks, I'm here with my mid month post.

The challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog this month is to use your favourite colours, please remember to use at least one element of stamping.

This is the prize up for grabs this month.

Four A5 stamp sets from Highlight Crafts, two winners each receiving two sets.

For my card I stamped and white embossed the snowflake background, I then masked off the centre section and added some watercolours, I then added more colour to some of the snowflakes that sit outside of the centre panel.  I added some gems, splashes and the die cut sentiment to finish.

challenges:

Dream Valley - anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - Christmas themed

C.R.A.F.T.  - Christmas

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Little Red Wagon - Christmas

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

x

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

x

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

x

Beautiful Moments...

 

I thought I would share my latest creation using the beautiful moments stamp and die set from Gina K.  

I watercoloured the background and added a few splashes.  I stamped the branches and die cut them and stamped and die cut the vase.  I layered the vase on top of the leaves.  I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and added a few enamel dots to finish.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Corrosive challenge - anything goes

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment

Fi

x

Thanks a bunch...

 

Howdy folks,

The weather seems to have got a bit milder today, thankfully, I just hope the snow stays away!  Before we go out and about and head for our doggy friendly lunch I thought I would share my latest make.

With my last purchase of Stampin Up goodies I received this stamp set as a freebie...I just love it, it's different but fab...well I think so anyway.

I stamped the carrot layers, added the stalks, some doodles and sequins...so easy and quick!

Hope you like it.

challenges:

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment

Krafty Chicks - clean and simple

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Creatalicious - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Papercraft Challenges - anything goes

There's something beautiful...

 

Hi folks,

I have had a couple of days off work, mainly for doggy daycare.  Also got caught up on some chores that have been needing done...and now some time to catch up on some crafting.

My new stamps arrived yesterday and I was desperate to start playing with this one...being Scottish I do love a thistle, my son had thistles at his wedding and they were beautiful, so when I saw this set I knew it was a must!

I stamped the image with black archival ink and did a bit of random colouring, I let it run a bit and then once dry went back in for some more precise shading.  I added some splashes and finished with some sequins and pearls.

Hope you like it.

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment

Fi

x

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

x

 

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

x

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

x

 

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

x

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

x

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

x

 

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

x

Thanks...

 Morning folks...

Well this card didn't go according to the plan I had in my head...seems to be a theme these days ha ha! 

I first added some distress ink to the background to give it a kind of marbly effect, this is the only part that went according to plan.  I then stamped the leaves with distress inks, I left it to dry a bit and then I started watercolouring the leaves with a few different shades of distress inks.  The ink on the stalk started to bleed out and I had already spent ages colouring so I didn't want to waste it so I then ran my waterbrush over the image to make some of the green bleed out.  This did actually look better than before. Again I left it to dry and then added a bit more colour.  I then added some little splashes in green, white and gold and finishes with a few sequins.

I have to say I do love colouring with watercolours and I do love this stamp, it's one of my favourites.

Challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Paper Minutes - leaves

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Creatalicious - anything goes

We Love Stamping - anything goes

Fi

x