Mousey Hugs!

Well another weekend passes with the blink of an eye! Today I have made this clean and simple card

I am entering it into these challenges:

The soft colours come from Color Throwdown,

the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches,

Addicted to Stamps have a topic

of       CLEAN AND SIMPLE

                                                          

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have the theme 

of     CUDDLY

So I automatically reached for my House Mouse stamps where he is cuddling his teddy bear.

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, and base FMS

Stamps - House Mouse

Inks - Black Archival, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Marina Mist, and Pear Pizzazz

Tools - Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, Aqua Painter, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - Grey Ribbon, 3D Pads, and Gems

Thanks for dropping by and have a good week.

Mousey Celebrations

Yaaay! I forgot to say yesterday, that my Fairy card got Birthday Honours at Seize the Birthday, and my Peacock Spotlight card was one of the Goddess Picks at Stampin' Royalty, so "Thank You" to their lovely DT's.

I haven't used the House Mouse stamps much that I had for my birthday,  so I used them today to make this quick card

I stamped the mice in black and coloured them with my AP and markers, before cutting them with a framelit die. This was then placed on 3D pads on to some embossed blue and brown cards. The sentiment banners were made by piecing several stamps together and were also on 3D pads, and the finishing touches were the gems added to the hats and base card. 

I am entering these challenges :

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches,

the colours from Color Throwdown

Addicted to CAS have the theme of

             CELEBRATE

                                                         

and lastly Addicted to Stamps want to see

                  CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, and base FMS

Stamps - House Mouse, and Express Yourself

Inks - Black Archival, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake

Tools - Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, Framelits Labels, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Aqua Painter 

Extras - 3D Pads and Gems

Thanks for dropping by and have a good week

Fairy Morning

I'm sorry for the brief post today, but here's a card I started at 3am this morning when I couldn't sleep after an attack of cramp woke me up!.

I sponged the sky over a Post It and then stamped the fairy and flowers. Unfortunately, just before taking the photo, I added some Cosmic Twinkles for stars so they haven't dried and flattened yet!?

I am also entering these challenges :

Clean and Simple have this sketch,

Pals Paper Arts have these colours

                                                    

Make My Monday have a theme of

FAIRIES/MYSTICAL

      

Addicted to CAS 

have SKY

and lastly, Seize the Birthday have a topping of STARS or STRIPES 

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Marina Mist, and base FMS

Stamps - Simply Sketched, Inspired by Nature, and Dovecraft

Inks - Black, Pool Party, Marina Mist and Grey

Tools - Post It, Sponges, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - Ribbon and Cosmic Twinkles

Thanks for dropping by, and I hope to be more with it when my tiredness from my treatment has worn off.

                                

Seaside Fun in the Sun

After overdoing it in the garden yesterday, I'm avoiding the sun  this afternoon and staying indoors, but the sun inspired me with this seaside card

I water coloured the image with my Aqua Painter, made it into a banner, and layered it on some striped embossed card which was highlighted with markers in one corner. It was finished with a sentiment sun cut Nestie.

I am also entering it in these challenges :

The sketch is from Paper Craft Crew,

Colours inspiration from Just-Add-Ink,

Addicted to CAS

have the theme of 

    SUN

and lastly, Less is More want CAS with    WATERCOLOURS

    

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Naturals White, Crushed Curry, and white base FMS

Stamps = Summer by the Sea, and Fiskars

Inks = Black Archival, Crushed Curry, Smokey Slate, and Concord Crush

Tools = Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, Nestabilities, Aqua Painter

Extras = 3D Pads

More Wimbledon to keep me happy today, and I hope you're doing something that makes you happy too!

Be back soon

                                               

Loads of Love!

Another quick post today with a masculine card

I am entering it into these lovely challenges :

Paper Craft Crew have this sketch,

CAS Colours and Sketches  have these colours      

Addicted to CAS want to see TRANSPORT

and lastly,
CAS-ual Fridays
 want to see a



 CAS  male card  using NO KRAFT at all, and include a RIBBON

                                                         
After stamping the truck and its presents, I masked them with a Post It note and stamped the trees. Everything was coloured with SU Markers and an Aqua Painter. Some white card was textured, matted on some green card and laid on a base. A tag shape was cut freehand, and finished off with a stapled ribbon and some gems.

Supplies :
Card - Whisper White, Green and base card FMS
Stamps - SU All Natural, Loads of Love and LOL Accessories

Inks - Archival Black, Tempting Turquoise, Crushed Curry, and Pistachio Pudding
Tools - Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig,  Aqua Painter

Extras - 3D Pads, Mini Stapler, Ribbon and Gems

                                    

Sophie has had her plaster off her arm this week, so tomorrow we'll be catching up on playing with things that she hasn't been able to handle with one arm! Let's hope that the thunder and rain storms will have finished by then?

 Thanks for dropping by, see you again soon I hope

                        

Blue Monday

Well, here we go into another week, and I start it with a very quick post from me. My sister and nephew, Henry (1 year old) arrived for a surprise visit this morning, and so time has got away from me and I don't want to miss the challenge deadlines.

Here is my card

For a change, it's a gate fold card, and this is a view of the inside.           The front sentiment, rose centres, and wing edges of the butterfly were heat embossed with gold EP. A Martha Stewart punch was used to decorate the edges of the brown, turquoise, and blue stripes of card on the front folds, and the brown rose leaves were fussy cut, with one pair sticking over the edge of the left hand fold.

These are the challenges I'll be entering:

The sketch is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday with the added twist

  "SMELL THE ROSES"

The colours are from ColourQ

and lastly, Addicted to CAS with

"OFF THE EDGE"

(I hope the blue and brown stripes qualify for blank space?)

Supplies :

Card - Pool Party, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and Turquoise card FMS

Stamps - Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, Sassy Salutations, and Docrafts

Inks - Pool Party, Tempting Turquosie, Versamark, and Adirondack Espresso

Tools - Big Shot, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, and Heat Gun

Extras - 3D Pads and Gold EP

Thanks for dropping by

Raspberry Florets

Today, I think my mojo may be coming back!. I am chuffed to bits to see that I was a Top Pick at Stampin' Royalty, and had an Honourable Mention at CAS(e) this Sketch, so a big "Thank You" to their DT's

This afternoon, I have made this Birthday card

I am entering it into the following challenges

The sketch is from  CAS(e)this Sketch,

The colours from Colour Me,

Stampin' Royalty have the theme of
      MAY FLOWERS

Seize the Birthday have the extra topping of       FLOWERS

and Addicted to CAS have

OFF THE EDGE         

                                                   

I embossed white card and laid it on maroon card, and added a flag in the top corner. I stamped some flowers and foliage and fussy cut them out, before laying them above the sentiment, and hanging over the edges. The finishing touch was the addition of some gems.

Supplies

Card = Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps = Fabulous Florets and Simply Sketched

Inks = Black, Raspberry Ripple, and Smoky Slate

Tools = Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = 3D Pads and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, and I hope you will call again soon

Ugly Bug Ball

Today, this is my DT card for The Male Room, where our theme is NATURE
and I'll also be entering it in three challenges.

The sketch is from Clean and Simple,

the colours from CAS Colours and Sketches

and Addicted to CAS are looking for something TRANSPARENT

                                                           

Here it is

This is what the card looks like without the acetate overlay that bares the Dragonfly, Bumblebee, and Ladybird. I didn't mind stamping all the insects, but when it came to the spider, it freaked me out! I hate them! Thank goodness it was only a small one. 

Supplies :

All from Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Whisper White, Early Espresso, and white base FMS

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Simply Sketched, and Inkadinkado Insects

Inks = Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, and Adirondack Espresso

Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig, 

Extras = Acetate

I had a terrible start to my day. I plugged my laptop in to see what challenges were out there, so I could prepare an idea, and pack the relevant supplies, as I was off to my friends for a crafting/coffee morning. After about five minutes, I realised that the TV and my alarm clock had gone off, so thought I had a power cut. Then, I saw that lights were on in my neighbours house, so I rang her (on my mobile, as the house phone was also out) and her house was fine. I made a mercy call to my Step Dad, who turned up an hour later. He discovered that the electrical fuse box kept tripping out, so we had to check every wall socket in the house. Sounds easy, but with me in the house plugging something in, I was then having to get to the top of the stairs to shout down to Dave in the garage, who would try the trip switch again. Eventually, we found that a wall socket had fallen off the wall that was hidden by my desk (it had never had a metal wall bracket set into the wall, and I've been here for almost 13 years!!). Then we found out that the garden pond pump had also fused ( what were the odds that this would blow at the exact minute that I plugged my laptop in!!!!! Anyway, with electric back on, I was in no mood to craft so didn't go out, but made this card later.   

I'm in hospital again today for my treatment ( I cant believe how quickly four weeks pass by ), so I'll be resting for a couple of days. I hope you have a good week, and an even better weekend.

Blue Christmas

My card today, is for five challenges

The sketch is from CAS Colours and Sketches,

the colours are from Paper Players,

the Christmas theme comes from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown,



Addicted to CAS  want us to use something
TRANSPARENT

                                                   

and lastly, Make My Monday want to see  TEXTURE




 This is it

The right hand side of my card is acetate with a heat embossed deer and blue stamped swirl in the corner

It's not easy to photograph, so I've taken a picture with some pale blue card behind it.

The central panel and large white triangle have been embossed, and the tree and stag have been double heat embossed with clear powder, fussy cut and placed on 3D pads. The finishing touches were the addition of gems on the tree and acetate swirls.

Supplies

All are from Stampin' Up unless states otherwise

Card = Whisper White, Navy and white base FMS

Stamps = Season of Joy, and Clarity Deers

Inks = Black Archival, Versamark, Midnight Muse, and Pool Party 

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Fancy Fan and Mosaic Madness EF's, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Fiskars Scissors, and Heat Gun

Extras = Acetate, White and Clear EP's, 3D Pads, and Gems

I'm still sniffing and coughing with this stubborn cold, but Nathan has told me that I've got to go "Trick or Treating" with him, even if I don't feel well. He says that witches are cacklers so I will sound like a real witch!! Out of the mouths of Babes!!

Thanks for dropping by