Bon Appetit!

Still no donkey foal, and I'm in panic mode every time the phone rings?

To take my mind of it, my friend came round this morning to craft, and I made this card

The wooden background was stamped on natural card and laid on a base. I then added some navy card with a MENU label added on the bottom. I die cut a cream circle, and drew an inner broken circle with a marker to make it look like a plate. I fussy cut a lobster and put it on the plate on 3D pads. I downloaded some clip art cutlery and stamped a pattern on the handles before grouping them together with a raffia bow. The finishing touch was the sentiment tag on the bow.

I am entering it in these challenges :

CAS Colours and Sketches have these colours,                                 

the sketch is from Just-add-Ink,

The Male Room want us to MAKE PINK MASCULINE,

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps want us to MAKE YOUR MARK

Supplies :

Card - Naturals White, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, and Night of Navy

Stamps - By the Tide, Inkadinkado, Hardwood, Always Elegant, and Simply Sketched

Inks - Black, Raspberry Ripple, and Crumb Cake

Tools - Big Shot, Nestabilities, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - 3D Pads, Raffia, and Laptop Sentiment 

                   

Thanks for dropping by, and hope you'll come back again

Just Believe Flowers

Today my card is for four challenges

The sketch comes from Try Stampin' on Tuesday,

the colours are from ColourQ,

 the theme of FLOWERS is from Addicted to CAS,

and lastly, there is Addicted to Stamps who want us to

MAKE YOUR MARK  by using marker pens
                                                     



Here is my card

I started by embossing some Crumb Cake card and layering it on some pink card on a white base. I then used my SU Write Markers to colour my flower stamp and printed it on some white card. I did the same with the sentiment, orange border and flourish, which was then shaped with a butterfly punch.  I stamped some extra flowers which were added after the border was placed across the floral panel. I sponged the butterfly with green ink and added green gems for the body, before sticking it on the sentiment label which had been raised on 3D pads. The finishing touches were the pearls in each corner and with the sentiment.

Supplies :

Card = Crumb Cake, Naturals White, Pink and White base FMS

Stamps = Just Believe, Always Elegant, and Madison Avenue

Inks = Black, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, and Lucky Limeade

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Cottage Floral EF, and Elegant Butterfly Punch

Extras = 3D pads, Gems, and Pearls

I'll be back soon, so bye for now

Razzleberry Daisies

My card today is for two challenges.

The sketch is from Paper Craft Crew,


and the colours are from  CAS Colours and Sketches





Here is my card

                                                  

I first made the labels in the Big Shot, and stamped the daisies in Razzleberry, and without re inking the stamp, I stamped them a second time so they were paler to give some depth. I then sponged the label with blue for the sky ( not very obvious in the photo, sorry ). The butterfly was made by stamping a flourish on white card and the shape cut with a punch, and then this was placed on top of a Pink one which was set slightly in front to give the wings some definition. The finishing touches were the pink gems for the butterfly's body and flower centres.

Supplies :

Card = Rich Razzlebrry, Pool Party, Naturals White, Pink and White base FMS

Stamps = Upsy Daisy, Always Elegant, and Cute Companions

Inks = Rich Razzleberry, Primrose Petals, and Pool Party

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Elegant Butterfly Punch, and Readicut Flower Punch

Extras = 3D pads and Gems

Sorry that I've not had time for much blog hopping this week, but I will try to catch up over the coming days.

Watch the Birdie!

This is my second card for today, and I'm putting it into the following challenges,

First is Stampin' Royalty with this sketch,

secondly, Color Throwdown with these
juicy colours,

and lastly CAS-ual Fridays who want to see stamped backgrounds




This is what I made

I made the bird background by punching the shape out of some scrap card, and randomly sponging So Saffron through the bird shaped hole. I then inked up a swirly flourish ( with Crumb Cake ) and stamped this through the hole as well, and this left a filigree shaped bird design. The same flourish was stamped in pink and green onto white card, and again punched with the bird shape. I love doing this technique and really must use it more. The birds were placed on pink card over a branch coloured with a green Write Marker, topped with the wings that were placed on 3D pads. These toppers were then mounted onto cream card which had an embossed line down down each side, and pink scallop border peeping from underneath each edge.

Supplies :
Card = So Saffron, Melon Mambo, White card and Cream card base FMS
Stamps = Always Elegant and Verve sentiment
Inks = Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, and Black
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart punch, SU Bird Punch, Embossing board and tool (FMS),
         and Post It Notes
Extras = 3D pads, and organza ribbon


Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and I hope to be back soon

Romance and Diamonds

Today, I've finished the card I started at Jacqueline's on Tuesday, that I was making for the Make My Monday challenge where the theme is still Romance, and this week they are looking for Flourishes and Diamonds.


Here is my card

The heart flourishes were stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in gold and the hearts cut out by hand ( I must get a set of heart dies) with the one in the front raised on 3D pads. The rose buds are a spiral circle rolled up with a pink diamond bead in the centres, and the leaves were made with the SU Bird punch in white card and coloured with the green SU Write Marker. The sentiment "always" was  part of a stamp from Whimsical words, and the "love" was written by hand, with a diamond in place of the O.

Recipe :

Card = Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, and cream card from stash

Stamps = Always Elegant, Baroque Motifs, and Whimsical Words

Inks = Versamark, Old Olive, and Cherry Cobbler

Tools = SU Bird Punch, and heat gun

Extras = 3D pads, pink diamond beads, diamante gems

Thanks for looking today.



Always Elegant

Today I have sat down in my study at my desk surrounded with crafting goodies, AND my laptop that is receiving an EXCELLENT signal!!!     Oh such Bliss, to be out of the lounge so I can leave stuff out all night and no one will know what a mess lies behind the study door!

So with a few spare hours I've created 2 cards.

The first is for the OLW Challenge #78 where the theme is Circles Everywhere and must have more than 5 circles

Here is the card I made using the ornate stamp in the set, and repositioning it in each quarter of the card to create the design. I have purposely left a sentiment off as I wanted the pattern to be the focus.

Recipe :

Card = Square white card from my stash

Ink = Wisteria Wonder

Stamps = SU Always Elegant

Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = Purple and Lilac gems

I love this stamp and have been itching to use it for months.

Thanks for looking, and please come back again soon