Arctic Friends

My mojo is still AWOL, but after suffering with a chest and inner ear infection, I've tried to get back into the crafting saddle with this card for my brother in law's birthday next week

I stamped the bear and penguins (my 3 animals) with black Archival, and coloured them with markers (in 3 colours). I sponged blue over some torn paper for the snow under the bear and cut him out with a Nestie and laid that on two more (3 circles in all). It was finished off with a sentiment.

I will be entering it into three challenges:-

Less is More with this sketch

Dynamic Duos with these colours

and CAS-ual Fridays who want things in "THREES"

                                       

Supplies
Card = Pool Party, Whisper White, Yellow and white base FMS
Stamps = Zoo Review
Inks = Black Archival, So Saffron, Pool Party, and Smoky Slate
Tools = Big Shot and Nestabilities
Extras = 3D Pads and computer generated sentiment

Hope to be back soon

Trio Of Roses

Today, as I'm still struggling to find my mojo, I went to my friends for coffee and crafting, and here is what I made

I'm entering it into three challenges:

CAS Colours and Sketches have this sketch,

Dynamic Duos have green plus a choice,

and Less is More want to see 

"ROUND AND ROUND"  

My roses were stamped in pink and then with green to add the detail, fussy cut, and placed with leaves on 3D pads for dimension. I hope the round shape of the roses fits the LIM theme?.

Supplies

Card = Whisper White and White base FMS

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, and Apothecary Art

Inks = Gumball Green, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake, and Black

Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig, Elegant and Bitty Butterfly Punches

Extras = 3D Pads and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, hope you call again soon

                                                            

Remembrance Day

Today, this is my DT card for The Male Room with a theme of Remembrance,  and I'll also be entering it into three challenges

The sketch is from Clean and Simple,

the colours from Dynamic Duos,

and Addicted to Stamps  want to see something  

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Here it is

As the 11th November is Remembrance Day, and our theme is Remembrance, I've created a poppy out of red butterflies made with a punch, as my focal point.

Supplies :
All are Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise
Card = Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, and white base FMS
Stamps = Loving Thoughts and Fiskars
Inks = Black
Tools = Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, Butterfly Punch, Readicut Punch, and Fiskars Scissors
Extras = Ribbon and 3D Pads

What with half term and Halloween, I've been really busy with my niece and nephew. These are the pumpkins that we made, Sophie wanted a cat?, hence the straw whiskers!

 Here we are before the kids smashed the pinata, and we went off Trick and Treating. I'm the green faced witch (and by the way that's a false nose!), Nathan is a zombie skeleton, and Sophie is a witch with a cats face?                                            

Here's a close up of the pinata.

                                             

                              

I hope you all had as much fun as we did, but I have to say I'm glad it's only once a year, as the green face paint gets everywhere.

                                                   

Anyway, today I'm going Christmas shopping with my Mum and Sophie, and we are going to take her to the big garden centre to see all the decorations.Thanks for dropping by, and I'll be back soon

                     

Goose and Gander

What a week I've had! but I'll explain more later.

My card today is my DT card for The Male Room, and also for two challenges

The sketch is from Clean and Simple

and the colours from Dynamic Duos

Here it is

I stamped the geese in Versamark on white card, and heat embossed them in black ( that's why they are shining in the photo as the camera flash reflected off their necks). I then stamped in brown the feathers, grasses, and sentiment in black on some more card, laid it on some crumb cake and white base. The geese were coloured and added on 3D pads, and the finishing touch was the pearls under the sentiment.

Supplies :

All are Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Whisper White, Crumb Cake, and white base FMS

Stamps = Wetlands and Fine Feathers

Inks = Versamark, Black, and Crumb Cake

Tools = Heat Gun and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = Black EP, 3D Pads and Pearls

It's my nephew, Nathan's, 6th birthday on Monday, so he is having a party on Sunday so his friends can all come to play. I've been busy making bunting, Sugar Icing Star Wars characters for his cake, and a paper machete dinosaur pinata( which I'll show you some other time )

The cat is not from Star Wars! I've had to make her with a pink scarf and bow for my 2 1/2 year old niece, Sophie, so she wont feel left out. Sophie insisted that she looked like the "Mummy Cat" from the Disney film, The Aristocats.

It's time for my hospital treatment again on Wednesday, so I'll be back asap. Have a great weekend....I'm in charge of party games and the bouncy castle!!

                                                       

First Class Mouse

My card today is for two challenges

First is Fab Friday with this sketch,

and second is Dynamic Duos with these

colours

Here's my card

I printed the sentiment with my Laptop...."Just Dropping by with a big Birthday Hi!" and printed it onto white card, before layering it on yellow card, and cutting it with a Nestie.

Supplies :

Card = Naturals White, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, and white DL FMS

Stamps = Cute Companions

Inks = Black Archival, Strawberry Slush, and Crushed Curry

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Impressabilities, and Aqua Painter

Extras = 3D Pads

I'm still struggling today, so I hope I can do some crafting tomorrow (if my joints allow me to !)  

Bye for now

Workshop Tunnel card

Today I have a tunnel card to show you that I made at our monthly workshop. I used the colours from the challenge at Dynamic Duos

This is the front
The green card was cut along one edge with fancy scissors, and a white strip of card added that had been  repeatedly stamped with flowers and softly coloured with an Aqua Painter. The same flowers were stamped on a Nestie, with added butterfly, sentiment, and rose ribbon.

This is the tunnel inside. Again the repeating flowers were coloured with an Aqua Painter, and the edges defined with green fancy cut card. The butterflies with gem bodies are hovering over the die cut aperture.

The details of how to make this card have been posted on The Craft Club blog by our lovely friend and SU Demonstrator, Jacqueline. Click here to look at her awesome blog

Supplies :

Card = Gumball Green, Whisper White, Yellow and Ivory base FMS

Stamps = Simply Soft and Tea Shoppe

Inks = Black, Gumball Green and Summer Starfruit

Tools = Big Shot, SU Nesties, Fiskars Scissors, Bitty and Elegant Butterfly Punches

Extras = 3D Pads, Yellow Gems, and Rose Ribbon

I'm still having Internet problems, so please bear with me while I try to get the gremlins out.

Thanks for dropping by, I'll be back soon

One shade of Grey!

Today my card is for three challenges

First is Freshly Made Sketches with this sketch,

the colours are Grey plus my choice of Pink at  Dynamic Duos,

and lastly, Stampin' Royalty have ANYTHING GOES  

Here is my card

I randomly stamped the top half of the card with the flower outline, and then added some embossed grey card beneath it wrapped in pink ribbon. 

The flowers and leaves were stamped on white card, fussy cut, and arranged on a square panel raised on 3D pads. The sentiment, and some gems were added to the centres of the white flowers as the finishing touches.

Supplies :                                                         

Card = Basic Grey, Whisper White, Pink and white base FMS

Stamps = Fabulous Florets, and Tea Shoppe

Inks = Grey and Primrose Petals

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

Extras = 3D Pads, Ribbon and Gems

Thanks for looking, and hope to be back soon

Another Brick in the Wall!

My card today is for two challenges

The first is Friday Mashup who gave us the 

sketch AND/OR the brick technique,

and then Dynamic Duos who gave us these colours, with a dessert option of Plants

Here is what I made

I think I covered all bases and followed the sketch and the brick technique, together with the two colours, and the plants option.

After stamping the image in black, I coloured the flowers in green, and then cut it up into brick shapes.

These were laid on black card, which was then matted onto green card that had been stamped at one end with the vine from the central image. A sentiment and butterfly were the finishing touches.

Supplies :

Card = Black, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, and white base FMS

Stamps = Fresh Cuts, and Cute Companions

Inks = Black, Archival, and pear Pizzazz

Tools = Martha Stewart Punch, Elegant and Bitty Butterfly Punches

Extras = Ribbon, 3D Pads, and Gems

I'm off babysitting tomorrow, so I'll be back soon

Blue Butterfly

My second card today, is a One Layer card that I've made for two challenges.

The first is Less is More, where I had miss read that the rules of a COLOURED CARD BLANK was also supposed to be ONE LAYER,

and the second is this colour combo from Dynamic Duos who are celebrating their first Anniversary

Here it is

The card was embossed with a double line frame around the edge, and then the butterfly and sentiment stamped within them. I find it very difficult to stop at just one layer, as I'm always tempted to add ribbons or embellishments, but you sometimes need to be tested outside your comfort zone!

Supplies :

Card = Pool Party base FMS

Stamps = Swallowtail and Verve

Inks = Island Indigo

Tools = Embossing tool and board FMS

Hope to be back soon with the other makes from today

Bermuda Butterfly

I'm very tired today, I've been in hospital all morning for my drip, and then I rushed home to go to bed to find my new neighbours next door doing some rotavating in the garden........aaaaaaaahhhhh! Hopefully I can sleep tomorrow instead.

So, I turned to crafting and made a card for two challenges, and I'm sorry, but again I've used my favourite  stamp of the moment, SU's Swallowtail! I will hide it after this post I promise.

 I used the sketch from Clean and Simple,

and the colours from Dynamic Duos   





Here's my card

                          

I stamped the butterfly onto some white silk card and cut it out randomly with circle Nesties and a Butterfly Punch.

These discs and shapes were placed onto yellow card and then mounted on the base, trying to piece the swallowtail back together as best as possible. Some discs were on 3D pads for added interest.

Supplies :

Card = Daffodil Delight, Clarity silk card, white card and base FMS

Stamps = Swallowtail and Verve

Inks = Bermuda Bay ( I don't have Baja Breeze )

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, and Elegant Butterfly Punch

Extras = 3D pads

Thanks for dropping by, and "Hello" and "Welcome" to my new followers, I hope you can find something you like?