Cabana Wood

I'm sorry for the quick post tonight, but the day has flashed past, and the light is now fading. Here is the card I made earlier

I stamped the blue wood background and mounted it on some cabana card, adding the frill at the top that was wrapped with bakers twine. I stamped the flower on white card, and coloured it with my AP and markers. It was fussy cut and decoupaged in the centre, with added gems, and some leaves. The finishing touches were the sentiment and butterfly.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch is from

Try Stampin on Tuesday,

the colours from Fab Friday

and Seize the Birthday

have the topping of 

TWINE or STRING                                           

Supplies :

Card - Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Blended Bloom, Express Yourself, Papillion Potpourri, and Stippled Blossoms

Inks - Black Archival, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, and Crushed Curry

Tools - Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Fiskars Scissors, and Elegant Butterfly Punch

Extras - 3D Pads, Bakers Twine,  and Gems

I promise my regular followers that I will not use the Blended Bloom in my next post!........I can not promise the same of my AP as that seems to be permanently attached to my right hand.

Please come by again soon, bye for now

Lion in the Grass!

My card today has a masculine feel to it

The Lion was stamped and masked with a Post it so that extra grasses could be stamped to the rear and sides of him. I then used my Aqua Painter to colour the background and lions body.The sassy sentiment adds a bit of fun ( I hope!)

I'm entering my card into 3 challenges

Clean and Simple with this sketch.

Fab Friday have these colours,

and Make My Monday want

"One for the Boys!"

Supplies

Card = Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding and White base FMS

Stamps = Zoo Review, Wetlands and Sassy Salutations

Inks = Black Archival, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, and Sahara Sand

Tools = Big Shot, Framelets, Aqua Painter, and Post It

Extras = 3D Pads

During half term I did some crafting with my niece and nephew.....at least they had their mojo's and this is what they came up with

They designed their own Mother's Day cards, even decorating the insides







Next time I'll show you the present they made

Thanks for dropping by

                                                            

Tea For Two

My card today is for The Male Room DT where our theme this week is  
FOOD AND DRINK

 and I will also be entering it into two challenges.

The sketch comes from CAS Colours and Sketches

and these colours are from
Fab Friday

My Step Dad Dave is a Tea-aholic, and likes his very strong and in a china mug, every hour, on the hour!! so I thought of him when making this card. I stamped the tea cup and fussy cut it out before placing it on pads on a Nestie, with the sentiment going in the top like a tea bag. I added a strip of embossed red card with swirls like steam, and some tape FMS which matched the colours perfectly.

Supplies :
All are Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise
Card = Whisper White, Real Red, and white base FMS
Stamps = Tea Shoppe
Inks = Coastal Cabana, Real Red, and Gumball Green
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, and Swirl EF
Extras = 3D Pads, and Floral Tape FMS

I am struggling with a trapped nerve in my right wrist at the moment, so can not craft when the numbness and pins and needles are too bad to hold anything, but I cant let the MR DT down, so have taken all day to piece this together.

About six months ago, my friend had asked me to make her two Santa themed cards, and I've finally finished them. I made pop up cards with Santa stuck in the chimney with his legs dandling down, all watched by a Scotch Terrier, her favourite dog. I hope she likes them?

Can you believe that it's nearly Christmas? Just where has this year gone? I'm taking Sophie to see Santa tomorrow, so I hope to have some photos to show you soon. Enjoy your preparations, and I'll be back soon

Travel Stamps

Morning Stampers, this is my DT card for The Male Room, where our challenge this week is a male card with the main focus being TRAVEL OR TRANSPORT

I went for Stamps from around the world on a world map background. I will also be entering it into Fab Friday who have these colours.

Supplies :

All are Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Naturals White, Whisper White, Black, and white base FMS

Stamps = World Map, Loving Thoughts, Clarity Stamp and Africa Elements, Inkadinkado Asian Influences, and Clear Choice Viva France

Inks = Black, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, and Old Olive

Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Sponges

Extras = Post Its, and 3D Pads

I've been in the wars again! I fell over in the kitchen and bashed my head against the door frame, and badly bruised my arms and legs, not to mention my pride!!. Once I stopped the tears, it took me a good ten minutes to gather enough strength to get up, and to stop Monty jumping on me as he sensed something was wrong.

I now have a terrible cold that I caught from Nathan at his birthday party. He loved his cake and Pinata, and I now have to make a Halloween one for him and his friends for Trick and Treat night! No pressure there then!! Here is his dinosaur one I made.

This is the side view. There are lots of layers of paper mache, and then several layers of Magnolia paint.

Here he is painted in a pale green, with the face and spots details made from pieces of coloured card glued on and finished with a black marker.

I hope I get some time for crafting and blog hopping this week, as I've been a little slack with one thing and another, I'm Sorry.

Hope you can drop by again soon, and thank you for your lovely comments.

Black Velvet

I'm not feeling too well and cant sleep, so I thought I'd take my mind off things and do some crafting.

I made this card with three challenges in mind,

First, the colours from ColourQ, ( I added yellow),

the sketch is from Fab Friday,

and lastly, Less is More with a theme of

         FELT OR FABRIC

                                                            

However, I think I've overdone it a little!!.

Supplies :
All Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise
Card = Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, and white base FMS
Stamps = Fabulous Florets, Papillon Potpourri, and Simply Sketched
Inks = Black and Crushed Curry
Tools = Big Shot, Dots EF, Nestabilities, and Bitty Butterfly Punch
Extras = Black Felt and Ribbon

Before I go back to bed (perhaps I should have stayed there!), I'm going to make another one now, and this time I MUST try to keep it CAS.

Thanks for dropping by

He is the Music Man!

My card today is for three challenges

First is Mojo Monday with this sketch,

second is Fab Friday with these colours,



and third is Addicted to CAS with a theme of        MUSIC

                                                            

                                                                    

     

                              Here it is

The image was stamped in black Archival and coloured with markers and my Aqua Painter. I randomly stamped some music on a white base and sponged over it with blue, adding the image ( matted in some brown) on 3D pads. The sentiment banner was also added on 3D pads across the top.

This card is for my friend, Chris's Grandson, Danny, who has just started a music degree at London Uni, and has been signed up by an agent who has got him some gigs in popular venues. He writes all his own music and lyrics, and plays the guitar. I've seen him perform in the school band he was the lead singer for, and it's amazing to see him come alive in front of crowds of people, as he is so shy when not behind his guitar. I hope he likes it

Supplies :

All Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and white base FMS

Stamps = Papermania Musician, Kaisercraft Music, and Express Yourself

Inks = Black Archival, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, and Dusty Durango

Tools = Aqua Painter and Mosaic Madness Punch

Extras = 3D Pads

I'm off to my Sisters again tomorrow, and may get some craaaaftin' done with Nathan, unless he wants to go scrumping and foraging for black berries like last week. 

Back soon

                                             

Pastel Mosaics

My card today is for two challenges

The sketch is from Clean and Simple,

and the colours from Fab Friday

Here is my card

                                                         

The mosaics were stamped on white card and punched out, before being placed on 3D pads on the embossed card.

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Pink and white base FMS

Stamps = Mosaic Madness and Verve

Inks = Black, Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, and Certainly Celery

Tools = Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, and MM Punch

Extras = 3D Pads

Thanks for dropping by

Boy on the Beach

My card today is for three challenges

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches,

the colours are from Fab Friday,

and lastly, the theme from Addicted to CAS is 

   SUMMER

Here's my card

Supplies :

Card = Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Whisper White, and white base FMS

Stamps = Summer by the Sea, and Tea Shoppe

Inks = Black Archival, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Certainly Celery, and So Saffron

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Fancy Fan EF, Aqua Painter, and Fiskars Scissors 

Extras = Ribbon, Shell Sequin, and Star gem

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

                                                         

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

Life on the Ocean Wave

Can you believe that it's nearly the weekend again?! It's still scorchio here, and I'm not enjoying it at all, but I hope some of you are........?.

I've sat in front of the fan this afternoon, and made a card for two challenges.


The sketch is from Mojo Monday,


and the colours from Fab Friday

                                                                      

Here is my card

  

I started by stamping the Captains Log up one side of some blue card, matted it on some grey card, and then laid it on a white base. The Ship, Compass, Anchor, and sentiment were stamped on white card and laid on red card. Some white and blue cords were wrapped around the blue card and secured by the anchor on 3D pads.

Supplies :

Card = Tempting Turquoise, Basic Grey, Real Red, Whisper White, and white base FMS

Stamps = The Open Sea and Verve

Inks = Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, and Black

Tools = Big Shot, and Nestabilities 

Extras = 3D Pads, and Blue and White Nylon Cords

Thanks for dropping by, and have a great weekend

Coral Rose

Yaaay!, I have just found out, and I must say a huge "Thank You", to the Try Stampin' on Tuesday DT who have chosen my cards as their Top 3 twice in April.

This is a quick post today as I've got stuff to do for Mum before visiting the hospital. My card is for two challenges

The sketch is from Fab Friday,

and the colours from Dynamic Duos

Here is my card

Supplies :
Card = Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Naturals White, Pale Pink and White base FMS
Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Madison Avenue, and Verve
Inks = Black, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, and Crumb Cake
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Elegant Butterfly and small Butterfly Punches
Extras = 3D pads and Gems

Be back soon