Coral Bloom

The rain has returned to Malvern, but the air's still humid enough to give us a lovely thunder storm last night. So instead of going out today, I've stayed in and done some jobs around the house that I've been putting off for ages, and then I sat down with a coffee and made a card for my friends birthday.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch comes from Mojo Monday,

the colours from ColourQ,

and lastly, Friday Mashup with the theme

VELLUM   and/or 

STITCHING ( Sewing or Faux)

Supplies :

Card - Summer Starfruit, Calypso Coral, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Blended Bloom, Summer Silhouettes, Express Yourself, Tea Shoppe, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks - Black Archival, Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, and Blushing Bride

Tools - Big Shot, Fancy Fan EF, Elegant Butterfly Punch, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - Primo Clay Flower, 3D Pads, and Mini Gems

Have a good weekend whatever you are doing, and I'll be back soon

Autumn Hues

Is the weekend over already? Where does the time go? Thankfully, I found some time to make this card.

I stamped the trees in Versamark and heat embossed them with white powder, and sponged over them and a Post It note sun with the Fall colours, I did the same to some leaves on a strip of white card, but also added some randomly stamped leaves. I embossed some stripes on brown card and laid this by the side of the stamped card with 3D pads on a base. Instead of ribbon, the cards were wrapped with plated raffia of the three colours for a more masculine feel, and the trees and sentiment were added also on 3D pads.

I am entering these challenges :

The Autumn colours come from Color Throwdown 

and the theme of 

FALL at Paper Players,

The Male Room also have a FALL theme

Just Add Ink want a card for DAD                                           

and lastly, Friday Mashup have this sketch, and want to see the

EMBOSSED RESIST technique

Supplies :

Card - Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, French Foliage, Loving Thoughts, and Fabulous Florets

Inks - Versamark, Black, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, and Crumb Cake

Tools - Big Shot, Framelits Labels, Sizzix Textures, and Heat Gun

Extras - White EP, 3D Pads, Post It, and Raffia in Yellow, Orange, and Magenta.

Buttercup is still with us, although she thinks she is a dog instead of a donkey!? She wont drink from a bucket yet so is still being bottle fed, much to my sister's annoyance as she isn't getting much sleep. I will be going to see her on Tuesday so I'll see how much she's changed over the weekend.

Until next time, thanks for dropping by

The Fisher King!

Yaaaay!, my Seagull card made Top 3 at Make My Monday, so a big "Thank You" to their lovely DT.

Today I've been rushing here, there, and everywhere, but I have managed to make this card ( and at 10.20pm I hope I'm not too late with this post for some of the challenges.)

The Kingfisher was stamped on white card and coloured with my AP and SU markers, and cut with a Nestie. I then stamped the wood texture on some neutral card, tore the edges, and laid it with 3D pads on some blue card. The sentiment was stamped and placed below the wood, and the Kingfisher label added on 3D pads with two leaves in the corner. Some more leaves were added as bunting in the opposing corner.

I am entering it into these challenges :

The sketch is from Paper Craft Crew,

The colours from Pals Paper Arts

Friday Mashup wanted the

MELON COLOURS AND/OR WOOD ELEMENT  

 ( I chose wood)

 Make My Monday  have the theme of  BIRDS,

and lastly, Stampin' Royalty wanted a 

STAMPED BACKGROUND

Supplies :

Card - Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Flesh colour and base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Stippled Blossoms, Clarity, and Verve

Inks - Black Archival, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Old Olive

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

Extras - 3D Pads

Yesterday, my friend, Jacqueline, came round and we played with some polymer clay and silicon moulds that I had. Here's what I made, and you never know, they may turn up as embellishments some day?                                             

Thanks for dropping by, and I'll be back soon

Purple Bloom

Wow, have we been having some thunder storms over the last two days?! No problem I thought, I'll do some crafting instead of going outside........ah!, with the power cuts we have no electricity..... so NO Internet! Aaaah!

So, today I've made this card while I can surf the net for challenges to enter in

I coloured the flower with my AP and markers and laid it on 3D pads on some purple and blue embossed cards, that were then laid on some brown card stamped with wood design. Some blue and purple silk threads were wrapped around the base, and a sentiment and butterfly added. To finish it, I placed some leaves around the flower, and randomly added some pearls.

The sketch is from Mojo Monday,

the colours from Stampin' Royalty, ( I also used a crumb cake bg like one of the DT, so I hope this is allowed?)

                                                

Friday Mashup want a
STAMPED BACKGROUND and/or SOMETHING 3D

and lastly, Seize the Birthday have the topping of

TWINE or/and STRING

Supplies :

Card - Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Whisper White and base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Blended Bloom, Papillion Potpourri, Stippled Blossoms, and Simply Sketched
Inks - Black Archival, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Pistachio Pudding, and Crumb Cake
Tools - Aqua Painter, Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, Fancy Fan EF, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Elegant Butterfly Punch
Extras - 3D Pads, Silk Threads, and Pearls

Thanks for dropping by, and I'll be popping around blogland soon to leave some love

Teachers Pet!

Yaaaaay! I've just seen that my Fairy card was Top 3 at Make My Monday, and my Honey Bloom card was picked as a Mashup Glamette at Friday Mashup, so "Thank You" to their lovely DT's.

Today is my nephew, Nathan's last day at school before the long summer break starts, and he's off to the disco after school with this card for his teacher. I hope she likes it?

The Peacock was stamped in Archival ink and coloured with my AP and markers. It was then cut with the label die and the tail fussy cut to hang from the frame. Some coloured banners were made to lie flat on the base, with the Peacock frame raised on 3D pads. The finishing touches were the sentiment (also on 3D pads) and the gems.

I will also be entering these challenges :


The sketch comes from Retro Sketches,


the colours from ColourQ,

Make My Monday have the theme
END OF TERM

                                                             

and lastly, Friday Mashup who want  to see BACKGROUND STAMP or/and SOMETHING 3D ON IT 

Supplies :
Card - Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, Bermuda Bay, and white base FMS
Stamps - Perfect Peacock and Simply Sketched
Inks - Black Archival, Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay, Tangelo Twist, and Pear Pizzazz

Tools - Big Shot, Framelit Labels, Aqua Painter, and Stamp-a-ma-jig
Extras - 3D Pads, and Gems

The schools in our area, have broken up for the holidays, so I hope you have a great summer with your families whatever you have planned.

Thanks for dropping by, and please come back again soon and let me know what you think of my creations.

Honey Bloom

My card today is using my other new SU stamps, wood and flower.

I stamped the wooden background in blue and cut it at the angle and placed it on the base card, and continued the blue line around the top of the base. The flower was stamped and coloured with my AP and markers, and placed on 3D pads. I added some leaves, the sentiment, a butterfly and pearls.

I am entering these challenges :

the sketch is from Clean and Simple,

Friday Mashup have the colours HELLO HONEY, MOSSY MEADOW, and LOST LAGOON

                                         

and lastly, Inkspirational have this photo inspiration, so I used the colours from it.

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White and white base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Blended Bloom, Stippled Blossoms, Papillion Potpourri, and Papermania

Inks - Black Archival, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, and Lost Lagoon

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

Extras - 3D Pads, and Pearls

Thanks for dropping by, please call again soon and let me know what you think of my designs

Autumn Bird

Yaaaaaay! I'm over the moon to find out I made Top Addict at Addicted to Stamps, with my blossom branch through the frame, so a "Big Thank You" to their DT.

My card today is for three challenges

First, Addicted to Stamps want something

CAS   

Second, is  CAS Colours and Sketches  with these colours,

and lastly, Friday Mashup have this sketch and/or want us to use a 

                         NEW STAMP SET    

This is my card

                                                       

I've had this stamp set, Four Seasons, for a while, but not used it. I love the chubby birds in the centres of these designs, and so out it came today. (I think this is the Autumn Stamp judging by the acorns and leaves.)

I coloured the round design with my Write Markers, and layered it on the three Nesties. I then used the larger leaf in the set to create my own chevrons, and these were laid on some brown card cut with decorative scissors. I used an Ivory card as white seemed too harsh against the brown. What do you think?

Supplies :

Card = Choc Chip, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, and Ivory base FMS

Stamps = Four Seasons and Tea Shoppe

Inks = Choc Chip, Summer Starfruit, and Crumb Cake

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Fiskars Scissors

Thanks for dropping by, and I'll be back soon

Orchard Blossom

Yaaaaay! I'm thrilled to find out I'm an Honourable Addict over at Addicted to Stamps, so a big "Thank You" to their lovely DT.

My card today is for three challenges

The colours are from Addicted to Stamps,

the sketch is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday, 

and Friday Mashup want to see   NATURE                                                                                                             

Here is my card

I stamped the branch several times on white card and added them together to reach through the frame. I then added some blossoms with pearl centres, leaves, and butterfly with gem body. The sentiment was added on 3D pads with another butterfly.

Supplies :

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

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Clarity, Papillon Potpourri, and Tea Shoppe

Inks = Chocolate Chip, Adirondack Meadow, and Blushing Bride

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Bitty and Elegant Butterfly Punches

Extras = 3D Pads, Gems, and Pearls

I've made this card for my Sisters birthday on Tuesday. Ali has a plum orchard where she keeps her donkeys, and I thought the flowers would remind her of that ( also it makes a change from the usual cards I make for her that are dogs or donkeys!). I hope she likes it

It's still scorchio here, and sleeping at night is impossible, so I'm very tired and suffering with my RA, and now my new best friend is a big oscillating fan. I hope you're mangaging to cope where ever you are.

Bye for now

At the beach

Yaaaaaay! I've just seen that I was a Glamette at Friday Mashup with my brick wall technique, so "Thank You Lisa" for picking my card.

My card today is for four challenges

First is ColourQ with these colours,

second is Friday Mashup who want a

Beach project and/or masking technique

third is Less is More with SAND

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps where ANYTHING GOES

Here is my card

I started by stamping the two children in Archival Ink on white card, and covering them with Post It Notes. I stuck a Post It circle in the top where the sun will be, and with pieces of a scalloped circle for clouds,  I sponged  over the area with blue to make the sky (sorry it's 

not clear in the photo). I sponged under some torn paper with yellow to make a sandy beach, and then drew a line in blue to make the sea. The scene was coloured with an Aqua Painter to make the colours go further, and laid on a grey Nestie on a lilac embossed card wrapped with white ribbon.

Supplies :

Card =  Orchid Opulence, Grey, Naturals White, and white base FMS

Stamps = Summer by the Sea, Clarity birds, and Cute Companions sentiment

Inks = Black Archival, Pool Party, Orchid Opulence, and Summer Starfruit

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Swirl EF, and an Aqua Painter

Extras = Post It Notes, and Ribbon                                      

I do enjoy making scenes by putting different stamps together, and there is something therapeutic about the sponging  technique that gives a rewarding result. I hope you like it.

I'm off to see my Sisters today. Cassy is bringing Henry to Ali's house, and then we're all going to see Ali's new baby donkey. We had no idea that Lily the Pink ( donkey ) was even pregnant, so she surprised us all by producing a foal, now named Clover.

I'm in hospital again on Wednesday for more treatment so I may be AWOL for a while, but I'll be back soon

Thanks for dropping by 

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