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

For Mum

Yaaaay! My Peacock card was Top 3 at Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge #178, so a big "Thank You" to their lovely DT.

A quick post tonight as it's very late, but here's the card I've made for my Mum's birthday on Sunday

I stamped the lattice on brown card, and laid it on red card. I stamped the flower ring, coloured it with my AP and markers, then fussy cut it out and laid it on 3D pads on some wood effect card cut with a Framelit.I fussy cut some foliage and added them under a chipboard heart covered in red card that was embossed with gold word "Mum". The finishing touches (that you cant really see in the photo) were the mini pink gems in the flower centres.

I am entering these challenges :

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 have this sketch,

the colours come from

Hand Stamped Sentiments,

and lastly, Just Add Ink want to see

CHIPBOARD

                                                       

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, and base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Apothecary Art, Summer Silhouettes, and Papermania

Inks - Versamark, Black Archival, Raspberry Ripple, Old Olive, and Baked Brown Sugar

Tools - Big Shot, Framelit Labels, Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Heat Gun

Extras - Gold EP, 3D Pads, and Mini Gems

Thanks for dropping by, and please come back again soon

Golden Poppies

Here is my second card for today. I apologise for the photo but the gold glitter in the vellum made the flash bounce everywhere

Some white card was embossed in a butterfly folder with the insects flying up the right hand side of the card. I then heat embossed the poppy and sentiment in gold EP on the gold vellum, and cut it into a banner. It was all finished with a gold embossed butterfly and some mini gems.

I am entering these challenges :

The sketch and inspiration come from two challenges that have come together CASe this Sketch and Fusion Cards

and also Seize the Birthday with

ANYTHING GOES

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Gold glitter Vellum, and base FMS

Stamps = Simply Sketched and Papillion Potpourri

Inks = Versamark

Tools = Big Shot, Butterfly EF, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Elegant Butterfly Punch, and Heat Gun

Extras = Gold EP, 3D Pads, and Mini Gems

Tomorrow, I'm off to my sisters, and Sophie has told me to take my swimming costume so I can play with her in her paddling pool and cool my burning swollen feet!!??!! Bless her cotton socks, she is so caring and thoughtful and only 3 years old!

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

Apothecary Art Birthday

Today, I'm avoiding the sun, and hiding in the shade indoors to do some crafting, and I made this card for my friends birthday.

I will also be submitting it to these challenges :

The sketch is from 

Seize the Sketch,

                                                                     

The colours came from Color Throwdown

and from the photo inspiration at 

Addicted to Stamps,

and  lastly, Seize the Birthday have the extra topping of 

                         "FLOWERS"

Supplies

Card - Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Silver card and base FMS

Stamps - Apothecary Art, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks - Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Black Archival, and Versamark

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

Extras - Silver EP, and 3D Pads

The Apothecary Art label was coloured with my Aqua Painter, and shaded with SU Markers, before being laid on silver card. The Butterfly was coloured the same way, with the wing edges and body touched with Versamark and heated silver EP. The sentiment was pieced together from the original stamp of "Happiest Birthday" using the Stamp-a-ma-jig.

I'm still recovering from my nightmare of loosing my all my comments, and I will make sure I don't have too many email pages open at the same time in the future!!

I hope you all have a good week, whatever you are doing.

Lion King 1st Birthday

Hi Crafters, 

Yes I am still here, and I'm sorry that I have been absent for so long, but due to ill health and loss of creative mojo and interest, my craft room and supplies have just been gathering dust. I hope that I can continue to get back in the crafting saddle and be inspired to create again and get around to see what all you wonderful crafters have been up to.

I've almost forgotten how to a write a blog post, but here goes...........This is a card I've made for my little nephew who is turning one year old in a few weeks time.

Henry loves Lions, and he has one just like this on a sweater (sorry, thought I had a photo but I haven't!), so I hope he will like this card

I will also be entering him in the following challenges :

CAS Colours and Sketches  - This Sketch

Lexi's creations -  Use Punches and Dies

Simply Create Too  - Animals

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Animal Antics

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes


Supplies
All are Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Whisper White, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Green Galore, and Wild Wasabi

Inks = Versamark, Midnight Muse, Bashful Blue, and Crushed Curry

Stamps = Apothecary Art, and Alphabet FMS

Tools = Big Shot, Sizzix Lion, and Heat Gun

Extras = White EP, 3D Pads, and Eye gems FMS

I will try to be back soon, and thanks for dropping by.

Dove of Peace

It's Friday the 13th so I've stayed at home today, and made a card for three challenges

The sketch is from Mojo Monday,

The colours are from
their July 2013 challenge at
 52Christmas Throwdown,

                         

  

                                              

and Addicted to Stamps have this Christmas photo for inspiration   

Here's my card 

It's difficult to see in the photo, but the dove is heat embossed with Ivory Pearl powder,( the camera flash made the tips of the wings look more white than the body, but it's the same opalescence all over ) and the sprig of olive was made with a punch and passed through two slots in the card above and below the beak.

Supplies :

All are Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Real Red, Choc Chip, Green and white base FMS

Stamps = Calm Christmas

Inks = Versamark and Real Red

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Swirl EF, Heat Gun, and Bird Punch

Extras = Ivory Pearl EP, 3D Pads, and Red Cord FMS

Sadly I've not been able to do any crafting lately, and I'm a little behind with my Christmas cards, so at least I've now got one to send!! 

Wednesday's for me, are days spent with my niece Sophie, until her brother Nathan, comes home from school, and then we play on the computer, make things, or play games. This is a photo of Sophie ( and her baby Henry ) with the Elves at the garden centre. She is so excited about Christmas this year that we have had to go there for the last three Wednesdays so she can see the Christmas decorations, whisper to a 7' Santa statue, and hold the presents with the giant Elf. As I'm in hospital again this Wednesday, she will miss her garden centre fix, but I will make it up to her when I'm up and about again.

I hope you are enjoying all the madness of the Christmas preparations wherever you are, and I will try to be back again before the big day.

Bling Christmas

It's another wet and windy day here in Malvern, so this afternoon, I've stayed in and made a card for three challenges.

The sketch is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday,

the colours are from Color Throwdown,

and the theme of Christmas comes from

 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 

with added   BLING IT UP

This is my card. I'm sorry for the photo quality, but it's gone so dark that the light and camera flash are shining off the silver embossing

The script is a from a roller, where I have removed the rubber so I can stamp it flat. It's much easier with my Arthritis to do it this way than to try doing it on the roller. It was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with silver EP. The three baubles were made with Mosaic Madness stamps and punch, with the silver caps cut from embossed mosaics.The threads were hand drawn with Versamark and embossed in silver. The stamped sentiment and baubles were placed on 3D pads, and finished off with gems.

Supplies :

All are from Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Whisper White, Calypso Coral, and white base FMS

Stamps = Jolly Jingles, Mosaic Madness, and Sassy Salutations

Inks = Versamark, Calypso Coral, Midnight Muse, and Pool Party

Tools = Fiskars Scissors, Mosaic Madness Punch, and Heat Gun

Extras = Silver EP, 3D Pads, and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, and I hope you have a great week whatever you are doing.

                                                       

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

Mosaic Medallion

Yaaaay! I made Top 3 at Make My Monday with my wetland bird scene, so a big Thank You to their DT.

I've not had much spare time lately, and I'm still fighting off this cold and cough, but I managed a few hours to myself this afternoon, to create a card which is for four challenges

The sketch is from Mojo Monday, 

the colours from ColourQ, 

CAS-ual Fridays who want to see some

       STITCHES            

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps with    ANYTHING GOES

Here's my card

Supplies

All are Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Naturals White, Black, and white base FMS

Stamps = Medallion, Mosaic Madness, and Simply Sketched

Inks = Versamark, Black, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, and Tempting Turquoise

Tools = Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, and Heat Gun

Extras = Black EP, 3D Pads, Gems, and Ribbon 

Thanks for dropping by

                         

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!!