High Flyer!

Hello Crafters, another weekend is over in the blink of an eye, and I've only had a short time for creating. Here is the masculine card I've made.

I must also welcome Diane, my newest follower, and hope that she likes what I do and that my cards give her some inspiration.

The plane was stamped, coloured with AP and markers, masked with a Post it, and the sky sponged over it with a scalloped circle to mask the clouds. Three tree tops were stamped below it, and finally a green wind sock greeting was added on a white pole.

I am entering these challenges

The sketch is from Mojo Monday,

the colours from Color Throwdown

                                                               

and lastly, Inkspirational have the theme of

                           FLIGHT 

                                                          

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Basic Grey, Blue and base FMS

Stamps - Need for Speed, Lovely as a Tree, and Papermania

Inks - Black Archival, Smokey Slate, Bashful Blue, and Lucky Limeade

Tools - Big Shot, Nestabilities, and Aqua Painter

Extras - Post It, and 3D Pads

Little Buttercup is still with us and is getting stronger and bigger by the day, although she does like a power nap every now and again.........after a game of football and a quick nibble of the swing!

Hopefully, things will be returning to normal this week, and I can do some more crafting. Thanks for dropping by, and I hope you'll call again 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

Walk on the Wild Side!

Today I've made this card for a man that likes to walk on the wild side!

I stamped the lion, then masked him so I could sponge the grass and stamp the long grasses around him using my markers. I then fussy cut the grass into a triangle for the foreground of the card. Next, I repeatedly stamped a tree (coloured with my markers) for the bushes and again fussy cut it into a triangular shape for the middle ground. Lastly, hiding behind the bushes I stamped a nosey giraffe, and the sentiment. The pieces were then put in their place with the lion and foreground raised on 3D pads.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch is from Stampin' Royalty,

the colours from ColourQ, 

Addicted to Stamps  have the theme
ANYTHING GOES,

                                                    

and lastly,Inkspirational want us to use

MARKERS OR PENCILS

Supplies :
Card - Real Red, Whisper White, and base FMS
Stamps - Zoo Review, Wetlands, Sassy Salutations, and Lovely as a Tree
Inks - Black Archival, Certainly Celery, Early Espresso, and Crumb Cake
Tools - Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Extras - 3D Pads

I'm really glad that the heatwave has cooled down ( for a while, at least! ) and the fan is having a well earned break too. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and thanks for dropping by

Autumn Trees

My card today is for two challenges, here it is

First is Color Throwdown with these colours,

and second is this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches,

I stamped my trees and sentiment in brown on cream card and sponged the grass below them. I cut this with a Nestie and laid it on a crumb Nestie. The base card was randomly stamped with text, splats, and small leaf. I then stamped some leaves on cream card, fussy cut them, and laid them along one edge of the Nestie, and topped with two leaf sequins.

Supplies :

All Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

Card = Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake

Stamps = Lovely as a Tree, French Foliage, and Simply Sketched

Inks = Crumb Cake, Adirondack Espresso, Rust, and Juniper

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, and sponge

Extras = Leaf Sequins and 3D Pads

I've not been well for the last few days, so I'm struggling to find my mojo. I hope that another early night will help and I will be back to myself soon.

Thanks for dropping by

                                              

Worcester Warrior

It's our fourth challenge over at  The Male Room where we are looking for projects with the theme of
                               SPORTS OR HOBBIES

My card was made for my friends partner, Bill, who is a crazy cricket fan, and a supporter of the Worcester Warriors Rugby team.

After stamping the player, I coloured him in the Warriors strip, and masked him with a Post It, before sponging the pitch and sky. I also added some goal posts which were heat embossed in white, and stamped some trees behind them. I embossed some tram lines around the edges of the base card, to suggest the goals, and sponged over the base in green. The player was cut in a Nestie, laid on a blue and then green Nesties, and finished with a sentiment.

Rita and Bill are on holiday in Tenerife for his birthday on Friday, and Rita has taken this ( and the other cards I made for her, see here and here ) as a surprise for him to open on the day. I hope he likes them.

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Brilliant Blue, Certainly Celery, and white base FMS

Stamps = Papermania, Lovely as a Tree, and Wetlands

Inks = Black Archival, Versamark, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Crushed Curry, Bashful Blue, Gumball Green, Blushing Bride, and Blue Promarker

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Helix Score Board, Heat Gun

Extras = 3D Pads, and White EP

I look forward to seeing your creations

Green Autumn

My card today is for five challenges

First is Color Throwdown with these colours,

then Mojo Monday with this sketch,

then Less is More who want us to use a RUBBER STAMP

then Paper Players with a theme of  FALL,

          
and lastly, Addicted to Stamps with

ANYTHING GOES

This is what I made

I sponged some white cards cut with a Nestie, and randomly stamped some leaves over them, mounted them on brown card and laid on the base like a fan. I stamped the tree on another Nestie and coloured in the leaves, before placing it on 3D pads. The brown card banners were made with the MM Punch cutting the ends, and the finishing touch was the sentiment Nestie with a leaf  and two added acorns.

Supplies :

All supplies are Stampin' Up unless stated otherwise

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

Stamps = Leaves of a Tree, French Foliage, Lovely as a Tree, and Express Yourself 

Inks = Black, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Adirondack Espresso and Juniper       

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Mosaic Madness Punch

Extras = 3D Pads

I've had a hectic few days but hope to have a quieter weekend. I hope you enjoy whatever you have planned, and I hope you can drop by again soon.

Howzat!!

My card today is for three challenges


First is Try Stampin' on Tuesday with this sketch,

second is Less is More with  USE A RUBBER STAMP 

and lastly, My Time to Craft with SPORTS

Here is my card

I stamped the cricketer, and masked him with a Post It so I could sponge the sky, grass, and stamp the background. I coloured him with my SU WM and Aqua Painter. I wrapped some bakers twine around the bottom of the Nestie, and added a red circle that I had drawn stitches on with a white gel pen to look like a ball. To finish I added a stamped sentiment banner, and the insert with Worcestershire Cricket Club Badge.

My friend, Rita, has asked me to make this card for her partner Bill, who is crazy about cricket, especially the Worcestershire Team. He regularly goes to their matches, at their home ground (New Road) which is on the river Severn, opposite Worcester cathedral, so I added it to the background of my stamped cricketer. I hope he'll like it.

Supplies :

Card = Green Galore, Whisper White, and white base FMS

Stamps = Lovely as a Tree, and Papermania  

Inks = Black Archival, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, So Saffron, Always Artichoke, ans Sahara Sand
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities,  Aqua Painter, and Post Its
Extras = 3D Pads, Bakers Twine,  and White Gel Pen

Thanks for dropping by

He's a Wanderer!

My card today is for two challenges.

First, it's my DT card for The Male Room where the theme this week is 

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

and second, is this sketch from the Paper Players 

Here's my card

I rotated the sketch 180*, and sponged the scene with the grassy hill and clouds in the sky. The wanderer was stamped and coloured with an Aqua Painter and cut with a Nestie label, before being placed on the scene with 3D pads. The stamped sign post shows the way to the top of the hill, and the tufts of grass are made with the ends of tree branches stamped over the edge of some torn paper.

Now for those of you who don't know, I live in the shadows of the Malvern Hills, which are famous for their pure waters, and that our lovely Queen Elizabeth takes bottles of it with her on her travels. The wanderer on the card is climbing the highest hill, Worcestershire Beacon, which is 1,394 feet above sea level. In the past, fires were lit here to send messages of impending attack to the surrounding counties, and in more present times, to signify special events such as the Queens Jubilee and the Olympics.

Supplies :

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

Stamps = Papermania, Flower Soft, and Lovely as a Tree

Inks = Black Archival, and numerous (9) SU colours.

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Post Its, Aqua Painter, and Sponges

Extras = 3D Pads

Things are still a little crazy with Mum being ill, and my treatment, but I hope to be back to normal soon

Thanks for all your well wishes and kind thoughts

Birthday Cheer!

Hope you're having a great weekend so far

My card today is for Clean and Simple challenge using their sketch


Here it is

I started by making the background with the Oak trees and using my trusty Aqua Painter to colour the road and verges. The Pick-up was stamped onto white card, coloured with the AP, cut out, and placed on 3D pads. In the foreground I drew a chain link fence with a hand drawn bird sat on it, and stamped the greeting on the road. Two more birds were drawn flying in the sky.

Supplies :

Card = Naturals White and Whisper White

Stamps = Lovely as a tree, Loads of Love, and Verve

Inks = Black Archival, Brilliant Blue, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, and Poppy Parade

Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Aqua Painter

Extras = 3D Pads and Black Fine Liner

Enjoy the rest of the weekend

Coral Tree

My card today is for two challenges.

Addicted to Stamps with this sketch

and
The Play Date Cafe with these colours
Black, White, and Coral






This is my card

I stamped the image in black Archival onto white silk card, and coloured it with a coral Write Marker. I then randomly stamped two leaf stamps on some coral card in black, and then layered this onto black card. The tree stamp was also layered on black card and placed in the centre of the card on 3D pads. The sentiment and leaf were stamped in the same way and put through the Big Shot with a Nestabilitie, before being placed on the card with 3D pads.

Supplies :
Card = Calypso Coral, Black, Clarity White Silk card, and White card base FMS
Stamps = Leaves of a Tree, Lovely as a Tree, and Verve sentiment
Inks = Black Archival and Calypso Coral
Tools = Big Shot and Nestabilities
Extras = 3D pads

I've got to rush now as I'm taking my neighbour to the garage to MOT his car, but thanks for looking.

See you soon

Walk in the Country

Where has the week gone?? I thought I'd have time to play this week but it's Friday night already. So, this is a quick post tonight.

My card is for two challenges, the first is Mojo Monday with this sketch,

and the second is Make My Monday where they are looking for something

                                  INSPIRED BY NATURE

Here's my card

I started with the scene on some white card, and tore strips of masking tape and swiped my choc chip ink pad over it so it looked like a muddy ploughed field. I then sponged the sky and hills, and stamped the bare trees, and used the edges of a tree as the hedgerow and bushes in the distance.

A dragonfly was randomly stamped onto blue card, into which I die cut a hole and surrounded it with a tan scallop circle. The scene was placed behind the hole on 3D pads to try to give it some perspective, and the sparrow was stamped and sat on some fern fronds with him looking through the hole ( looking for some worms perhaps?). 

Some embossed card and sentiment were added as the final touches.

Supplies :

Card = bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz, White, Tan, and Cream card FMS

Stamps = Lovely as a Tree, Organic Grace, Papermania, and Verve

Inks = Choc Chip, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, and Crumb Cake

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

Extras = 3D pads, Masking Tape, and Post It's 

I'm off to bed now, so good night, and have a good weekend

Santa is coming!

Today's project is for three challenges.

The first is using the colours from the
ColourQ challenge #111

and the second is the sketch from the
CAS-ual Fridays challenge CFC #29

and third, I will also be sending it to the St Luke's Charity challenge where the theme is Christmas


This is my card

I started by stamping Santa's sleigh and filled it with the presents on some white card, masked it with a Post It note and stamped the fir tree behind it. The presents were coloured with write markers, and the edges of the card sponged before layering it onto the maroon card.

The sentiment and snowflakes were then carefully inked with a Versamark pen and stamped below it ( positioned with the Stamp-a-ma-jig ) and heat embossed with white powder. It all was then placed on a white card.

Recipe :  Card = Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, and white card stock from my stash

Stamps = Lovely as a Tree, Loads of Love Accessories, Jolly Jingles Roller, and Clarity

Inks = Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Brown Pro marker ( I dont have Crumb Cake but this was the nearest I have ), and Versamark

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

Extras = White embossing powder

I hope you're all having a good weekend, and thanks for dropping by.