Tea Cup-Cake!

Here we are half way through another week, and today my friend Jacqueline came round to do some crafting! Well, we (or should I say I? ) did more talking than crafting, but eventually I made this card.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch is from Clean and Simple,

the colours are from Color Throwdown,

Make My Monday
have the theme

   TEA and/or CAKE

                                                       

  and lastly, Seize the Birthday have the extra topping of

                   SWEET TREATS

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, and base FMS

Stamps - Tea Shoppe, House Mouse, and Verve

Inks - Black Archival, Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Crumb Cake

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

Extras - 3D Pads, Gems and Pearls

Buttercup is still doing well, and seems to be growing by the day, and after nibbling on an old fir tree, she needed a long nap!!

Hope to be back soon, so until then, Happy Crafting!

They Call It Mellow Yellow!

Happy weekend everyone!. 

Well, I've waved off the family as they drive down to Devon for a weeks holiday........and I'm glued to the phone as my sisters donkey is about to foal any minute, and I'm in the hot seat if it goes into labour!Aaaaah!

While I wait, I've made this card

I wrapped some Raffia around some pale yellow card that I had embossed, and laid it off centre on a white base. On 3D pads, I then added a yellow card square and topped it with a smaller white one, onto which I stamped two flowers and sentiment. Next, I stamped three yellow flowers and fussy cut them out, and arranged them with some punched leaves above the sentiment. The finishing touches were the gems in the flower centres and flower heads.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch comes from Freshly

 Made Sketches

Seize the Birthday 

have a topping of

MONOCHROMATIC YELLOWS

                                         

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps want us to MAKE YOUR MARK

Supplies :

Card - Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Whisper White, Pale Yellow and base FMS

Stamps - Summer Silhouettes, and Express Yourself

Inks - Basic Black, Hello Honey, and Crushed Curry

Tools - Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Bird Punch

Extras - 3D Pads, Raffia,  and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, and enjoy your weekend

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

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

Vanilla Stripes

Yaaaay! I never thought it would happen, but I've just made number 50 in my followers, I'm over the moon, so Thank You all for joining me.

Today is a busy day of TV sport for me......with the men's Wimbledon final, and the British Grand Prix, but before I settle on the sofa, here's a card I've made

The flowers on the wreath were coloured with my SU markers and an Aqua Painter, and cut with a framelet. This was then placed on 3D pads and laid on some vanilla card that was embossed with diagonal stripes. The finishing touches were the sentiment, butterfly, and gems.

I will be entering these challenges:

The sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches,

the colours from Color Throwdown,

Stampin' Royalty want something 

SIMPLE

                                                     

Seize the Birthday want STARS or/and STRIPES  

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps want us to

MAKE YOUR MARK

Supplies :

Card - Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Apothecary Art, and Papillion Potpourri

Inks - Black Archival, Strawberry Slush, and Tempting Turquoise

Tools - Big Shot, Framelets Label, Aqua Painter, Sizzix Textures, Elegant Butterfly punch, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - 3D Pads and Gems 

Thanks for dropping by, and have a nice Sunday

Fairy Morning

I'm sorry for the brief post today, but here's a card I started at 3am this morning when I couldn't sleep after an attack of cramp woke me up!.

I sponged the sky over a Post It and then stamped the fairy and flowers. Unfortunately, just before taking the photo, I added some Cosmic Twinkles for stars so they haven't dried and flattened yet!?

I am also entering these challenges :

Clean and Simple have this sketch,

Pals Paper Arts have these colours

                                                    

Make My Monday have a theme of

FAIRIES/MYSTICAL

      

Addicted to CAS 

have SKY

and lastly, Seize the Birthday have a topping of STARS or STRIPES 

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Marina Mist, and base FMS

Stamps - Simply Sketched, Inspired by Nature, and Dovecraft

Inks - Black, Pool Party, Marina Mist and Grey

Tools - Post It, Sponges, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - Ribbon and Cosmic Twinkles

Thanks for dropping by, and I hope to be more with it when my tiredness from my treatment has worn off.

                                

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

Watercoloured Trellis

Today my card is for my friends Birthday next week.

My friend loves her garden, and is lucky enough to have green fingers to keep her flowers looking beautiful. So to echo her planting, I used the Mosaic Madness EF to emboss some white card and water coloured the gaps with blue, before laying it on blue card, and then some embossed brown card. I then added some die cut vines and stamped fussy cut flowers to the trellis, all topped with the sentiment label, ribbon, gems and a butterfly.

I am also entering these challenges

The sketch is from Mojo Monday,

The colours from ColourQ,

and Seize the Birthday who have a theme of

ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Card = Crumb Cake, Naturals White, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Green and base FMS

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Apothecary Art, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks = Black Archival, Old Olive, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, and Rich Razzelberry

Tools = Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, Mosaic Madness EF, Marianne Die, Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Elegant Butterfly Punch

Extras = 3D Pads, Ribbon, and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, please call again soon

Tag Tree

My card today is for my Step Dad's birthday next Month ( sorry about the photo, my camera flash is still doing it's own thing! )

I will also be entering it in these challenges :

Colour Me have these autumn colours,

the sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches,

The Male Room want a masculine card with theme of

"TREES AND LEAVES"

 Seize the Birthday have a toppings of "TAGS"

and lastly, but no means least,  Addicted to Stamps want us to

"MAKE YOUR MARK"

I stamped the tree with rust ink, and hand coloured the leaves with SU markers. I then cut it out using the shape from the outside of a Nestie for the top of the tag, and laid it on some rust card. This was then placed onto a randomly stamped base card with leaves, script, and splodges. It was finished off with a sentiment banner, ribbon and button.

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Rust and base FMS

Stamps = Leaves of a Tree, French Foliage, and Apothecary Art

Inks = Black, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive, and Adirondack Rust

Tools = Nestie and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = 3D Pads, Button, Ribbon, and Bakers Twine

I had a bad fall in the garden again yesterday, and my arms and legs are black and blue, so I decided to do the right thing today, and stay indoors watching the French Open Tennis while crafting. 

Thanks for dropping by, hope you'll come back again 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.