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

Button Bloom

Yaaaay!, I've just found out that I made the "Wall of Fame" at Addicted to Stamps, and I'm over the moon, so a very big "Thank You" to their lovely DT.

Today, I'm sorry for a quick post, but I'm busy with Nathan and Sophie. Here's my card

The flower was coloured with markers and AQ, fussy cut and laid down with 3D pads. Some leaves were stamped and tucked under it, and the sentiment stamped alongside. It was finished off with a butterfly and two yellow buttons.

I am entering these challenges :

The colours and sketch are from

CAS Colours and Sketches

                        

Paper Players want to see BUTTONS

Inkspirational want us to use

MARKERS OR PENCILS

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have 

ANYTHING GOES

Supplies :

Card - Naturals White, and base FMS

Stamps - Blended Bloom, Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, and Sassy Salutations

Inks - Black Archival, Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, and Lost Lagoon

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

Extras - 3D Pads, and Buttons 

Thanks for dropping by

Purple Haze

Well, here we are at the beginning of another week, and it looks like it could be another hot one!So before I melt, here's the card I've made today

The large flower was stamped in Archival ink onto a card base and coloured with my AQ and markers. Some others flowers were stamped onto card, fussy cut, and added to the bunch. The finishing touches were the sentiment, gems, and a splash of green in the leaves.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch comes from 

Clean and Simple,

CAS Colours and Sketches 

have these colours 

and lastly, Inkspirational

with the word    SPLASH

                        

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White and base FMS

Stamps - Blended Bloom, Stippled Blossoms, and Sassy Salutations

Inks - Black Archival, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, and Mossy Meadow

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

Extras - Gems

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

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

A Geordie Birthday

Today I have made a card that my Geordie friend Pat, had asked me to make for her Mum's birthday, as she calls her "Mam". Here it is, I hope she likes it?

I am entering it in to these challenges :

The sketch is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday,

from The Paper Players tic tac toe, I chose the bottom line,

Less is More want us to use something RECYCLED,

and lastly, House of Cards want us to ADD A BOW                                                     

I embossed some pink card with diagonal stripes, and I recycled the ribbon and bow from a birthday present I had 2 weeks ago (and it luckily matches the colours of the card and stamped roses). I then stamped the sentiment on a die cut label and grouped some fussy cut roses and leaves underneath it.

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, pale pink and white base FMS

Stamps - Stippled Blossoms and Papermania

Inks - Black, Strawberry Slush, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, and Gumball Green

Tools - Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, SU Window Frame Dies, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - 3D Pads and Pearls

I'm in hospital for my treatment tomorrow so I may be AWOL for a few days, but I'll be 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

Blue Monday

Well, here we go into another week, and I start it with a very quick post from me. My sister and nephew, Henry (1 year old) arrived for a surprise visit this morning, and so time has got away from me and I don't want to miss the challenge deadlines.

Here is my card

For a change, it's a gate fold card, and this is a view of the inside.           The front sentiment, rose centres, and wing edges of the butterfly were heat embossed with gold EP. A Martha Stewart punch was used to decorate the edges of the brown, turquoise, and blue stripes of card on the front folds, and the brown rose leaves were fussy cut, with one pair sticking over the edge of the left hand fold.

These are the challenges I'll be entering:

The sketch is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday with the added twist

  "SMELL THE ROSES"

The colours are from ColourQ

and lastly, Addicted to CAS with

"OFF THE EDGE"

(I hope the blue and brown stripes qualify for blank space?)

Supplies :

Card - Pool Party, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and Turquoise card FMS

Stamps - Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, Sassy Salutations, and Docrafts

Inks - Pool Party, Tempting Turquosie, Versamark, and Adirondack Espresso

Tools - Big Shot, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, and Heat Gun

Extras - 3D Pads and Gold EP

Thanks for dropping by

Blue Sunday

Today, I've made a Birthday card for my friend's birthday at the end of the month.

I will also be entering it into several challenges

The sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches

Stampin' Royalty have the theme of MAY FLOWERS

The colours are from Color Throwdown

and lastly,

Seize the Birthday have 

the extra topping of    

 FLOWERS

                                                    

Supplies
Card = Whisper White, Concord Crush, with Blue and base FMS
Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, and Express Yourself
Inks = Concord Crush, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade, and Crumb Cake
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Fiskars Scissors, Fancy Fan EF, and Butterfly Punches
Extras = 3D Pads, Ribbon, and Gems



We had two surprise visitors today.

My nephew, Nathan, came to show me his new glasses

and my niece, Sophie, came to show me her arm in plaster! She had fallen off one of her donkeys and broken her arm just above the elbow.....ouch!

We've got to take her back to the hospital tomorrow for another X-ray to make sure the bones are going to set in the right place. The poor little mite has really been through the wars lately, as she was in hospital with a blood poisoning virus a few weeks ago. 

They say things come in threes, so let's hope Nathan's glasses are the last thing.(fingers crossed)

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

Trio Of Roses

Today, as I'm still struggling to find my mojo, I went to my friends for coffee and crafting, and here is what I made

I'm entering it into three challenges:

CAS Colours and Sketches have this sketch,

Dynamic Duos have green plus a choice,

and Less is More want to see 

"ROUND AND ROUND"  

My roses were stamped in pink and then with green to add the detail, fussy cut, and placed with leaves on 3D pads for dimension. I hope the round shape of the roses fits the LIM theme?.

Supplies

Card = Whisper White and White base FMS

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, and Apothecary Art

Inks = Gumball Green, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake, and Black

Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig, Elegant and Bitty Butterfly Punches

Extras = 3D Pads and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, hope you call again soon