Fallen Leaves

Hi All, This is my second post for today as I may not have time to post tomorrow.

My card is for two challenges,


Firstly, Friday Mash Up who are celebrating their 100th challenge by allowing us to chose any from their last 100 challenges, and I chose #83.

and secondly, Color Throwdown with these colours  






This is my card

I started by making five labels with the BS, and stamping them with text and splodges. These were then stuck onto Coral card with sponged edges. I used Write Markers to colour the leaf stamps with two colours and stamp onto white card, then cut them out, and placed them on the labels.

For the central label, I added three different leaves and added it on 3D pads. The sentiment was also stuck on 3D pads.

This is a closer view of the text and splodges under the leaves.






Supplies :
Card = Calypso Coral, and White card FMS
Stamps = French Foliage, and Verve
Inks = Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, and So Saffron (instead of Barely Banana)
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, and Stamp-a-ma-jig
Extras = 3D pads

Thanks for looking at my card, and I would love to know what you think of it if you care to leave a comment.

Enjoy the weekend

Fresh Vintage

Yaay! I came Top 3 at CAS Colours and Sketches, so thanks to all their DT.

I've been crafting this afternoon, and made a card!! I will be entering these challenges with it :

Retro Sketches with this sketch


CAS Colours and Sketches with these colours




CAS-ual Fridays with colour blocking



Stampin' Royalty       and       Addicted to Stamps      want to see something  

                                               CLEAN and SIMPLE !

Here is my card

First, I put the three strips of card through the Big Shot in different EFs. Then I coloured the stamp with Write Markers and stamped it onto White card and Maroon card that I'd cut with a Nestabilitie, and layered  them over the strips. I added the sentiment as a finishing touch. 

Supplies :

Card = Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Maroon and White card FMS
Stamps = Fresh Vintage and Verve
Inks = Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride, and Certainly Celery
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Fancy Fan EF, Dots EF, Budding Vine EF, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Tomorrow is Mothers Day, and here is the card that I helped Nathan make for his mum

He chose all the colours and the lay-out himself, and is quickly becoming a little designer !






Guess what he wants to do over the Easter break? Yes, more crafting!!.

Thanks for dropping by, and Happy Mothers Day to all you lucky Mum's out there in Blogland !

I'll be out with my Mum tomorrow, so I'll be back next week.

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

On the Run!

Today's card was definitely a challenge for me, and I think I've seriously lost the plot!!!???


I started with the sketch from a new blog I've discovered over at  Paper craft Crew,

then the yummy doughnut

colours at Less is More 

Putting the two together I made this mad dog card

I know what you're thinking?................DOGS?, PINKS and ORANGES???  Well, let me try to explain my madness. The sketch made me think of dissecting one continuous scene, so so far so good. ( The stamp actually comes on a roller, but with my Arthritis I struggle to get the roller in a straight line, so I've peeled the rubber off the roller and added some EZ-Mount onto the back. I then use a ruler as a stamp block, and it's much easier to handle ). Then, when I choose my four colours and tested them on cream card instead of white, and using an Aqua painter to spread the ink, they didn't look so bright? 

Have a look and see what you think

Anyway, I'm sure some girly girls out there have got a blush pink Poodle or Dachshund. (The fluffy bits on the poodle were coloured directly with the Write Marker so the hue is more intense ). Once the scene was coloured I cut it into five squares and layered them onto squares of cream card that had had the edges coloured with orange. The first square is flat on the card base, and the others are raised on 3D pads. The sentiment was added using the Stamp-a-ma-jig and Post It Notes so it could be stamped in a wavy line instead of a three lined block.

Supplies :
Card = Cream card FMS
Stamps = Loads of Love Tailgating
Inks = Black Archival, Peach Parfait, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, and Crumb Cake
Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig

I think I'd better go and have a lie down in a dark room now!

Thanks for dropping by today, and I hope to be back soon

Baby Bears

Hi Everyone, for today's card, I've fallen slightly off the SU waggon and used some bear stamps that I had forgotten about until I found them stuffed in a drawer while tidying up my study a few weeks ago.

Anyway, I will be entering it into two challenges,


 The first is Try Stampin' on Tuesday where they have this sketch,

and,  Friday Mash Up where they want a project for a Baby, and/ or, use the colours from the photo

 ( Real Red, So Saffron, Pool Party, and Neutral )




I've mixed all three to make this card

I first stamped the bears ( named Bubble and Squeak ) onto white card with Black Archival ink, and coloured them with a brown SU Write Marker, spreading the ink with an Aqua painter. The present holding bear stamp is actually holding up a flower, but I stamped a present first, masked it with a Post It, and then stamped the bear under it so it looks like it is supposed to have a gift in its paws. Once dry, these were layered onto red card, and then onto some Saffron card that was embossed with dots and stuck onto a white card base. The BABY letters and present were coloured using Write markers.

Supplies :

Card = So Saffron, Real Red, White card and base FMS

Stamps = Daisy and Dandelion, Alphabet Squares FMS, and Verve sentiment

Inks = Real Red, Pool Party, So Saffron, and Crumb Cake

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

Extras = Post It, Ribbon, and 3D pads

My Sister, Cassy, is due to have her first baby in April, so this card may come in handy ( if she doesn't see it on my blog that is! ). I will be an Aunt again for the third time, and I'm quite excited to find out whether it'll be a boy or girl!........Not long to go now Cass!!

Well I hope you've all had a good weekend, as mine was spent not far from the bathroom with an upset stomach ( hope that's not too much information? ). I am feeling slightly better today, but I'm just a bit tired.

Be back soon

Watch the Birdie!

This is my second card for today, and I'm putting it into the following challenges,

First is Stampin' Royalty with this sketch,

secondly, Color Throwdown with these
juicy colours,

and lastly CAS-ual Fridays who want to see stamped backgrounds




This is what I made

I made the bird background by punching the shape out of some scrap card, and randomly sponging So Saffron through the bird shaped hole. I then inked up a swirly flourish ( with Crumb Cake ) and stamped this through the hole as well, and this left a filigree shaped bird design. The same flourish was stamped in pink and green onto white card, and again punched with the bird shape. I love doing this technique and really must use it more. The birds were placed on pink card over a branch coloured with a green Write Marker, topped with the wings that were placed on 3D pads. These toppers were then mounted onto cream card which had an embossed line down down each side, and pink scallop border peeping from underneath each edge.

Supplies :
Card = So Saffron, Melon Mambo, White card and Cream card base FMS
Stamps = Always Elegant and Verve sentiment
Inks = Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, and Black
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart punch, SU Bird Punch, Embossing board and tool (FMS),
         and Post It Notes
Extras = 3D pads, and organza ribbon


Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and I hope to be back soon

Flower Power

Well, after leaving my card half finished last night, I've just finished it this afternoon. I will be entering it into the following challenges.

Firstly, this sketch from CAS Colours and Sketches,

secondly, these colours from ColourQ,
and lastly, at CAS-ual Fridays  where we have to stamp our backgrounds.





This is my card

To position and build up the two-step blue flowers in the background, I have used the Stamp-a-ma-jig. I,m useless and cannot do the detail stamp without it as I never seem to be able to match the lines onto the right place on the petals. The detail stamp was coloured with my new Midnight Muse Write Marker which is so juicy it looks almost black in the photos, but it is dark navy ( honestly)

Supplies :
Card = Summer Starfruit, and White card FMS
Stamps = Greenhouse Garden and Verve
Inks = Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Brilliant Blue, and Pool Party instead of Cool Caribbean
Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig, Big Shot, and Nestabilities
Extras = 3D pads


Thanks for looking at my blog today, and I would love to hear what you think?

Bye for now