Butterfly Stripes

This is my card of today, and I'll be sending it in for these two challenges:



Dynamic Duo's who have these colours, and

Simply Less is More  who want a ONE LAYER CARD with
             
            SPOTS AND STRIPES



Here is my card

First, I stamped the flowers with their spotty stems and added a few extra blue flowers. Then I stamped the two small butterflies, and added the sentiment to the bottom one. Next, I used my butterfly punch to make a shaped hole in some scrap paper, and positioned it near the centre of the card. I masked off a strip across the aperture and sponged along it with blue ink, then moved the masks and sponged in the gap with green ink, and continued along the whole area. When I removed the masks, I was left with white stripes as well which I quite liked so left them alone. The last thing was to stamp the body and spots on the wings of the large butterfly.

Supplies :
Card = White card FMS
Stamps = Simply Said and Flight of the Butterfly
Inks = Lucky Limeade and Pool Party
Tools = Butterfly punch, sponges and masking tape

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I had forgotten to post this card. It was what we made at our Tuesday workshop.

The image was stamped onto some White card which was then cut up into nine tiles. The edges of these were sponged and then placed onto card brown card with a gap in between each one, then onto some blue card with a scalloped top. This was then placed on some DSP and wrapped with a green ribbon.

Supplies :

Card = Bashful Blue, Tan and White cards FMS

Stamps = Upsy Daisy and Verve

Inks = Gumball Green, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, and Tea Dye TH ink

Tools = Martha Stewart punch

Extras = ribbon and 3D pads

I'm in hospital for my RA treatment again on Wednesday so I may be off blogland for a few days while I recover in bed. I'm sorry that I haven't had chance to blog hop lately, but you can see by the times that I have posted my last few entries, just how late at night they have been, and I don't think the match sticks keeping my eyes open can hold for much longer!.

Have fun crafting, and I hope to be back as soon as I can to leave some comments.

Berry Bliss

Well here goes, the start of another week and another post. I hope you've all had a good weekend and were pampered and treated like a Queen on Mothers Day.

Today, I will be entering my card in for three challenges,

The colours are from Pals Paper Arts, 

the sketch from Paper Craft Crew,

and Make My Monday are looking for 

                  HEAT EMBOSSING

Here is my card

I randomly stamped the flower and word onto cream card in the three colours, then wrapped a ribbon around one end, and stuck this onto a cream card on which I'd coloured the border of Razzelberry. The flourish was stamped in ink, before I stamped over it with Versamark ( Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig of course!) and heat embossed it with clear powder.

Here is a closer view of the shiny embossing.

This flourish was cut with a Nestabilitie in the Big Shot and placed on the card on 3D pads. For the finishing touches I added a bow, the sentiment, and the butterfly which had also been heat embossed.

Supplies :
Card = Cream card and base FMS
Stamps = Bliss, and Verve sentiment
Inks = Rich Razzelberry, Calypso Coral, and Crumb Cake
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Heat Gun
Extras = Clear EP, 3D pads, and ribbon


I had an unusual visitor waiting for me on my doorstep over the weekend, have a look

We've looked him up on the Internet and discovered that he's a common lizard found all over the Midlands and south of the UK. I just thank my lucky stars that he wasn't a tarantula, because if he had been I'd still be sat in the car!!! As it is, I'm not afraid of lizards, and I had to pick him up to move him, as I had triggered my security light, and the bright beam scared him stiff, literally. In case you think I'm being sexist, he is a male as their markings and colour are slightly different to the female. I'm going to call him Dusty, as I've put him in a cavity underneath my dustbin.

OK, enough of the Crazy Lady talk. Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you again soon

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