Happy Day & SSS March Kit #3

Morning! I'm back to share a card I've made for my Aunties birthday on Thursday. I've used this months Simon Says Stamp card kit again but this time left out the yellows and gone with blues for this weeks Colour Q scheme. The layout I've used is from Retro Sketches - I love this layout and thought I'd give the loose thread look a go - I like :-) Thanks for looking, I hope you have a lovely day xx

Supplies;

Stamps & papers - Simon Says Stamp 'March 2015 card kit'

Sequins - Simon Says Stamp 'Moonshine'

Inks - Stampin' Up 'Marina Mist' & 'Soft Sky'

Sentiment - Stampin' Up 'Cheerful Critters'

Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Marina Mist'

Other - silver thread

 

Love You card (SSS Feb kit #4)

Hiya! I just about managed to find my ipad under the mountain of cards, chocolates and flowers! Not really! ;-) But I'm back with a quick post with another card from my Simon Says Stamp February card kit (I think I've managed about 6 or 7, not bad!) This one is very simple and all but the dies come from the kit. I've made it for this weeks Colour Q colour scheme and also CASologys Love theme. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Valentines Day!

Supplies;

Cardstock & patterned paper - Simon Says Stamp 'February card kit'

Dies - My Favourite Things 'Little Letters' & Mama Elephant 'Confetti'

Retro birthday card

Hiya! I fancied doing a bit of stamping so I picked a colour challenge (this weeks Colour Q challenge) and a stamp set and made a patterned paper. Then I added an embossed and stacked die cut sentiment, matted it onto a purple layer, then the card base & I was done :-) I'm also going to enter this into the Seize the Birthday Anything Goes challenge. Thanks for looking!

Birthday bunting!

Hello! Yep, still no baby! Getting a weeny bit fidgety now, I won't lie! Oh well, I'll just have to keep myself busy, I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have my craft room and card challenges! :-D Speaking of which, I'm back with a card for this weeks Freshly Made Sketch and also this weeks Colour  Q colours, although I seem to have added an extra pink and the blue isn't that close but hopefully they're there! I'm also entering this as an Anything Goes card for Seize the Birthday.

I've used some older stash for this card, I'm trying to make sure I use everything in my stash at least once so I've made a challenge for myself. I wrote down all my stamp sets, put them in a jar and once a week, I pick one out and have to use that stamp set. If I find I don't like it or want to, then I have to eBay it. We'll see how it goes! This bunting stamp was what got picked out today and I'm glad it did! I hope you're enjoying the Bank Holiday! Thanks for visiting!

I pierced some holes and threaded the twine over the bunting strings, just for a bit of texture :-)

Supplies;
Stamp - Stamposaurus 'Bunting'
Paper - October Afternoon 'Sidewalks'
Ink - Versafine 'Onyx Black' & Distress Ink 'Old Paper'
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink 'Keep it Simple: Birthday'
Other - black gel pen & ivory twine 

A couple of cards and some news! :-)

Hello! What a gorgeous day! Perfect for sitting inside in my craft room... :-/ Not really, which is why this is such a quick card this morning! It's for this weeks Muse challenge which is this gorgeous baby card by Gillian. I cased the baby theme plus the simple layout with a popped up stitched panel. I've also used this weeks Less is More challenge of 3 colours or 3 of one colour, I've gone for the latter. It's one ink pad but its a Kaleidacolor ink pad of various blues, I just inked my sentiment with 3 of the bands of colour, quite subtle but gives a nice ombré look :-)

Now for my news, the very lovely Liz from Buttons for Brains has asked me to be a design team member for her new shop! She sells gorgeous card making kits using loads of the fave makes, Basic Grey, Hero Arts etc! Very cool!

I've been playing with the Garden Party kit this week, all the links will be in the supplies list below for any of my cards :-) I made it for the Paper Players sketch but as I was making it, the challenge was ending! Oops! But I also made it for this weeks Colour Q challenge and Creative Inspirations which is Spring Flowers. Thanks for looking! Have a lovely weekend!

Supplies;
(Baby Card) -
Stamp - Lili of the Valley 'Statements: Congratulations'
Ink - Kaleidacolor 'Blue Breeze'
Die - Lil' Inkers 'Stitched Mats: Squares'

(Hi Card) -
Papers - Garden Party card making kit
Dies - My Favourite Things 'Botanical Beauty' & 'By the Letters'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Pumpkin Pie'
Other - button, clear gems & sewing machine

Cute Cameras!

Hiya! I'm back to show you the card I made for my brother for his birthday, his present was money towards a camera so I just needed to have these dies for a card for him! Although they're also pretty handy for scrapbooking - and just looking cute! ;-) I hope you like it, I'll be back tomorrow for the Papertrey Ink blog hop!

Challenges;
Colour Q - These colours (the pattern paper looks green in the picture but it's blue hexagons with yellow & orange centres, honest! I didn't use any dark blue though) -->
Simon Says Stamp - Take a picture
The Paper Players - CAS Masculine card

Supplies;
Dies - My Favourite Things & Simon Says Stamp
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp
Paper - My Minds Eye
Washi Tape - Queen & Co

Lace & Teapots!

Hiya! I hope you're all having a lovely day! We've been very productive, card making and gardening respectively, then a lovely big bowl of French Onion soup and a glass of wine - bliss!
Here's one of the cards I've made, its for Jamie's mums birthday on Tuesday. We've got her an afternoon tea as a gift so I wanted her card to match. I've had this stamp for ages and ages and I've not sure why I haven't used it, as it goes with most of my stash!! I also gave the sewing machine another airing, I think my stitches are getting straighter...no...?! ;-)
Thanks for looking, I've just got the new Pink Petticoat download so I'm off to play!!

Challenges;
Colour Q - these colours -->
CAS-ology - Drink
CAS-ual Fridays - use markers
Creative Inspirations - anything goes 
Less is More - this sketch -->
 
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Thanks a Latte!

Hello! I hope you're all having a lovely week, just today to push through and then the weekend! Woo hoo! Phew, first week back - done! Here's a fun little card I made this week using loads of lovely bits of stash! I was lucky enough to win a stamp set from the lovely Claire at Waltzingmouse before Christmas so I chose this funky background set which I used to make the checkerboard pattern. I've got some lovely background sets but alays head straight for my patterned papers, so here I decided to combine both! Then I made the fun sentiment using a combo of different stanps - I made the 'a' of the sentiment by using the Dad stamp from the set but masking off the D's!
I'm really happy with this card, I've realised that although I love the completely clean and simple look, it's much more of a struggle for me and this is what I feel happiest with, lots of clean lines but a few more layers! :-)
That's all from me, I hope you have a great weekend, thanks for popping by!

Challenges;
Mojo Monday - this sketch -->
Cute Card Thursday - Beat the Blues
Passion for Papertrey - Thank You
Colour Q - these colours -->

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Cozy Mittens!

Hi! I'm back yet again with another Christmas make! I love these papers but I wasn't sure I had a lot to go with them, that all changed with this mittens die! I love them! The rest of the card speaks for itself really! Thanks for popping in!

Challenges;
SFYTT - this sketch -->
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes
Colour Q - Red, green, aqua & pink

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Rocket Man!

Hiya! I'm back again with this little card. I've been making loads recently but never seem to be home in the light to photo them. I've got about 5 to share over the next few days and might even get some crafting time in this weekend! Woo hoo!
This card is using one of my new fave things, Mister Hueys spray mists! I got the white one and the silver one and used them both in this card over a Distress Inked background. I love the effect it gives, like a sparkly night sky! So this little rocket man seemed the perfect choice! I hope you like it and thanks for looking!

Challenges;
Waltzingmouse Sketches - this sketch -->
Colour Q - these colours -->
My Mums Craft shop - Inspired by a Song, Rocket Man, obvs! ;-)
Top Tip Tuesday - child or teen card
Daring Cardmakers - Twinkle Twinkle (Stars)

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Happy Halloween

Hiya! I hope you've all had a good week! I had the looongest day yesterday but now I'm off for 3 days! Woo hoo! I started off today by making this little Halloween card for the plethora of challenges out there - I couldn't miss out! ;-) The papers were freebies by the way! I've put a link at the bottom. So here it is, I hope you like it! Hopefully I'll be back over the weekend with some other crafty bits! Thanks for looking!

Challenges;
SFYTT - this sketch -->
Cute Card Thursday - Something Scary
My Mums Craft shop - So Spooky
Creative Inspirations - Happy Halloween
Top Tip Tuesday - Halloween
Sweet Stampin' - Boo...it's Halloween!
Colour Q - these colours -->











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