Birthday Wishes!

Hello! I'm back after another unplanned break! i don't realise I'm doing it as I still seem to be blog snooping and making stuff, just forgetting to actually upload it! But I'm back with another card, perfect for one of my boozy friends! I got the new Memory Box die and thought it would make a nice border, so I cut it out multiple times from this yummy glitter card and popped it up on some foam pads. I hope you like it and thanks for dropping by!

Challenges;
Less is More - this sketch -->
Play Date Cafe - Black, white & a splash of Magenta
Creative Inspirations - Birthdays

Penny Black Saturday December Challenge!

It's December!! Woo hoo!! I love Christmas and especially the build up but how is it nearly here already?! :-)
Being the first Saturday of the month also means theres a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge! Hopefully it'll help you out if you've any festive cards to make, but should be easy to adapt if you're all done; Glitter & Sparkle! I nice easy theme but a b****r to photograph, sorry about that!!
As usual there's some fabulous prizes from some equally fab places, Penny Black Inc, The Ribbon Girl, 1-2-3 Stitch & J&C Creations, phew!
Here's my card, and yep, the glitter is hardly showing! I stamped the penguin image twice and made a mask to just leave the snowman and the snow floor, then squidged my VersaMark pad all over and glitter embossed. I sort of did the same with the snowflake embossed background, only swiped it over so it only really embossed the snowflakes, if that makes sense?! I hope you like it and have a lovely weekend! Thanks for looking!

Challenges;
Crazy 4 Challenges - Snowmen
Cute Card Thursday - Snowflakes
Play Date Cafe - Black & White and a splash of red (sorry, I had a add a teeny splash of carrot orange too! ;-) )
Cupcake Craft - Black & White plus another
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Supplies;

Papertrey Stamp-a-faire: Make & Take!

Evening all! Or morning to be exact! I know it's a late one but I really wanted to join in with the Papertrey Stamp-a-faire! There's so many different challenges going on! I though I'd wait til tomorrow and have a whole day of it while Jamie is at work but this first challenge closes in a few hours. It's a Opening Make & Take, Nichole has made a gorgeous card and it's just a re-make, I like this kind of challenge to get me into the swing - no brain power required! I don't have the Natural Beauties stamp set (yet!) so I've used Rosie Posie & Harvest Berries. I also don't have any of the papers or inks; I'm new to PTI - I'll get there! ;-) So I've just used colours I like that are similar! Thanks for looking! I'll be back tomorrow to join in some more!

Other challenges;
Totally Gorjuss - Leaf it in!
Play Date Cafe - Mint, Soft Yellow, Coral & Tulip (I didn't use Soft Yellow)
Papertake - Girlie

Supplies;

One layer Thanks!

Hello! I hope you've had a nice weekend! It was weird yesterday to not be posting a Penny Black Saturday card! There's still a few more weeks to play along with that!
In the meantime I've been playing around with a few new stamp sets - not all successful! (There's one I seriously bodged up - I'm wondering whether to put it on here just for a laugh!) But this one turned out ok! I'm possibly the world clumsiest stamper so even this was a second attempt - be gentle! ;-) I hope you like it though - challenges and product links are below! Thanks for stopping in!

Challenges;
Play Date Cafe - these colours -->
Less is More - One layer plus 3 (I used 3 rows of 3 hexagon stamps in 3 different colours)
The Ribbon Girl - Aqua, blue & terracotta
Passion for Papertrey - Anything goes

Supplies;

Penny Black Saturday #206!

Hello! Yey! The weekend is here again! It's time for another Penny Black Saturday challenge! This weeks theme is in honour of the London Olympics starting soon, we'd like to see 5 Circles! I thought it was a good chance to ink up the circles in the 'Wishes' PB set in various inks, since it make for a busy focal point I thought I'd leave the card very simple. I hope you like it! All cards entered will be in with a chance of winning 5 sets of Card Candi from Craftwork cards! Good luck and have a great weekend!

Challenges;
Play Date Cafe - these colours -->
My Mums Craft shop - Clean & Simple

Supplies;

Penny Black Saturday Challenge #204!

Afternoon! And a Happy Diamond Jubilee Weekend to you all! I hope you're enjoying whatever is going on around you!
I'm back a little late with my card for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge. It's the first of the month and therefore it's a CASE it challenge. June sees the turn of Kath and she's chosen this beautiful card for us to take inspiration from.

There's 2 fab prizes to be picked up this week, a sweet sentiment stamp from Penny Black and a gorgeous lilac ribbon bundle from The Ribbon Girl.
Here's my card inspired by Kaths, I chose to CASE most of her card! I just changed the layout around a bit and made the coral colour a bit more prominent. This is the first time I've stamped an image like this, I really admire the was Kath uses inking and distressing techniques but I'm known for being a bit clumsy so clean and simple is usually a bit safer form me! I stamped the flowers in a coral ink and clear embossed it, then sponged over 'Old Paper' and 'Frayed Burlap' Distress Inks, then stamped the script image over the top, again in 'Frayed Burlap'. I little wipe over the embossing and I'm done! I hope you like it!

Challenges;
Play Date Cafe - these colours --> (didn't use any of the yellow but hopefully the other 3 will be enough)
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Fave stamp (such a tricky one but definitely my fave Penny Black stamp!)
The Ribbon Girl - Ribbon or Lace (just a teeny bit of ribbon!)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Supplies;

Cupcake Guest Designer! Ooh la la!

Good morning! Sorry this is a bit late, I thought I'd scheduled it! As promised though I'm back with some news, I'm one of this months Guest Designers for the Cupcake Craft challenge! I was dead chuffed to be asked and had to say yes! The themes coming up are fab by the way! ;-)

This weeks theme is Ooh la la! Choose whatever that means to you, maybe a saucy image, maybe something french or red, white & blue, totally up to you!

Here's my card, I've gone down the french wine route - typical me! And coupled it with a saucy bit of lace and some beautiful frenchy-style papers. I thought it would make a nice anniversary card or something. I hope you like it and can join us this week, there's 2 prizes up for grabs; 3 digi images from Heather Ellis (of Pure Innocence fame - cute!) and and $20 gift voucher for the lovely Simon Says Stamp!

Challenges;
My Favourite Things - This sketch (flipped on its side) -->
Papertake - Anything goes

Play Date Cafe - These colours -->






Supplies;

Penny Black Saturday Challenge #197!

Good morning! What a grey day! Oh well, lots to do indoors today then a 50's party tonight!! Should be fun!
I'm back today though with the details of this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge, this week is Spots & Stripes! And there's a $20 voucher to be won from 1-2-3 Stitch for a lucky random entry.
Here's my card - more stash using up as I've had this pad for a while, it came free with a magazine and hasn't been touched til now. The backing paper is stripey with patterns between, I'm not sure if it shows but there's some cute little bunting! But I thought it would be good as a mens card so I've kept the flowery-bling-ness to a minimum! Have a lovely saturday, thanks for popping over!

Challenges;
Deconstructed Sketch - This sketch -->
My Mums Craft shop - Celebration
Sir Stampalot Challenge - Birthdays
Secret Crafter - Mens card
Top Tip Tuesday - Spotty & Dotty
Play Date Cafe - These colours -->
Supplies;

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #78!

Good morning lovely people! I hope you all had a nice Easter break! I didn't stop the whole time - eating that is! ;-) And seeing friends and family, it was so busy it flew by! I'm here again with a card for this fortnights Truly Scrumptious challenge, this week there is a sketch for you to use, here it is, feel free to flip, rotate etc...

Whiff of Joy is our lovely sponsor this time around!
And here's my card, I decided to flip the piece with the fancy edge as my image covered it all up and I thought it looked cute with the clouds! I haven't used this image for ages but now I'm not sure why, I love these stamps! I guess we just go with the trends but I'm thinking of making a challenge for myself to use old things up on every card, these papers are all from my stash pile too, lets see how I go. I'm probably just thinking of being virtuous now I've just spent a small fortune on this months Die-Namics releases - oops!
Thanks for looking, I hope you can join in!

Challenges;
Play Date Cafe - These lovely colours -->
Top Tip Tuesday - Spotty & Dotty
Papertake - April Showers
Oldie but a Goodie - April Showers
Sweet Stampin' - Dies & Doodles
Simon Says Stamp - April Showers bring Spring Flowers
Cupcake Craft - Spring

Supplies;

Princess mini card!

Morning! I hope you're all well! I'm just popping by with a couple of cards. Firstly this one, it's a little mini card, notelet or gift tag as it's only about 10x7cm. As soon as I saw the Less is More 'Stripes' challenge I wanted to use Zebra stripes but it's taken a whole week of dithering and thinking about it to come up with this! I made it with the MFT Simply Sweet stamp & die set, I cut out a mask using the largest and smallest dies, then stamped on top of them to make the zebra stripes & border leaving a space for the sentiment, then traced around the largest die to make the edges look a bit cleaner. I've also glitter embossed it but the photo has just make it look like messy stamping!

Here's the challenges;
Less is More - Stripes
Play Date Cafe - Black, white & a splash of bright pink
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Clean & Simple
Suuplies;
Now for the second card, not made by me...this one's made by Jamie!! We were talking about Valentines cards and he said he wanted to make one! So sweet! So I set him up with a few essentials - not my MME pads I hasten to add! ;-)  and opened a few digi files on the computer in case he wanted to print anything (I know how long it took me to get the hang of stamping so I didn't think he'd fancy that!) and this is what he made for me!

He was so excited about it and I love it! It didn't even cross my mind he'd use a photo! And he used the 3 little gems in a row which he calls my signature! What do you think? I think he's got the CAS look down to a T! He also decorated the inside although I've blurred out the smushy message! He said he could see why I love making cards as he said it took everything else out of his mind, I think we'll be seeing more from him!
Thanks for looking, I'll be back tomorrow!