4 card mega post!

Hi! Long time no blog :-) As the title suggests, this is a pretty photo heavy, mega post. I've still been participating in The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge over on my Instagram and over the weekend I sat down with some sketch challenges and turned some of them into cards. To keep it slightly shorter, I'll leave out all the supply lists but feel free to ask me if you want to know where something is from :-) Here goes...
This one is from Day 5 and uses the MFT colour challenge and the Fusion sketch -

This watercolour panel is from Day 6 and I've used The Challenge sketch -

This little cutie is from Day 13 and I've used The Paper Players sketch and the Friday Mash Up 'See Through' challenge with vellum to make my nieces birthday card -

And finally this card using my coloured image from Day 14 using the cupcakes theme from The Card Concept challenge and also 'Eggs or Ovals' theme from Just Add Ink. Thank you so much for looking if you made it this far :-)

Two more Christmas cards!

Evening! This is going to be very quick, it's my bedtime and I'm knackered! Haha! I'll add all the links & details and hopefully take better piccys in the morning, but for now, here they are;
This first one is for this weeks Less is More One Layer Starry Night theme and CASology's Festive challenge. It's also my interpretation of Kristina Werner's Day 3 card in her Holiday Card Series.

And this one is using this weeks Just Add Ink colours theme of Early Espresso, Lost Lagoon, Very Vanilla & Gold. (I didn't have Lost Lagoon so I went with Bermuda Bay) And also this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch. Thanks for looking, I'll be back in the morning to fill in the gaps. Zzzzzz ;-)

 

Christmas Flowers!

Hello! I hope you're enjoying the start of a long weekend (if you're in the UK). I'm back again today with another card. There's a few floral challenges about, one of which is a Christmas one so I thought I'd break out this Poinsettia die I haven't used in a while. I inked up the veins of the petals using the die itself and the matching ink to the cardstock. There's also some gold mist on the cream panel, hopefully it shows in the photo. I've used this weeks Merry Monday theme of Flowers along with this weeks Wanna Sketch? and Just Add Inks Colour theme challenge. I'm also going to enter in the current CASology challenge and Paper Players challenges, both of which are Flower/s. Phew, that's a lot of challenges! I hope you like it though, thanks for visiting! Have a great weekend!

Supplies;
Die - Spellbinders 'Poinsettia'
Paper - Simple Stories 'Handmade Holiday'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Baked Brown Suagr', 'Cherry Cobbler', 'Garden Green' & 'Naturals White'
Ink - Stampin' Up 'Cherry Cobbler', 'Garden Green' & Delicata 'Golden Glitz' 
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink 'Framed Out #8'
Other - Heidi Swapp Colour Shine mist 'Gold Lame' & gold glitter dot

Fathers Day card

Hiya! I'm having a very lazy day today but I've managed to make a card. I wanted to get all the ones I 'have' to make for the year before the baby is born, so far I'm up to everything I need before August so not too bad! Today I've made a Fathers Day card for my dad. I thought this weeks Pals Paper Arts colours were perfect for a male card and I combined them with this weeks Just Add Ink sketch. I used some funky alphabet stamps to make the focus of the card. The navy panel was plain originally but looked a bit drab so I stamped in the matching ink with a woodgrain texture - not sure it shows, and I've since straightened out the wonky twine! ;-) Anyway, thanks for stopping by, I hope you're having a good weekend! :-)

Supplies;
Stamps - Sweet Stamp Shop 'Monogram Alpha', Mama Elephant 'Sketchy Letters' & My Favourite Things 'Western Borders'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Cajun Craze', 'Night of Navy' & 'Naturals White'
Ink - Stampin' Up 'Cajun Craze' & 'Night of Navy'
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug 'Herringbone'
Die - Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Journaling card'
Other - natural twine

Pretty & Pink, and gold!

Hi! I'm back today with a very girlie and sparkly card :-) Both the Curtain Call challenge and Just Add Ink have gorgeous photo inspiration cards full of loveliness so I tried to combine my ideas of them into this card. I used possibly my favourite stamp set of all time, from Mama Elephant and embossed it in gold onto the vellum, added this onto some pink polka dots and more gold, then added a scattering of gold hearts & shimmery sequins plus a couple of strips of gold glitter tape - yum! I would have added gold chevron washi tape if I had some, but I don't! :-) I'm also going to enter it in to this weeks Papertake challenge of Anything Goes. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies;
Sentiment - Mama Elephant 'Make a Wish'
Paper - Carta Bella 'Sew Lovely' (available here)
Dies - Lil' Inker 'Stitched Mats: Squares' & Impression Obsession 'Heart of Hearts'
Other - gold embossing powder, Moonshine sequins & gold mirror card

Happy Birthday card

Morning! What a lovely day - and I'm off work too! Yay! I'm back with a card for this weeks Case this Sketch challenge. I've followed it fairly closely and its not very 'CAS' but I'm on a 'paper use-up' kick still, and as soon as I saw this weeks Just Add Ink challenge of Just Add Sale-a-bration products, I knew which ones! I got these free when I made my order last month and this is the first time I've opened them but they're gorgeous! Thanks for looking!

Supplies;
Papers - Stampin' Up 'Sweet Sorbet'
Sentiment - Papertrey 'Happy Hexagons' & 'Framed Out #7'
Die - Papertrey 'Framed Out #7'
Cardstock & ink - Stampin' Up 'Crisp Cantaloupe' & 'Sahara Sand'
Other - black gel pen & Moonshine sequins

Swanky Snowdude!

Good morning all! I hope you had a lovely weekend! I'm sharing another card over on the My Mums Craft Shop blog and I'm also kicking off a new blog theme for the week, which is a free choice week.
I suddenly realised that I haven't made a single Christmas card this year when normally I've made loads by now! This had to be rectified so this card was born! :-)

I started off stamping this cute fella (complete with moustache and pipe - hee hee!) from Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured him in with Copics. He's cut out using a circle die (Die'Namics Circle Stax) and finished off with a swoosh of Stickles.
The background is made using the little snowflakes from the same snowman set in Stampin' Up Pool Party ink and just stamped randomly across the card blank. I stamped the two Pool Party banners too, one with My Favourite Things Darling Dots, and the other with a sentiment from Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler. Quick and simple to recreate and could be made in different colour ways to make a little set! Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!

 

Challenges;
Sweet Sunday Sketch - this sketch -->
Dynamic Duos - Pool Party & Basic Black
Just Add Ink - Snowflakes
Simon Says Stamp - Monochromatic

Happy Birthday!

Hello! I hope you're all well and had a great weekend! Hopefully this has posted ok as I'm in France at a fancy-pants wedding!
I'm here now though with another card for the lovely My Mum's Craft Shop. This week on the shop blog we'll all be showcasing cards with an 'Anything Goes' theme - nice and simple for my simple brain! ;-) I made a card using a stamp from one of my fave MFT sentiment sets and these funky MME papers, I hope you like! Details below on all the goodies! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies;

Sentiment - MFT 'Birthday Sentiments'

Papers - MME 'Kate & Co Oxford Lane'

Banner die - Die'Namics 'Fishtail Flag Stax'

Green buttons - Woodware 'Shades of Green'

Challenges;
Just Add Ink - Blokes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes
 

Up in the Air!

Hiya! I've got a long lunch break today so I managed to come home and make a card. It's quite a quick and simple one but here it is! thanks for stopping by!

Challenges;
Retro Sketches - this sketch -->
Less is More - Up in the Air
Totally Gorjuss - for the men
CAS-ology - Flame
Just Add Ink - these colours -->

Supplies;