Pencil colouring & butterflies

Hiya! I hope your Sunday is suitably lovely :-) If you follow my Instagram you'll see that I'm joining in with Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day colouring challenge. Basically to set aside a bit of time each day to colour something in. I'm failing already as I missed Day 4 yesterday but I'll be doing some soon :-)
On Day 1 I coloured in some pretty Hero Arts butterflies using Derwent Studio pencils in loads of different colours. These aren't like most pencils where you blend them to get a smooth look, these are meant to be a bit sketchy and textured looking, and I'm really pleased with how they turned out. I didn't know how I was going to use them on a card but then it saw this weeks ShowCase challenge of rainbow colours and decided to use them all on one card. And as if by magic, this weeks Freshly Made Sketch had room for them all! ;-) I also think this will fit this weeks Simon Says Stamp Girly challenge.
Thanks for looking, I hope you like it!

Supplies;

Ink - Versafine 'Smoky Grey'
Paper - October Afternoon 'Sidewalks'
Colouring - Derwent Studio pencils
Stamps - Hero Arts 'Antique Flowers & Butterflies'
Dies - Memory Box 'Classic Scallop' & Hero Arts 'Antique Flowers & Butterflies'
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Handwritten Sayings'

Hey Sugar!

Hi! Another blogging break, soz! Not much time for card making at the mo, I'm back at work and my little lady has just started crawling - fun times! ;-)
I'm back with a little romantic card I've made using the Simon Says Stamp 'Hey Sugar' set. I stamped and layered the cookies with different card stocks, embossed the matching toppings then covered with a layer of glossy accents. I sort of wish I hadn't done this last step as I'd sponged the cookies for a bit of dimension and I think I it made it run, hey ho! I also used these super old Basic Grey 'Bittersweet' papers, they're one of very few paper pads that I've almost used up - just a few scraps left! I've used this weeks Just Us Girls inspiration photo, the Paper Players sketch and I'm also going to enter into the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge. Thanks for looking - if anyone is still out there reading this poor neglected blog! ;-)

Supplies;
Stamps & sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Hey Sugar'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Early Espresso', 'Real Red' & 'Strawberry Slush'
Ink - Stampin' Up 'Early Espresso' & 'Cherry Cobbler' & VersaMark
Paper - Basic Grey 'Bittersweet'
Other - white embossing powder & Glossy Accents

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 jumper cards!!

Hi! Excuse the blogging break, just been super busy with making 90 wedding invitations and being a mummy - all good stuff! :-) I'm back to share these cards with this Christmas jumper stamp set from Stimson Says Stamp - I love these stamps!! Totally up my street! I'm planning on using up a lot of my christmas patterned paper stash with these, and these are the first 2 of many!

The first one is using this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch along with this weeks Simon Says Stamp challenge of Kraft card and the current Merry Monday challenge of Non traditional colours. I thought the blue & gold from this Bo Bunny pad was an interesting option.

The second is also for the Simon Says Stamp and Merry Monday challenges but this one is using the current Wanna Sketch? sketch. I hope you like them! Thanks for looking!

Supplies;
First card - 
Papers - Bo Bunny 'Snow Day'
Stamp - Simon Says Stamp 'Ugly Sweater'
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Holiday Labels'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Crumb Cake' & 'Baja Breeze'
Stencil - Simon Says Stamp 'Falling Snow'
Die - MFT 'Let it Snowflake'
Other - white ink & natural twine
Second card -
Papers - Bo Bunny 'Snow Day'
Stamp - Simon Says Stamp 'Ugly Sweater'
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Holiday Labels'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Crumb Cake' & 'Crushed Curry'
Embossing - Cuttlebug folder 'Snowflakes'
Other - white ink & white embossing powder

Congrats! Baby Girl card!

Hello! Happy Easter! I hope you're enjoying the long weekend. I've made a card for one of the mums in my NCT group who has had her baby (which made things seem very real!!). She collects rubber ducks so I thought this stamp set with its little ducks image would be perfect for her! I've used this weeks Freshly Made Sketch which I flipped about a bit, and I'm also entering this into this weeks Simon Says challenge which is Animal Antics. I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies;
Stamps, dies & sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Baby Love'
Paper - Carta Bella 'Baby Mine Girl'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Pink Pirouette'
Other - Copics, corner punch, ribbon from stash & MME enamel dots

My Mum's Craft Shop August Challenge!

Hiya! I hope you're all well and having a good week! I'm here today with my first card as a Guest Design Team member for My Mum's Craft Shop! Yippee! It's the first of the month so there's a brand nw challenge, this months theme is -

Summer Sun!

Pretty apt with the weather due today! :-) You have until August 31st to join in with us and there's a voucher for the shop up for grabs!

Here's my card - why does my mojo disappear when I'm 'needed' to make cards - grr! So I decided to make a fairly simple card using the cool new MFT Sun Ray die and some sparkly paper, I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies;

Dies - MFT Die'Namics 'Sun Ray'

        - MFT Die'Namics 'By the Letters'

Paper - My Minds Eye 'Collectable Memorable'

Glitter paper & yellow card - stash

Challenges;
Colour Throwdown - these colours (no orange though) -->
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Addicted to CAS - Glitter

Belated Happy Fathers Day!

Hello! I hope you had a good weekend and had a lovely Fathers Day! I thought I'd show you the card I made for my Dad as it's for a couple of challenges too. I love the vintage map print paper and thought it went quite well with this wood veneer plane. The border edge is made with the waste side of a scallop die, and the banner is a Simon Says Stamp die but I snipped off one of the ends into a point. I then curved a WPlus9 sentiment to fit on it. I hope you like it, thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave - I'm so grateful! :-)

Challenges;
CAS-ual Fridays - Mapquest
Simon Says Stamp - Transport
Papertake - Hello Boys

Supplies;
Wood veneer & paper - PaperMania
Sentiment - WPlus9
Banner - Simon Says Stamp
Border die - Memory Box
Card - Core'dinations & Stampin' Up