Let's Dance!

Hi There,

This afternoon I saw the new challenge at CASology-Fun, and an idea popped into my head. I had been thinking of the 'Exotic' challenge at Less is More and the Silhouette challenge at Addicted to CAS for a few days as I wanted to enter both. It wasn't until I saw the 'Fun' challenge that the idea for this idea card came to me. Weird how this happens but great when it does!

This is what I came up with:

The background is made out of brushos and just looks like the most exotic sunset. What could be more fun than dancing the Tango at sunset. The idea came to me quickly but it took me ages to decide what colour panels to put the card onto. I tried lots of ideas and finally came across this cream coloured card that I rarely use as it looks a bit to yellow to me but it seem to go perfectly with the brusho background.

The sentiment is from PTI and the silhouette is from STAMPlorations.

My sister is a superb dancer and this card is going to her. 

Have a good day my friends x

I will enter this into:

Less is More-exotic

CASology-Fun

Addicted to CAS-silhouette

STAMPlorations-Anything Goes

STAMPloration CAS-gold-could my sunset be golden-if not I go with no twist.

      

Gift Time!

Hi All

Popping in with a card I made yesterday for 2 challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches-I followed the sketch for my lay out

Addicted to CAS-Gift-mine is all wrapped up!

Hope your week is a good one x

   

The Science of Dreams

Hello there,

Over the last few days there have been some really inspiring challenges that I have wanted to join in and then today up pops the latest challenge from CASology and I had a light bulb moment...and combined 3 of these challenges.

Here is my card:

Did you know the 'Science of Dreams' is called 'Oneirology'? When I saw the 'Science' challenge at CASology I googled 'types of sciences' and a huge list came up. On the list was the 'Science of Dreams'. 

Light bulb moment...combine the 'dream' challenge at Addicted to CAS with CASology plus the 'word play' challenge at AAA cards. I love cards that focus on the sentiment so the AAA challenge was on my list.

I do love this sentiment. It is an old Verve sentiment and I just did some masking so I could emphasis the 'dream' part of it. Added a few hearts from Uniko and linen embossed to give me a one layer CAS card.

I will also enter this into the Geek Chic challenge at The City Crafter

Have a dreamy day x

   

Home Again!

Hello my blogging friends,

My holiday was wonderful, sun and more sun. The total relaxation I was looking for. I may not have been commenting on your cards as I usually do but am slowly getting back into action.

I am doing Deepti's water colouring class here and was just about to jump into the next lesson when I saw the prompt word at CASology-Line-an idea immediately popped into my head. I knew the stamps I wanted to use and here is what I came up with:

The heart and sentiment stamps are both from Paper Smooches. I just added my own life line with a red pen and ruler. I then had to use a couple of my fav crafting tools-linen embossing plate and the corner chomper...crafting fix done!!

I am also going to enter this into the 'chevron' challenge at Addicted to CAS and the colour challenge at Uniko-black and white with a splash of colour.

    

Time Out Reminder #29

Have you joined our latest challenge at Time Out?

It is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge

'You can't make a rainbow without a little rain'

Use any of these words or the whole phrase to create.

I went super CAS and and heat embossed this image and just added the sentiment and a mix of gems and sequins. The image has a very slight text on it which looks fab IRL but quite hard to see in the photo. 

Michele is joining us again this week as her GD and we are so pleased to have her with us.

Take a look here to see what she and the DT have created to inspire you. 

Then you know you need some TIME OUT of your busy schedule to craft and join in the fun!

This card is another entry into The Challenge-this time I have gone with the umbrella and the text (the silhouette has a ext background)

I am going to enter the 'showers' challenge at Addicted to CAS and the 'Up and Away' challenge at Less is More-I have lost many umbrellas on a windy London day! And for the same reason I am entering the 'Blowin' in the Wind' challenge at one layer simplicity challenge.

    

TIme Out #29

Are you ready to take some Time Out and join in our new challenge at Time Out?

We have our 'Inspired by Words' challenge for you this week and our words are:

'You can't make a Rainbow without a little Rain'

You can be inspired by the whole phrase or you could choose just 1 or 2 of these words.

You might want to go with rainbows, so many possibilities there! Or perhaps rain or you could go with 'little'. Let your creativity bloom!!

I went with the whole phrase as I had a stamp with these words on. I then focused on 'rainbow' by water colouring over the embossed sentiment, in the colours of the rainbow.

A few little splatters to finish off the card.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Michele. Her blog Crimson Owl Creations is full of the most creative and inspiring projects and we are so pleased Michele is joining us.

So how will you be inspired by these word? Take a look here at what Michele and our DT created to inspire you.

I will enter this into the 'showers' challenge at Addicted to CAS
And the 'April Showers' challenge at Make My Monday
I will also enter the 'Springtime' challenge at AAA cards

Addicted to Stamps and More #131

Hello my friends,

We have our Anything Goes Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. So you can let your creativity go wild!

I needed a Wedding card and have gone with the colours of the Bridesmaid's dresses:

The dresses are this exact green. I thought some silver embossing looked good with this colour. These 3 little hearts are all from this Uniko set. I finished off with giving the card some texture using the linen impression plate. I am pleased how this turned out as I found this colour quite a challenge for a Wedding card.

This  week are being sponsored by Sweet Pea Designs who have some amazing digis and they are offering 4 to our winner.

Once more our D.T have made some fabulous cards to inspire you. Check them out here

I will enter this into the CAS and embossing challenge at Happy Little Stampers

And Fusion-inspired by the metallic hearts in photo.

And Addicted to CAS-hugs and Kisses

AAA cards-love

STAMPlorations Feb Challenge-stamps and hearts

Just Us Girls-love

CASology-love

Then get stamping and enjoy!

       

Addicted to CAS #53

Our new challenge is hosted this week by the very creative and inspiring Loll. She has chosen for us this fun code word:

How dotty are you feeling??

I went all out dotty and super CAS and created this:

I love this polka dot Clearly Besotted stamp and die. I decided to use the negative die for this. I went crazy dotty trying to line up the die and stamp but got there in the end. I then embossed the top card with a dotty folder (how many times can I use dotty in this post!). I decided just to stamp the inside 'party time'

This week we are sponsored by the fabulous Inspired by Stamping.

We have a DT call going on at ATCAS, check out the details here

Our Guest Designer is Linda, you can see what she and the DT have created here and then it is time for you to go all dotty on us! (I knew I could get it in again!)

Happy 2nd Birthday Addicted to CAS

Have you got your party hats on? 

Is it our 2nd Birthday at Addicted to CAS and hostessing our party is the very lovely and talented Karen. And to help the celebrations get started Karen has chosen a sketch to inspire us:

I really should have gone with a Birthday card but decided to get on with some more Xmas cards and created this:

I cut down on the layers in the sketch and used my snowflakes to represent the square panel-so a very CAS take on the sketch. I have used my fav Xmas colour combo with a touch of glitter card.

We are very lucky to have Scribbles Designs sponsoring us for this challenge. Check out their store here

Our Guest Designer is Linda and you can check out her card along with our DT's projects here.

We would love you to join us in our Birthday Celebration and are looking forward to see your take on our sketch.

I will enter this into CASology-Festive

And Marina's Festive 48-Any Xmas card

Enjoy!

Addicted to CAS #48

We have a new code word for you at Addicted to CAS:



The very talented Michelle is our hostess for this challenge and this is the word she has chosen. And here is my take:

I did struggle with this word and did hunt through all my stamps for a cuddly image and I really don't have any except the 'Sweet Baby' stamp set by Uniko Studios. As I needed to make a baby card for the lovely Beverley from Uniko Studios this turned out to be the perfect time to get all cuddly! Bev gave birth to twins just over a month ago now so 2 little teddy bears had to go on this card. Here I have channelled my inner Ardyth. I love her graphic designs and saw this card on Pinterest and it gave me the idea to use small images-thank you Ardyth!!

I am sorry that the photo is not so good but it went in the post straight after making it so I couldn't re-do.

This month our Guest Designer is Tenia, you can check out her card and the rest of the DT's here

The fabulous Scribbles Designs are sponsoring us for this challenge. Take a look at their store and do some retail!

My card today would also be good for our challenge 'Double the Joy' over at TIME OUT Challenges-all you have to do here is have 2 of something on your project and you could win a £20 gift voucher to spend at Uniko Studios

Now it is your time to get all cuddly!!

Addicted to CAS #47

This week at Addicted to CAS our hostess is the very talented and very lovely Sylvia and she has chosen the following keyword:

So what does 'Oriental' inspire you to make? 

 I went with an oriental pattern. I was thinking of oriental carpets and decided to go with black and gold as this just seemed the perfect colours for an oriental feel:

This week we are sponsored by Stamp Art Designs-check out their cool store for some fab digis.

And we are very happy that for the month of September Tenia will be joining us as our Guest Designer. Check out her blog Jazzy Paper Designs for some really funky inspiration and then go and get all Oriental on us and create!

Addicted to CAS #45

Time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Our host this week is the very creative and talented Harriet and she has chosen the following code word for us

I was a bit thrown by this at first but Kylie provided a google search of images, which you will find on our main blog here. After looking through these images I realised I could use my Uniko Studios spiky snowflakes stamps and came up with this:

I do love how this turned out and in the end this word did challenge me but inspired me to use the snowflake stamps in this set that had been not inked up yet.

Our sponsors this week are Scribbles Design and you could win 3 of their fabulous images.

For the month of August we have Lyndal joining us as our Guest Designer.Her blog Ideas and Paper is full of inspiration. I would take a visit there and I am sure you will be inspired.

Finally, our team have come up with such creative CAS takes on this code word, take a look here.

I am really looking forward to what you create for us, have fun x

Addicted to CAS #44

We are getting all sparkly at Addicted to CAS as our super talented host Deepti has chosen the following code word:

And I decided to go with the same layout as my cad earlier today but with a few twists:

I have heat embossed the butterfly then spritz it with gold shimmer, fussy cut it out. I decided that the shimmer didn't look gold enough so I fussy cut the butterfly again in some gold glitter card. 

Our Guest Designer this month is the very creative Lyndal and her blog Ideas and Paper is a must see!

Plus for this challenge we are so pleased that Stamp Art Designs are our sponsors. Visit their amazing store here

And yet again our DT have come up with some wonderful CAS projects to inspire you to get all sparkly with us. Check then out here.

I will enter this into the 'Anything Goes' challenge at Uniko Studios as my butterfly is one of their stamps!

Addicted to CAS #43

Hello again my CAS loving friends,

It is time for our new challenge at Addicted to CAS and this week we have the very talented Jaydee as our host and she has chosen the following code word:

What a great code word as there are so many ways to take this. I decided to go with a Birthday celebration. I have a lot of friends who have Birthdays coming up so this code word came at the right time for me.

This is only the second time I have used a sentiment die and built it up to give dimension. I have actually die cut 7 white sentiments and then added a final one cut from some glitter card. The stamps I have used here are all from STAMPlorations. They have a 'Glitter and Stamps' challenge this month so I will be entering this into their challenge. I used copics to colour some gems as I didn't have the right colours but I did have a funky pink enamel dot!

This month we have the very creative Cathy joining us as our Guest Designer and you can see what she has created for us here along with the rest of our fab DT.

And finally we are very lucky that Bugaboo Stamps are sponsoring this challenge.

Time to Celebrate and get stamping!

Addicted to CAS #41

Hello again!

I am back today with our new challenge at Addicted to CAS. This week our host is the lovely and very talented Loll. Today Loll has chosen the following code word to inspire us:

A very inspiring word for me this week as at this very moment as I am on my holiday. Here is what I created:

I have water coloured a sunset for you and added a few splashes for fun!

This week Karen is our Guest Designer and you can see what she and the rest of the team have created here. 

Our sponsors this week are Bugaboo Stamps-7 digis for the winner!

Right must go back and relax in the sun again!!

Addicted to CAS #40

Hello again!

I am back today with our new challenge at Addicted to CAS and this week the very talented Karen is our hostess. Karen has chosen the following code word for us:

I was quite unsure of what to make for this challenge but at the weekend I got a request from a Family member for a London themed card that had a red bus and Big Ben as the main elements. So decision made! I know you have seen me make a few of these cards but I have added different elements as I am not a fan of making the exact cards again.

This week our Guest Designer is Karen. I love Karen's cards and have been following her for a long time now. Her blog is full of inspiration, check it out here.

As always are DT have made some fab projects to inspire you, check them out here.

We are sponsored by Stamp Art Designs and you could win 5 of their fab digis.....so time to stamp away my friends xx

Addicted to CAS #39

Its time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS and this week we the very creative and talented Vicki is a host. It is very apt that Vicki is our host as it was her Birthday this week and I am dedicating this card to you Vicki-Happy belated Birthday! She has chosen the following code word for us:

When I saw this word a while ago I thought of using felt, copper sheeting or wood grain embossed card and was sure I would have plenty of ideas so didn't think too hard on it. A few days before the challenge I was stuck! I couldn't think how to use all my ideas so had to think in a different direction. First I will show you my card then if you want to you can read how I came about creating it.

I decided to show you my favourite way of adding texture to a CAS card and that is using my linen embossing plate. I love the texture this gives and many of you know this is probably my most used crafting tool! I added some cork just for a touch more texture. All subtle ways you can add texture to your project.

 I got the idea of this from a few challenges. Firstly the colours come from the latest challenge at Uniko Studios and here I have chosen a Uniko stamp set that my blogging friend and owner of Uniko, Bev, gave me as a pressie for my Birthday. I am for the first time entering the The Iron Craft Challenge that I found through Virginia's blog-this is for the Inspiration 2-memories. When I saw this collage it reminded me of when Kylie came to visit me and we crafted together-the photo of the 2 girls laughing reminded so much of our time together.

And finally the Flower challenge at Casology helped to focus my idea.

This week at Addicted to CAS we are sponsored by Scribbles Designs-check out their store here. And we are lucky enough to have the lovely Darnell as our Guest Designer. See her and the other Design Teams' fabulous projects here.

If you have made it to the end of this blog...Congratulations! But I have one more announcement before I leave you alone!! Over at Stamplorations we are having a little party for Vicki's Birthday-why not join us!!

Addicted to CAS #38

This week at Addicted to CAS our host is the very talented Marie and she has chosen the following code words:

And this is my take using the sketch this week at CAS(E) this Sketch (I flipped it)

Used my Clearly Besotted Stamps and dies-they are getting some use this week!

We are very happy that our Guest Designer for this challenge is Darnell. If you are not aware of Darnell then you really should visit her blog Djkardkreations as not only is she a very talented but her posts will brighten your day...check them out and you will see what I mean!

We are sponsored by Stamp Art Designs who have a great store-check it out here.

If you pop over to our main blog here you will see all the different and inventive ways our DT have interpreted 'off the edge'

Can't wait to see what you come up with-Enjoy!

Inkspirational and Addicted to CAS

Good Morning crafting friends,

Today I have combined 2 of my DT challenges and made one card.

At Inkspitational it is our colour challenge. Pink and Green are our colours for this challenge-you can use any shade and combine these with black, white and cream plus realistic colours for skin and hair.

At Addicted to CAS the lovely Kylie is our hostess and she has chosen this code word:

As many of you know I do love grunge but this week I challenged myself to make a grunge card using Inkspirational colours. I wanted to make a girly grunge card to show that grunge doesn't always have to for guys!

I used a mix of stamps from PTI and STAMPlorations. I really like the girly grunge look and think I will be doing this again!

At Inkspirational we have the fabulous Guest Designer Alycia, check out her card and the DT's creations here.

And at Addicted to CAS our Guest Designer is my very talented blogging friend Anita. You will see her CAS delight by visiting our blog here. Plus our DT have gone grunge crazy so don't forget to check out their cards! Bugaboo Stamps are sponsoring us at Addicted to CAS-you know how fab their store is!

I will enter this into the 'Birthday' challenge at Seize the Birthday

Have fun x