Addicted to Stamps and More #139

Hi All

At Addicted to Stamps and More this week we have our 'Clean and Simple' challenge. We are being sponsored by STAMPlorations.

I have used their stamp set Celebrate Artsy' to create this card:

I have based this on the sketch challenge at STAMPlorations and their April 'Stamps and Numbers' challenge here. And as I have used all STAMPlorations stamps I will enter their Anything Goes challenge.

Our DT have some wonderful CAS cards to inspire you-take a look here

I am looking forward to seeing your CAS projects-Enjoy!

I will enter this into the 'Numbers' challenge at CAS on Sunday

Now I am happy!

Hi again, 

 My card today was made for the latest challenge at Less is More

The challenge is 'This makes me happy'.

I have entered this once but had been thinking about this all week as I wanted to make a card that consisted of all the elements that really make me happy when creating and I nailed it with this card.

Here is my happy creating list:

-CAS

-Purple

-linen impression plate

-mix of enamel dots and gems (would have liked to include sequins but the combo I have used here just worked perfectly)

-rounded corner

-stamp and go-I call it this because it is just one stamp and off I go!

-been made for a crafty friend and will be sent with love!

This card is the kind of heart that makes my heart feel happy.

I will also like to enter this into:

One-Layer Simplicity Challenge-words, words, words

CAS on Sunday-Girl Power-make a card for a girl

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-girly card

Uniko Release Day and Blog Hop

At last we are here with our Blog Hop!

I have chosen my 2 favourite cards to share with you today using our new stamps at Uniko Studio.

First off I have used I have used 'Beautiful blooms to create this:

The sentiment is from the Uniko Studio 'All occasions 1' set.

My second card uses our new 'Simply said Birthday set'

Here is the order of our blog hop:

Uniko Studio-Bev

Amber
Deborah

Gillian

N@ Ali

Nicki

Sarah 

Sandie-you are here.

Simply comment along the hop to be in the chance of winning the ENTIRE release (If you win & have already purchased the release a full refund will be given. You have until midnight Wednesday 18th February to comment & the winner will be announced on the blog & Facebook on Thursday 19th February.

Don't forget to check the Uniko Studio blog over the next few days to see if you are a Mystery Prize Winner!

All the new products are available here on the website & AS IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY RELEASE if you order today & spend £15 or more it is FREE Worldwide Shipping. Simply use the code FREESHIPPING during checkout if your order qualifies. If you forget & you qualify I will refund your postage. 

The release is also available at The Paperlanein Northallerton and a selection of products are again available at The Stamp Attic

Happy Hopping x

I will enter these cards into:

CAS-ual Fridays-water colour

Happy Little Stampers-CAS and embossing
CAS on Sunday-flowers
STAMPlorations-CASEsplorations-new challenge where you can CASE one of the DT projects-I am CASEing Deepti here for my second card-watercolour and sentiment (think I may be more like this-am on a roll with this kind of card!)

A very Happy Christmas and a reminder for TIME OUT!

A very Merry Christmas to you all!

I know many of you will be far away from blogland today but also there may be some who want to escape the madness and relax for a few minutes in blogland. Also for all of you who are not so busy today, I hope our little reminder post brightens your day.

I am here to remind you that you still have time to enter our 'Inspired by Words' challenge at TIME OUT Challenges. Our words are:

'Christmas is Love with all the Trimmings'

Use any of these words to inspire you!

I went with my very loved wreath stamp. So quick and easy to use. This was stamped using the gorgeous Delicate ink-it really does look like you have embossed.

I know you have seen this before stamp before but I have used it in so many different ways and I still love it!

Check out the wonderful cards from our DT here

I will enter this into:

CAS on Sunday-Christmas

And a very Merry Christmas xx

Addicted to Stamps and More #121 and Fusion Inspired.

This week at Addicted to Stamps and More it is the 'Anything Goes' challenge. So you can let your creativity go where it wants to and just enjoy creating.

Here is what I created:

This card was inspired by the photo at Fusion-see below. I loved the colour of the cake and the embossed pattern on each layer. I used the colour as my card base and embossed my pattern in gold instead of white but represented this white with a ribbon.

. I love how this turned out and think I will be using gold embossing on turquoise again. I think it makes for a stylish card-hence the sentiment.

This week we are being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps. Their digital stamps are fab and you could win 3 of these.

Our DT have all created delightful projects to inspire you. Check them out here and then get stamping and enjoy!

I will also enter this into Virginia's View Challenge-metallic, and CAS on Sunday-use ribbon or twine

  

TIME OUT Challenges #18

Are you ready to take some TIME OUT with me and do some crafting? I hope so because at TIME OUT Challenges we have a fabulous Christmas themed photo for you. Hopefully it will inspire you to get some of those Holiday cards made...or perhaps it will inspire a different kind of card. All are welcome at TIME OUT Challenges

Here it is:

And my take with a stamp you have seen a few times before but with a few little twists:

I really like the natural colours in this photo and my eye was drawn to the wreath hanging on the ladder. I wanted to use this wreath stamp but wasn't sure it would look right in a natural colour but I went ahead and stamped it with SU crumb cake ink on kraft card and loved how it looked. For the rest I have used red and white pens...very complicated!!

Our Guest Designer this week is Toni. I am sure many of you will know her creative and inspiring blog-if you are not, pop over there and I am sure you will come away with a list of new ideas!!

Our wonderful DT have been so creative with their takes on this photo. Check their cards out here, then you know what to do:

Take TIME OUT and get crafting!!

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Just Us Girls-wreaths

Marina's Festive 48-Any Xmas card

Merry Monday-rustic Xmas

CAS on Sunday-one layer wonder

Addicted to CAS #50

We have a fun challenge for you this week at Addicted to CAS chosen by the lovely Marie. She has chosen this code word:



I had fun with this and tried out using pink embossing powder on vellum. See what you think:

I stamped this butterfly stamp from Uniko Studios directly onto the card and then onto some white card and some vellum. I fussy cut the white card and vellum and layered them up. 

Our Guest Designer for this month is wonderfully creative Hannelie, you can check out here vellum card here where you will also see all the fabulous inspiration our DT have for you this week.

We are very lucky to have Scribbles Design as our sponsors this week-check out their store here

Now it is your turn your turn to get creative with vellum and I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Enjoy!

I will enter this into the 'Emboss it' challenge at CAS on Sunday

Sequin CAS for Bev!

Well we made it to Friday!

Ardyth and Darnell are holding a linky Birthday party for the lovely Bev. I am a little late to the party but I have a card today that I thought Bev would find fun! So Happy Belated Birthday Bev. Her blog Happy Dance is full of inspiration and lots of fun and if you don't know Bev I urge you to pop over and be inspired!

I have a 'cheats' version of a shaker card to share with you for Bev. I started out to make a shaker card but totally forgot that I needed acetate and came up with the idea of gluing the sequins down using glossy accents. It really does work. I have turned it upside down, have put it in an envelope and given it a good old shake and they all just stay there!!

I used Wink of Stella on the card behind the sequins but it didn't show up in the photo above so I have taken another one.I hope you can see the sparkle here!

I am entering this into the Autumn challenge at Clearly Besotted Stamps and I got the idea for this when I saw this card from DT member and the Queen of CAS Aimes! The die cut is 'Autumn Flowers' from Clearly Besotted Stamps

I had been thinking about this card for a few days as I wanted to enter the 'sequin celebration' challenge at CAS on Sunday with a shaker card but wanted to make it as CAS as I could. White sequins and white textured card helped me create this! I am going to use my 'cheats' shaker card again....I am thinking this would be good for a Xmas card and can see another entry to Festive Friday on the way....if time allows!

I hope you like my card and are enjoying your party!

Time Out Reminder

Happy Friday Eve and that means I am here to remind you that you still have time to play along at TIME OUT Challenges. Our challenge this week is to be inspired by Shakespeare's words from the play Twelfth Night:

'If music be the food of love play on'

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You can use any of these words or the whole phrase to inspire you. It is my 9th Wedding Anniversary next week so I went for 'love' and made my hubby this card...I am very happy to say he is a lover of CAS designs (lucky for me!)

A few different challenges came together in my little head to create this card. First off I loved the sketch at the forum Happy Little Stampers. Crafting buddy Kylie runs this forum. If you are not already a member I urge you to sign up as it is full of a great bunch of fellow crafters who are on hand to give advice, chat about crafty and non crafty things.

Second up I thought this week's challenge word at CASology was a very unique and wanted to challenge myself. I knew I wanted to use this Dove stamp form Uniko Studios for my TIME OUT reminder card I had the idea of hanging the hearts under the dove from its mouth....delivering love! Bev fellow teamie at TIME OUT and owner of Unilko had used the dove on one of her cards and added sparkle, it looked so cool I got out my wink of stella to do the same and loved how it looked.

Finally my colour scheme came from the challenge at CAS on Sunday-black/white and one other colour.

I found a couple of other challenges that my card is suitable for:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge-Anything Goes-both sentiment stamps are paper smooches.
Eclectic Ellapu.-Pink Team-hearts

Now it is your turn to take TIME OUT and craft with us at TIME OUT Challenges. Some inside info for you.....we have an exciting announcement tomorrow so don't forget to visit us tomorrow or you can see the news here on my blog!!

edited to add-I just saw the reminder of the current challenge at Uniko Studios-special occassions-so I will add my card to this x

      

Time Out Reminder

Happy Friday Eve and that means over at TIME OUT Challenges we are announcing our winners, go check it out and see if you are there.

I am also here to remind you that you still have nearly a week to join in our 'Home Sweet Home Photo' challenge.

Here is my card:

I came up with the idea for this card when I saw the challenge this week at CAS on Sunday. I remembered that I had wanted to make a card for TIME OUT Challenges using the feather hanging from the tee pee in our photo here:

However for my original DT card I went for the colours and patterns but thanks to the 'Sympathy' card challenge CAS on Sunday this idea popped into my head. For some reason I think feathers seem just right on a sympathy card. I also think this sentiment is perfect at these times. I kept the card neutral but did get a bit arty by adding in my own feather lines using a white pen. I wasn't sure this would work but really like how it turned out and just added a few more once I became confident I wouldn't mess it up!

Head on over to TIME OUT Challenges as we have winners and more inspiration from other DT members to encourage you to take some TIME OUT and create with us x

Snowflakes in July!

I hope you are all having a fantastic Saturday and getting some time to craft.

I have a card today that was inspired by the sketch this week at CAS(E) this Sketch. I loved the sketch and immediately had an idea. Here is my card:

I knew I wanted to use this stamp set from Uniko Studios but was unsure about the colours. I decided to use the colours of the Uniko Studio challenge however forgot it was meant to be a Birthday card! I do like using non traditional colours for Christmas cards so decided to stick with this and add a little glitter line with a gel pen.

As this is one layer I will also enter it into CAS on Sunday-one layer wonder challenge.

And the Sweet Stampin Challenge this week is Christmas in July!

And Marina's challenge-any Christmas card goes!

Enjoy the rest of your day xx

Addicted to Stamps and More #93

Time for our 'Holiday' challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and time for me to make another Christmas card! You can choose any hols you want to or even something that just reminds you of a holiday.

I have loved for a long time the snowflake stamps and dies from Uniko Studios so was very excited to use these for this challenge. And here is my card:

I had previously made another card for this challenge but changed my mind when I saw this photo at Festive Friday Challenge

The wood grain and red star inspired me immediately. I love the look of white card stock embossed with wood grain and that big red star inspired me to die cut my large snowflake die with glitter red card. I added the simple small sentiment not to distract from the snowflake and also as I thought this would be great for the 'Bright Sparks' challenge at Keep it Simple.

This week our DT have got some fab projects to inspire you and we are sponsored by A Random Fan-you could win 3 of their very cool digis!

I will also enter this into the 'glitter stash' challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and the 'Sparkle and Shimmer' challenge at CAS on Sunday

Marina my DT teamie at Inkspirational has challenges herself to make one Christmas card per week and asks us to join in and link up and I finally have a card to add to her fun!

Now it is your time to play along and have some fun x

Addicted to Stamps and More

It is time for our 'Holiday' challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. You can choose any holiday you want or something related to holidays. I have gone with Christmas this time. And here is my card:

STAMPlorations are sponsoring us this week and I wanted to showcase one of their stamp sets called 'Holiday Artsy', actually it is my favourite STAMPlorations set! 

This card was actually inspired by 3 challenges. The silver jewel snowflake at Festive Friday caught my eye last week and I embossed one of my snowflakes to represent this. I loved the sketch this week at CAS(E) this sketch and used this as my lay out. And finally for over a week I have been wanting to enter the one layer challenge at CAS on Sunday and although I make OLC quite a lot, once I decided I wanted to enter this challenge my mind went blank until these other challenges gave me my idea!

I was happy with the result and the one little gem just seemed the perfect finishing touch.

This week we are very lucky that Anni is joining us as our Guest Designer and her card this week is full of holiday cheer! Check her card and all the inspiration from our DT here.

         

Then time to get into the Holiday spirit and join in the fun!

My First Real Watercolouring!

At the beginning of this week I saw Virginia's View Challenge and it inspired me to have a go at watercolouring. I have tried this a bit in the past but had been meaning to try it out more but all that mess just plain put me off! However on the same day I saw Virginia's new challenge I saw Shery's video here teaching us how to watercolour your own roses. Yes, no stamps, you actually do some REAL painting!! I had a go and came up with this:

It is my first go and later in the week I have another one to share with you. It was fun feeling like a 'real' painter!

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Virginia's View-watercolouring

CAS on Sunday-colour me bright

Lexi's creations-Mother's Day

Enjoy your day x

Lets Dance!

Happy Wednesday my friends. 

My card for today is for my MIL's partner who loves to ballroom dance. They have lessons a few times a week and will often spend Saturday nights at a dance. It is his Birthday soon and I have been a bit stuck on creating a card for him as I remember him telling me that cards for men always seem to have boats, fishing or planes on them and he didn't like them.

Luckily a few challenges came to my rescue. CASology's code word this week is 'Jump' and this directed my thoughts to dancing-there is a lot of jumping needed to get into those holds..think Dirty Dancing!! The 'Masculine' challenges at CAS on Sunday and Less is More focused my thoughts to make it CAS (as if I needed a prompt to do this!!). So I had an idea and now just needed to choose my stamps (Papertrey Ink) and a layout-this is where the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch helped me out.

It is hard to see from the photo but the sentiment is popped up on foam pads. I hope a dance themed cards will meet his approval!!

Edited to add-I am entering this into a new challenge I just came across-Cardz 4 Guyz and this week the challenge is CAS!

Before I go I wanted to remind you that there is still time to enter our DT call at Time Out Challenges. You have until midnight GMT tomorrow to enter!

Have a fun day and if you get chance to take some TIME OUT to craft why not enter our DT call at Time Out

                 

Time to take Time Out and sneak a peek 2!

Hello crafting friends,

It is time to for you to take a sneak peek at our second challenge at Time Out Challenges. Today the fabulous crafter Lynn has a card to inspire you! I know you want to take a peek at Lynn's card and find out all about our next type of challenge. And to do that you just need to click here and take just a little Time Out!!

I also have a couple of cards for you today. The first one was inspired by the sketch at Crazy for CAS. I saw this sketch and knew exactly what stamp would be perfect for it! I think this grunge stamp set from STAMPlorations is becoming one of my favourite. I decided to make this into a Valentines/love card by adding some kissable lips...thanks to glossy accents and Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

I am also going to enter this into the following challenges:
Dynamic Duos-pink and pool party. I don't have a baby pink colour so I am hoping this will be o.k
CAS on Sunday-lovey dovey (such a cool name!)

I don't usually post 2 cards in one day but I realised that the deadline for CAS(E) this Sketch is this morning. I liked this weeks sketch but hadn't really thought of an idea until I saw the really fab code word at CASology this week-Contrast-the DT have made 2 cards one that contrasts the other. I thought this was a unique idea and really got my mojo in gear. I decided to follow their lead and looked through my cards on Flickr for a non CAS card (I had to go back a long way!) and then did a CAS version of it.
Here is the CAS version using STAMPlorations stamps:

The original was posted in Dec 2011 and here it is, same colour scheme but definitely not CAS! Plus this time my dancers are not digi images but heat embossed to give texture. This was such a fun challenge, I may have to do another 'contrast' card!

And before you leave, don't forget to see what the lovely Lynn has created for our sneak peek at Time Out Challenges

Sketch from Crazy for CAS         Sketch for CAS(E) this Sketch


                           

Anyone for a Martini?

Christmas is done and now we move on to New Year! I hope you all had a fun time and got some time to relax and perhaps you sneaked in some crafting!

I made a very simple CAS New Year card yesterday. This card is for a guy so I have avoided any sparkle, something I found quite hard to do for a New Year Party card. I went with embossing the sentiment in black and adding some dimension by popping up my Martini glass top. I stayed with masculine colours and used my fav sketch at the moment from CAS(E) this Sketch.

I will also enter this into the following challenges:

CAS on Sunday-Happy New Year

Casology-Party

Less is More-week 15 embossing

CAS-ual Fridays-Happy New Year

Enjoy your Saturday x

Let it Snow

Happy Monday my friends,


Today I have a card for you that was inspired by a number of challenges. I had one of those light bulb moments when browsing challenges to get my mojo back in gear. I actually was inspired to make a couple of cards all based on challenges I came across. Today I will share one with you and the other one later in the week.

Here is my first card:

This card was inspired by the following challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch-I based my layout on this week sketch-actually this is where the inspiration started!

Curtain Call-Casual Christmas-all my stamps are CAS-ual Friday Stamps

CAS on Sunday-Winter theme

Addicted to Stamps-embossing

Festive Friday -snowflakes in the design

CAS-ual Fridays-use 8-I used 8 snowflakes including the one in the sentiment.

        

Isn't it fab when it all comes together! x

Floral Friday.

Hello fellow crafters,

I decided to play along again this week with the One Layer Wednesday challenge. This week it is one stamp, one ink and one sentiment. I really liked the stunning simplicity of Heather's card and decided to case it. I went for different colours and a different stamp but used the same masking technique she did.

(hover over the picture and click on on the pin to save to pinterest)

Here I have used Mocha brown ink and a Hero Arts stamp.

I am also going to enter this into the 'Floral Fantasy' challenge at CAS on Sunday

Enjoy your Friday x