WOW!

A very Happy Sunday,

I had a busy day yesterday out and about in London. Today I am resting and felt like doing some crafting this morning.

I got some new dies last week and thought I would cut out the splatter die and then have a hunt in blogland to see if any challenges inspired me.

I saw the sketch at retro sketches and this was my starting point. I created this, with my lay out based on the sketch:

I cut one splatter out of white card and just used gold embossing powder on the tip. Then cut the die again but this time in blue glitter card. 

Enjoy the rest of your day x

This was a fun make and I will enter it into the following challenges.

retro sketches

Just Us Girls-metallics

AAA cards-glitter

          

Thinking of You

Happy Monday my friends

I am popping in very quickly with a card I just made. It is for a few challenges.

The lay out is from CAS(E) this Sketch

The colours from Just Us Girls

And I had to join in the 'You' challenge at CASology as they are celebrating be over 3!!

All of these stamps are from the new release set Thinking of You by Happy Little Stampers x

Have a good day xx

      

Hello Again Fusion!

How is your week going?

I am here with my card for Fusion and shock, horror, this week I have be inspired by the photo and the sketch! I do love grey and yellow so knew these would be pert my card:

I got the idea of white embossing a text stamp on to yellow card. This, then sat on my craft desk for a few days while I decided what to do it! I eventually created my card by using some of this embossed card to die cut butterflies and followed the sketch. I really like the look of the white embossing on yellow and IRL it looks more lemon but this seemed quite hard to capture when photographed.

I am going to enter this into the 'embossing' challenge at Just Us Girls and the 'die cuts/punches' challenge at Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge

        

Time Out Challenge reminder

Have you joined our CASE challenge at Time Out Challenges?

We are CASEing the very talented and creative Kim. Check out her blog Art Keeps Me Sane. It is full of inspiring cards and you can't miss out!

Here is the card I made inspired by Kim:

This week I was inspired by Kim's flowers and colouring but decided to use water paints instead of crayons and heat emboss and not stamp. All these stamps are from Uniko

Here is Kim's card:

So what inspires you-the coloured base, the flowers, the white ink..so much to choose from.

Check out what our DT and very talented Guest Designer Claire have created here.

We are sponsored by Clearly Besotted Stamps and the winner of this challenge will get a £20 gift voucher to spend in their store!

Have fun!

I will enter this into the 'Spring' challenge at Just Us Girls

Time Out Reminder.

Hi All,

Have you joined our 'CAS' challenge with a twist at Time Out Challenges yet?

We are being sponsored for this challenge by CAS-ual Fridays and if you use our twist of 'Black and White with a splash of one colour' you could win a $20 gift voucher for their store-chosen by random!

This week I went with the twist and red is my splash of colour:

I have used the 'tech talk' stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays.

Susanne is our Guest Designer for this challenge and you can see what she and the team have created to inspire you to join us here.

You have until Wednesday 1st April to join in.

You know you deserve some TIME OUT to craft and I hope you take that precious time with us and join in the fun!

I will enter this into the colour challenges at Just Us Girls-black, white plus one other colour and the 'bake naked CAS design' at AAA cards

   

The True Gift of Christmas.

Hi All

Yesterday I mentioned I needed to make a few more 'stamp and go' cards and I have one to share with you today.

My evening glow here is just half a circle stamp. The manager is a NBUS Winnie and Walter stamp. I love how this has turned out.

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Winnie and Walter-join in to win

Just Us Girls-black and white plus one other colour

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge-use circles

Darnell's NBUS challenge #4

52 Christmas Card Throwdown-Silent Night

Have a good day my friends x

Let it Snow!

Hi All,

I had hoped this year to make a few cards Christmas cards each month but so far I have made only one and this is my second. I am very behind my target but I do find it hard to get inspired when the big day seems so far away!

However this week I really liked the colour combo at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and wanted to play along. I also loved the 'splatter' challenge at Just Us Girls. I had the idea of combining splatters and snowflakes to create this card:

I made it one layer so I could join in the challenge at One Layer Christmas Cards-twist of circles-my splatters are circles-right?
I will also enter the following challenges:
Winter Wonderland-Blue Christmas
Christmas card challenge-photo

The snowflake stamps are from Uniko and the splatter stamps are from Paper Artsy

Xmas card 2 done!!

Have a good day x

Addicted to Stamps and More #125

We have a new challenge for you at Addicted to Stamps and More. This week we are asking you to be inspired by this photo:

There is really so much here to inspire you but my eyes just kept returning to the chevron pattern on the straws. I really wanted my brain to go with rainbows but nope it wanted chevrons so this is what I made:

I masked off the side panel of my card and used the tiny chevron stamp from this chevron set from Uniko Studio.

I just used a subtle patterned paper to cover the rest of my card and embossed the sentiment in orange and popped up the blue panel to add dimension. I think this will be used for a masculine Birthday card.

Check out what our DT have created to inspire you here and then join in the fun!

I will enter this into the 'masculine' challenge at Just Us Girls

I will enter the enamel dot challenge at The House of Cards

Wishing you a slice of happy!

Another week begins and I wish you all a slice of happy,

As many of you know I love to play along with the challenges at Fusion but to be honest the latest one stumped me and I nearly gave up. I got caught up with the ties and red polka dot. I had been thinking about it for over a week. a Then yesterday I decided I would enlarge the photo and look closely at the patterns on the ties (not the red polka dot!). I finally had a ping moment and decided to make a card designed...now this is specific...on the right hand side of the plaid bow tie!

And here it is:

I tired to copy the pattern as close as I could and then thought this sentiment was perfect for it. I was so pleased when I came up with this idea as creating this pattern was a new thing for me, yet so easy to do by following the photo. Plus once I got the idea it came together really quickly (even though it took forever to get an idea!)

This card is going to a neighbour who celebrates his Birthday in a few weeks.

Here is Fusion's inspiration

I will also enter it into the 'masculine' challenge at Just Us Girls

Have a fun week x

This makes me happy!

A very Happy March to you all,

My card today is my first go at using an inlaid die. I am late to the game here and have been meaning to give it a go for a while and now I have, so I am happy!

I need some more practise with this!

This card was inspired by this card here made by Leigh for this week's challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch. I loved how she slotted in different colours and it took me a while to work out how to do this. It meant cutting out a number of dies and a lot of fiddling but I got there in the end.

I had been thinking about making this card for a few days and then when I saw the photo at Just Us Girls with the big sentiment I decided I had to get down to it!

I am also going to enter this into the 'This makes me happy' challenge at Less is More as I am a bit happy with myself for conquering an inlaid die! I am hoping to get another chance to enter LIM with a 'stamp and go CAS card' as these are the ones that make my heart sing...quick easy, a stamp and some ink, we will see how the week goes!

   

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!

       

Time Out Reminder

Have you taken Time Out to join in our latest challenge at TIME OUT challenges?

Our challenge is:

Valentine's day with the optional twist of hearts

If you twist there are chances to win prizes from our fabulous sponsors STAMPlorations.

Here is my card using our sponsor's stamps:

I have masked a heart and just kept repeat stamping the sentiment stamp. And finished off with using my fav linen embossing plate.

Check out what our DT have made to inspire you here

I will enter this into the photo challenge at Just Us Girls-the black and pink hearts.

Isn't it time to take some TIME OUT to craft along with us??

Lets Celebrate Family!

Hello my crafty friends,

Today I received a crafty present in the post from my cousin Lynn and decided to have a play with it straight away. I made this card:

I have made this card to celebrate my Family both here and across the pond. I am blessed with a big and loving Family and what better way to celebrate this than to make a card made with love!

The sentiment set that Lynn gave me is from Winnie and Walter (thank you Lynn!). I was again inspired by the colours and circles in the photo at Just us Girls. I have heat embossed the sentiment in pink on vellum and added a few grey enamel dots to represent the circles in the photo. I will also enter this into the 'Family' challenge at Less is More

I hope you are all still having a wonderful Festive time x

Thanks!

How did your Christmas go?

I had a lot of fun with my Family and am now at home recovering!

Santa dropped off some new craft storage units for me as little hint to get my craft area tidied. I have done a little today but took some time out to make a quick thank you card.

Here it is:

This card was inspired by photo this week at Just Us Girls. I love pink and grey together. I followed the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch.

I have used some SN@P stickers that my crafty buddy Kim gave me for my Birthday in May-sorting things today I came across them and thought the dots would be great for the JUGS challenge! So thank you Kim!

The sentiment is from STAMPlorations so I will enter this into their Anything Goes Challenge

         

Addicted to CAS #54 and Goodbye

Today at Addicted to CAS our challenge is hosted by the very creative Shana and she has chosen the following code word:



I decided to use my new die from Clearly Besotted Stamps for this code word-all families live in 'Homes!!'

I have gone a bit crazy with the embossing here and although hard to see from this photo I have popped the little houses up on foam pads for dimension. The snowflakes and sentiment are both from Uniko Studio.

We are sponsored by Stamp Art design and you could win some of their fab digis!

Our DT have all made some great cards and you can see them here

Now it is your turn!

I will enter this into:

The Mixed Media Card Challenge-home

Just us Girls-mixed media

This is my last DT post for Addicted to CAS and I would love to thank all the team for their support and inspiration whilst I have been on this amazing team. And finally to thank Kylie for being such a super team leader-highly organised, efficient and full of fun-thanks for choosing me to be on this team. I am still on Kylie's team at Addicted to Stamps and More so you can't get rid of me too easily!!

     

Party Time!

Happy Sunday to all,

I am popping in to share a card that was inspired by a few challenges. First my card:

I used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch for my lay out. The challenge photo this week at Fusion inspired my red polka dots and the striped circles was inspired by the challenge photo at Just Us Girls. And finally as my two clock hands are die cuts I will enter this into the challenge at Less is More.

I thought this card looked quite masculine and we all know it is handy to have a few 'guy' cards in our stash!

I am very excited as tomorrow my crafting buddy and friend Nonni is flying over from Finland to stay with me in London for the week. We have never met IRL so it is all very exciting. We have a bit of shopping, theatre and I am sure some crafting all lined up. I am sure we will have a few photos to share with you later in the week.

Enjoy the rest of your day x

       

Lets Celebrate!

Over at Time Out challenges we are announcing our winners of all those lovely goodies from Uniko Studios. Just pop on over to our site here to see if you are a winner!

I wanted to make another card for our current challenge here which is to CASE the fab card Virginia made for us (see her card at the bottom of my post). I challenged myself to make a more CAS version this week but keeping to Virginia's lay out and this is what I came up with:

This was made by masking off the strip and then using 2 different circle stamps from Uniko Studios to make my pattern, masking each one as I went-took some time but I liked the effect.

I came up with this by hunting around blog land. I found 2 photos that inspired me to create this card.

First off this photo from Just Us Girls inspired my use of yellow and green and patterns.

And then this photo from Crazy for CAS inspired my use the black and white stripes and circles.

I will also enter this into the 'three thirds' challenge at CAS-ual Fridays as I have used 3 stars and 3 colours.

I hope my card has inspired you to take some TIME OUT and play along at TIME OUT