Lets have bags of fun!

Hello friends,

This week is the fourth week at the Muse club. This week Therese has a fab and fun card to inspire us. Take a peek here.
I loved the colours and the layout and so just went from there and this is what I came up with:

What can I say....purple is my colour!!
My mojo has recently been snoozing but I loved Therese's card and to help me get back into the flow I chose one of my old but much loved stamps. I kept it simple and you know what I love the end result!

I am also going to enter this into the 'girly' challenges at Eclectic Ellapu and Moving Along With The Times

And here is Therese's card that inspired me. If it inspires you pop on over to the Muse club here and join in the fun-it is all about us being inspired by each other and giving each other encouragement. I love the idea and have a great time visiting the blogs of others who enter. Enjoy!

Liebster Award!

I had not heard of this award but am over the moon that Kylie has nominated me for this.

ABOUT THE AWARD This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion. Once you've been nominated, you award it to blogs that you like that have fewer than 200 followers, to encourage new visitors to visit these new blogs. 

RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE

Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have fewer than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

PAY IT FORWARD 

Here are five fabulous blogs that I think you should check out:

Asha

Asha has become a great blogging buddy of mine over the last 6 months and her creations are wonderful. Her style is very different to mine. She loves detail, lots of stitching, lace, ribbons, buttons etc and I am always in awe at her creativity. Her blogs are such fun to read, she makes me smile everyday! 

Donna

I have only just discovered Donna's blog as she enters the challenges on Inkspirational where I am on the DT. Her cards are always a delight to see and I think she has a pretty much CAS style but then throws in something different to surprise us. I am so pleased I found her site and now you can too!

Lizy

I also found Lizy's blog very recently as she enters another challenge site where I am on the DT-CAS-Colour and Sketches. Her cards are adorable. She has a CAS style which she makes looks so easy! Her cards really are stunning so please go and check her blog out.

Nancy

Again I discovered Nancy through my DT sites and first really noticed her because of this card-you have to check it out, I loved it and the stamp set is on its way to me know. Since I saw this I signed up to her blog and have been enjoying her inspired creations!

Beatrice

Again discovered through my DT sites! I just love her style. Every card she makes I want to swoon! Her creativity jumps off the page-please go and check her out and enjoy!

There are many others I would love to have been able to nominate but 5 was the limit. I hope you go and check these wonderful crafters out plus please don't forget to visit Kylie's blog and thank you again Kylie!!

Inkspirational Colour Challenge.

A new month means a new sponsor at Inkspirational we have a fabulous new sponsor Electric Anthology who have a gorgeous range of antique and vintage graphics. Our monthly winner will get a $30 gift card! To be in for a chance to win this fantastic prize enter our challenges every week in February.

This week we have a colour combo challenge at Inkspirational. And here is our fab combo:

I love plum and kraft together but was a bit stuck with how to combine this with navy until I remembered how fab the PTI medallions look in navy. So I went with this idea and here is my card:

So although I found the colour combo a challenge I was happy with how this turned out.

Our DT have come up with some great projects so take a peek here and see what inspires you, then get stamping. I can't wait to see your creations!

CAS-Colour and Sketches

Happy Friday Eve and you know what that means??? Yes, it is time for our challenge at CAS-Colour and Sketches. This week we this fabulous colour combo for you:

Remember, use the closest colours you have to these and this challenge is for cards only.

I just love this combo, anything with purple in is a winner for me!

And here is my card:

Very CAS but that is what this challenge is all about!

Our DT have come up with a great selection of cards so pop over and have a look here

And then get inky and see what this colour combo inspires in you.

Butterfly die cut and stamp from Verve

Sentiment from Papersmooches.

Christmas in Feb!

I made it through January with a Xmas card each week and now February begins. And here is my first card for this month:

This card is for the sketch challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. Here is the sketch that Danielle set for us:

I have actually used a stamp from the summer set of stamps 'relax' by Verve. It is a 2 layer stamp with a bold and outline image. I am actually quite chuffed with myself about this because I saw the stamp early this week and knew I wanted to use it for this sketch and just played around and came up with a snowflake shape out of my Summer stamp! Isn't it great when something works like this! I added a few gems to keep the card CAS as I loved the clean look of the design and didn't want anything to over power it.

And just for Ruth ,who is on the DT, I decorated the inside:

So week 1 of Feb done!

Have a good evening my friends x

Muse #3

Happy Tuesday my friends,

This week at the Muse Club are inspiration comes from the super talented Laurie Willison. I loved the felt flower on her card here and the stamped leaves on the background card stock. These are the elements that inspired me. I combined these with the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch this week to come up with this card:

The card is really made in the 'spirit' of the Muse club-to use what you have in your stash! The red felt, button, die cut and embossed  leaves were already made in my stash but not yet used! The only thing I made was the butterfly!

And here is Laurie's card:                                And the sketch I have used:


                      

Have a great day x

Muse #2

It is the second challenge at Muse and this week we have one of Suzanne Dahlberg's funky and bright cards as our inspiration. You can check her card out here and also at the bottom of this post.
I almost didn't enter this week as, there was so much to take from the card, that I was a bit overwhelmed. However whilst thinking about it this week I kept coming back to the grey background with the arrows and the really bright pink colours and patterned paper. So this is what I took from the card and this is how my card turned out:

Originally the grey swirls were arrows but it just didn't look right to me so, arrows became grey stamped swirls! I die cut the butterflies in patterned paper and layered them. The little gem is actually grey! All white card has been linen embossed too give a subtle texture.
I decided to make this a Birthday card as I am running short on these-expect a few more in the next week or so!
I am also going to enter this into the 'Things with Wings' challenge at My Time to Craft.

And before I sign off, here is Suzanne's card:

Have a fun Friday night x