Inkspirational #26

Happy Saturday my crafting friends,

Today I am here with the 'weekend warrior' post for Inkspirational. That is my DT post to hopefully inspire you to join in the fun!
This week we have this sketch for you:

I did try out a few different framelits for this but the CAS girl in me just kept wanting me to simplify the sketch! I remembered an old PTI stamp that is in the shape of the sketch and used this to CAS the sketch. So here is my Xmas card using this sketch:

I heat embossed the stamp with cherry cobbler but I mustn't have heated it enough as the powder came off of one of the ends. However, a few gems solved this problem for me!

Now it is your turn, you have until 6pm Tuesday CST to join in and this month you could be the lucky winner of 3 digis from our sponsor Milk N Coffee.

For more inspiration pop over to our site here and see what the rest of the DT have created to inspire you.

Happy Stamping! x

Addicted to Stamps and More #51

Today at Addicted to Stamps and More our challenge is 'Anything Goes'. That means your creativity can have a free run!

I decided to use this challenge to make a Xmas card that my Mum had requested I make after seeing this Birthday card. She wanted me to make something similar but for Christmas. I am not so keen on repeating cards so this challenge gave me the little push I needed. And this is what I came up with:

I decided to go the make my cityscape red instead of black and have added a little line of glitter on the bottom to represent snow. I went for red twine and a bow, but the card seemed to need more. I added a single line to black and white twine and that filled the gap! And a few added gems to finish off the card. I also did another one similar to this but with snowflakes in the sky and different colours-forgot to take a photo though! So Mum's request granted and she will be sending them abroad-I did tell her that this is not London but she still thought it was a nice idea! Does anyone know where this is meant to be??

Time for you to pop over to Addicted to Stamps and More and check out the wonderful projects our DT have created, then time to join in the fun.
And this week Di's Digital Downloads are sponsoring us and you could win a $10 voucher to use in their store.

Time to get stamping my friends x

Inkspirational #25 Weekend Warrior Post!

As I am now the only DT member posting on Saturday at Inkspirational, Mynnette and Ellen have named me the 'weekend warrior' and I have to say I kinda like it!! So from now on my Saturday post for Inkspirational will be called after my new nick name!!

So today, I am hear to encourage you to join in our 'case the card' challenge. This week our inspiration card is by the super talented Vicki-click on her name to see her card or scroll to the bottom of my post.

And here is my 'case' using a freebie image from this month's sponsor,  Milk N Coffee Digital Stamps that you can find on their blog here

I took my inspiration from the CAS design, the layout and the row of gems. It is not such a great photo but I have added silver sparkle paper to the cake and as the plate. I coloured the cake stand with a sparkle gelly pen. I made this card for my crafting friend Asha who just had her 21st (ha, ha) Birthday-she does enjoy her cake!!

Now it is your turn, you have until Tuesday 6pm CST to join in so pop over to Inkspirational now and check out the rest of the DT's fab projects and then get inky!!

And here is Vicki's card:

Addicted to Stamps and More #50 and Happy Birthday to us!!

A very happy Wednesday to you all,

Today at Addicted to Stamps and More we are celebrating our first Birthday! Yes, a year ago the very talented Kylie started this challenge blog and it has grown from strength to strength. She has worked so hard to make this challenge the success it is today. I feel blessed to part of her Design Team-so a very Happy Birthday to us and a big thank you to all of you for supporting us! And a huge thank you to Kylie for all the hard work she does.

Today at Addicted to Stamps and More we have this fabulous photo to inspire you:

Isn't this just gorgeous and bursting with inspiration. This is what I was inspired to make:

The subtle colours of the sky inspired me to blend various distress inks to make the long panel on my card. And I loved the contrast of this subtle sky with the strong black colour of the biggest butterfly and used die cuts to try to show this. And finally I embossed the pink card stock as a nod to the flowers in the photo. 

Quite a lot going on here for one of my cards but I did love doing the blending and the rest just seemed to come together as I looked at the photo!

Our DT have some great projects to inspire you so go ahead and take a peek here and then get stamping!

And don't forget this week you have chance to win a $10 voucher for Di's Digi Downloads.

Have fun x

Addicted to CAS and CAS(E) this Sketch!

A very Happy Tuesday to you all,

It is a very, very happy Tuesday for me as hubby and I are off on our hols tomorrow morning. 2 weeks in sunny Cyprus. We can't wait to just relax and chill out in the sun and enjoy 2 weeks together with no worries except......is it a swimsuit or bikini day today!!

Today my card is for this week sketch challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch and the 'teenager' challenge at Addicted to CAS. I decided I wanted to make a card for a girlfriend's friend who has just become a teenager and is still into pink but not frilly pink. So this is how I decided to go to cover this spec!!

(hover over the photo to and pin button will appear, click on here to pin to pinterest)

I am hoping this is just enough pink, not frilly but still kinda girly/grown up (that teenage thing!!) enough for her to love it.

The top speech bubble is heat embossed with melon powder and the other 2 are inked using different pink shades of memento inks. I have made the card super CAS by just scoring some lines.

And here is the sketch

                   

Before I fly away to the sun, I wanted to say a big thank you to Jackie of Rockwell Designs. I know many of you know Jackie however I wanted to remind you of the fabulous design work she is now doing. She originally designed my blog and has recently been doing some changes for me. My sidebar is now all jazzed up and I have a funky 'pin' button when you hover over the photo of my card, so you can pin it to Pinterest. If you haven't joined Pinterest, try it out. It is full of inspiration. Click here to take a peek at my board to give you an idea. And on my side bar you can sign up to follow me on Pinterest.

Anyway, back to Jackie.........if you want to have a new blog design, give Jackie a shout here, the whole process was so easy. I explained my vision for my blog design and Jackie was able to convert this into what you know see and she has helped me keep on top of any changes I have wanted. Well worth checking her design blog out here.

Whilst I am away please still come and visit my blog on a Wednesday and a Saturday as I have scheduled my DT posts for Addicted to Stamps and More and Inkspirational. I am hoping to do some bog hopping whilst away but if not I will see you in a few weeks.

Take care my inky friends x

Lets go Shopping!

Welcome to a new week.

I am on count down now as I go away Wednesday for 2 weeks in the sun.

This card was inspired the photo this week on Inspired by. At first I wanted to go with a Wedding and hearts theme but then I remembered my new Kanban stamps that arrived last week. I had seen this card by my fellow Addicted to CAS DT member Nonni and just loved the stamp. Nonni was kind enough to direct me where to buy this and within a few days I had the set ready to be inked!
And then along came the Inspired By photo, giving the chance to have a play! I was inspired by the colours but mainly by the line of pink dresses and the pink lips. And here is my card:

I had a play with doing some colouring, a skill I am really trying to improve. I have used a mixture of promarkers and SU markers. Colouring is not one of my best techniques but I do find it very relaxing. It is quite strange really as I catch myself humming whilst I colour. So I may not be so good at it but I enjoy it and find it totally absorbing! This turned out not so bad and will be a fun card for a girlfriend.
I am also going to enter this into the 'for a girl' challenge at Deep Ocean Challenge and the 'mad for markers' challenge at Crafting When We Can

Here is the inspiration photo:



That's me for today, have a fun Monday x

Inkspirational #24

Happy Saturday and I hope you are having a good one!

I am here today with my 'end of week encouragement' post for Inkspirational. This week we have this photo to inspire you to create:

I was inspired all the waves of colours in this photo-the rough sea and the cloudy sky-all producing a photo full of colours. I translated this inspiration and came up with this card:

I have used the 'watermark wonder' stamp set from PTI and added some sparkle with a gelly roll pen. I thought this sentiment really was a good match for the photo!

Don't forget to pop over to see the fab creations from our DT here. You have until Tuesday 6pm (GMT) to enter. This month Milk N Coffee Digital Stamps are our sponsors so you could be the winner of 3 of their fabulous digi. Better get stamping!!