Wish Upon A Star

A very Freaky Halloween to you all,

My card today is for the challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch. I have used Uniko Stamps to create this. The little pink stars are actually left overs from Uniko snowflake dies that I saved a while ago now as I had a feeling they might come in useful some time.

I have used Wink of Stella on the stars and 'Wish' to add some sparkle but it is hard to see in the photo.

Yes my friends, that is patterned paper! Yesterday I used ribbons, today DSP....something spooky going on here!!

Have a fun day and stay safe xx

Time Out Reminder

Have you played along at TIME OUT Challenges yet? We have our 'Inspired by Words' challenge this week and we have these words:

'Birds of a feather flock together'

You can use just one of these words or more to inspire your project. Last week I went with birds and this week 'feathers'

My aim here was to make a dramatic black and orange card for the Fusion challenge using the colours and the drama look from their photo.

I have 2 versions of the same card and am interested to know which one you think is best-I can't decide?

First off with a ribbon:

And with the ribbon removed and gems and enamel dots added:

I don't get on so well with ribbons but thought it went with the drama look I wanted. I am more in my comfort zone with the dots!

I am going to be brave and enter the ribbon version into Fusion....stepping outside that zone for a change!

Our Guest Designer Jill has come up with 2 amazing cards for you, check them out here

Out DT at TIME OUT have come up with some fabulous cards to inspire you to play along-you still have nearly one week to join us xx

Addicted to Stamps and More #119

It is time for our Clean and Simple Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. 

Here is my CAS card this week:

I found out on Friday that a friend was not well and I wanted to make a card for her straight away. I had seen the photo at Fusion and was going to go for a dramatic black and orange card (and probably will do before the challenge finishes!) but then I thought about the orange roses and decided this would make a better 'get well' card. I did some simple masking with these Uniko flower stamps. I do like the mix of the floral stamps with the grunge but to be honest this was a happy accident...at first used to cover up some very bad masking but I liked it so added some more!! 

This week we are sponsored by QKR Stampede Stamps and you could win 3 of their fabulous digis.

Our DT have all made CAS gems to inspire you. Take a look here and then get stamping x

Festive Friday take 2

A very Happy Monday to you all,

I am popping in today with a card that was inspired by the photo at Festive Friday. I used the colours and got the idea from the love heart wrapping paper. This is hubby's Xmas card. I apologise that the photo is not good but I was having problems with the Winter Sun and in the end ran out of time!

I know this looks like it only took me 5 mins to do but this is probably took over an hour. After spending ages trying to thread a needle (must have been years since I did this) I didn't have enough red cotton to finish my 3 kisses! I had to hunt for some more and found some in one of those hotel sewing kits but it wasn't the same red-I started again. We won't discuss my second attempt at threading the needle!! Then I couldn't get a photograph with out shadows. Boy for a simple looking card this caused me a lot of pain. Hope hubby likes it!!

Have a fun day......I need a rest now.

Happy Birthday Shirely

Today the lovely Marie is holding a surprise Birthday linky party for the very talented and creative crafter Shirley's Birthday. Her blog Shirley-bee's Stamping Stuff is full of inspiration and if you are not already aware of her inky delights I urge you to grab a coffee and have a browse around her blog now!

Very recently Shirley has designed her own stamps called The Bee's Knees that you can order through STAMPlorations. I love her new designs and am very lucky that Marie stamped this city girl for me to make a special card for Shirley's Birthday (these stamps were not on release when I made this card but Marie is part of the DT at STAMPlorations and was very kind to send me this one)

I wanted to stay CAS with my card and attempted to colour the city girl with a funky pink coat. I am sorry Shirley that the colouring is not so good but as you know it is not my 'go to' technique!! However I love this fabulous stamp and thought this sentiment was just such a perfect match.

Have a great day Shirley and I hope you enjoy your party!

If you want to make Shirley a card just link up your card here before the 9th November

I will enter this into the 'Anything Goes' challenge at STAMPlorations

Inkspirational #68

This week at Inkspirational we have this photo to inspire you:



There is so much to inspire you here. The obvious is owls but I am not a fan so spent some time thinking of a different angle. Eventually I came up with the idea of using wool or some kind of material. Then when I saw the challenge at Curtain Call and Festive Friday and I went with twine! Plus the lay out came from the latest sketch at STAMPlorations And this is what I came up with:

A negative die cut with lots and lots of strings of twine stuck to the base card. It doesn't take as long as you think and I was happy to be finally using my Xmas twine which has been in my stash for nearly a year. I thought this little sentiment was perfect for this design (STAMPlorations Holiday Artsy set)

Maura is our Guest Designer this week and you can find her here on Splitcoast Stampers. Her cards are always very creative and we are pleased to have her joining us this week.

You can see a wonderful collection of cards from the DT here and then have a good look at our photo and get creating!

I will enter this into the following challenges:

 Curtain Call-just getting in there on time although I made this card when the challenge came out!-burlap banner-see photo below

Festive Friday-one single bauble and lots of twine around gorgeous presents!

STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge

And our team leader at Inkspiratonal's challenge, Marina's Christmas card challenge-anything goes

         

TIME OUT Challenges #17

Happy Friday Eve!

I am here with my card for our new challenge at TIME OUT Challenges. It is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge.

Our words this time around are:

'Birds of a feather flock together'

You can use any of these words or the whole phrase to inspire you. Lots to go with here...we all love to use feathers but this week I have gone with 'birds'. I love my Uniko Studios Hummingbird stamp set and decided to water colour this and came up with a one layer card:

Our Guest Designer this week is Jill V who has only recently started here blog My Life in Paper. Her cards are stunning and if you don't already know her blog I would go and check it out!

So what does this phrase inspire you to create...need some extra inspiration? Then check out what our amazing DT have made this week here. Then take some TIME OUT and get crafty!!