Addicted to Stamps and More Blog Hop!!

Hello my crafting buddies,

Today we are having our very first blog hop and this is all in celebration of our fabulous new designer/sponsor Ignacio of Nicecrane Designs. Take a peek here to see all the fabulous digital images, pre-coloured digital images, collages, bookmarks, templates and so much more!

We have 8 prizes up for grabs! All you have to do is leave a comment on this blog then on every blog that is taking part in our hop today. You should have arrived here from our super talented Florence. If you have lost your way then don't worry pop back to Addicted to Stamps and More where you will find the list, or scroll down to the bottom of this post! On each blog there is a prize up for grabs and on my blog you have the chance to win these amazing digital Vintage Christmas Images!

I am not so good at Vintage cards but I wanted to show you how versatile these images can be. So I have made a Vintage meets modern card! I combined the digi with some stamping and added some glitter and pearls. Kept it CAS-so this is my mix of old and new!

After leaving me a comment, hop over to Caz to see her fab creation! We have all used Nicecrane Designs!

Have a fun hop x

Here is the full list:

Sandie-You are here!
Caz
Nonni
Deepti
Danielle
Addicted to Stamps and More
Kylie
Florence

Have fun and don't forget to leave us all comments to be in for a chance of winning prizes! You have until 9am Thur 30th (AEST).

Addicted to Stamps and More #46

Hello my crafting friends,

This week at Addicted to Stamps and More our challenge is 'Anything Goes'. Yes, that is right, you can create what you like!

I have not gone very wild but stuck with what I love most in the world of card making...CAS!!

I did however try 'glimmer mist' for the fist time. I have had a bottle of 'perfect pearls' bronze glimmer mist on my crafting table for a while. It sits there and tempts me to play but, until I made this card, I had been a bit scared of trying this out. But, yet again, when I stepped out of my comfort zone, I had fun and liked the end result. See what you think?

I think this could be a great card for a guy or girl or made into a set of notelets using different sentiments and colours!

Our DT have created some fab projects so pop over to our blog here and be inspired. Then get stamping and remember this week Whoopsie Daisy are our sponsors and you could win 2 sheets of digi images!

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:
Make it Monday with the Kraft Outlet-celebrations
Artistic Impressions-cards for Men

Inkspirational #20

Happy Saturday crafting buddies,

I am here to encourage you to take part in our case challenge this week at Inkspirational. You still have time to take part. This week we have this fabulous card created by Lee

I loved how her card was CAS but still with a lovely ribbon and a row of gems. So these are the features I focused on when making my card:

I have heat embossed the image and my black embossing powder has managed to get some flecks of silver in it-those are what look like white bits in the photo-but IRL they sparkle, so this is why I chose this sentiment! I did want to do a bow but my bow tying mojo had gone walkies when I made this so I decided to keep it simple!! This card is going to a girlfriend and I think it is perfect for her, a bit of glam for a classy Lady!!

Head over to our blog here to get some more inspiration from our DT, then start getting inky!!

And this month we are being sponsored by Tammy at Creatively Me and she had donated all these goodies for our monthly winner:

I am also going to enter this card into the following challenges:
Lexis Challenges-black, white and one other colour
Created With Love-Birthday Bling

Muse #17

Happy Friday,
The weekend is nearly here and this week I am pleased to say that I had chance to play along at the Muse Club. I missed out last week so I was really happy to say when I saw Therese's card this week an idea came to me immediately and eventually I got around to making my card!
It was the layer of 3 elephants that got me thinking about doing some shaded stamping with my set of stamps from Fresh Squeezed Stamps. I wanted to layer the cityscape so it looked like lines of buildings in a city. To do this I just stamped off the second layer using the same black ink as the first one and my third layer is 'London Fog' memento ink-kinda apt for my cityscape as you can guess it was London I was thinking of when I did this!
I just wanted to keep it all CAS and in these classic colours to reflect how I feel a city should be!

Very different from Therese's card but it was the layered elephants that gave me this idea!!

I am also going to enter this into the 'keep it simple' challenge at Crafty Creations

Have a fun weekend and before I leave her is Therese's card:

CAS-Colour and Sketches

Happy Friday Eve to all,

Today is not only a new colour combo challenge at CAS-Colour and Sketches but also my Birthday! Yes, one year older but some how I just don't seem to get one year wiser!! I will be celebrating with a meal tonight with my hubby and then on Saturday we are off to theatre to continue with the celebrations. And guess what I have got for my pressie?? Yes, you got it....crafting goodies and more crafting goodies!

And back to our challenge. This week the combo is:

I found some coral card stock and then did some masking and sponging with distress ink to make my card. The green is too dark and I did try to lighten it by sponging it with a coral ink but it still didn't make it as light as I wanted. So remember, you just need to get colours as close as you can to our combo and not to worry too much if the shade is not quite right......take my card as an example! I tried my first go at doodling around the edge with a promaker pen and also spritzed the sponged area to give the watermark effect-another first!

Our DT have some made some wonderful cards using this combo so take a peek here and then visit their blogs  and leave them some loving comments.
I will also be entering this into the CAS challenge at Totally Paper Crafts and the Flowers challenge at Love to Create

Addicted to Stamps and More #45

Happy Wednesday Stamping friends,

This week at Addicted to Stamps and More with have this gorgeous photo to inspire you to create:

Isn't this such a lovely Summer photo that is bursting with so many features that could inspire you. The window, the window box, the flowers, the chairs, the colours......and so much more!

I was immediately drawn to the  light coloured wood panel walls and took my inspiration from this to make my card:

I wanted the focus of this card to be on the texture created by the wood grain embossing plate, so kept the card as CAS as possible. I have heat embossed the sentiment in vanilla to match the card stock.

I am pleased with how this card turned out and love that it was inspired by such a wonderful photo. I am really looking forward to seeing what this photo inspires you to create and will be dropping in to your blogs to have a look. Before you get stamping take a look at what our fab DT have created this week here
And don't forget that this week Whoopsi Daisy are sponsoring us and you could have the chance to win 2 sheets of digi images!

I am entering this into the 'CAS' challenge at Movin' Along with the times and 'just add woodgrain' at a new blog I have just joined Just Add Ink
Have fun!

Happy Birthday Mynnette!

Good Morning and welcome to a very special day.........Mynnette's Birthday!

Mynnette is our super organised and inspirational leader at Inkspirational and Ellen has, on the quiet, been organising a blog hop to celebrate Mynnette's Birthday. We have all chosen one of Mynnette's cards to CASE and posted these on our blogs..awaiting you to visit us and leave us some love!!

Why not join in our celebrations and not only will you have some fun but also have a chance to win some blog candy!!

Here is what you have to do:

You will need to visit the blogs of all the ladies taking part. There is a full list at Inkspirational. Hopefully you will have arrived here from the very talented Shauna, left her a loving comment, then after me hop on over to the ever sparkly and super crafty Ruth before hoping on further.......you don't have to go in order, just visit all taking part, leave comments and some blog candy could be yours!!

I chose one of Mynnette's card where she had used bubble wrap and silver embossing. I had such fun with the bubble wrap inking and think that part of my card turned out o.k. But I have to say my silver embossing was not so good, it is hard to read the words and on reflection I should have just stamped the sentiment. However I wanted to stay true to Mynnette's gorgeous card and decided to post this anyway!

And here is Mynnette's original.........the real expert!!

So Mynnette, this is my CASE of your card to wish you a very Happy Birthday.

Hop over now to Ruth's blog and then carrying on down the list to be in for a chance of winning the candy. And you know who needs the most love today...... Mynnette...... so pop by and say a big Happy Birthday to her!!

Have fun my friends xx