Brighter days

Hello and welcome

Today's card was cased from one I saw on Pinterest, and as I recently purchased this set, I was keen to use it.

I used my Misti and stamped with Gina K Amalgam ink. 

I have used 3 colours of Promarkers

Pastel Blue  C729

Pastel Yellow O949

Pastel Beige Y257

I also added 3 little blue diamantes to finish. 

Layered onto a blue base card, and the hand cut banner is layered on top. I used the pastel yellow to edge the banner

Challenges

Paperbabe - layers

Passion For Promarkers - use 3 of something

Lavinia World Challenges - a/g

Southern Girls - a/g

Unstamped!

Hello, and thanks for visiting today

This card is for my DIL's birthday, which is tomorrow. I have used some pretty designer paper (sorry, I do not know the maker) choosing the bird box image for the front of the card.

I chose some of the text page for the centre 2 sections and the outer two are plain, but I have attached flowers and a butterfly. I used a die for the Happy Birthday, and also attached another butterfly on the front.

As I can enter the Unstampabelles challenge, I will answer the question - who am I - and say that I am a cardmaker who loves to try different styles

Other challenges

ScorPal - more than one score

Creative Crafters - a/g

A Blog named Hero - a/g

Bye for now

Mica

Hello and thanks for visiting

Today's card was cased from one I saw recently, so this is my version.

I used a piece of heavy watercolour card and painted my 3 strips of colour in an ombre style.

I stamped and clear embossed my flower image, and stamped the sentiment too.

I diluted some Lumiere Metallic Gold (I had forgotten I had these) and did some flicking with an old paint brush. The blob of gold that was left over was diluted with mica powder mixed with water, and lightly brushed over the flowers. Then attached to a black card base.

Challenges

Uniko - birthday

Stamping Sensations - feminine

Crafts Galore #72 - a/g

Southern Girls - a/g

Creative Fingers #179 - a/g

Lets Craft and Create #156 - a/g

Mod Squad - use mica powders

Happy crafting - I will be back soon!

Luggage tag

 Hello and welcome to my blog.

I bought this set of stamps from someone in a FB group for selling used craft items.

It is Stampers Anonymous 'Time Traveler', and I also bought the Dylusions 'Puddy Cat' set. (See my previous post)
The seller included some DOX backgrounds in the package, so I have trimmed one of them to make the base of my tag. I stamped the luggage with GinaK amalgam ink and clear embossed it. I used the Frayed Burlap DOX to paint with and coloured the handles with a metallic gold Sharpie.
I stamped the word onto a scrap, distressed it with some 'mop-up' ink and cut it into a banner shape. Finished off by punching a hole and tying some string through

Challenges
Art Impressions - gift card/tag
The Artistic Stamper - words
Allsorts - a touch of vintage (the luggage looks very vintage)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #125 - a/g
Bizzy Becs Store challenge - a/g
Crafters Castle - a/g
Lost Coast - tag, your it!

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting!

happy balloons

Hello again

Time is running out on a few challenges, so I made this one this morning using a new to me stamp from DR's Puddy Cat set,

I stamped onto a scrap of paper and clear embossed, then coloured with a mix of copics and promarkers.

The balloons were punched out of scraps, using an old punch that I have had for many years, and I added letter stickers to spell 'happy'

Stamped and embossed the birthday word and attached with mounting tape. I drew the strings with a black pen to look as though they were tied to the cat's tail. I also added a pale watercolour to the white background.

Challenges

Double Dee - balloons

Pixies Crafty Workshop - use scraps

Lavinia World #19 - a/g

Creative Inspiration - something new or old (my old punch)

Thanks for visiting again today

Let your dreams take flight

Hello and welcome

Today's card features the beautiful swallowtail butterfly from Satmpin Up. I have used a lovely sparkly EP from Emerald Creek, but it doesn't scan well. I added some colour with Inktense pencils, added a watercolour wash in the background, and then stamped some portions of stamps by Paper Artsy and Indigo Blu. 

The sentiment is from Close to My Heart. 

I edged with a black marker, then layered onto matching coloured card, then onto a black card base

Challenges

Uniko - cool winter colours

Mod Squad - use an animal, bird, insect or reptile

Allsorts - take flight

Creative Fingers - a/g

Southern Girls - a/g

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - a/g
Through the Craftroom door - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Making a Splash!

Hello and welcome

This is the first time I have used this 'new to me' stamp set which I purchased at our local charity shop. 

It is by 'Acid Drops & Whatnots' which has now closed. 

I found an idea on pinterest and loosely followed it. I coloured with Promarkers,used washi for the decorative strips, and added some sequins for interest.

Challenges

Get Creative #87 - something new

Creative Moments #183 - a/g

The House That Stamps Built #J2220 - a/g

Southern Girls - a/g

Brown Sugar #297 - a/g

CardzTV #106 - a/g

Cool Cat

Hi everyone.

I have been missing a bit because of family staying from overseas, but managed to complete this card.

I printed the new to me digi (sorry I do not know who the designer is) and coloured with Promarkers,
B336 Cadet Blue,
B528 Blue Pearl
C426 Verdigris
O837 Praline
Y337 Tulip Yellow
I also coloured the frames of the glasses with a sparkly blue pen, but it doesn't show in the scan, and added the message on a hand cut banner tag
I used my Stamplorations die to cut out the white card, offset on to a navy blue card and then onto a white base
Challenges

Diecut Divas - New things, use die or EF
Paperbabe #10 - a/g
Creative Fingers #177 - a/g
Allys Angels - a/g
Lavinia World #8 - a/g
Allsorts #555 - more than one word
Passion For Promarkers #526- use a tag

Thanks for visiting and commenting

pastels

Welcome to my blog today.

This card was inspired by Natasha from her you tube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOigPKBc3sjtegDYcDDiXA

I loved this design and had fun finding suitable stamps to use. I used only 2 shades of watercolour and stamped with Memento 'bamboo leaves' for the flowers and black for the message

Challenges

CardzTV - a/g

The Cats Pajamas - Spring Forward (I have used spring colours)

Southern Girls - a/g

Allsorts - pastels

Brown Sugar Challenges - a/g

Bye  for now and thanks for visiting

So Pretty!

Hello and Welcome

My card today was made to celebrate the engagement of my nieces eldest twin daughter. Her fiance proposed in Paris which is why I have used s French theme. 

The stamp is from Penny Black "j'aime Paris" and I have used Promarkers to colour

I  have layered onto a DP and then onto a white base card

Challenges 

Penny Black and More - make it feminine

Stamping Sensations - favourite stamp (one of many)

Creative Knockouts - a/g

Lavinia World #17 - a/g

Crafts Galore - a/g
and I have just found that Lets Craft and Create have a challenge for a/g with the option of Love is in the air, so this is most appropriate

happy birthday bird

Welcome

Today's card features one of the Crazy Birds that I have not used very much, but he just seemed to suit this design.

My background was made with a piece of blue card and embossed after rubbing my Cracked Pistachio DOX pad over the raised side. I also flicked some gold acrylic paint over for more interest.

I coloured my bird with Promarkers, Y247 and R555, added a diecut 'happy' and printed birthday on my PC

Challenges

Passion For Promarkers - a/g

Allsorts - a/g (2)

Creative Knockouts - Celebrations (2)

Mod Squad - make your own patterned paper

Creative Inspiration - Something old (my bird stamp)

Lost Coast - a/g

bbq master

Hello and welcome. 

This is possibly my final post for 2019 - I can't believe where this year has gone!!!!

I have 3 family birthday's in January, so this is the first of them.

I have made this one for my Son-in-law who loves cooking on his BBQ

The whole card was cut out with my Cameo and I raided my snippets box for the black and grey card. I hope he likes it!

Challenges

Allsorts - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop - snippets

Arty Divas - a/g
Creative Knockouts - celebrations
Southern Girls - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Starry!

Welcome and a Merry Christmas to all my lovely followers

A quick and easy Christmas card today using a piece of DP layered onto a red base card. I scuffed up the edges with my Tim Holtz tool. I then added  Merry Christmas peel-off which I coloured with an a red Sharpie alcohol marker, and some gold stars to finish.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Unstampabelles - Star Struck Starry Night

Emerald Creek - a/g - Christmas - Winter

Allys Angels #29 - a/g

Uniko #56 - Christmas
Creative Inspirations - a/g

Be Merry

Hi everyone and welcome

Today's card features the cutest little robin from a set called 'Rockin Robin' from Clearly Besotted that I won recently. I also won the matching die set

I used a piece of DP for the lower piece of the background and used a stitched edge die for the upper half

I stamped the branch, holly, and words directly onto this and stamped the robin on a separate snippet and used mounting tape to raise him up a little

I have coloured with Promarkers, but forgot to take note of the colours, I think the red is R766 Molten Red, and the brown O837 Praline.

 I also added some white spots with my Sharpie paint pen

Challenges

Passion for Promarkers - Christmas Critters

Takes from the craftroom - It's Christmas

Pixies Crafty Workshop - snippets

Creative Knockouts - Christmas Delight

The Artistic Stamper - Christmas is Coming

Thanks for visiting

happy everything

 Hi everyone

I am back today with a card that loosely follows the instructions by Tracy Evans in the magazine Australian Simply Cards issue 117

For my stencil sponging, I used cracked pistachio, spun sugar, and abandoned coral, distress inks. The random stamping was also with the coral, and I used a very old Paper Artsy stamp from a set

The cat is from Inkadinkadoo 'Catitude', stamped onto a snippet, heat embossed and cut out with my Scan n Cut, happy is a die cut and 'everything' was computer generated.

I am very pleased with the end result.

Challenges

Through The Craftroom door - a/g

Stamping Sensations - a/g

Lavinia World #15- a/g

Art Impressions #27 - animals

Cardztv #104- a/g

Pixies  Crafty Workshop - use snippets

Textured Poppies

Welcome

Today's card was made with my poppy die using a technique I saw recently, where a tissue was folded, layered onto a card and then cut. The texture was formed by applying paint lightly so

 that the top layer wrinkled. I also added some gold paint to highlight.

The background I found in my 'spares' box, and I never made a note of how I did it, but it looks as though I have swiped ink pads lightly over a textured card. I added a ribbon to finish.

Challenges

Southern Girls - a/g

Through the Craftroom door - a/g

Cute Card Thursday #611 - a/g

Crafts Galore #70 - a/g

Creative Fingers  #176- a/g

Thanks for visiting

Masculine birthday

Welcome all

Today's card was made for a fishing buddy of my husbands, who turned 79 this week.

The base is a rocker card and I added some dp cut with a stitched die. I then diecut a stitched circle in kraft, and added my stamped image which I coloured with Copics and cut out with my Brother Scan n Cut

He was very thrilled with it

Challenges

Lost Coast Designs #88 - for the men

Watercooler Wednesday #248 - masculine / a/g

Crafters Castle #23 - a/g 2nd fortnight

Addicted to stamps #179 - a/g

Southern Girls - a/g
Also adding Art Impressions a/g challenge as I could not read it before

white on white

Welcome

White on white is very difficult to photograph, so hopefully you can see this one clearly

My base card has a slight texture, and I have diecut my leaf background and flowers in a pearlescent heavy paper.

I have embossed 'with love' along the bottom edge and also added a straight line just above using my Martha Stewart Score Board

To finish a glued a tiny pearl button at the centre of the flowers

Challenges

Allsorts - white on white

Happy Little Stampers - a/g with dies

Pretty Pink Flamingo

Welcome back and also welcome to my new follower Karen

Today's card follows the theme for Unstampables - Paradise Pretties with a twist of into the wild, which I did not do

The background paper certainly reminds me of paradise with flamingos and palm trees. Wish I was there, as today we are experiencing thunder and heavy rain!

I cut out my fringed flamingo with my Cameo Silhouette cutting machine then layered it onto a sponged shape. I also added the word 'Aloha"

Challenges

Unstampables #95 - Paradise Pretties

Crafting By Designs - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Happy Couple

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog

Today's card features one of the very first stamps that I bought, and sad to say it has been reclining in a box for a number of years. However I thought it would be perfect for the challenge at Art Impressions where they are asking for 'Couple' cards

I stamped onto a 'messy play' background, and again onto a separate scrap  so that I could colour them, and glue to the card. 

A little yellow to ground them and a peeloff added. 

All layered onto a black base card

The boy cat is a deeper blue IRL

Challenges

Art Impressions  #270 - couple cards

Paperbabe #106 - a/g

Through the craftroom door - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop #365 - using snippets
Crafts Galore # 69 - a/g
Crafty Catz #482 - a/g (did not do the option)

Thanks for visiting, and see you again soon

Flowers of Nature

Welcome 

Today's card is so pretty IRL I love the soft greens on my panel, the result of a play with Brushos. I ran a black marker around the edge to make it stand out. The flower is the result of my first play with foamarin, I added some tinting, some stamens, and some little blue glass beads. The leaves are die cuts (unknown) and the verse is from a Darkroom door set I have also added some sequins. I followed the sketch from Tuesday morning sketches, but reversed the position of the flower and the message

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketches #528

Allsorts #544- make your own flowers

Craft Stamper - a/g

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge - a/g

Crafters Castle - a/g

Crafty Friends - a/g

Your Scrapbook Place - a/g

Happy crafting

Winter Christmas

Hi everyone

This is my second post today, CASing a lovely card I saw on the internet.

First of all I made a water coloured background to sit behind the cut-out oval of my card. I then stamped the tree twice with Hickory Smoke Distress oxide, and once with Forest Moss DOX. The word Christmas was cut from a clear stamp and merry cut twice and layered

Challenges

Art Impressions - holiday cards

Southern Girls - Christmas

Emerald Creek - winter

The House That Stamps Built - a/g

Fab & Funky - Christmas

Thanks for visiting

coffee lovers time #2

Card #2 for the current coffee lovers blog hop

Although this looks crooked, I can assure you it is not!

A piece of unknown DP layered onto white card and another coffee sticker from Stamplorations adhered to white card and then layered onto black

coffee lovers time again

It's coffer lovers hop week and this is my first entry.

My piece of designer paper reminded me of coffee beans, the watches are randomly stamped, and the sentiment is a sticker from Stamplorations
Mod Squad challenges - sentiment says it all

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow

Sailing

Welcome

I saw this idea in one of the card magazines that I read, and loved the look, so I decided to replicate it.

I selected some spotty DP for my background, and then blue check to represent the sea, attached to a rectangle of white card which has been die cut. I cut a circle for the body of the boat and then cut it in half. The sail is drawn freehand, as are the flags. The mast is a toothpick and the 3 portholes are 'Candi" which I added dots and stripes to. I finished off with a birthday peel off

Challenges

Southern Girls - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop #364 - use snippets

TTCRD # 02319 - a/g

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - a/g

Creative Fingers #173 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Cat lovers

Welcome

Janis is running again her cat lovers blog hop and this is my entry.

It is a quick and easy card made with a die cut cat and a message from a Inkadinkadoo set called 'catitude'

spots, but no stripes

Welcome

The challenge at Allsorts this week is for spots and/or stripes.

I have made this cute baby onesie card using some pretty pink spotty paper. I added a rub-on message, did some faux stitching and then added the tiny buttons and lace

Challenges

Allsorts - spots and/or stripes

Simon Says Monday challenge - all things pink

TTCRD - a/g

Bizzy Becs Store challenge - a/g

Thanks for visiting today and your lovely comments

Cute Owl

Hi everyone

Today's card features a lovely stamp and die  set that I won from Di at Pixies Crafty Workshop.

Although it is for Christmas, I have used Autumn colours for my background DP and I coloured with Promarkers, cinnamon, praline, and chilly red. I layered the owl with mounting tape and added some looped thread as well.  All layered onto a white base card.

Challenges

Paperbabe #103 - autumn colours

Uniko #55 - a/g or autumn (2nd entry)

Passion for Promarkers #514 - Autumn colours

Simon Says Wednesday - Christmas

Pixie's Crafty Workshop - snippets

Thanks for visiting and have a great week

Feather

Welcome to today's card

I have used a HOTP stamp set that came free with a magazine a few years ago. I stamped with Versamark and used detail white and bright gold embossing powders

Challenges

Uniko - a/g or Autumn

AAA cards - 1 layer optional Autumn

Addicted to Stamps and More - a/g

Ally's Angels - a/g

CASology - feather

Animals

Welcome

Today's card features a beautiful stamp which I do not have a maker for. If anyone knows I would be very grateful.

I stamped directly onto a piece of DP from a 6x6 pad by Lawn Fawn called Watercolour Wishes that I won last year., and coloured with copics.

The message is a clear sticker which I adhered to a scrap of the same paper and cut out with a die. Both pieces have been edged with a black copic and then layered onto a card base

Challenges

Penny Black and More - animals
Paperbabe #102 - a/g
Cardztv  #98 - a/g
Bizzy Becs challenge - a/g

Black and White

Hi everyone

Today's card is for the challenge at Artistic Stamper.

I have CASed a card that I saw on Pinterest, but used  different stamps. The top panel has a splatter stamp from Paper Artsy (with extra dots with a copic), the middle one is from Simon Says Stamp, (flowers coloured with a black copic), the bottom one is unknown, and the bigger butterfly is from  Cornish Heritage Farms set called All Things Considered., which I embossed and then also coloured with a black copic

They are all stamped with Gina K amalgam.

The ribbon trim is actually black card, and the 2 small butterflies are punched. I also used some spotty washi tape

Challenges

The Artistic Stamper - black and white

Time Out Challenges - black and white

Pixies Crafty Workshop - using up snippets

Thanks for visiting and have a great day

Under the sea

Hello and welcome

This was a commissioned card - the request was for two diving buddies and underwater

I made a background in sea-like colours using various inks and paints and then stamped with my Kaisercraft stamp and versamark. I used 2 different ep colours for the seaweed. I found the diver images online, printed and fussycut, and also adhered some diecut starfish. All mounted onto a dark blue card

They were very thrilled with the result

Challenges 

CountryView - Under the sea
Southern Girls - a/g
Craft Stamper - a/g
Through the Craftroom Door - a/g

Thanks for visiting today and happy crafting

Funky Flowers

Hello and welcome

Today's card was inspired by a video I watched by Gerry Van Der Velden. I have followed her instructions to make my background using distress oxides and a brayer. I then did my own thing by stamping with Stampers Anonymous word stamp through a stencil. I then stamped with these delightful flowers by Jofy and stamped again on scrap paper. I used the following Promarkers to colour the flower heads which are fussy cut and adhered 

C446 Marine

C426 Verdigris

C719 Pastel Blue

G956 Ocean Teal

I have added some cute buttons and also layered my sentiment with foam tape.

Challenges

Passion For Promarkers - add buttons

The Flower Challenge - a/g

Stamping Sensations - a/g with flowers

Through the Craftroom Door - a/g

A Blog Named Hero - stretch your stamps

Bastel-Traum - use a sentiment

I Love Promarkers - a/g option 3 layers

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely day

Sail Away

Hello and Welcome

Today's card features a stickeroo from Penny Black (Vintage Sailing) which I have layered onto a strip of navy blue leather look card. I stamped the words (from a Kaisercraft set - Sail Away) onto a scrap of white card. with black amalgam ink from Gina K. clear embossed, and attached under the image. A wooden ships wheel was added to finish off

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches #400

Cardztv #97- a/g

Addicted to Stamps and More #356 - a/g

Repeat Impressions A289 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Favourite!

Hello and welcome back

Today's card was an experiment using paint and a brayer for the background. I made four while I had the equipment out, so you will see some more cards coming soon! I added some drops of water and some pearl embossing powder. This was a technique that I watched by Sara Naumann on her YouTube channel, but of course mine turned out a little differently. I stamped my flower with Brilliance 'pearlescent sky blue' and cut it out with my Scan and Cut. I added some diecut leaves and also some micro beads in the centre of the flower. This stamp is an old favourite that I have had a number of years

Challenges
Southern Girls - Spring is in the air
Allsorts - Feminine
International Art and Soul - flowers
Addicted to Stamps - mood board (I chose to use the colour)
Ally's Angels - a/g

Thanks for visiting

one for the guys!

Hi everyone
There are a few challenges at the moment for guy's cards, so here is my entry.
Stamped and coloured with copics and promarkers and cut out with a die from Stamplorations. I always have to adjust this to fit our size cards, as they are different from American sizes. I then layered onto a dark green card base.
Challenges
Southern Girls - masculine
Lost Coast Designs - a/g with stamps
TCP#360 - CAS
Penny Black and More - Boy's and Men
Emerald Creek - High Hopes (Ithink he was hoping for a great fish!)

Thanks for visiting

Buttons and Bows

Hello and welcome

Today's card is for the Allsorts challenge, which is to use buttons and bows.

I cut a piece of DP and a matching plain colour which I used my scallop punch on. Layered onto white card and added a ribbon and buttons. I am not sure who the sentiment is by

Other challenges

Pammiesinkypinkies - a/g

Ally's angels - a/g

Cardztv #95 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Love

Welcome

I have made today's card for the challenge at UnstampaBelles where the option is stencils and spray. I created the background using Dylusions Shimmer sprays in 'Postbox red' and 'Pure Sunshine', and then oversprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist 'Iridescent gold'. I the used 'worn lipstick' DI and my new makeup brush(life changing for me) to colour the background as the white was too stark  I took an extra photo to try and show the gorgeous colours and shine.

I punched out a dragonfly twice, painted it gold and also painted the chipboard word as well. All layered onto a black card base

Challenges

UnstampaBelles-Stunning Stencil Play - option sprays

Crafters Castle - share your favourite - (sprays)
Allys Angels - a/g

Sketch

Welcome

Today's card has somehow managed to scan on an angle, it is not really crooked like that.

I have made this using the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge. My base card is kraft and have layered a small check dp on top. My flags are also cut from dp and the image is from a set of stickers that I won recently from Stamplorations. (Thanks Shery)

other challenges

Cardztv #94- a/g

Paperbabe #98 - a/g

Stamplorations - neverending a/g

Thanks for visiting

Spurs!

Hi everyone

Today's card is a fun one that I have made for the challenge at Emerald Creek Dares, where the subject is Rhinestone Cowboys.

The mood board had boots, so I went with that. This is a digi from Clarity stamps that I printed onto some DP, and coloured with copics. Ialso printed the quote that I found online. 

I then sponged with Versamark and used Seth Apter Baked Velvet - Sedona which I won from Emerald creek a while ago. It gives a great effect over anything.

I then adhered it to a black card base.

Challenges

Emerald Creek Dares - #ECJuly2019

Southern Girls - Boys are the bomb

Thanks for visiting

summer fun

Hi all!

A very quick post this morning as I am running late!

I made this for one of my family, using a die cut sun, velum for the glass, a plastic straw and the letters were cut with my cuttlebug

Challenges

Allsorts - summer fun

Summer flowers

Hello and welcome

Today's card is a stamp from Hero Arts which I have coloured with promarkers, and then cut into 3 pieces. I layered them onto some scraps of black card and then onto my base card which is a matching blue. I also layered the message to match and added a pretty flower from my stash

Challenges

Mod Squad - Just in CASE

Stamping Sensations - The earth laughs in flowers

Penny Black and more - summer colours

Pixies Crafty Workshop #356

Stripes!

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog

Todays card follows a layout that I saw somewhere in blogland! It really appealed as it is a way of using designer paper (of which I have rather a lot!)

Celebrate is stamped with Gina K amalgam and clear embossed - I love embossing as it adds such a classy effect.

The eiffel tower was cut on my Cameo using a sparkly glitter paper

Challenges

Southern Girls - Stripes

Crafters Castle #19 - a/g