Catching up!

Have been quite busy since we got home from holidays, and now I am catching up with a few challenges.
First of all I would like to welcome my newest follower Sid, I hope you enjoy it here.

My card is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, using Penny Black's 'Constellations'.
The centre was cut out and coloured with Sakura Jelly Roll Glaze pens.
The message is from a set by Paperbabe.
I then raised the centre piece on foam.


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I would like to enter this at

Paperbabe - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - case the designer              

Sweet Stamps - anything goes

Penny Black and More - birthdays

Rubberdance - spring colours

Thanks for visiting, and have a very happy week

I'm back!

Sorry I have been missing for such a long time, but now I am back and getting into card making again.
A friend is turning 65 in a few weeks time, so I have made this card for her. I have used a template from  Cardmaking Paradise (link is on my sidebar) and cut it out with my Cameo.
I used a Penny Black background stamp all over the front, using Mermaid Lagoon DI. I also sponged the edges with the same ink. I added some flowers and a corner flourish cut from snippets for decoration.
Challenges - Sweet Stampin - how old?
                     Less is More - coloured background
                     Pixie's crafty workshop - snippets
                     Southern Girls - anything goes

age is just a number!!

I was inspired by the fabulous card by Cornelia. It is my dil's birthday today, so I made this card for her. I used a 6x6 black card base, and because I didn't have suitable number stamps, I used some silver stickers to create the falling numbers. I handcut the arrows from a scrap of shiny red card, and the bigger numbers, which were originally a sickly green were heat embossed with red ep. The strip down the side is some tape, which I thought finished off the card quite nicely.
I would like to enter this at the Stamplorations Spotlight Project
and also at Pixie's Crafty Workshop, as I used the wee snippets of red

Have a great week and thanks for visiting

Best wishes

Today's card features a beautiful Art Deco image that I have recycled from another card. I have layered it on a red mat, and then a Kraft one. I also coloured the peel-off to match. I would like to enter this into the Stamplorations February challenge.

Other challenges - Simon Says Stamp - recucle-reuse
                               Pixies Crafty Workshop - snippets

New Baby

I had to make a baby card, and found inspiration while doing some internet searching. Sorry I did not take note of the web address for the Sillhouette file, I will add it to this post if I can find it again. I cut out the elephant from a scrap of spotty paper, printed the message on the computer, cut it out and layered it on a piece of silver corrugated card. A very simple card, but I am pleased with the result.

Challenges - Pixies Crafty Workshop - snippets
Crafting by design - anything goes
Crafting from the heart - anything goes
Inspiration Destination - anything goes

flowers!

Today's card features a stamp that I have had a number of years, and I go back to it every so often. I stamped and embossed with detail black EP, and also stamped again on a snippet of pretty blue card. I fussy cut it and raised it with mounting tape over one of the images. I also added black 'enamel effects' in the centre.

Challenges -
Anma Creations - flowers
Stamplorations - CAS
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Pixies Crafty Workshop - using snippets
Thanks for visiting, and have a great week

Bits and Bobs!

Today's card features this lovely poppy stamp from Crafty Individuals. I chose to only colour the flower, as I wanted it to really stand out. I used a white ink pad and a Paper Artsy stamp to make the background splatters, and added a piece of ribbon, a piece of lace and some red bling.
Challenges -
Crafty Individuals - lace, buttons, bits & bobs
Paperbabe #25 - sketch
Pixies Crafty Workshop - snippets


Have a great week, and thanks for visiting

Masculine

I found the background piece in my experiments box, but can't remember exactly how I made it!
The stamps are by Tim Holtz, including my new 'bird crazy' set and I used bleach to take the colour away from this very studious bird.
Challenges
Addicted to stamps - masculine
Southern Girls - anything goes
Vintage Stamping - anything goes

And Di has encouraged me to enter in this weeks challenge at Pixies Crafty Workshop

butterflies

Today's card features my Leafy Vines stamp from Hero Arts, embossed with detail white EP on black card, and layered onto an orange card base. I have also stamped onto a snippet of orange, 2 butterflies from Kaisercraft, and added Wink of Stella to their wings. I used flower stamens for the feelers, and coloured them with copics to match.

Challenges
Rubberdance - Black and white + one other colour
Paperbabe - anything goes
Pixies Playground - snippets

Je t'aime

I totally cased the example from the back of the stamp package for this card, but reversing the card colour, and the first layer. The stamp is by Penny Black and I coloured it with my copics. The red layer is a new (to me) embossing folder that I thought went with the French theme.
I used up a few snippets from my large boxful for the stamped image and the white layers.
Challenges -
Cuttlebug Mania - use something new
Southern Girls - one for the girls
Paperbabe - anything goes
Penny Black and More - one for the girls
The Artistic Stamper - anything goes
Pixies Crafty Playground - snippets

Thanks for visiting and have a great week

Couture Creations

Check this out!

http://couturecreationsaus.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/ulitmate-crafts-background-2-cha-sneak.html