Sailing!

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Today's card features a stamp that I won a few years ago, and I am not sure who it is from. I stamped onto my card, and again onto a snippet of coloured paper. After cutting around the circle, I glued it in position on the design. I sponged around the edges and did not add a sentiment, but left it plain, as I was writing a message inside. I made it for a neighbour when he came home from a hip operation

Challenges

Pixies Crafty Workshop - use snippets

Through the Craft Room Door - a/g

House that Stamps Built - a/g

Simon Says Wednesday - a/g

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'free yourself'

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Today's card uses the colours that are required for the Rubberdance challenge for this month - pink, teal and grey.

My base card is a very pretty pale grey that has a tiny sparkle in it, but this can only be seen in certain lights. I masked off a strip with some post-it notes and sponged with di 'mermaid lagoon'. I then stamped with the same colour using one of the stamps from the Rubberdance 'Round in Circles' set and the words are from the Artist Plate set. The flower is also from Rubberdance but I don't know what it is called.

Challenges

Rubberdance forever challenge

Rubberdance stamping lounge (FB)

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Christmas Trees

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Todays card features a very old stamp from Stamp It titled Aussie Christmas Tree

This works just as well for a New Zealand Christmas, as we are well into summer here! I have used it numerous times as it is such a fun stamp.

I have stamped onto kraft card and embossed with white detail ep.I coloured with my Gelly Roll pens so that the designs stand out well

Challenges

Allsorts #498 - Christmas Trees

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge - a/g

Time Out Challenges #124 - joyful

Crafters Castle #12 - a/g

Thanks for visiting and have a very happy festive season

Traditional colours

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Today's card features a very cute Christmas stamp that I have mislaid the packaging so I am not sure who it is by. I have coloured it with copics and promarkers and cut out with a Stamplorations die. Then layered onto a piece of Christmas DP and layered all onto a dark green base card

Challenges

Penny Black and More - Traditional Christmas

Emerald Creek Dares - Winter Wishes

That's Crafty - a/g

Stamping Sensations - Winter Sparkle

Crafty Calendar - It's Christmas Time

Countryview Challenges - Christmas

Thanks for visiting and best wishes for the festive season

Great Coffee

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Todays card was made to join in with the coffee lovers hop.

I used a kraft base layered with red diecut with my new Sizzix die. The mug is a digi which I coloured with copics, and I printed the quote onto some scraps

Challenges

Coffee lovers

Southern Girls - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop - use snippets

Cardztv #76 - a/g

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3 balloons

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Today's card features a bird from one of my favourite sets - Tim Holtz's bird crazy. I printed the sentiment from  my computer and stamped the bird direct to the card, and again on a seperate scrap. I have used Promarkers to colour - buttercup and arctic blue. The balloons are punched, again from scraps, and he is holding them tucked under his wing. I have cased this card from one I saw on Pinterest, but forgot to take details of the designer, sorry. 

Challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - use 3 of something

CardsTV - a/g

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'gold'

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Today's card features one of my favourite stamps from Paper Artsy. I have stamped it onto a dp using wilted violet distress ink. I stamped the butterfly part again on an extra piece and went over the outlines with my glue pen. I then laid gold leaf over and rubbed it in. After cutting it out I attached it with a glue dot in the centre. The sentiment is from a set by Lawn Fawn embossed in bright gold. The butterfly looks beautiful IRL, but my scan does not show it up well. Edited to add a photo which shows the gold better

Challenges -

Craft Stamper - a/g

Southern Girls - inks and sprays

Paper Artsy -  foiling

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - gold sparkle

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