Valentine week- Day 5

A very quick post this morning….We're off for sports day at school!

 A simple CAS card with a muted background from Hero Arts. I stamped the background on the  white circle and die cut the heart with my nestablilities. I then die cut a smaller red circle, stamped the same background on it and placed it behind the heart.

I then popped to up with some foam tape and finished it of with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I love that pop of red with the hint of the butterfly wings!

I am submitting this card fort the CASology challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Its a big deal!

Hi! I have a card today for the Paper Smooches Sparks Anything goes (wk5) challenge as well as the Simply Less is More 'Celebration' challenge, in honour of their 200th challenge.

The stamps I've used are from the Paper Smooches 'Think Fast' stamp set and for the background, the Hero Arts 'Its your day' stamp set.

I stamped the images on white card stock using Memento inks, coloured them with watercolours and then fussy cut them. I then popped them with some 3D foam tape. 

I cut the hexagon using Spellbinders nestabilities.

I like that this is a fun card that can lend itself to more than one occasion!

What do you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by…

Enjoy your evening!

Fun tags

Hey everyone! I have been having some fun with tags of late…
Here they are…

 Spellbinders nest abilities, Hero Arts nicest thoughts rubber stamp.

Kaisercraft stamp set, Verses rubber stamps sentiment

Spellbinders nestabilities, IO map background, Hero Arts better place rubber stamp 

Spellbinders nestabilities, IO map background, Hero Arts better place rubber stamp

I am submitting  these tags for the ATCAS 'Tag" challenge.

Thanks for stopping by…

Good night!

Quick tags

I have been struggling  with a creative block for the last couple of months and it is really frustrating!

So, I decided to try making some tags...a smaller and less daunting project!

Here is what I came up with for my official Craft Adda Blog post....

To make these tags, I used Spellbinders Nestabilities dies,  rubber stamps from PTI, Hero Arts, Lawn Fawn, and sentiment and shape dies from Spellbinders, Penny black and Paper smooches.

I used inks from Memento and Versafine and Derwent watercolour pencils.

Hope these tags inspire you to create!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a good night!

Picture perfect!

Today for my official post on the Craft Adda Blog, I have this fun and cheerful card!

I am playing the CASology  week 78 Cue card DOT challenge  and the Simon Says stamp"Emboss It " Wednesday  challenge with this card.

This darling stamp is from MFT stamps. The sentiments are from MFT and Hero Arts.

I did not have the word  "you are", so I partially inked up the sentiment 'you're the best' from the Hero Arts 'Everyday Sayings' stamp set and added it to the 3D tape popped up sentiment fro MFT stamps.

The background stamp is from Stampin'Up (I think...its really old!) and the stars are die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities and embossed with a small dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

Hope you enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed making it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great evening!

Records rock!

I just love old Vinyl records, don't you?!
So, I decided to make a card along that theme...

For the Vinyl record, I punched a 13/4" circle(EK success) from black card stock and a 3/4" circle(EK success) from red card stock.  I then punched a hole in the centre of the red circle using my Crop-a-dile and adhered the two together. For the base a cut out a square piece of kraft card with my spellbinders nestabilities and stamped over it with the Stampin' Up woodgrain background stamp.

I distressed all the edges with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink.

For the arm of the record player, I used an arrow from the Cottage Cutz valentine heart die.

Finally the sentiment is from the Paper Smooches Be Boppin' stamp set, held together with a music note brad from recollections.

I am entering this card for the CASology  week 78 cue word 'DOT' challenge.

I really enjoyed making this card...I'm sure whoever receives it will enjoy it too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Happy new year!

Happy New Year!

 Here's wishing all you wonderful friends who keep coming back to read my blog,  a wonderful crafty new year 2014!

I thought this card says what I feel perfectly!

The stamps are from 'Stampendous' and I used my Spellbinders nesitibilities to die cut the circles.

I tn coloured in the image with Faber Castell colour pencils.

I used 3D foam tape to make the panel pop.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Get Well tag

Hello everyone!

I have a quick and easy project for you today.

A getwell soon tag that I made in under 5 minutes!

I first used my nestabilities dies to cut out the base shape out of red cardstock.

I stamped the band-aid image from Paper Smooches on white cardstock, coloured it with copic markers and colourpencils and cut it out. 

Then, I added the sentiment and popped the band-aid with 3D foam tape.

Added some bakers twine and the tag was ready!

Hope you have fun making many such tags!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Good night!

Sewn Butterfly

I pulled out my trusty old sewing machine yesterday, after years!

It took me a while to get to know it again. ;-)

Here's a project I made using sewing for the first time!

This is my submission today for the Runway Inspired Lela Rose challenge.
I am also submiting ot for the Stamptv Mix it Up Monday challenge.

Dies used here are from Spellbinders, Sentiment (heat embossed with Mac&Cheese Yellow from American Crafts) from Hero Arts, and embossing folders are from Cuttlebug.

Fun Isn't it!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy your day!!

Roses and Loved ones

Hello everyone! 

I am back with this really pretty card that I made for a very dear friend recently.

I created the background by stamping the Roses from Stampin'UP and heat embossing them with white embossing powder.

I then coloured them and the background in with Camel artists water colour cakes.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Penny Black, die cut it using spellbinders nestabilities, coloured the edges with  Tim Holtz distress ink and popped it on with double sided 3D foam tape.

I finished off the card by adding a strip of sequined lace for some pop and pizzaz!!

Pretty don't you think?!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Enjoy your day!

Happy 50th

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today  for my official post on the Craft Adda blog, I have another number birthday card for that special woman in your life!

On second thoughts, you could also use this card as a 50th Anniversary card!

To make this card I stamped the large circle and square stamps  (Stampendous retro squares stamp set) with memento lilac posies and lulu lavender  inks and then heat embossed over them with clear embossing powder. 

The small squares and circles were heat embossed with gold embossing powder. 

The numbers are die cut using cuttlebug dies and the medallion is cut using Spellbinders nestabilities.

A few self adhesive gemstones and ribbon and we are good to go!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!

Polaroid fun!

Happy Wednesday!!!

I LOVE the nostalgia of polaroid photos, so today I have a card  today for my weekly post at
Craft Adda that indulges this nostalgia!

To make the Polaroid frame, I used my square nestabilties die on white cardstock. 

I was inspired by this blog post by writescrapbook .com.

I then cut around it to create the frame. 

I stamped the cupcakes from the Stampendous 'Hey there cupcake' stamp set  with teal zeal and summer sky ink from Memento and cut them out. 

The background is embossed with a Cuttlebug dots embossing folder. 

The background stripes are from Impression Obsession, stamped with Memories sand ink . 

I then put it all together using some double sided foam tape to add dimension.

The  fabulous sentiment is from Hero Arts.

I'm really happy about the way this card has turned out!!

Try it...its really easy!

I am entering this card for the SimonSays Stamp 'Anything Goes' challenge featuring Impression Obsession.

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy!

Au Natural at Play Date cafe!

I just love the new Play Date Cafe challenge no 176!

The colours really made me think!!

Cappucino-Slate-Burlap

Here is my interpretation!!

Cappucino-Slate-Burlap

For this card, I decided to try out a plaid pattern with Washi tape. Oh what fun this was!!! I think the result is phenomenal!

The background is stamped with Hot of the Press 'Delicate Patterns' on Kraft card stock.

The sentiment  and the cake (which is 3D with the help of double sided foam tape) are from the Hero Arts 'Birthday Messages' messages stamp set.

The Tag is cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Labels' and distressed with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.

I think it is a fun card for a guy, don't you think?

Thanks so very much for stopping by!

Do tell me what you think!

Enjoy!

Tuesday Trigger from Moxie Fab

Good Morning! 

I am up early on a Saturday morning so that I can supervise my daughter's weekly singing class! :-( 

I'd love to have a lie in!! Everyone else is! :-)

But, since I'm up,here is the Tuesday Trigger from Moxie Fab world...

...And here is my take on it.

The Stamps I have used are Hero Arts cling stamps and the sentiment is from Verses rubber stamps, stamped with Danube blue and Bahama Blue inks from Memento Inks.

The label is cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities and distressed around the edges usig Pear Tart Memento Ink. 

It is a nice, simple and fun card...what do you think?!

Tag U'r It!

Hey everyone!
I am playing quite a few challenges today...
Here is my submission for the 'Tag U'r It' challenge 59 from Love to Create, Less is more 'use scallops' challenge, Simon Says Stamp 'Birthday' challenge, and the Paper Players tic-tac-toe challenge from Jaydee.

As you can see, I have used the centre line from the grid...Blue and Pink, A tag and Birthday.

I struggled with this one a bit, but I think it has come through quite nicely.

For the base, I clear embossed the Damask stamp from Inkadinkado.I distressed the base with TimHoltz Tea Dye and Vintage photo distress inks.

The tag, which I cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities, I stamped with Memento Danube Blue, to add texture.

The pink flower is cut using the Spellbinders Shapeabilities die.

the sentiment is from Hero Arts 'Birthday Messages' stamp set.

Photocards

Here are four photocards I made a while ago...love the photographs and love the way they turned out. These went out for sale through a local high end florists' store. I wonder who bought them eventually!!

Stamps are from Hero Arts, Stampendous and some unbranded (from the days when I bought stamps before I knew what to do with them!!) Inks I have used are my favorite, Memento, and papers have been embossed with cutlebug folders and die cut with nestabilities.

Thanks for stopping by...

enjoy!

Birthday candles

I absolutely love the way this card turned out! 

The candles stamp is  a woodblock stamp from Inkadinkado. 

I stamped it onto a kraft card with memento Tuxedo black ink. 

I then stamped it  on a piece of ivory cardstock with versamark embossing ink and  heat embossed it with clear embossing powder from Judikins.  

The panel , I cut with Spellbinders nestabilities oval and ovel scallop dies, and distressed it with Tim Holtz distress inks. 

The sentiment is one of my own and I completed the card with pretty orange and green ribbons from my stash.

Hope you enjoy this card as much as I did.

Thanks for stopping by...Do leave me a comment!

Enjoy!

Warm Wishes

Another entry for the A Blog Named Hero Challenge #10 - The Krafty Crafter

The flower is from my new Spellbinders sunflower die set and the ric rac die is from Cottage cutz. Stunning effect isn't it! 

Background stamp is 'Harlequin' from Impression Obsesion stamped in 'sand ' from Memories acid free dye ink

the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Thanks for stopping by..

Do leave a comment if you like what you see!

Enjoy!

Happiness and Chocolate

I just love this sentiment from Stampendous! 

To go with it I started with a kraft card base.I absolutely love Kraft card for its versatility...it goes with every colour!

I created the background with  the Harlequin background stamp from Impression Obsession  stamped in Sand from Memories acid free dye ink.

The yummy chocolate ice cream die cuts are from Cottage cutz. The smiley button, I thought tied everything together nicely.

The sentiment card is embossed with harlequin embossing folder from Sizzix and distressed with Tim Holtz distress inks.

The sentiment is heat embossed in Chestnut.

Thanks for stopping by...

I hope you enjoy this card as much as I loved making it!

Do let me know if you did!!

I have entered this card for the A Blog Named Hero Challenge #10 - The Krafty Crafter.

Inchie gifts

I made this card with Inchie stamps from Inkadinkado, with Ladybug red and Jet black inks from Memento. The card is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and distressed with Tim holtz distress inks, as well as the sentiment label, which is from Spellbinders. the sentiment is from Stampendous.

This card has turned out a little different...I like it though! Inchies are fun!

Thanks for stopping by...

Enjoy!