Less is More - Week 47 - Just One Word

Hello fellow Bloggers.  Hope you had a wonderful Christmas that was filled with joy and lots of crafting goodies!!!  I had some lovely presents amongst which was an OttLite which is brilliant and a Samsung Galaxy Tablet.......... just so I can get my crafting fix everywhere!  It was a very busy Christmas with all the family staying over - so lots of cooking, eating and drinking.  Now I'm trying to play catch up with all the washing, changing beds etc - but decided I just had to get back into my craft room.  For this week's challenge over at Less is More the girls have asked us to create a CAS card using "Just One Word".

I decided to use a digistamp which I've had for ages.  I printed it out on my laser printer (which was set up over Christmas by my brilliant nephew Keir) and then put it through my foiling machine.  I'm hoping you can see the foiling but it's difficult to photograph!  The hearts were coloured with Promarkers and I then die cut the image using the largest scalloped heart nestie which I then gold inked around the edge.  It's been attached to a square top fold card and I've added three roses and some gems.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year.

Less is More - Week 46 - Music

It's theme week over at Less is More and the theme they've chosen is:

MUSIC

 

I didn't have any music stamps and then found this great digi stamp and sentiment from TLC Creations.

I printed out the sentiment and the three kings image with the music background and die cut them with a mixture of nesties.  The image was coloured using Promarkers.  I ran a piece of miri card through my Joy with a music embossing folder.  I've used a piece of black Anna-Marie's ribbed card for my A5 base and just added some gems to finish off.

 

As this will be my last post til after the festivities can I wish everyone out there in blogland a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.  May everyone's stockings be filled with crafting goodies!!!  lol

A last minute Christmas card........

Hello everyone - things have been pretty hectic lately hence my not posting as much as normal but I'm sure it's the same for everyone.  I recently bought the country landscape die from Memory Box and made this card.  I saw something similar on a blog a while ago but unfortunately can't remember which one.  I placed the die on an A5 card blank and ran it through my Joy Trouvaille.  I then cut a piece of navy card to size and punched a circle for the moon.  I then sprayed the navy card with Crafters' Companion Iridescent Glitter Spray.  The country landscape die cuts a convenient slit in your base card and you can then slip the navy card through from the back.  I lightly sponged shadows under the trees and houses using Faded Jeans DI.  I die cut the tree from black card - it's the Twiggy Tree also from Memory Box and edged the branches in white.  The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat printed out and cut to size.  I added some silver peel off borders and gems to finish off the card.

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Let it Snow - Let it Snow - Let it Snow...........

The latest challenge over at both Less is More and at Winter Wonderland is Let it Snow.  The Less is More challenge is for a one layer card.  I have used a digi stamp from Imag-e-nation and the sentiment is from a set by Pink Petticoat.  I copied and pasted the winter scene into a Word document and did the same with the sentiment.  I then resized them to the card size I wanted.  I have lightly coloured the image with Flex and Promarkers and then used Stickles Star Dust over areas to create the snow.  I've also dotted some in the sky as snowflakes (not sure if it's come out as well as I hoped in the photo).  I also coloured the letters "o" in the sentiment and again added Stickles.  For the border down the side of the card I used a Martha Stewart punch.

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Less is More - Week 44 - Colour - Green

The challenge this week over at Less Is More is the colour GREEN.  I decided to use a word block stamp from Darkroom Door called Christmas.  I stamped it onto cream card using Stampin Up Old Olive and then clear embossed it.  I then die cut it using nesties.  The mount and card base were then die cut using my Go Kreate XL Frilly Frames.   A simple green and white dotty ribbon finished it off.

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Bah Humbug - Challenge 47 - Cute Christmas Critters & St Luke's Charity Challenge - Let it Snow

I just can't believe that this is the last week of challenges over at Bah! Humbug! - and it's Cute Christmas Critters -  it doesn't seem like 5 minutes since we started way back in January!  Also over at St Luke's Charity Challenge   their challenge is Let it Snow.  I had already started on a card and it will match in with both challenges.  I have used the great Stamp Addicts set called Polar Bears SA-6019.  I just love using the polar bears as they're soooo cute!!  On a piece of black card I stamped the icicles and embossed with white embossing powder.  I stamped the star and embossed with silver detail e/p.  The polar bears were stamped with Memento ink onto white card and then cut out.  I have used a Letraset Fleximarker to add a blue tinge around the outside of the images.  I cut around the arms of the large polar bear so I could "sit" the baby one inside.  The sentiment is from the same set and I have used my Stampin Up oval and scalloped oval punches to cut out and mat onto silver card.  The whole thing has been mounted onto silver mirri which I embossed with a Cuttlebug dotty e/f.  I added a ribbon to the side and a snowflake die cut out of silver glitter card using my Whimsy Stamps Winter's Jewel 1 die.  I then mounted this onto a black DL card blank and added some snow.

Thanks for stopping by - have a great weekend fellow bloggers.

Shabby Chic birthday card

It's my sister Val's birthday today (why not pop over to her blog to wish her Happy Birthday).  I decided to use my JustRite Shabby Chic stamp set which match my nesties Labels Four set. 

I used a piece of Kanban card to create an A5 card blank and then used my dies to make the front opening for the label.  To do this you need to place your die horizontally across the front inside of your card with the edge nestling up to the edge of the card.  Mark the halfway line of the die (vertically as this will be your fold line) and tape the die onto your card so it doesn't move.  Line up your cutting plates with your pencilled line - eg you will have half the die hanging over the end of the plates.  Put it through your cutting machine and then put it through again but this time the whole card and die to emboss it.  What happens is that the inside half of the die cuts but the outside just embosses so you can make the fold in your card with the actual shape protruding from the main card.  Possibly this is a better photo for you to see what I mean...........

I then stamped and gold embossed the three images, one main and two smaller for the right hand side of the card, and these were coloured using a mixture of Letraset Flexi and Promarkers before die cutting them and mounting onto mats.  As the front of the card is now actually the inside of the card it didn't have any embossing so I used a Clarity swirl stamp to add some gold embossing to match the rest of the card.  The small perfume bottle was stamped, embossed and coloured as above and then cut out and added to the front of the card using Pinflair Glue Gel.  The hatpins and flowers were from my stash as was the ribbon which was tied around the card and then I added super sticky tape down the length to allow me to "ruffle" some more ribbon over the top.

Here's another view of the card....................

JustRite Friday Challenge #063

The current JustRite Friday Challenge is asking that you use JustRite stamps on your project.  For those who aren't familiar with these stamps they are the ones that have been manufactured specifically to match the Spellbinders dies.  I have stamped and embossed with WOW glitter embossing powder a Christmas ornament and sentiment from the JustRite Merry & Bright stamp set.  I then die cut it using my Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments 2010 dies and cut a red mat which had been sprayed with Crafters Companion gold glitter spray.  I took a blank DL card and adhered some paper from my stash, added an edging of red liner tape all around the edge of the BP and poured over red glitter.  I also put a line of red liner down the centre of the card to act as a ribbon.  I also used the top hanging part of the ornament, from the same stamp set, and embossed in gold e/p, added a red bow, some poinsettia flowers and some gems.
Thanks for dropping in today.  Happy crafting.

A 1940's card............

It's my friend Anne's birthday today.  She and her husband Andy are really into the 40's era and go to lots of events centred around this time - they are going away for a weekend in a few months where you have to dress up!!!!!  Perhaps it's their age.......... lol.  Anyway I decided to theme her card around this and used my 40's disc for CraftArtist.  Everything on the card, which is an 8x8, the insert and the envelope (which you can just see in the background) was made using CraftArtist - with the exception of some Tim Holtz Kraft Resist paper on the base and some lace which I coloured with Distress Inks - oh, and the photo of Anne herself.  I printed out the main layer which I then tore, crumpled and distressed and then printed all the elements which I decoupaged.  I've just had a phone call from Anne and she's over the moon with it!  So much so she wants to come over and see how CraftArtist works - perhaps we will have another convert!

Less is More - Week 43 - A bit of Bling......

This week the lovely ladies at Less is More's challenge is: 

A BIT OF 

I decided to use the lovely snowflake border stamp in my IndigoBlu "Here Comes Santa" stamp set.  I used VersaMark ink and stamped it twice across the DL card blank and then heat embossed with detail gold e/p.  I then did the same with the sentiment stamp which is also from the same set.  The "bling" is obviously all the jewels............ I started off just using the clear but decided it needed a touch of colour and so found these tiny red gems.  I then tried - and failed - to take a good photograph of the card and ended up having to scan it (which I know Mandi & Chrissie don't like but needs must!).

Thanks for stopping and spending time at my blog.

Bah Humbug - Challenge 46 - Fabric

The lovely ladies over at Bah Humbug have challenged us to make something with fabric this week.  Well I just so happened to be making a felted calendar for 2012 so this is ideal for the challenge.  I started off making my own felted fabric from wool tops.  I then made a template (using an old CD) and created my design within it which I numbered and cut out.  I pinned these pieces onto the various coloured fabrics and cut out.  I cut out a circle from black felt and then added my cut out coloured pieces in the correct order.  I used my Janome embellisher to attach the design to the felt backing.  I cut out another circle of black felt and embellished it to the main design around the edge - before finishing the circle I slipped in the old CD for added stability.  I added a piece of black felt as a hanging loop and a piece at the bottom to attach my calendar to.  The calendar has been covered with black card and peel-offs attached for the 2012 and around the edges.  To make it more Christmassy I die cut a Christmas tree from red velvet using a Marianne die and backed it with silver card to make it stand out.

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Steampunk birthday card

It was my DH's birthday the other day and I made him a Steampunk card.  I used an image from Jem's Designs Steampunk for Men CD and decoupaged up the layers and added to die cut mats from my nesties.  I then took some pewter metal sheet and die cut some cogs using my Sprightly Sprockets dies and aged them with alcohol ink.  The sentiment in the corner is a digistamp which says "you must know everything.......with age comes knowledge"!!!  Not that I was trying to say he's getting old but........... lol.

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Bah Humbug - Challenge 45 - Bags & Boxes

This week's challenge over at Bah! Humbug! is Bags and Boxes and I must admit I was thinking "oh, that's good - we made these at our recent Stampin Up day"!!!!!  Then I thought better about it...............  I have added a couple of photos of a brown kraft bag and clear pail that we made on our day but they are at the bottom of this post.  I decided to make a Scallop Bag and started off with a piece of cardstock measuring 10" x 4" and made it into a basic box.  I then die cut scallops using my nesties; firstly in red card, then gold mirri, then b/p from my stash.  I glued these together for the back and front of the box and scored the bottom of both to give me six scallops which would fold under the box.  I used my Crop-a-Dile to add some eyelets for the ribbon which is red rickrack.  The poinsettia on the front of the box is a die from Cottage Cutz and is called Ornate Poinsettia.  Must admit that after I'd put it on I thought it overwhelmed the bag a bit but had already stuck it down!

Here are the photos of the bag and pail full of Christmas tags that we recently made at our Stampin Up Extravaganza workshop.  The insert in the photo of the pail shows the top of it with it's embellishment.

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Less is More - Week 42 - Theme - Silhouette

The girls over at Less is More have challenged us to come up with a card designed around silhouettes this week.  I decided to use this image from a Debbie Moore CD and die cut it using my oval nesties.  I then triple embossed using Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel.  I die cut the corresponding scalloped oval in black card and mounted.  I've used a square white linen card and put it through my Joy using a Tim Holtz embossing folder but just embossing the bottom 2/3rds of the card.  I tied on a polka dot ribbon and added the silhouette.  I then stamped the sentiment (Hobby Art) using black Versafine ink and added three black pearls to the bottom.

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Make My Monday - Week 24 - on a roll.............!

Hi everyone - well I think I'm on a roll at the moment...... isn't it strange that you can go for ages without much inspiration and then all of a sudden it hits you!!!  lol  So, I thought I'd better strike whilst the iron's hot.............  Another two cards for the Make My Monday challenge for a CAS card with the emphasis on the sentiment.

For the first one I have used a Memory Box die (think I'm addicted to these!!!) where it die cuts just the holes/bubbles in the word Joy and leaves the actual card intact rather than die cutting the word out.  I have backed it with red glitter card and then white pearl and put on a black DL card with some black and red spotty ribbon.  The edge has been punched with a Martha Steward edge punch. I can hear you all saying there should be a lot of white space ..... but thought a lot of black space would suffice!!!  lol

The second one is using the Stampin Up Something for Christmas stamp.  I stamped it using a Kaleidacolor Royal Satin inkpad and clear embossed it.  I then used  my Labels 20 to die cut it and mount onto red card.  The addition of some red ribbon onto a white DL card is all that was needed.

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Make My Monday - Week 24 - CAS Christmas Card

The latest challenge over at Make My Monday is:

 Make a CAS Christmas Card with emphasis on the Sentiment.

CAS means Clean and Simple, minimal layers and no bulky embellishments - we want to see lots of White Space.

 

For this I've used the lovely Peace stamp from Clarity Stamps.  I've gold embossed it onto white pearl card and then stamped again onto copy paper and cut an aperture in the letter C.  I placed the copy paper over the top of the embossed image and taped it down.  I punched a circle out of the top of a sticky note for the moon and placed it on the card.  I then used my blending tool and Distress Inks to colour the sky and mountains.  I then removed the moon mask and using the Clarity miniature stamps used Memento ink and stamped Santa and his sleigh in the sky and then the fir trees - using the ink, blot, plot method to get a look of trees in the distance.  I then die cut the sentiment using my Spellbinders Creative Book Pages, ran a gold pen around the outside and mounted it onto a square white card blank.  Then came the tricky part of the operation - photographing it!!!  I have posted two photos so you could see one that shows the gold embossing and one that doesn't but shows the colours better in the letter C - so, you choose which is best!!

 

Bah Humbug - Challenge 44 - Baby's 1st Christmas

Those lovely ladies over at Bah Humbug have got us making a Christmas card with the theme of Baby's 1st Christmas this week.  Hmmm - didn't have much in the way that would suit this challenge so went on the hunt and found a lovely digi stamp at Pink Gem Designs.  I've coloured her (could be a boy or girl depending on what colours you use) with Letraset Flexmarkers, die cut the image with my beaded oval nesties and sponged the edge.  I've used a blank 6x6 card and covered it with backing paper from my stash.  I've added a piece of pink edged lace and a holly vine (Memory Box die) made out of silver mirri.  The final touch was some Stickles.

Thanks for looking.

Less is More - Week 41 - One Layer - Leaves........ No 2!

I've obviously been hit with some inspiration this week!!!  lol  Here's my second offering for the Less is More challenge.  I took an 8x8 card blank and placed a Prima mask on top.  I then used Distress Inks and a blending tool around the edges.  The sentiment is from Hobby Arts and stamped using the DI's.  Very quick and simple.

Thanks for looking.

The Craft Barn Blog Candy

Wow - exciting news over at The Craft Barn as they're giving away a mega bundle of blog candy.  Check it out here. 

All you have to do to win this is.... 

- Be a follower

- Write a new post on your blog with the image above and a link to this post

- Come back here and leave us a little comment with a link to your blog

You have until November 25th to enter.

The lucky winner will be announced on this blog by the end of the month.

 

Good luck!

t.

Less is More - Week 41 - One Layer - Leaves

First of all I must apologise for the lack of posts over the last week or so but things have been pretty hectic as I was getting ready for our craft club night last Wednesday; then our lovely cat Fern went suddenly blind on Wednesday evening so it was panic stations and visits to the vets on Thursday where they said both her retinas had detached due to sky-high blood pressure.  They gave us tablets to give her and we are keeping our fingers crossed that she may possibly get her sight back as this morning you can actually see her pupils which you couldn't before - just a grey blank which was awful.  Then with all that going on my sister and brother-in-law, Val & Jim arrived on Friday ready for our Stampin Up Extravaganza on Saturday (which was thoroughly enjoyed by all).  On Sunday we went to the Taunton Craft Show and they left yesterday.  So hopefully back to normal now!

This week's challenge over at Less is More is One Layer - Leaves.  For this card I have used my Stampin Up French Foliage stamp set.  I took a blank cream square card and stamped the French text using Distress Inks.  I then sponged Flitter onto the leaf stamps and let them dry slightly before covering with gilding flakes.  I then stamped the Paris postmark and added some pearls.

Thanks for looking.

Less is More - Week 39 - Stars

This week Less is More have asked the LIMettes to theme their card around stars.  As it's getting close to Christmas I thought I'd make a Christmas card.  I decided to use this digi stamp of two carolers in a wintery scene.  After I'd printed it out I coloured it using a mixture of Flex and Promarkers and used an embossing pen to gold emboss the star.  The background sky was sponged using Distress Inks.  I die cut a circle from the centre of a card blank and then die cut a scalloped frame.  I added acetate to the back of the aperture, added some foam tape and a little "snow" and placed the image over to make a shaker card.  The sentiment is from my Stampin Up Contempo Christmas.

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Bah Humbug - Challenge 43 - Die Cuts

This week's challenge over at Bah Humbug is die cuts.  I've just received my Memory Box Poinsettia Wreath and matching stamp so just had to use them!  I started off with a square white card blank and die cut sage green backing paper from my stash with nesties and then put it through again with an embossing folder.  I stamped the poinsettia image and then used the die to cut it out.  This was then coloured using Promarkers with a little added Glamour Dust to the centres of the flowers.  This was mounted onto gold mirri which had again been die cut using my circles dies.  I've placed a gold ribbon across as a border and added a strip of red card punched using my Martha Stewart snowflake punch.  The sentiment has been gold embossed and I've used Spellbinders Fancy Tags 3 to die cut.  This was curved slightly and placed over the centre of the wreath using Pinflair Glue Gel.  The finishing touches are a ribbon bow and some card candy in the corners.

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Anniversary card

Just a quick post today.  It's our wedding anniversary on Thursday - married for 21 years........ perhaps he'll give me the key to the door!!!  lol  Had a hard time deciding what type of card to make Tony but he normally appreciates anything I do which is great.  Unfortunately he's had a bad back for a while so I just couldn't resist this image and especially the sentiment!  They are both from a set called The Wrinklies from Dimension Fourth.  The image has been stamped onto cream card with Memento ink and coloured with Letraset Flexmarkers and Promarkers, cut out using Nesties and Diamond Glaze added to his glasses and pipe.  I've used Stampin Up backing card and a Martha Steward large edger punch.  I added a piece of gingham ribbon and some gems.  The sentiment was stamped and clear embossed and cut out using the same Nesties.  After I had made the card I realised it didn't mention anything about our anniversary - doh!!!!  So I created that on the computer using Kon Tiki Enchanted font and used a Stampin Up punch to cut it out.

Thanks for looking.

Less is More - Week 38 - Polka Dots

This week the Divas over at Less is More have asked us to create a card on the following lines (or dots!!!!!)......

This week we have a really easy recipe which is simply

POLKA DOTS

As long as your design is Clean and Simple, has some white space (or its equivalent) and polka dots in evidence somewhere, it will be perfect for this challenge.

I have used  a stamp from a Creative Expressions set and paper pieced using Stampin Up paper.  I've used Letraset Flexmarkers to colour where necessary.  The image has been cut using Labels 20 which is one of my favourites and matted onto red card which was then put through my Joy in a Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The sentiment is from the same set and stamped in red and clear embossed and again cut out using Labels 20.  It says "Fashion fades, only style remains.  Coco Chanel".  The only added embellishment is some red and white dotty ribbon.

Thanks for looking.

Bah Humbug - Challenge 42 - With men in mind

This week's challenge over at Humbug Hall is With Men in Mind - well, I ask you, when aren't they!!!  lol

I've used Mistletoe Gilly from Prairie Fairy which is a digi stamp.  She's been coloured with Letraset Flexmarkers, die cut using nesties and mounted on a larger nestie.  Backing paper is from my stash.  I have added some lace.  The sentiment is computer generated and I've added some flowers and gems.  I've also used Diamond Glaze on Gilly's glasses which gives a good effect.  Hopefully whoever received this card will pucker up..............

Bah Humbug - Challenge 41 - Good to Eat

The lovely ladies over at Bah! Humbug! have challenged us to make a Christmas card with the theme "Good to Eat".  Unfortunately I don't have any food related Christmas stamps so went to the Me to You CDs and picked out the lovely Tatty Ted offering a chance to pull his cracker with a plate of mince pies on the table.  I printed out the decoupage on pearl photo paper and used silicone on all the various layers.  This has then been matted onto red card and the whole thing put on an 8x8" card blank.  The bp is from my stash.  The sentiment is from a Stampin Up set punched out with their square scalloped oval and matted onto red card again.  The ornament and corner flourish are  Memory Box dies.  I have added Stickles to the hat and garland round the chair and a ribbon bow.

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Less is More - Week 37 - Cocktails

Morning everyone - this week's challenge over at Less is More is:

COCKTAIL
You may interpret this however you wish... your favourite tipple, the colours of a cocktail or a simply cocktail of colours. Let your imagination run with this one, it will be interesting to see how imaginative you can be.
Here is a little fun... you can follow the link to see what cocktail you are... it's interesting to see that both of us are 'poised' ladies in the same proportions what's more!

What's the recipe for your personality

Blogthings: Learn something interesting about yourself

This is what they say about me!!!

You Are Made Of Understanding, Laughter, and Mischief

3 parts Understanding 2 parts Laughter 1 part Mischief And a Splash of Power Finish off with an olive

Why don't you follow the links and see what they say about you!!!  lol

Now to my card for this challenge.  I can't remember where I got this stamp set from but I've had it quite a while and it fits the bill for this challenge to a T (or perhaps that should be to a Martini.........).  I have stamped the cocktail glass three times onto white card and then stamped the cherry in each glass in red.  These were cut out and matted onto red card.  The backing paper was made up from stamping another cherry in red and matting onto red card.  The sentiment was stamped onto white card and then was punched out and matted using Stampin Up punches.  I added some Glossy Accents to the cherries in the glasses.  I must admit the sentiment makes me giggle each time I see it.

Thanks for dropping by.

Less is More - Week 36 - One layer hearts

This week's challenge over at Less is More is One Layer:

The ♥ can be singular, multiple, any colour, but, MUST be a one layer card, with no additional layers stuck on, apart from the odd embellishment or ribbon!

I've taken a cream 5"x5" card blank and placed the largest of the Spellbinders scalloped heart dies centrally on the card front and then placed a smaller plain heart die in the centre of this.  I then ran them through my Joy machine with the embossing plates so nothing was cut.  I then die cut a piece of copy paper using the scalloped heart die so I could place this over the embossed shape on the card.  I have used Distress Inks all through this project and first stamped the heart stamp from SU Punch Potpourri which just fits inside the small embossed heart and then I placed a mask over the top of it.  I  used my ink dusters to colour the inside of the scalloped heart and then stamped a Clarity Stamp large floral flourish stamp over the top.  To finish I inked the smaller heart and stamped the sentiment which is from the SU Wonderful Words set.

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Bah Humbug - Challenge 40 - Glitz & Glitter & Timeless Tuesday Ornaments

This week the Head Honchos over at Bah! Humbug! have asked us to create a Glitz & Glitter card.  Over at Timeless Tuesday their challenge calls for you to use an ornament in your card or to make an ornament so I thought this would fit the bill.  For this I have stamped and embossed with WOW glitter embossing powder a Christmas ornament and sentiment from the JustRite Merry & Bright stamp set.  I then die cut it using my Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments 2010 dies and cut a red mat which had been sprayed with Crafters Companion gold glitter spray.  I took a blank DL card and adhered some paper from my stash, added an edging of red liner tape all around the edge of the BP and poured over red glitter.  I also put a line of red liner down the centre of the card to act as a ribbon.  I also used the top hanging part of the ornament, from the same stamp set, and embossed in gold e/p, added a red bow, some poinsettia flowers and some gems.

Thanks for dropping in today.  Happy crafting.

Bah Humbug - Challenge 39 - Nativity

The latest challenge over at Humbug Hall is Nativity.  Now I was pondering on this one as I didn't have any rubber stamps, or digi stamps, that fit the challenge.  It's not often that I do some decoupage but thought that it was the only option this week.  I had a free download from Cuddly Buddly which is a cutsie and then realised I had another nativity scene which was more traditional from a company called Card Making Downloads - so I've made two cards for the challenge.   Nothing much to say except I printed them out, cut them out and stuck them together!!!  lol  I've added some Stickles Icicle glue to the stars on the traditional card and that's all I've done.

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Less Is More - Week 35 - Colour of your eyes

This weeks challenge over at LIM is:

Here we are again and it's time for another COLOUR challenge.

This week we have chosen

THE COLOUR OF YOUR EYES

You don't necessarily have to have an exact match, but if your eyes are blue, then any shade of blue will be fine, likewise with brown, grey, green etc.. (We aren't as mean as all that!)

However, the colour you choose should be the predominant colour on your card... we don't want to see just a hint of it.

I decided to use this stamp again and I think it's from Impression Obsession but I've had it so long I can't quite remember.  I've got green eyes so have used Distress Inks in Crushed Olive and Forrest Moss to stamp the image and then die cut using my Spellbinders Blossom dies.  I've decoupaged the layers using Pinflair onto a cream card blank.  The sentiment is a Hobby Arts stamp using Forrest Moss.

Thanks for dropping by.

Anniversary card

Hi everyone - just a quick post this morning showing an anniversary card I made for my sister Val and husband Jim.  I took an A5 card blank and die cut it using nesties and done the same with gold mirri.  I've used a Marianne cut and emboss folder for the main image and added a digi stamp sentiment and flowers die cut using a Spellbinders set called Anemone Flower Topper.

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Less is More - Week 34 - Sketch

Think I've just got this in by the skin of my teeth this week........... the challenge over at Less is More is a sketch.  For this quick card I die cut an aperture out of paper using Nesties so I could mask off the rest of my card.  I then inked the edges with Distress Inks and stamped the butterfly image from my Stampin Up set "A touch of Nature" using brown Versafine ink.  I then cut out a mask for the butterfly so I could stamp the large SU French text background stamp over the butterfly.  I inked two borders using the same Distress Inks (which are straight but look a bit wonky from taking the photo at an angle) and then stamped the sentiment which was from the same stamp set.  The two punched butterflies are from my new EK Success 3 butterfly punch and were inked before being adhered to the card.

Thanks for looking.

Bah Humbug - Challenge 38 - Rudolph

The challenge this week over at Bah Humbug is Rudolph/Reindeer.  I am afraid this has been a real rush for me as I've been busy getting ready to do a Macmillan Coffee Morning tomorrow and had nearly 70 cards to do inserts for, get envelopes, bag etc etc................  Still everything's nearly ready and I just couldn't give up my 100% challenge entry to Bah Humbug so here's my card. 

I have used a stamp set from IndigoBlu called Here Comes Santa (HC1) for the snowflake border and sentiment and the reindeer stamp is from Stampin up and I've used IndigoBlu's Flitter to attach the metallic flakes.  You use a piece of cut and dry to add the Flitter to your stamps, then stamp, leave a short while and add the flakes.  It is an extremely sticky glue and you must make sure to wash your stamps immediately afterwards in warm water.

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Make My Monday - Challenge 16 Metal Steampunk

This weeks challenge over at Make My Monday is continuing with their Steampunk challenge using Metal on our cards.  I have used a Kanban image of the dapper gentleman.  Backing paper is from their Industriana pad, as is the sentiment and ribbon border.  I took some sage green card and put it through my Joy with a TH embossing folder.  I then rubbed some metallic rub on over the raised areas, used my Versamark pad and clear embossed the piece.  The metal element comes from the gears which I have die cut using Spellbinders Sprightly Sprockets and my pewter Art Emboss foil and then they've been coloured using alcohol inks.  The car registration number strip came from my stash.  Don't think the photo does it justice as it's quite a dark card but hopefully manly enough!!!

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Less is More - Week 33 - 1000 challenge Anything Goes CAS Entry No 2

Here is another entry for the Less is More 1000 Challenge.  Another Christmas card and I just had to use this gorgeous Polar Bear stamp set from Stamp Addicts.  Stamped both the large and small polar bear and coloured round the edges in my Glacier Blue Flexmarker.  I then cut each of them out, cut around the large bear's arms so I could "sit" the baby bear inside looking like it's being cuddled!  On a piece of pearlised white card (Anna-Marie's) I stamped the icicles and then stamped and silver embossed the star.  I sponged around the outside with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and then added Glamour Dust to the icicles.  This has been mounted onto an A6 pearlised card blank.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I've inked around the edges with a silver marker.

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Less is More - Week 33 - 1000 challenge Anything Goes CAS

This week the lovely ladies at Less is More are trying to get 1000 submissions for this challenge partly to see if Blogger goes down!!!  lol  I do hope they achieve this figure.  It's a CAS challenge again this week so I've taken an A6 red card blank and stamped up my Christmas tree and Joy sentiment from the Chocolate Baroque Steampunk Christmas set.  Stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with gold detail embossing powder.  I've added some gems and a "faux" ribbon bow at the top.

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Bah Humbug Challenge 37 - Swirls & Flourishes

This weeks challenge over at Humbug Towers is Swirls & Flourishes.  I decided to use one of my new Me to You Winter Wonderland stamp set as I think these images are so cute.  Stamped in Memento and coloured in with Letraset Fleximarkers which are brilliant.  I do love my Promarkers and Tria pens but love the brush tip on the Fleximarkers.  Can't wait til they bring out new colours to add to the range.  I've used my nesties to die cut the image and mat.  The backing paper is from my stash.  I put a piece of silver mat card in an embossing folder (swirls) and ran it through my Joy Trouvaille, rounded the corners and added a pink spotty ribbon.  The main image was layered on top.  I have used a Marianne Flourish, Stampin Up sentiment (cut using SU circle and scalloped circle punches) and added a piece of ribbon to this.  The snowflake is a Whimsy Stamps die and this was a strange bit of serendipity.  I wanted to cut the snowflake out of glittered paper but thought it would be too thin and might tear, so placed it on a piece of the pink card and ran it through my Joy.  When it came out the other side it had sort of welded both pieces together which was quite a nice effect so I left it.  I added some Embellishment Attic Snow for Tatty Ted to stand on.

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