Lego, Lego and even more Lego

Just a quick post today to show you the card I made my great nephew Charlie for his 3rd birthday yesterday.

I started off by embossing red, green, blue and yellow cardstock using my Embossalicious Grande Dots e/f.  I realised quite soon on that it was difficult to then cut down the cardstock without squashing the embossed dots, so started off again by cutting the cardstock to the width I wanted and then embossing - this worked much better!  I matted the Lego bricks onto some black cardstock and then cut that to size/shape and used Mod Podge over all the bricks.  When that was dry I then put Glossy Accents on all the raised dots to give them real dimension.  The die cut "happy" is Clearly Besotted, the "birthday" is Papertrey Ink and the alphabet for Charlie's name is Tattered Lace Elegant Alphabet.  The banner is Die-namics Fishtail Flags.  The number 3 is computer generated and cut out.

All the family met up for lunch just outside Southampton and it was such a lovely day.............Charlie was in great form (and the adults weren't too shabby either!).  It was lovely seeing them all and catching up with news.

Happy crafting.

Christmas Card Club - Challenge # 6, Completely Christmas #3 and Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge March Extra

Hello everyone.  It's a brand new challenge over at the Christmas Card Club and this time it's Christine who has chosen the theme which is:

Let's see some wings (angels, fairies, birds)

Soooo, probably like some of you I have some NBUS (never before used schtuff!!!) in the Christmas department and thought I needed to use this cute stamp which is Woodware Clear Magic Christmas Hoot.

I stamped this little fella using black Memento and coloured in Flexmarkers.  He's been cut out using my Lil'Inkers Stitched Square dies.  The b/p was from my stash. I'd been using my Clearly Besotted Make a Wish dies for the card I posted yesterday and had some blanks lying around...........and what do you know - yep, the sentiments that come with this stamp set actually fit on the balloons! Lucky or what??? I added some bakers twine to the balloons and tied them together under the wings and popped them up with d/s foam pads.  The corner dies are Cheery Lyn (the die cut pieces didn't come out fully on the first pass, but thought they looked good with them in so just glued the entire corner piece to the card), the chevrons are Die-namics Chevron Stripes and the flowers are Heartfelt Creations stamps and die, gold embossed onto red vellum.  Final touches were some fluffy stuff for hat and boots and Glossy Accents for his eyes.

I'm also entering this card into the following two challenges:

Completely Christmas #3 Anything Goes and Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

Hope you're having a good weekend.

Happy crafting.

Last minute Less is More and who doesn't love shoes?

Hello everyone - phew it's hot down here in Somerset but at least there's a bit of a breeze today unlike yesterday which was stifling!  Seemingly we can expect temperatures to go up to 35 degrees by the middle of next week.........definitely not looking forward to that!

Just done a very quick entry for the Less is More challenge which, this week, is the one layer challenge with a shaped card.  When I saw Chrissie's card it reminded me I had the same embossing folder (Nellie's Choice Flower Corner 1).  I've embossed the front of a square card blank and then used my brayer to add VersaMark ink to the embossed areas.  I then heat embossed it using white detail e/p.  I've cut around the embossing to give the card it's shape and then used watercolour paints to add colour to the flowers.  It's probably eliminated me as there is definitely more colour that white space!!!  but I had fun doing it.

The next card is a commission and the only information I got was the girl's name, that she's a "girly girl" and loves shoes.....well who doesn't eh?  It gave me the opportunity to use my Fabulous Shoes CD by Katy-Sue Designs. 

 

I chose to decoupage the shoe and put that aside whilst I made up the rest.  I took an 8" square card blank and cut off half the front.  Printed off some matching backing paper and added it to the inside and outer front of the card.  I added the decoupaged image to the front of the card and added Glossy Accents to the shoe.  I die cut the girl's name, firstly out of matching paper and then a couple more out of card.  I glued them all together before covering them with VersaMark ink and triple embossing which makes them look enameled.  Finishing touches were a double red bow and some gems.

Don't forget to pop by tomorrow to see what our new challenge is at Addicted to CAS.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Less is More - Week 110 One Layer

Popping by on this extremely cold Tuesday afternoon - we've had a few flurries of snow but nothing to speak about.  We've just got back from a long weekend in Bradford on Avon - had a great time but wish the weather had been warmer!!!  It definitely wasn't the weather to be ambling alongside the Kennet and Avon canal that's for sure............

Anyway, as I hadn't managed to enter last weeks challenge over at Less is More thought I should make an effort this week.  When I popped over to see what the theme was this is what I found:

It's a really tricky one this week girls!

Not only is it 

ONE LAYER, 

but we are also asking you for 

SPOTS and STRIPES

If we could use papers it would be easy, right? 

We know you'll come up with some fabulous designs and are really looking forward to seeing what appears.

 

Oh come on Chrissie & Jen - spots AND stripes.......honestly girls!  Had a think about it and discarded  a few ideas and then went hunting around my stamps to see if I had anything suitable.  And I stumbled upon an uninked Stampin Up set called Rain or Shine which I thought would be perfect.

 

I've used a 6" square white card blank and stamped the umbrellas in Stampin up Real Red, More Mustard and Pacific Point.  I then added the handles in the matching colours.........only after I thought why didn't I just stamp the umbrella and handle at the same time!!!  At least I managed to get them lined up okay.  The sentiment was stamped in SU Pacific point and the raindrops in Tempting Turquoise.  I've put drops of Glossy Accents over the raindrops but don't think you can see this in the photo.  Now I'm pretty sure I will get a telling off from Chrissie but I just HAD to add these tiny bows - it just needed something.

Thanks for popping over - stay warm and safe.

Addicted to Stamps - Sketch Challenge #2

Hello Everyone

Welcome to our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps.  This week it's a sketch challenge:

For my DT card I've started off with a 6" square blank textured card.  The backing paper is from my stash and I think it is an old sheet from Graphicus (now Chocolate Baroque).  The main image is a digi stamp from Sugar Nellie called Victoria - absolutely love their digital images - and she's been coloured in using Flexmarkers.  I've added liquid pearls for the buttons/studs and some Glossy Accents to her eyes and the centres of the flowers.  She's been die cut and mounted using nesties and I veered away from using the circles as per the sketch as I thought this shape suited her better.  The sentiment is from SU Whimsical Words.  I've added a strip of pearlised card with a strip of darker card embossed with Creative Expressions Floral e/f which I've also used to make the

Close up of Victoria

flower.  The leaves are part of the SU bird on a branch punch.  I used a hand punch for the card candy in each corner and used an embossing tool and the palm of my hand to round them.  A touch of Stickles finished the card.

Please do pop over to the Addicted to Stamps blog to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the DT.  We look forward to seeing your creations and visiting your blogs.

Less is More - Week 68 - Theme

A very warm hello to everyone out in blogland today - and I really mean that!!!  It's really hot out there today and I've been doing some planting and was "glowing" ......... so thought I'd better come inside and cool down.  Just finished off my card for the Less is More challenge which this week is to make a card for a baby or child.  As I've made a few baby cards recently I decided to make a child's card and decided to use this teddy bear fishing stamp for the main focus of the card.  Unfortunately all it's got on the side of the stamp is copyright Bramley Crafts/MH but no name of the character.  I stamped it using Rich Cocoa Memento ink and coloured with my Letraset Flexmarkers and then cut out by hand.  The mat is a scalloped square nestie and I used a Martha Stewart punch on the border and added a ribbon.  On the base card I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then scored lines down each side.  I've added some Glossy Accents to the jar and the teddy's eyes.  The sentiment was computer generated.

Hope you're all enjoying this glorious weather - fingers crossed there's more to come.

Happy crafting.

 

 

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.