Mid way double!

It's time for my midway post for our theme of

nature - flowers/birds/animals or anything goes at

STAMPING SENSATIONS!

Remember we have a great prize up for grabs so be sure and join us!

For my card I used a rectangle mask from Lisa Horton Crafts

and inside the rectangle I added some green, yellow

and orange inks, blended together.

I then stamped the flower and sentiment from a Hero Arts

set called Things we Love.

The flower has been coloured with markers.

I added some little dots and splodges using a set called

Hello Ladybug (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Krafty Chicks - CAS

Simply Clean & Simple - option umbrellas

Let's Craft and Create - anything goes + add flowers

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

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I am so sharing my mid way post for

WE LOVE STAMPING

where the theme is favourite stamps + add lace or ribbon.

The prize up for grabs is this!!

So please come and join us!

For my card I have gone with an Easter theme

using a cute little family of ducks from a

stamp set called Fable Friends (SU).

Definitely a firm favourite with me!

I cut some gingham paper to fit my card along with

some white ribbon, and ran

it through my sewing machine.

I die cut a rectangle in white and added some

grass using a small stamp and some green markers.

I then stamped and coloured my ducks with markers

and cut them out by hand.

When I had added them to my card front

I stamped the sentiment and used my oval punch

to layer it up and stuck in place.

I would like to enter this into

Dragonfly Dreams - animals

Alphabet Challenge - E is for Easter

Crafty Galz Corner - adorable ... ducks

Papercraft Challenges - Easter elegance

Try it on Tuesday - oh so sweet

Passion for Markers - Easter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

FQGS - anything farm or country

One for the boys!

Our June challenge theme at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is 'make it masculine'.

We have a great prize up for grabs so get your stamps out

and come and join us.

I made this card for a friend's birthday and he

is a big car lover (and motorbikes) so I decided to go with a

funfold card.

I saw a card online and decided to have a go making an a5 size.

The papers are from a pack called Best Route (SU).

The stamp sets used are

Driving By, Geared Up Garage (SU) and

Beautiful Anemone (LH).

I went with night of navy card, and ink

and used my promarkers and blends to colour.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Pearly Sparkles - one for the boys

The Paper Funday challenge - anything goes option masculine

Creative Creases - anything with funfold

Try it on Tuesday - for the man in your life

Creative Inspirations - masculine

Creative Knockouts - funfold

Moving Along with the Times - masculine/Father's Day

Hope you get time to join us HERE

 

Layering Stencils

I have another tag to share for my stencilling challenge

over at TAG TUESDAY.

I have used the Butterflies & Flowers layering masks from Stampin' Up!

My colours are melon mambo card, daffodil delight,

polished pink, grapefruit grove and granny apple green inks.

The sentiment is from Lisa Horton

Blossoming Lily stamp set, stamped in memento.

I re-stamped so I could layer it up.

I also added some balmy blue around the flower and wording

using my blending brush and finished with a matching bow.

Those little layering stencils are so sweet!

Hope you get time to join in!!

I would like to enter this into

Crafting Happiness - anything goes

Get Creative - use flowers

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Make My Monday - Springtime

 

Anything stamped!

Our May challenge has started over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and the theme this time is 

anything stamped option floral/fauna!

We have a prize up for grabs so come and join us!

For my card I have used the beautiful

Multi Layer Double Tulip Bloom

from Lisa Horton.

I went with shades of bermuda bay and coastal cabana for the flower,

and granny apple green, lemon lime twist and old olive inks for the leaves.

They have been stencilled, stamped and die cut so I could layer it up.

I also traced around the edge of my card so I could cut

away in the shape of the flowers.

Underneath I added some embossing to the exposed corner.

The top sentiment has been white embossed onto matching card

and the centre sentiment has been stamped in bermuda bay.

I finished with some faux stitching and sequin

and filled a gap with a punched out butterfly

which I coloured using a blending brush.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Fourseasons - anything goes Spring

Moving Along with the Times - birthday

Dragonfly Dreams - butterflies and/or flowers

We Love  Stamping - for a lady or girl

Art Divas - anything goes

Bit of a wet weekend here but the May sun

is trying it's best to get through!

Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by.

Celebrate

I had a few cards to make for a Religious ceremony last week

and this is one of them.

I used Lisa Horton Multi Layer Garden Rose

for this one.

The background has been embossed using a

rose embossing board and I added

the wording from SU and a cross

from Spellbinders.

I would like to enter this into

Krafty Chicks - all occasions

Cardz 4 Galz - think pink

Simon Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Cut it up - rain and/or flowers

Alphabet challenge - B for blooms

The last birthday of the month was my

daughter's 29th yesterday.

House is back in order, peace reigns,

well for at least a few weeks

so I should get lots of time to play.

 

My new toy!

I made this card for my friend who recently

lost her Mum and as it's coming up to her Month's Mind

I wanted to let her know I was thinking of her.

I used a brand new toy to create this card.

It is from Lisa Horton Crafts and I really splurged!!

Honestly the stress of the wedding etc just got the better of me 😂

So I bought the four pack of layering stencils, dies, stamps

and of course the Ultimate Multitool board.

If you haven't checked it out you should.

I am totally addicted to this system!

It has little pins at the top of the board that allow you

to position the stencills perfectly each time, pure genius!!

I used  Multi Layer Blossoming Lily

(stencil, stamp and dies)

Peel Paint Distress ink, old olive (SU) ink,

Purple posy, fresh fig, fresh freesia and gorgeous grape inks (SU)

Blending brushes and metallic pearls.

I have since added a scored line around the outside of the card

to give it some definition.

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Funday challenge - anything goes option april showers

NBUS - new stamps, stencils and dies

We Love Stamping - favourite stamps (definitely my new fav)

Art Divas - anything goes

Try it on Tuesday - Spring colours