You've got a friend in me

As some of you know I signed up to

Stampin' Up! again yesterday.

I had a lapse of 2 months due to circumstances beyond

my control but greatly missed the buzz, inspiration

and get up and go that I had when I was a demo.

Soooooo, I'm back again to torture you.

My little card today was inspired by a challenge over at

Less is More where the theme is friendship.

I made a video as I went along and you can watch it here

I would like to enter this into

Less is More - friendship

Sweet Stampers - add a sentiment

Creatalicious  - anything option for a friend

Critter Crazy - anything goes with a featured critter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Heavy rain here this morning so I will catch up

on some orders in my craft room.

Enjoy your day!

 

Happy Hedgehogs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[157983]

£17.00

Stitched With Whimsy Dies

[155314]

£27.00

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

£8.75

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[147083]

£7.50

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154880]

£8.50

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154906]

£8.50

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154882]

£8.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

£9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.75

Spooky things!!

The lovely Michele has chosen the theme at

TAG TUESDAY

and she wants to see

SPOOKY THINGS!!!

I dug out an old die I had from Tutti Designs called

Grumpy Frankie!

I cut him out a few times and paper pieced the colours,

added some black ink here and there and then

backed him onto black card so I could cut him out.

The tag itself is purple card, stamped with the word BOO!

in black ink (Banner Year stamp set SU).

I used the same stamp set for the sentiment, this time in

granny apple green. I punched it and sliced the bottom off

and added some black ink.

I stamped a few bats here and there too for that extra

spooky effect!!

The tag was finished with a piece of black ribbon

stapled in place with a yellow staple.

I hope you can come and spook us out with your tags

this fortnight!!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - spooky things

Dragonfly Dreams - Halloween/Autumn

Crafting Happiness - Halloween

Pearly Sparkles - Autumn and/or Halloween

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

Two Old Bats - Halloween

 

Accordion Fold Card

Front of card

inside for verse

last fold for more play.

I made this card for my VIP group to show how to make an easy

accordion fold card.

It gave me lots of space to play around with my stamp set

Happy Hedgehogs

but I also added elements from

One Happy Family and Forever Fern.

The tiny leaves were punched and inked to add interest.

I would like to enter this into

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - multiple folds

Use your stuff - autumn or fall

Double Trouble - twist one

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Make My Monday - Autumn flora and/or fauna

Had a lovely morning out to Ikea.

I know sad lol, but I wanted to get a few shelves for my craft room.

We did have a lovely meal in their restaurant though

and free tea/coffee!

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

 

Happy Hedgehogs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[157983]

£17.00

One Happy Family Cling Stamp Set (English)

[155474]

£20.00

Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152559]

£23.00

Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock

[155575]

£8.75

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All things Autumn!

Our October challenge at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

has a theme of All Things Autumn!

We have two lovely prizes up for grabs this month!

We also have two lovely new team members

so be sure and check out Carol and Dora!!

For my card I started with a tan base card and I stamped

the corns using soft suede ink (SU).

I found a strip of the tartan paper in my scraps and laid

it across the centre of my stamped area.

Next I stamped and water coloured two large leaves using

bumblebee and pumpkin pie ink pads, colouring them in

by dipping my old wink of stella brush in some ink and water.

The pumpkin was done the same way, all cut out and matted

on to my tartan paper.

The sentiment is from the same set as the leaves and is called

Gather Together (SU).

I punched the sentiment and mat out in the tan card

using the oval punch (SU),

and finished with a little bow in twine.

I hope you get time to join us.

Let's light up blogland with some gorgeous Autumnal colours!!

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

2 Sisters on the blog - autumn card with tag/label

Pearly Sparkles - Autumn or Halloween

Four Seasons - anything goes Fall

We Love Stamping - Autumn colours

Love to Craft - anything goes

 

Handmade flowers and embellishments

It's the second week of my theme books/book pages over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This week I made some flowers using the dictionary.

I inked up a sheet of dictionary using granny apple green ink

and punched out the leaves.

I made a larger layered butterfly using the pages and some

plain white card. I finished it with some gems.

The background of my tag has been inked up then I added

some greenery stamps from Enjoy Life stamp set (SU).

The sentiment, from the same set, has been

stamped in the centre.

I arranged everything around the sentiment to finish.

I would like to enter this into

613 Avenue Create - anything option leaves

Crafting Happiness - not a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

I hope you get time to join in this week!!

I have been pretty busy at home, decorating, baby minding,

helping out the family in general and trying to keep up

with card orders so have had less time to spend on my blog.

But I will rectify that very soon!!

Thanks for sticking by me.

 

Page turner!

It's my turn to choose the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and I want to see you include books or book pages this fortnight.

For my tag I have used a very old dictionary belonging to my late Mum.

I decided to use it rather than hold on to something

I know my kids will throw out when I'm gone lol.

I cut the tag shape out then stamped the flower from 

Penny Black - sunbursts.

I didn't use ink but did use some watercolour markers to

add colour to the stamp, then filled the image in where I wanted

extra colour.

The butterflies have been punched and layered up using the

double butterfly punch from SU.

It has been layered onto some garden green card (SU)

and finished with some ribbon and a sentiment strip

from Hunkydory.

I would like to enter this into

Kreativtanten Challenge - anything goes

The Paper Funday - anything goes option thinking of you

Double Trouble - thing 1 punch it out

Crafting Happiness - not a card

 

Coming up roses!

It's the second week of Wendy's theme ROSES over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I used an image of a rose and added the lovely

quote which I had stored in my quote file for years.

I also had some stripes of vellum left over from some

wedding invitations I had been working on,

so decided to put it to use.

Don't you just hate waste!!

So I put the stripe through my printer and printed off

the word roses in red and then ripped the edges and wrapped

them around my tag.

The edges had been distressed with my scissors and I

then mounted onto my black tag base

and finished off with a satin bow.

I hope you get time to share some roses with us.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - roses

Classic Design challenge - anything September

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Ally's angels - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - not a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

 

Coming up roses!

Our new challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Wendy and she wants to see ROSES!

For my tag I have used a Lisa Horton set of

stencils, stamps and die cut.

The colours I used are poppy parade, garden green and misty moonlight (SU).

I added some blue around my rose, mounted onto some

garden green card and finished with some cord.

The sentiment is from the same set, inked and then

mounted onto some garden green card.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - roses

A Perfect Time to craft - September challenge

Arty Divas - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - not a card

 

September -Feminine

Our new challenge theme over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS is

Make it Feminine!

We have a lovely prize up for grabs from

Stamp Addicts is a family run business based in Bedfordshire and have been in business since 1992. We have watched the popularity of rubber stamping and all papercrafts steadily increase over time and now manufacture our own branded rubber stamps which frequently feature on Hochanda TV as well as exhibiting at craft shows across the UK.

For my card I dug out an old stamp set from Woodware called

Bubble Bloom. I stamped the flower, coloured it in

and then filled the flower with card candi and gems.

The butterfly stamp is from a set from Paper Artsy called

Tops and Tails 3. The butterfly has been colours cut and layered.

I added an embossed line around the edge of the flower image.

The sentiment has been stamped and punched out using my

oval punch (SU).

The background paper is from Oh So Ombre from Stampin' Up.

I hope you can come and join us this month!

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - September anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's PP challenge - September challenge

Creations in Pink - anything goes mainly pink

Crafting Happiness - Card: flowers

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - stamp act

It's our 43rd Wedding Anniversary today so hoping

to get away later and have some chips by the sea 💓

 

Bug me!

It's the second week of Sandie's challenge

Black/White + small pop of colour over at

Tag Tuesday.

For my tag this week I have used the same papers,

True Love (SU), matted onto black card.

I punched out the body of the ladybird and

stamped the wings in polished pink ink.

The sentiment is from the same set Hello Ladybug,

and I have finished with a knot of ribbon in black.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - black/white + small pop of colour

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything with patterned paper/card

We Love Stamping - in the garden

Paper Minutes - in the garden

I am getting very little time to blog these days

but I WILL be back!!

Thanks so much for taking time to comment,

it is greatly apprecited.

 

Make it pop!

Our new challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by the lovely Sandie and she wants to see

black/white with small pop of colour.

I have used papers called True Love,

and the flowers have been coloured with promarkers

and tucked in behind the striped paper.

The sentiment is from a stamp set called

Hello Ladybug (SU) and it has all been matted

onto black card and finished with a black ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - black/white + pop of colour

Craftyhazelnut - use patterned paper/card

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Craft  Rocket - flowers

Creative  Knockouts - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Finally  my commissioned cards are settling down

but I do still have a baby's first year album

and some wedding invites to finish off.

Thanks for popping by.

 

Make it magical!

I made this card for my midway DT post over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is make it magical.

The stamp set I used this time is called New Wonders (SU).

First I stamped my background using a stamp from

Dressed to Impress (SU). I then stamped the little fairy,

coloured her with markers and blends

and then stamped the sentiment which came from a

stamp set called Dragonfly Garden (SU).

The background of my base card was stamped using the stars

from the fairy stamp in the same colour as the card.

I added stitching around the card using Stitchery stamp set (SU).

The card was finished using a wrap around bow in white ribbon.

Come and join us and be in with a chance to win these lovely stamps!!

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Cutie Pie Challenge - rubber stamps and ribbons

Passion for Markers - things with wings

Allsorts - anything option create your own background

 

Stripes and a few spots!

I have another tag for Valerie's theme at

TAG TUESDAY

which is spots and/or stripes.

I used a stamp set called Painted Stripes Texture (LH)

to create my stripes on the background card.

I used another LH stamp called Sending You Sunshine

to get the flowers at the bottom.

I have coloured them with promarkers and blends.

The sentiment is from the Painted Stripes Texture set

stamped in balmy blue (SU).

I punched a small butterfly and coloured it with

purple and added some spots with my chalk pen.

I finished my tag with some white ribbon.

I hope you get time to join in.

Blog land is very quiet at them minute!!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - spots and/or stripes

Craft Rocket - flowers

Creatalicious - anything option butterflies

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Flipping cold out there today lol.

The wind would cut you in two!

But happy for a bit of relief from the hot sun but please come back soon!

 

Pillow box gift ideas

I have a lot of commissioned cards to do at the minute

for my local customers and, as always,

when I get the chance, I like to pop in a free gift of some sort.

For July/August I will be giving various versions of this little

pillowbox.

I picked up the die a good while ago in a charity shop

along with a few other bits and pieces so not sure of the maker.

It comes with the little flowers and leaves dies which is brilliant.

I generally try and match the gift to the card occasion so

these are for various occasions using card stock from my stash

which is always a bonus to whittle away!!

Sentiments are all from retired SU sets.

I would like to enter these into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

A Perfect Time to craft - August challenge

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

crafting Happiness - little things

 

Best moments!

Our new challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Valerie and she wants us

to use spots and/or stripes.

I found some scraps which worked perfectly.

They have been layered up then I added the die cut

butterflies. The sentiment was stamped onto white card,

punched out and layered onto black card.

I finished with some cord.

Quick and easy theme this fortnight for sure

so I hope you get time to have a play.

I am entering this into

Tag Tuesday - spots and/or stripes

 

Something magical!

Our new challenge for August over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is ANYTHING STAMPED option make it magical.

We have a great prize for one lucky winner!!

For my card I printed out a Lavinia background then using

Lavinia stamps I stamped the toadstools and fairy along with the little stars.

Using gel pens I added some texture to the toadstools

and the fairy's wings and stars.

I then stamped the sentiment to finish.

The edges where all inked up before sticking to my base card.

I hope you get time to join us!

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Arty Divas - anything goes

Retro Rubber - anything goes (stamp is a good few years old)

Krafty Chicks - stamp act

Moving Along with the Times - anything goes

 

Here comes the sun

I have another tag for Michele's theme

Here comes the sun over at

Tag Tuesday.

I have used Lisa Horton aperture circles to create the sunshine.

I then stamped over it using Cracked Bark Texture stamp.

I added the rays of sunshine using bumblebee ink (SU)

and inked around the whole thing using misty moonlight ink (SU).

The sentiments are from Stampendous tropical trees,

stamped in black and inked up in bumblebee.

I finished with a stapled matching ribbon.

I'm a bit late posting as I have been away for a

wee break in Bundoran, County Donegal,  with hubby.

Very relaxing, just lots of walking and our hotel room had the most

gorgeous sea view!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - Here comes the sun

Aud Sentiments - summer + a sentiment

CRAFT - summer

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Four Seasons - summer (August)