Mermaids!

Our new theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by the lovely Michele

and she wants to see MERMAIDS.

I do not have a mermaid stamp unfortunately so lifted

this skeleton mermaid from PNG Wing.

I inked up some card using blues, greens and pinks.

I fed the card through my printer so I could get the

mermaid where I wanted it.

Then I cut the tag shape, inked the edges and

stamped some spots in navy here and there.

I stamped the sentiment and chopped it up.

Inked it with some blue and navy on the edges

and stuck in place.

I stapled some velvet ribbon to finish.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - mermaids

Use your stuff - moodboard (sign post, colours, water)

Stamps & fun = creativity - summer or sea

Inspiration Station - the water and colours in beach ball

Ally's angels - anything goes

Hope you get time to play along!

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Basket of blooms

Happy Monday!

I am feeling fully recovered FINALLY,

and now back to enjoying some crafty play.

For this card I have used the stamp set

BASKET OF BLOOMS

which is the prize at my challenge over on Facebook

in Create with Pinky group.

Feel free to come over and join in.

The theme is anything goes!

For this card I followed a sketch from

Try Stampin' or not on Tuesday

The base of the card is night of navy.

The strips of paper are scraps from the in-colour papers

and the frame has been cut using Countryside Corners dies.

I used the in colour ink pads to stamp the flowers.

They were finished with some gems.

I would like to enter this into

Try Stampin' or no on Tuesday - sketch 614

Sweet Stampin' - flowers/blooming beautiful

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

We Love  Stamping - fabulous florals/anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - anything option add flowers

Beautiful Blossoms - flowers option mood board

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

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It's in the detail darlings!

As some of you know from my Facebook post,

I have finally retired from making personalised cards.

I have been doing it for just over 25 years now and did attempt

to retire when I turned 60 but stupidly did cards for some friends

who happily spread the word and I was right back

where I started.

So this year has been tough keeping up with them all and I think

when I took sick I had enough time to make the decision to quit.

I have since turned away 16 different orders even though they

know I have retired🙈

So I have about a week of orders to finish then that's me

FREE AS A BIRD.

I intend to spend more time on my Stampin' Up! and just

enjoying my crafty time with no pressure!

So today I have another card I made for my

VIP Group.

It uses a few scraps but is mostly CAS.

I have used a new bundle called Darling Details.

I would like to enter this into

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes

A Perfect Time to craft - July challenge

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Dream Valley - use dies and/or punches

Addicted to Stamps and more - any occasion

Alphabet Challenge - G for green

Darling Details Bundle

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Glorious Gingham 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Basic White A4 Cardstock

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Pretty loaded pockets

Back view.

My tutorial this week shows how I made these loaded pockets

to gift some treats to my customers as a wee thank you.

Inside I have some chocolate and some dimensionals

but you could put chocolate/teabags/biscuit etc.

You can watch the video here

Measurements needed to make one

Card - 8 1/4" x 8"

Score short side - 3 3/4", 7 1/2"

Score long side - 5"

DSP for back - 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"

DSP for front top - 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

DSP for front bottom - 3 1/2" x 3"

I would like to enter this into

Birthstone challenge - ruby and peridot

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Crafting from the heart - no cards

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

The Corrosive challenge - anything goes

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Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

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Hot colours tag 2

It's the second week of my

HOT COLOURS theme over at

TAG TUESDAY.

For this tag I used my inks and a wet broad brush

to create watercolour stripes in red and yellow.

I used artistically inked stamp set for the tag.

The flowers was stamped in poppy parade and the leaves

in daffodil delight. I layered it up in the centre of the tag

and added a sentiment.

It was finished with a punched out bow and a brad.

Hope you find some time to join in this week.

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything with flowers optional mood board

Crafting from the heart - anything but a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - anything goes

PINspirational - mood board (stripes/red/yellow)

Allsorts - anything option summertime

I am finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

Energy levels are picking up and I have been able to go out

for some short walks.

Hopefully back to normal service soon lol.

Why does everything take so much longer to improve

when we get older!!

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set

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Summer flowers!

Our new challenge for July theme over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS is

anything stamped with the option of summer flowers!

Of course, as always, there are some fabulous prizes so worth

getting your stamped projects in!

Two prizes, £25 store voucher from Crafty Individuals and

two dies from Highlight Crafts

So I went with the theme and made some summer flowers

using a stamp set Artistically Inked which used to scare

but is now my favourite!

I used some ink blending brushes to create a background on

the flat of my card. Having stamped out lots of flowers, hand

cut round them and laid them out so I would know where I

needed to blend in the background.

I then stamped some leaves flat onto the card as well

and stamped and cut some out for added extras.

The flowers were stuck in place I then decided it needed

some little flowers and dots stamped here and there.

I finished with a stamped sentiment placed across the front

and some little gems.

I hope you get time to join us this month!!

I would like to enter this into

We love stamping - fabulous florals/anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything goes flowers

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

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Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

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