Use Washi Tape!

The challenge at Cardz for Guyz is to use washi tape.Now I  have only got a limited selection as I am really not fond of using itas I always end up having to glue it down.

Thiscard was no exception! As most of my rolls seem to be pink based I was even more limited in my choice. I have to say though that I am quite pleased with the result.  Don't forget to check out the rest of the DTs makes.

The Cruise continued

Next port of call was Arendal, a very pretty place.

We had just docked and were having breakfast when out of the window I saw all these girls appear. They were forma local school and proceeded to give us a delightful welcome by dancing (in the rain) to music from Frozen. I quickly popped out of the restaurant onto deck to get some photos.

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After breakfasr we headed into town and a visit to another church,

Both the churches we visited had these ships suspended from the ceiling and are apparently called votive ships.

fter leaving Arendal we sailed Hardangerfjord  to the waterfall Furebergfossen.

 Next stop was the small town of Eidfjord.

Unfortunately Roy was suffering from the nasty virus so stayed in the cabin. I had a walk around  before visiting the tourist office to claim tax back on our purchases, and came across a row of knitted trees! Apparently when they first appeared they were so popular that they have been replaced every year.

 Our last day was cruising in Lysefjord which was truly spectacular. The photos really don't do it justice.

Next post will be back to crafting.

I'm Back!

Have you missed me? It seems an absolute age since I blogged anything. Actually it is a while as the last two posts were scheduled ones.

It took a while for my hand to be usable and still hurts if I use it too much. It did have quite a good rest though while we enjoyed another cruise, this time to the Norwegian fjords.  We had a great time with good food and some spectacular scenery. The downside was that we both came home with a dreadful cold/cough virus that hunfg around for a good two weeks.

Here's just a few photos.

First port of call was Kristiansand which had a very upmarket Macdonalds.

 We visited the cathedral where we were just in time for a free organ recital that is put on every time a cruise ship is in port.

 A welcoming moose!

 Sunset as we went on our way to Oslo.

We were really lucky with the weather in Osl, who would have expected it to be 24 degrees! A little wander around and some shopping.

I'll put some more photos in my next post - dont want to send you all to sleep!

Happy Little Stampers -Christmas

Well here we are almost halfway through the year, so it's a really good reason to make a start on those Christmas cards if you haven't already. Our challenge at Happy Little Stampers is all ready to inspire you!

 

 As always it is ATG but this month the option is circles.

I have used yet another magazine freebie from a couple of years ago. I cut the die out in white card and then added some tiny scraps of yellow behind the windows, before mounting it onto another scrap of blue card.I added a little bit of Stickles glitter glue round the buildings and the snow is Nuvo drops

I'm looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery.

Not much crafting.....

......for a while at least! Craft room revamp on hold as well.

Very swollen today as well. How did I do it? Tripped over in the garden yesterday.

Happy Little Stampers - Waterolour

It's time for the first challenge of the month at Happy Little Stampers, and of course it's the watercolour challenge.

 

The optional twist is easy peasy this month!  Here's my card.

I stamped and embossed the image with white embossing powder, then sprayed with water and added dome Distress inks till I was reasonably happy with the splodges! Then added some splatters in the same colours.The stamp and sentiment are both magazine freebies.

There's lots of fabulous inspiration from the rest of the DT on the challenge blog, so pop over, have a look and join in!

Diamonds!

It's my turn to host the challenge at Make My Monday and I have chosen Diamonds. I had seen some beautiful watercoloured images of crystals and diamonds, but even after watching numerous tutorials, my attempts left much to be desired.

So I went for an easier option and watercoloured them simply and added some lines with a white gel pen for the facet edges, and gave them a generous covering of Wink of Stella. The splatters were made with a stamp from the SU Gorgeous Gringe set. The diamonds and sentiment are from a Stamplorations set - Sparkly.

Pretty Papers.

It's Thursday and time for the next challenge at Cardz for Galz. The title is Pretty Papers and we want to see 2 or more papers on your card.. Now I have to confess I didn't read the challenge properly and made my card with just one pretty paper. It was only when I came to post it that I realised I should have used two.

 Anyway a quick search through the rest of the paper pack and I found a complementary one which I was able to add.

Do try and join in with us and visit the challenge blog for more inspiration and there's also a DT call !

Fun and Games!

Welcome to the new challenge at Cardz for Guyz. Remember we are looking for cards for the men and boys in our life! Just lately we have had quite a few entries that are not following the challenge rules.

This time we would like your cards to depict Fun and Games. Although I make quite a lot of masculine cards most of my stamps for games are football orientated and Iwanted to do something different. After a rummage through some old stash I found some old toppers, which I think must have come with a magazine as I can't imagine they are something I would have bought.

I opted for the dartboard one and found some paper with arrows on that sort of looked like darts! Mounted it all on Cajun Craze card which was a perfect match and added some gold stickles in the corners.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's makes.

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

Welcome to the April Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

 

As always it is Anything Goes with an optional twist.  I have made a one layer card. I always used to find these daunting but I seem to make quite a few these days.

I used a 5 x 7 card blank which is textured and quite thick, in fact so thick that there was no bleed through from the copic pen. The holly garland is from Penny Black, but not sure whether this can be classed as nature or not. The sentiment is from Uniko, stamped and clear embossed. The holly is coloured with a green copic and the berries are Nuvo Crystal drops.

Don't forget to check out all the inspiration from the DT and look forward to seeing your creations. It's never too early to start on those Christmas cards.