Thursday 7 June 2018

Pretty and Pearly at Cardz for Galz

Time once again for the new challenge at Cardz for Galz with a very feminine theme, Pretty and Pearly. I dug out  some NBUS stamps and dies to use. I thought the Orchid Builder set was so pretty when Stampin' Up! brought it out, that I just had to have it and it has sat unused ever since!

I used Raspberry Ripple and Mossy Meadow inks, with some Raspberry Ripple card.  I added some teeny pearls to the centres of the flowers. Do go and check out the rest of the DT's makes for some fab inspiration.

Tuesday 5 June 2018

Father's Day at Cards for Guyz

We're coming up to Father's Day here in the UK and that is our current challenge at Cardz for Guyz.
I don't often make a card for it unless it is a DT card as I lost my Dad fourteen years ago.
However I made this one with Roy in mind, hence the owl, as they are one of the many things he has collected over the years. I'll see if his daughter wants to use it!

The owl and background paper is from a Making Cards CD, and the sentiment was created in Craft Artist. The pieces of card are all snippets, although the pile never seems to get any smaller! I fussy cut the owl out and glossy accented his eyes. Make sure to check out the rest of the DT's work.
I'm also going to take this across to the Playground

Monday 4 June 2018

Hapy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

 Time for the third challenge of the month at Happy Little Stampers and it's the Christmas one. As always it is anything goes but we have an optional twist of "Joy"



Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

I have used a HLS set Christmas Joy as it seemed appropriate. I stamped the images, with some masking, onto a snippet of kraft card. I coloured the poinsettias  with Spectrum Noir pencils, while I was at card club last week. It was the perfect project to take as I didn't have to take masses of stuff with me.

I mounted it onto some red foil card then onto a kraft card blank. Some gold stickles to the centre of the flowers finished it off.

Thursday 31 May 2018

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Gosh this year is really going fast!! Time for the June challenge at Happy Little Stampers. As always it is Anything Goes but the optional twist is Smile


 I decided to be a bit different this month and move away from my usual white card, and use black instead.I have used a NBUS stamp set  which I embossed using gold embossing powder and then  I dug out my H2Os which I havent used in ages. I'd forgotten how lovely they are to use, and how good they are on black card. IRL this is really shimmery.

I mounted the panel on some turquoise glitter card, then on to a black card base. Then I made another on acrylic paper, mounted on to a turquoise card base. I used exactly the same colour paints, just to see how different they look.


Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

 IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Monday 28 May 2018

Go green!

We're going green at Make My Monday! Well not literally, we want you to do some upcycling.I have used a Japanese Christmas card as they are always too lovely to throw away. Last year's was particulary pretty, but  my photo really doesn't do it justice.
I merely cut the front off as I didn't want to lose any of the picture, then matted it onto some dark blue pearlescent paper - also upcycled. It was the backing sheet from a Clarity Stamp stencil, also too nice to put in the bin.  I added some gold ribbon across the corners then matted that onto gold foil card, before adding to a white card blank. The picture itself has lots of gold embossing on it. Here's a close up. All the little specks are gold.

As it's also time for Rudolph Day again, this is my entry.

Friday 25 May 2018

Rudolph Day - May

It's Rudolph Day again  and I'm actually entering my card on the day itself! This has to be one of the quickest and easiest cards ever!

I covered a white square card blank with some old Stampin Up paper, cut a fancy edged rectangle from a snippet of Pool Party card, then added the die cut Merry Christmas. I think I've covered up rather too much of the paper so will try tofind something smaller to put in the middle of the next one.

Thursday 24 May 2018

GDPR

In common with a lot of other blogs I am publishing a piece about the new GDPR which come into effect tomorrow. Having read about it I am not convinced that it really applies to individual blogs, but better to be safe than sorry! There has apparently been much discussion on Facebook about whether it applies to bloggers, and many thought it does.  So please read the data protection page before commenting or following my blog.My thanks to Marianne of Marianne's Craftroom for allowing us to use the policy she has published.

Mythical or Fantasy at Cardz for Galz

It's my turn to choose the theme at Cardz for Galz and I have gone with mythical or fantasy so you've got lots of scope there. Let your imagination run wild!  I have picked a fairy digital stamp from a Craft Artist kit, although I do think her wings look a bit like a bridal veil!

I've coloured herwith a mix of Copics and Promarkers and covered her wings with Wink of Stella so that they are very sparkly! I fussy cut her out then mounted her to the oval panel. That is made from a piece of paper left over fom a previous card, which just happened to be still on my desk, matted onto an oval of pink holographic card. The sentiment is cut from the sme pink card. The card base is SU  Wisteria Wonder. I'm trying to use up some of my coloured card as card bases rather than always use white pre-made card blanks. I'm looking forward to seeing your creations for this challenge.


Tuesday 22 May 2018

You're Out of This World!

Good morning all! Time to post my card for the new challenge at Cardz for Guyz and this time it is Science Fiction or Steampunk. I went with science fiction as I'm never sure what steampunk really is! Mind you science fiction was a bit of a stretch as well for me as none of my stamps seemed to lend themselves to the theme.


So Craft Artist came to the rescue once again.A lovely Daisy Trail kit provided these fun images. I printed everything twice and fussy cut the spaceman, alien and sentiment to decoupage to the base. The stars were covered with gols Wink of Stella and the yellow on the alien's eyes, and space helmet have been glossy accented! So in real life it is shiny and sparkly! Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT.

Saturday 19 May 2018

Two of a Kind!

My neighbour's twins are about to have their first birthday, so I decided to make them a card each, the same but different!

I used the colours from the current Colour Throwdown challenge. All the stamps and dies are SU apart from the names, which I stamped very carefully using a Concord and 9th alphabet. The strings were handdrawn to connect to the names. I'm also having a trip to the Playground as my balloons and numbers were all snippets, and it's been far too long since I played there.

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