Relax with Cardz for Guyz!

Time for a new challenge at Cardz for Guyz who want you to Relax! There has been quite a lot of relaxing in this house as the heat and I don't really get on..Today (Sunday) it is cooler and very wet, so silly hubby decided to do some pruning in the garden!!

I have used a stamp from Little Claire and coloured it with Copics to match the colours in my background paper. I edged the diecut by running the chisel end of the blue pen around the edge. I do hope you'll be able to join in with us.

Make My Monday - Coloured Image

Welcome to the new Make My Monday Challenge and we want to see a coloured image on your creation. It can be either a stamped or digi stamp, which you have coloured in. Now I have to confess I have missed a few of my DT posts as have been a bit under the weather, but this card was sitting in my drafts. It was made last year for a friend but I never got round to posting it on the blog.

The SU stamp was coloured with Chameleon pens, the first and only time I've actually used them! The paper is from a very old K&Co pad.

Hopefully I'm now back on track and crafting again, but it's always useful to have a backup!

Sorry....

......I’ve not posted anything for a few days. The heat really got to me, a week of migraines followed by an infection which required antibiotics, so all crafting stopped! Hopefully normal service will soon  be resumed, but probably not for another week, as I’ve had a plea for help to do the school run in Gloucester!!

For a Little Girl .......

......is the new challenge at Cardz for Galz. Now having only sons and grandsons I find these a definite challenge. I dug out an old Little Claire stamp from when they did their monthly card kits, then went on a hunt for some girly paper from my stash.

I coloured the stamped image with copics and diecut it into an oval. The flowers were a last minute addition as it looked too naked! All the turquoise flowers are the same card but it has a slight sheen to it, so they look a bit odd in the photo.

Happy Little Stampers - Christmas Challenge

It's time for the July Christmas challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

 As always it's Anything Goes with an optional twist of Santa. I used a new stamp from a paper Artsy set that I bought last year after seeing it at The HLS Retreat. That seems like such a long time ago!

He's coloured with Wink of Stella and Promarkers. The border is hand drawn, and the red patterned paper is from the snippets box. He's really quite sparkly IRL.Think my son might get this one as he is definitely a "bah humbug! person!

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!

Blue and Brown

We have a new challenge for you at Cardz for Guyz, we would like to see your creations using blue and brown for the men in your life.

I have to confess that it had to be something I could make really quickly as my craft room is just too hot and stuffy to be in for any length of time with this unusually hot weather we're currently having.. I used the SU set Epic Celebrations, stamped in Soft Suede on Crumb Cake card. The shoes were coloured with pencils and i doodled a border

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge.

Can you believe it's July already! Where is this year going? I do know it's going too fast though, but it's time for the new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. As always it's Anything Goes but there's an optional twist of "Birthday". Easy - right?

I did some smooshing this month! I swiped some DO Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio on my craft mat, spritzed a little water on it and smooshed my card across it a few times until I was happy with the result. When it was dry I stamped the Uniko stamp with versamark and DO Faded Jeans then clear embossed it. I then used Mermaid Lagoon and a waterbrush to colour in parts of the stamp such as the large Birthday.

I added a strip of washi tape to the card base either side of the panel. My photo seems to have come out a bit too blue as the background behind the card is really grey!

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to sp!end 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!

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I'm Late, I'm late........

.........for Rudolph Day! Just getting in at the very last minute this month.

I love these fun Santa's, I think they're MFT but I've lost the packet so not sure.  He's colored with Promarkers and cut out with a couple of dies that must have been free with a magazine. Anoter quick and easy card!

Ice Cream Anyone?

Are you ready for the new challenge at Make My Monday? The theme is Ice Cream or ice cream colours and we certainly have the weather for it at the moment. Sunny and warm!

I used some background paper that I just happened to find when I was sorting out my papers. It might be SU or DCWV, not sure as it was just a loose sheet. The stamped image is from Simon Says Stamp, coloured with Copics. Then I found some ribbon with ice lollies on, maybe that was too much, but I added it anyway! Check out the challenge blog for lots more inspiration.

Sunny Summer days

The new challenge at Cardz for Galz is Sunny Summer Days! There's not much sign of sun here today (Tuesday) though, very grey but also very warm and humid. Not my favourite type of weather. But at least my card is sunny!

I used a sunburst die from SU which has sat unused in my stash since I bought it. The stamps are from two Simon Says Stamp sets, the paper from my snippets box. Make sure you check out the challenge blog to see what the rest of the team has made.I'm entering this into the Playground as well.