Friday Focus

Last day of the month and today I get my second Covid jab. Those eleven weeks since the first jab have flown past.

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the challenge at Addicted to CAS. The code word is SKY.

I fancied inking up a sunset type of sky and went in search of pictures to inspire and remind me of the colours. I found plenty with my favourite pinks and purples and created this card:

Once I'd applied some base colours to the top of my card I used the Funky Fossil stencil Watercolour Lines on top to create some extra interest. I loved the colours but wanted to make it obvious that this was a sky scene so I added one of the hot air balloons from the stencil Up & Away.

The simple sentiment is from Funky Fossil's Bird Song stamp set. I finish it all off using a black card base.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Bird Song

Stencils: Funky Fossil, Watercolour Lines, Up & Away

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress oxide, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade, wilted violet

It's been great to have you visit my blog today, thank you so much.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

Today's card is themed around pets and is going into the challenge at Time Out.

Well no surprise that I chose to use Donna's awesome Furry Friends dog stamps from Funky Fossil!

Once I'd stamped the two dogs meeting for the first time and sharing a game with the ball I really wanted to use the bone-jour greeting but couldn't see where to stamp a bone. So I decided to create a bit of a frame on one of my mats.

The red gingham card is from Papermill Direct and comes in several colours and is just perfect for layering things up.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, More Furry Friends

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Card: Papermill Direct, red gingham

Pens: Copic, E53, E55, N1, N3, Y19, R14, R17, W1, W3; Sakura black & white glaze

Thanks for looking today, it's been great to have your company for a while.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Another card for my Christmas stash is made thanks to the challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

And I knew exactly which stamps I wanted to use ......

..... the mega cute Sleigh the Season stamp from Polkadoodles. So once that was printed and coloured up I set about making a starry, snowy night background. I used a white Sakura gelly roll pen on dark blue card for the sky and then cut a snowy hill using a T4TD Landscape Edges die.

The sentiment is from the same Polkadoodles stamp set.

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles, Sleigh The Season

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Die: T4TD, Landscape Edges

Pens: Copic, R02, R11, R27, R29, R39, E37, E43, E44, N1, N7, N9, C0, C1, B00, B02, YR27; Sakura gelly roll

It's been great to have you stop by my blog today, thanks so much.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at CAS on Friday where they want a New Home card.

Here's my card:

There's something very appealing about toadstool houses and i have quite a few different images in my stash. For today's card I went with the one from Time For Tea Designs Fairy Garden stamp set. I coloured it up in shades of blue and aqua and then cut it out with the matching die.

The sentiment is from a retired Uniko stamp set and fitted the space under the toadstool perfectly.

Supplies:

Stamps: T4TD, Fairy Garden + matching dies

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, Y00, B000, B00, B01, B04, BG32, BG34, BG49; Sakura white glaze

Huge thanks for stopping by today, it's been fun to have your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Monday Moment

It's the challenge at Inkspirational that caught my eye today. Loving all the greys, yellows and a touch of black.

Here's  how it inspired me:

As well as the colours the umbrella caught my eye and I used the Funky Fossil Brollies stencil to ink up a border of yellow and one black umbrella. I then cut this panel with a stitched die. 

I use a dark grey card base and added some clear gems to give the appearance of rain.

Finally I added a ready made sentiment from Time For Tea Designs. Relevant not just because it's spring here in the UK, but also a bit of a hope on my part that we may get on top of Covid this year.

Supplies:

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Brollies

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black & cantaloupe

Sentiment: T4TD Brighter Days sentiment card

Die : MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles

I'm so pleased you found your way to my blog today, thanks for your time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Sunday Slot

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here's my card:

I started by inking up a piece of card using coastal cabana ink and die cutting it into a strip of grass. Next I stamped coloured and die cut the bunny from T4TD Up Up & Away and popped him up on foam pads above the grass. How cute is that bunny in blue!

I finished off with an extra stamped sentiment from T4TD You're Elephantastic. 

Supplies:

Stamps: T4TD, Up Up & Away, You're Elephantastic

Dies: T4TD, Up Up & Away, Landscape Edges

Ink: SU, Coastal Cabana; Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, B93, R85

Huge thanks for stopping by today. I hope you're having a lovely weekend and the sun is shining.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Hey!

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the challenge at Perfectly CAS.

Here's my card:

I started by masking off the bottom third and then creating a skyline using distress oxide inks. I then added a line of grass using one of the Landscape Edges dies from T4TD.

Next I stamped and coloured up some images from Fairy Garden. I love this fairy she is so adorable and has the most serene and contented expression.

Remember you can us code T4TJANE10 at checkout to get 10% off your order.

The sentiment is from the same set.

Supplies:

Stamps: T4TD, Fairy Garden

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress oxides, tumbled glass, salty ocean

Dies: T4TD, Fairy Garden, Landscape Edges

Pens: Copic, BG10, BG32, E00, E21, E40, E50, R20, BV00, BV11, YR01; Sakura white glaze gelly roll

Card: Papermill Direct, apple green

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Time For Tea Designs April Release

I'm so pleased you dropped by today as I've a couple of cards to share with you using goodies from the Time For Tea Designs April Release. 

There are loads of awesome new and fun items added to the shop and you can buy them all right now - HERE.

My first card is such an easy one to create and uses the most amazing new stencil - Tree of Love.

I simply inked up a card background and cut the tree from it and adhered it to a black card base. The greeting is from a pre printed sheet.

My next card uses paper from the new Brighter Days pad which I have die cut using the new Large Scallop Celebrate Frames die. 

The cute cat, tea bag and sentiment is from the new Tearrific Pals stamp set and I coloured them up to match the patterned paper.

Well that's all from me for today, but do go check out the rest of the release - HERE. you are so going to love everything!

Thanks for looking today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Polkadoodles Anything Goes Craft & Card Making Challenge

Time for another Friday Challenge at Polkadoodles. As always it's Anything Goes.

The theme the DT were asked to use for this week is Butterflies.

I've used Holly Butterfly for my card and she's absolutely gorgeous! I coloured her up using pastel shades and then die cut her using the Ovals die.  The greeting is from Everlasting Sentiments.

Next I created a background paper using distress inks and the Pretty Butterfly stencil. I also inked through a couple of extra butterflies from the stencil and hand cut them. These I glammed up with iridescent gems and added to the side of the oval die cut. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles digi, Holly Butterfly; Clear stamp, Everlasting Sentiments

Stencil: Polkadoodles, Pretty Butterfly

Inks: Ranger distress, cracked pistachio, speckled egg, shaded lilac, tumbled glass, spun sugar

Die: Polkadoodles, Ovals

Colours: Copic, Y15, E000, E00, E21, E33, E51, B000, B02, BG11, BG32

Gems from my stash

Thanks so much for dropping by today. I'll hope you'll find time to join in with this week's Polkadoodles Challenge - HERE. Remember it's always Anything Goes and there are prizes to be won so you've got nothing to lose by playing along. 

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

Hi!

Today I'm sharing a Christmas card created for the challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

I decided to go with the optional twist and used Uniko's Winter Foliage stamp to create the illusion of a tree.

The presents, Santa's supper and sentiment are all from MFT Secret Santa.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Winter Foliage; MFT, Secret Santa

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black; SU, old olive

Pens: Copic, C00, C3, B0000, B00, B02,E47, E49, R29, R39, G21, YG63; Sakura gelly roll white glaze

Thanks so much for looking today, it's been fun to have you visit my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Hey!

Today I'm playing with fire - well the inky stencil sort anyway! 

It's for the April CAS challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

Well I knew it was going to be the Flaming stencil from Funky Fossil. I just had to sort the colours.

On my way through my storage album where I keep all my Funky Fossil stencils - in alphabetical order of course - I spotted the Dragons and Dragon Scales stencils so I pulled them out too.

And the dragon rising out of the fir was created!

The sentiment is from Funky Fossil's Hogs & Kisses stamp set and seemed very appropriate.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hogs & Kisses

Stencils: Funky Fossil, Dragons, Dragon Scales, Flaming

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress oxide, squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade, candied apple, hickory smoke, cracked pistachio

Thanks you so much for dropping by my blog today, it's always more fun when you do.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Hello!

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the CAS Mix Up Challenge.

A love a bit of paper piecing, so relaxing to stamps and cut and stick!

I went searching through my stamps to find a suitable one for paper piecing and decided to use this MFT stamp Puddle Jumper. So evocative of walks with each of my grandsons!

As it's quite a small stamp I chose small patterned papers and left over scraps from Lawn Fawn's Beachside.

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT, Puddle Jumper

Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne

Papers: Lawn Fawn, Beachside 

Pens: Copic, E000, E00, E35, E37, E59, R20, BG11, BG32

Thanks so much for looking today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Monday Moments

Hi!

Today I'm sharing a card I created using the sketch from CAS Colours and Sketches.

I'm into a bit of a black and white monochrome look at the moment as you can see from my card:

I started by die cutting the two circles and then stamped and hand cut one of the delightful doggies from Funky Fossil's More Furry Friends.  I coloured him up in shades of grey and added a bit of mint green onto his collar.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, More Furry Friends

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Dies: MFT Die-namics, double stitched circles

Pens: Copic, E00, N1, N3, N5, BG13, BG23; Sakura gelly roll white glaze & black glaze

Thanks so much for stopping by today, it's been great to have your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!