Wednesday Words

Today I'm sharing a card I made for this week's challenge at Less is More where the theme is yellow and green. Had to be daffodils then!

 

And I made a little banner of them.

 

First I stamped and cut out the tags and then added one daffodil to each one. This needed a bit of careful inking as there are actually five flowers on the stamp.

Supplies:
Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Pretty Pertals, Say It In Style, Journal It
Inks: SU, daffodil delight, wild wasabi; Memento, tuxedo black
Die: Lil'inker, stitched mats rectangles

Short and sweet today - lots of boring housework to get done! Thanks for looking. And keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm sharing a page I made using the sketch from The Male Room.

Although I usually make cards for their challenges I spotted that scrapbook pages were allowed and since nearly all my scrapbooking is male themed it seemed an obvious thing to do. And this sketch was right up my street - lovely and CAS.

I went really retro with this page and rooted out a photo from way back when! I love scrapping these old photos as the colours can be anything I choose since the photos are black and white.

I'm loving how all these little phrase stickers meant for Disney themed pages are so relevant to my photo. I really enjoy using my stash outside of the box.

Supplies:
Papers, alphas, sticker & overlay - Simple Stories, Say Cheese & Say Cheese II

So pleased you visited today, thank you. And keep crafting!

Monday Moments

Today I'm sharing the page I made using the first March sketch from Let's Get Sketchy. Oh I've just discovered that my page for February Week 4 has been chosen to be featured - YAY! Here's my  badge:

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So on to March Week 1 sketch:

I decided that made me smile photo of my two older grandsons just had to be scrapped. And as it had such bright bold colours I echoed them on my page.

The doily from the sketch became a sun sticker and I stamped clock faces in a diagonal from one corner triangle to the other.

I then wrote my journalling under the title and straight on top of my stamping. Buying watches at some point happens just about every holiday.

Supplies:
Papers: Bazzill Basics csrdstock; AC, Daydreams; scraps from my stash
Sticker: ep, Summer Days
Alpha: AC thickers, subway
Stamps: Prima Marketing, clocks
Ink: SU, whisper white

Thanks for looking today, your time is appreciated. And keep crafting!

Saturday Slot

I fell in love with this month's Happy Little Stamper sketch as soon as I saw it. Something to do with those simplistic flowers and long skinny stems I think.

 

And for some strange reason I kept imagining balloons and went searching through my stamps to see what I could find. I then had a lovely time stamping in four shades of pink and came up with this:

A closer look at my balloons and as always I seem to get the lighting better on the close up and the colours are much more realistic.

I used Stampin n' Write pens to get the two tone effect on the bottom border. And added white specks and wink of stella to show shade and light on the balloons.

Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn, Hello Sunshine; Uniko Studio, Balloon Bash & Background Builders Flower Power
Inks: SU, rose red, melon mambo, strawberry slush, regal rose; Memento, pear tart, tuxedo black
Embellishments: Sakura ggelly roll, white; Wink of Stella, clear

Thanks for spending some time looking today. And keep crafting!

CAS Colours & Sketches #114

Oh so excited today! This is my first time hosting the challenges at CAS Colours & Sketches. This means I get to choose the colours and design the sketches for all four of the March challenges.

So here goes with the first colour challenge.

I love these colours from Stampin Up's current In Colours. I only own the pens at the moment, but the inkpads are now at the top of my wishlist! I've kept to a simple card style to showcase the colours and used an embossed background panel in white to enhance but not distract from the stamped panel.

I'm loving how grainy that big wish stamp looks because the pens don't quite give total coverage.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko Studio, Big & Bold Wish & Snow, background Builders Vines Winter Addition
Inks: SU, mossy meadow, lost lagoon, blackberry bliss
Embossing:DoCrafts, quilting

Great to have you visit today. Hope you'll join in with the challenge. And keep crafting!

The Memory Nest - Make It Monday 35

The beginning of March and the first of the Make It Monday challenges at The Memory Nest. This sketch was such a fun one to work with and had me reaching for my stash of Simple Stories Say Cheese supplies once again.

I started by trimming down three of the journal cards into squares and selecting this amazing background paper. I love how the colours are just so perfect for this adorable photo of Edward. I used a piece of vellum I found lurking for the triangle at the top of the page. It actually has flowers on, but I think they just look like splats and I like how the stars are muted but still visible.

There's been lots of speculation about whether or not to shorten Edward's name and if so which to use, so I included the variations on one of the journal cards. Teddy is currently their favourite - hence the title.

I used up the trimmed pieces from the journal cards to make the accent stacks at the top and bottom of the page.

And I couldn't resist stamping a few bears!

A sprinkle of sequins, upside down candi dots and a few stickers from Say Cheese and my page was done. And did I say I love the colours and patterns on these papers? Well naturally then the new Say Cheese II has found its way into my stash and will be appearing soon!

Supplies:
Papers: Simple Stories, Say Cheese; vellum scrap from my stash
Alphas: Simple Stories, Say Cheese
Stickers: Simple Soties, Say Cheese
Stamps: Uniko Studio, Sweet Baby
Ink: SU, early espresso
Embellishments: Sequins & candi dots from my stash

Hope you're going to play along and enjoy creating with this fab sketch. And remember it doesn't have to be a scrapbook page, cards are also welcome.

Thanks for your visit today, I do appreciate you spending some time here with me. And keep crafting! 

AAA Cards Game #34

So this fortnight at AAA Cards we want it to rain! Well not literally, but on your cards - best place for it really. And since the theme is rain some watercolouring would be good too.

I couldn't resist this little fellow enjoying the rain from LOTV and the sentiment is really cute too. I used an acrylic block as a paint pallette and one of those water brushes to spread the colour.

Now watercolouring is not one of my favourite things - such a bummer that it's still so popular - but I do love how a tiny bit of water changes the colours so dramatically.

I used my Sakura gelly rol pens to highlight the raindrops and make them sparkle. And a strip of solid colour and a trio of pearls down the left just added a bit of oomph.

Supplies:
Stamp: LOTV, April Showers
Inks: SU,chocolate chip, pool party, pistachio pudding
Die: Paper Smooches, stitched
Embellishments:The Hobby House, chocolate heaven pearls

Now I know you're all going to enjoy this challenge, we always get a bumper crop when we ask for watercolouring. So I'm looking forward to seeing what you create and will try to learn rather than get downheartened.

So to keep my spirits up amongst all this rain I'm also sharing my February three photos of things that made me smile.

1: This photo arrived in my inbox of my two grandsons enjoying a bit of sunshine at half term in Tenerife. Spot the genuine fake designer watches bought from a street vendor - bit of a tradition to do this whilst on holiday  - and the orange loving boy! Blogged here

2: The sun was shining so I got out and did a bit of tidying and weeding in the garden. And look what I found after clearing a patch of deadwood.

3: This poster seen on facebook really made me smile because this is just about exactly what I have been doing on many dismal dreary February afternoons.

Thanks for visiting today. And keep crafting!