Sunday Slot

Today's card uses the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and combines with the EYES have it and one layer required by Less is More.

     

So off I went to my favourite digi stamp store and found this cute owl.

There's something so crisp and defined about a digi stamp and I always love how they look on one layer cards. And what fun it is to indulge in a little colouring!

I hand drew a curved line for the present to sit on in a very subtle shade - so subtle it's almost invisible in the photos. But it is there and is my interpretation of the line from the sketch.

Supplies:
Stamps: Digi Stamp Boutique, Birthday Merlin; Clearly Besotted, Say It In Style
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Promarkers: fuchsia pink, amethyst, cool aqua
Flexmarkers: putty, cinnamon, light fawn

So that's my third combo of challenges in a row, think I might just be getting the hang of it! Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and I hope you're having a great weekend.

And keep crafting! 

Saturday Slot

Yep, I've done it again! Combined challenges that is. Today's card is for Happy Little Stampers sketch challenge and also Addicted to CAS.

            

No surprises which stamp set I reached for then - just had to be Uniko Garlands Galore!

 I kept my card very simple as both challenges ask for CAS and just let the stamps take centre stage.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, All Occasion Sentiments #2, Garland Galore, Simply Said Birthday
Injks: Memento, tuxedo black
Promarkers: poppy, peach, tulip yellow, azure, leaf green

So pleased you had time to stop by my blog today, thank you!

And keep crafting! 

Friday Focus

Don't you just love it when you can combine challenges? I'm not so good at doing this, but today I've achieved it!

Less is More want berry colours and Time Out want 'Friendship is Golden'.

    

Here's my card:

This card makes me happy because not only did I get to use my favourite colours, but also my favourite sentiment only type of card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, All Occasion Sentiments #3
Inks: Ranger distress, dusty concord, worn lipstick, picked raspberry; Versamark
Embssing: Personal Impressions, mirror gold
Die: Lil'inker, stitched mats rectangles

Thanks for looking today, I do appreciate your time.

And keep crafting!

CAS Colours & Sketches #136

Today is the first of the August challenges at CAS Colours & Sketches. This month Patricia is our hostess and she has some fun colours and sketches lined up. As always the first challenge of the month is a colour combo - and these colours are just so pretty!

So of course I just had to get out that Uniko Pure Florals Cosmos stamp again! And I used a favourite layout to showcase them.

I stamped the circles in wisteria wonder for the horizontal strip, then matched the other two colours as closely as possible to colour the petals of the two cosmos flowers. Have I said how gorgeous this stamp set is?

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Pure Florals Cosmos, Simply Said Birthday, Background Builders Round In Circles
Inks: SU, wisteria wonder; Memeto, tuxedo black
Promarekers: pastel pink, buttercup

I discovered a brand new challenge blog this week - A Bit More Time To Craft - and it's always anything goes there. So I thought I'd pop my card in and add a bit of CAS to the mix.

Well that's me done for today. Go check out the CAS Colours & Sketches DT cards and welcome our new Guest Designer Jen, better known as Magic Flying Boots. She'll be adding her awesome talent to our challenges throughout August.

Thanks for your time today - and keep crafting! 

The Male Room #16

Have you had your holiday yet or are you still, like me, looking forward to it? Well whichever it is, The Male Room has the perfect theme for you to reminisce or get in the mood, check it out here.

I found this really fun image at Digi Stamp Boutique and set to work creating a beach scene. I cut a cloud mask for the sky and tore a mask for the sand.

I think he needs to watch out for that sea gull, they're such terrors for stealing ice creams, but then maybe a lolly is safe.

I chose really hot colours to matt the image and went for an asymmetric look.

Supplies:
Stamps: Digi Stamp Boutique, Alf Cooling Off; Clearly Besotted, On The Beach
Inks: SU, soft sky, so saffron
Promarkers: poppy, denim blue, cool grey, tulip yellow
Die:Lawn Fawn, Happy Birthday border

We're welcoming Sue of Cards by Q as Guest Designer for August and you can see what she has created, and the rest of the DT, here.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, hoping to visit yours too to check out your entry to the challenge.

And keep crafting!

The Memory Nest - Make It Monday 45

Ready for a new challenge at The Memory Nest? Well just take a peek at the new Make It Monday sketch and you're bound to be itching to get started.

I broke out my newly acquired Summer Vibes collection from Simple Stories and my page just flew together.

We'd not been strawberry picking for years and had totally forgotten 1. how good warm sundrenched strawberries taste and 2. what a back breaking task it is! We also managed to pick one of the hottest days of the year which didn't help, but at least we didn't have to go far down the rows as there was an abundance of strawberries.

I used a stencil for the mint background shapes - an absolutely fabulous mix on this Rebekah Meier stencil - and a stamp for the watermelon grunge splodges. The little x button is from a White Stuff clothes label, it was just too pretty to throw away!

I made myself a tag to add my journalling and popped it under the background panel. I'm loving the little chipboard flowers and dotty stickers from the Summer Vibes collection.

Supplies:
Papers & chipbord: Simple Stories, Summer Vibes
Stencil: TCW Rebekah Meier, mini postcard
Stamp: SU, gorgeous grunge
Inks: SU, mint macaron, crisp cantaloupe
Card: SU, mint macaron, watermelon wonder
Punch: Martha Stewart, heart
Die: Spellbinders, standard circles small
Sprinkle with a X is from a White Stuff dress label

OK, that's me done so now it's your turn. Have fun! Loads more inspiration for you here.

Just before I go I'm sharing my three photos that made me smile in July. It seems right to add them to this post as it was DT member Rachel that inspired me to do this in the first place.

This month it's all about my grandboys:

1. 11 years old already and off to secondary school in September, unbelievable. So here he is with his  birthday present - an electric guitar. I'm sure my boys were at least 15 years before they got theirs - everything happens earlier these days!

2. Still wearing his dressing up Harry Potter glasses - and this boy loves dressing up and it seems posing for the camera!

3. The newest littlest one wearing not only a thudguard helmet but three bruises - only one visible - from the inevitable tumbles that happen when you find your feet before you have the knowledge to keep holding onto something!

Hope they made you smile too!

Thanks for visiting and keep crafting!

AAA Cards #45 I'm SO Hot

The challenge at AAA Cards for the next fortnight is all to do with being HOT. Well wouldn't it be lovely if that was true! Oh well that's the vagueries of the UK weather for you.

But we can all dream a little and here's my card featuring a scorching hot sun.

And I'm so in love with the Clearly Besotted beach hut stamps it was really difficult to stick at just one. But I was determined to keep my card CAS and not go overboard.

I'm seeing a repeat of this card going into my summer project life pages about my upcoming trip to see my older two grandsons. I always go completely mad with taking photos because I see so little of them and project life really is a perfect fit within my yearly albums.

Supplies:
Stamps: Clearly Besotted, On The Beach; Technique Tuesday, Summer Rocks by Ali Edwards
Ink: SU, daffodil delight, pumpkin pie, real red; Memento, tuxedo black
Stencil: Memory box, Texture Shine
Die: Technique Tuesday, Magic Circle Card

So are you ready to get creativiely hot? There are lots more red hot cards by the DT to check out over at AAA Cards. Have fun!

And keep crafting!