Tuesday Talk

You know what they say about buses? Well that seems to have happened to me with photos that have to be scrapped. So I've decided to play along with The Memory Nest's Make It Monday Team 2 Sketch #66.

 

Something very different from my usual style, much inspired by Shimelle's new online class The 20 Project and her totally bold use of patterned papers.

I love this Simple Stories paper with all the cameras, but thought it was destined to be cut into smaller pieces or consigned to the stroke pile. But even I had to admit it was just perfect for these photos and deserved to take pride of place.

I've picked up on Shimelle's use of trios of small embellishments and enamel dots. I was already a firm fan of her journalling is essential!

All the papers are from my dwindling hoard of last year's Simple Stories Summer Vibes collection. So love this combo of aquas and oranges.

Supplies:
Paper: Simple Stories, Summer Vibes
Alphas & Chipboard: Simple Stories, Summer Vibes
Enamel dots: SU, emerald envy

So good to be scrapping loads of pages at the moment - tends to go in phases with me. And so good to have you visit today, thanks so much.  

And keep crafting! 

Monday Moments

I've gone all Christmassy again for today's card. I loved the photo inspiration so much from Addicted to Stamps and More - probably my go to colours after purple and pink - and I also had this new snowflake die that was being very noisy in my head and wanting to be used.

Here's what I came up with:

This is such a dainty and gorgeous corner die I'd love to say it'll be a feature of my Christmas cards this year - BUT it was so difficult to get a good cut, this was my fourth attempt and even then I had to snip a bit off where the die hadn't gone through, so it's probably going to lurk in my stash until I've some time to play and experiment a bit more with getting the correct sandwich for my cuttlebug machine.

The sentiment quote is a favourite, I've used it on scrapbook pages and my December Daily albums and never tire of it.

Supplies:
Stamps: Kaisercraft, Magic of Christmas
Inks: Ranger distress, evergreen bough, peacock feathers, mustard seed
Die: Poppystamps, crystal snowflake corner frame
Embellishments: sequins from my stash

So pleased you dropped by today, thanks a million.  And keep crafting!

Saturday Slot

Hi and welcome to a lovely new sunny morning to top off one glorious week of weather here in the UK.

Today I have a card - hot off the press - to share. It was a warm night and I woke early with an idea buzzing round my head for the August CASEplorations challenge. Just had to get up and get crafting!

 

Here's my card:

 I've kept it very CAS and picked up on the black and white stripes, the white sentiment, the vibrant orange and the tiny pops of green.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, sentiment from A Gift For you

Inks: Ranger distress, picked raspberry, spiced marmalade; Versamark

Embossing: Ranger superfine, white

Embellishments: SU enamel dots, emerald envy; washi from my stash

Thanks for popping by today, your visit has been greatly appreciated.  And keep crafting! 

 

Happy Little Stampers - August Christmas Challenge

This is my second gig as part of Happy Little Stampers Christmas DT. Hope you played along with the last challenge and are now ready for a new one. This month we'd like to see that classic Christmas image - snowflakes.

I'm not sure why we're all so obsessed with snow at Christmas, particularly here in the UK where it rarely snows at Christmas, but there's something quite magical about the idea that it might be a white Christmas and we're all happy to go along with it.

I decided to make a shaker card - after all snowflakes do fall and flutter down - and added some punched and sequin snowflakes behind my window. And I know snow is white, but artistic licence here, and aqua blue really invokes that chilly feeling.

Supplies:
Stamps: HLS, Mixed Christmas Sentiments 
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Dies: MFT Die-namics, Peek-a boo Circle window; Die'sire, Snowflakes
Punches: Tonic & Xcut

The rest of my teammies at Happy Little Stampers have created a wonderful array of snowy cards to feast your eyes on. Go check them out here and them embrace the chill - very welcome if your weather is hot and sunny - and get creating and linking up.

Thanks so much for visiting today, I really appreciate your time.  And keep crafting!

CAS Colours & Sketches #185

Hey! It's August and the DT at CAS Colours & Sketches are sharing the load again this month. So we kick off with a trio of colours selected by Liz. And I'm thinking she was having some fabulous weather when she chose these Summer sky blues.

I headed straight for my newly acquired Clearly Besotted Colour Chameleon paint stripes - so love these!

And that really cute little critter just had to be added! He's all sparkled up with Wink of Stella to make him even more special. I chose the colour outside the lines sentiment because that to me reflects my word for 2016 - FEARLESS - and means just go for it, be different and try things out.

Here's a close up showing - well trying to - that sparkle.

Supplies:
Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Colour Chameleon
Inks: SU, dapper denim, marina mist, night of navy
Promarkers: ivory, denim blue, midnight blue
Extras: Wink of Stella, clear

Pop on over to CC&S to see what the rest of the DT have created.  Like the idea of joining us as Guest Designer for a month? Enter our challenges and who knows it could be your lucky day!

Huge gratitude for dropping by today, you're a star!  And keep crafting! 

The Male Room #41 - Olympics/Sports

I'm wondering today how sporty you are? Are you a keen participant or a dedicated supporter or observer or a diehard never have anything to do with sport like me? Well whichever fits you the best we're hoping you'll get your energy levels up and create something sporty for your entry at The Male Room this fortnight.

And for a dedicated sport hater - and isn't it irritating to see the television schedules so full of it - I've totally surprised myself and made a couple of cards to match this theme.

So first up is a golfing card. Had to be as my husband can sit for ever watching golf - and cricket and athletics and if I'm honest just about any sport - as well as having a dabble at it himself.  So this one's being squirrelled away until his birthday.

Supplies:
Stamps: Digi Stamp Boutique, Ralph Par-fect Day
Promarkers: coll grey, 1,4 & 5, blush, dusky pink, ivory, marsh green, cinnamon, sandstone
Paper: Docrafts, Mr Mister
Embellishmentrs: Washi from my stash

And then I got to thinking about the olympics and how I ought to pay homage to all the hard work the competitors put into it and I came up with this card.

I'm guessing they'd all like to stand out and be noticed! And this is so my kind of card and could be used for other occasions too - thinking maybe a future school sports day or sporting achievement of my grandsons.

Supplies:
Stamps: visible image, universal & teenage kicks
Inks: SU, tempting turquoise, real red, daffodil delight, ucumber crush; Memento, tuxedo black

How will you interpret this theme? Go and take a peek at the rest of The Male Room DT cards and then let the ideas and creativity flow. I'll be looking out for your projects.

So pleased to have you dop by my blog today, huge thanks.  And keep crafting!

The Memory Nest - Make It Monday Challenge #67

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at The Memory Nest. And remember throughout August there will be a new sketch and winner each week. Plus the more you play the more entries you get into the grand prize draw at the end of the month.

Lots of triangles on this sketch and I did wonder how to incorporate them at first. So I got on and placed my photo and some patterned papers pretty much as in the sketch and then took some time, walked away for a while, and came back with fresh eyes.

I then matted the photo and stuck everything down before stamping some triangular strips along one edge of each of the patterned papers. I added the title and my journalling, but still felt it needed a little something more.

Then I remembered my washi stash and chose the multi coloured banner washi and placed this on the other edges of the patterned paper.

Don't you just love that this was all his own idea - all communicated by pointing and trying to drag the slide himself.  He certainly knows how to communicate even with a limited vocabulary - actions really do speak louder than words!

Supplies:Ppaer: AC, kraft cardstock; scraps from my stash
Alpha: Lawn Fawn die, Louie's ABCs
Stamps: Uniko, Background builders Triangulate
Ink: SU, sahara sand
Embellishments: Washi from my stash

I hope you've enjoyed my page today and will pop on over to The Memory Nest to check out the pages, and stories behind them, of the rest of the DT.  And of course you don't have to make a scrapbook page, cards are just as welcome. 

Thanks for your time today, I'm so pleased to have you drop by my blog. And keep crafting!