Saturday Slot

Hi there! Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Stamplorations Theme and Sketch challenge.

 

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the three flowers placing them according to the sketch. Next I used homemade circule stencils to sponge some colour all over and around each flower. I love these two colours together especially where they blend - so yummy!

I finished off my card by stamping the sentiment, some random circles and adding a trio of enamel dots.

Supplies:
Stamps: HLS, doodled flowers & mix mash
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress, picked raspberry & peacock feathers
Embellishments: My Mind's Eye Now & Then enamel dots

Thanks for dropping by today, hope to see you come back again soon.  And keep crafting!

CAS Colours & Sketches #195

Hey I'm back from my vacation and ready to join in again at CAS Colours & Sketches. A super duper simple sketch from Liz this week.

And here's my card:

I've kept to a clean nearly all white colour scheme with just a touch of that purple colour I'm so enamoured with.

When I was looking through my dies I realised that nearly all my rectangular ones were what I'd call wide and not tall skinny ones like the one in the sketch. So I went a bit fussy for me and used a vintage die from my stash - seems like I have an excuse to go shopping!

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Marvellous Mehndi, Simply Said Birthday 
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black, Versamark
Embossing: Ranger Superfine powder, black; Cuttlebug, swiss dots
Dies: Spellbinders, lacey circles; Xcut , scalloped rectangles
Pen: Spectrum Noir Colorista, purple

Please pop over to the CC&S blog and check out the rest of the DT cards and then have fun using the sketch yourself.

Thanks for dropping by today, really appreciate your time. And keep crafting! 

The Male Room - #46 Halloween

One of the best things about Halloween is that purple is a signature colour - so The Male Room's new challenge is just perfect!

Of course there are other colours associated with Halloween and I thought I'd best not ignore them - here's my card:

I added some purple and green washi tape to a bright orange patterned paper and then die cut the word BOO! And then I couldn't resist adding some googley eyes inside the two Os.

I matted the die cut rectangle onto the same orange patterned paper before attaching it to a black base card.

Supplies:
Dies: Lawn Fawn, Louie's ABCs; Lil'inker, stitched mats rectangles
Paper: Lawn Fawn, Beachside
Embellishments: googley eyes 7 washi from my stash

I hope you'll have fun making a Halloween card and I'll see your cards scaringly appearing in The Male Room's gallery. Want to know what the rest of my teammies came up with? Course you do! Be brave and take a peek here.

I'm entering this card into the Stamplorations CAS Card Challenge where the twist is black.

Thanks for your time today, hope you enjoyed my card.  And keep crafting!

AAA Cards - #75 Photo Inspiration

Here comes AAA Cards first October Challenge. And we decided to go against the grain and ignore Halloween for a change. We came up with this photo inspiration challenge instead.

I love the bright, in your face, colours and the polka dots from the photo and they were my starting point for my card.

I masked off a strip and started by stamping my polka dots - the negative of the ones on the photo - allowing them to overlap in places.

I stamped the sentiment and added two torn strips of green polka dot washi - the same way round as the photo this time. Then I couldn't resist adding one little red enamel dot to echo the single ladybird from the photo.

Supplies:
Stamps: Inkylicious, Elements 1; Uniko, All Occasion Sentiments #6
Inks: Memento, dandelion, tangelo, danube blue, lilac posies, grape jelly, tuxedo black
Embellsihments: Washi from my stash; Doodlebug Sprinkles, ladybug asst.

We're all very excited about our photo inspiration challenge and hope you'll enjoy creating something just a little bit different for this time of the year. See how our Guest Designer ..... and the rest of the AAA Cards DT have interpreted it here.

Thanks for visiting today, so pleased you spent some time looking at my blog.  And keep crafting!

Happy Little Stampers - October Christmas Challenge

The theme this monthe for the Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers is EMBOSSING.

Now I have mixed feelings about this theme, the dry type of embossing I'm more than OK with, but the heat embossing technique fills me with dread. Why? Because I always seem to make so much mess and get the powder where I don't need it to be. And yes I do use one of those duster thingies and it has made a big difference, but I still need practise.

But onwards and upwards and never one to be defeated -  remember my word for 2016 is FEARLESS - so I tackled the heat embossing issue. Here's my sparkly heat embossed snowman sitting comfortably on a dry embossed panel.

Mmm, more issues with it not really showing in the photograph. Let's try again:

Supplies:
Stamps:FunStamps, Scribble Snowman; HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black; versamark
Embossing: Crafty Impressions, black rainbow sparkle; Cuttlebug, swiss dots
Promarkers: col grey 3 & 5, poppy 
Die: MFT Die-namics, Stitched Valley

Do go see what the rest of the HLS DT have created - here - I'm in awe of their expertise. I hope you'll be inspired to give embossing a go and I'll see your card popping up in the gallery.

Thanks for listening to my tale of woe today, I really do appreciate it.  And keep embossing!

The Memory Nest - Make It Monday challenge #73

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at The Memory Nest. Take a look at the fabulous sketch.

I was looking through my dad's photos the other day and discovered a couple of pics of the dog we had when I was little. I didn't even know these photos existed so of course they had to be scanned and scrapped.

Sherry was a beautiful golden gingery colour and had the most appealing face. I was about five years old in the photo and can remember how mischievous she was as a puppy, almost totally destroying my teddy bear - which I still have today!

Every time I see a dog nowadays I measure it up to Sherry and chose the sticker words under the title because thet's exactly how I feel.

I used a combination of stickers and punched circles with stickers added to create my banner. I also punched three yellow hearts and added the same enamel dots, wooden shapes and stamped words to make my triangle of interest around the photo mats.

As I've typed up this post I've realised I have loads more memories of Sherry and really need to get them journalled - watch this space for a second page devoted to her.

Supplies:
Paper: Chatterbox Scrapbook Walls, light violet solid; Lilybeedesign, lemonade stand; scraps from my stash
Alphas: Freckled Fawn, puffy stickers
Stamp: SU, So you
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black
Stickers: jillibean soup, saffron yellow pepper soup; Cosmo Cricket, tiny text; Basic Grey, carte postale; AC, Shimelle; Simple Stories, So Rad
Punch: Xcut, circle
Embellishments: Simple Stories, So Rad & Bloom & Grow enamel dots; Becky Higgins PL, wood veneer

Will you have a go at this sketch? Remember you can use it for a card too and Leslie always has a prize to be won - check it all out here.

Thanks for looking today, hope you enjoyed your time visiting my blog.  And keep crafting!   

Uniko New Release & Blog Hop

WOO HOO! Today's the day!

Yep that's right it's release day for the new Uniko stamp collections.

Here a complete look at all the sets:

    

 

And here's some cards to get you into the mood:

 My first card, using Originally Organic, is monochromatic. Elegant was what I was aiming to achieve - what do you think?

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Originally Organic

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Promarkers, cool grey 1, 3 & 4

Die: Lawn Fawn, large stitched square stackables

Embellishments: Doodlebug Sprinkles, beetle black asst.

My second card uses that set I can't keep my hands off - Marvellous Mehndi. I heat embossed the large stamp onto vellum and coloured it on the back - so easy no need to worry about going outside the lines!

I die cut the vellum and a shiny rectangular mat and added a sentiment from Simply Said II.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Marvellous Mehndi, Simply Said II
Ink: Versamark + WOW! sparkling snow embossing powder; Memento, tuxedo black
Dies: Lawn Fawn, large stitched circle stackables; Lil'inker stitched mats rectangles
Pens: Spectrum Noir Colorista, lipstick, nectarine

My final card for the release uses Winter Foliage and an older sentiment stamp.  And I went right back to my roots and kept it very CAS.

I do love a bit of razzmatazz and sparkle, but there's something about a simple CAS card that relies only on the beauty of the stamps that really appeals to my heart.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Winter Foilage, Simply Said Christmas

Inks: SU, garden green, real red, sahara sand, tip top taupe

Now for the bit you've all been waiting for - the blog hop and chance to win the entire release! Check out all the details here.

I'm including the blog hop order, but the links to some are only to the DT blogs and not the specific posts about the Uniko release. As I'm away when this post goes live I've had to schedule it and some of the DT links weren't ready before I left home - but I know you won't let that stop you!

Good luck my friends!

Beverley

 Deborah

Jane - that's me

Lindsey

Rahmat

Sarah G

Sarah P

Thanks for your time today, I'm thrilled you spent some of it looking at my blog.  And keep crafting!