Sunday Slot

Today I'm using the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches and the Spring theme from CAS On Friday.

         

Here's my card:

I went with an Easter card for my spring influence and used some super sweet images from MFT. I coloured using Copic pens in shades that closely matched the CC&S colours.

All the images were die cut and I coloured a patch of grass to ground the bunny.

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT, Easter Bunnies + matching dies
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Pens: Copic, YG13, YG17, E00, E21, V17, C1

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, it's always a pleasure to have your company.

And keep crafting!

Happy Little Stampers April ATC Challenge

Today sees the start of a new challenge at HLS ATC and the theme is Pretty Papers.

I created a set of three:

I had recently bought this pretty paper pack from Docrafts and used it to make a patchwork effect pattern. The stitching was added using a fine black pen and I added a little 3D element with the flying butterflies.

Supplies:
Papers: Docrafts, Folk Floral
Die: Xcut, spiro circles
Punch: Martha Stewart
Pen: uniball micro, black
Words: Tim Holtz idea-ology, small talk
Enamel dots: Altenew, our family

The rest of the HLS ATC DT have made the most beautiful cards to inspire you. Please go take a look - HERE.

I'm so grateful that you found time to drop by today, thanks so much for your time.

And keep crafting!

Friday Focus

Today I'm joining in with the AAA Cards facebook group lottery event. The theme is FLOWERS.

This is how it works - group members who want to participate create a CAS card following the theme and then at the end of the event a winner is picked. The winner sends their card to the event host and all the other cards in the lottery are sent to the winner. How about that as a way to connect with other crafters!!

Here's my card:

I used one of my all time favourite Stampin Up sets - Blooms & Wishes. I love the patchy flower heads and the font on the greeting is just fabulous.

I placed my elements in the bottom corner of the card and added a sparkly gem stone to each flower centre. The corner placement layout is a great favourite for keeping cards CAS at AAA Cards and we're using it as one of our recurring challenge themes this year.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU, Blooms & Wishes
Inks: SU, sweet sugarplum, berry burst, rich razzleberry
Gems from my stash

Huge thanks for visiting today, I always love it when I have some company here on my blog.

And keep crafting!

Uniko DT Inspiration

Hi! Today I'm over on the Uniko blog with a little Design Team Inspiration.

Here's a little peek at what I've been up to;

Are you intrigued? Well her's clue about the type of cards I've been creating - a surprise at lunch time.

Hope that's got you curious enough to pop on over to Uniko to discover what it's all about!

Thanks for looking and keep crafting!

Happy Little Stampers April CAS Challenge

I'm here today to share my DT card for the new Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge.

Its's a One Layer theme this month and I love the way this makes me really experiment with my supplies to achieve a satisfying result.

I started this card by inking through a sunray stencil and then stamped on top of it quite randomly with different sized butterflies from Visible Image.

I added the largest and most beautiful butterfly, in my opinion, using black heat embossed ink to make it really pop against the background colours. I then went searching for a greeting that would stretch across the width of the card and separate the busy top part from the empty 'white' space at the bottom.

Supplies:

Stamps: Visible Image, Wings of Change; Greeting from MFT, Springtime Blooms

Inks: Veramark clear + Ranger superfine black embossing powder; Versafine Clair, nocturne; SU, pool party, blackberry bliss; ColorBox, grape

Stencil: Create a Smile, Focal Point

Pens: Copic, BG32, BV01; Sakura gelly roll, white; Wink of Stella, clear

If you'd like to see more inspiring examples of One Layer CAS cards then head on over to the HLS blog - HERE. You're going to love what you see!

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

And keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards I've made for the Card Chain Challenge.

Each month there is a chance to sign up and exchange a card with other crafters from around the world.

Here is my card for March which winged its way to Kenya - excuse the pun!

I used the colours, sketch, theme and product options for this card. But you don't have to use them all.

      

Theme Options: Spring/Flowers/Friendship      Product/Technique Options: Stamping or Decoupage

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Flower Power #2, sentiment from Spring Botanicals Daffodil

Inks: Memento, dandelion; SU, lemon lime twist, smoky slate

Punch: Marthas Stewart, butterflies

And this is my card from February, which didn't travel that far as it stayed in the UK.

I used all four options again.

   

Theme Options: birds, cutouts or friendship      

Product/Technique Options: punches, die cutting or stitching (real or faux)

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Paradise Hummingbird, sentiment from Paradise
Inks: Brusho, yellow, crimson
Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles


Thanks so much for looking today. And if you fancy joining in with April's card exchange pop on over to the sign up HERE. You've got until 6th April.

And keep crafting!

Monday Moment

It seems 6th of April is Tartan Day and there's a Tartan Day event going on in The Male Room's facebook group at the moment!

Now the project you share doesn't have to be a new one, although mine is, as this is a just for fun event. It does need to include tartan of course and be suitable for a male. And this is the card I created:

The paper is from an ancient 6x6 pad that's been in my stash for ever and the die is from Xcut. I love this die and it cuts really well if you get the cutting machine sandwich correct. And for once I did! As the paper is quite thin and this makes it tricky with such an intricate die I added a couple of layers of scrap paper under the tartan paper. Hey presto not only die it cut cleanly but all the little bits came away with the scrap paper. No poking them out as usual. Just need to remember this technique for future cuts!

Supplies:
Paper: Paper Cellar, Squares
Die: Xcut, Woodland Stag
Stamp: Uniko, Festive Sentiments
Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne

It's been fabulous having your company today, thanks so much for dropping by.

And keep crafting!