A Rare and Gentle Thing

This looks like a collage stamp, but it is , in fact, printed from My Craft Studio Quintessential Country Garden CD, onto cream card. I then used various flourish stamps with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I added a heart-shaped hat pin and paper roses .

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday - Butterflies
Hobby House Challenge - Roses
Crafty Ribbons - Butterflies

Branchline

It may be bucketing rain outside, but it's sunshine in my craft-room this morning. My intrepid partner has braved the weather in pursuit of his hobby and taken our son with him...so  crafting time for me.

I made this with Distress Inks, Indigo Blu text stamp (on the sun), Sheena Douglass bird stamp, Marianne clock die.

I'd like to enter:
The Squirrel and the Fox Things with wings
Crafter's Café Favourite Craft Item (rubber stamps)
QKR Stampede Anything Goes with circles
Two Sisters Challenge Anything goes

Inkspirational Challenge 41 - Anything Inkspirational Goes

Here's my DT card for this week's Inkspirational Challenge , and it's super easy this time as the theme is :

There's also a prize draw that will be running over the next few challenges:

For my card I used an A Day for Daisies digi, Promarkers, Papermania patterned papers ( can you see that that I sort of decoupaged the ruffles?) , a holly die, brads....

So, whatever you're working on right now, why not join us at Inkspirational Challenges?

I'd also like to enter:
Make My Monday Elegant Ladies
Pink Gem Challenge 321
Brown Sugar Challenge Anything goes
Winter Wonderland Wrap it up (holding present behind her back )
Stampin for the Weekend Anything goes

Fly Me to the Moon

I printed this spaceship from the Crafter's Companion 'Boys' Cd - it was precoloured in lovely bright colours...but they were too bright for me. I wanted to have a more retro look - like a childhood toy rediscovered by someone who's now very grown up. So I slapped it about with Distress Inks, mounted it on some 'Rocket Age' paper by October Afternoon, stamped a Hero Arts sentiment and slapped on more ink!

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday  To the Moon and Back
Drunken Stampers Neil Armstrong
Tammy's Scrappin Corner  Inspired by a song - Fly me to the moon

Seal with a Rainbow Cake

Despite my prolific card-making, I never seem to have enough / the right birthday cards when needed.

To add one to my stock, I combined two challenges : Daring Cardmakers, who have a photo of a rainbow cake (and happy birthday to Daring Cardmakers Challenge) ; and Brown Sugar Challenge, circus theme.

For my card I used an old Stampin Up stamp, dies, a scrap of October Afternoon paper and marker pens.

And while I have your attention, can I make a shameless plug for our challenge at Inkspirational Challenges . Come and take a look.

Scarecrow

Here's a CAS (I think) autumn card, using a Little Claire stamp, two Stampin Up leaf stamps, a Personal Impressions sentiment and two colours of distress ink : Spiced Marmalade and Scattered Straw.

While I have your attention, can I make a shameless plug for our challenge at Inkspirational Challenges . Come and take a look.

I'd like to enter:
Casology Harvest
Simply Create Too autumn
Addicted to Stamps photo
Allsorts  Autumn Colours

Deer and Masks

Glossy white card

Matt pale grey card

As you can see, I made two versions of this at the same time, using different cardstock.  I used Distress Inks, Cosmic Shimmer Mist, white acrylic paint, two masks and my trusty old Non-Sequitur deer stamp. I sprayed them over with glitter varnish but it doesn't really show in the photos. 

While I have your attention, can I make a shameless plug for our challenge at Inkspirational Challenges . Come and take a look.

I'd like to enter:

Fashionable Stamping Challenges Use a mask or stencil 

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge No patterned paper

Santa in Silhouette

I'm probably making about one Christmas card a week now - so at this rate I'll have at least 15 by Christmas! I suppose I'll have to step up production at some stage.

This santa silhouette is an electronic die-cut, which I stamped with a Darkroom Door  word block stamp. He's standing on a bought die-cut from My Mind's Eye and the background is a Coredinations card embossed with a holly embossing folder and sanded.

I'd like to enter:
Christmas Card Challenges Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers  Embossing
Delightful Challenges Holiday Spirit
Sweet Stampin Christmas Here comes Santa

Autumn Fairy

I'm an avid follower of Michelle JM's blog, so when I saw she was hosting a challenge at Ooh-la-la Creations , I wanted to join in. The challenge is 'F is for...' . This matched up nicely with another challenge I wanted to enter - Use a Fence at Little Red Wagon . I ended up with F being for fence, fairy, feather and fall. I think the creature on her shoulder is a squirrel but the one on her foot is (guessing) , a chipmunk?  I'm not sure if you'd find them in autumn as I don't think we have them in England. Mind you, we don't have fairies either, especially full-size ones, which she appears to be.

I used a Crafts and Me digi, die-cut fence, lots of patterned paper and Stickles on the wings and shoes.

Oh - while I have your attention, can I make a shameless plug for our new challenge at Inkspirational Challenges . Come and take a look.

As well as Ooh-la-la and Little Red Wagon, I'd like to enter:
Parade your Crafts  Fall
Tuesday Throwdown Colours of Fall
4 Crafty Chicks  Autumn
A Creative Romance Fairytale and winged creations
Heck of a Challenge  Autumn colours

Inkspirational Challenges 40 - Colour Challenge - Pick Two or Three

This is my DT card for this week's Inkspirational Challenge  and here's the colours - but you can choose to use all three or just pick any two of them:

For my card, I used an A Day For Daisies dig stamp, a Tim Holtzs embossing folder , raspberry and turquoise inks, a Judikins crane stamp, a chevron stamp and Glossy Accents (on the earrings) , Promarkers and flowers.

From now on, I'm responsible (with the help of the fantastic design team)  for making the Inkspirational Challenges happen - yikes! I do hope you will come along and join us.

I'd also like to enter:
Creative Craft Challenges2 Anything Goes
Paper Make up Pretty in Pink
Red Carpet Studio Pretty in Pink 
Make it Monday Linky Party
2 Sisters Challenge Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody Anything goes