Swing into Summer

It's the weekend! I'm hoping for another lovely sunny day now that I can enjoy it, rather than being shut in at work.

The girl is by A Day For Daisies and I coloured her with Promarkers and paper-pieced her clothes. The green frame is a Kanban stamp. I also used an Embossabilities folder smeared in green ink and the sentiment stamp.

I'd like to enter
Time Out  summer with flowers
As You Like It  favourite embossing technique (Putting ink in an embossing folder - I like the mix of texture and colour it gives)
Cupboard Trilogy  use yellow
Sarah Hurley  summer brights
Tando Creative Life is too short to be anything but happy

Festive 48 - Week 22

For this week's Christmas card, I used a sketch from Mojo Monday . The stamp is a very old one from Personal Impressions and I coloured it with Promarkers, Liquid Pearl and Stickles. The sentiment is LOTV and the brickwork on the banner was done with a stencil.

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me by linking up ONE card each week. 

This link up is always 'Any Christmas Card Goes'. 

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

As well as Mojo Monday, I'd like to enter:
Holly Jolly  Santa
Crimbo Crackers  anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks  Christmas
Addicted to Stamps  Holiday

An InLinkz Link-up

Cycling in Town

I made a notebook for my friend using a First Edition paper pad designed by Jessica Hogarth and named 'Man Made' (although the friend I made the book for is a woman!) . I really love the houses paper (which has a fabric texture) and so wanted to use the scraps , as I've done here.

The man on the bike was cut on the Silhouette. The truck with the dog was a print and cut I did a while back and hadn't used, but I thought it would be cute to put in the background.


I'd like to enter:
Crafting When we Can  leftovers
That Craft Place Men
Creative Cutting Challenge anything goes
Craft Hoarders Anonymous fold it
Country View Challenges only men allowed

Pinspirational Challenge 111

Time for a challenge at Pinspirational  and here's the inspirational picture:

For my DT card, I picked out the tree and the gingham in the dad's shirt.  I used a tree digi, kindly provided by our sponsors Sweet n Sassy . I added liquid pearls, bird and sentiment stamps and a doodled border.

I hope the picture gives you some ideas ( father's day?)  and you come over to Pinspirational  to join us . We have great prizes to be won.

I'd like to enter:
A Gem of a Challenge gingham
Addicted to Stamps  outdoors
Sentimental Sunday anything goes

Make My Monday - Men

I know not all men like cars. But some do - a LOT. I suspect my young son may grow up to be one of them. His favourite TV programme is about renovating old cars , and he's only seven.

This is my DT card for this week's Make my Monday challenge, which is to make a card for a man.

I used a BLine stamp , which I coloured with ink and mounted on silver. The chevrons are Lawn Fawn(?) and the gears were given to me by June who organises the crop I go to. I coloured them with Cosmic Shimmer mist and Krylon silver pen.

I'd like to enter:
Ecletic Ellapu men
Fab n Funky men
Fantasy Stampers for the boys
Crazy 4 Challenges man made

Ahoy there!

I usually think of 'nautical' cards as being quite masculine, so I wanted to do one with a more feminine feel.

The boats were an SVG electronic cutter file, and I cut them out of 4 different patterned papers from a set that came free with a magazine. I inked everything and pieced them together, stamping some birds and the sentiment, (Woodware). I added some gems to the flag and sails.

I'd like to enter:
Retro Sketches  sketch
Use your Stuff patterned paper
City Crafter nautical
Creative Card Crew nautical

In the Sand

Summer's here!

The vintage image here is from Joanna Sheen Cardmaker's Year CD. The bingo card was printed from a digi kit (Design by Dani). The bucket and spade are from My Craft Studio 'Days Out' CD- I traced them and cut them with the Silhouette. 'Bon Voyage' is a scrap of washi tape and the shell is by mother nature!

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday  at the seaside
Cut it Up summer vacation
Crafty Creations all about s - sand, shell
Red Carpet Studio vacation

Inkspirational Challenge - CAS

Do not adjust your screen! This is supposed to have a slightly blurred look. Why? Well our theme at Inkspirational (chosen by Sandie ) is CAS and , as this is not my usual style, I just wanted to do something a bit different.

So, I've made a one-layer-card , using two sets of Claudine Hellmuth stamps that are made to go together. First I used the foam stamp to stamp pink shapes , repeating to the edge of the card. Then I used the acrylic outline stamp in black - first I stamped it exactly as an outline, then I stamped again, just slightly offset. The sentiment is Stampin Up.

Come and see what the Inkspirational DT , and our Guest Designer Sue, have made and join our challenge.

I'd like to enter:
Papercrafting Journey  pink
Cute Card Thursday pink
Artful Times  cas
Curtain Call keep it simple
Allsorts  one layer card

Festive 48 - Week 21

I'm trying to take a 'use it or lose it ' approach to my stash now - finding things I have barely used and either using them or getting rid of them.

I found an Anna Griffin stencil - I don't even know where it came from - and thought I'd experiment with it.

Top row - left - the stenci, right - glitter
Bottom row - left - embossed in Big Shot , right - ink on glossy

The glittery panel was made using double-sided adhesive sheets (another 'use it or lose it' item). I sprinkled two colours of glitter through the stencil, took away the stencil and covered it all with irridiscent glitter.

The angel was a silhouette I found online which I traced and cut on the Silhouette. 

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me by linking up ONE card each week. 

This link up is always 'Anything Christmas Goes'. 

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

I'd like to enter 

Glory of Christmas Angel 

Crimbo Crackers  no designer paper 

Oldie but Goodie  filigree (old item is the stencil)

Winter Wonderland no red or green 

Craftroom Challenge wings 

An InLinkz Link-up

Make My Monday - Wedding

This week at Make My Monday  we have a wedding theme. I cut the champagne bottle and hearts on my Silhouette electronic cutter and then I embossed the gold card in my Big Shot. The label was a printed die-cut by Papermania and I stamped 'congratulations' onto it.

It's the 'wedding season' now so the perfect time to get a wedding card made and link it up at Make My Monday. 

I'd like to enter:
Moving along with the Times no image
QKR Stampede congratulations
My Time to Craft no designer paper
Hobbycutz no designer paper