Library Reminder - The Rainbow

Time for a reminder at The Library. 

I made an 'encouragement' card for my daughter and coloured it using Zig Clean Colour markers. The hippos have a special relevance to my daughter and me - I won't go into it! But she got it.

You can enter the challenge here

I'd like to enter:

Little Red Wagon 

QKR Stampede

Crafty Creations 

Go Bananas

Did I tell you I'm on a stash diet? It's going pretty well so far. I'm trying to make an effort to use the stuff I already have.

The Lawn Fawn set with the blender, milk and peeled bananas for example - I can only remember using it once and then only the blender. Here I stamped , masked and coloured with Promarkers. The unpeeled banana is from a Woodware set and the stamped sentiment is Avery Elle. I designed and cut Go Bananas on the Silhouette.

I'd like to enter:
Make My Monday b for blender, bananas, blue and birthday
Shopping Our Stash  punny
Watercooler 
Give a Crafter a Cookie inspired by the fruity theme.

Inkspirational - Three or Five of Something

Our new challenge at Inkspirational  is to use 3 or 5 of something. 

For my DT card I stamped three birds (Justrite), selectively coloured with pink shimmer pen . I stencilled the background very lightly and added sentiment and sequins. 

 Milla is still our Guest Designer, so please do come and see what she and the rest of the DT have made. 

I'd like to enter:

Watercooler 

Addicted to Stamps 

Sisterhood of Crafters

Put a Ring on It

Well, along with cleaning, washing, ironing and helping clear out the shed , I've actually made three cards today! I blogged one earlier and here are the other two.

I was inspired, by a visit to Sherri's blog  to try the embossed black magic technique, which I've used on the right hand card. The other card was just a practice for the embossed card - just seeing how well the Paper Artsy flower fit inside the circular sentiment (brand unknown).  But when I'd finished the first card I just decided I might as well make it into a card too!

I'd like to enter:
Casology 
AAA Cards

Brilliant Skater

glitter shot 

Hooray - it's Sunday and I've got time to craft and join in some challenges.

Here I used a Penny Black skater, stars and big word from Pink Fresh, small sentiment stamps by Avery Elle and lots of glitter pens. 

I'd like to enter:

Penny Black Saturday  partial stamping (off the edge) 

Christmas Kickstart  glitter, sparkle, shine 

Fab n Funky  Chrismas 

Cas on Friday  people

The Library Challenge - The Rainbow

The new book at The Library is The Rainbow by DH Lawrence.

I really was intending on using the colours on the cover and the shape of the stool ...but in the end I just went with rainbows in general! 

For my first card (above) I masked off the edges and painted stripes of twinkling H20s in rainbow colours and then sprayed them with water. (TBH I didn't have any indigo - hope I've got away with it.) I used an Avery Elle panda and a sentiment from Pink Fresh 'Brilliant' set - my favourite sentiment set at the moment. 

I'd like to enter:

Moving Along with the Times  cas

Stamping Sensations  show your true colours 

Animal Friends  bear 

My Time to Craft watercolour
Addicted to Stamps 

The rainbow flag (seen in the background of the large photo) is a symbol of LGBT pride so I decided to scrap some photos of Pride in London. The bigger photo shows my daughter waving the flag of the Royal College of Midwives, and the second is with her partner.  I used lots of colourful paper and embellishments from a range of sources and a title cut on the Silhouette, 

I'd like to enter:

Scrap Our Stash  left hand sketch (reversed) , polka dot base and numbers

Crafty Cardmakers  anything but a card 

I hope you'll visit The Library. 

Buzzing

Here's two cards with a bee stamp for the Twofer challenge.

My first cards combines two stamp sets, stamped onto kraft and coloured with Zig Clean Colour markers plus doodled trail and frame.

For my second card I stamped the bees onto a subtle yellow patterned paper and then paper-pieced onto the girl's dress.

Right, I'd better buzz off to work now - laters!

Library Reminder - To The Lighthouse

Time for a reminder at The Library. 

For this scrapbook layout I used a photo taken on holiday in France, about six years ago. (The tiny figure in the yellow top is my son.) You might notice that the lighthouse is not actually in the sea, but in the middle of the street - I don't know why!

I used travel-themed patterned paper as my base and cut circles and the title on my Silhouette, Everything else used on this layout has been in my stash a long time!  The lighthouse (bottom right) was sticker from October Afternoon - it had sea and rocks at the bottom so I cropped them off.

You can enter the challenge here . 

I'd like to enter:

Allsorts travel - French holiday and travel-themed paper 

Stick it Down  sketch 

Lasting Memories 

Papercraft Challenges

Xmas Checklist

For this card I used the Santa and checklist from a Mama Elephant set, colouring the Santa with Promarkers. I stamped the gifts (all one stamp, unbranded)  and stars (from another set that was on my desk)  in red ink - and done.

I'd like to enter:
Watercooler 
Cas Christmas 
Jingle Belles

Sunflower Idol

This old sunflower stamp (Anita's) is trying out for my daughter's wedding stationary. 

Can you teach an old stamp new tricks? It hadn't been stamped for a while and was languishing at the bottom of a box of old wood-block stamps, but when the call went out for sunflowers, I ripped it off its block to use in a stamping platform.

I stamped it, off-centre, in brown ink on yellow cardstock , added a generic sentiment and some Nuvo drops and then mounted it on several layers.

We're now waiting to hear back from the judges.

I'd like to enter:
Handstamped Sentiments 
Fab N Funky
Challenge up your Life  flower, stamp, brown

Inkspirational Challenge - Garden

Our new challenge at Inkspirational  is to be inspired by the word, 'garden'. 

My DT card is very simple - I printed off an image from Just Inklined CD and had lots of fun colouring it in with Promarkers.  Milla is still our Guest Designer, so please do come and see what she and the rest of the DT have made. 

I'd like to enter:

CD Sunday 

The Library Challenge - To The Lighthouse

The new book at The Library  is To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. 

To be honest, I haven't actually read this book - I just liked the cover- okay??!!

And I didn't really show much variation on the two cards I made - they've both got lighthouses on them - surprise! Actually, they both also used a mix of stamps from different sets, are both blue and yellow, and have almost no colouring-in! 

For my first card I went one-layer and used two blue ink colours and a tiny touch of yellow. 

I'd like to enter this card into:

Casology 

Craft Rocket  summer 

Seize the Birthday 

Tales from the Craftroom  men 

My second card draws more from the cover , using silhouette stamps (again, from a mix of sets) over a stencilled background .  (I used one stamp on both cards - did you spot it?) 

I'd like to enter this card into:

Crafty Cardmakers  masculine 

Shopping Our Stash  stencil 

Unicorn Challenge  men 

Through the Purple Haze  masculine 

I hope you'll visit The Library. 

New Job Card

My partner is starting a new job in two weeks, so I've made this card to wish him luck. 

It's just stamping! In one ink colour! The pencils are an old UM stamp from Lost Coast and the stars (two stamps) are Pink Fresh. I thought the Take Note stamp went well with the pencils (I'll write 'good luck on the new job' inside) - it's by Bo Bunny.

I'd like to enter:
Fab n Funky  new job
Daisy Chain monochrome
Addicted to Stamps 
Let's Create man
Creatalicious  blue

 

A little bird told me..

I made this card to send to a friend to congratulate her on a creative career achievement.

The bird, heart and flower are by Flora and Fauna - I did a kind of scribbly colouring in with Promarkers and added shimmer pen to the wing, tail and heart. The stitching stamps are by 19 and Market and the sentiment is Pink Fresh Studio.

I'd like to enter:
Time Out 
CAS on Friday  birds
Addicted to Stamps 

Guest Elf - Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

I'm delighted to be Guest Elf for Christmas Kickstart! 

You may know I have a challenge called The Library , where books are used as the inspiration.
This time , Christmas Kickstart has chosen the book, and here it is :

I made a super-cas card using just two stamps from two different brands and coloured with Promarkers.

Thank you Jo at Christmas Kickstart for letting me be Guest Elf. I hope you'll join in the challenge.

I'd like to enter:

Jingles Bells text 

Happy Little Stampers 
Merry Little Christmas