Spice Girls On Tour

I'll tell you what I want what I really really want ..... I really want to enter the Spice Girls challenge at Shopping Our Stash . I've already entered once already, but I made this card very specifically for the challenge, and to combine with some other great challenges - Less is More  (OLC vehicle), Cupcake Inspirations (colour) , Time Out (photo - see map in hand) , CASual Fridays  friendship.

I used a Stamping Bella image, coloured with Promarkers, sentiments by Waffle flower and a little heart stamp by Lawn Fawn. (Obviously, the women are Posh and Ginger Spice!)

By the way...I've been busy this morning blogging my holiday cards and making this one but I will catch up with my favourite crafters and blogs over the next few days!

Crafty Crafting Away - Butterfly Kit

In this post  I explained how I made up some kits so I could secretly craft on our family holiday. (Actually it didn't stay secret for long, but as it kept me happy, no-one seemed to mind). The second kit is here . This was the final kit, both to pack and to use, that's why I only made four items, but five from the other kits.  I can't remember where I saw the real kit that inspired me, but here's my kit:

includes Avery Elle Butterfly stamps, Tim Holtz stencils , Hero Arts inks

Here's what I made:

Using the Hero Arts red ink, I stamped a butterfly (coloured with Zig Clean Colour) and sentiments  from the Avery Elle set and doodled a 'trail' from the i to the butterfly.

I'd like to enter: 

Cards in Envy bugs

Addicted to Stamps  cas

The frame and the 'merci' were cut on the Silhouette and taken with me- I coloured the frame with gold ink and the sentiment with black marker. I made a background using a Tim Holtz stencil on kraft card, and spray ink. I stamped and embossed the buttefly, coloured it with the Hero inks and stamped the text  (unknown brand) over it. 

I'd like to enter:

Creative Craft Cottage butterfly 

Through the Purple Haze vintage

I inked the tag with ink I'd put in another kit, and spray it with water. I stamped the text and smaller butterflies . I stamped and embossed the large butterfly and coloured wit Zig Clean Colour markers. The 'love' is from a pack of unopened stickers I'd put in one of the other kits. I was fed up to find that they had stuck to the packaging and many were unusable! 

I'd like to enter:

Get Creative  song - love is like a butterfly 

That's Crafty  anything but cards 

Finally, an ATC I made for the Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge 'doodle'. 

I stamped the large buttefly and just doodle on it. I also doodle a frame. The sentiment is by Heidi Swapp.

In case you're thinking all I did on holiday was stamp, I can assure you I had a fantastic time exploring Cornwall's beaches, gardens, harbour villages, restaurants and the Eden Project. Here's a small holiday snap.

the only day he wasn't wearing his rain jacket! 

Crafty Crafting Away - Hippo Birthday Kit

In this post  I told how I smuggled a bag of craft things away on my family holiday. This included three kits I'd made up and this is the second kit, which was inspired by this Hero Arts kit. ;

includes MFT Happy Hippos, gold glitter ep, yellow washi and diec cuts of candles and bunting

Here's what I made:

Here I used six stamps, all from the My Favorite Things Happy Hippos set,coloured with Promarkers. During the making of this card, the paper trimmer I'd taken with me started to chew the card instead of cut it. Later in the day I managed to buy a cheap one locally for £7.50!
I'd like to enter:
Watercooler  birthdays
Moving Along with the Times things that fly 

Here I made a one-layer-card, using a hippo and sentiment from the set, and my grey Promarkers.
I'd like to enter:
Casology  safari
Addicted to Stamps  cas

More stamps from the Happy Hippos set, plus a sentiment (?)  and a die-cut banner. I took one paper pad (Lawn Fawn) with me - this pp and the paper on the yellow card above came from it. I added spots to the bunting, hat and gift , using a white gel pen.
I'd like to enter:
Colour Throwdown  colour
Moo Mania  banners

I cut a few birthday themed shapes (from white cardstock)  on the Silhouette to include in the kit . I used the sketch at Case this Sketch . I embossed the candles with gold glitter embossing powder and coloured the flames with gold Delicata Ink.
I'd also like to enter:
CAS on Friday birthday

Here I used strips of metallic and glitter paper. I paper-pieced the balloons using the pink metallic paper.

I'd like to enter:
A Gem of a Challenge birthday wishes

I'll post the pictures of the third kit later. 

Crafty Crafting Away - The Corner Adorner Kit

We went on holiday to Cornwall. We hired a 'woodland lodge' and my partner drove there. I always get up early, regardless of being on holiday but my 10 year-old (allowed to stay up late) and my partner do not. Therefore, I can have several hours of being alone in the mornings. So I sneaked a bag of craft stuff into the car to keep me happy while the others slept.

I took some basics and then made up three 'card kits' based on the kind of kits they can get in the US and I love to watch on You Tube.  Here's the first kit, based on this kit by Simon Says Stamp.

Includes Lil Inker Corner Adorner Set, and Prima papers. 

Here's what I made:

Here I stamped the Lil' Inker flower stamp in Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink on watercolour paper and used water to pull the ink colour onto the flowers. I used green Zig Clean Colour markers as watercolour to colour the leaves. I broke a nail distressing the edges!  The sentiment is Hero Arts and I splattered it with black mist. 

I'd like to enter:

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour bloom 

I stamped and embossed the flowers in black, the sentiment (Hero) was stamped in gold ink and I used some Prima paper.
I'd like to enter:
Shopping Our Stash  gold embossing is quite Posh isn't it?
Sweet Stampin  flowers

Here I did loads of paper piecing with the papers and the butterfly was cut from them too. I coloured the other flowers and leaves with neutral coloured Promarkers.

I'd like to enter:
Simply Create Too flowers
Crafty Gals Corner  bingo - flowers, free, 2plus patterned papers.

I'd spotted the challenge at Make My Monday - Pink and Grey , so here I used pink and grey Promarkers. The 'thanks' was one of two sentiments I cut and took with me - I coloured it grey and then added clear sparkle on top.

Yes, I did stamp the (Heidi Swapp) sentiment like that deliberately - and no, I don't know what I was thinking! I had kind of run out of ideas for what to do with the flowers! This time I gold embossed them and coloured them with Zig Clean Colour Markers , which I then sprayed with water.

And here's a little snap of my holiday craft space:

I will post what I made with my other 'kits' later. 

Inkspirational Challenge - Wave

When this scheduled post goes live, I will be by the beach myself, just finishing my holiday. Let's hope I won't be stencilling in any raindrops on this scene - I'm on 'staycation' in England!

Our new challenge at Inkspirational is:

For my DT card I created a scene using patterned paper (an old magazine freebie) for the sand and sky, and a waves cutting file by 

I stamped the birds (Paper Artsy, I think) , sentiment (Waffle Flower) and the girl is an A Day for Daisies digi, coloured with Promarkers. 

Our Guest Designer this time is Helen  and I hope you'll come over to Inkspirational and see what she and the rest of the DT have made, and enter your own project. 

I'd like to enter
Die Cuttin Divas  bye bye summer - waves are die cuts
Stamp Ink Paper beach

Aloha Friday summer

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Paint Chip Inspired

Not sure why I took the photo at this strange angle! 

This week at City Crafter Kirsty wants us to be inspired by paint chips .

My card idea is not very original. I did try some original ideas- but they all looked rubbish. So I gave up and did a Pinterest search and saw a lot of projects using paint chips for buildings. As my brother and his family had just moved, I thought I would make my own version of this idea and give them it as a new home card.

I stamped onto the paintchips using Mama Elephant stamps, cut them out and stuck them on a lilac panel and then onto a dry embossed card base.

I'm really eager to see what YOU can do with paint chips , so please come over to City Crafter and see what the rest of the DT have made - and enter your own project.

I Never Promised You a Herb Garden

I'm using the Flora and Fauna glass dome again...I think I'm going to get a lot of use from this stamp. 

Here, by the power of masking, I placed an Alte New herb pot inside and added some chickwire (Bo Bunny). The herbs were coloured with Promarkers. I stamped the 'stitches' (Inky Doodles' and sentiment (Paper Artsy) and added an enamel dot. 

I'd like to enter: 

Curtain Call  herb garden

Addicted to Cas one layer card 

Stamping Sensations  anything goes 

Juicy Pineapples

Aloha!
Here are some juicy pineapples- layering stamps by Hampton Art , stamped with Distress Inks. I liked that although I used the same stamps and colours for each pineapple, they all look slightly different - I suppose it is because of slight placement variations.  The sentiments are Clearly Besotted.

I'd like to enter:
Casology  juicy
Less is More  tropical fruits
CAS on Friday  exotic

Wish Upon a Star

Still playing with my new Flora and Fauna stamps. There are some teeny tiny images in there and so I'm looking for ideas for using them.

I decided to combine them with sentiment stamps by Waffle Flower.

Just as I was about to stamp this onto a panel, I saw the new challenge at Addicted to CAS, for a one-layer-card and decided to go for it. I think it works better as one layer than my original idea.

So I stamped the tiny deer and fox (Flora and Fauna), masked the fox and stamped the Waffle Flower sentiments.  I stamped the stars stamp (Fand F) repeatedly and silver embossed. Then I stamped the moon (also F and F) and filled it in with a clear shimmer pen. Finally, I coloured the animals with markers.

As well as Addicted to Cas , I'd like to enter:
Creatalicious  stars
Little Red Wagon  favourite products - stamps and inks