Guest Designer!

Hi folks, I just had to pop in and blow my own trumpet!  I’ve been making cards for over a decade now and for the first time ever, I was invited to be a guest designer for a card challenge. It’s over at Feeling Sketchy. I feel very honoured to have been asked to do this. 

Here’s the sketch for the challenge along with my card. Hope you like it. 

Thanks for stopping by!

September stencilling

Good evening, folks!

Today I have a simple card that I made for a friend's birthday (tomorrow, and I haven't even posted it yet).  I used a stencil that I've had for ages and I think have only used once before.  Saying that, I absolutely love it, because it has a gorgeous pattern of leaves (love anything with a pretty leaf on it!) and it is so open to many possibilities for a card.  I think it is a Concord & 9th stencil but I'm not 100% sure.  I'm entering this card into the challenge at As You Like It, which calls for a stencil and reasons why we love it.

I used some Distress Inks for this card, following the challenge colours at Colour Throwdown #610 - Barn Door, Wild Honey, Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs. 

The stamped sentiments are also from a Concord & 9th set (I never keep the packaging so I can't say what it is).

I'm also going to enter this into the challenge over at CASology week 373 - September.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you have a great weekend!

At the edge of the beach

Hi folks! I hope you’re all well. 

Today I’m sharing a card that I made for AAA Cards Challenge #171 which is this...

I've been practising my colouring and was playing around with my new Copics and I really wanted to colour this lovely image from Sheepski.  I'm only a novice with copic colouring and the key seems to be practice, practice, practice!  I just wanted something that looked colourful and fun!  I stencilled the sun's rays with Distress Ink but I think I've placed it wrongly.  I was just trying to have white space while adding an extra bit of detail.  Hope you like it anyway.  

Thank you for popping by today!

Colour Crazy Summer Flowers

Hi there!  Happy Monday to you all!

Today I'm sharing a card with you that I made for my friend who moved into her new home just before lockdown here in Northern Ireland. I coloured this Taylored Expression image using my Polychromo pencils.  I love this stamp because there is a space in the centre for adding your sentiment.  This little sentiment is one I got from Purple Onion Designs, many moons ago!  Then I backed it with some Rose Red Stampin' Up! cardstock that I still have after many years!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Challenge #30 - anything goes as long as it is handcoloured

Less is More #425 - summer flowers

Word Art Wednesday #450 - #451 - anything goes

Thank you for visiting today x

Floral sympathy

Hello friends.  I hope you are keeping safe, wherever you are today.

Today I would like to share another card that I made five of, for some friends who have lost a beloved family member this past week.  I used the Number of Years stamp set from Stampin' Up!, which is a favourite of mine, because of the numbers (I also have the matching dies).  However, I've never really used the pretty flower before.  It is actually a sweet flower, which can be stamped in green for the leaves and then the blooms can all be added separately in different colours.  I'll definitely be using this one again!  The colours I used are: (Stampin' Up!) Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron and Blushing Bride.  I matted the card with So Saffron cardstock. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  It was so simple to make multiple cards using my Misti.

This is my second entry into the challenge at AAA Cards #170 - Maxi white space with a twist (flowers)

Thanks for stopping by today x

CAS celebrate with flowers

Hi folks!  Today I’m sharing a very clean and simple card that I made to keep at the ready in my stash of cards for just when I might need it quickly. I’m actually pleased with how it turned out. 

I used a stamp that I bought many years ago from Stampin’ Up! but I can’t remember the name of it. It was originally one of the small wheels stamps, but recently I took all the stamps off the wheels and turned them into single border stamps. Using the Misti, it is really easy to line them up and I get better use out of them now. I have stored them in a large SU! case. 

I used Crushed Curry ink and scored a border line on each side of the stamp. I die cut the word You from a MFT die and stamped and cut out the sentiment from the same set in Crushed Curry. 

I’m entering this card into two challenges:

AAA Cards - maxi white space, twist - flowers

The Paper Players - CAS Celebrate

That's all for today.  Thank you so much for popping by!

You are amazing!

Good afternoon, fellow crafters!  Who else is like me and loves Thursdays, because it is the beginning of the weekend?!  I just think Thursdays are great because the whole weekend is still there, waiting for us to jump in - no work, and hopefully lots of play!

Today I'm sharing a card I've made for:

CAS(E) This Sketch

The colours are Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green and Melon Mambo.  The stamps are Concord and 9th and the die is from My Favorite Things.

I don't know who the recipient will be yet, but I've a few ideas!

Thank you very much for visiting today xx