Love is in the Air

Good evening crafters and followers.  Today's post may seem like valentines come early but as it was my 21st wedding anniversary this month I thought this would be suitable for that too.
As you can see it is a DL card and I embossed the card with a hearts embossing texture plate from sizzix.  Inked around the edges of the card with distress inks.  The image is a stamp from Humphrey Corner as you may have guessed and it was coloured in with spectrum noirs.  The diecut is from Xcut and is quite a large die.
Hope you have enjoyed your Tuesday and thank you for popping in.  Do take care.

Give me a Kiss

Good evening crafters and followers.  How are you all today, anyone with that Monday morning feeling that has lasted until Monday evening?
In today's post I have used a delightful couple of stamps from Jayne Nesterenko's Adorable Summer range.  The backing paper was printed from a crafters cd rom but I can't remember which one.  The image has been stamped onto watercolour card and then coloured with whisper pens.  The embellishment flowers were die cut from marianne dies and all finished off with card candi and ribbon.
Thank you for stopping by.  Take care and thankyou in advance for your comments.

Calendula

Good evening crafters and followers. I have enjoyed my Sunday today.  I have to own up to being very lazy and had a little lie in.  I do think the best thing about the clocks going back is waking up to your clock saying 8am and then turning it back to 7am and have that hour all over again.  So, a walk with hubby and our dog Enya, a lazy lunch and then a bit of crafting, I had to finish off an order by completing the insert so that is all ready to be delivered.
Today's post is a birthday card I made for one of my mom's friends.  The stamp is from Dimension Stamps and is one of 12 flowers and months. Such a useful stamp set I have to admit.  The die cuts are marianne dies and spellbinders dies.  The image was coloured in with spectrum noirs.
Well my relaxing Sunday is almost over.  I shall be watching strictly results tonight and then settling down to Downton Abbey which I so enjoy.  Hope you enjoyed your Sunday and hope you like my card.  Thanks for popping by and do take care.
I have entered this into the following challenge: -

Challenges 4 Everyone - Anything Goes



Worlds Best Golfer

Hello fellow crafters and followers.  Hope you have enjoyed your Saturday and any crafting you have had to chance to do.  I have been lucky today I have been crafting happily away with my Skype chums.  I had an order for a 60th birthday card to do by Tuesday.  I am almost finished and no doubt it will appear on here after the birthday.
My post today is definitely for the men in our lives.  The backing paper is from my crafty stash but I do think it was printed originally from a crafters companion cd rom.  My image is a stamp from paintbox poppets called 'just like Daddy'.  I stamped this onto watercoloured card and used my whisper pens to colour him in.  I also added some aran wool I had lying around my craft room.  The sentiment is also from the male accessory set from the same range.
Thank you for popping in and do take care.  Don't forget clocks go back tonight, extra crafting tomorrow - whooppee.
I have entered this card into the following challenge: -

Crafty Catz Challenge Weekly - a male card
Paper Pretties - masculine card
 

Big Shoes

Hi fellow crafters and followers.  How are you all today, well I hope. I don't know about where you are but here in Birmingham it is going distinctly chilly.  Mind you at least it's not raining.  Plus don't forget the clocks go back this weekend so that's another extra hour of crafting - has to be good.
Today's post was an 8x8 card I made for my mums birthday.  The image is a digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil and is gorgeous, it was coloured in with a mixture of Spectrum Noirs and Copics.  The flowers and flourishes were die cut from papers I had in my crafty stash. 
Hope you like.  Thank you for stopping by and checking out my blog and do take care.
I have entered this card into the following challenge: -

Stampin' for the Weekend-Anything Goes

Walking my Donkey

Good evening folks.  Well this will be my last summer post, I finally have to admit that whatever summer we had has definitely gone.  So I am now looking forward to winter - yeah right - my nose is sooooooooooooooooo growing!
Well I will admit to quite liking winter in a funny kind of way so long as it is dry and cold.  I tell you, hot flushes certainly make you appreciate the cold weather.
Right enough of my ramblings onto my post for tonight - it is a very simple design with a simply gorgeous stamp.   The backing paper is from the Adorables CD Rom.  A simple bit of matting and layering and we come to the image.  I stamped both images in versafine black ink and clear embossed them.  Both images are stamps from the summer Adorables Set by Jayne Nesterenko.  The donkey I diecut out.  The little boy has been cut out, shaped and positioned so he is holding the rope.  The corners are also part of this range.  They really are lovely stamps and will come out year after year.
Hope you like it and thank you so much for stopping by.  Take care.

Sailor Shirt

Good evening fellow crafters and followers.  Firstly I must apologise for not posting since the 11th October.  Unfortunately some personal issues have stopped me updating my blog.  But hopefully I am back now to posting daily.
So, to start, my post today is a 6x6 card plain white card, followed by a piece of brown pearlised card and then a piece of white card which has been embossed and then distressed using Vintage Photo ink from Tim Holtz.  I have used another stamp from the Faye Whittaker collection called Sailor Shirt.  I stamped this little lad in sepia versafine and clear embossed him onto watercolour card.  I then watercoloured him in with a brown whisper pen.  I have die cut him out and then distressed the edged with Vintage Photo Tim Holtz distress inks.  My topper has been matted onto a faux die cut in brown. Some brown brads in the corner finished this card off.  Hope you like it.  Thank you for stopping by.  Take care.

Chatting

Good evening fellow crafters and followers.  Well am I glad this week is over and so is my jury service.  Never thought I would be glad to be back to work on Monday.
My post today is another Faye Whittaker stamp.  This one was called Seahorse.  Again another really simple design.  I have stamped on watercoloured card and then used my whisper pens to water colour the image.
Thank you for stopping by and do take care.

Look Nan this is Teddy

Good evening fellow crafters and followers.  Well, I have had another dreadful day, I must admit I will be glad when this week is over.  I have been on jury duty this past 2 weeks and it is not something I have enjoyed or would want to do again.  I appreciate it's important but I shall be glad when it is over.
Today's post is another one to remind me of summer, even though we didn't get much of it - hee hee.  This is a very simple layout.  The topper is from Faye Whittaker range via Joanna Sheen andis called Washroom Teddy.  This was stamped onto watercolour card and then coloured in with whisper pens.
Hope it remind you of good, if ever so short, summer.  Thanks for stopping by and do take care.

Summer Leaves

Good evening crafters and followers.  Firstly let me apologise for missing a couple of days in my posts.  I have been busy during the day and haven't been every evening.  I do hope you are all well.  Hopefully I will be back to normal next week.

My post today is an attempt to stay feeling summery - although why I don't know, it has been cold today.

As you can see I have started with a plain white 6x6 card base, embossed a pieceof white card and then distressed around the edged.  I also inked up another piece of white card with different distress inks, stamped the leaves in brown versfine and clear embossed them before cutting them out and arranging them thus.  The verse is also stamped with brown versafine, clear embossed, die cut and distressed.  I have layered everything up and finished it off by spraying it with glitter spray from crafters companion.  To be honest I was messing about but I was pleased with my 'messing about.'  Hope you like it too.  Thanks for stopping by and do take care.

Two Little Boys

Hi peeps, hope you are all well.  Sunday has come around again, yes I know it comes around every weekend but it just seems to come around so quickly nowadays - probably my age.
My post today is using stamps from Faye Whittaker All Our Yesterdays - Sailing Boat.  There were released by Joanna Sheen and are lovely stamps to have in your stamp stash.
The backing paper, I think, was printed from a crafters companion cd rom but I honestly cannot remember which one.  The two little boys were stamped onto watercolour card and then watercoloured using whisper pens and cut out.  The white die cut was embossed and I then shaped the two little lads and placed them onto the white die cut.  All finished off with some card candi.  Another very simple layout but, hopefully you will think it effective.
Do take care and thanks for popping by.

Kittens in the Garden

Good evening crafters and followers.  I do hope you are all enjoying your Saturday.  I have had a very relaxing day, bit of shopping, delivered a card that had been ordered and then sorted out my new spellbinders and embossing folders.  Yes I have had a little spend - tut tut!
My post today was a birthday card for a friend who likes cats.  I am not too good a colouring in animals and anyway I don't have a stamp with cats on so I went back to Joanna Sheen CD Rom and found this topper and matching backing paper.   A bit of matting and layering and then all finished off with marianne dies and, yes, wait for it, some gems.
A very simple layout but I hope you like it.  Thanks for taking a look at my blog.  Take care.

Treasured Baby Boy

 

 

Good evening fellow crafters and followers.  Boy am I glad this week is over.  Hopefully I can get some crafting done at the weekend.  Hope you are looking forward to a good weekend.

My post tonight is, as you can see, a baby card.  The image is a gorgeous stamp from the latest SWALK stamp range from crafters companion.  I coloured him in with a mixture of spectrum noirs and copics.  Die cut him out and distressed around the edges.

The backing paper is from, I think, one of the beatrix potter cd roms. 

So, I started with a 6x6 plain white card followed by pale blue card and then the backing paper.  I then took a piece of co-ordinations card, embossed and sanded that down.  I have also embossed some of the blue card and then wrapped white ribbon around.  The sentiment was included with the stamp set.

SWALK are such a beautiful stamp range and really are fantastic to colour in.

Thank you for stopping by and also for any comments you choose to make, your comments are always welcome and appreciated.  Take care.



Powered by Fairy Dust

 

 

Good evening all.  Hope you are all well and have had a good day.

My post today is a stamp from Sheena Douglas and was released not too long ago.

Little Miss Fairy Dust has been stamped in black versafine ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  She has then been coloured in with a mixture of spectrum noirs and copics.

The backing paper was stamped with a pearlised ink.  The poinsettia stamp is from Chloe's Crafts.   The stamp has three leaves and this one has been stamped out three times and then layered up.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set as Little Miss Fairy Dust.  She really was a lovely image to colour in and could be used for non christmas events too.

Well hope you like her and thank you for stopping by.  Take care.

I have entered this card into the following challenge: -

Creative Moments Blogger - Anything Goes (Challenge 1)

 



Busy Doing Nothing

Good evening crafters and followers.  Hope you are all having a better week than me. 
Tonight's post is a 6x6 card using a stamp from Sheena Douglas - she released this one last year I think.
The background paper is also a stamp from the same set.  The little girl has been stamped on watercoloured card and watercoloured in with whisper pens.  The sentiment also came with the set.  Such a useful stamp set and beautiful to colour in or use backing papers for the dress.  Very versatile.
The flower was from marianne dies.
Hope you like it.  Thanks for stopping by. Take care.

Kite

Good evening crafters and followers.
My post today is a using a stamp from Joanna Sheen.  The stamp is from All Our Yesterdays and is I think beautiful.
Those of us who cross stitch will know Faye Whittaker well but when she released stamps via Joanna Sheen I for one was delighted.
This stamp is called Kite and I have stamped it with versafine black, clear embossed it and then watercoloured it with whisper pens.  The actual kite was also part of the stamp set.  I did stamp the kite tail on the topper and then stamped and cut out the actual kit so it all looks like one.  The backing paper is from my crafty stash and that is all finished off with card candi.
This card was a delight to make and I do hope you like.  Thank you for stopping by.  Take care.

Secret Garden

Good evening crafters and followers.  Hope you are all well today.
My post for today is a very simple layout but a beautiful stamp.  The backing paper is from my crafty stash.  The corners are marianne die corners.  The image is from Jayne Nesterenko's Summer Adorables range which is such good value.  This was stamped onto watercolouring paper and watercoloured with whisper pens.  Topped off with a few gems.
Hope you like it and thank you for stopping by.  Take care.