Me to You

Hi guys, yes I know two in one day but I thought I would get ahead and post tomorrow's as I will not be online tomorrow - going out to dinner with a chum.  This card is a 6x6 white card. I matted some green and then embossed some white card.  The image is a stamp from the latest humphrey corner stamps from crafters companion called 'Me to You', isn't she a sweetie?  She was coloured with spectrum noirs and then diecut with the dhalia spellbinders die and inked around the edges using the die as a template with antique linen distress inks.  I then made a faux mat out of the same green card as the base.  The border is two spellbinder dies - morrocan accents.  The large flower is another spellbinder die - Aster Flower and again inked with mustard seed distress inks before removing from the die.  The leaves are from marianne range.  I have entered this in the Crafters Companion Blog Challenge 25.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopped by.

Carnations for January

Good evening crafters.  Gosh it has been mixed here in the West Midlands today.  Sunshine and showers is right but boy were they heavy.  I work from home and my office is in my conservatory and there were times when the rain was so loud I had to take the phone in to the lounge because I could hear my colleague on the other end.  The thunderstorms have upset my poor Enya, you wouldn't think she was a fearless briard when you see her clamouring to get onto the settee and my lap.  Phew where is our summer?
Well, today's card is one I made at the beginning of the year and was done for the Support Our Soldiers appeal where you send in C6 cards and they are sent to bases abroad for the soldiers to use to send to their loved ones.  This is a C6 white card with some pink card as a base.  I then embossed some white card and matted that onto the pink.  The stamp is from Dimensions and is part of their 'Flower Floral' set.  Within the set are 12 stamps for each month.  Each flower stamp has the flower name and the month.  They are not huge stamps but they are so useful.  The stamp image was coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens and then it was die cut using an Xcut die.  The pink embellishments  are dies from the Marianne range.  I do hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

On The Beach

Good afternoon folks, hope you are all well.  Today's card is a beach scene using the latest Swalk stamps and I have entered this card into the Pink Gem Challenge - Photo Inspiration.
I started with an C5 white base card, layered some bright yellow/gold card and then layered some white card.  I then took some more white card and ran it throught my grand caliber using an mbossibilites folder but first is inked the folder with stormy blue distress ink.  I do like this effect.  I then coloured my swalk stamp in with spectrum noirs pens and layered that onto the same yellow/gold card.  The flowers are spellbinders Anemone which have been inked in mustard seed distress inks and the leaves are marianne dies.  I do hope you like it and will remind you of summer.  Thanks for stopping by.

Yippee

Happy Monday Bank Holiday folks.  Hope you are having a good day and getting some crafting in.  Today's card is another boys and is an 8x8.   I have layered some flowered paper onto some navy card.  The flowered paper was a freebie in one of the craft magazines.  The nestie is a grand nestie and I embossed the white layer with one of my m-bossibilities folders.  The image is a digi stamp - not something I have used very often - digi stamps - as I normally like to emboss my stamping however, I think I may be a convert and they are so economical especially if you have a small crafting budget.  Unfortunately, and I am sorry about this, but I cannot remember where I got this digi stamp from but I do hope you like this one as I am quite proud of my colouring in.  I used my spectrum noirs and fleximarkers, mind you the digi stamp was really good too especially for shading points.  Bye for now and thanks for stopping by.

Pressie Time

Good evening all.  Phew has it been awful here in the West Midlands.  Wall to wall rain.  I feel so sorry for those who had street parties planned - hopefully they found somewhere indoors and still had a good time.  Well today's card is a Lili of the Valley stamp which I bought from the NEC about 18 months ago. I am sooooooo not good with boys/mens cards!  Anyway little Tommy here (my name for him) was coloured in with spectrum noirs and fleximarkers and then cut out.  The backing paper is one my crafting chum Sheila chose and the white square Tommy is standing on is the Boofle embossing folder.  I matted the backing paper onto some red card and used a hint of red in Tommy's shoes and the parcel.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Scatter Seeds of Kindness

Good evening all.  It's been a lovely day for me today - crafting all day - absolute heaven.  Today's card was made a couple of months ago.  The backing paper was a freebie from the crafters companion site.  If you are a member you can access monthly free downloads which contain backing papers, toppers and embellishments all to a theme for that month.  Don't you just love freebies!  The verse was one I bought at the March NEC and was from Inkylicious - I think they still have it on their website.  A useful verse stamped and embossed and the diecut with spellbinders die 17 I think and then inked around the edges with distress ink - antique linen.  The leaves are spellbinders and again inked with distress inks and the flower die is from the Xcut range.  Hope you like it. Bye for now.

Skipping Flossie

Hi all, hope you are getting ready for the diamond jubilee and those that are celebrating I hope you have a wonderful time.  I don't know about you but sometimes I really do lose my crafting mojo.  Luckily I craft with two chums, via skype called Sheila and Kathy so when one of us loses our mojo the other two can always help.  So this weekend we have decided to each chose a backing paper and we have to make a card using that backing paper.  This backing paper was chosen by Kathy and it is from crafters companion swalk cd2, design 2, colour 5.  I have matted the backing paper onto some lilac card.  The stamp is from Little Claires and is actually called Flossie Skipping. This is the first time I had used it, it stamps out lovely and she is a cutie.  I coloured it in using a mixture of spectrum noirs and fleximarkers, die cut it with a spellbinder die, labels 17, and layered it onto some lilac card, inked around the edges with distress ink-shaded lilac.  The flowers are some I completely forgot I had until Sheila reminded me - perfect petals which I think we bought from crafters companion some time ago.  Yellow gems in the middle and the leaves are spellbinders inked with distress inks - crushed olive.  Hope you like it. Bye for now.