My Lovely boys and Sunday Stamper

Here is a photo taken before the school Christmas disco. Can't believe how quick they are growing up - doesn't Ryan look older than 6 though?
Yes I managed to make a card this week!!! The Sunday Stampers theme this week is "feet" - This image has feet in it so I figured it could be entered, hope Hels agrees lol!
The gorgeous ickle baby and sentiment are by Pink Cat Studio. The image is coloured with Promarkers. The stripy paper was in my stash and the cardstock is Bashful Blue from Stampin' Up!
The layout of the card is this week's Whiff of Joy sketch challenge. I wanted to enter it but forgot to use a WoJ image...duh!
Hoping to find more time to get crafty soon, thanks for visiting
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Busy, busy, busy

No cards for days then a rush of them at once! The first card is for the Double Dutch challenge. Tilda is coloured with Promarkers and the papers are basic Grey Granola.
This card is for Sunday Stamper which has a theme of trees this week. I have used Bashful Blue cardstock and the sparkle is the gorgeous Dazzling Diamonds glitter. The stamps, cardstock and glitter are all Stampin' Up!




Finally some SU cards done at a workshop. I know I have shown you the tree one again but I uploaded it and can't figure out how to delete it from this part of the post???If you want details of products used, check out my SU blog here

Daisy May and Sunday Stamper challenges

Sunday Stampers theme this week was Imagine. I imagine that there are lots of fairies at the bottom of the garden(wish they could do the weeding for me), so decided to use the free stamps with this months Papercraft Inspirations for my project. The images were stamped on mountboard and watercoloured with my Derwent Inktense pencils. Then I washed the entire piece with pale green and inked the edges with a mix of chalk ink and gold Krylon pen.I used some lovely beaded trim which my friend Hels sent me and punched a couple of holes at the top with my Cropadile to thread some ribbon through for hanging. Stickles added some sparkle for the wings. Very basic, you should check out the hanging pieces Hels made for this challenge, they are amazing. You'll find the link to her blog on my side bar.


The Daisy May challenge this week is "friendship". I thought this Daisy May image was perfect. It was coloured with Promarkers and matted on some Bazzill. The paper is from Basic Grey Bittersweet collection and the raffia ribbon was from Bunny Zoe Crafts, I love it.I also used a charm on my card for the first time. I must get proper tools for opening and closing the jump rings, teeth are not so good!

Welcome Back Sunday Stamper

Sunday Stamper returned this week and the theme is HOME. I have cheated a bit and used a garden themed stamp as my garden is a large part of my home- hope you will allow this Hels. The stamps are all High Hopes and the papers are from Jesse Edwards. I have watercoloured the main image, cut it out and inked around the edges with a green chalk ink. I also inked around the edges of the card.

Hels is also giving away this candy to celebrate being back.Go check out her blog on my sidebar for details.

Flippin' Kidz & Sunday Stampers

I got this great decoupage from Create & Craft recently. If you haven't seen it then you get the front and the back of the image one the sheet. The special aperture cards allow you to use acetate so that you can view the front and then the back when you open the card. The images are all such fun. The paper used on the bottom half of the card is Basic Grey.

Sunday Stampers challenge this week was the theme of walking or the moon in honour of my friend Andrea and her daughter who completed the Playtex Moonwalk last weekend and raise over £2000 for charity. I have no moon stamps at all and I hope Hels will let me off with this as a "walking" theme- well, there are legs in it after all :0)
The stamp is my Paper Bag Studios and I stamped it in black Stazon. The background has been created using alcohol inks on glossy paper. I used some Core'dinations Black Magic and embossed it using a Cuttlebug folder, then sanded it to reveal the inner colour. This was then attached to the card blank and the image added.

High Hopes and Sunday Stampers challenges

I managed two challenges on my day off yesterday. High Hopes challenge this week was to use hearts in your project. I took this great box idea from my blogging friend Rach- check out her fantastic blog for instructions. I have used some lovely paper I got yesterday to make the box(sorry but no idea who it is by) and some Chocolate Chip cardstock by Stampin' Up! to make the cover. I had no chipboard to hand so have used thin cardboard. The heart border is by Stampin' Up!, A Little Bit Of Happiness set and I have coloured the image with SU marker pens from the Earth Elements colour family. The sentiment is from another SU set, Best Yet. Both images were stamped in Chocolate Chip ink and then edged with Gold Krylon pen. I also took a gold Adirondack Dabber round the edges of the cover. The box is tied with Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, again from SU. I really enjoyed making this box- I haven't put anything in it yet in case the intended recipient reads this post.Thank you Rach for inspiring me yet again.





Sunday Stampers theme this week is blue. I have stamped Edwin with Guitar from Magnolia and given him a blue, shirt, blue jeans and blue laces. He is matted on some blue Bazzill CS and then placed on some blue HOTP paper I had attached to a card blank. Wonder if that's enough blue for Hels? :0)I have still to add the sentiment once I decide who this card is for.
thanks for visiting
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Three challenges

I am still minus a PC but have popped up to my mum and she kindly let me update my blog. Managed three cards for challenges this week but have to pop them all on the one post. Here they are
This card is for the High Hopes challenge which was to use torn paper in your project. I have used two different Basic Grey papers and torn one down the edge. I have also torn around the stamped image, which is from High Hopes.The flowers are from Prima and the brad in the centre is Basic Grey.

This card is for Sunday Stampers, the challenge this week was to use black & gold. I have used black & gold papers by Basic Grey and again the stamp is High Hopes.I tore around the edges and inked them with gold. I have still to add the sentiment, I haven't decided what this card is for yet.

This card is for the Magnolia v Stampavie challenge which is a great sketch. the only other stipulation is that it had to be a thank you card.The papers and letters are Basic grey, the Stamp is High Hopes, a new addition to my collection.

Sunday Stampers & WOJ Challenges

Have managed two cards tonight. The Sunday Stampers challenge this weeks was to use pink in your project. The stamp is from Whiff of Joy and the papers are by HOTP.I have inked around the image with Adirondack Dabber in Pink Sherbet. I have still to add a sentiment (once I decide who to send the card to). Finally I added some lovely pink flowers with a pink gem brad in the centre.You may need to click on the image to get a better look at the stamp.
The Whiff of Joy challenge is to make a Christmas Card in non-traditional colours. The moose stamp is by Stampendous. Both stamps are new additions to my stash and I have been desperate to use them. Both images have been coloured with my Derwent pencils.
Hope you like them, thanks for stopping by
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Sunday Stampers- Tie a Yellow Ribbon

This week's challenge is to use yellow in your card. I have been busy making Christmas cards today so decided to use yellow in one of them to enter. The stamps is from Whiff of Joy, Charlotte & Charlie Winter Collection. I have coloured the image with my Promarkers and matted it onto some gold paper. I took some yellow Bazzill and embossed it using my fabby new Cuttlebug embossing folder. I don't own a Cuttlebug but the Big Shot does the job just as well. I matted this onto the card blank and then positioned the image using foam pads. I took a peel off greeting, placed it on white CS and matted it on the yellow Bazzill before attaching it to the card. Hope you like it and thanks for the challenge Hels.
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Sunday Stamper "BEE HAPPY"

This weeks challenge was to use a Bee somewhere on your project. I had to make a birthday card for my cousin and decided to try out my new template from Colour My World. I have stamped all of the cardstock with a Stampin' Up! set I won in a raffle that one of my blogging sisters held. We don't have this stamp set over here but I spotted the little bee and thought it would be perfect. The stamping is all done using an Adirondack Cranberry ink pad and I have tied some pink fibres around the book rings. I dotted some primas around the letter too and hope she likes it. Need to go post it today as her birthday is on Monday :0)

Alphabet Street

This week's Sunday Stampers theme is Alphabet Street, set by the very talented Dan. I have made a background using alphabet peel-offs which I inked over with Distress Ink in Spiced Marmalade and then took them back off. The girl is a Paper Bag Studios stamps and I have watercoloured her with Distress Inks too. She has an alphabet running down the side of the image too. I then tinted an A5 blank using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a baby wipe and mounted the background and image on to it. Hope you like it and thanks for looking
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Sunday Stampers/In My Pocket

Yes, I am managing to find time for some challenges again now that I am back to work!!?? How that figures I don't know. Anyway, Hels sets both these challenges and Sunday Stampers this week was "Flowers". I have used the new Stitchels stamps, created by none other than Hels herself. They can be bought from Artistic Stamper and they are Helen's first attempts at designing rubber stamps so congratulations to her, I love them!I have stamped four flowers and two butterflies, coloured them with glimmer chalks from Dovecraft and cut them out. I arranged them on the card, some on foam pads and other just with Sticky Dots, then stamped the greeting using Studio G alphabet stamps.
In My pocket theme this week was "ribbons". I have used papers from the Glitter Stack from DCWV. I bought this during my first ever visit to the Range while visiting down South. It is a simply gorgeous collection of papers, yum, yum! The ribbons and embellishment are from a scrapbook kit by Brenda Pinnick and the message on the front of the pocket was part of a stamp. (I notice the a friend of mine also used this idea, promise I didn't copy you Heidi, I had thought of it before I saw your pocket).The pocket is held closed with a chipboard photo anchor and brad, also from the Brenda Pinnick kit.Thanks you Hels for two great challenges and thanks to everyone who pops in for a look
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Sunday Stampers - Friends

I get by with a little help from mine all the time!
The Sunday Stampers theme this week is "friends". I didn't have much time and couldn't find a suitable stamp so I cheated a bit. The only piece of stamping on this card is the stitching along the seam of the two papers. Hope Hels will let me off?
The papers and quotes are by Hot Off The Press and the stamp is from the same kit.

Sunday Stampers- Ebony & Ivory

This week's challenge was to use only black & white in your project. I wanted to try out one of my new Tilda stamps so thought I'd see what it look liked in monochrome and was pleasantly surprised. I cut the image out once coloured and matted it onto some white card. I took some paper from a Papermania 6x6 pad I have and stuck it to an A6 blank, leaving a small border all the way round. The image was then attached to the card using foam pads. Finally I placed white flat backed pearls at each corner of the paper. I haven't added a greeting as I am not sure who I will give this to.
Thanks for looking
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Sunday Stamper - Lost in France

Hels has set us the challenge of including something French in our project this week. I have some lovely clear stamps by Clear Art Stamps which have a French theme. I decide to have a go at altering a tag book which I bought last November at the NEC and have not gotten round to using. I am only showing you the front page cos that is all that is really French! The little postmark says Paris, in case you cannot make it out
The book was coloured with Distress Ink in Fired Brick and the images stamped in black archival ink. I then took a crackle background stamp and stamped in fired brick randomly.
My fingers are in a lovely red mess now :0)

Sunday Stampers challenge- week 18

This weeks challenge is "dogs". Now I knew that I didn't have a dog stamp but I was looking closely at some delicious new Sugar Nellie stamps I bought and lo and behold, there is a wee doggie in one of them. Hope that counts Hels?
Anyway, I stamped the image (Summer Ice Cream, by Elisabeth Bell), in black Staz-on and coloured it in with my pencils, blending with Zest-it blending solution. The paper on the card is DCWV Pocketful of Posies. I cute a mat from it and a slightly smaller mat from co-ordinating Bazzill CS and layered them all up on the card blank. Hope you like it :0)

Sunday Stampers - Cool for Cats

Thought I would struggle with the challenge for SS this week as I had no cat stamps at all. Lo and behold, a parcel arrived from QVC this morning which had two cat stamps by Beatrix Potter inside. There were another two as well, a fabby bargain at £10.00 plus p&p :0)
I stamped Moppet & Mouse in black staz-on and then coloured using colouring pencils and Zest-it blending solution. The paper I have used is by Heidi Grace and I love the colours in it- think I need to buy more sheets!
The image was mounted on foam pads and attached to the card and then a Happy Birthday peel-off was attached on some pink Bazzill.
Really pleased with this card and my new stamps. Hope the recipient likes it too.

Sunday Stampers

Finally managed to fit in a challenge this week.Sunday Stampers theme for this week is "boys".
I used a Cuddly Buddly stamp that I got a month or two ago. He has been stamped and then water coloured. I took some Heidi Grace paper and covered an A^ blank then mounted the stamped image on foam pads. Finally a Best Wishes greeting to complete the card.
Thanks to Hels for the challenge :0)

Sunday Stampers/Arty Girlz challenges

This card has been made to incorporate both the Sunday Stampers "Faces" challenge and the Arty Girls "Handmade Background" challenge. I have used glossy card and alcohol inks to create the background paper. The stamp is from Paper Bag Studios and I have stamped this in black archival ink. I took a cream A5 blank and matted some Rustic Gems paper onto it. The image was then matted onto some rose coloured Bazzill cardstock which was then attached to the card using foam pads. I cut another mat of Bazzill and mounted this on foam pads below the image. I then added a peel-off greeting.I love messing about with alcohol inks and these PBS stamps are just fab! Need to make some more cards in this style I think.

Sunday Stampers- Family

Finally managed to get this challenge done yesterday although I am not sure if I like the result. I have used glossy paper which I inked up with alcohol inks a few weeks ago but hadn't got round to using. I stamped the image from paper Artsy in black archival ink. The image reminds me of my two boys.
I matted this image onto some Rustic Gems paper which I had ripped around the edges. The torn edges were then coloured lightly with a Distress Ink pad in Old Paper. I cut out a piece of brown Bazzill cardstock slightly smaller than my A6 card blank. This was matted onto the card and the Rustic Gems paper with image mounted on top.