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)

Time In My Pocket

the weekly In My Pocket challenge by Hels this week is "Time". I have used papers from Stampin' Up! Brocade Background series of papers to cover both sides of the pocket. I then used clear stamps from Art Parts both under the flap and on top. The large clock face under the flap was masked and a script background stamped over it. Distress Ink in Vintage Photo was then applied with a wet baby wipe over the images and over the papers to give it a more distressed feel. Time- oh how I wish I had lots more of it.
Thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by
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Sparkle sparkle- I love glitter!

Here is a card I made for my mum to give my cousin on her 21st. The stamp is from Creative Expressions and is stamped on acetate. I then used dries clear glue to stick various colours of glitter onto the image. This takes a while but I was impressed by the finished article. I mounted it on some lovely pearlescent cardstock from my stash and placed that onto an A5 blank. You need to click on the image top really see all the different colours used. Hope Kelly likes her card, I need to go make one from me now!

Make & Take with the new scalloped edge punch

This is one of the make & takes that we did at the recent field training for Stampin' Up! The scalloped edge punch is in the new catalogue, priced £10.95. The new book comes out 1st October. We got to see the it and try out the new products on Saturday and trust me, this punch is on my ever growing wish list. I had never used SU punches before and they go through cardstock easily. If you would like to pre-order a scalloped edge punch then e-mail me at shazzapat@tiscali.co.uk.
The stamps set used is also a new one but only available as a hostess gift. However, if you would like to hold a party, I'm your gal!!! :0)

Scrapbook challenge - Craftswap

I decided to make another BIA box. I covered it in Close to Cocoa DP from Stampin' Up!. I inked the other side of the mountboard with chalk ink and then threaded fibres through all the holes. It took bloomin' ages but I hope you like the end result.

The September challenge was "Something Old, Something New". You had to use old photos and new stash. I had a great time trawling through old pics of my boys but was depressed to see me wearing clothes that no longer fit! In these photos Ryan is about 18 months old and Jay almost 6- they seem so tiny. I used a scallop punch to cut out three of the photos and all of the stash is from a HOTP kit I had yet to use.

Not just a fab blog but fab candy too!!!

If you haven't already been to visit the very talented Bev's blog then please take a visitHere
Her cards are always amazing and she is now on the DT for Whiff of Joy stamps. She has some Whiff of Joy candy up for grabs if you are interested. If not, just enjoy her work
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UKS challenge

I have joined a team on UK Scrappers and there is a weekly scrapbook challenge. I thought this would encourage me to get more into this and use up some of the lovely papers I have acquired. The challenge this week was to use black & white, 9 embellishments, (I used more than that), a sketch and some rubber stamping. I forgot to do any stamping but not to worry. The paper and teeny brads are by HOTP. The flowers are from my stash and I put a clear Dew Drop in the centre of each. The chipboard letters and numbers are from a Brenda Pinnick kit that I have. Hope you likey, thanks for stopping by
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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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It's tag time

I am in a monthly tag swap and the theme this month was sayings/sentiments. I have used Distress inks for colouring and the stamps are the freebie in this month's Craft Stamper and a new sentiment one purchased from a well known auction site. Firstly I stamped the sentiment on each tag. I then stamped the flower and watercoloured them using Fired Brick. I then masked the flowers and used Cut'n'Dry foam to blend Mustard Seed over the tag. For the splodges I stamped the fired brick onto my craft mat and spritzed it with water, then dipped the tag in parts of it. Finally some red fibres were added to each tag. Thanks for looking
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Elzybells/In My Pocket

In My Pocket challenge returned this week and this week the hidden element had to be "Stars". I have used my Elzybells stamps again, some DP from DCWV Glitterstack and an orange inkpad. The little star gems are from my stash as are the wooden stars under the flap.The sentiment was stamped using Studio G alphabet stamps. I am sending this pocket to a friend, I hope she likes it.
I got some fab stamps from Elzybells the other day. A friend's daughter broke her arm during the week so I decided to make her a little card. I embossed some card with a Cuttlebug folder and chalked over it with glimmer chalks. I stamped the image and coloured it with the glimmer chalks as well before matting them both on the card. I stamped the message using Studio G alphabet stamps- they are slightly off but I wanted it to be like that....or at least that's my story and I am sticking to it :0)

DCM weekly challenge

This weeks challenge was a sketch. I had to do it as I love working from sketches. It was a friends birthday yesterday so I decided to make her card and enter it into the DCM challenge, killing two birds with one stone. The image is a Sarah Kay one and is coloured with my Derwent Inktense pencils. The DP is from DCWV Glitterstack and I used my Woodware scallop punch to cut the circle and stamped Happy Birthday inside it. Then I added little dew drops thingies around the scalloped edges. The piece of ribbon is from my stash and was attached to the card prior to mounting the image and scalloped circle. I hope you like it and thanks for visiting
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Fantastic Blog Candy!!!

Pay a visit to Suzanne's blog Here. She has some great blog candy up for grabs and you can see her amazing cards at the same time
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Masking, blending and spritzing a la Dan99

This is a card I made for a friends birthday using my Distress Inks and a Paperbag Studios stamp. The techniques I used were all shown on a fab tutorial by my friend Dan. You can see it Here.

I used Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick and Mustard Seed inks. The image was stamped in black, masked and then I blended the inks on the card. I then spritzed water over it and watercoloured the stamped image with the Distress Inks. Thanks Dan for all your info and thank you for stopping by
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Saturday Sketch

Here is my card for the Sketch Saturday challenge. The sketch was a square but I have made an A5 card- hope it is okay. The stamp is a Sugar Nellie one and I have watercoloured it with my Derwent Inktense pencils. The paper is DCWV Glitterstack and the cardstock and pink pearlescent paper are from my stash. I added three orange Primas with gems in the centre per the sketch and have not added a greeting yet. Check out the DT samples, they are fantasticHere

thanks for stopping by
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Yes indeed, another scrapbook page!

You wouldn't believe it but already I have used my Scrapbook Sisters kit again. I have joined the Glitter Gossips team on UKS and the weekly challenge was
Use a Bee Gees song as your title
Use red
Use ribbon
Use bling
Use buttons

I have chosen a photo of my wedding. The River Ness and the castle are in the background. The page is white Bazzill and the DP, chipboard embellies and rub-ons are Heidi Grace. For the bling I added accents with Stickles and stitched around the DP with a Sakura glitter gel pen. The red button is from my stash and the ribbon was in the SS kit. Hope you like it, I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Scrapbook Sisters Ltd Edition kit and a card

Here is another card I made using those fab Sarah Kay images. The paper is DCWV Glitterstack and a couple of prima flowers with a pink brad in the centre.Colouring is with Derwent Inktense. The sentiment is stamped on some pink cardstock using black ink.
I got this kit when it came out last month and it is sooo gorgeous. All the papers, stamps and embellies are Heidi Grace. This page was made using their instructions and I decided to capture Ryan's first day at school. The page is black Bazzill and the flowers have been stamped and embossed in white. I am now looking for other photos to use with the rest of the kit.
Hope you like it and thanks to Karen & Julie for a fabulous kit
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Stampin' Up! retired list

With the 2008-2009 Idea Book & Catalogue just around the corner, it’s time to bid a fond farewell to several of our favourite stamps and accessories in order to make room for exciting new products. Items on the retired list are available only while supplies last—and once they’re gone, they’ll never be available again. Don’t miss this last chance to get them! If you would like a copy of this list to see which sets and accessories you can’t do without please contact me at shazzapat@tiscali.co.uk with your e-mail address and I will send you the flyer.

Baby Keepsake Box

I decided to make this box after seeing one on display at Craft Central. I have used mountboard cut to 10 x10 and my trusty Bind-it-All. The mountboard pieces were covered in various baby themed papers and inked around the edges with a blue inkpad. I then tied them all together with blue gingham. I had punched holes along the top edges by mistake so I threaded fibres through these as if it was my intention all along and then filled the box with toiletries. The new parents were delighted with it even if it was a bit rough around the edges in my view :0)

Spoonful of Sugar/Cute Card Thursday

Two card for two challenges today. Managed to make these last night. The baby card is for the Spoonful of Sugar challenge which was to use a sketch. I have used some baby themed papers form my stash and stamped the image in Ultramarine Staz-on. The words are from the same stamp set but I cannot remember at the moment who makes them. I also used some pale blue twill, cutting a slit in the card to wrap it around the front. Finally I added some glitter to the edge of the basket using stickles and a peel off greeting on some cardstock which was mounted on foam pads.
The other card was for Cute Card Thursday which challenged you to use bright colours. I decided to use the sketch again and a Sarah Kay stamped image. I coloured her with my Derwent Inktense pencils( which I am in love with). The paper is from the DCWV Glitterstack and some cardstock and ribbon from my stash.
Hope you like them and thanks for looking
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Friday Sketcher's Challenge

I came across this challenge blog last week while bloghopping. I love working from sketches so I just had to join in. I have used a lovely Sarah Kay stamp and coloured it with Derwent Inktense pencils. This image has been matted onto some lilac Bazzill cardstock. I cut a square blank and matted some paper from The English Paper Company on it, leaving a small border all the way round. The image was them matted on to this. Using my cropadile I put four copper eyelets in place and threaded through a lilac gingham ribbon. The sentiment was placed on two pieces of lilac Bazzill. It's my sister's wedding anniversary tomorrow so this card will be perfect. I'll make sure to check this challenge out again.

Bookmarks galore

I have a stall at the Inverness Flower Festival a week on Saturday. Thought I would try making some bookmarks to sell. I made some with papers and then got inky(my favourite) with my Distress Inks. Going to laminate them before I add eyelets and fibres/ribbons but thought I'd show you them now. Thought the laminate might shine too much to show you later
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More Swiss Dots

Yes, I am in love with this Cuttlebug folder so used it on a card I made the other night. The stamped image was from a swap and I coloured it with my new Derwent Inktense pencils that my hubby bought me :0) I really like these I have to say.
I also stamped a Stampin' Up image onto a candle. This is to give away as a prize at my first workshop tomorrow night. I have my make & takes all ready to go. Need to spend the rest of the time studying the product guide I think :-0

First day at school

My gorgeous little baby is all grown up. He started school today. I was one of the few mums not in tears but it was emotional. Couldn't wait to give him a big hug when he came out this afternoon.

No, not a challenge this time

I just fancied using some stamped images that I got in a swap ages ago. Therefore I have no idea where this image is from but I love it. I have coloured it in with watercolour pencils, torn around the edges and inked them with pale pink ink.. The pink Bazzill cardstock has been embossed with my wonderful, fantastic, brill new Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder(used in my Big Shot I may add). Can you tell I like it???? You may be seeing this on quite a lot of my cards until the novelty wears off! The gorgeous paper is from the Glitterstack from DCWV. A little mat for the greeting has had pink ink run around the edges as for the image and has been mounted on foam pads. The finishing touch were some fab flowers from Petaloo. I used a teeny black brad in the centre.Think I might need to acquire this stamp so if anyone can tell me where it is from I would be most grateful :0)
Thanks for looking
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MTTC challenge

This week the challenge was cats. I took the opportunity to use one of my new stamps from Whiff of Joy which has just launched. This is the winter collection of Charlotte & Charlie and they are all gorgeous. I have coloured the image in with watercolour pencils and cut it out. I covered a square blank with some lovely speckled cardstock that I got in a QVC kit ages ago. The image was then matted onto white cardstock and placed on the card. I then stamped the Happy Birthday greeting in red ink and edged the mat with ink too before mounting it on foam pads. If you want to see these fab stamps just look Here. Katharina has got some fab illustrators on board and her DT produce stunning work.

My first stamped candle

I have seen a few of my blogging friends try this technique so decided to give it a go. I have used a cheapo candle from Poundstretchers and my Penelope stamps from Sugar Nellie. I coloured her in with pencils. These are I have now decided far too pale for this project so I will in future use deeper colours. However, it's not bad for a first attempt I thought :0)
Must buy some more candles for the weekend as my hubby just bought me some Derwent Inktense pencils today. Would be rude not to try them out
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August Scrapbook challenge

This month's challenge on Craft Swap is "Holidays". You had to use blue as your main colour, one picture and some flowers. A challenge even I could cope with this month Lesley, thanks. I have used my Brenda Pinnick kit for the paper and embellishments.I used some flower shaped eyelets on the photo which I threaded ribbon from the kit through. The paper was a sort of blue-green, hope it's blue enough Lesley
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In My Pocket

I have missed the last few weeks of this challenge so apologies to Hels. Thought I had better join in this week as the theme was "Butterflies" and I love them. I have used Rustic Gems papers to cover the envelope. I tore around the edges of the paper to go on the flap and inked around the edges with green chalk ink. I then stamped two butterflies in deep green ink and used Stickles to add sparkle to their dots and bodies. Both butterflies are hidden by the flap when closed. I stamped the bird in the same colour ink at the bottom of the envelope. For the front of the flap I stamped a flower onto some Rustic Gems paper, stuck it to some card and cut it out. I have placed a little heart gem in the flower centre. All of the stamps are from Hels own range of stamps, Stitchels, which can be found at The Artistic Stamper. I haven't stamped a sentiment yet as I haven't decided who to send this to.

Scrummy Stash Cafe challenge

Haven't managed many challenges this week but I hope to get some done over the next week or so. Th challenge from SSC this week was to have bling/sparkle on your project. I have used paper from DCWV Glitterstack and placed it on a square blank, leaving a small border. I took some lilac Bazzill CS and embossed it using my new Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder- I think I might be in love with this!!!!
The stamped images were ones I got in an image swap a while ago. I coloured them with pencils and blending solution and stuck a bit of bling in the centre of the flower. The bumble bee's wings were also filled in with Stickles for extra sparkle.

I love Sugar Nellie

I adore the Sugar Nellie stamps and got another couple of them earlier this week. This image is called Pen Pal. She has been stamped in black Staz-on and coloured in with pencils and Zest-it blending solution. The paper is from the Glitter Stack from DCWV which has so many scrummy papers in it and the card stock is from my stach. I then inked around the edges of the card, added some of my new coloured beads(from my Secret Sister parcel), and a couple of Primas with brads in the centres.

Thank You Michelle

Look at all these lovely goodies that I got yesterday. My Sisterhood of Blogging Stampers group did a Secret Sister recently. We each had to buy our allocated sisters some goodies and enclose some handmade things too. Michelle is over the pond so there were things in my parcel that you probably can't get here. Here is a list
12x12 papers
Studio G acrylic block and 4 sets of clear stamps
3 Close to My Heart cube inkpads
Hero Arts clear stamps & gems
Heidi Swapp brads
Imaginisce blooms
Snag'em Stamps clear stamp
2 Close To My Heart ribbon rounds
2 American Crafts ribbon spools
3 gorgeous cards made by Michelle
metal charms
vellum quotes
lots of sparkly gems
stamped images
flat backed beads in three different colourways
Close To My Heart rub-ons
Close To My Heart pewter paper clips
Phew!!! Aren't I so lucky :0)
Thank you so much Michelle, I am thrilled to bits with my parcel and thanks to Sonja for organising the swap.
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Stampin' Up a storm

I have had a very happy time tonight playing with more of my demonstrator kit so I thought I'd share the samples I made with you. I adore the stamped images and all colouring has been done with Stampin' Up's Blending Pastels, which I now love. I am also addicted to the stamp cleaner and Stampin' Scrub. It makes cleaning your stamps soooo easy!!!! Wish it did the same for cleaning the house....well, I can dream can't I.
I hope you like them and thanks for stopping by
Sharon
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Another SU card

I made this card as one of my samples for when I do my first workshop(YIKES!!) and decided to enter it in this week's Arty Girlz challenge which was "Blue". All products are from Stampin' Up and I just love the Stampin' Around Wheel for making background papers.
Hope you likey, thanks for looking
Sharon
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