Some Spooky cards and my kinda storage

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Managed to rustle up a few cards last week using the Eerie Basic Grey pad and some Daisy May images I downloaded.

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Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps

Just a short post to let you know about the new stamp company being launched by Nikki(Bunny-Zoe to us bloggers) and her friend Lacey. Clcik on the blinkie in my side bar to find out more and join in the blog hop on the 9th October.
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Two cards, two challenges

Ages and ages since I have managed to do Friday Sketchers so here is my card. I have used an image from Daisy May and coloured her with Promarkers. The papers are from the Eerie paper pad by Basic Grey, am loving these.The little pumpkin charm is attached using some chain and jump rings. Flower, spacer, brad, chain and charm from stash.

This card is for the Truly Scrumptious sketch and I have again used one of the adorable Halloween images from Daisy May. I've coloured her with watercolour pencils but the paper wasn't the best for this so it's a bit patchy. The papers are again Basic Grey Eerie.
Must go now and upload the new Stampin Up! book for 2009/2010 to my blog. Lots of lovely new products to tempt us.
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Basic Grey challenge

I made this card for the challenge last week but haven't had time to blog since. The challenge was "embossing". I have used my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder on one of the mats. The stamp is from Scrapmagasinet, courtesy of Bunny- Zoe Crafts. She is coloured with Promarkers and the papers are from Basic Grey Lime Rickey.

Scrapbook Sisters book stand

This project is an online class with Scrapbook Sisters. I made the actual stand a few weeks ago but only managed to get the pages finished last night. All papers and embellishments were sent in the kit from Scrapbook Sisters so I'm afraid I can't give you any details. All the photos are from this year's holiday- the first holiday photos I have scrapped this year. Hoping to get some more time to craft/bloghop in the next few days.
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The Sugar Bowl challenge 19

Finally I have managed a challenge card! The challenge was a fab sketch from Marlene with the added requirement to use pink and brown.I had to rotate the sketch to fit my image in. She is one of the Gorjuss girls from Sugar Nellie which has been coloured with Promarkers. Papers are Bittersweet by Basic Grey and the glimmer dots are from stash. I have made the little flower using a small retro flower punch. I love this image so thank you very much to my lovely friend Andrea who I got lots of fab stamped images from. Twas nice to get some colouring in time :0) Here's hoping there's more to follow
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Busy, busy, busy.

Have managed to squeeze in some necessary cards this week and here they are. The first two are using the Popcorn Bear cd's. Two of my cousins celebrating their 18th birthday's this month so I thought they'd appreciate this little guy.

This card was for a friend's birthday yesterday so I can blog it now. Not sure where the image is from but the background is a Tim Holtz stamp and I have used Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink to distress the card.
This card is made using a lovey Tilda image from my good friend Andrea. I have coloured her with my Promarkers and matted her on some Bazzill. The papers are My Mind's Eye, Bloom and Grow. Very much a rush job.
Must apologise for lack of blogging and that I haven't managed to blog hop much recently. It has been hectic but I hope to catch up soon.
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Last Chance is here!

Stampin' Up! announced their items that will be retired at the end of this month, in time for the launch of the new Ideas Book 2009-2010. While it is always sad to see some sets retiring, it is exciting to know that we will soon have some new goodies to drool over. To view the products available click here and then e-mail me to order. Some of the products have as much as50% OFFso don't miss out.

A busy week of craft!

A midweek challenge from Stamp With Us was to make a card using the cardstock Brocade Blue, So Saffron, Regal Rose and Elegant Eggplant. Here is my attempt. The stamps are from the sweet Forest Friends set.




This little suitcase was made using one of the Simply Scrappin' SU kits. My measurements for the lid were a bit dodgy so it is far from perfect but I thought I would blog it anyway but don't be looking too closely. I am going to have another go at making one. Meantime my darling son is taking this one to keep his "stuff" in!

This birdhouse was another of the Stamp With Us projects, from Monica this time. Really enjoyed making this but haven't had time to make the notelets to go inside yet. Too many other things on my to do list.All products are Stampin' Up! apart from the sentiment which is HOTP. Off to catch up with the other projects now.
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A Feast of Chocolate

This is the latest online project from Stamp With Us and was designed by Zoe. The cardstock used is Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.The papers are Close to Cocoa designer series. I have used image stamps from the Organic Grace and Simply Said sets and the sentiments are from Oval All and Best Yet sets. I have also used the Scalloped Oval punch and the pearl embellishments are from the Pretties kit.All products are Stampin'Up! and can be ordered through me.The chocolate "cup" cake was also part of the challenge and was delicious.
Thanks for looking, hope you are liking these projects as much as I am enjoying making them.
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Mini-book project

This is the most recent project from the online classes from Stamp With Us and is from Natalie. You can make one of these from half of the contents from a Simply Scrappin' kit, available from Stampin'Up! The kit I have used is one from the US, called Summer Days. I plan to put some of my holiday snaps from this year into it. All embellishments are from the kit and the ribbon is SU white grosgrain.The way the photos have uploaded you are seeing the back page frist and the front page at the bottom :0)
I will definitely be making more of these.
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Some Stampin' Up! time

I am doing some online classes just now and here are the projects we have done so far. I still have to perfect them so excuse any little imperfections! The shoe and handbag are made using Only Orange cardstock. The paper is from the Rainbow Sherbert series and the ribbon is Tempting Turquoise.The brads are silver from stash and SU green Galore. The gorgeous flower is made with Pink Passion and Yoyo Yellow cardstock and the Scalloped Circle punch. The idea is to put some goodies inside the shoe- perfect as a party favour!
The second project was a technique called "faux frosting". If you look closely you may see the textured frosting on the cupcake. The cupcake stamp is from the Crazy for Cupcakes set. I had no re-inkers available so will be trying this technique again when I order some. I have glittered the frosting instead but I'm not sure it shows up in the piccie. The paper on the card is from the Tea Party series and the cardstock is Pretty In Pink and Almost Amethyst.The sentiment is from the Circle of friendship set. If you would like to order any Su products then please e-mail me.
Thanks to Monica Gale of Stamp With Us for the instructions/inspiration. Her finished samples were fabulous.

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!

More Manga

The Sugar Bowl challenge this week was a sketch with the added extra of ribbon or bows. I have used the Manga Girl image, another Sugar Nellie recent release and Basic Grey Lime Rickey papers for this card. The ribbon is some sticky ribbon from my stash and I have coloured the image with Promarkers. I finsihed the card tonight then realised that the deadline was last night!! Thought i'd blog it anyway.

Sketch Saturday had another great sketch this week and I just had to use manga Girl again. I had to rotate the sketch to fit the image in. Manga Girl is again coloured with Promarkers, the papers are Basic Grey Marrakech and the flowers are Prima. Ribbon and dots are from stash.
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Friday Sketchers challenge

Hurrah, I found time to get my stamps out! I have used this weeks sketch which was nice and simple to work with. The image is Manga Boy and is one of the latest Sugar Nellie stamps. I managed to get my hands on them last week. I coloured him with Promarkers and inked around the image with orange chalk ink. The papers are Basic Grey Lime Rickey and the sentiment stamp is HOTP. I punched the sentiment out and added some ink and little shimmery dots.
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Messy Rabbit saves the day

I was asked to make a couple of cards for work colleagues. One was for an engagement and another was a thank you card that had a tortoise on it. I had very short notice for both cards so with limited time my Messy Rabbit CD came up trumps for both. I have used Bazzill cardstock to mat the images and some little sparkly circles on the engagement card, which you might make out in the close up. The letters were done using the Moxi alphabet and my Quickutz Squeeze. Hopefully I will get the chance to do some stamping and colouring soon- I am having withdrawal symptoms!
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Playing in The Sugar Bowl again

A great sketch for this latest challenge and you also had to use some sparkle, bling or glitter! I love bling but decided that this image needed it rationed.The image is another High Hopes one that got inked up for the first time. Papers are Basic Grey Boxer and some scraps of Bazzill. The little glittery dots are from QVC, no idea who makes them. I punched a flower using my Retro punch and popped another glittery dot in the centre.
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Newsflash- just realised that I was supposed to use a Sugar Nellie stamp duh!!!Oh well, I still had fun :0)

Friday Sketchers

I have been dying to ink up these cute stamps from High Hopes for a while now so thought they would be perfect for this week's sketch, which I rotated to fit. The papers are Basic Grey Lime Rickey and the mat has been cut using Nestabilities.I coloured the boy & girl with Derwent Inktense pencils, cut them out and "sat" them on the hay bale using 3D foam pads. I then added glitter dots in accordance with the sketch and the sentiment which I washed over with a very pale blue.
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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.

Friday Sketchers

Just made it in time to enter this week's challenge over at Friday Sketchers. Nice simple sketch this week. I used one of my new High Hopes stamps, coloured with Promarkers and cut her out using my Nestabilites. The paper is from basic Grey Lime Rickey collection. Flowers are Prima and the glitter dots were from QVC.
I am having problems with my playlist- basically it stopped playing so I have removed it for now. Since I did my blog has stopped freezing:0)
I have put on a few videos instead but these aren't going to smoothly. Anyone else having the same probs?
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