Happy 50th!

Underground Stamp Kit digital image - SC, happy die, mini alphas - SC, 

Pop art card kit - green envelope - SC, copics, adhesive.

New Year's Resolution! - I am trying my best to use up my old card kits from Studio Calico and work my way through my "stash!".  Above is an example of finding some pre cut digital images from SC and pairing with a fun green envelope from a kit and some cardstock for a simple (flat for posting internationally) 50th birthday card.

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Sweet!

Supplies:  PP & cardstock sticker - Vintage Bliss - Simple Stories, 

SRM Sentiment Sticker, heart shaped doily, aqua cardstock - 

Canson, Card Blank - Craftworks, machine stitching and 

roller adhesive.

A Birthday Card to share today.

I love this collection by Simple Stories and you will have seen it pop up in my last few posts.  I paired it with a chipboard sticker today and an SRM sentiment sticker.

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A Plaid Birthday!

 Supplies:  Pink Cardstock - American Crafts, pp - Simple Stories, 

Sentiment sticker - SRM Press, feather die - MFT, aqua and 

grey cardstock - Papermania, button - Cardz n Scrapz, 

ticket die - PTI, glossy accents, embroidery floss, machine stitching 

and tombow roller adhesive.

A quick and easy one today!

I used patterned paper from my new fave collection by Simple Stories.

Added some die cut feathers using this die.

An SRM sentiment sticker, big button and hey presto!

Challenges

CAS on Sundays - Pastels Pretties!

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A flowery birthday!

Supplies:  pp and flowers from Watercolours Digital kit by Jen Martakis, 

Ribbon from MemrieMare on Etsy, white sequins, glossy 

accents, printer, computer generated sentiment, aqua textured

cardstock - Papermania, font - scrubble, machine stitching.

Sorry about the poor photo quality - it's difficult here at the moment!  It's May but feels like November and the sun is not co-operating.  It is still very cool - where is our Spring?

I went through my stash of digital kits saved on my computer and decided to get crafting with some of them again.  It's so easy to have lots of amazing kits filed away neatly on your computer and forget about them - right?

This kit is by Jen Martakis and it's called "Watercolours".  I used the flower on top of the patterned paper from the kit and added a sentiment and then printed.  Trimmed, matted on aqua textured cardstock and added machine stitching (of course!).

I tied the ribbon and adhered to the card using glossy accents and then also added the sequins with glossy accents to make sure they won't budge!.

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power

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For the Dads!

Supplies: Green Washi Tape - Prima Marketing,  

Telephone Wire Washi - Freckled Fawn @Simon Says Stamp, 

black tuxedo ink - memento, sentiment from Man of the Hour 

stamp set - Waltzingmouse Stamps, Glasses - spectacle stamp set - 

Sweet Stamp Shop, glossy accents, black sharpie, kraft knife/

 scissors and pop dots.

This one is a quick and easy card for the Dad in your life!

I stamped the spectacles, fussy cut them - then went over them with a black sharpie and added glossy accents on top!

I had them sitting on my craft table ready for use and didn't know what I would do with them.  Then my order arrived from Waltzingmouse Stamps and I knew I had to use the sentiment with them - hey presto - card born!

Challenges
Paper Creator's Crafts - For the Boys

Stampavie and more - Use Kraft Cardstock

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Papertrey ink is 6!

Supplies:  Free printables - PTI, Dark Chocolate cardstock - 

PTI, buttons - Dark Chocolate and Ocean Tides - PTI, 

Textured blue cardstock - Papermania, corner punch - xcut, 

pop dots - stick it! and embroidery floss.

To celebrate their 6th Birthday Papertrey ink have lots of fun things happening.  The annual free printables are so cute - check them out here.

They had a challenge to make a card using the printables but I realised I just missed the deadline!  My wifi was acting odd this morning - not to worry!  Made these two cards using the fun printable by Heather Nichols.

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Celebrate!

Supplies:  Food on the Go Stamp Set - Jane's Doodles, Signature Greetings sentiment 
Papertrey ink, Card Blank - Anita's docrafts, black tuxedo ink - 

memento, copics, scissors, pop dots and roller adhesive.

A clean and simple card today!

I just love this new set by Jane Beljo - Food on the Go! (It's now stocked over on Simon Says Stamp!).  Perfect for the teenagers.  I stamped and fussy cut out the fries, shake and burger and then coloured with copics.  I stamped the sentiment and then adhered the items onto the card base with adhesive and pop dots.

Challenges
Love to Create - Celebrate

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Fancy Folds

Supplies:  OA Buddies Stamp - Greeting Farm, grey and red 

cardstock - Canson, birthday sentiment - Waltzingmouse Stamps, 

glittered alphas - American Thickers, button - Basic Grey, 

machine stitching, Tombow roller adhesive, glossy accents, 

Notebook punch - Fiskars, notepage die - PTI, copics, 

black tuexedo ink - Memento, pop dots and Scor-pal.

This week's Challenge on Paperplay is "Fancy Folds".   We are very kindly sponsored by Whiff of Joy this week.  Check out the other DT creations right here.

This was a difficult one to make because I made the front before I decided to turn it into an easel card!!!  I know, completely backwards!

I then did lots of measuring and playing with grey cardstock until I was happy with how it stood.  I used a Basic Grey button (which I threaded) and adhered to the cardstock with glossy accents.

I matted the coloured image to grey cardstock and layered it using pop dots for added dimension.

side by side view

Challenges
Crafting for all Seasons - School Days/For A Child
 Divas by Design - For A Child
Creative Craft Challenges2 - All About the boys
Sweet Stamps - For the Guys
House of Gilli - More than one fold

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Another Birthday Card

Supplies:  SRM Sticker, Wine Bottle die - PTI, Circle die - Quickutz, kraft paper - 

Canson, machine stitching, card blank - Anita's, pearls - Iconcraft, pop dots, 

roller adhesive and glossy accents

I loved using my new PTI die to create the perfect "banner" to add to this card.  The patterned paper is a lovely dark denim colour (looks purple-ish in the photo!!!) and offsets the dark pink.

I added some twists to the flower stemps and adhered them to the card with glossy accents (to be sure they won't budge!).

The final touch was six tiny pearls which I left on the adhesive in sets of three, so they were evenly spaced when I added them to the cardstock.

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Make a Wish!

Supplies:  pp - Paper Cottage by Basic Grey, Hexagon die - Sizzix, 

SRM Sticker, pearls - Iconcraft, machine stitching, Card Blank - 

Anita's, Mini open roses in cream and pale pink, glossy accents, 

pink cardstock - Canson and tombow adhesive.

I have had my hexagon die for a little while and have been playing with it but never really happy with the results.  I needed to make some Birthday Cards so I got it out and cut some pink hexagons.  They I used this fun new paper from Basic Grey called Paper Cottage collection.  It came in this month's Simon Says Stamp Kit of the Month.

I added flowers from my stash and a scattering of pearls.  The sentiment is a sticker from SRM.

I am entering this into Moxie Fab World - "Hooked on Hexagons Challenge"
and Crop Stop - Hexagon Craze.

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Fun to be Ten!

I was thrilled when Linda McClain from Catered Crop contacted me earlier this week to tell me that I was a hit on the Banners and Bunting Challenge.

Then Linda told me about Sunday's Quickfire and the Recipe swap is Rainbows!  Check out all the details here.

So here's what I created

Supplies:  Outlines Alphabet - Papertrey Ink, Tim Holtz Distress inks - Fired Brick, 

Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, 

Chipped Sapphire, Milled Lavender, Anita's Tall White Card Blank, 

glossy accents, Black Tuxedo ink - Memento, 

Guillotine - Purple Cows and pop dots.

Okay - so this card was FUN to make.

I thought a splattered paint effect would create a fun card.  Firstly I stamped the word "ten"/brackets and dots on blank cardstock.  I then used glossy accents to "fill in" the word and brackets.  

I wasn't sure if the ink would "resist" in the areas I had added the glossy accents - it didn't!  I think it may "resist" with other paints but the distress ink travelled underneath through the paper.  I don't mind because I actually like the finished product - a happy accident!.

 

I put some ink from my ink pad onto my kraft sheet, sprayed some water to make it liquid and then used a paintbrush and mask to do a portion of the card at a time.  I started in the middle with the green then the blue, violet and lavender.  I then moved to the other side of the green and then did the yellow, orange and red.

I trimmed my cardstock after the inks were dry to the size I wanted, matted and layered using pop dots and then added that layer to the based layer of cardstock.

 

Challenges

Celebrate the Occasion - Birthdays

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Depth of Distress (distress inks)

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Turning Ten ...

Supplies: Sailing boat stamp - Lili of the Valley, blue cardstock - 

Canson, Outline Alphabet stamp set - PTI, glossy accents, 

pop dots, tombow roller adhesive, copics, paintbrush, 

Viridian - Aquamarine - French Ultramarine Archival inks - 

Ranger, faded jeans distress ink - Ranger, Pearl Acrylic 

Paint - docrafts, detail scissors and guillotine - purple cows.

Made this splattered card for my son's 10th Birthday today.  

I decided to create a splatter effect background with various shades of ink that I mixed with some water and got splatting with a paintbrush!  So much fun!  I then added the image which I coloured with copics on top with pop dots for some dimension.

The white acrylic paint is a pearl medium so there is a little bit of shine and I added glossy accents to the hull of the boat.

I am entering this into the Card Creations Week: Splatter Technique Challenge 

over on Moxie Fab World.

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp - Father's Day/For a special male

Here's the birthday boy! (obviously when he was a lot younger!)

Where did the time go?  

Think I may have shared this cutie photo before - just adore the colours in it!  and those chocolate brown button eyes!

Taking time this morning to arrange Birthday celebrations 

- will be back to share a card later!  

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Spring Colours

Supplies:  pp - Random by Crate Paper, square punch to create the 

banners, sentiment - Waltzingmouse Stamps, White card Blank - 

Anita's, machine stitching, black tuxedo ink - memento.

I have been admiring the banner cards that everyone has been creating in blogland and decided to make a couple as part of a set for gifting.

I used scraps from a new 6x6 paper pad by Crate Paper (Random).  Am loving using it as I love the colours and patterns in it.

Thanks so much for peeking - hope you are having a good week.

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Spring  Fling colour challenge

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Supplies:  Chicken Wire and Compact Sentiments - Waltzingmouse 

Stamps, Button Boutique Stamp Set & Die - PTI, Raspberry fizz  

buttons and ribbon - PTI, Papermania pearls, Upper Crest 

Border Punch - Fiskars, Pink cardstock - Canson, Magenta Hue - 

Ranger Archival Ink, White Stazon ink, pop dots, 

Anita's kraft card blank, embroidery floss, machine stitching,

Stamp Press - Fiskars, Guillotine - Purple Cows

and white cardstock.

I knew as soon as my new "Chicken Wire and Compact Sentiments" stamp sets hit the hall floor (delivered by the mail carrier) yesterday morning from Waltzingmouse Stamps I would have to ink them up!

Plus - I have forgotten a February Birthday of a dear friend of mine who is a very talented artist and I need to send her a card and gift yesterday!!!  You know when the panic sets in when you realise you have forgotten?  That's the feeling in the pit of my stomach at the moment.  Thankfully I have a couple of cards sets made, packaged and will send one of these to her.

I used my new Ranger ink (love this colour - Magenta Hue - available at Simon Says Stamp now!).  I had some buttons already stitched onto the stamped cards and was looking for a home for them!.  I soooo love raspberry fizz buttons and ribbon.  I even love the name.  I machine stitched the ribbon on to the card and decided to run stitching all around the button card (barely visible in photo above - you can click to enlarge!).

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Mother's Day/Special Girl (for my friend Deirdre, yeap my namesake!)

Create me Pink - Spring/Button  (chicks/chicken wire!)

Top Tip Tuesday - stitching (real or faux)

Craft your passion - Anything Goes

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Where does the time go?

Supplies:  Penny Black Transparent set - trims, computer generated 

sentiment, Hero arts clear gems, pink gems by Icon Design, 

Purple Cows guillotine, textured cardstock - Papermania, purple

/blue cardstock - Canson, Range Archival ink - Blue Violet and 

Magenta Hue (new!!), tombow adhesive, copic BV08, 

pop dots and machine stitching.

I just don't know where the time goes!!

Happy Birthday to my God Daughter and Niece.

I made this card by cutting three strips of cardstock, adhering it to my craft mat and stamping with two new inks by Ranger.  I then machine stitched to the pink cardstock and added the sentiment strip.  I added gems (I coloured clear HA gems for the purple with a copic) and adhered to the base layer with pop dots.

Challenges
Celebrate the Occasion - Birthday (must use bling)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Edited to add - Look what the featured project on twopeas is today.....woohoo!

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Waltzingmouse Stamps - Blog Party

On the 17th of each month, Claire and the team at Waltzingmouse Stamps have a blog party.  I have never played along before but when I saw Claire's post on February 1st I decided to try and meet the deadline and play along - it's "Looking Forward to Spring".

For me, Spring is all about the rebirth, renewal and regrowth.  I think this is especially seen in our gardens /plants at this time of the year so I focused on flowers for my "Spring" card.  In our family there are also lots of birthdays in Spring!.

Supplies:  Waltzingmouse Stamps - Frame it set & Free Spirit Boy Set, 

pp kissing booth - Basic Grey, Pink cardstock - Penny Black, 

kraft cardstock - Anita's/Papermania, tea dye 

distressing ink, blending tool, Papermania white pearls, 

ribbon from MemrieMare - Etsy, heart pin - Making Memories, 

corner punch - X-Cut, threading water border 

punch - Fiskars, stamping press - Fiskars, guillotine - Purple Cows, 

foam dots, tombow roller adhesive and  detail cutting scissors.

Initially I was going to colour the flowers with copics so I created a mask to stamp the flowers repeatedly in the same "bunch", but in the end I decided to paper piece with different shades of patterned papers from the Kissing Booth collection.

I am also entering my card into this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.

It is full of pinkness! and was inspired by Fancy Schmancy Tuesday Trigger on Moxie Fab World.

You still have time to get a card made before the party kicks off this evening - all the details are here!.  Everyone is invited.... dig out your WMS stamps and get inky!

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"Critters"

 Supplies:   Whiff of Joy freebie digi - Spider Henry, BG pp - Kissing Booth, 
BG buttons and buttons from stash, Copics RV23, E93, V000, YR000, 0, 
tombow roller adhesive, machine stitching, Papermania 
alphas and Quickutz circle dies.

This week's challenge on Paperplay is "Critters".

We are very kindly sponsored by Whiff of Joy - so I decided to use the WOJ Freebie - Spider Henry!

Most of the cards linked on Katharina's post are blue/red (boy!) spider Henry's!  I decided to make mine a "Spider Henrietta!" - we need female heroes too right?

I coloured "her" with copics, used my circle dies and Big Shot to cut my new Kissing Booth papers by Basic Grey, machine stitched the layers and job's oxo!

My card was inspired by this photo below - Fancy Schmancy over on Moxie Fab World - it's the current Tuesday Trigger.

Challenges
Truly Scrumptious - All creatures great and small
My Craft Spot - Girly Girl
Die Cuttin' Divas - Color Challenge
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Celebrations
Alphabet Challenge - A is for Animal Antics
Craft your Days Away - Get stitchy with it

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Happy Birthday

Supplies:  Kissing Booth pp - Basic Grey, Canson rose cardstock, 

Sentimental birds - Sweet Stamp shop, Frame it Sentiment - Waltzingmouse 

Stamps, X-Cut corner punch L, Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black, Adirondack 

Earthtones - Cranberry ink, border punch - Martha Stewart 

and gems for stash.

When I saw this sheet of paper in the Kissing Booth 6x6 stack yesterday I knew I had to buy it.  Love the colours!.  Decided to crack it open along with my new stamps from Sweet Stamp Shop - Sentimental birds to make some Birthday Cards.

Challenges
Lily Pad Cards - Virginia's View Challenge (photo inspiration)

Charisma Cardz - Pretty in Pink

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Striped Paper

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

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Monster Birthday on 11/11/11

Supplies:  Monster digis by Torico's Digital Gallery, computer generated 

number, black cardstock, Purple Cows guillotine, adhesive, glossy accents, 

googly eyes in various sizes, green cardstock, copics and SRM sentiment sticker.

It's 11/11/11 - and my son has a friend celebrating his birthday today.

You know I am a huge fan of digis and love playing with them!.  

I got these fun monsters from Torico's Digital Gallery and they are freebies - available here.  If you go over to nab them make sure to say I sent you and say "thanks". 

I coloured them with copics, added glossy accents, goggly eyes, some black enamel and hey presto - fun card for an 8 year old.  Added a fun SRM sentiment sticker, some matting and layering to finish it off.

Challenges
Sassy Studio Designs - Kids Card
Cards and Me - Birthdays

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Look who's TWO!

Supplies:  Fluffy digi by Pollycraft, pp K & Co,  glittered chipboard - 

American Crafts, copics G14, RV14, kraft card base by Anita's.

Whilst creating the wedding card for yesterday's post I noticed that the Challenge this week on Pollycraft Monday Challenge was "girls, girls, girls".  I knew I had to print out "fluffy" and do a girly monster card.

I just adore Fluffy - I tried to leave him looking "fluffy" when colouring him with copics.  Don't have a recipient for this card yet - just makes me smile, so I will add it to my stash!.

 (Message on the inside - also from Pollycraft)

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