Hello 2015!

Supplies:  Studio Calico Far Far Away Card Kit - Jan 2015

If you are like me you are "oohing" and "aahing" at the Creative Team gallery over at Studio Calico long before your kit arrives through your letterbox.  However, with the holidays and recent time constraints to sit at my PC I haven't managed to look at one single piece of inspiration before I created the card above.

I got my package yesterday afternoon, opened it and created the card right away - I think that's the first time I have ever done that!

Thanks for peeking and stopping by.  Best Wishes for a wonderful 2015.

Clickety Clack ... A L'il Note!

Supplies:  patterned paper - 7 Gypsies, image and sentiment by 

evalicious, enamel dots - Prima, tuxedo black ink & london fog ink - 

memento, grey washi tape, copics and pop dots.

A clean and simple card with a fun sentiment and super cute image by evalicious.  This stamp set is called Enchanted forest and it came from Studio Calico.

Remember the "Clickety Clack" sound those old typewriters made?

Thanks for peeking.  Hope you have a great week.

CASE Study Challenge #168

A card using my Cuppa Card Kit from Studio Calico.  This is pure "Clean and Simple!".

It is my entry into CASE Study Challenge #168 - inspired by Keisha Campbell - photo below.

I mirrored the die cut circles with the speech bubble die and also used a similar muted colour palette.

The speech bubble is a die from Clearly Besotted Stamps (you said it!).

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

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Hello... there!

Supplies:  Studio Calico - Valley High Card Kit

I am back creating but just didn't have enough hours in the day to post some photos!  My PC ground to a halt as it was running out of memory - just transferred/backed up to an external hard drive so we are back in action! Yipee!

Here I am sharing a card I created with the Valley High Card Kit I got during/before the Summer but never managed to get a chance to use.

Thanks for peeking - hope you have a great day.

Fluttering by to say Hello!

Supplies:  Winged Friends - Hero Arts Digital kit, Create with TLC sentiment, docrafts white card blank, copics and pop dots.

Some real quick Clean and Simple Cards today.  

I had some printed, cut and coloured "winged friends" sitting on my desk and decided to use them up to create a couple of cards.

Printed the sentiment directly onto the card blank and then added the "flutterbies and winged friends".

Sending prayers to those affected by the recent torandoes and flooding.

Challenges
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Things with wings
2 sisters challenge blog - Use a digi
Less is More - Butterfly/Butterflies

Thanks so much for peeking and thanks so much for stopping by.

Hello Card

Hero Arts challenge this month is "Keeping in Touch and Going back to School".  I made this card on Thursday evening to enter before the first deadline of the month.  Still plenty of time to enter - check out the details here.

It has been a while since I have entered a Hero Arts challenge - don't know where the time goes!  I have missed it and am going to try to get back in the groove and start entering again.  The gals in the HA Flickr Group produce amazing work on a daily basis.  Check it out here.

Supplies: Hero Arts CG105 Silhouette Flower and CL184 Thoughtful messages, 

versamark ink and clear embossing powder, Papermania pearls coloured with copics, 

XCut scallop border punch and dark chocolate cardstock, ribbon & ink and pop dots.

I did three or four layers of embossing powder on this card to give it an "enamelled look" and I really enjoyed making this card and look forward to getting it into the mail to "keep in touch" with a friend.

Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you have a great weekend.

Hero Arts - digital kits

Supplies:  Hero Arts digital kits, pp Cosmo Cricket DeLovely range, 

papermania gems, Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock, machine stitching, 

copics, sentiments from Papertrey Ink.

Made these cards using butterflies from these Hero Arts kits HERE and HERE.  I paired them with the new DeLovely papers from Cosmo Cricket (scraps I had after making sets of cards).  Added machine stitching in co-ordinating thread.  I love using kraft cardstock, and have added these cards to my stash!

Hero Arts Challenge theme this month is Food and Travel with the added technique of bookmaking.  Be sure to check it out and play along if you have some time.  I hope to enter this month, fingers and toes crossed! 

Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Quick and easy digital cards

Just want to share some more cards that I made with the wonderful freebie "Velvet Flower" from Tiffany Doodles and the new DeLovely range from Cosmo Cricket.

I love working with this wonderful digi.  I printed out a sheet full of them, cut them out and then colour them as needed!.

Thanks for peeking.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend and for those in the US - enjoy the 4th!.  I miss the celebrations we used to have with friends, fireworks etc. whilst living in the States.  We will do our own celebration here in Ireland for our two little Americans!  Enjoy.