Navy and white

What a week... I was lucky enough to get a mention at the Muse challenge with this card ,the CASology with this card AND the 52(christmas) Card throwdown with this one and I can't tell you how chuffed I am -ok I'm  over the moon !!!!!!!!!
So thank you so much ladies
xxx

Saying that I wasn't sure if I would manage this week to make a card as have been a bit under the weather ,the wee ones in nursery have all been going off sick with a virus that they have kindly shared with the staff :) but thankfully it seems to be getting better now.
So I thought that I would join in over at the  colour me! challenge which is for the colours Navy and White. I went with the predictable Christmas card using the navy as the night sky and sentiment (loving the SU endless wishes set using for all kinds of occasions!),I don't really have a Christmas tree that was suitable for this kind of card except for this one, decided to use white pigment ink from SU ...well maybe I'm not using it right but it doesn't stamp well this took two sheets of paper to get these three and they are not that great !and even though I heat set the pigment ink for ages it still smudged grrr.

Then as I have no navy ink pad ( can you believe that!) used a SU night of navy pen to do the sentiment,oh and the snow in the background I used  two old brushes rubbed them together to get the splatter (still had to heat set it) and tore scrap paper for the drifts.

  Thank you for taking the time to look.
xxx

Casology

 Brrr it is really freezing today and its supposed to be like this all week what a start to February and I had a few things to do this morning, but now sitting all cosy in my craft room - hope you all have had a good weekend wherever you are.

It has been a wee while since I joined in with the Casology challenge ,and  decided to use the famous James Bond download that I have ( in this house  the men all love James Bond movies!!! ) to make it.

It came to mind when I came across the red circle and white snippets that where sitting on my desk so sssssh all I had really to do was work out the placement for the SU sentiment and James Bond himself.

It came together in about five minutes but will be another addition to my male card box,I know I'm weird but I find female cards so much harder to do than male ones!

Thanks for taking the time to look and I will be popping over to have a peek at your creations too!

xxx

Hearts and flowers

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'TAKE A STAMP'

CRAFT STAMPER MAGAZINE

This week I have been struggling with my mojo it went on holiday without me !and the last few cards I have made have left me feeling dissatisfied with how they turned out.

But must admit loving this one thi is a me card ...if you know what I mean. I see so many beautiful cards out there in blogland using so many techniques and long to copy oops case them, but they never turn out right obviously I am just a plain and simple gal!

When I saw the Muse and the Card concept challenges this week my mind was just went blank, but when I was walking home from work today the idea for the muse challenge heart popped into my head - hearts and flowers like Julies card then I had the idea to back the heart with the colours from the Card Concept challenge and after lots of searching found a couple of sentimens that fitted ( I don't have many LOVE sentiments, originally I did the sentiment in gold embossing but as it is so tiny you couldn't see it!) 

I think my card would fit the clean and simple for the card concept.
also noticed that my card would fit over at the Craft Stamper Magazine challenge as it is anything goes as long as there is a stamped image on it!

Supplies Wplus9 spring flowers stamp set

Hearts SU punch

Su endless wishes sentiment

Su lucky limeade and melon mambo inks

Thanks for taking the time to look and I will pop over  to have a peek at what everyone else has created ! xx

52(christmas ) card throwdown

Well thats my first Christmas card of 2015 done hee he.

Last year I had  a few done but not nearly enough so starting early this year! So when I saw the 52(christmas)card throwdown theme this week was inlaid dies had to give it a go as it just so happens that I had just received this die ..see getting prepared early too!

It is an Avery Elle die and speak about a jigsaw puzzle there was heaps of really teeny tiny pieces... had to cut it out 5 times as the pesky things kept just disappearing off my desk! But I got there and now have heaps of spares for future use.

For the holly berries I used plenty of red stickles (probably still be drying at Christmas time!) and matted it on SU lucky limeade .

Thanks for taking the time to look and will be popping over to have a wee peek at all your creations

xxx

Freshly made sketches

Hi,

 I'm rushing in before the challenge over at freshly made sketches closes with this very simple card.I like the bow placement but not sure about the rest of it but aw well....

I embossed the background with a SU stripes folder cut it and popped it up with 3D foam with the SU designer  paper underneath and place the bow on more 3D foam.had intended to put on a sentiment  but decided it looked better without.

Sorry once again about the photo think my camera's getting as old as me as it has started putting shadows and lines on my photos that even Picasa can't disguise.But hubby thinking about buying a new one for our cruise ...only problem is my hubby mulls things over for months before committing ....I'm a see it like it buy it kinda girl!

Hope you have all had a great weekend 

and thanks for looking

xxx

Allsorts

(Sorry for the truly awful photo but it is so overcast here at the moment!)

Well it didn't take long for my New Years resolution to make more time to do the things that I want to do to be broken ! but did manage to have a peek at the Allsorts challenge which is to use lace and pearls.

Now it just so happens I was in need of a bag for an upcoming birthday so I cut a lacy border using this lace stampin up punch and then diecut the large daisy from a (retired) die also from SU, added a large gem to the centre of it to make it more blingy ...got to have bling on your birthday! and finally added the pearls to the centres of the lace border.The bags I order online in various colours and last year I was surprised how much I use them,! not only for the girls but for men too ....check out my favourite here

Hope you are enjoying your weekend wherever you are and thanks for taking the time to look!

xxx

  

showCASe your style and uniko studio

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Love and friendship

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FRIENDS

This weeks challenge was a tough one on showCAse your style, they are asking you to use the above colours and the Less is More and  Uniko studio challenge is for love and friendship so wondered if I could bring the two together,not really sure if I have managed it if I'm honest!

 I did the kiss method on my stamp..... would that count as the love??? :) using SU lucky limeade and tempting turquoise inks.Then popped the rectangle on top,stamped the Uniko studio friend in turquoise in an effort to clean my ink pad(so if you look close there is some green there!) and then using my stamp-a-magig the happy birthday in memento black.

Hope you have had a great weekend and thanks for looking

xxx