Tuesday 24 September 2013

DT card for SweetStamps.com Challenge #136 Roses

Hi everybody!

Yes it is Tuesday again, time does fly when you having fun!! Well across at SweetStamps.com we are having loads of fun with all the new Clear ArtsyFartsy stamps and all the lovely new dies!!!The new September releases by Jacqueline Hill has just brought out a lot of new stamps that she design for SweetStamps.com. You should pop over and have a look and you will soon realize you "do need it" The only saying all crafters know! lol.

Well this week we are having fun with


and I would love to share my project with all of you!

I would love you to take a minute or two to pop over to our SweetStamps Blog 
to look at all the fantastic creations all out DT's had made.  
We would love you to get so inspired 
and have a play with us this week!

Well here is my take on this weeks:


Well I gone for white on white with a touch of colour
I used embossed card cut smaller and rounded the edges with a punch
I added the lovely 4 big pearls
I used a die and added small pearls around the oval to give
a lovely frame around my image


This a lovely Rose Bouquet 707 Small stamp from SweetStamps
I used Stickles to color the roses in with for a bit of glitz
I coloured the leaves and the center of my small
Flowers in with Promarkers:
Grass & Primrose

Links to all the lovely products are below. You can stock up on some needed supplies from the SweetStamps Store it is packed with fantastic products.



 Well I hope you enjoyed this project of mine and hope I could be of some inspiration to you!

Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy lives to visit my blog!
I would love comments and 
why not become a follower if you are not one yet! 
I would love that
xoxox



I would love to enter this project into the following Challenges:
2 Sisters : A/G #163 (88) 5/10
Allsorts : How does your garden grow #226 (23) 5/10
Challenges and candies  : Romantic #17 (35) 4/10
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards  : Flowers #49 (55) 11/10
Keep It Simple! : Flowers (23) (33) 3/10

Wednesday 18 September 2013

My Stallion - SweetStamps.com Challenge #135 - Western

Hi all you lovely Bloggers out there!

How are you all doing on this lovely day!  Well I can say the sun is shining in my life and I am as happy as can be!  I am going on a long weekend away with the Motor Home (RV) down to England! Hope you are all well!

Well lovely Bloggers we have a fantastic Challenge #135 for you across at SweetStamps.com

Western

We'd love to see your Creations, so come and join us and have some fun with us 

You could win a $20 shopping spree for goodies at

SweetStamps.com's online store just by playing along!!

Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

Next week's Challenge #136 is

Roses

We have another Technique Challenge once a month and is ending on the 14 September. 



The theme for that challenge is Masking Technique 

Well everybody here is my take on a Western Theme:


I had fund doing this card! I used a speckle cream card as my base and made an A5 card
I took this lovely medium brown handmade paper and wet the 
edges and just tore it to give me the distressed look
and took Walnut Stain Distress Ink and inked
the edges and rolled 1 corner
I took a bit of cream hessian cloth and fray the edges
and ran my the  Walnut Stain Distress Ink over the
the hessian
I used a Marianne Die form my frame and used a dark brown
card stock


Well did I had fun doing this Image!
I stamped my image that is from SweetStamps.com
Horse Portrait Oval with Brown Memento
and embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder
I used 2 distressed inks Pumice Stone &
Walnut Stain to color my image
I cut it out and inked up with Versamark Ink
I took Deep Impressions Clear Embossing Powder
all over and heat it with my heat gun
I done this twice I really wanted a nice thick image
After about 20 min I started to bend my image to
created a crackle effect!
Then framed it with this lovely die cut frame from Marianne Designs
Well that is my Western Theme card.

The supplies I used from Sweet Stamps Store:




 Well I hope you enjoyed this project of mine and hope I could be of some inspiration to you!

Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy lives to visit my blog!
I would love comments and 
why not become a follower if you are not one yet! 
I would love that
xoxox

I would like to enter into the following challenges:
Eclectic Ellapu: For a Boy (8) 28/9
Glitter n Sparkle : C#51 (8)  28/9
Hiding in my Craft Room : C#116 (29) 29/9
Brown Sugar : C #60 (34) 26/9
Inspire Me Fridays W - C#121 (135) 29/9
Pattie's Creations - 2W, 2E, SIO, include an image – No. 76 (33) 3/10

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Monochrome with Silliohette

Hi everybody!

Well I really hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I have such a busy week ahead of me! We are going down to England for a few day with the Motor Home or as some people know it as a RV.  We going to a big Motor Home and Caravan Show with a group of our friends.  So it will be a very busy weekend! We have about 5 hours to drive down from Scotland. We are surely looking forward to it!

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Here is my Recipe!


I decided to just go for CAS and Monochrome
Well lets begin
I used plain white cards stock as my main card and made a A6
I had this lovely pearl embossed card for a very long time
I think I bought it in South Africa in 2007! I used it as my base
I used several different dies and I just love how everything came together
on the end.
I added some black pearls for little bit of bling!


For my main image I used this lovely Cameo Silhouette from
SweetStamps and it is from their lovely range of 
SweetCut Dies  
I used Black Card stock to cut her out

The supplies I used from Sweet Stamps Store:


 Well I hope you enjoyed this project of mine and hope I could be of some inspiration to you!

Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy lives to visit my blog!
I would love comments and 
why not become a follower if you are not one yet! 
I would love that
xoxox



I would like to enter into the following challenges:
To be updated

Sunday 15 September 2013

Piecing my Mr & Mrs Snowman together!

Hi dear Blogger!

It is a dull day here in Scotland today, but a fantastic excuse not to do gardening and stay inside to craft!!!!  I had a fab weekend so far! I am still helping my friend with the Lazer Cutting Machine to build up stock for a few big shows later this year, well saying that the 1st is only 4 weeks away, wow the time does fly when you do have fun!

Well it is again time for another monthly technique across at 
SweetStamps.com and this month it is
Paper Piecing

I loved it so much I even created my back ground with the same paper as 
what I used to do my paper piecing on my stamps and 
created a quilt blanket effect.

This  Months Technique Challenge across at SweetStamps.com!!! 


Just a reminder that this challenge lasts until 14 October

The monthly challenge at SweetStamps Challenges is focused on techniques and will run from the 15th of the current month to the 14 of the next month.

You have a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to spend on lovely nice 
goodies at the SweetStamps.com



You get an extra chance to win when you use a SweetStamps image on your creation.


**All of these techniques and more can be found on the TUTORIALS page of our website**  

Well here is my take  on it!


I used a plain white card stock and made a 6 X 6 card
I made my background  like a patchwork quilt with the squares
all measuring 3.5 cm and used the papers that I used
to do the Paper Piecing on my image
I layered it with plain red card stock


for my image I used the Mr & Mrs Snow Duo 207K from SweetStamps.com
The DP papers I used is from Wild Rose Studio - Traditional Christmas
I made the broom stick from a Tooth Pick and Butchers Twine 
I added a bit of blink to both for buttons
I used 2 Spellbinders dies, the Grand Scalloped Oval and the Small Scalloped Oval
I used Distressed ink for the background

Here is my list I used from SweetStamps.com




Well I hope you enjoyed this project of mine and hope I could be of some 
inspiration to you!

Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy lives to visit my blog!

I would love comments and 
why not become a follower if you are not one yet! 
I would love that
xoxox



The challenges I would like to enter this creation of mine is:
Sister Act Card Challenge : A/G #24 (174) 20/9
Winter Wonderland Frosty the snowman (13) 20/9
C.R.A.F.T. Paper Piecing #224 (31) 19/9
Cute Card Thursday - Hip to be Square #286 (171) 19/9
Alphabet Challenge - 2W, 1E, JFF (16) 22/9


To be updated

Tuesday 10 September 2013

ATC - SweetStamps.com Challenge#134

Hi everybody!

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend with all your love ones!  Well I had a very busy weekend helping a dear friend of mine getting ready for a very big Christmas craft show! I just love helping her anything to do with crafts is my live!

Well across at SweetStamps.com there is a new 


and it is to make an 

ATC, Artist Trading Card. 

This is a card that is only 2.5 inch X 3.5 inch. 

This little Trading card has been around for over 120 years.
Collecting and trading these cards is a hobby which has been enjoyed by 
millions of people throughout the world.  
When you make artist trading cards you should always 
show certain info on the back and they can include the following: 

Name of the artist
Contact information, usually an email address/blog address
Title of the ATC and or the theme of the swap
Date of creation of the card
Edition number within a limited edition or series
Signature of the artist

I hope you enjoyed reading a bit of the History of an Artist Trading Card


We'd love to see your Creations, so come and join us and have some fun with us 

You could win a $20 shopping spree for goodies at

SweetStamps.com's online store just by playing along!!

Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

Next week's Challenge #135 is

Anything Goes

We have another Technique Challenge once a month and is ending on the 14 September. 

The theme for that challenge is Masking Technique 

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Here is my Recipe!

The Front


The size of my ATC is 2.5 X 3.5 inches
I stamped this lovely stamp from SweetStamps.com
from their ArtyFartsy Stamps


on a cream card with  Brown Memento
I used a corner punch and punched these photo corners
Glued everything to a dark brown card stock for a layer
Lastly but not least added these lovely pearls

The Back


I printed this info cart off the internet
Distressed it with Brown Memento
added it to my back of my ATC


 Well I hope you enjoyed this project of mine and hope I could be of some inspiration to you!

Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy lives to visit my blog!
I would love comments and 
why not become a follower if you are not one yet! 
I would love that
xoxox




Sunday 8 September 2013

DT Card - Anything Goes Hobbycutz Challenge #15

Hi everybody on this lovely Sunny Sunday!

Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend with your families and friends across the world!  I have  had a very busy time but loving it! Just as long as I am crafting!

Well this week across at Hobbycutz we are having a fantastic theme, I must say I personally love this kind of challenge because Anything Goes!  We have this amazing  sponsor with the most lovely Digi stamps, The Stamping Chef!

Well I were lucky enough to use 1 of her images for this challenge.  So let see what I done with it and I hope I can give you all a bit of inspiration!

My procedure is as follows:

I made an A5 size card with Heavy Black Card
I layered it with Pink and black card and my then my coloured image
I used a lovely set from Hobbycutz S00111 all the baking utensils!


This lovely image is from our sponsor  The Stamping Chef! Culinary Claire


I used Promarkers and Copics to colour her in!
Promarkers:
Sandstone, Ivory, Vanilla, Magenta
Dark Grey 5 & 3

Copics:
E27, R81, E99 & E25

Lastly I added the love baking utensils from Hobbycutz S00111

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 Well I hope you enjoyed this project of mine and hope I could be of some inspiration to you!

Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy lives to visit my blog!
I would love comments and 
why not become a follower if you are not one yet! 
I would love that
xoxox




I would love to enter my creation into the following Challenges:
Ladybug Crafts:  A/G #September (25)  4/10
Challenges 4 Everybody  - A/G #29 (801) 28/9
Glitter n Sparkle : - Add some Pink #50 (16) 20/9
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards   A/G #48 (225) 26/9
Inspire Me Fridays:  A/G #120 (152) 19/9

Tuesday 3 September 2013

Butterflies - Sweetstamps.com Challenge #133

Hi to all the lovely Bloggers out there!

It is still summer here in Scotland Yippeeeee! Finished with my weather forecast  lol
I hope everybody is having a great week so far and had a nice weekend! I have been very busy sorting my craft room out getting rid of a lot of stuff that I do not use anymore.  I love to have a clean out now and again.

Well it is Tuesday and another lovely challenge from SweetStamps.com

We have another Fab Challenge for you all this week

and it is.......


We'd love to see your Creations, so come and join us and have some fun with us 

You could win a $20 shopping spree for goodies at

SweetStamps.com's online store just by playing along!!

Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

Next week's Challenge #134 is

ATC

We have another Technique Challenge once a month and is ending on the 14 September. 

The theme for that challenge is Masking Technique 

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Here is my Recipe!

I used linen card as my main card and created a A5
I took a A5 Sheet of Lilac glitter card and stuck it to the main card


I used a Spellbinder Die for the Mirror Card
Majestic Labels 25


These lovely Butterflies are from SweetStamps.com
SweetCuts range SC012A & SC012B
I cut them out of pink Vellum and in the center
I used SweetStamps.com Micro-fine Glitter "Golden Glitz"
I added a string of bling to create the 
Butterfly trail


This is picture from the side to show the dimension of this card


I added silver flower shaped bling to all 4 corners


Finally another photo of my creation with the Butterflies for the Challenge#133
SweetStamps.com

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 Well I hope you enjoyed this project of mine and hope I could be of some inspiration to you!

Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy lives to visit my blog!
I would love comments and 
why not become a follower if you are not one yet! 
I would love that
xoxox


I am going to enter this project into the following Challenges:
4 Krafty Girlz  - #1 - (43) 23/9
Paper Crafting Journey  - AG (495) 12/9


To be updated: