One Stop Craft - Monochromatic

Good morning,

It's another lovely sunny day here in Warwickshire, so I have hidden away in my craft room which is just about the coolest room in the house in the morning (and the hottest in the afternoon!).

My apologies for the awful picture. I am struggling to find the right amount of light, it's either too bright or too dark! (Aren't I fussy).

My card uses Papermania DP, a Martha Stewart deep edger punch, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, Leonne Em stamen punch, ribbon and pearl from my stash and sentiment from Waltzing Mouse stamp.

I am entering this card into the One Stop Craft Challenge where the theme is Monochromatic (I hope I will be forgiven for the little bit of green).

Thank you for taking a look and have a lovely day.

Hugs, Clare xx

Autumn Fairy

Good evening,

Here's my second card of the day.

The image is "Autumn Girl Fairy" and is available either as a digi image or a rubber stamp from Cuddly Buddly. The papers are "Fairy Fun Seasonal" digi papers, also from Cuddly Buddly.

I have heat embossed the leaves and the fairy wings, but this doesn't show up too well on the photo.

The image is coloured with Copic Ciaos and I've distressed around the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Antique Linen".

I am entering this card into two challenges:-

One Stop Craft - Distressing
Crafty Catz - Distressing

Hugs, Clare xx

Rosie D's - Summer Birthdays

Good afternoon!

Summer birthdays is the theme at Rosie D's. My niece Emily Grace is 2 this month and this is my card for her.

The image is a RAK from a kind blogging friend and the papers are "A Patchwork of Papers - Pink" from Cuddly Buddly.

Hugs, Clare x

Allsorts Challenge - Seaside Retirement

Good evening,

Here's another card using the Hobby Arts "Harbour" Scene-It stamp set.

I've stamped onto water colour paper and coloured with derwent Graphitint pencils.

I am entering this into the challenge at Allsorts this week which is "Create a Scene".

Thank you for looking.

Clare xx

Sea Breeze

Good afternoon,

I'm enjoying keeping my cards nice and simple at the moment.

This card uses stamps from the Hobby Arts "Harbour" clear stamp set. I've stamped them onto water colour paper and used Derwent Aquatone pencils to colour. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink "Mega Mixed Messages".

Many thanks for looking. Enjoy the weekend ahead.

Hugs, Clare xx

Sir Stampalot July Challenge - Lazy Hazy Days of Summer

A very good morning to you!

It is time for another Sir Stampalot challenge. We were overwhelmed by the number of entries last month and hope you enjoy this month's theme just as much, which is

"LAZY, HAZY DAYS OF SUMMER"

To make my card I brayered Big and Juicy “Soothing Sunset” onto a piece of glossy white cardstock and stamped around it with Hero Arts “Leaf Flourish F5042”. I matted this onto a black card base and then I brayered a smaller piece of glossy white cardstock and stamped this with an Inkadinkado wood backed stamp (unfortunately I don’t know the name or number of this stamp). I cut this out with a large label nestability and layered it onto a large scalloped rectangle nestability cut from black card. I stamped the butterflies onto glossy card and sponged ink onto them. The large butterfly is from the Elusive Images “Butterfly Poppy” plate and the small butterfly is from the Crafty Individuals sheet “CI-226”, finally I cut out the butterflies and stuck them onto the card.

Our challenge sponsors, Sir Stampalot, have come up with another fabulous prize and, of course we will choose a top three along with the winner, but please do check out the rules to make sure your entry is eligible for the prize.

Hugs, Clare xx

Papertake Weekly "In Stitches"

Good evening,

The challenge at Papertake Weekly this week is "In Stitches".

Image: Big Dreams from Cuddly Buddly
Papers: Peppy Papers Purple/Lime from Cuddly Buddly
Sentiment: Round Mixed Greeting 2 from Cuddly Buddly
Dies: Netabilities Circle and Petite Scallop Circle; Cuttlebug Victorian Corners
Punch: Martha Stewart Butterfly Trio
Other: Sewing machine, Copic Ciaos, Stickles Glitter Glue

Thank you for popping by my blog.

Hugs, Clare xx

More Poppies

Here's another quick and simple card using Hero Arts "Delicate Blossoms". It's very similar to the post below, but I prefer this paper.

Enjoy you day xx

Poppies

Good morning,

No challenge today, but I thought I would share this simple card which I made using my new "all time favourite" stamp set from Hero Arts called "Delicate Blossoms". I stamped the largest image onto SU paper (Sweet Always), heat embossed it and then cut out the blooms and stuck them onto the image which I had also stamped on the card. I then used two Cuttlebug embossing borders to finish off the card.

Many thanks for looking, have a great day.

Hugs, Clare xx

Creative Inspirations - Paper Piecing

Good afternoon.

The challenge at Creative Inspirations is Paper Piecing. This is right up my street, I love to paper piece, as my regular readers have probably guessed already!

I have used a cute image by Kim Sponaugle called "Kickabout". The papers are Cuddly Buddly "Peppy Papers - Purple/Lime", I scaled them down for the paper pieced clothing. The remainder of the image has been coloured using Copic Ciaos.

Thank you for visiting.

Hugs, Clare xx

Allsorts Challenge Week 58 - Embossing

Good day to you,

I have had some rare free time this morning. OH is in the garage shuffling things around and the little man is fast asleep on the sofa - almost unheard of for a Saturday morning. He went to bed at 10pm last night (after a party) but still got up before 6am this morning and now he is catching up!

Anyhow, on to today's card. The challenge at Allsorts this week is "Embossing". I've used both dry embossing and heat embossing on my card.

The main image is Penny Black "Mixed Media". I stamped this in Memento "Rich Cocoa" and then inked with Tim Holtz Distress inks "Victorian Velvet", "Spun Sugar" and "Antique Linen", next I painted the flowers with "Victorian Velvet" before coating them with Versamark (using a VM pen) and heat embossing with clear embossing powder. The punched flowers have been embossed with a Crafts Too "Daisy" embossing folder and coated in "Victorian Velvet" and again covered in Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The base of the card is made using my much loved Crafts Too 5" x 5" dots folder, with a little "Antique Linen" sponged around the edges and the sentiment is a very sweet one from SU!

Enjoy your weekend.

Hugs, Clare xx

Simon Says - You Gotta Have Friends

Good afternoon.

The theme at Simon Says Challenge this week is "You Gotta Have Friends".

I have used a gorgeous image from Penny Black called "Poppy Poem". I was very lucky to win the Penny Black Challenge a couple of weeks ago and the prize was a Penny Black stamp of my choice from the very generous Julia at Stampers Supermarket. It was easy for me to choose as I have seen this stamp used to make fabulous cards by my blogging buddies Brenda and Sally.

Again I have kept my card simple. The base card is made using Bazzil Dots card, the image is coloured with Prismacolor Pencils and the sentiment is from SU! stamped with Brilliance ink. I have used black Stickles for the centre of the flower.

Thank you for looking.

Hugs, Clare xx

Crafty Catz - Let's go Digital

Good afternoon,

The challenge at Crafty Catz this week is "Let's Go Digital".

My card uses two digital images, a digital sentiment and digital papers. The main image is "Emmy Sitting", she's sitting inside "Oval Daisy Frame" (which I re-shaped to make it a circle) and the papers are "A Patchwork of Papers - Yellow". I've taken three of the papers and made them into a patchwork. The images, papers and sentiment are all from Cuddly Buddly.

Emmy has been paper pieced and coloured with Copics and I 3d'd the daisies to give some dimension.

Enjoy the weekend.

Hugs, Clare x

Something Summer!

Hello!

The challenge at "Stamp Something" this week is "Something Summer!"

I am entering a very simple card which I think is quite summery. I've used Magenta "Summer Meadow" for the main image. I heat embossed it with clear powder and then coloured over the top. The butterfly is from the Elusive Images "Butterfly Blush" plate, I stamped it in a pale yellow ink and then overstamped it in orange using a Crafty Individals crackle stamp, before cutting it out. The base card has been run through the Big Shot in a Crafts Too 5" x 5" embossing folder.

Time for a cuppa now! Enjoy your day.

Hugs, Clare xx

Wheelbarrow card

Good afternoon.

The challenge at Charisma Cardz this week is "to make a project for a guy".

For the main image I have used two stamps from the Flower Soft Wheelbarrow plate and coloured them with Prismacolor pencils and Sansodor. I used a little bit of Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Antique Linen" around the image to soften the white of the card.

The papers are My Minds Eye "Asparagus" and the Father stamp is from Papertray Ink "Mega Mixed Messages" set.

Many thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day.

Clare xx

Fathers' Day Card

Good morning,

Today's card is for three challenges:-

Rosie D's - Something Blue + option Fish (I think there may be fish just out of sight under the water!)
Creative Inspirations - Monochrome
Polka Doodles - Fathers' Day/Male Theme

The image is made using Stampscapes nature sheet 12. I stamped the sea and used three different blue Brilliance inks to colour it, then I stamped the boat onto acetate using black Stazon ink and stuck it to the sea.

Enjoy your day, whatever you are doing.

Clare xx

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge

Hello,

Today's card is for the Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge where the theme is "Monochromatic and Wings".

I love my Tim Holtz Distress Inks, but find I rarely use the colour "Pine Needles" so today I have given centre stage to this colour.

I always struggle to capture, glimmer, shine or sparkle when I photograph a card.

For the base of the card I used a 5" x 5" Crafts Too embossing folder (I can't wait for them to bring out more embossing folders in this size). The main image is Magenta "Lovely Meadow", I stamped this using Pine Needles distress ink and then covered it with Versamark Dazzle "Frost" and heat embossed the whole square with clear embossing powder. The X-Cut punch butterfly was stamped with a Crafty Indivuals Crackle stamp, covered with Versamark Dazzle and spritzed with water to make the ink run a little. The sentiment is from Stampin Up! and has also been stamped in Pine Needles and again covered with Versamark Dazzle.

I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. I have spent the time enjoying the weather and have severely neglected my laptop, I really must catch up on all your lovely blogs.

Hugs, Clare xx

Christmas card!!

Good afternoon.

The challenge at Crafty Creations this week is "It's a Stitch Up"

I love to add stitching to my cards so this challenge is right up my street.

I am also entering this into the current Winter Wonderland challenge "A Traditional Christmas Flower", where you are asked to use a traditional winter flower or plant - I've used Holly!

Ingredients:
Image: Christmas Fairy Girl (available as a rubber or digi stamp)
Papers: Fairy Fun Seasonal papers
Sentiment: Christmas Greetings rubber stamp
All available from Cuddly Buddly.

It felt a bit strange to be making a Christmas card in June!

I hope you are all having a good week. Thank you for visiting.

Hugs, Clare xx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Good afternoon.

I've spent a lovely couple of hours in my craft room making a card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge where the theme is swirls.

The stamp I have used is Penny Black 4039K 'Candid'. I love the Penny Black floral stamps and have many of them on my wish list.

I stamped the image twice so that I could cut out some extra petals and a flower to layer onto the base image. I coloured the image with a Copic Ciao and a Promarker and then heat embossed the pieces I wanted to layer with a clear embossing powder (this shows more clearly in the cropped picture). I also added some "Diamond Black" stickles to the centre of the flower.

The yellow cardstock has been embossed using a Cuttlebug "Divine Swirls" embossing folder. I also used my new Crafts Too "Dots" embossing folder on the oval mat, this embossing folder is great as it is 5 x 5 inches - I can see me using this one a lot.

Thank you for visiting and taking a look.

Best wishes, Clare x

Fairy Fun Family "Spring Girl"

Good day to you!

Firstly, I must apologise for my lack of blogging recently and more importantly for not being able to visit your blogs and comment. I have really missed my time at my laptop!

My card today is made using the pretty "Spring Girl" fairy from the Fairy Fun Family range at Cuddly Buddly. If you are a Cuddly Buddly fan it's worth a visit to their web shop as they are having their June sale and stamps and digis have 25% off.

I've coloured the image with Copics and added lots of glamour dust - I love the stuff!

I am entering this card into:-

Cupcake Craft Challenge - "Dazzle Us"

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Hugs, Clare xx