18 October 2025

Acorns WLSC

   Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping.  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  

Anything Autumn
 
 
It was my SiL's birthday a few days ago, and as I had shown her how an embossing folder worked on a recent visit, I thought I would include one on her card.  I wanted to use a new embossing folder with leaves, and leave it white, but, it needed some colour. I added some to the folder and placed the already embossed sheet into it. It produced a feint effect of colour, which I liked.  
 
I used the same colours on the leaves after stamping them with green. The acorns were stamped and coloured, then both were fussy cut. I cut a strip of white and stamped the sentiment. Then left it a couple of days, thinking what to do next. 
 
I thought a touch of ribbon? So off to my ribbon drawers, and I came across the hessian.  Of course, I had to use that. I cut it to fit the sentiment piece of card. I glued the embossed piece onto the base card, then added the hessian and sentiment piece.  Next I added the leaves and acorns to the top corner and placed just the acorns onto the bottom, beside the sentiment. 
 
Another simple card, even using similar colours as my first challenge card this month for the WLSC.
 
stamps - Magazine freebies SC&P
inks - Distress Inks, mustard seed, twisted citron, ripe persimmon, carved pumpkin
embossing folder - Lisa Horton, Fancy Foliage. 
hessian and card - stash 
 

 
I just have a few words to add. Thank you all for your continuing support, whilst hubby isn't well.  xx 
 
 
 
There will be a few 'random surprise spot prizes' this month, announced mid most and end of month posts.

Two prizes of Lavinia Stamps and stencil (photos not to scale). Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway. 

05 October 2025

Pumpkins WLSC

  Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping.  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  

Anything Autumn
 
 
I only have a few Autumn stamps, but had to use these pumpkins. They were stamped and coloured with DI's. I didn't feel they were enough on their own, even on this CAS card. So I stamped some leaves on digital autumnal paper, I added more DI's of the same colours, on top of the paper, that was better, I then fussy cut each leaf and flower arrangement. 
 
Next, I die cut a square and stamped the sentiments onto it. Then I die cut an orange square, and attached them both. I 3D'd the pumpkins onto the background and did a simple placement of the leaves behind them. A very simple card, that maybe I could have added more, but I liked the simplicity. I hope my friend will too.
 
all stamps - Magazine freebies SC&P
inks - Distress inks, peeled paint, mustard seed, carved pumpkin
sentiment ink - an old Whisper pad 
digital papers - Marisa Lerin, Autumn Art papers 2014
Robin Samson, grateful papers 2011
Janet Scott, Hearts  2014 all from Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper
 
 
 
 
There will be a few 'random surprise spot prizes' this month, announced mid month and end of month posts.

Two prizes of Lavinia Stamps and stencil (photos not to scale). Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

01 October 2025

Baby Boy TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 
 
I haven't made a baby card in a couple of years, and was thrilled to make one. I had a couple of stamps, but went to a colouring page by someone I have been a follower of for years. I just love her images, and I had a choice in my files, but decided to go with this cutie. Also, we have a local singer comedian named Max Boyce, and he got the crowds going by saying oggie oggie oggie. This image has a similar saying? So I had to go with it.
 
I print and cut the image with Silhouette on watercolour paper. Then coloured it with Distress Inks. I had a design in mind with a heart, but it didn't work out, so I print and cut a heart with the "oogie oogie" on it, again with Silhouette. I had this "It's a Boy" stamp for a long time, so stamped it onto the heart. Next, I layered the 2 layers of the baby and 3D'd it onto the heart. I used a die heart and sentiment and added it with a split pin, don't know when I used one of those last either.
 
I was going to leave it at that, but for some reason it didn't look right, I die cut some textured card, and ink blended it. Then embossed it with a background I had made with Silhouette an age ago. I cut 3 layers of the hearts and then glued them together. Next, I embossed the layers onto the inked background.  The colour isn't quite right in the photo, but near enough.
 
image - Elizabeth Dulemba  Baby Oogie
 inks - Distress Inks, tumbled glass, broken china, 
dried marigold, spiced marmalade
scalloped heart - Samantha Walker Scalloped Edge Shapes
 Masks Collection 2017 at Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper
it's a boy stamp - Magazine freebie (old) 
heart and sentiment die - CraftAddictionsUK
 Wonky Hearts - Paige Evans, Silhouette Design Store 
square die - Sue Wilson Square Noble die 
 

CCC Fishes

  Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 
Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.
 
 
 Looking through my files I found these fish, that I have had a long time but not used, so many files I have in the same predicament.
 
Anyhow, I took them into Silhouette, chose some coloured paper and cut them out. I also did the water layer and the sentiment at the same time. I'm sure I saw the sentiment on the web at some time.  Then what was I going to do with them? I decided to paint the water with DI's, spreading with a wide brush the colours across the background in a wavy pattern. 
 
The fish were then glued together, with a 3D glaze over the top layer and added wobbly eyes. I thought they needed more, so I die cut a background frame for the water layer and the sentiment. All were glued together and attached to the base card. 
 
inks - Distress Inks, cracked pistachio, twisted citron, salty ocean
tropical fish -  Printable Cuttable Creatables
dies - Tonic 
sentiment font -  2PeasHighTide
3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze 
 card - stash
 
 
 
 
showing the glaze 

18 September 2025

Make it Cute WLSC mid month

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Mervi of   

Make it Cute
 

With 2 prizes each of two House Mouse stamps
 
 
Cute?  I didn't know what to do for my mid month card, so I went with digital stamps and found this little HoneyBee, who I love, but haven't used before, although I had him in 2017. Anyhow, I had some hexagon dies, and I decided on this digital image of a House dripping in honey for the background. However, I decided it would overwhelm him, so I added plain vellum over it to dilute the strong colour it has, then cut both with the die. They were attached with a spot of glue on each corner. 
 
I looked through more dies to see if I had one I could emboss, and this was the closest to a hexagon. It was embossed, the hexagon was attached, then I thought another hexagon for the sentiment, I stamped the sentiment, then thought, it needed some honey mess around the edge of the layer. I didn't mean for so much, but went with it. Both were added to the embossed card and attached to the base card.
 
Honeybee was cut in 3 layers with Silhouette. I then coloured him with DI's. I added some glitter pen to him and his wings. He was then added to the card, I decided he required some companions, so I found some bee stamps, coloured them and added glitter pen, fussy cut them and placed them onto the card. 
 
Image - HoneyBee Aurora Wings 2017
inks - Distress Inks, wild honey, mustard seed, pumice stone, worn lipstick, 
gathered twigs, tumbled glass.
bee stamps and sentiment - Magazine freebies, Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
 hexagon dies - CraftAddictionsUK
embossed die - Mini Lattice Tattered Lace (Old) 
honey house image - Dream Cafe Art Etsy 
glitter pen - Nuvo
 

I hope to see your cute cards in the challenge. 

16 September 2025

Comments

In the last few weeks, my comments have been short and sweet, if I got a chance to make any at all. I have done a few DT posts in advance though.

The reason, is my darling hubby of 59 years is receiving chemotherapy.  I won't go into details, but I felt you needed an explanation for my absence and lack of comments.

Please pray for him.

Thank you. 

07 September 2025

Make it Cute WLSC

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Mervi of   

Make it Cute
 

With 2 prizes each of two House Mouse stamps
 
 
Well I had to use a HM stamp didn't I? I die cut the card square layers, then stamped the images and sentiment. I used DI's to colour them all. Next, I used a glitter pen on the candles and the hat. The bottom layer card was swiped with the pink over the edge, I didn't want a full colour and quite like the effect. They were glued together and attached to the base card. A simple and easy card. And easy for the post too.
 
stamp - House Mouse Sweet Birthday
inks - Distress Inks spun sugar, scattered straw, shabby shutters, tumbled glass
glitter pen - Nuvo 
square dies - Sue Wilson Noble Square dies 

 How Cute will your card be for our Challenge?