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.

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

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

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 

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. 

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. 

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?

 

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/hmfmc-448-anything-goes-option.html ATG

Create your own background TMR

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for

I had a card to make for our neighbour, so went looking through stamps and my digi stamps and found Ted. I've used him a couple of times, and cased one of my cards here, our neighbour loves his garden, it was for his 82nd birthday.

I took Fred into Silhouette and cut him 3 times, the background twice, in case I made an error, you know I hate fussy cutting!  I coloured the background in DI's, adding a few bushes in the garden, then some grass and sky. All layered onto a die cut circle. Ted was coloured, and the 3 layers glued together and added to the background.

digi stamp - Dr Digi, Ted & his shed

inks - Distress Inks

circle die - Tonic pin dot

hollyhock die -  AliExpress

sentiment - from the web  

CCC Fun Pigeon

  Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

I had this stamp sitting on my desk for over a week, deciding what to do with him. I looked online for some ideas and found a saying, which meant I went straight to the stamp knowing what to do, the longest time was making the envelope and framed saying.

I stamped him on a piece of card I had in my scraps box, then decided on a different for me, generic background. Next, I stamped the "dots" and used DI's in masculine autumnal colours to blend over them. He was coloured in the same colours apart from his crop. I used 3D glaze for his beak and eyes and white pen for the cere, I didn't know the name of it, so I looked it up! I then stamped some birds to keep him company. He was attached to red card and onto the base card, that I had stamped with the sentiment. 

Seeing as he is a homing pigeon, I added the envelope and message he brought home. The envelope and saying was done with Silhouette, printed then cut and scored. I then placed the saying inside the envelope and attached it to the card. His eyes were then 3D glazed.

pigeon stamp - Funky Fossils "Who are you looking at?"

stamp dots - Marianne Design, Silhouette Art CS1120 

inks - Distress Inks, barn door, tea dye, gathered twigs,

 weathered wood, cracked pistachio

white ink - Posca Pen

birds & birthday stamps - old Magazine Freebies 

saying - adapted from the web

envelope shape - Dreaming Tree 

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

 

in case you can't read the saying -

In honour of 

your birthday 

I've left a deposit

on your car. 

Autumn

 

Hello Everyone. 

 

I had a birthday card for a Great, Great Niece, I used a digital stamp, I've had since 2011. I thought it about time she was used, and it looks slightly like my GGniece, so I took her into Silhouette and cut her out 3 times, in case of mistakes colouring her. 

 

I went looking online for blending shades for autumn and came across, what I thought was an unusual mix of colours, so I went with it. 

 

Firstly I coloured the pumpkins, then everything else. I added white Posca pen to the lace on her socks, her buttons, and her eyes.  Next I die cut 2 dies and turned one, then layered and coloured together. A piece of rose gold mirror card was placed under them and stuck to the card. The mirror card was also used for the age and spots, placed randomly. I don't have rose gold embossing powder, so I used gold, it is an autumnal colour after all. I'm not 100% sure of this card, but I don't think she will notice a couple of mistakes. 

 

image - Autumn Kaela, Designs to Delight

inks - Distress Inks, kitch flamingo, squeezed lemonade, carved pumpkin, ripe persimmon, rustic wilderness 

dies - CraftAddictionsUK

rose mirror card - The Range

sentiment - Magazine freebie SC&P

 

 

Flowers mid month 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 Hilary of  

Flowers

 

 

Our prize this month is a £25 store voucher from Personal Impressions (inc pps, winner meets costs of any additional spend). Personal Impressions is one of the UK’s leading brand managers/wholesalers/distributors in the arts and crafts industry, specialising in mixed media, papercrafts, card-making, scrapbooking and journaling. PI are proud to represent over 70 brands from global, recognisable brands to small, niche and new.

 

My second card for the Flower challenge has Poppies. I thought of the yellow Welsh Poppy, for a change. Especially as the card is for a friend of mine in the USA. I stamped the main image in a bright yellow and stencilled on a second layer with a slightly darker yellow. Then stamped the stem and details onto the lower layers in green.  

 

I was then stumped, so I thought I used a die for my first card, I would look for another, and found a die I haven't used before. I cut it, it didn't cut the centre of the die, but I persisted and after putting it through at least 10 times, with varying weights of paper. I doubled some 300gsm card and put it through again, which worked. So frustrating, but it's a beautiful result. I'm glad I persisted, and hopefully I'll remember next time to use a heavyweight card, just for the centre. My boards are straight, so it wasn't that. Anyhow, I cut a piece to add to the card and decided to frame it. After more use, I think my poor Grand Calibur is on its way out, I've had it so many years. 😞

 

Next was to stamp the sentiment and die cut it. Before putting, it together, I decided to add to the yellow theme by adding a strip of ribbon. I don't mind it shows through the die. After completion, I added some gold gems. 

 

stamps - Altenew Poppies, a mag freebie Simply Cards & Papercraft

sentiment stamp - mag freebie 

pattern die - Crafters Companion Diamond Trellis 

frame die - Tonic 

ribbon and gems - stash 

 

 

 

 

I thought, seeing as it's a Flower theme, I would show you photos of the garden borders this week.  It all looks so lovely. I hope you don't mind my indulgence, hubby deserves praise for his work. 

Universe TMR

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for 

I really had to gather images for this subject, but in the end I'm quite pleased with the result. I found backgrounds that went together. I found a digi stamp and a relevant cut file with the letter C for my son's name. His birthday is in a few days, he won't see this as he doesn't view my blog, he loves Space games, so it had to be for him.  Well, I think it's OK for a 49 year old. 😉  I've been good and not added his age this year. I wonder if he’ll notice.    

I planned the design in Design Space in Silhouette, I added the sentiment with a font that I thought were "space" shape letters. Next I print and cut everything. 

I coloured the spaceman and planet with DI's, and added silver glitter pen to the tank, helmet, stripes, and belt. Then added 3D glaze to the visor of his helmet and the single planet. I also added it to parts of the rocket, stars, and the blast.

Then glued everything together.   

background papers - watercolour space DesignBundles

planets paper - Papercraft Inspirations mag freebie

spaceman - Digistamps4joy 2013

glitter pen - Uniball 

inks - Distress Inks, hickory smoke, tea dye, gathered twigs, tattered rose, candied apple, mustard seed, blueprint sketch, ripe persimon

C with rocket - Sarah Christie at Extraordinary Chaos

Font - Gravity

 

I hope you can join us in the Universe?

 

I'm joining the https://snarkystampers.blogspot.com/2025/08/soss-265-is-for-alien.html I hope my Universe, fits the challenge?

Flowers 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 Hilary of  

Flowers

 

 

with a wonderful prize for the winner from 

Our prize this month is a £25 store voucher from Personal Impressions (inc pps, winner meets costs of any additional spend). Personal Impressions is one of the UK’s leading brand managers/wholesalers/distributors in the arts and crafts industry, specialising in mixed media, papercrafts, card-making, scrapbooking and journaling. PI are proud to represent over 70 brands from global, recognisable brands to small, niche and new.

 

A lovely subject, which I'm sure we all love. I have numerous flower stamps, but I went for an old one. I also wanted to use a new die and a new technique to me. 

I stamped the flower twice on pieces of the same card, then coloured with DI's side by side, trying to copy one to the other. Next, I die cut a slatted square in the top piece and die cut it again, adding a scalloped edge. Then, I 3D attached the bottom piece, matching it to the top.  

I found this sentiment in my files, copied from somewhere, which I printed and die cut to match the top layer. I also found a music file that I cut with the Silhouette, which I added to the edge of both the top pieces.  

flower stamp - Chocolate Baroque Floral Musical

square slatted die - CraftAddictionUK

scalloped edge die - Tonic

sentiment by Edwin Curran

music staff - Scrapcationgetaway 2017

inks - Distress Inks, evergreen bough, lucky clover, milled lavender, victorian velvet

Silhouette 

from a different angle 

 

I'm sure you agree the prize is wonderful, I hope you join in, see you there? 

 

Here are more photos of our Green Woodpecker, he's come back again, this time not flying away from the Magpie, but hiding from him. The photos were taken in the rain, so not good, but I hope you can see him. 

An apple and a crab! CCC

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

I had designed this card design a couple of months ago and forgot about it, then came across it and decided it had to be made. I cut the apple and the crab from white 300gsm card and coloured them with markers. The colours are not good in the photo, but they are different reds with an orange. I then added and glossed their eyes. Next the joke was printed, that came from somewhere, using a fun font, and it was die cut. I added the apple and the crab with 3D stickers, as if the crab was holding the apple. They were then added to the base card.

apple - Printable Cuttable Creatables

crab - front crab - Printable Cuttable Creatables

insert crab - Marisa Lerin

markers - Spectrum Noir

font - Helwa

gloss - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

 

 

You want to know the answer? You probably know it anyway. Here it is, the photo wasn't too good as it was taken in bright sunlight. I added the apple to the centre of the crab, then added a fun quote by me.

 

  

You may remember me saying about the magpie shooing our Green Woodpecker from the garden? Well, one of them has come back and keeps coming back, it makes us so happy to see him feeding well on the ants in the lawn. Here he is, not good photos, my phone isn't good at zooming with good quality, but it's a record for us.

Sun Sea & Sand mid month 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 Emma of  

Sun, Sea & Sand

 

I haven't got many stamps with the theme of the Sea, but sorting my craft room, I found a couple, the beach house was amongst the few. We have a beach not far from us that has quite a few beach huts, and I thought yep! That's what I will go for.

 

Firstly I found a cream pearlised card, I blended blue for the sea, and a mix of yellows and brown to get a sandy appearance. I then stamped the sea and embossed it in white, it wasn't my best stamping, but that's the sea, isn't it? Lots of frothy foam, so I went with it. I stamped the beach huts and coloured them with DI's. I also added a darker yellow to make a shadow under the huts. The sentiment was printed out and die cut. It was then added to yellow card and attached to the base card. 

 

sea stamp - Inkylicious By the Sea, Waves stamp set

 hut stamp -  docrafts Papermania, inside Simply Card and Papercraft magazine, a while ago

inks - Distress Inks

yellow card - stash 

sentiment - Gingers House 2016

sentiment die - Craft Making Magic

 

these are the colours, but I forgot to add the beach colours which are wild honey, antique linen, fossilized amber, tea dye,

 

 

More fabulous prizes for the Winner this time from -

Lisa Horton Crafts Petal Flourish bundle, embossing folder and coordinating stencils

 

These Green Woodpeckers were feeding on our lawn recently, just as I snapped them in a hurry, a magpie came in to shoo them away. I was mad, as the Dad usually stays about half an hour, and he brought his young to feed on OUR lawn, AW! I hope he brings it back again.  

 

 

I've just noticed I have had over a million views, WOW! Who would have thought it. Yes it took  15 years, but whose counting. hahaha A BIG Thank you everyone.