06 September 2026

Trees & Leaves WLSC

    Hi Everyone my DT make today is for 

We Love Stamping

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

https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/ 
 
I really didn't know what to go with, as I have a few trees, but decided to use this stamp and a simple sketch from CTS #181
I stamped the mountains and trees onto a scrap piece of white card, then coloured them with DI's. Next I stamped the 3 trees, and coloured those, and fussy cut them. I went looking for some card to match, for the images, and found an embossed piece of card that I thought matched well. 
 
Then for a sentiment, I thought this one was suitable, as even if life throws things upside down, Nature is still wonderful. It was stamped directly onto the base card.
 
I attached the separate trees to the image, and these were then attached to the base card. A very simple card.
 
image - Stamp Addicts - Scenic Sailing
separate trees - Globeland, Mountain Range 
 brown card -  stash 
inks - Distress inks


  
 
We have two beautiful prizes this month from
 Taylored Expressions & Penny Black
 
 
 

2 prizes, $30 store voucher from Taylored Expressions and Penny Black stamp set and stencil from Buddly Crafts (photo's not to scale).
 
Don't forget to use a stamps on your card.  

05 September 2026

Comments

 Hi Everyone

Is anyone having difficulty adding comments? I have been catching up and visited 20 blogs this morning and the comment page is hanging and won't publish? Just a black box saying publishing. I've now, after having them hanging for 15 minutes or more, gone out of the blogs. I won't know who I've commented on or not, so my apologies. 

02 September 2026

Dots & Stripes TMR Challenge

 Hello everyone, my card today is for 
The Male Room 
 
I knew I had this stamp, and have never used it, so thought this was an opportunity to use it. I decided bright was my plan, I have yellow paper, I bought for a project and lots left over, a good time to use it. 
 
I stamped randomly in a sort of pattern, in different colours. Then horizontally, with a dots stamp and then again with the original stamp. With no plan as always, I went looking for a sentiment and luckily found this stamp, it suited my plan of bright. It was stamped onto white card. I then die cut a button, adding it to the stamped, and label cut sentiment. Next I die cut some candles, same as the button, out of gold mirror card. 
 
The background was added to blue mirror card, and added to the base card, next the candles and sentiment were added. For a randomly stamped card, I think it ended up bright as intended.  
stamps - Stamp Addicts, Vicky's Borders 
sentiment - Sissix, Catherine Pooler 
button die - years old! can't remember the makers
candles & label die - Magazine freebie SCP (old) 
inks - Distress Oxide, mustard seed,twisted citron,mermaid lagoon,spiced marmalade
gold and blue mirror card - The Range 
 
 
There’s great inspiration for your Male cards at the Challenge

01 September 2026

Beary Birthday CCC

  Hi Everyone, my DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy #113

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 
Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.
 
My mind is definitely not on cards, with just two days to get my card done, and with visitors expected, and so many other things to do. Panic stations. When I can't think, I usually go to my digi images, as I have done here. The images are all from Creative Market, Watercolour Bears In The Forest, 2025. I used the fonts - Darling Suttine & Aescudos.
 
In Silhouette, I arranged the images on the base square shape, and then print and cut them, the bears and sentiment twice, to add layers without depth. I had cut the bears with a 1mm border, but on this it seemed a bit too wide, so I took Distress Inks, tea die and vintage photo and went around the image, it gives it a highlight I think.
 
They were then added to the colour layer, which I found in my stash, which matched the tree. All then added to the base card. I have to admit, loving that little bear.
 
 
I hope to see you in the challenge with your Critter.