Paint stripes?

Hi Everyone, I hope you have had some lovely sunshine as we have had. So good to sit out again in the sun and warmth, after having Autumnal weather of late.

My card today came about after seeing a video by Toni Darroch and me thinking I can do that! well, it's not as intended in the video, but my version. I thought I'd use different colours to what I usually use and here it is. I painted stripes, not as straight as they should be! in the matching colours. I stamped the image and the sentiment with Distress ink, painting out a little of the stamped flowers and then clear embossed. I finished with Crystal drops

stamps - Made With Love, Stamps By Me

distress inks - Antique Linen, Old Paper, Frayed Burlap, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo

Nuvo Drops

brown card - stash

Penguins and news

Hi Everyone, I have been asked to be on the DT of 2CCC, I was thrilled and said yes. Although a correction here, as far as I was aware I was GDT last month, then read the blog and it seems I was full DT all the time, oh! old age!

This is my card for the 40th challenge of 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies

I really couldn't make up my mind which image to use of Jan's Digis, so I used 2, one ready coloured and one I coloured myself. Such fun to do. Both sentiments are in the set, with others. I used dies and my Silhouette to add the mistletoe and snowflakes and to print and cut the images. I added a dp paper to the card and added the images cut out 3 times, then added the details. I used fluffy stuff to the one penguin and 3D gloss to the beaks after layering 3 pieces of them. I also used a silver sparkle pen to the lettering of the sentiment on the right card.

Under the Mistletoe - Jan's Digi Stamps

left card - ready coloured

right card coloured with - Distress inks

mistletoe - Deedees no longer available, I doodled the string

snowflake dies - unknown

fluffy stuff - Cosmic Shimmer

silver sparkle pen - Uniball

Silhouette Cameo 2 to cut out images and mistletoe.

Also Wonderful news

Jan's Digi Stamps

has a 25% off SPECIAL SALE

on all her Christmas sets, throughout the entire month of July

how is that for an offer?

Sheepski Design Challenge

12 months of Christmas Link Up

Jan's Digi Stamp Challenge

Crafty Animals Challenge

A little fun amongst the worry

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all safe and well and if you are crafting yourselves silly LOL.  I suppose I've got a little bit of panic, there is so much on the news it has, as hubby says, begun to frighten me a little and I'm not one for panic usually,  I hope you can get what you require, but stay safe whilst getting them              

 and don't forget about that metre! 

Anyhow my card today is a little "panic" and another for joy. I was only going to do one, I printed out 2 images in case something went wrong, I was pleased with the result of the first, so decided to carry on with the second to see if it would be OK, surprisingly it was, so I made a second card.

image - House Mouse digital stamp

Ranger Distress Inks

Festive Berries, Abandoned Coral, Worn Lipstick

Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Tumbled Glass

Pumice Stone, Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood
sentiment stamp - Bright Rosa, magazine freebie
paper - Craft Sensations
circle die - Tonic pin dot

This is my own sentiment

Then did another of this wonderful image

closeup showing gold glitter pen

http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/hmfmc-312-anything-goes-option-happy.html

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/april-challenge.html

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/week-564-anything-in-animal-kingdom.html

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-40-anything-goes-optional-for.html

Team Colours

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Team colours is the challenge, but I don't follow any teams unless it's Wales in the 6 Nation Rugby Series, and as I had already done red and green for St David's Day I decided to use The Ospreys Rugby Club. I always take in interest in them though. They are not too far away from us. 

Their colours are Black and White so that's what I used and here is my card.

I painted through the stencil and the car with Distress Ink, it could have been a bit darker, but I didn't want to lose details on the car. I cut the car out with a die. I added silver gel pen to the "chrome" parts of the car, hopefully you can see it in the second photo. 

stencil - Ranger, Dina Wakly Media, Magazine Freebie

car - magazine freebie

 Ranger Distress Ink - black soot

oval die - Tonic pin dot

black card - The Range

Silver gel pen - Uniball

sentiment die - Card Making Magic

http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-379-cas.html

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-challenge-407-anything-goes.html

http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-114-anything-goes.html

https://do-allkreatives.blogspot.com/2020/03/masculinebirthday.html

Bird & Stencil

Hi Everyone, another stencil card made at the same time as this one, so colours the same. I had it hanging about, then I saw some stencil cards on the web stamping in black on a stencil, that's all I needed, so off to find a NBUS (as Darnell would say). Of course it was NBUS, it was a stamp LOL. Anyhow I stamped it with Stazon, the only black I have and Versamark watermark ink with clear emboss powder to make it gloss.

I then added a more colouring to the bird to make him stand out a little more. Layered it onto black card, but decided the edge needed to be narrower. I liked the look of the thin cut black card and decided to use it, goodness knows how the corner came together, but it did and I think it looks OK?

Ranger Distress Inks

Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar

stencil - Jamie Koay, Silhouette Design Store, cut on Cameo 2

makeup sponges used

all stamps - Magazine freebies

Horse stamp

Hi Everyone, another stamped card! I may be getting into this. LOL. I had this stamp given me by my SiL who had been to a craft show where these were given to people, she doesn't stamp, but kindly thought of me and gave me 2 A4 size sheets of stamps, quite an assortment for me to attempt to use!

Anyhow, it was my Niece's birthday a few days ago and as I had this cute stamp and she is the mad horse lover I decided to use it for her. I stamped it with a brown ink, then clear embossed, I painted it and added tiny die cuts I have had a looong time. Cut it out with a round die and added it to some black card to lift it off the main card. I'm glad to say she liked it.

horse stamp - unknown

sentiment stamp - magazine freebie

pigment ink - Whispers Dovecraft (years old)

inks - Ranger distress ink

circle pin dot & tiny dies - Tattered Lace

http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/friday-color/forum/topics/festive-friday-s-challenge-february-21-march-5-2020

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/sweet-stampin-birthday-girls.html

Stencil

Hi Everyone, my card today happened when hubby was putting plastic into the recycle bin and I noticed some plastic that I thought would be very handy and it turned out to be yes!

We had a business folder for a couple of years that he decided we had had long enough, so the paper and card were cross cut for the bin and the plastic as I said was going in too. I took it and, with my Silhouette Cameo, I cut a couple of stencils out to see if it would and it did! I also tried die cutting, but it wouldn't go through! Here is the result of one stencil. The numbers are what setting I used to cut it, so I can remember for the next cut.

 design -  Get Silvered blog

Here is the card using -

Ranger Distress Inks

Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar

makeup sponges used

stamps - Magazine freebies.

gold embossing powder - Dovecraft

gold mirror card - The Range

purple card - Craft Sensations

sentiment - computer generated,

 printed onto vellum then heat clear embossed

https://thecatspajamasrs.com/TCP/tcp-tuesday-february-365-challenge/

http://yournextstamp.com/blog/challenge-132-create-your-own-background-comment-to-win/

http://craftstamper.blogspot.com/2020/02/take-it-make-it-challenge-february.html

Polar Bear and Ice!

Hi Everyone, my card today is for the Limited Runs FB page progressive challenge.  I think this bear is one of the cutest I've seen, but had to see him on/in some ice, hence the sentiment.

Polar Bear 3D'd - Limited runs

coloured with Ranger Pumice Stone, very watered down!

embossing folder - Crafters Companion

ice 3D'd- Laurie Furnell Hugware

Spectrum Noir TB3 - on snowflakes

Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Bloom stamp

Hi Everyone, a stamped card today, who would have guessed? Anyhow I saw this gorgeous bloom and die on offer at Dies to die For and I thought yep! I have to have it. 95%, if not more, of  my stamps are mag freebies, so it was a treat to buy this. I'm so pleased I did, I used different browns of Distress inks and was really pleased how it turned out.
I stamped and although I also have the die, I left it flat and then dry embossed piece of card and layered with the darker brown.

I hope everyone is safe and sound with all the extreme weather going on around the world, we are in the throes of storm Brendan, although it passed us last night, it has left high winds and heavy rain in its wake. It's only 2.30pm but more like 6pm with the darkness of the clouds and the amount of rain we are getting. I think we could give quite a few days of rain to Australia and California and not miss by it.

Majestic Bloom stamp set - Altenew

Ranger distress inks - sorry I have forgotten which browns I used.

sentiment stamp - magazine freebie

embossing folder - Embossalicious

sequins - stash

Sweater bear!

Hi Everyone, my card today is for

The Male Room

I was lucky with this challenge theme I had lots of ideas, but, couldn't put them together. As I had stamps that I could use, that's what I went with, the only thing was, I had finished when the light had gone, just 4pm, that's Winter for you! because of that I have to apologise for the photo, taken under artificial light! I know Nordic patterns are rustic and I shouldn't have used mirror card, but the theme is "inspired by ugly sweaters" LOL.

background stamps - Crafters Companion magazine freebies

bear - magazine freebies

sentiment / robin - magazine freebies

all using Ranger Distress inks

fired earth, salty ocean, mowed lawn, seedless preserves.

red mirror card - The Range

ink - Stazon black

embossing powder - WOW clear sparkle

DL card landscape

http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2019/11/november-challenge-stockings-or-other.html

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/11/challenge-403-anything-goes.html

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2019/11/challenge-181.html

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2019/11/challenge-459-christmas.html

Flag bear

Hi Everyone, another quick post from me. I hope to be back in a little while to full time blogging? Apologies again for lack of commenting.

I just had to make this wonderful bear into a card. He looked like he was holding something, so, after colouring him with Distress Inks, I slit open just enough of his paw to hold the flag pole, which had been paper pieced and printed from Photoshop with the Welsh flag on it. I hope he gives you a smile. I just noticed it looks like I added the topper at a slant? It certainly didn't look like that when I made it! Perhaps my eyes need checking?

The bear is a progressive freebie from Limited Runs Digital Stamps for just a dollar you can join in.

bear - Limited Runs

Ranger Distress Inks - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo

flag pole - Hugware 3D'd

cross stitched card - craft outlet

red and green card - Dovecraft

Flowers and black lines

Hi Everyone, my card today is me playing with a big stamp and just using half of it, I coloured it and die cut it, but was lost for a background, then I saw a card by Sarah Warren on the Outlawz. I don't have a link I'm sorry, but the background of black card seemed just what was needed for my card, so thank you Sarah, sorry I can't link you. Maybe you can see it here. I went into my Silhouette and made the background and decided to foil inside the lines, using the WRMK foiling pen.

stamp  and sentiment "Sending you lots of love" - Stamps by Me

coloured with Ranger Inks 

fired brick, salty ocean, mowed lawn and seedless preserves

background, cut and foiled - Silhouette Cameo

Hollyhocks

Hi Everyone, my card today came about when I saw a card on Amazon and loved it, so I ordered the die, when it was delivered, I cut it out of black scrap card I had to see if it cut correctly, it's been sitting waiting for me to do something with the die.

I was  making a tea light holder, to be shown later, when the circle scraps lit a light in my head, not often that happens by the way LOL. I had my inks and painted a piece onto card, then remembered I had seen in a video, can't remember whose, I'm sorry, they had drawn some black lines, so decided to try it and just added my die cut, a stamped sentiment, it was too long, so cut it, I have just got over - "I can't cut a stamp!". I then decided to 3D the layer. Such a simple card for me.

hollyhock die - unknown

circles - Hunkydory card

ink - Ranger spun sugar

sentiment stamp - magazine freebie