Rainy Days

I love my Elzybells stamps!  I only wish I'd discovered them earlier and not when they were closing :(

The Elzybells stamp and sentiment where stamped using black tuxedo memento ink and coloured with promarkers.  The grey paper was from the papermill and has a lovely dappled effect.  The patterned paper is from DCWV Spring Stack (bargain at £3.95 from Hobbycraft last year!) and, though its not very clear, I've used some Star Dust stickles on the rain drops.

Entering this one into;

CPS - Sketch #211

Sweet Stampin - Weather

Personal Challenge

See this

This is the pile of 6x6 and 8x8 papers that have been clogging up my crafting space.

I've given away loads of sheets but, as you can see, have plenty left so have set myself the challenge of using them all up by the end of the year.

Well...thats the plan anyway.  I usually find it really hard to include a piece of patterned paper on my cards, so its definately going to be a challenge.

I'm making small progress though!

Another Fizzymoon, very similar to the last but slightly different (sentiment, pearls, colour, ect).  I have a feeling I will be making more like this over the next week or so simply because they are simple and look really nice.

Finally

Got round to posting this :)

I made this little guy a week past Friday (a last minute make for my mum) and jetted off on holiday on Saturday so didnt get a chance to show him off.

Fizzymoon is stamped in tuxedo black memento ink, coloured with Promarkers (that I'm finally getting the hang of!), and mounted on some lovely deep purple card.  The patterned paper is from an old papermania set that I still have thousands of sheets from and the sentiment is from the free set of Woodland Folk stamps that came with one of the DoCrafts magazines.  Circle/Scalloped circle was cut with my nesties and stuck on some foam pads.

I'm entering him into;

Craft Your Days Away - For Mum or a Special Lady

Easy Craft Projects - For Mum

Stampin' for the Weekend - For Mum/Mothers Day

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Simon says Stamp - Mothers Day/Girlie

Its been a long road...

*sings*

Getting from there to here.

Its been a long time,

But my time is finally near.

I can feel the change in the wind right now,

Nothings in my way.

And they're not going to hold me down no more,

No they're not going to hold me down

Cause, I've got faith of the heart!

Sorry...kinda spaced out there for a minute...spaced...

Anyone?

I would highly recommend the above song by Russell Watson.

By far the best introduction to any Star Trek series there is.

But back to Crafty things, or the lack off!

Its been months since I last did anything majorly crafty.  A few cards here and there for this and that have been about all I've been doing.

I do have a good excuse though!

I got a full time job!

My first (full time) and I'm still, months down the line, trying to work out how to do my job, have a life, do things that need doing and sleep.  And considering how much I like the latter, its been difficult!

Finally had a major clear out of all my craft stuff (again!) finally feel abit better about getting things moving again.  Especially since I can see the floor now!

My clear out has left me with some unwanted crafty bits that need a new home and you can find them Here.

Hoping to sit and watch the Superbowl tonight and get some crafting done, so keep your eyes peeled for some updates.

TTFN

Wedding Blues

I just cant seem to stop buying stamps at the moment.  I got a couple new sets through this week, amoung them my very first Tilda and Edwin from Magnolia so I'm looking forward to trying them out.

I also got the Wedding Tots set from Woodware.  I've wanted this set for a while so when it was half price on Crafts U Love, well, I just couldn't resist!

As mentioned the stamp and sentiment at from the Wedding Tots set from Woodware, coloured with promarkers.  She has some icicle stickles on her dress and a tiny pearl on her tiara.  The brads are old papermania ones from my stash and the border was cut using one of the Martha Stewart border punches.

The paper is from DCWV spring stack.  I picked this up for a bargain a couple of months ago - 180 sheets...£3.95! from my local Hobbycraft.  Seriously, £3.95!  Got the glitter stack as well for that price and it has some gorgeous designs, all embossed and glittery.

Entering this card into;

Sketch and Stash - Challenge 42

The ABC Challenge - B is for Blue

Forever Friends Freebies!

I'm really going for it with these challenge cards at the moment.

This one is for;

Friday Sketchers - Sketch 115

Forever Friends Challenge on the Docrafts forum

Square white card blank.

Free My Minds Eye paper mounted on green card.

Free My Minds Eye paper mounted on reddish card.

Green organza ribbon with a teal green mounted on top (cut from the inside of a tshirt).

Forever Friends image (freebie) coloured with ruby, dusky pink and vanilla promarkers.

Stamped with my new Memento ink pad.

Early morning make.

I should really be getting some sleep but I'm wide awake, feeling crafty and on the lookout for meteors...sadly its a bit cloudy over Edinburgh tonight/this morning.

Isnt it cute?

Ivory card base, DCWV paper (Spring Stack) mounted on brown card, Daisy and Dandelion image (Bramble?) and sentiment, as well as Inkadinkado flowers and some bling from my stash.

The flower was inked up, coloured (cool aqua and pastel blue), cut out and then slotted together by cutting to the centre of each and then fitting them together.

Real happy with this one :)

Entering it into;

Colour Create - Ivory, Duck Egg Blue and One Other Colour

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Claire's Sketch

Raise the Bar - ABC (Animal, Brown and Clean and Simple)

Pretty as a Princess

Another challenge card tonight.

Light pink card base, DCWV papers (spring stack), Elyzbells Stamps, Promarkers and a little Stickles on the crown.  The gems in the corner are from my stash (£shop bargain).

Entered in;

Moving along with the Times - Challenge 59

Creative Card Crew Challenge - Cute and Girly

Life's a Beach

I would love to be on a beach somewhere, sipping on an exotic cocktail and enjoying the sun.  Well, either a beach or Las Vegas.  Its now over a year since I was there and I cant wait to go back, and hopefully soon.

As it is we've been enjoying some thunder storms today.  Some people mgiht hate them but I love a good thunder storm.  Always reminds me of Orlando and the family holidays, as well as the summer I spent working there.

This is the card I've been working on this afternoon.

Its a piece of blue/green paper from the Hopscotch collection from K&Company mounted on a sheet of dark green paper and affixed to a square white card blank.  The same colour of green is used to mount the image (from CUP designer Lee Jacobs and coloured with buttercup, sky blue, dusky pink, leaf green and ruby promarkers), the sentiment (Inkadinkado) and the centre strip.  The ribbon (a light blue which doesnt show up well on camera) and the tiny pearls (blue and white) are from my stash.

I am entering this in;

Simon Says Challenge - Summertime Blues

ABC Challenge - A is for August

Cards for Men - Off on an Adventure

Secret Crafter - Its a Mans World

I also issued a personal challenge to myself to use a piece of patterned paper from my stash...I sorta managed it!

Baaa!

My new stamps came through from Elzybells (so sad that she is closing down) and I've spent the afternoon having a little play!

The arrival of these stamps also means that I am able to enter the latest challenge over at My Time to Craft - Farm Fever!

As mentioned the stamped image of the sheep, as well as the sentiment, are from Elzybells "Jump for Joy" set (on sale at the moment) and the ribbon is from my stash.  I used Promarkers for the colour (Power Blue, Lime Green and Canary) and Icicle Stickles.

Its a plain and simple card but looks really nice.  Especially with the extra sparkle the Stickles provide.

This card, and the others I have made recently, are going to a sale at my Grandads nursing home.  Hoping they raise some money!