For someone special

I was asked some time ago to make this card, but never got round to blogging it. I think it's good for Addicted to stamps 34 : for someone special.

The photo isn't a very good one - for some reason a bit of the right hand side of the card is chopped off - the dymo tape wasn't really so near to the edge. The little hearts on the bigger heart and on the starry tag are brads as is the flower in the centee of the cluster of flowers.

The card and papers used are from Kanban stock that I bought quite some years ago.

This is also for:

Mishelflo's July challenge: happy blooming birthday
Crafty creations 179: tags
Card and scrap 35: wings
Hotshot 10: Kanban
Crazy amigo: free theme

Waste not Wednesdays 27: use your stash
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 68
52 card pick up week 29

Simply leaves

This is a cut out picture of leaves (recycled from an old card) mounted on to a green card blank with a few butterflies added and a couple of die cut leaves, with the addition of a peel off sentiment (yes, I still have a few!).

This is for:

Totally Gorjuss 141: leaf it in
Polka doodles 29: go green & recycle
Card and scrap 35: wings
Crafty catz 142: monochromatic
Bloggers challenge: die cuts
Crazy amigo: free theme

52 card pick up week 29

Suzie's 365 photos day 203: three's a crowd

I've had to resort to a photo that I took some years ago for today's 'three's a crowd' for Suzie's day 203.

Indeed, this was quite a time ago because sadly two of these dogs are no longer with us.

We were visiting our son and daughter-in-law's and John is with his guide dog, Oscar. Willow is in the front and Boxie is trying to get in on the act at the back, but I think he realises that 'three's a crowd'!

CHNC challenge 82: monochrome

The week's go by so quickly and here we are getting towards the end of July already. If you haven't yet started thinking about making Christmas cards perhaps you can be tempted to do so by going over to my CHNC challenge 82 - this week I'm asking to see monochromatic cards, either black and white or mainly various shades of one colour.

This is my card for the challenge, using 'sliding penguins' digital stamp from Digi Doodle Shop who are this week's sponsors of CHNC challenge 82.

I've used Merry Monday sketch 16 for my card which is my third entry for Merry Monday sketch with a twist, where we were asked to use any of their past sketches and make 4 cards during the month of July.

I used a black card blank and three strips of white and silver Kanban card. I coloured the penguins with copics (not that there was much colouring to do) and added stickles glitter glue on the snow drifts. The sentiment was generated on computer and printed. The snowflakes were cut with a Woodware punch.

This is also for:

Marker pop 3: black and white
Creative card crew 15: black card stock
Crimbo crackers 20: penguins (or animals)
Christmas stampin all year long 20: sketch - any sketch you like
Ruby's rainbow 33: cute animals
Charisma cardz 28: your favourite animal - I love penguins on Christmas cards
Creative craft world July mini challenge: monochrome
52 card pick up 29

Simply British

The theme on Try it on Tuesday this week is 'so very British' - to show a little bit of Britishness on a project.

So I've made two cards, one with a London taxi and the other with a London bus. These tags are embroidered items that I bought ages ago thinking they would come in handy one day.

The backing papers are Best Creation Transportation - the one with the bus has a piece of the reverse side across the bottom and the one with the taxi has a couple of pieces of stitched ribbon. These were offcuts from a previously used 12 x 12 paper that had been in my snippets box for far too long.

These are also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets 29
Hiding in my craftroom 54: super scraps Saturday
The pretty little ribbon shop 12: tags (the second card)
One stop craft 191: let's travel around the world
Nutcrafters 22: one for the boys
Paperminutes 226: only patterns and ornaments
Crazy amigo: free theme

52 card pick up week 29

Relaxing in the sun

It would be wonderful to be relaxing in the sun ... we've seen precious little of the sun lately.

For this card I've used the skerch for Sketch Saturday 216:

I've used offcuts from the DCWV papers used earlier this week, adding an ATC that I made almost three years ago (I took part in a swap and made more than I needed) - I used two rubbadubbadoo stamps, masking one behind the other.

The die cut flipflops, shells, sun and clouds are all from my stash.

This is for:

DCC & friends 1: anything goes
Pixie's crafty snippets 29
Hiding in my craftroom 54: super scraps Saturday
Crafty mess 13: sun or moon
Our craft lounge 126: sunny days
Crafty calendar July: fun in the sun
Friday mashup 68: summer
Stempelsonne 67: summer/holiday
Pile it on 29: kick back and relax
Tammy scraping corner: summertime
Everybody art 201: summer
Blog a doodle: summer holiday
Freshly brewed 103: summertime
Little Claire 23: summer/holidays
Crafty ribbons 24: holidays
Dare to be sassy 134: hit the beach
Order of the opus gluei 135: where d'you get your suntan?
Fussy & fancy 67: photo inspiration:

Inky impressions: photo inspiration:

Crazy amigo: free theme
Waste not Wednesdays 27: use your stash
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 68
52 card pick up week 29

Surfing

This card is in response to the photo inspiration given for Inspired by 33:

I've used on offcut of some 12 x 12 DCWV paper that I cut into for a card yesterday, so this is for Pixie's crafty snippets 29 and Hiding in my craftroom 54: super scraps Saturday.

The T shirt topper is one that I've had for ages. I printed the quote.

This is also for:

Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 116: masculine birthday
St Luke's July: teenage kicks

Suzie's 365 photos day 202: matched pair

As soon as I saw the prompt for day 202 on Suzie's 365 photos for today I knew what I was going to do.

Soon after we married, my dad gave us two ducks. He had heard a story that said that if the two ducks were facing each other then there was harmony between the couple. If one was upset with the other they should turn their duck round to face away from the other one ... the idea being that the other person would see this and realise that the other was upset. When harmony is restored the ducks could face each other again.

The only trouble is that now John's vision is so poor that he wouldn't notice if I turned my duck round or not - lol! However, most of the time there is harmony, so no problem!

The ducks sit on a shelf in the bathroom:

Summer sea and surf

For this card I've used the Sweet stop sketch 167:

I used some DCWV surfboard paper for the background - I've had this for ages and ages and never used it.

The image is by Di's Digi Downloads, coloured with copics.
Colours for the card were prompted by Crafts4eternity 80, where this picture was given for the Olympic colours:

The pieces of striped paper are from offcuts, so another one for Pixie's crafty snippets 29and Hiding in my craftroom 54: super scraps Saturday.

So here is my card:

This is also for:

DCC & friends 1: anything goes
Great impressions July: show us your best stay in the lines colouring
Crafty calendar July: fun in the sun + option: sparkle and shine (the surf paper is flittered and shines)
Pile it on 29: kick back and relax
Tammy scraping corner: summertime
Everybody art 201: summer
Blog a doodle: summer holiday
Freshly brewed 103: summertime
Little Claire 23: summer/holidays
Daisy doodles 63: here comes the sun
Can you digi it 14: day at the beach
Crafty ribbons 24: holidays
Dare to be sassy 134: hit the beach
Order of the opus gluei 135: where d'you get your suntan?
PanPastel UK 27: sun, sea and sand
Fussy & fancy 67: photo inspiration:

Inky impressions: photo inspiration:

Jackson's digital 14: anything goes
Digi doodle shop's best 117: anything goes
Crazy amigo: free theme
Waste not Wednesdays 27: use your stash
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 67
52 card pick up week 28

Suzie's 365 photos catch up

I thought I'd do a little catch up for Suzie's 365 photos before I get too far behind again.

Day 198 : hero - Oscar as John's first guide dog - a real canine hero (I'm sure I've shown this photo before - it's one of my favourites of him - but  I don't think that matters):

Day 199: busy - As I'm still at home atm the only 'busy' I could think of was a photo I took in Trafalgar Square a while back - it's always busy there:

Day 200: airborne - the sun came out for a while this afternoon, in between the clouds, so I sat out in the garden for a bit ... and waited for a plane to come along ... eventually it did (not that you can see it much - lol!):

Day 201: cheese - this one was more accessible than the rest - I only had to stroll to the fridge:

On the beach

It would be nice to be on the beach in the sun. At least the sun has now come out a bit (since I said in my previous post that it didn't look like summer looking out of the window).

I've used an offcut piece from the DCWV paper that I used for the previous card (I might even make another couple of cards to use up the rest of the 12 x 12 instead of putting it in the offcuts box), so this is an opportunity to have a gentle stroll in the playground at Pixie's crafty snippets 29 - I might even feel like a gentle turn on the swings, which shows that I'm feeling a bit better - also for Hiding in my craftroom 54: super scraps Saturday.

The main image is a Delicious doodles 'beach huts' digital stamp coloured with copics and Marvy le plume alcohol pens. I also used their 'deckchair' image, printed it and cut it out to stick on the main image. In retrospect I gave myself a harder job than I needed to do because I cut out the tiny bits and then realised that I could have just coloured the white paper with the yellow to match the sand! I've added a pair of the sunglasses from stash like the previous card. The striped papers are from my snippets.

This is for:

Crafty calendar July: fun in the sun + option: sparkle and shine
Pile it on 29: kick back and relax
Delicious doodles 23: summer holidays - another entry using DD images
Tammy scraping corner: summertime
Everybody art 201: summer
Blog a doodle: summer holiday
Freshly brewed 103: summertime
Pattie's creations 48: summertime
Fun with shapes and more 113: summer birthday - lots of hand cutting for the deckchair
Playing in paradise 75: summer/vacation
Little Claire 23: summer/holidays
Daisy doodles 63: here comes the sun
Can you digi it 14: day at the beach
Crafty ribbons 24: holidays
Dare to be sassy 134: hit the beach
Order of the opus gluei 135: where d'you get your suntan?
Fussy & fancy 67: photo inspiration:

By the cute and girly July: a day at ... the beach
Jackson's digital 14: anything goes
Digi doodle shop's best 117: anything goes
Crazy amigo: free theme
Waste not Wednesdays 27: use your stash
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 67
52 card pick up week 28

Summer

Well, according to the calendar it should definitely be summer, but looking out of the window doesn't confirm that. So I think it's time to get into the summer mood with crafting (I spend so much of my crafting time making Christmas cards).

For this card I've used a Di's digi download 'beach-background', coloured with copics and Marvy le Plume alcohol pens. The background paper is DCWV and the sunglasses and flipflops are from stash.

This is for:

Delicious doodles 23: summer holidays
Craft punked 28: summertime
Clearly inspired 55: some like it hot
Cardmadfairy's digi days 37: summertime
Take time for you 71: summer
Tammy scraping corner: summertime
Everybody art 201: summer
Blog a doodle: summer holiday
Freshly brewed 103: summertime
Pattie's creations 48: summertime

Christmas poinsettia

For this card I've used a stamp that I've had for years. I used to use it a lot, but haven't done so for some time. I inked with memento and coloured with copics. The card shape was ready shaded with green, which I then mounted on to a white card blank and distressed with victorian velvet - probably overdid the distressing because you can't see much of the original green now! The sentiment stamp is from a free set with Quick Cards. I had to add the two little sticker flowers because I smudged some ink from my hand so I needed to cover it up and didn't want to waste the card.

This is for:

Annabelle: say it in red, green and white
Christmas cards all year round July: Christmas flowers
Clear it out: Christmas in July - something red or green or both
Oldie but a goodie: flower power (the stamp is much more than six months old)
Di's digi designs: come and pile on those flowers
Bizzy Becs July: flower power
Love to create 24: 3 of something

Watching Santa

Another quick Christmas card made with a Kanban topper that was still lurking in my Christmas box having been there for a few years, matted on to another Kanban paper, stuck on to an A5 card blank.

This is for:

PaperPlay 29: Christmas in July
Delightful: Christmas in July
Creative Belli 148: Christmas in July
Die cuttin' divas 74: Christmas in July
There she goes 165: Christmas in July
Creatalicious 36: Christmas in July
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): Christmas in July
Lollipop crafts 84: Christmas in July
Hooked on crafts 22: Christmas in July
2 sisters 100: Christmas in July (I didn't go for the option!)
Totally Gorjuss 140: It's Christmas
Card caravan (the hybrid chick) 22: Christmas in July
Crafter's companion 26: ho ho ho Christmas
Hotshot craft 10: Kanban
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got - Christmas edition
Waste not Wednesdays 27: use your stash
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 67
52 card pick up week 28

Just a note ...

I've inked this lovely Inkadinkado pens stamp with memento tuxedo black and coloured with copics. The sentiment is an Anita's stamp.

This is for:

Less is more 76: one layer - 3 of anything
Love to create 24: 3of something
Stampin' royalty 133: anything goes

Joy to the world

Another card using up one of the ready gold foiled card blanks that I've had for ages, this time inking the Clarity sentiment stamp with versamark and heat embossing with detail gold. The flower in the middle of the O is a sticker that's been in my Christmas box for ages.

This is another card for this week's facebook Sunday's with Santa: embossing.

Once again, this was a difficult card to photograph because of the flash, which is why it's taken at a funny angle.

This is for:

Christmas cards all year round July: Christmas flowers
Creative Belli 148: Christmas in July (the card blank and flower had been forgotten for many months!)
DL.Art thankful Thursday: Christmas
Stampavie and more 172: Christmas in summer
Totally stampalicious: Christmas in July
Die cuttin' divas 74: Christmas in July
There she goes 165: Christmas in July
Creatalicious 36: Christmas in July
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): Christmas in July
Lollipop crafts 84: Christmas in July
Hooked on crafts 22: Christmas in July
2 sisters 100: Christmas in July (I didn't go for the option!)
Totally Gorjuss 140: It's Christmas
Card caravan (the hybrid chick) 22: Christmas in July
Crafter's companion 26: ho ho ho Christmas
Cutie pie 22: glitter and bling
Paper pretties Monday challenge: embossing
Paper pretties Wednesday 215: bling it on
Use it Tuesday 35: emboss it
Frosted fabulous Friday: stamping
Incy wincy: dust it off - use something you haven't used for a long time (the stamp)
Paperminutes 226: only patterns and ornaments
Divas by design 44: anything goes
The paper shelter 73: anything goes
Perfect sentiments 41: anything goes
Simon says stamps and show: no rules
Crazy amigo: free theme
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 67
52 card pick up week 28

Peace on earth ...

... and joy to the world!

I was pleased when I found that the new inkadinkado angel stamp that I've got fits nicely in the space on the ready foiled card blank with just enough room either side to stamp the sentiments. All stamps were inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail gold.

Unfortunately, because of having to use flash, the photo doesn't do the card justice - the embossing looks much better irl.

This is my card for this week's facebook Sunday's with Santa: embossing.

This is for:

DCC & friends 1: anything goes
Stamptacular 172: wings and bling
Card and scrap 35: wings
Christmas stampin all year long 19: no inky yet! - the angel is a new stamp never used before
Creative Belli 148: Christmas in July (the card blank had been forgotten for many months!)
DL.Art thankful Thursday: Christmas
Stampavie and more 172: Christmas in summer
Totally stampalicious: Christmas in July
Die cuttin' divas 74: Christmas in July
There she goes 165: Christmas in July
Creatalicious 36: Christmas in July
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): Christmas in July
Lollipop crafts 84: Christmas in July
Hooked on crafts 22: Christmas in July
2 sisters 100: Christmas in July (I didn't go for the option!)
Totally Gorjuss 140: It's Christmas
Card caravan (the hybrid chick) 22: Christmas in July
Crafter's companion 26: ho ho ho Christmas
Cutie pie 22: glitter and bling
Paper pretties Monday challenge: embossing
Paper pretties Wednesday 215: bling it on
Use it Tuesday 35: emboss it
Frosted fabulous Friday: stamping
Divas by design 44: anything goes
The paper shelter 73: anything goes
Perfect sentiments 41: anything goes
Simon says stamps and show: no rules
Crazy amigo: free theme
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 67
52 card pick up week 28

Gold birthday

In an effort to use some of my not-so-recent purchases I've been making a few easy cards again today. I'm still not feeling too good, so it's just right to do a bit of crafting, but nothing that takes too much effort.

So this uses a ready gold foiled card blank. Once again I've stamped the Clarity Stamp sentiment with versamark and heat embossed with detail gold powder. A few added gems and a card was done. Why is it that the gems look a different gold on the photo?

This is for:

CASology 2: happy
One layer Wednesday 96: birthday blings
Cutie pie 22: glitter and bling
Paper pretties Monday challenge: embossing
Paper pretties Wednesday 215: bling it on
Use it Tuesday 35: emboss it
Frosted fabulous Friday: stamping
Divas by design 44: anything goes
The paper shelter 73: anything goes
Perfect sentiments 41: anything goes
Simon says stamps and show: no rules
Crazy amigo: free theme
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 67
52 card pick up week 28

Blue birthday bling

Another very simple card made with a ready scalloped card blank on which I stamped again with the Clarity sentiment stamp with versamark and heat embossed with silver detail powder. I then added the rhinestone gems around the scallops.

This is for:

Just some lines: no squares or rectangles
Moving along with the times: make it sentimental - sentiment as the main focus
Top tip Tuesday 81: it's all about circles
One layer Wednesday 96: birthday blings
Cutie pie 22: glitter and bling
Paper pretties Monday challenge: embossing
Paper pretties Wednesday 215: bling it on
Waste not Wednesdays 26: use your stash (the stamp and the card blank are both old)
Use it Tuesday 35: emboss it
Frosted fabulous Friday: stamping
Divas by design 44: anything goes
The paper shelter 73: anything goes
Perfect sentiments 41: anything goes
Simon says stamps and show: no rules
Crazy amigo: free theme
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 67
52 card pick up week 28

Lilac and pearls

This is simply a shaped card blank on to which I've stamped with the large Clarity sentiment stamp using Brilliance pearlescent purple and heat embossed with clear detail powder. I then added the pearls around the scallops.

This is for:

The paper players 104: clean & simple - use a sentiment as your main element
Moving along with the times: make it sentimental - sentiment as the main focus
One layer Wednesday 96: birthday blings

Simply embossed sentiment

This scalloped card blank was already decorated with the floral edge. All I've done is stamp the big Clarity sentiment stamp with Brilliance pearlescent ivy and heat embossed with clear detail powder.

This is for:

DCC & friends 1: anything goes
CASology 2: happy
Just some lines: no squares or rectangles
Moving along with the times: make it sentimental - sentiment as the main focus
Top tip Tuesday 81: it's all about circles
One layer Wednesday 96: birthday blings
Mishelflo's monthly challenge July: happy blooming birthday
Paper pretties Monday challenge: embossing
Waste not Wednesdays 26: use your stash (the stamp and the card blank are both old)
Use it Tuesday 35: emboss it
Frosted fabulous Friday: stamping
Divas by design 44: anything goes
The paper shelter 73: anything goes
Perfect sentiments 41: anything goes
Simon says stamps and show: no rules
Crazy amigo: free theme
Make it Monday 98
Inspire me Fridays 67
52 card pick up week 28