Suzie's 365 photos day 165: earth tones

These are the earth tones right near me for day 165 - copic earth tones - all E numbers:

WOYWW 158

A quick post before I go over to see mum and sort out her hearing aid!

This is for WOYWW 158. I was on holiday in Eastbourne for nearly two weeks till last Tuesday, so wasn't able to take part in WOYWW - pity, because I would have loved to have been involved in the ATC swap - nevermind, I'm sure there'll be another opportunity sometime.

To the left of me there's a box of patterned paper offcuts that I need to keep using, a couple of pieces ready to make black and gold cards, using a couple of dies I bought in Eastbourne - and paper packs and stamps that were also bought while I was on holiday. Hoping to play with some of the new stamps very soon.

To the right of me are the remains of what was needed to make the 'celebrate' card - I need to put all these away. And there are some new dies purchased in Eastbourne hidden in that box - need to get using them!

Thanks to all WOYWWers who take the time to visit and leave comments - much appreciated - I'll try to get round to as many as I can this week.

Bright celebration

This is for the 'red, yellow and orange' challenge on Inky impressions. All papers are from my offcuts box, so another for Pixie's crafty snippets 24 and also for Hiding in my craftroom 49: super scraps Saturday.

I've used 'celebrate' - stamped the Docrafts whisper words stamp with brilliance pearlescent crimson and heat embossed with detail clear powder - ribbon (orange oraganza with the yellow flowers overlaid) and a die cut shape (the script panel was cut with a nestie label die) for Cooking it up with Katie 96. I added the Martha Stewart, lightly distressing the edges of the petals with fired brick DI to give a bit more definition.

This is also for:

Creative Belli 145: sentiment only
House of Gilli: vibrant colours/summer
Bizzy Becs June: bright and cheery colours
Stamp and create June: bold and bright
Sassy Cheryl: 119: birthday celebration
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings) technique: hot embossing
Ribbon girl: use ribbon or lace
Really reasonable ribbon 49: flowers & ribbon
Let's ink it up 24: use your favourite embellishments (flowers, ribbon)
Great impressions 4: die cuts or punches
Hooked on craft June 21: all that glitters
Tuesday alchemy 18: anything goes
Simon says stamp and show: anything goes
Craft your passion 114: anything goes
Make it Monday 93
52 card pick up 23
Inspire me Fridays 62

Suzie's 365 photos day 164: antique

I don't have any antiques, certainly nothing of value, but I thought that this locket might be suitable for day 164 - it belonged to my grandmother who was born at the turn of the twentieth century (think she was actually born in 1901 - I must look it up). Anyway, I have her little jewel box and this locket was in it. It has a photo of my nan inside.

Difficult to get a photo on such a dull day (yet again), but in the end I quite like the way the light is shining on it:

I'm wondering what you'll come up with next, Suzie ... we seem to be getting into older and older things each day!

Steampunk ballet

This was generated digitally, combining the background image from My Craft Studio Tinkering with steampunk with a clipart ballet image imported from Publisher. I applied a transparent fade around the clipart except for the ballet dancers themselves.

This is for the CD Sunday challenge: beautiful ballerinas, also for City crafter 112: Coppelia (ballerina):

This is also for:

365 cards day 101: imagine this: dancing
Crafty mess 10: fantasy
Incy wincy: use more than one digi
Divas by design 38: chocolate
Digital Tuesday 163: anything goes
Craft your passion 114: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Make it Monday 93
52 card pick up 23
Inspire me Fridays 62

White wedding wishes

This is a white on white card (always difficult to get a decent photo, especially when it's raining and light is so poor, but hey ho!).

It's for Crafty sentiments: white on white, also Flourishes timeless 172: white card for wedding.

The Anita stamped image was inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver. This is matted on to some stardream white card, which is then matted on to a square that has been embossed with spots with a crafts too embossing folder. I then added the lace overlaid with ribbon, the sentiment, flowers and pearls, all backed on to another piece of stardream white. All pieces of card were from my white offcuts box, so this i8s another for Pixie's crafty snippets 24 and also for Hiding in my craftroom 49: super scraps Saturday.

I've used embossing (both heat and dry) and dots, so this is good for Cards und more 57.

This is also for:

Crafty creations 173: wedding or anniversary
Bloggers challenge: anniversary cards (think this would be suitable for either wedding or anniversary)
Perfect sentiments 35: lacy romance
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings) technique: hot embossing
Ribbon girl: use ribbon or lace
Robyn's fetish 111: add some lace
All kinds of cards 55: pearls and lace
Crafts and me: lace
Really reasonable ribbon 49: flowers & ribbon
Crafty calendar June: flowers in bloom with optional extra of swirls/flourishes
Let's ink it up 24: use your favourite embellishments (flowers, ribbon, lace, pearls)
Creative Friday: pearls
Crafter's cafe blog 5: pearls and swirls
Crafting for all seasons 28: many layers
Victorine 35: texture
Playing in paradise 70: texture
Whoopsi Daisy: bling
Party time Tuesday 71: royal challenge, sparkle, bling, shine
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: blingage
Card and scrap 33: bling
4 crafty chicks 93: monochromatic
Crop stop 75: monochromatic is in
Truly madly crafty June: monochrome
Simon says stamp and show: anything goes
Craft your passion 114: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Make it Monday 93
52 card pick up 23
Inspire me Fridays 62

Suzie's 365 photos days 163: aged

I had to chuckle when I saw Suzie's photo prompt for today - day 163: aged - there was no way that I was going to put a photo of myself, although that would certainly be fine for 'aged', then I thought of showing a photo of John, who is older than me .... but in the end I've opted to show a photo of my oldest cookery book which was given to me in 1964 - you can tell that it has been well used:

I thought I'd just show you a peep inside - at the time this book was published pressure cookers were being used quite a bit (I confess that I was never keen because of all the steam ... scary!!) - before the age of microwaves.

A lot of the information is outdated now, but there are lots of recipes that are still very useful to refer to - the book still gets used from time to time.

Suzie's 365 photos day 162: neglected

When I saw yesterday's prompt for Suzie's day 162: neglected, it didn't take long for me to decide what to photograph - my cricut has been neglected recently - I really should use it more than I do:

Christmas shades of blue

'Shades of blue' is today's facebook Sunday's with Santa theme and for my card I've used the lovely Shelly's image 'all wrapped up snowman', coloured with copics and a blue glitter pen for the lights, which are for Christmas cards all year round for June: twinkle twinkle Christmas lights, also for Crimbo crackers 17: decorations. Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday challenge this week is 'blingage', so this is also for that.

The mixture of blues is also for this Winter wonderland photo inspiration:

I've used the sketch for Techno stamper's Monday lunchtime 224:

The papers are from my offcuts box and the silver mirror card are also offcuts, so this is another for Pixie's crafty snippets 24 and also for Hiding in my craftroom 49: super scraps Saturday.

They say the camera never lies, so why is it that the silver mirror surround of the sentiment looks wrong on the bottom corner on here whereas IRL it's OK?

This is also for:

Sparkles forum Christmas June 17: monochromatic
Crop stop 75: monochromatic is in
Truly madly crafty June: monochrome
Hooked on craft June 21: all that glitters
Party time Tuesday 71: royal challenge - sparkle, bling, shine
Top tip Tuesday 78: sparkles galore
Card caravan (the hybrid chick) 21: clean and simple
ABC Christmas: K for keep it simple
Deep ocean 27: sewing
Frosted fabulous Friday: stitching
Sweet stampin: all stitched up
Christmas stampin all year long 14: anything goes
Digital Tuesday 163: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
52 card pick up 23
Inspire me Fridays 62

Skating winter bird

For this card I've used another  Bugaboo stamps supplied for my  CHNC challenge 76  'feature a creature' called 'winter birds skate'. I've coloured with copics, rounded the corners and matted on to a gold mirror card shape (with poor light the indoor photo doesn't show the gold mirror to advantage).

I've followed the sketch for Festive Friday 22:

I've used an offcut of woodgrain card for the chevron shape that was originally white and coloured with tea dye DI - this is for Hotshot craft 9: distress inks, also Our creative corner: your favourite Tim Holtz technique (using distress inks). The spotted background paper was from my offcuts box, so this is another for Pixie's crafty snippets 24 and also for Hiding in my craftroom 49: super scraps Saturday. The woodgrain is for Christmas card challenges week 28, also for 365 cards day 91: imagine this: wood.

This is also for:

Jingle belles: inspired by a song - When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
Creative card crew 12: song inspired - When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
Christmas stampin all year long 14: anything goes
Pile it on 24: let's get outdoors
Bizzy Becs June: bright and cheery cards
Friday mashup 62: it's for the birds
Whimsy 42: things with wings
LiaStampz 18: things with wings
Little Miss Muffet 36: rainbows, clouds or wings
Southern girls 46: things with wings
The paper shelter 67: going dottie
Card caravan (the hybrid chick) 21: clean and simple
ABC Christmas: K for keep it simple
Digital Tuesday 163: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Bunny Zoe 24: anything goes
52 card pick up 23
Inspire me Fridays 62

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer

This card is another one for my CHNC challenge 76 'feature a creature' and uses the sketch for Hanna and friends 147:

The sketch was just right for using up some offcuts from my Christmas box (papers originally from magazine freebies), so this is my first card of the week for Pixie's crafty snippets 24 and also for Hiding in my craftroom 49: super scraps Saturday.

The card blank is green stardream, the snowflakes were made with a Woodware punch with gold mirror card (doesn't show up here, unfortunately). The image is 'reindeer skate' by Bugaboo stamps, who are sponsoring my CHNC challenge 76. It was coloured with copics and the oval torn around a template and roughly edged with a copic.

This is also for:

Jingle belles: inspired by a song - Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
Willow sketchie: animal antics
Great impressions 4: die cuts or punches
Digital Tuesday 163: anything goes

Suzie's 365 photos day 161: frayed

When I first say Suzie's prompt for today I thought of me ... frayed around the edges - lol!

Then I remembered a skirt that has a frayed hem (well, strictly speaking I suppose it's fringed, but I think it will pass as 'frayed' for the prompt), so here is day 161:

Sweet strawberry kisses

This card is for the sketch for Tuesday morning sketches 149:

I downloaded the freebie strawberry digital image from Jane's doodles - this was prompted by the first challenge on a new blog Digi Haven, the idea being to use a digital image that is  a 'freebie forever'. I imported the image into Publisher and repeated it several times, tilting the direction of some of them, coloured in with promarkers - poppy and grass - and dotting with red here and there. I then printed the large strawberry with the computer generated text. The image was then matted on card coloured with the poppy promarker. Just the addition of the dotted ribbon and the 'with love' sentiment and the card was done. I used promarkers for I love promarkers challenge 120: for a little girl.

This is also for:

Clearlyistamp 53: fruity
The cheerful stamp pad 44: the sweet life
One stitch at a time 116: use a digi
Aud sentiments 56: any sentiment for a child's birthday
Ooh-la-la 106: make it girly
Tammy scraping corner 13: for the girls
Crafty Ann 67: it's a girl thing
Ribbon girl: card challenge - use ribbon or lace
Ribbon carousel 56: birthday bash
Totally papercrafts: doodle on it (the freehand random spots)
The paper shelter 67: going dottie
The crafty pad 173: ribbon
Sentimental Sundays 105: show me your spots
Craft room: birthday
Creative card crew 12: song inspired - 'strawberries' by Smooth
House of Gilli: vibrant colours/summer challenge
Pink elephant 151: vibrant colours
Bizzy Becs June: bright and cheery cards
Digital Tuesday 163: anything goes
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Bunny Zoe 24: anything goes
Make it Monday 92
52 card pick up 23
Inspire me Fridays 62

Skating penguin

This card is actually for my CHNC challenge 76 which starts at 9:00 UK time tomorrow morning, but I'm not going to give anything more away about the challenge - I'll edit this in the morning. Update: challenge 76 is now live and is 'feature a creature'.

I've used a digital stamp supplied by Bugaboo Stamps 'little penguin winter - skate' coloured with copics (Bugaboo are sponsoring the CHNC challenge 76). The image and surround were cut with nesties.


Papers are a mixture from my Christmas offcuts box, so this is another card for Waste not Wednesdays (wishcraft) 22.

The card is based on the sketch for Merry Monday 23:

Colours are for Christmas Inspirations 46: green, black and white.

This is also for Sunday's with Santa on facebook for last Sunday: sports (skating etc).

This is also for:

Fab n funky 124: go green
Christmas stampin all year long 14: anything goes
ABC Christmas: K for keep it simple
Here come the boys 28: anything goes
Forever friends 37: one for the boys
Little darlings 24: boy card
Jellypark friends: boy crazy
S J crafts 5: all about the boy + extra: use up something old that's been in your stash for a while - the papers
Desmet designs June: for the men and boys
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Bunny Zoe 24: anything goes
Make it Monday 92
52 card pick up 23
Inspire me Fridays 62

Suzie's 365 photos day 160: vintage

For Suzie's day 160: vintage I've found up some old coins - some older than others - the tiny coin on the right at the front is a Victorian 3d silver piece.

Christmas card for a child

Having been away for a couple of weeks I'm a bit adrift with the cards for the Sunday's with Santa group on facebook. The theme for the Sunday before last was 'card for a child', so here I am with mine at last.

I've used the June sketch for 52 Christmas card throwdown:

 The papers are from my Christmas offcuts box and the topper is one from a Kanban kit bought some time ago, mounted on to some gold mirror card and cut by hand - so this is another card for Waste not Wednesdays (wishcraft) 22.

This is also for:

Sentimental Sundays 105: show me your spots
Jingle belles: fa-la-la-la-la! - music, inspired by a song - 'Snowman - walking in the air'
Creative card crew 12: song inspired -  'Snowman - walking in the air'
ABC Christmas: K for keep it simple
Bizzy Becs June: bright and cheery cards
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
Papertake: anything goes

Suzie's 365 photos day 159: roadside

Oh, Suzie, this was a tricky one today - day 159: roadside. It's been raining most of the day and only let up a little while ago, which enabled me to go over to a shop across the road ... but I forgot to take my camera with me.

Then I remembered that I'd taken quite a few photos on Saturday in Eastbourne - taken from the balcony of our hotel room and looking up the road to where the Carnival procession would eventually come into view. You can see the cars and the people along the roadside:

Suzie's 365 photos day 158: reaching up

Yesterday Suzie asked us to show photos for 'reaching up'. I was going to get John to each up to a high shelf, but then I remembered that during a recent 'meet up' with a friend in London we walked through Trafalgar Square and I took a few photos of the bronze statue of a boy on a rocking horse (I really like this), so here he is for day 158:

Suzie's 365 photos day 157: sparkle

I'm a couple of days behind with Suzie's 365 photos, so here is my sparkle for day 157:

A right royal birthday

This card is for the sketch on Stampin' for the weekend 10:

 Once again I've used Papermania Portobello papers - I used up some of the pieces from the previous card, so I'm having fun in the playground at Pixie's crafty snippets 23 (my first visit for quite some time) and also for Waste not Wednesdays (wishcraft) 22.

The light blue piece of paper is Me to you especially for you stamped with some random crowns with an Anna Griffin stamp. The happy birthday stamp on the middle piece of paper is from the PM Portobello Road urban stamp set.

This is another one for Tracy's challenge TTC12 - 06 on CBC forum: fit for a queen.

This is also for:

Daring cardmakers June's colour combo: red, white and blue
Sunday stamper 208: Her majesty
Creative craft: a patriotic colour challenge - red, white, blue
Scrapbook sisters 87: red, white and blue
Craft your days away 46: red, white & blue
One stop craft 185: Queen's diamond jubilee
Crafts4eternity R74: royals
The artistic stamper creative team June: red, white and blue
Sentimental Sundays 105: show me your spots
Craft room: birthday
Pixie dust 130: patterned papers
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Scrap-card challenge 29: anything goes
Secret crafter Saturday 188: anything goes
Catch the bug June: anything goes
Bunny Zoe 24: anything goes
Make it Monday 92
Inspire me Fridays 61

52 card pick up 22

Queen for a day

Having not done any crafting for a couple of weeks, I'm attempting to get back into the groove today ... but I think my mojo might still be on holiday.

Anyway, here is a simple card following the sketch given for Sketches by Carly 57:

It's not surprising that with all the festivities of the Queen's Jubilee at the weekend that there are a number of challenges featuring red, white and blue, crowns etc. I've used Papermania Portobellow Road papers that were free with Docrafts Creativity magazine and a Cool Britannia 'Queen for a day' stamp that came with the latest Quick Cards magazine (I treated myself on holiday ... and also bought some crafting goodies that I might show later) with the lettering coloured in, a few gems added here and there and a birthday banner.

This is also for Tracy's challenge TTC12 - 06 on CBC forum: fit for a queen.

This is also for:

Daring cardmakers June's colour combo: red, white and blue
Sunday stamper 208: Her majesty
Creative craft: a patriotic colour challenge - red, white, blue
Scrapbook sisters 87: red, white and blue
Sarah Hurley 68: red, white and blue
Polka doodles 22: regal colours diamond jubilee
Craft your days away 46: red, white & blue
One stop craft 185: Queen's diamond jubilee