All Stripey at Crafty Cardmakers and More...

Hello!!

This week at Crafty Cardmakers and More the theme is stripes, and I took the opportunity to use some lovely MME papers from my stash, plus a strip of corrugated card .

I tucked a ticket behind the image which I stamped then distressed with distress inks, and added some lace, velvet ric rak and layered buttons, plus some flowers .

The image is from Saturated Canary and I have coloured her with my copics

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by

Sue xxx

Stamps Only at Top Tip Tuesday

Hello!!

How are you?  Can you believe we are half way through February already?

This week at Top Tip Tuesday the challenge is to stamp - no digi's are allowed, which caused me a real dilemma as so many of my images are digi's now.  Still I had a good rummage through my stamp collection and found this cute little image from Lili of the Valley that hasn't been inked up in an absolute age!  Shocking really as I found some lovely stamps that I used to use all the time, and haven't touched in ages - maybe this challenge will inspire me to use them more often!

I couldn't resist chucking everything on this card - although no flowers or pins, I just had to use some of my straws again :-)

 

 Isn't this image adorable?  Just love the little mouse in the bottom right waving :-)

Anyway, hope this challenge encourages your creativity too :-)

Thanks for stopping by

Sue xx

C'est L'Amour... at Crafty Cardmakers and More...

Hello!!

Two posts from me in one day... whatever next!!

I sooo needed the chance to get inky and creative this weekend, it's been a busy couple of weeks at work for one reason or another, but my work laptop stayed in it's bag, as my crafty stash was calling!!  It might mean a busier week for me next week, but my soul needed the break :-)

This fortnights challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More is Love, Love, Love...

... but maybe that should be l'amour, l'amour, l'amour in my case, with my nod towards Parisian romance :-)

 

Anyway, this weekend was also my brother and sister-in-laws wedding anniversary, so I made a wedding anniversary card.  I used some Making Memories papers from my stash, topped with a Stampin Up Postcard Stamp that has been distressed with various distress inks and has had the edges roughed up

The main sentiment is a ticket made up of a plain ticket stamp stamped in grey, which has been overstamped with a love sentiment stamped in brown then distressed with assorted distress inks, but slightly different tones to that of the postcard beneath

I really love this birdcage charm from Live and Love Crafts as it's not too twee!

 

 And I just had to pop some of my lovely pins (also from Live and Love Crafts on here).  Again the postcard is just peaking out underneath...

I've not used flowers on a card in ages!  It wasn't a conscious thing, I'd popped the box away and kinda forgot about them I guess :-)  You can just see the gorgeous rhinestone lace and subtle die cut in this one :-)

Hope you like this card as much as I do

Thanks for stopping by

Sue xx

Hearts and Valentines GDT at Crafty Boots

Hello!

My first post today is a lovely one... I was asked by Crafty Boots to join them for this fortnights challenge as a GDT member - whoo hoo!!  What an honour to be asked to join such a talented group of ladies :-)

The theme is Hearts and Valentines... and I decided to make a simple Valentines card using some banners and a heart die... I'm trying to go for a bit less fussy cards than I normally do - and I like the clean lines of this one!

I curled the edges of the banners slightly and stitched the top edges.  No idea where the sentiment came from, it might be a Kanban one!

Thanks for stopping by

Sue

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