They call me Mellow Yellow...

Hello!!

This weeks challenge over at Top Top Tuesday is Mellow Yellow...

Which I think is perfect for this time of the year, when all the flowers are coming into bloom in my part of the world :-)

Anyway, I decided to go for pale yellows and to use one of the first stamps I ever bought - one of the Gorguss Girl images.

I used some papers from Maja Design Spring Basics pad, then added creamy lace, and lemon pearls, and cream and yellow flowers, then stamped some tickets and a sentiment onto cardstock, then cut out and distressed with antique linen and tea dye distressed inks, which gave a nice yellow hint to them :-) The image is coloured with copics, and I added a touch of blue to her hair, to give it a bit of shine.

Hope you like it

Thanks for stopping by

Sue xx

Spring has Sprung at Crafty Cardmakers and More...

Hello!!

So sorry I've not been about over the last couple of weeks... I had the flu and am still reeling from it :-(  I'm up and about now, but have been left with a nasty cough, which has in turn caused my ribs to crack again - an old injury from a car accident - and every time I cough (which is A LOT) I'm in agony!!  I've not slept properly in over two weeks and am completely knackered!!  A visit to the doctors proved futile as there is nothing I can do about my ribs, but I've not got a chest infection... yet... let's hope it stays that way!!  Hopefully I'll shift the cough soon then my ribs will start to heal :-)

Anyhoo... This fortnights challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More is Spring - and there is lots of lovely inspiration over on the DT blog...

I went for bright spring colours to and a Nitwit image to make an Easter card ;-)

 I found a cute flower charm in my stash that I thought went with the images I have used

 Lots of details on here, from all the fussy cut images, to the distressed die cuts

 And this oh so cute image :-)

I don't often use the accent stamps you get with stamp sets, but thought the flowers, leaves, carrots and watering can would look good as accents rather than adding ready made flowers etc...

The fence is curved off the card to add a bit more interest.  I use glossy accents to stick one side down then use a wooden peg to hold it in place, then curve the die cut and stick the other end down, securing with a peg and leaving until they are both dry - wooden pegs are great to use to secure things while glue dries as we all have them, and they are strong enough to hold things in place, but the wood doesn't mark the card :-)

 

And a slightly different angle - like how some elements overhang the card, although goodness knows how I'll get it in an envelope!

 

That's it from me, hope you like my card, and are able to join in with the challenge this time

Sue xx

Scrapbook Sisters Challenge - Easter

Hello

This weeks Scapbook Sisters Challenge is

Easter

Hmmm... now I intend to make a few of these to send out, so I wanted to keep it simple (seriously life is so mega busy at the moment I can't cope with anything stressful, and it is not being helped with sporadic internet connection, and now blogger playing silly games with me!!

Anyway, I ramble - here's my card

I stamped my favourite Penny Black Sheep onto Neenah c/s, coloured his cheeks and ears and then added fluffy stuff to his body, before tying some Bo Bunny Ribbon and stamping a sentiment on the opposite corner.

 I really like using stamps on a twist (I mean an intentional twist here, not the kind where I've gone wonky!!)  it lends a whole different perspecitve, and is something I need to do more of!  Having said that, now I look at it, does it look like he's fallen over? :-D

Anyway, hope you like him!!

Thanks for stopping by

Sue xx

P.S.  Please may I enter these challenges

Crafty Boots - Easter

My Grafico - Easter and Spring

Totally Stampalicious - Critters

2 Sisters - Spring Is In The Air

My Sheri Crafts - Easter

One Stop Craft - Clean and Simple

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Easter

Fashionable Stamping - Spring is in the Air

Opus Gluei - Animals

Sentimental Sundays - Easter/Spring
Top Tip Tuesday - Easter and/or Animals (my Tip - don't stamp straight!)

Totally Ladybug Tuesday - Challenge 24 - Anything Goes

Good Morning!

This week at Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge the theme is

Anything Goes

so, we'd love to see your birthday, Christmas, Easter, Get Well, Wedding, Anniversary, Kids and Grown ups cards and projects (and if your project isn't in this list, we'd love to see it too!!)

I decided to make an Easter Card, but went for less obvious colours, chosing a brown and blue colour scheme, but I think this card would work so well as a birthday or thinking of you card too!!  As I had my sewing machine to hand I stitched the edges of all the pannels with blue emboidery silk.

I decided to use Liquid Pearls on Daydreaming Ruby's wings, but now I'm not sure I did the right thing, and I kicked myself after I'd done it, and I'm still not sure it works as well as glitter, but hey ho, sometimes you just gotta try these things!!  I also have a tub of clear crackle paint to try out, maybe I'd like that result better?!

Oooh! and check out the lace and ribbon I've used that is available from Kerry's store here, I love texture on cards and this gorgeous lace and chocolate suede with a ruffled edge are such easy ways to add it to a card :-)  The metal flower embelishment was from Ally Pally and I dangled a butterfly charm off of it, attaching it to the card with a brad. 

Supplies: Daydreaming Ruby; Copics; Glossy Accents; Stickles; Liquid Pearls; Brown and Cream CS; Paper Salon Papers; Lace and Brown Faux Suede Ruffle Edge ribbon, LCI; Flowers, Gems; Charms, Brad from stash; Sewing Machine and thread; X cut border die.

I'd like to enter these challenges please:

Sweet Stop - Sketch with spin of Winged Things

Creative Inspirations - Easter

Moving Along With the Times - Chocolate

Paper Romance - Paper Flowers

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Easter

Secret Crafter - Stitching

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Chocolate

I did It Creations - Easter

Let's Ink It Up - Stitching

The Crafty Pad - Easter

Daring Cardmakers - Spring Fling/Easter

Delightful Challenge - Easter

2 Sisters Challenge - Bingo - I've used all 9!  (some are obvious, but a couple aren't as clear in the photp so - die cut and embossing - the scallop is a die cut and has been embossed, glitter - stickles on her shoes and hair slide, swirls - does the paper count? pastel colours - her dress)

Scrappy Frogs - Easter

Pile It On - Use a Stamp

Dream Valley Challenges - Easter
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Lot's of Layers
Pear Tree Designs - Easter
My Time To Craft Challenge - Easter
Karen's Doodles - Lots of Layers

That's quite a few isn't it!!  Hope that's OK :-)

Before I go, one bit of exciting news - next week sees the launch of some rather gorgeous new stamps and we are having a blog hop to celebrate!

I'm so looking forward to seeing all of your lovely projects this week, thanks for stopping by :-)

Sue xx

Easter Card 2

Thank goodness it is Saturday!!

Today's Easter card uses the same Flower Cross Digi Stamp as yesterday, designed by the fabulous Gayle for Scrapbook Sisters

I really love this image, and think it would be perfect not only for Easter cards as I have used it for here, but also for those hard to do Sympathy cards, or even a baptism or confirmation - just what we all like in these times when most people are watching the pennies - something that is usable for more than just one thing :-)

This card is still mainly white but I went with purple as an accent colour and added more bling and detail

As yesterday I kept the cross simple and edged it with a silver pen, but have used stickles in the centres of the flowers and glossy accents on the leaves.  The sentiment I made myself using a downloaded font, and the picure doesn't pick it up very well but the CS is a dark purple, pretty much the same colour as the ribbon!!  I used a MS border punch that I thought went well as it is quite gothic (as in gargole, church windows and spires... not gothic as in the lifestyle!).  For once I managed to be happy with the sponging round the edge of the image, which is using a mix of lilac and purple inks and the flowers and gems are from my stash

My shocking photography skills SO do not do this card justice, but here's a close up anyhows

I'd like to enter my card into these challenges

Stamp Something - Digi Day

Do It With Digi's - Easter

Digi's with Attitute - Anything Goes

Paper Cutz - Easter

Floweret - Easter

I've got a jam packed weekend - housework features heavily, then small son is at a birthday party tomorrow, then we are going to Brands Hatch on Sunday (apparently Lewis Hamilton is going to be there as his brother is racing... fingers crossed for a photo opportunity!!), oh and somewhere in there I have about a million cards to make as well... oh well, no rest for the wicked :-)

Sue xx

Easter Card

Over the next couple of days I'll be sharing some cards I have made using the new Flower Cross Digi Stamp available as a digi download from Scrapbook Sisters.  Gayle has really come up with a beautiful image, and although I don't normally go for religious images, this one is stunning and great value too

I promised myself I wouldn't waffle, so here's my card

I kept this one simple, but used bright sunny yellow copics to really bring the image to life and then used a silver pen round the edge of the cross, and then cut the image out and layered it on a piece of yellow card cut with Label 4 nestabilities.  I then embossed one of the larger dies onto white cardstock.  I took this card to work, and have been asked to make another one from my friend to give to her neighbour who is a widow of a Vicar, and I can see why :-)

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges

A Spoon Full Of Sugar - Easter

Crafts And Me Challenge - Use Yellow

Creative Craft World - Easter

Karen's Doodles Challenge - Easter

Woodware USA - Clean and Simple

Colour Create Challenge - Pastels with optional Easter

On the downside, the school allocations for my youngest son were announced last night, and to my horror they have put Sam in a different school to James.  How anyone seriously thinks I can get two kids to two different schools and pick them up again all at the same time I have no idea.  I don't really want to move James as he is close to doing his 11 plus, has all his friends at his school and, well, it just is crazy!!  I've been going through ways round it all night in my head and am drawing a complete blank... so far the only way I can do it is to obtain some sort of teleport device, or a clone... :-D  I think today is going to be spent making some fairly terse phone calls!!

Right that's it from me today - more tomorrow!!

Thanks for stopping by

Sue xx

Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge 25 - Easter Animals

Hi, hope you are enjoying your week!

As it was Shrove Tuesday yesterday I'm afraid we all stuffed ourselves silly on some yummy pancakes last night, and all came up with a list of things we are giving up for lent.

James decided he was going to give up playing on his computer but then settled on chocolate with the promise not to play on his computer quite so much.  Sam promised to give up sweeties :-D  Honestly, I don't think he realised what he was doing!! I'm waiting for the first full blown temper tantrum when I try and tell him he can't have them!!  I have given up chocolate and my HB has given up crisps.  We are both going to try to give up alcohol as well, but that might be pushing it as we have a couple of parties to go to between now and Easter but we'll see :-)  And I'm not sure I can go without chocolate and wine!!  We don't normally give up things for lent, but James wanted us to and it seemed only fair that we joined him :-)

Anyway, enough with the waffle, this weeks challenge at the Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge is

Easter Animals

I was going to use a Penny Black stamp for this challenge but in the end settled for a digi by Mo Manning, which is kinda cute :-)

And yes, there are animals in there :-)

Ooh heck I've just realised, chicks are birds, not animals!!  Oops!!  Perhaps I should have stuck to the rabbits!!  Does it count?!  I hope so :-)

Ahem, right, well on that note I'd better go

Supplies:

Sandilion Paper, Flowers, Buttons, Ribbon, Border and Circle Punches, Inks and Copics all Scrapbook Sisters,

Gems, Twine and Sentiment Stamp all from Stash

Thanks for stopping by, more tomorrow :-)

Sue xx

Totally Ladybug Tuesday - Challenge 18 - Spring Colours

Good morning, and welcome to this weeks Totally Ladybug Challenge where it is my turn to pick the challenge (eek!!)

And I have chosen

Spring Colours

now I'm really hoping all my lovely blog followers will join in with this weeks challenge and make it a bumper week... yes, I mean those of you that tell me that you have read a post!, why not join in with some challenges this week?!?!  You don't have to use an LCI image to win or be in the top three, although the DT love seeing

Without further ado, here is my card - I went with yellows and fresh greens, and made it into an Easter card, but you can interpret the theme however you like as long as we can see Spring colours in there :-)

I started making this card on Fiday Night at the Scrapbook Sisters crop and so I need to say thank you to Gayle for lending me her circle dies (I so need to get myself some circles!!) and Jackie for coming to my aid then my lime green pen started giving up the ghost with the image half coloured!!  I couldn't resist continuing to tinker though once home and added a few more bits and pieces, LOL!!

I decided to go all out with the bling for this card - my last few challenge cards have been fairly easy on the sparkle but I hope this one makes up for it!!  I love Tulip Ruby, but then I probably am biased because I love Tulips, they and daffodils always meant to me that the warmer weather is on it's way!!

I've put stickles on Ruby's wings, on the butterflies on the scrolls and in the centre of the flowers and added Glossy Accents to her watering can and to the ladybug on the plant pot

Supplies

CS etc - Green and Yellow Bazzill; Doodlebug Glittery paper,

Stamps - Tulip Ruby - Ladybug Crafts Ink; Paula Pascal Sentiment set

Other - Lime Green Ribbon; Green AB gems; Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers; Pin and Butterfly Charm from Scrapbook Sisters

Inks etc - Copics; Stickles; Glossy Accents; Tuxedo Black Momento; Cantaloupe Momento; Lime Green Chalk Eye; Antique Linen Distress Ink

Dies and Punches - Circle and Lacy Circle Nestabilities, X cut "Mavis" border Die; Sizzix Scroll; Woodware Circle Punch; Butterfly punch from Tesco

I'd like to enter these challenges please
By the Cute and Girly - Springtime
Creative Inspirations - In the Garden
Fab 'n' Funky - Spring Into Action
Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring
Alphabet Challenge - Ribbons
Stampin' For The Weekend - Spring
The Crafty Pad - Use a Ribbon
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Spring
Delightful Challenge - Welcome Spring
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Spring Flowers Everywhere

Looking forward to seeing your creations, thanks for stopping by!

Sue xx

Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge 25 - Spring

Good Morning!

Hope you are all OK :-)  This week's Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge is

Spring!!

I only wish it was LOL, I can't get used to it warming up for a day or two only to be freezing the next!!

Anyway, in my continuing effort to will the sun into the sky I went for a bold bright colours and to get myself out of the rut of square cards went all circular too :-)

Now I had it in my head to make this little cuties head bounce around on a bit of coiled wire, but it just didn't look right (he looked a bit abnormal, if I'm honest!!) so I layered his head up on some 3D pads instead :-)  I used Fluffy Stuff and some crystal glitter on his body and the stuff went mad and puffed up over the edge of my stamped image, grrr!!  This is what comes with trying to craft with two small monsters running up and down the stairs, but I liked him all fluffy, so I went with it :-)  I inked the sky with assorted blue inkpads and coloured the grass with more copics

Assembling the card was pretty easy as I cut all the circular elements on my Cricut, and I found this button in a bag of odds and ends passed onto me by HB's late nan, the photo's don't pick it up very well, but it is one of those pretty pearlised ones :-)

Supplies - Ooh La La MME Papers, Fluffy Stuff, Glitter, Black and Cantalope Momento Ink Pads, Penny Black Stamp, Copics, Bo Bunny Ribbon, Prima Flower, Scallop Punch, Cricut and Accent Essentials cartridge all Scrapbook Sisters

From Stash - Button, Pearls, Paula Pascal Sentiments

Right, gotta dash, thanks for stopping by :-)

Sue xx