Birthday Candles

It's week 8 over at Charisma and this week Kelly has set the challenge to create a birthday card which must feature a candle on it. As soon as I saw this challenge I knew exactly what I was going to use - my SU! Queue Up stamp with the line of candles and the candle sentiment from the free SAB set Whimisical Words, they go so well together and this was the perfect opportunity to ink them both up!

Here's the details of Stampin' Up! used:

Stamps - Queue Up (Level 3 Hostess); SAB Whimsical Words; In the Stars

Ink - Basic Black; Pumpkin Pie

Cardstock - Whisper White; Pumpkin Pie

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Critter Sketch - the sketch

ABC Designs - Birthdays

Hope you can join us this week, we've a couple of great prizes to give away.

TFL x

Sweet Stampin' Challenge No. 6

Hello & Happy Boxing Day! Hope you all had a wonderful day yesterday, we had a quiet but really lovely & relaxing Christmas, doesn't it go quick though - all that build up, work & stress and over so soon.

So onto this week's challenge at Sweet Stampin, maybe a chance to use some new crafting goodies Santa brought? A fab sketch by Jo, this is my kinda sketch, simple, straight, clean lines but of course you can make your entry as elaborate as you like!

This is your last chance to get into the month's draw for the Punch & Stamp set, so hope you can join us.

Here's my card:

I'm not sure why the picture's so wishy washy, but hopefully you can see it clearly enough. Do you like the lace trim? This was salvaged from a net bag that a pair of pyjamas I bought for my daughter came in, too nice to throw out and I've still got the rest of the bag too, which may come in useful!

Here's the rest of the details - all Stampin' Up!

Stamps - Queue Up (Level 3 Hostess); In The Stars

SU Markers - Pretty in Pink

Ink: Basic Black; Pretty In Pink

DSPs - Sweet Always (retired)

Cardstock - Pretty in Pink; Whisper White

I'm also entering my card into the following two challenges:

PaperPlay - New Beginnings

Cupcake Craft - A Time for Celebration

Have a great day!

Sweet Stampin' Challenge No. 3

Good morning, it's bright & sunny here in Shropshire, so let's hope it lasts!

Time for another challenge at Sweet Stampin and this week our theme is "Feathered Friends". There's a new prize up for grabs for December & is a fabulous Stampin' Up! Hostess set "Punches Three" and a matching Scallop Square punch - wish I could win as both of these are on my wish list LOL, so it's really worth entering to get your hands on the fab SU! goodies.

Despite the fact I still have a zillion Christmas cards to do, it was nice to make a non-Xmas card for a change and I really enjoyed using the bright and zingy colours on my card, and as my work desk, shelves, craftroom, and me are already covered in glitter I thought I' may as well add some glitter to my little birdies too!

Here's the details:

All SU! unless otherwise stated:

Stamp - Queue Up (Level 3 Hostess Set)

Sentiment - Fun & Fast Notes

SU! Markers - Green Galore; Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal (not sure if the bird colours are that accurate - do you get green birds? But I liked them!)

Cardstock - Green Galore; Apricot Appeal; Whisper White

DSPs - Rainbow Sherbert (retired - sadly!)

Other - Word Window Punch

Gems & Glitter from my stash

Hope you can join us this week & TFL x

Get Sketchy #14

I made this card following Get Sketchy's sketch this week, I did it orginally for my Brother in Law's birthday, but then decided it wasn't really him, so back to the drawing board! Pic's a bit washed out, the colours are slightly darker in real life.

Recipe: All Stampin' Up!

Stamps - Queue Up (L3 Hostess); Cheer & Wishes

DSP - Haiku (retired)

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Ink - Chocolate Chip

SU! Markers in various Earth Element colours plus Real Red

Other - brad from stash, embossing folder

TFL x

Stamp With Us - Recipe Challenge

A recipe to follow over at Stamp With Us this week, no patterned paper, 2 stamps & 2 ribbons. I'm not happy at all with this card, disaster from start to finish but I've made it so I'm entering it! The photo makes it look worse, the ribbon's not quite so bad in real life, but is patchy where I've coloured it (this normally works so well!).

Anyway here the recipe - all Stampin' Up!

Stamps - Queue Up (available from 1 October as a Level 3 Hostess set); Seeing Spots; Stem Sayings

Ink - Basic Black; Pink Passion

Cardstock - Whisper White; Pink Passion; Only Orange

SU Markers - Pink Passion; Only Orange; Pixie Pink; Yoyo Yellow

Carol's Fun Sketch meets DieCut Dreams (and a sneaky sneak-peak!)

Good morning all, bit of a dull day here in Shropshire but the sun is threatening to pop through the clouds, so fingers crossed.

This is my entry for challenges over at Carol's Fun Sketch and DieCut Dreams, whose theme this week is "Tea for Two"

The image is a HouseMouse stamp, that my wonderful friend Carly stamped out for me cos she knows I'm a HUGE HouseMouse fan, I think they're so sweet, I just love 'em to bits (I'm a big fan of mice and rats in real life too) and so as soon as I saw the theme I knew I was going to use this image and I've coloured him with ProMarkers. The other stamp on the side of the card is another sneak peek from the new Stampin' Up! catty and is from the same set as the mushrooms on my card the other day - Queue Up! I thought it would make a good border and used it instead of a ribbon down the side of my card, I've coloured this with SU! markers to match up with the DSP's & cardstock -both SU! The c/s is Tempting Turquoise and the DSPs is from Rainbow Sherbert, another set sadly retiring at the end of this month! The sentiment has been done on my 'puter and the flower is from my stash.

The card's much brighter in real life, but I took the pic last night, so it's a bit dull

I love this card, but it's because of the image, I don't think it's possible to make a bad card with this little fella! Let's hope I don't prove myself wrong now LOL!!!

TFL & have a good day

A sneaky peak & a goodbye

I finally got around to playing with my new SU! stash from the catty coming out on October 1 and made this card this afternoon. The stamp is from the set "Queue Up" and is a Level 3 hostess gift, so free with a qualify workshop/order. The whole set is gorgeous and I'll be showing more from this set over the next week.

I've coloured the mushrooms with a SU! markers; the cardstock is More Mustard and the button is from the Earth Element collection. The DSP is from the set Haiku, which is retiring at the end of this month, which I think is a shame, it's a lovely set, with gorgeous Autumnal colours and I really like it - so if anyone wants to get on their hands on some before it disappears for ever, then just let me know and I can put an order in for you. The sentiment is also retiring at the end of the month and is from a Level 1 hostess set "Best Yet", I'm keeping this despite it retiring as it's a lovely set of sentiments.

Hope you like the card, I've kept it quite clean and simple, and hopefully I'll have another sneaky peek to show you tomorrow.

TFL x