For Ewe

"Spring is in the Air" over at Sweet Stampin this week, and this is my DT card for the challenge. You can interpret this any way you wish, use Spring colours/images, Easter, daffodil's whatever you like. It's lovely seeing the spring flowers starting to peek through and although it's raining this morning, it's been a gorgeous week with lots of sunshine and it really does feel like Spring is on it's way - hooray for that. So I'm really looking forward to seeing all the "Spring" entries this week.

Here's the deets on my card

Image & Sentiment - Wild Rose Studio

DSP - SU! Rainbow Sherbert (retired)

Cardstock - SU! Green Galore; Whisper White

punch for flowers & buttons from stash

There are lots of lovely Spring themed challenges around this week & I'm entering my card into the following:

Crafty Catz - Spring

A Spoonful of Sugar - Easter

Creative Card Crew - Going Dotty

Allsorts - Spring is in the Air

TFL x

Yesterday's Sweet Stampin DT card

Oh I'm so behind this week, where has the time gone? Here's my DT card for yesterday's Sweet Stampin challenge, which this week is a colour combo:

As always with our colour challenges you can choose any three of the four colours, or use all four, and you don't have to use SU! colours, a close match is fine.

I've used three on my card - Barely Banana, Sage Shadow & Blush Blossom. There's no DP on my card, it's a stamped background, I've used the two-step stamp set (try saying that quickly 10 times! LOL) Greenhouse Garden, and stamped out the flowes using the Banana & Blush together, I was amazed how well it worked. Here's the rest of the details:

Stamps - Garden Whimsy; Greenhouse Garden; Hello Again (sentiment)

Cardstock & ink - in colours above plus Whisper White cardstock

Ribbon - Fairy Tale Originals (retired)

Other - Eyelet Border punch; Tab punch

Non SU! - Embossing folder & flower from stash

Hope you can join in this week, not only is there the chance to win the monthly prize - generously donated by Stacey our sponsor, but Emma's also offering to send a winner a selection of stamped images if we get over 50 entries this week - so come on - do your best!

I've used the sketch from In Love With Stamping, only problem is the challenge ended this morning, so I've sort of missed the boat there! Oh well, it was a good sketch.

Hope you're all having a lovely Mothering Sunday, I've been spoilt, had a beautiful card - handmade of course - from my gorgeous Georgia, she raided my stash yesterday and I just loved the card she made me - will get a piccie up - and also she gave me Michael Buble's album, ummm ummm love The Buble! We went out for coffee this morning and ended up having brunch in one of my favourite places in Ironbridge - so diet went well & truly out of the window with bacon & scambled eggs on toast, oh it was delicious! Oh well, there's always tomorrow!

TFL x

Sweet Stampin' Challenge No. 16

Good morning, here's my DT card for our challenge over at Sweet Stampin, the theme this week is "Something for a child" It was my step-grandaughter's 2nd birthday this week and I made this card for her, it's a bit busy for me, but should appeal to a two year old.

The unicorn, no. 2 and name have all been cut out on the Cricut and the butterfly is punched out using an SU! punch and matching stamp.

Here's the details:

Stamps - SU! Flight of the Butterfly, Simply Said (tiny flowers in background)

DSPs - Sweet Always

Cardstock - SU! Ballet Blue; Pixie Pink; Bashful Blue; Real Red; Green Galore; Basic Black; Whisper White

Bling & Ribbon from stash

We've got a new sponsor this month - Stacey, who is an independant SU! Demonstrator and she's very kindly giving away a fab prize of a Darling Dots stamp set:

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Delightful Sketches - Kids

Lily of the Valley - Easel Card

Thanks for looking and hope you can join in this week

Monochrome Bicycle

Hello Blogland, hope all is well wherever you are in the world, it's wet & grey here in Shropshire, so a day in my craftroom beckons (hopefully!)

It's time for another challenge over at Sweet Stampin and it's sketch week again, here's the sketch for you to follow:

I really liked this one, another to keep & use again I think.

I've used my Everyday Basic Button set from PTI and used black & white buttons for the wheels, and just added a touch of colour to the bicycle seat, handlebars and bell, but other than that it's black & white all the way, which I always like, I always think mono cards are so striking!

I've done a bit of paper piercing with my SU! piercer & mat pack (to give me nice straight lines!) added some embossing too and a bit of faux stitching around the sentiment.

My cardstock is SU! Basic Black & Whisper White (so I have used some SU! on my card - remember to enter our challenge you don't have to use SU! but you get two entries into the monthly draw if you do, plus it's the last week to get into the draw to win the pack of mixed SU! 6x6 papers donated by me!), the paper is from Pink Petticoat and the rest is from my stash.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

A Passion for Papertrey - Black & White

Fab n Funky - Black & White

Crafty Creations - 3 Dimensional

Thanks for looking & hope you can join us this week - have a good weekend!

Floral Frenzy

Hello there, it's the weekend - hooray and here's my DT card for Sweet Stampin, our challenge this week is called Floral Frenzy.

I made my card for a friend who commissioned it for a 60th birthday and it was one of those" oh do whatever you like" kinda requests, so I made it and hoped she'd like it - luckily she loved it!

Our sponsor this month is a lovely lady and one hell of a crafter - oh it's me - he, he! I'm giving away a mixed pack of Stampin' Up! 6x6 double sided papers, there are papers from about 8 different packs so plenty to get your hands on, but you have to join in to win. The more challenges you enter this month, the more chances you have, plus if you use any SU! products on your projects, you get two entries for that project! So hope you can join us.

I'm entering my card in Get Funky's February challenge, it's a free theme for the month & I've used FunkyHand papers on my card. I've cut the flowers and the "60" out on a Cricut, I've got one on a borrow at the moment whilst a friend is holidaying (for two months, lucky so-and-so) in Australia but I'm very excited as hubby is now buying me one for my birthday - whoop, whoop! I've put SU! Dazzling Diamonds around the edge of each flower, and added some card candy (from my stash) to the centres, the ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is SU! from the set Cheer & Wishes.

Hope you can join us this week & have a great weekend.

I Love U Teddies

Hello there, it's Challenge #11 over at Sweet Stampin and our theme this week is scallops, so get out your punches and scallop away!

I've used my new stamp (a Christmas pressie) which is so sweet and great for Valentines or any love occasion really.

Here's the details:

Stamp - Elzybells, coloured with ProMarkers

Sentiment - SU! Love You Much (new favourite of mine), inked up with SU! Real Red

Papers - Pink Petticoat

Cardstock - SU! Real Red; Whisper White

Ribbon - SU! Whisper White

Other - Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch - both SU

Button from stash.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

I Love ProMarkers - Sketch

Die Cut Dreams - Bears

Fussy & Fancy - Hearts

Hope everyone's having a good weekend, I'm being spoiled this weekend as it's my birthday in the week & we always have a "Birthday Weekend" tradition, so we're off to the cinema later - to finally see Avatar and then an Indian this evening yum, yum. Also went out for breakfast, so I won't be having lunch today for sure!

Sweet Stampin' Challenge No. 8

This is my DT card for this week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin & we've got a colour combo for you this week.

Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Pretty In PInk, Almost Amethyst

you can use whatever brand of products you have to hand, Just keep the colors as close to these as possible!

♥ Please Use a Minimum of 3 colours from the colour combo ♥

I managed to use all four in mine, there's not a lot of Certainly Celery in there, but I've used it on the leaves, stalks & grass.

Here's the rest of the details:

Stampin' Up! used:

Sentiment - Circle of Friendship

DSPs - Tea Party

Cardstock - Whisper White; Rose Red; Almost Amethyst

Markers used - Rose Red; Almost Amethyst; Pretty in Pink; Certainly Celery; Summer Sun

Eyelet Border Punch

Non SU:

Stamp - Lily of the Valley

ProMarker - skin tones

Flowers & gems from my stash

We're on the look out for Guest Designers so if you'd like to be considered you need to enter this week.

I'm also entering my card into a few different challenges:

LOTV - Thank You

Funky Fairys - Anything Goes

Delightful Sketches - Sketch

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. 4

Good morning, we've another colour combo challenge over at Sweet Stampin for you, you've got a choice of four colours and you can use any three or all four on your entry this week, if you don't have SU! colours, then a similar colour is fine.

I went for the combo of Bashful Blue, Old Olive & More Mustard, I wasn't sure how well these colours would work together, but SU! colours are sneaky, you can mix them about and somehow they always seem to work! I never would have put these colours together but I like the result.

SU! used:

Stamps - Darling Dots (Level 1 Hostess gift)

DSPs - Bashful Blue

Cardstock - More Mustard, Old Olive, Bashful Blue

Ink - More Mustard, Old Olive

Buttons - Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie (oops - well it's close to More Mustard!)

Punches - 1", 1¼" and 1-3/8"

Don't forget if you use SU! you get two entries into the monthly draw, this month the prize is:

A lovely set of stamps - Punches Three (a Level 1 Hostess gift, so you can't buy it!) and a matching square scallop punch.

So hope you can join us again this week, I've got my Saturday Stampin' Up! class this morning, so off to put out some mince pies and get the coffee brewing.

Have a good Saturday

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

Sweet Stampin' Challenge No. 1

It's our first challenge over at Sweet Stampin and the theme is "Celebration" as we're celebrating our first challenge and new DT, you can enter with a card, scrap page, ATC, anything you like as long as it represents some sort of Celebration. You don't have to use Stampin' Up! products on your cards, but if you do, you get two entries into the monthly draw to win some fab SU! goodies - what a great way to get your hands on SU! So I hope you can join us this week.

I've gone for a baby card, and kept it fairly simple as it's a boy card, it's brighter in real life, as I'm still struggling with lighting for taking photo's.

Recipe: All Stampin' Up!

Stamp - Fun & Fast Notes

Coloured with - Watercolour Crayon in Bashful Blue; marker in Chocolate Chip

Ink - Stazon

DSP - Bashful Blue

Cardstock - Bashful Blue; Chocolate Chip

Eyelet Border Punch

I've made the blingy dots, by putting a length of sticky strip on Choc Chip c/s, and adding Dazzling Diamonds, as I didn't have any suitable boy bling!

I'm also adding this card into Annabelle Stamps Challenge as I've used their sketch (which requires the bling!) thought it was a lovely straightforward sketch too, nice & easy to use.

Hope to see you over at Sweet Stampin & TFL xx

Sweet Stampin

This bright & cheery card is my entry for a new Challenge Blog called Sweet Stampin which has been set up by a fellow SU Demo Emma, it's primarily a Stampin' Up! Challenge, but you can use other products too, so is open to all.

For the first challenge it's a colour combo, I love doing these because I often find combo's I may not have thought of putting together, which was the case here, and I love the result. You have to use at least three of the following colours:

I just left out Tempting Turquoise as I liked the three I used. I've kept the card fairly simple, as it's quite bright and didn't want to end up overdoing it.

Recipe (all Stampin; Up!):

Stamps - Darling Dots (new Level 1 Hostess set)

DSPs - Summer Picnic & Haiku (both retired)

Cardstock - Whisper White, Pink Passion

Markers & ink - Pink Passion, Old Olive; Pumpkin Pie

Button - From new Playground set

Other - 1" Circle Punch

TFL x