Hey,

Happy Monday!

Today is the last day of my staycation. I have had an awesome time - especially today as I went to the spa (thank you JT and Natasha) and had lunch with friends.

Yesterday morning I had a fun Skype playdate with JT. We normally try and do a challenge together during our dates, this time we are playing along with The Paper Players current tic-tac-toe challenge - these are my fave types of challenge!


I opted for the middle row - Banner, Enamel Dots and Animal.

I used my brand new Studio Calico Galileo stamp set - this set was released in 2012 and I have spent 2 years since I discovered it trying to get my hands on it. eBay came good last week LOL!

The celebrate banner I created using Little B dies that I bought from Cheiron in her big destash sale, I decided that affixing it with staples would work best, doesn't flap around then.

I added some enamel dots here and there and a sentiment sticker by Tim Holtz to finish it off.

I love the end result, I think it will make a fun birthday card for someone.

More playdate makes later on this week. Don't forget to check out JT's entry too.

Cx

Hey,

Hope you had a great weekend?

JT and I managed a playdate on Sunday and we decided to play along with The Paper Players challenge this week.


We decided to make 2 rows -
Sequins / Flower / Yellow and Blue / Embossing / Patterned Paper.

Both of us had a few struggles with the blue row..so my entry and main photo is of the yellow card, which I am really pleased with.

I used Dew Drop Dandelion and Tuxedo black inks, Simon Says Stamp, Hero Arts and Bo Bunny stamps. I had been a bit apprehensive about using the flower stamps - they came with a SSS card kit. It seemed a bit complex, but it actual was quite easy.

In the interest of full disclosure here are the blue cards.


They feel a bit blah to me, but JT liked them :)

Cx

Hey,

The Paper Players challenge this week is a great set of colours that got me all inspired -



I turned to Pinterest for some layout help, when I stumbled across a Pin, which turned out to be a CASE..so my card is the Double CASE!!

I loved the idea of masking of a section for the sentiment and partly stamping the sentiment into the detail.

I die cut a piece of white cardstock using my SSS stitched rectangle die and masked off the bottom half so I could stamp the top of the card, I then rotated it and did the same thing for the bottom.

I used Favorite Flowers stamps by Simon Says Stamp in the 3 challenge colours (I used Tsukineko inks that matched, Turquoise Gem, Rose Bud and Pear Tart).

I added Recollections enamel dots and bling in the 3 colours for a bit of dimension.

Final step was to stamp the sentiment and I added a bit of bling for the i in favorite.

I love it!! Thanks again to Paper Players for inspiring me another great theme.

Cx

Hey,

Welcome back to another great Moving Along With The Times challenge...

This week hosted by the lovely Red, her theme is a photo -


I was inspired by the photo to dig out my SSS butterfly die..I've been a bit daunted by it, but Red's photo helped me tackle that :)

I decided to go with kraft, orange and brown papers.

I die cut the butterfly several times, to get the different coloured pieces and the dark brown outline.

Before I pieced it all together I stamped over all the butterflies in orange link, using a Stampendous leaf stamp that JT gave me.

I sprayed the entire card with glimmer mist, added the sentiment banner (heat embossed sentiment) and some bling here and there to finish the card.

I love it, so I thought as well as it being my DT make I would enter it into this weeks The Paper Players Challenge - Use Die Cuts.

Now it's your turn to get inspired by Red's photos - first go over to MAWTT and check out the beautiful projects by my teammates.

Cx

Hey,

I really wanted to use one of my many new Bugaboo stamps this week, they are retiring some items and so they were a bargain!

JT has already used some of the ones that we bought :)

I also needed to make a New Baby card, so The Paper Players challenge this week was perfect -

I went with Any shade of yellow, Sequins and Polka dots.

I used Recollections yellow polka dot paper, my new Lawn Fawn stitched square dies, a Fiskars stamp and the Raccoon by Bugaboo.

I added some ribbon and inked the edges of my stitched square in Squeezed Lemonade distress ink.

For a bit of fun, I printed the Raccoon's tail onto a grey polka dot Pink Petticoat paper and paper pieced him onto the printed Raccoon - love this, it adds a little bit of dimension and fun.

Final touch to complete the Tic-Tac-Toe was to add sequins from my stash, I keep these to a minimum.

I'm visiting my friend at the weekend to meet her new Daughter, so I'll be giving her the card and it's matching Raccoon babygrow (onesie) that I made :)

Cx

Hey,

So far my week is going pretty well.

It feels like it was kick started by The Paper Players as I got chosen as a cut above - along with some other fabulous ladies.

So to celebrate good moods all round, I thought I'd join in their awesome challenge again this week -


I went a bit bargain nuts on Black Friday online at the Sizzix store and one of the (dirt cheap) items I got was the Garden Flowers stamp and die set - featuring Hero Arts.

I decided to stamp the flowers close to each other, but with one higher than the other.

The pretty red band of paper came about due to an oops when I dropped the sentiment stamp onto my beautiful card! It all worked out well and I think the colour pop is nice, as my original plan had been to go all black and white.

I stamped the sentiment (without dropping it..) and added a little strip of bling for added shimmer.

Final touch was the red Stickles on the flower stamens.

It feels so Spring, all that lovely white space..

Cx

Hey,

Happy Friday.

Today I wanted to join in with The Paper Players..


I love the colour palette and it was a great opportunity to use another one of my Meljen's Designs Divas, this time I used Flirty Diva.

Once again, oodles of fun to colour. You can see I have used some of the palette in her outfit and added more colours using the papers.

I am happy with all the little details..

Hope you have a great weekend.

Supplies used:
Promarkers  Soft Peach, Cool Grey 3, Buttercup and Pastel Yellow. Copic - skin white
Saffron pearl by Papermania
Glitterglue by Martha Stewart
Papers by Pink Petticoat in Saffron and Pistachio
Pear Tart Ink by Versamark
Wink of Stella Brush - Clear

Cx