A new Challenge.....Friday Mashup

Afternoon stampers,

After doing a bit of blurfing (blog surfing) this morning i came across a great challenge site

Friday Mashup

I came across this challenge while popping over to the amazing

Andrea Lowcock, I love her work.

Anyway the challenge was

This took a bit of doing and re-doing, i don't do too well with too many colours, but i think i got it just right.

The only thing i don't like is the sentiment, but it is only just sitting there, i can change it at anytime, to suit the occasion.

Anyway i'm off to go and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts, so i will be back in a few days to show off  case some more of my latest projects

TST #22 Because i care

Morning Stampers,

First the first time in a long time i had an idea come to me as soon as i saw a sketch.

This is one challenge blog everybody should go and have a go at.

You don't need a blog to play along, you can upload your photos to your album over at Splitcoasterstampers and then link back to the challenge

CherylAnn's sketches are brilliant.

This week over at 

Try Stampin on Tuesday

Here is this weeks sketch.

i turned the sketch on it's side to match the stamp i used.

I didn't have ribbon to put down the middle, so instead i used the extra piece i tore off from the bottom layer.

This was the first time i had inked up this stamp.

The photo doesn't show you the shimmer paint i daubered over the flower to give it a bit of depth.

Also this week i am the first not the last as i have been in the past few weeks.

Have a great day

Just Add Ink #58

Morning Stampers,

Wow two posts in two days now im on a roll.

Over at Just Add Ink this week is a challenge....

The challenge this week is to ... Just Add Amanda or Danielle.

As both of these Co- founders of the DT team are leaving their postions.

So as a real lover of Danielle's work i jumped at the chance to CASE something of her's.

this card was made for a challenge over at

CASE Study Challenge

Here is the original work

Click here to go over and have a look at the other wonderful work of Danielle's

Here is my attempt at the same card....as i didn't have the same Fifth Avenue Floral stamp, i used one i had from the retired Bud Basics set.

But as you can see i still have a bit of practicing to do on my bows.

Now i have a few of Amanda's work in mind to CASE so i will be back early next week to show you the outcome of that CASE

A challenge to all......

Afternoon Stampers,

This is a quick post as i put up a post this morning.

I put a challenge out there to everyone,

 to use a stamp/s yet to see any ink.

We all have a stamp or stamps sitting there just waiting to be inked. 

I am going to try this and see if it works, as i have many stamps i'm yet to use, some i couldn't wait to receive but am yet to use them.

As i do this i will post them

Try Stampin on Tuesday..... Take #2

I found the sketch in the last post to be addictive, so i had another go at it,

This time a true Valentine's card.

Just for you.....happy New Year

Morning Stampers.

Boy who can believe another year is just about to end, with a fresh new one about to begin.

Is it just me or are the years now flying past alot quicker than they use to.

This past year has been a good one to my family and myself.

So here's hoping this coming year follows suit for us all.

If for some reason this year has not been an easy for you and yours,

  i'm sending happy wishes out to you for the coming year and for happiness to be with you all.

Here is the last of the birthday cards i sat down and made on Monday

This one has the technique of emboss resist.

 The Just Believe stamp was stamped first with Versamark, the heat set with clear embossing powder.

Then the En Francais background stamp was stamped over a circle negative, 

Then i added a bit of coordinating ink on a sponge and sponged in the middle working out a little bit, but not to the edge.

Anyway have a great night tonight, what ever you have planned.

Be safe and i will see you all in the New Year.

I hope the new year brings times of joy and happiness to all, 

 and of course here's to all of the great new creations that are coming our way,

Cheers!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

Butterflies of freindship

Morning Stampers.

Well i hope you all have recovered from the big day that Christmas can be, and are ready for yet another big day coming close on it's heels, that is of course New Years Eve, well we all celebrate this day/Evening, as with most of us New Years day is a day of recovery, after too many well earned wines

As i stated in my last post i would post another of the cards i made the other day for a couple of special birthdays coming up, i won't say which card is for which person as im not sure if they pop over to my blog and have a look.

 What the photo is not showing you is that the silhouette of the flowers from the "just believe" stamp set has been stamped in Chocolate chip then embossed with clear embossing powder.

I will pop back in a few days to show you the last card i had made.

Hot on the tails of Christmas

Afternoon Stampers.

I hope everybody out there in blog land had a great Christmas day.

With the usual to much food and maybe a drink or two.

I know i had a great day, this year was our first quiet Christmas day, with a BBQ brunch at home then a relaxing time for the rest of the day.

In fact we all ate so much for brunch that for dinner we ended up only having dessert, and eating our dinner the next day for lunch.

Well now that Christmas is over with for another year, 

 I have been hard at work creating a few birthday cards,  one of them is going to be a bit late, as every year im not organised enough to this card out on time due to the silly season. 

It is for my Father-in-law his birthday is on the 4th of January, but the problem is he lives over in Australia.

But never mind at least i do send him something.

This card is one that was sent to me in an email from Jacque Pedersen, from her "twelve weeks of Christmas", i decided to CASE it and instead of making it a Christmas card i made it a birthday card.

Well over the next few days i will post the other two cards i also made,

until then see ya and enjoy the rest of this wonderful holiday time, before our real lives begin again

En Francais meets Beautiful wings

Morning stampers.

Here is the second card i made yesterday for a birthday coming up soon.

This card combines two of my favourite stamps, the Baroque Motifs and En Francais.

In fact after so long of wanting the En Francais Background stamp i finally brought it and let me tell you i think it is a must for all stampers to have in their collection, this is a very versatile stamp for both male and female cards.

I used the Beautiful Wings die (also New) using both the Elegant Eggplant with a layer of clear window sheets to create the 3D Butterflies.

sorry for the photo quality as no matter how i tried this wouldn't photograph well, the photo doesn't do the card justice.

I am really happy with this one.

Card/paper:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla. Elegant Eggplant

Stamps:  En Francais, Baroque Motifs, Short & Sweet

Ink:  Soft Suede,

Other:  Sponges, SU Ribbon, SU Punches, SU Beautiful Wings Die, Dimensionals, Diamante's, Window Sheets