Playing in Pixie's Snippets Playground again.

I'm back with a little card I created for Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #399. This challenge is a special Ruby's Challenge, so it's a must-play for me.

My snippet this time is a small piece of striped card left over from creating little boxes for the reminder post over at Let's Squash It! 

Turned out the stripy card had a couple of score marks in it (which I didn't notice at first) and so to disguise them I ran it through my Cuttlebug in a Distressed Lines Embossing Folder by Creative Expressions. The background is a paisley design EF from Cuttlebug I've had since just before the dinosaurs went extinct. The little bunny stamp is from Stampin' Up and is dated 2006; I think this is the first time it's seen ink. I decided not to add a sentiment.

Di has a gorgeous prize donated by Lynne for Challenge #399. Lynne and I have very similar taste in stamps, (and have cost eachother a fortune over the years) so I'm waving at Di and saying 'yes, I'd love to be in the draw, please!'

If you'd like a peek at the boxes I made, here they are. 

They make a nice set with the matching card. 

The Let's Squash It! Challenge Boxing Clever with Floral Embossing lasts until March 31st. Our fabulous guest, Robyn, has crafted up a storm for this challenge, so why not drop by, get inspired and play along!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #181 - L is for Layers

 

Another utterly brilliant graphic from Sister Lee can only mean one thing... Yes, it's time for another challenge over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

This challenge is all about LAYERS, and I couldn't resist getting a little punny with this one: chickens/hens/layers - geddit? 

The layers are layered, so I've got it covered from all angles! These very sweet hens are Picket Fence Studios.

The Sisterhood went off in many different directions for this challenge and I know you'll love their creations, so please come and take a look!

Black and White

I love making black and white cards, so was delighted to find that Color Hues Challenge #14 has Black and White as the current theme. 

I broke out my newest stamp set (thanks to my mail person for helping me acquire this!) and got her inked-up. Isn't she fun? She's an older image from Mary Engelbreit and I love that little bit of 'tude that she's got going on.

I used a tiny snippet of design paper (Which I've been hoarding for about ten years) to give her something to stand on. I think this qualifies my card to go play at Pixie's Snippets Playground again for Challenge #398. 

What a fun challenge this is, and Di is such a lovely host. I'm just sorry it took me so long to find my way there!

I'm heading to the post box and then back into the craft room for the rest of the day. Keep crafting and keep safe everyone! 

 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #48 - Reminder

I'm delighted to have The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and our fabulous mascot, Edna, with me this month over at Christmas Kickstart as we play Challenge #48 - Green Christmas.

If you'd like another look at what the sistahs created please click here.

For my 'reminder card' I've come up with this humorous little number:

Aren't they fun? I'm not sure if this set is still available on the Hobby Art site, but I've found a link to a set here. I really enjoyed putting this card together.

For his Random Raffle prize this month Rudolph has bagged a cheeky little sentiment stamp from Crafter's Companion.

Feeling inspired? We'd love you to come and play along!

H'atta Girl!

 

It's all about HATS at Lost Coast Designs for the next couple of weeks!

I was disappointed to miss the previous challenge, so decided to get my card made as soon as possible to avoid missing out again!

I really like these cute AI gals and their fabulous hats. I wasn't sure about colour combos when I started the card and so copied the packaging picture as the blues and purples look so nice together. My simple Distress Ink background is a nice backdrop for the ladies.

I'm also playing at Week #615 - Allsorts Challenge Blog where they are looking for A Stamped Image.

 Keep crafting and stay safe!

Let's Squash It! Challenge #6 - Boxing Clever with Floral Embossing

It's time to break out your embossing folders and get squashing as we start a new challenge over at Let's Squash It!

This month we're asking you to BOX CLEVER and create an embossed box. We have a fabulous guest on hand to inspire us and there will be additional posts along the way to get your mojo moving!

I need very little excuse to grab my Lawn Fawn Pillow Box die and get cutting. This handy die makes creating cute pillow boxes an absolute breeze.

I think these two are my favourites:

Unfortunately, I don't have the name of the embossing folder as it's another oldie, but I'm pretty sure it's a Crafts Too folder. The sweet cup on the tag is from Jane's Doodles and the letter 'C' is from a very old alphabet set from Hero Arts.

Please come and join the fun over at Let's Squash It!

Coffee or Tea?

I'm delighted to have stumbled across a new challenge blog called Make the Cards.

They've already reached Challenge #7 and when I saw the theme I knew I was going to play along!

I broke out some MFT goodies for this one: Roses All Over, Cup of Tea Clear Set and Tea Party dies set. I can only find a link for the first of these.

I began by embossing the tea set in gold and then sponged on some Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. While it looked pretty it looked a little flat, so I did some smooching in the same colour and liked the effect.

The background in stencilled in AALL Create Stencil #56 using Antique Linen Distress Ink.

It's such a pity that my photographical abilities haven't done this one justice as it looks great IRL!

Make the Cards Challenge has some stellar DT members and their inspiration for this challenge is gorgeous. I think this is going to be one to watch and I'm looking forward to joining in future challenges!

Stay safe and keep crafting, everyone!  

Woofing You a Happy Birthday!

 Hi, Happy Monday and Happy International Women's Day to you all!

Today, I got to play in one of my favourite challenges: Seize the Birthday.

It's my friend's birthday next week and as she's a dog lover I thought I'd put a pup on her card!

Three smooched shades of gorgeous green Distress Inks, with one of them used to stamp the MFT numbers, plus a sentiment and sweet pup from MFT Woof Pack and it was job done. I'm so into kraft card right now - had you guessed?

Take care, everyone.

Happy Birthday to you, CAS Christmas!

 

So here's a card that proved VERY tricky to photograph!

I couldn't resist joining the fun over at CAS Christmas Challenge as I LOVE kraft, red and white as a Christmas colour combo.  I kept it all very simple, and almost single layer, by adding a smidgen of coloured paper and that sweet Wplus9 image. The sentiment comes from the same set, and the snow comes curtesy of a background stamp from MFT I'd forgotten I had! 

The colours are Waaaaaaaaaaaaay off in this photoghraph, and the shading on the girl's hair and hat has disappeared completely, but hopefully you can get the drift!

Edited to add: Here's the same card under different lighting.

I'm sending BIG congratulations to the gang over at CAS Christmas Card Challenge as they are celebrating their third birthday! They are such a talented bunch and, as always, the inspiration on offer is gorgeous. There are some lovely prizes on offer too, so why not head over, wish them a happy birthday and play along!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #180 - Z is for Zoom Meeting

For our latest challenge over at The Sisterhood we bring you a very topical theme: Zoom Meeting!

To say the sistahs have had fun with this one is a serious understatement. We had a blast, and we've got a fabulous guest who clearly enjoyed the theme too.

I had heaps of fun creating my card. I knew right from the off that this gorgeous set from Jane's Doodles would do the job perfectly.  I stamped the glasses from a variety of other stamp sets and then masked to add the images of the girls.

Please drop by and join the fun!

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #397

Hi there, I'm delighted to be playing in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

I played for the first time a couple of weeks ago and love the idea of using up those little snippets of paper and card, so here I am joining the fun again. Thanks to Di for the lovely welcome, which was such a sweet surprise!

My card uses some leftover yellow dotty card. I was so lucky that I had just enough to cut a circle and a tiny sentiment strip. I thought the dots would be a fun contrast with the bunting of the embossing folder.

I coloured adorable Edna (Edna Needs A Martini by Stamping Bella) and added lashings of Wink of Stella to her rose, martini, shoes and wings. Such a fun way to use up snippets and scraps.

So, stay safe and keep crafting everyone!

Chain Chain Challenge Reveal - February 2021

Hello and welcome - it's time for another, fabulous Card Chain Challenge reveal.

We had 32 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month thus making our total number of cards exchanged an amazing 3,245!  

 

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

 

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Chinese New Year/ Polar Bears/Love/Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Ribbon/Texture

It turned out that February 27th was International Polar Bear day so I snuck in an additional theme option of polar bears and was thrilled to see how many of our participants picked up on this!

 

My recipient for this month is the lovely Linda W in Minnesota. I just hope my card reaches her as the birthday card I sent after sending her CCC card has managed to overtake it en route!

Long time CCC player Robyn Oliver in Australia was my sender, and just look at this gorgeous bear in his starry jumper! Thanks, Robyn, I love him!

If you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the March Card Chain Challenge until Saturday, 6th March. If you miss the March sign-up then why not join our April Card Chain Challenge sign-up which begins the very next day on 7th March and ends on 6th April. Hope to see you there!

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #48 - Green Christmas

It time for a new challenge at Christmas Kickstart and I'm thrilled to be joined by The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers (and our beloved mascot, Edna) to supply the inspiration for this month!

I'm so grateful to my fabulous sistahs for getting green and festive, so please come and take a look at their beautiful cards.

Here's what I made for the challenge.

I just couldn't resist inking-up some Ink Road fun (Happy Holla Days) for this one - Santa looks good in green, right?

For my second card I used the same Pine Tree Forest MFT stencil and created an inky background and then stencilled with a mixture of acrylic paint and embossing paste. 

The die cut sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and looks gorgeous IRL, but proved impossible to photograph! The green and silver just looks so good together.

For his Random Raffle prize this month Rudolph has bagged a cheeky little sentiment stamp from Crafter's Companion.

Hope you'll come on over and play along!