The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #183 - M is for Monochromatic

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers have another fabulously fun challenge on offer for the next two weeks as we come over all monochromatic!

I always enjoy making black and white cards and therefore just HAD to make this card for our current challenge. Don't you just love this image and sentiment from Mary Englebreit? I think she looks great fussy cut and paired with a little leftover piece of MFT spotted paper. So simple, so easy and so much fun.

As always the sistahs have created some fabulously snarky treats for this challenge, so please come take a look and join the fun.

Let's Squash It! Challenge #7 - Reminder Post

 Hi there, I'm over on the blog at Let's Squash It! today with some inspiration for our current challenge.

I was inspired by Empress Sally's gorgeous wedding card and decided to hunt-out my Stamping Bella stamp Uptown Girl Bridgette the Bride.

I created a simple Distress Ink blended background and spritzed it with a little water before running it through my Cuttle Bug using Crochet Doily from Kaisercraft. I really like this EF and you'll find it on sale in the UK at this link! 

The second of my three folders is this beaut. Unfortunately, it's an oldie and was purchased on eBay, so I can't share a link. However, leaf patterns are fairly easy to find so I'm sure you can track down something similar if you like the look it gives.

For my final EF of the trio I decided I wanted a pattern to pull things together. Again, this is a VERY old folder, but I like how using just a corner of the pattern gave me a leaf and some flowers for my embellishment.

Gail's Technique Time post here shared some ideas about using scraps and leftovers for creating sweet embellishments for your cards. You don't have to use all of your embossing folder all of the time - just a portion of the pattern and a little die cutting can create lovely results.

This challenge is open until the last day of April, so there's plenty of time to get creating. 

Birthday Girl, Wish Big!

 Hi there, it's another cool but sunny day here in the UK and my craftroom is bathed in sunshine!

I'm delighted to be playing along with two of my favourite challenges today.

Seize the Birthday is offering a Topping of Spring Flowers and Lost Coast would like to see a prominent sentiment on your card. I'm hoping this card fits the bill for both challenges.  

I've coloured and fussy cut Picket Fence Studios Kendyll and paired her with a gorgeous sentiment from Colarado Crafts Lovely Legs - Birthday. The stencilling in the background was created with a Newton's Nook stencil. 

I could spend all day making cards like this as I love a sweet and simple design... and a bit of kraft card.

Stay safe, and have a lovely weekend!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #49 - Reminder

Well, I don't know about you but for me this month seems to be speeding along like a sled whizzing down a mountain.

Did you see what I did there? A seamless segue from welcome to challenge theme! LOL.

Yes, it's reminder time again at Christmas Kickstart. This month our theme is:

Our lovely elfin companion for Challenge #49 is Jane from Onions and Paper.

Here's a reminder of Jane's lovely inspiration card for this challenge.

I love brown and blue together and decided to take my inspiration from Jane's colour combo for my card.

My cute penguin, the sack of pressies and the sledge are all from from a Hobby Art set called, appropriately enough, Penguins. A big thank you to my blogging bud Gail for gifting me this lovely set.

I wanted to add some embellishments, but just couldn't make it work no matter what I tried. In the end I just left it alone - sometimes you just gotta do that.

Jane and I would love to see a few more players in the gallery, so please read the rules and come join the fun! You have until Friday 30th April to play along.

Let's Squash It! Challenge #7 - Three Folders and a Person

 Hi there, it's time for another fun challenge over at Let's Squash It! and this month we have a recipe for you...

We'd like to see at least three embossing folders plus a person or people on your card. 

For my card I stamped and coloured gorgeous Picket Fence Studios Girl - Jordan and paired her with a Distress Ink background using Kaisercraft EF Crochet Doily, Creative Expressions Circle Illusion and Sizzix Fancy Border. As you can tell I was in the mood for bright and cheery!

Gail and I have a lovely guest with us for this challenge, but you'll have to drop by over at Squash It Central to find out who she is!

Keep safe and keep crafting!

It took a little time...

 Hi there, happy Wednesday to you all. There's another fun prompt on offer over at Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda. 

I'm relived to finally complete my card for this challenge as I've been struggling with it for a few days. Thankfully, Inspiration struck in the wee small hours of this morning and I'm fairly happy with how things turned out.

I've married together two different stamps Stamp Journey Willy-Helene and Tic Toc from Kaisercraft to create the panel at the bottom of the card. I stencilled the whole card with Specked Egg, Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks before stamping the images in Versa Fine.

I was thrilled to discover a lovely badge and a gift certificate waiting for me when I visited Lost Coast today. What a nice surprise - thanks so much.

If you're not familiar with this challenge why not head on over and take a look. The prizes are lovely, and the range of images and quirky sentiments available in the shop is wow! And (major enabling alert) did I mention the 25% sale? 

Have a happy day!