Owl Humour

Less is More card challenge really had me stumped this week as the recipe is humour.  I like a good laugh like anyone else but find it really difficult to put this into a card. 

So much scratching of the head later and I've come up with this.  Using the Owl Builder Punch you can see I've sat him in a tree.  He has his back to us just now. Lovely as a Tree makes great branches as well as super trees.  The sentiment was typed on my PC in Comic Sans.  And the answer to the question is 

Of course he's a Scottish Owl!  Look at his tartan vest.  I stamped this with the retired Solid Stripes stamp and used Stampin' Write Markers to fill in the rest.  The birthday sentiment is from another retired set - Happiest Birthday Wishes. 

Hope this gave you a little giggle. 

A big Hello to my new follower Tavernier.Bell thanks for following me. 

Keep crafty.  x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Real Red, Gumball Green, Whisper White

Ink - Real Red, Gumball Green

Stamp - Lovely as a Tree, Solid Stripes, Happiest Birthday Wishes

Stampin' Write Markers - Basic Black, Wild Wasabi

Punch - Owl Builder

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Stampin Up Punch Art Lion

Hi there,

The cue card from CASology this week is Zoo. 

Gosh I'm finding these tricky.  Are you?  I've gone down the punch art route again this week and made this not so scary lion.  He's punched out of Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight.  His mane is the Scallop Circle punch which I punched twice.  His head is a 1" Circle punch, his cheeks are 1/2" Circle punch, his nose is an eye from the Owl Punch and his ears are from the Boho Blossoms punch.  I drew in his whiskers, eyes and mouth with my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.  He's popped up on a Dimensional onto a Solid Stripes strip.  Then onto a Daffodil Delight square which in turn is on a Basic Black panel.  I stamped my sentiment in Versamark and embossed in White Embossing Powder. 

Here's a peak at the inside.  I made up a computer generated sentiment. 

Hope your day involves some relaxing "lion" down or is a "roaring" success!  Sorry couldn't resist.  

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, daffodil delight, Real Red

Ink - Versamark

Stamp - Happiest Birthday Wishes (Retired), Solid Stripes

Punch - Scallop Circle, I" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Owl Builder, Boho Blossoms

Other - Dimensional, White Embossing Powder

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Stripey heart with dotty Borderlines

Good Morning!  Second post of the day so please scroll down to see my previous post. 

This is the card that I made for LESS IS MORE but didn't get time to post yesterday.  

This week is a One Layer Challenge and we have to use stripes.  Luckily for me I have the Solid Stripes stamp, just had to think what to do with it.  For some reason candy cane came to mind which developed into a candy cane heart. 

I started with a Whisper White card base and stamped the dotty stamp from Borderlines firstly in Versamark then in Elegant Eggplant then clear embossed.  I punched out a heart using the Full Heart Punch.  I then punched another heart in a post it and lined it up inside the card to act as a mask.  Then stamped Solid Stripes in Rose Red.  I added a Basic Rhinestone Gem for a bit of sparkle.

The sentiment is from Petite Pairs which I inked with Concord Crush Stampin' Write Marker and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to change it to a straight line. 

This is to show you the card open. 

I'm enjoying playing around with apertures just now.  I think it's a great way to give a little extra to a one layer.  Also loving this new stamp set from the mini Borderlines can see it being used a lot! 

If you haven't checked out the mini catalogue why not have a look now.  You could earn yourself a free stamp set whilst Sale-A-Bration is on.  Who doesn't like a freebie?

Thanks for popping by today, can't wait to see all your lovely creations.  Take care. x 

Supplies Used
Stampin Up!

Card - Whisper White
Ink - Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, Versamark
Stamps - Borderlines, Solid Stripes, Petite Pairs
Punch - Full Heart
Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig
Other - Basic Rhinestone, Clear Embossing Powder

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets you would like if your order reaches £45. x

Perfect Postage Manly Birthday

A masculine Birthday card today using Delightful Dozen and Perfect Postage.  I thought it would be fun to use the candle cake stamp for a male.  So I followed the colours over at Simply Stampin'.  

Aren't these fab together?  I stamped the birthday sentiment from Delightful Dozen in River Rock.  The candle cake is stamped in Not Quite Navy and punched it out with the co-ordinating Postage Stamp punch.  It was then popped up on a couple of Dimensionals.  This was matted onto Early Espresso.  I made three extra postage stamps using Solid Stripes in River Rock and Not Quite Navy.

Hope your week is going well.  x  

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Ink - Not Quite Navy, River Rock

Stamp - Perfect Postage, Delightful Dozen, Solid Stripes

Punch - Postage Stamp

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets you would like if your order reaches £45. x

One layer seeing double

Hi there, it's Saturday again and another challenge from Less is More.  This week it's a one layer challenge - Seeing Double.

So here's my interpretation.  I used a mask on my Whisper White card blank and stamped Solid Stripes twice in Not quite Navy to create my rickety fence.  The grass is sponged in Pear Pizzazz and Certainly Celery.  I added a cloudy sky by sponging Baja Breeze using a scallop circle scrap.  I then stamped one of the flowers from Pocket Silhouettes twice, stamping off the page first. The sentiment is from the same set and is also stamped in Not Quite Navy.

I'm sure there will be some inventive creations from the other Limettes so do have a look if you get the chance.

Thanks for coming over to visit, have a great day. x

Supplies Used
All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Whisper White
Ink - Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Certainly Celery, Pear Pizzazz
Stamps - Solid Stripes, Pocket Silhouettes

Love Letters at the Gate!

Oh dear my post titles do get worse!  Lack of imagination for something snappy and witty.  I should explain it's referring to a gate fold card and the Designer Series Paper is Love Letter.

Here's a photo to show the inside

The card base is Riding Hood Red which matches the colours in the DP.  I've matted the panels and squares on the front onto Basic Black.  I used Solid Stripes stamp in versamark on a Basic Black circle then embossed in gold leaving a space at the bottom.  A circle from another piece of the Love Letter DP was punched using 1 3/4" circle extra-large and added on top of the embossing.  I then decorated the half of the circle that shows and added another couple of strips of DP.  A Very Vanilla panel was mounted onto Basic Black.

I'm entering this card into The Friday Mashup which is to use a gatefold card and if you wish to also use numbers.  

If you would like any of the above supplies then please e mail me on ails300@btinternet.com.  The beautiful Love Letters DP is only available until the end of this month.

Supplies used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Ink - Versamark

Stamp - Solid Stripes

Paper - Love Letter

Other- Gold Embossing Powder