Animal Print at Less is More

"Grrrrrr" that's my tiger impersonation!!  Maybe I should stick to a Tigger impersonation and say "A Tiggerific Day!".  Why the animal noises?  Well this weeks challenge at Less is More is a one layer with fur or feathers. 

I thought I'd make my own animal print background.  I used my super duper Scoring Tool to make a scored frame.  Then I masked off a rectangular portion and sponged Daffodil Delight, More Mustard and Pumpkin Pie.  I also deliberately dotted the sponge dauber as it leaves a good texture.  Now came the fun part.  How did I get my tiger stripes?  This is a trick I saw some time ago on blogland but sorry can't remember where, however it's easy to do.  I used the scrap rubber from one of my clear sets and cut it up into stripey irregular shapes then placed them on a rectangular Acrylic Block.  Inked them up with Basic Black and printed my stripey print onto the sponged background.  Viola!  some animal print.  I added a strip of Basic Black satin ribbon along the bottom as I really felt with all that animal fur you needed a bit of touchy feely to the card.  And as animal print is a bit glam 3 Basic Rhinestones add a bit of sparkle.

I stopped messing about with it at that point as the black ink had a habit of jumping up and biting my card leaving black smudges!  Grrrr for real!!

I'm also going to enter this at Casual Fridays which is looking for square cards.

Do get in touch if you would like to join my Stampers 6 starting in October when the new catalogue becomes available.  It's going to be great, bigger and better than before!  I've a few spaces left and it would be great to have you part of the club.

 So it's TTFN from me.  Thanks again for your visit.

Oh but before I go a big thank you to the girls over at CASology.  My card was the winner for this week!  I'm so chuffed, it was a lovely surprise and I get to be guest designer next week!! So stayed tuned!

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Ink - Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie

Tool - Scoring Tool

Ribbon - Black Satin

Other - Sponge Dauber, Acrylic Block, Scrap Rubber, Basic Rhinestones

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.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

Get Well Bulrushes Stampin' Up! style

There's a new challenge site - CASology - which I've been meaning to join in with but have only got round to it today.  

You are given a cue card to make a Clean and Simple card from.  I must admit to being stumped when I saw Pond!

However I kept coming back to Bulrushes and thought the Word Window Punch would be perfect for them.  I used Daffodil Delight to create the heads and sponged down one side to give a little dimension.   I always have a bag of strips so attached a couple of stalks in Old Olive.  I punched an oval out of the bottom section of my Whisper White panel using the Extra Large Oval Punch then corner rounded each of the corners.  I attached some Night of Navy to the base card to show through the oval. Stamped my sentiment from Sincere Salutations in Night of Navy then attached my panel to the Whisper White base card with Dimensionals.  The bulrushes were then added to the panel before adding a strip of Old Olive along the bottom.

Having been stumped I'm really pleased how it's turned out.  

I'd like to say Hello to Barbara thank you for following me, I hope you pop by often. 

Thanks for visiting me today. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Stamp - Sincere Salutations

Ink - Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight

Punch - Extra Large Oval, Word Window

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.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

A Bird Builder Twinchie Card

Hi there, a quick post from me today.  I've been glued to the TV (whilst doing my ironing!) watching the Olympics.  My goodness didn't those boys do well in the Triathlon?  I was tired out watching them!

I've made a twinchie card today which was fun and quick to make.  I used my Bird Builder Punch.  First I sponged the branch in Wild Wasabi having made a mask in scrap paper first.  Then sponged in the background using my Sponge Daubers in Wild wasabi and Pumpkin Pie.   My bird was punched out of Pumpkin Pie and I sponged some ink around the bottom and the wing to give dimension.  His eye is Basic Black punched using the Owl Builder Punch.  I added some drops of Crystal Effects to the branch to act as berries.  I then matted my Whisper White square onto a Basic Black square and attached to a 5" by 5" card base.  The sentiment is stamped in Wild Wasabi and is from Petite Pairs.

Right best get back to the rest of the housework probably with one eye on the TV again!!  Thanks for joining me today.  

Remember if you fancy joining my Stampers 6 starting in October then please drop me an email, I have spaces available.  It's a great way to build up your stash. 

Also now is a super time to join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator you will be able to pre order from the new Autumn/Winter catalogue on the 15th August ahead of everyone else and you can choose your starter kit from this catalogue too!  I'd love to have you on the team. x 

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges - 

Casual Fridays - CFC64: Clean And Simple projects featuring things you'd see in the sky

Show us your Twinchies - Bright colours

Dynamic Duos - Wild Wasabi and Pumpkin Pie

Supplies Used

All Stampin Up!

Card - Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie

Ink - Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie

Stamp - Petite Pairs

Punch - Bird Builder, Owl Builder

Other - Crystal Effects

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.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

New York Country Club

I have a scrapbook layout to share with you today.  It's was great fun to use my Simply Scrappin' kit Country Club which includes papers, card stock and sticker elements.  

On this layout I used Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Sizzlit Dies for my title.  Everything else is from the kit.  

This is how it looks with the photos added.  I've since added my journalling to the white space and popped the date into the little circle.  You'll also notice I added the other half of the circle to the top of our couple photo to give a little unusual framing.

My Husband took me to New York for my 40th many years ago (now heading towards another big number!!).  The photos have just been sitting waiting to be scrapped all this time.  So it was lovely to look at them again.  I now need to get cracking and scrap the rest.  

Why don't you have a go at scrapping one of your favourite trips.  The Simply Scrappin' kits make it simply easy!  Join my Stampers 6 and you could be receiving a fresh kit of goodies each month and on your hostess month you can top up your stash with freebies.  Have a look at Virtual Hostess Page for more details.  Join Stampin' Up! and receive a discount on your purchases.  You can now join on line.  The Join the Coffee Morning Stampers Page explains more.  

Thanks for coming in past.  Have a crafty week. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Simply Scrappin' - Country Club

Sizzlits - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet

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.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

Scored with Bordering on Romance

Happy Saturday Everyone.  It's a lovely day here today in the North East.  Hope you have some sunshine too.

A very simple card today following the challenge over at Less is More which is to use the colours Blue and Green.

I started with a Whisper White card base which I scored using my Diagonal Score Plate at one edge.  I masked the edge and stamped Bordering on Romance in Pear Pizzazz.  Then coloured directly from the ink pad with my Blender Pen.  The petals are Tempting Turquoise.  I jazzed it up a little with some small Basic Rhinestones.  The sentiment header is Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White with the sentiment stamped in Tempting Turquoise from the Petite Pairs stamp set. 

Have a go at adding some texture with your Scoring Tool.  This could be one of the items on your wish list so why not join my Stampers 6 and you could earn it for free in your hostess month.  I'm currently looking for members for my new club starting in October.  Please send me an email on ails300@btinternet.com if you are interested. 

Thats it for me today.  Thanks so much for coming in past.  I love to read all your comments and popping in past you too. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz

Ink - Pear Pizzazz, Tempting Turquoise, 

Stamp - Bordering on Romance, Petite Pairs

Other - Diagonal Scoring Tool, Basic Rhinestones

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.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

A Bright Blossom Day

Hi Crafty Peeps.  I have another stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue which ends on the 31st August.  This time Bright Blossoms.  

£14.95 Wood £11.95 Clear

Loads of combinations available with this stamp set.  I love the funky look of the flowers.  Very modern.

I've used Rich Razzleberry as my card base on this sweet little card.  The vase is stamped in Wisteria Wonder and the leaves in Lucky Limeade.  I managed to position the stamp on the ink pad so I could just ink up the parts I wanted.  It wasn't that tricky really!  I punched it out with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch. The flower head is Rich Razzleberry cut out and popped up on a Dimensional.  The Wisteria Wonder 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch creates a lovely mat for my design.  I used my Piercing Tool and Mat Pack to pierce each of the scallops.  The ribbon is the gorgeous Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon that was available in last months promotion.  I just love the sparkle it has.  I hope you took advantage of the deal.  I can see me using this ribbon loads at Christmas time.

This is actually one of my thank yous to my Stampers 6 customers.  I'm currently taking names for a new Stampers 6 starting in October.  If you would like to receive a parcel of goodies each month then please get in touch.  You can check out the details on my Virtual Hostess Page. 

Thats it for me today.  Hope you are having a good week.  Thanks for dropping in past.  x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder

Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder

Stamp - Bright Blossoms

Punch - 1 3/4" Circle, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle

Other - Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Dimensionals, Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon

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.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

Mixed Bunch for Christmas!

This is my first Christmas card for 2012.  I'm actually quite late in starting as it'll creep up on us so fast! 

I've followed the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  

I was pleased to see the central shape as I love the Top Note Die.   

Do you see my snowflake?  It's actually one of the Mixed Bunch Flowers stamped in Versamark and embossed in White Embossing Powder.  The smaller snowflake was made using the same stamp but by only inking up the centre using a Versamark Pen. 

Once embossed I then had fun getting inky.  I first of all used my Watercolour Pencils to add a little colour within the snowflakes and then used my Aqua Painter to pull the colour around.  I spritzed the background with my Spritzer Tool using Bashful Blue and Marina Mist Stampin' Write Markers.  Then I sponged around the edges and into the snowflakes with Bashful Blue, Marina Mist and Tempting Turquoise using Sponge Daubers. 

The side panel is Whisper White embossed with Perfect Polka Dots adding a flash of Real Red edged with the Scallop Edge Border Punch.  

For my sentiment tag, I used a Real Red Stampin' Write Marker to ink up part of sentiment stamp from Welcome Christmas.  The 1 1/4" Square Punch made the flag tag on the end. 

Mixed Bunch is in the Summer Mini Catalogue which finishes on the 31st August.  It also has a punch that matches it.  Not all items make it into the main catalogue so if you have seen some favourites, please get in touch.  

And now I'm pleased to introduce our AUGUST PROMOTION.  I'm sure it will give you Reason to Smile!  An exclusive stamp set only available for this month.  

The set can be purchased for £18.95 Wood or £14.95 Clear but best of all it can be yours for FREE when you spend £60.  So now's your chance to catch up on your favourites in the summer mini and net yourself a free stamp set into the bargain!  You can e mail me on ails300@btinternet.com I'd be happy to help you choose! 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - River Rock, Whisper White, Real Red

Ink - Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Tempting Turquoise, Versamark

Stamp - Mixed Bunch, Welcome Christmas

Stampin' Write Markers - Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Real Red

Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots

Die - Top Note

Punch - 1 1/4" Square, Scallop Edge Border

Other - White 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.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)