New Home

 I made a New Home card recently, the house is using Concord and 9th Christmas houses from last year. The tulips are from Lawn Fawn and the fence is Poppystamps and the clouds are Memory Box. The oval is from Simon Says Stamp and lightly blended some colour. I drew round the oval and cut round the outside of the line to give me a backing mat. Sentiment is Altenew is actually two sentiments and stamped at the same time so must remember to stamp separately to get them closer together.

Pussy Willow

 Phew I had a few busy weekends some took longer than others to recover but all should settle down now. I finished off with a craft show at Sandown I was a bit anxious to begin with but it didn’t stop me buying stuff. 

Card making is still slow but each month I make a few birthday and anniversary ones only I can’t show till they receive them.

The card I’m posting is using the Greetery Pussy Willow die and I saw a fabulous card from Lin on instagram that I sort of copied didn’t use the exact same dies except the pussy willow. The frame is Altenew, sentiment is Creative Expression and the bow is Avery Elle.

After I made the card I found some flocked card that I could of used for the buds, I probably forget next time.

Single Cosmos

 I finally decided on this Cosmos card with a single bloom. The 3d embossing folder is the Tim Holtz one and the sentiment is a Creative Expression but it was joined up so I carefully cut it.

We’ve been trying to get out a bit more even if it’s only to a supermarket if the pandemic highlighted anything was how much I suffer from anxiety. This does mean card making as taken a back seat but I hope to get back to it soon.

Double Cosmos

 I can’t post this on my other social media platforms because I might give it to my daughter for her birthday which is why I used purple.

The flower die is Altenew Cosmos and though you can barely see the blue background, I don’t know I’m either heavy handed or not enough at blending.

My vase is made with a bauble punch withe the top and bottom cut off. I wish now I used a 3rd Cosmos and maybe embossed the vase to make it more interesting.

Morning Glory

 These create a flower dies from Altenew are addictive and here is their Morning Glory. They do take a bit of time to put together and I do try to emboss them a bit but the layers are quite thick.

The background dies are fromSunny Studio and the sentiment is a retired stamp from Stamping Up, layered with various punches. 

Cistus Flower

Fed up with men’s cards got a few now so should keep me going so I finally got round to use a new die from Altenew Cistus Flower. I’ve seen it on Pinterest with a black background but I decided to use the MFT basket weave stencil for it.

The sentiment is Simon says Stamp, I think it’s called Thoughtful Messages.

I have a Wedding in three weeks so I need to make a card, I’ve decided on the image just need to colour it in.

Single Bloom

 Yet another card using an old Freshly Made Sketch I’m pretty pleased how this turned.

The background is an old Stamping Up stamp of wood grain stamped in grey. The Cosmos die from Altenew, sentiment an old Simon says Stamp embossed in white. I’ve seen loads of amazing cards made with the flower die on Pinterest but really need to get ahead with some men cards.

Altenew Cosmos

 The Altenew Create a Flower dies are expensive but they are fun to make I just hope I can think of crafty ways to using them rather than collect dust.

This one is the Cosmos one and I thought they would work better on a slimline card. The embossing folder is an old Sizzix one I brought an Altenew one recently but it was far to busy. 

I made the stripy paper by cutting strips of white and blue and the sentiment is a Newton Nook one from their butterfly set.

Gold Happy Birthday

 A few weeks back there was a Freshly Made Sketch that was perfect for CAS card when using pretty Altenew paper that was hard to cut into.

My gold mat had to be cut a certain size to hide the double faux stitching which got me thinking that I need some single stitched frames dies but everywhere seems out of stock.

I cut the Creative Expression sentiment in white card and then cut and layered the gold card.

Altenew Rose

 Tulips last week this week it’s the rose even more tricky, I needed four colours to make the rose. Of course the rose die is Altenew expensive die and quite large too. This time I found an old floral embossing  folder.

Sentiment LOTV and MFT banner die. I think honestly I love the tulips better but I have been a bit naughty and brought the Tim Holtz rose that I’ve yet to try out but I blame Kath for that I loved her slimline card she made with it.

Altenew Tulips

 I really liked the look of Altenew create a flower tulip dies, yes they are a bit on the expensive side and I kept putting of buying them but as you see I eventually brought them.

The tricky part was finding contrasting colours which why they are purple. Yes it was fiddly but the instructions were easy to read but they are huge an it was hard to emboss to give the shape after you stuck the layers so possibly will do it again but emboss each layer to give some more of a rounded shape.

I used an old embossing folder for the background, an old LOTV sentiment on a MFT banner die.

Flower Power

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Flower Power

e are showcasing Altenew this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

As you may know, the  Simon Says Stamp Store is accepting new orders, but have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge.

We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together! 

I used Altenew New Beginings well one of the set and randomly stamped the image to make a background.

I stamped the butterflies from the Simon says Stamp Moments of Grace into the gaps trying not to stamp to many. Their Wonky Rectangles die for the sentiment box which I used Thinking of You die which I used with gold card.

Finally I used the Adeline Butterfly die with the dotty paper which is My Favourite Things Black & White dots.

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Use a Stencil

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Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Use a Stencil

We are showcasing Altenew this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

For the first time I used Blender Brushes I was please how they turned out just need to practice to even the colour up but this card pretty well turned out how I thought in my head.

The random stripes make a nice backdrop to my flowers, one of my old cards popped up on Pinterest with daisies folded in half and I thought I had made them with Simon says Stamp Stitched Daisies so I thought I would give a go.

I wanted some delicate leaves and thought the Eucalyptus Leaves would work but I did have to snip a few to make them work.

The sentiment is from the Simon says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday stamped and embossed.

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For a Special Lady

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Thank you for joining us for Happy Birthday Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

For a Special Lady

We are showcasing Altenew this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

I knew time was running away from me so I wanted a fairly quick card and I had in my head to make the background using the large Begonia from Altenew Wispy Begonia and that's when my quick card took a bit longer. I had to make a couple of masks for the background flowers.

Then it was colouring and layering the flowers and leaves. I wanted a large sentiment so I used the Simon says Stamp Frames. I drew round the die and then cut it out in pink so I could the pink edge for my hand cut frame.

The sentiment is from Simon says Stamp Thoughtful Messages, one of my favourites.

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Thanks

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Cute Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

Fantastic Florals 

This week we are showcasing Altenew Products this week. You don't have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I decided to use the Lacy Scrolls from Altenew, first of all I had to make a mask because I knew I wanted to some leaves behind my flower. I use a zig glue pen to make my mask sticky, once the blue glue turns clear its because repositional.

Once that was done I made my background with just the leaves and added a bit of blended green using Inkylicious Ink Duster they are much easier on my poorly hand then a small blending tool. Don't panic if the hairs come out they are the loose ones and check you inkpad after use to make sure a sneaky one has been left behind.

I made my frame using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Ovals but before I place it over my flower I stamped the leaves using the mask I made. Sentiment is a Thankful Heart from Simon Says Stamp.

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Masking

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Anything Goes Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher
This week the challenge is

 MASK IT 

there are several ways you can create a mask, by simply tearing paper you can create hills and valleys, die cutting a shape, using a stencil or masking fluid or simply stamping an image onto scratch paper and cutting around it. The possibilities are almost endless! We will be looking forward to seeing what technique you use to create your project!

We are showcasing Altenew Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

Generally the masking technique is a technique that I know and have done but because I layer my images I don't necessary to do that often.

So for this challenge I thought I would actually show masking and gave myself another challenge by making a one layer card what on earth was I thinking.

First of all I stamped my Altenew Succulents on piece of thin copy paper, its important to stamp on paper to make you mask to try and avoid the halo effect. I then had the pleasure of cutting out and again its important to cut close to the edge of the outline nearest the image. This again to try and avoid the halo but I have a black pen ready in case it happens. To make my masks repositionally I used a Zig two way glue pen on the back.

I stamped the middle pot first and when I'm sure the ink is dry I carefully place the mask making sure is it correctly cover the image. Then stamp the two pots on each side of the central image. I would at this point embossed the Simon Stamps Stitched Rectangles. Of foolish me I embossed after I use Prismacolour Pencils to colour my images and held my breath that I have embossed them crooked.

What was I thinking I stamped the beautiful sentiment from the Succulents stamp set over my image and to make it stand out I used WOW black embossing powder. So much could have gone at the last moment that when it didn't I almost needed a lie down in a dark room to recover.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Christmas Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher
This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing Altenew Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

To be honest I think my card maybe a bit too busy but I wanted to show case Altenew Lacy Scrolls stamps.
First I had to cut the paper with the Simon Says Stamp Stitch Wavy Stitched Border then I masked it off so I could stamp up to the faux stitching.
Everything had been stamp as the second impress, I found the inkpad I was using was bit inky and it was bit dark.
To make the gold background I used the Brilliance Galaxy Gold inkpad and randomly stamped.
I then used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles to make my frame and added the Simon Says Stamps Thinking of you which I cut out of gold card.
Having realised that I needed another flower and leaves I stamped and cut them out, wish I worked out I was going to do that apparently they have matching dies.

I made another simpler but less stamping and used the Simon Says Stamps Diamonds stencil and lightly went over it with some ink even now I think I could have just left it white. I also stamped the verse from Its your Birthday from Simon Says Stamp.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw