New Home

 I needed to make a New Home card luckily I had just recently received this cute house die in a craft order, it’s an Impression Obession die. 

I used a stitched rectangle die and matted it to help it stand out. Used an old Memory Box branch die to hang the house from which now I thinking why.

I can’t remember where I got the sentiment from as it’s tiny it could be Tiny Words set from Simon Says Stamp.

Golden Butterfly

 Remember the simple card with the pretty paper last week well I couldn’t waste the leftovers. The papers are Altenew while they are all gorgeous they didn’t work well together only separately. Luckily there was enough left over for a strip in the middle and to back the butterfly.

The butterfly is an old Memory Box die one that I cut out of glitter gold card from Hobbycraft, I think it works better the smooth gold card. Under the solid base is some 3D foam to help the wings stay up a bit but the body is stuck down.

Finally cut out of the sparkling gold card a Creative Expression Birthday sentiment. 

I may not be making many cards these days but it’s not curbing my spending, brought a few Sizzix dies along with a few from MFT release just need the inspiration to use them.

Blue and White

 I have been inspired by some card on Pinterest although I can’t use the same stamps or dies, I found some items in my stash that might work instead.

I stamped part of a background stamp in white and the blended some ink. Then using various leaves from Memory Box and Simon says Stamp in white card to make my cluster of leaves. Finally an old Birthday sentiment on matching blue card.

White Christmas

 This time I made an all white it wasn’t going to, my plan was too add Snowy Snowman I the dip of the slopes in the end I added the sentiment and the gold stars to finish. Maybe make it again for Snowy.

The snowflakes are embossed with a sizzix folder, slopes and hills are from Simon says Stamp. The trees are Marianne and the stars are Memory Box. Finally sentiment is Creative expression but I did have to layer it twice to help stand out.

Just a reminder nothing is crooked just the photographer.

Blue and Silver

There's another Christmas Challenge called CAS Christmas Challenge which is for Blue and Silver since I love that colour combo and I've got the Pinpoint Ornaments from Poppystamps which I never used so the two came together.

The fabulous sentiment is from Simon says Stamp Christmas Cheer and the twine was in my stash.

Goodness that's all I  used except things like the Navy inkpad and the Navy cardstock also if you looking for silver card.

Frame It

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Anniversary/Wedding Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
This week the challenge is

Frame It 

This week are showcasing some fabulous Memory Box Products! 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 bottom of this post! 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 frame makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

I made this card a couple of weeks ago, I think the time as come for me to write down what I used when I make the card.

Now lets see what I used a Blue Oxide Background to start with, that's easy I also make several and keep them to one side till I need one. I'm guessing I've used Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans and possibly Broken China but I'm wondering if it was Mermaid Lagoon.

I cut the Memory Box Cheery Flower Collage in white card, then Green Apple card and some Doll Pink card. A few snip and I have stem and leaves and some pink flowe heads. The centres are made with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Snowflakes and the white centres when I cut out the main image, they fell out but managed to save them.

I wondered if the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle would cut frame round the flowers but you can see if made a nice double frame instead. I also used the Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Shapes frame to give a nice stitched border.

I used my favourite sentiment stamps at the moment Simon Says Stamp Thoughtful Messages. I had always planned to use Simon Says Stamp Flickering Butterflies but the tiny one by the y of Birthday is hiding a dirty mark. Most rubbed off with a clean eraser except one stubborn dot and my tiny butterfly hides it.

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For Mum and Dad

You know I love white cards, this one has a bit of colour but it really was inspired by this card I pinned on Pinterest.

It's been made mainly with Memory Box and Poppystamps die with some help with the Floral Oval from Spellbinders and MFT for the stitched slopes. I made my card for my Mum and Dad, I always leave one at the crematorium because I know they loved my cards.

I need to apologise for the lack of blogger, commenting and not doing my famous five. Life, health and distractions have simply got in the way. I will try to do better but I can't promise because I can see Life, Health and other crafty distractions repeating itself. But in the meantime

Happy Christmas

and if you don't celebrate Christmas,

 I hope you use this Holiday opportunity to spend it with the people you love.

Happy Holidays.

Thinking of You

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.

This week the challenge is

Thinking Of You

We are showcasing Memory Box Products this week! You don't have to use them to join in with the challenge 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

This card turned out so much better than in my head but I wish I could photo it better. The latest challenge is showcasing Memory Box my problem could've of been which one but decided on buying a new one and since I don't have any dragonflies so I brought Dragonfly Stems Left Corner die.

I first cut the corner in green and put it to one side while I dealt with colouring my card for the dragonflies and background. I got out my Oxides,

 I used Cracked Pistachio, Broken China and Fossilized Amber for cardstock for the dragonflies.

Worn Lipstick, Candied Apple and Antique Linen for the background and used Iced Spruce for the Simon Says Stamp Good Reading Background stamp but it was the second impression after randomly stamping first on a scrap paper.

I then cut twice for the dragonflies in the corner and fussy cut them out, first with the whole body then for the wings. I repeated this for the random dragonflies.

I had to trim a stem because it was over my sentiment which was stamped using the Misti and the Simon Says Stamp Happy Thoughts stamp set. To finish the card using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Shapes bundle and some Kaiser Rhinestone Black Gems for my Dragonflies.

Look what's coming tomorrow.

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Prima Flowers

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

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

We will be back soon with the lucky winners of the $50 Vouchers

This week the challenge is

Showers and/or Flowers 

This week we are showcasing Prima Products . 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

Right lets see if I can remember all the details for my card. First off is the Spellbinders Floral Oval I
think in my craft room this die is rated an essential its the perfect size for my cards and US size cards too.

Before I took it out of the die I covered the frame and torn pieces of paper and cover randomly down the one side and used the Tim Holtz Mini Stencil set 3 with Rose Apple Inkpad and Inkylicious brushes.

I decided to use the stencil to make a strip which I had to move the stencil carefully matching up the previous row of bricks then cover what I had already done, don't forget to cover the hole in the stencil, this was my second strip.

I then had to decide on the leaves, I was hoping to use the Simon Says Stamp Clustered Leaves but the leaves were too large for the dainty Prima Angela Flowers. In the end I used the Memory Box Botanical Leaves twice, one of which as been cut to make the stem shorter. Added the flowers or in my case how many could I used, still have some left even after using all of these.

I couldn't find the sentiment I wanted to use so in the end I got out my Simon Says Stamp Sending Die and the matching stamps Sending and Wishing stamp set. The plan was to stamp directly to the card which I did then promptly needed the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Banners to stamp on the smaller one and cover up my pants one.

The corner of the Oval I didn't like how my inking turned out so I decided to use a Memory Box Pippin Butterfly with the matching Isabella. I do like a back to my butterflies you hide the tape and sticky square which give my butterflies shape.

Nearly forgot the butterfly body is using Doodlebug  Lily White Sprinkles.

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More than One Die

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

Thank you for joining us for the Bit O' Green Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is to

Use More Than One Die Or Punch  

This week we are showcasing Memory Box 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

My biggest problem was choosing what dies to use, I did buy the Memory Box Cool Cloud Collage  and the Antilles Floral Bouquet specially for the challenge but I had already used the clouds.

As you can see I did use the clouds I absolute love using it with the help of Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Shapes to cut the large rectangle to give it a finished look. I used Inkylicious Duster brushes with Simon Says Stamp Sweet Treat Inkpads set. With the flowers I actually coloured up the paper and then cut them out.

I used the Simon says Stamp Friends for Life stamp set for the sentiment and then decided to use the dots from the same set. The most difficult part was stopping before my dotting got out of control.

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Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Shake It Up Challenge and we hope you will join in with our new theme!
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 MEMORY BOX PRODUCTS this week. You don't have to use them to join in with 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'm really please I was able to join the Design Team this week didn't think I would be up to making a card for it but it was using Memory Box Products and I have lots.

Of course I then realised I didn't have many new ones, returning to old favourites most of the time and the ones I brought for the challenge I obviously had an idea what I was going to do but for the life of me couldn't remember what it was.

So I popped over to Simon Says Stamps and checked out the Memory Box products and there were loads I could chose from. I finally settled on using the Distressed Windham Collage die which I don't use enough and after making this card I think I will use it more.

First I made my Oval Frame using the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Ovals but before I placed it I used the Windham die then cut out using the large oval. I used sticky fixers to add my frame leaving a gap for my leaves, which were Memory Box Botanical Stem.

I then added the Avery Elle Love die and layered possibly another couple times to help it stand out of all the white before adding flowers.  I wanted small flowers otherwise they would have dominated the card so I used Simon Says Stamp Mini Flowers and Leaves


To make the base layer again I cut the Windham die and then added the large rectangle from Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Shapes. It may seemed complicated but it wasn't really and love when an idea in my head works out so well.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Memory box

I'm sorry but I didn't get to make a Penny Black card, I got the some old stamps to make a quick CAS card but felt exhausted and what with doing a flying visit to MIL to visit her in her new home. I decided I need to rest before we went.  We have a list of things to move since we have a car and BIL doesn't but trust me I'm only supervising.
Back to my card I picked a couple of new dies from Memory Box or Poppystamps all the same to me. The row of poppies and the collage dies. I haven't done it yet but I do plan to cut the collage with some acetate this will give me a rough stencil it is quite delicate so it might not work time will tell.
So once I've used all my new dies I added the sentiment panel with a spellbinder die and used the Simon Says Stamp Wishing die and stamp set.
Fingers crossed I will recover quick from the weekend and I'll have a Penny Black for you next week.

Freshly Flowers

It really throws out my routine when you found out the internet isn't working but at least this morning is seems OK.
Well I've missed the deadline for the Freshly Made Sketch but this was the idea I had one I saw it. It helped that I have this border from Memory Box or it could be Poppystamps either way it was perfect for the sketch.
I cut the border out in the different colours so I could cut out my flowers and the butterflies are from a really old punch I have. Papers are Stampin Up and I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Back at 2pm

luv

Debby

The Box

Here is the box that caused me so much trouble the other week. First of all the item that was going inside didn't fit the first box.
The next box was too large but it was tough I'll get some tissue paper to wrap it in.
 So to the lids, here lays the problem why I don't know its quite simple enough. First lid didn't fit, the next was too big and the third sort of fitted, had to do.
Went off and had a bit of lunch came back and decorated box lid was really pleased except it was the too small one apparently I should of binned it instead of having a variety of box lids on my desk.
No way was pieces of card getting the better of me. I managed to salvage some of the bits to put on the right lid but the Impression Obession border round the the lid had to be redone again.

So the top of lid I used Bella Bloom from Simon Says Stamps Exclusive dies and the leaves are Delicate Fern and the leaves are Tender Leaves from Memory Box.

Here's a pic of it at a jaunty angle. That's it no more boxes for me it cheaper and less stressful to buy one.

Watering can

Money has got a bit tighter so I barely brought that many new Memory box dies but the watering can was one of them and this card is the reason why.

Unfortunately all the Memory box dies were to big to fit but Simon Says Stamps exclusive dies were perfect. I've used the Harrington Vine and the Meadow Rue, I did chop them up a bit so I could make a spray of flowers and the pearls strands were in my stash already. The sentiment is the All Occasion Banners again from Simon Says Stamps and the scallop border is Martha Stewart.

I've really struggled to feel the love when making cards and blogging so I'm going to take my advice and get off the hamster wheel.

I feel guilty if I put a CAS on my blog because sometimes it doesn't take as long fussy card, to make, so I feel you're not getting value for money when you visiting my blog .Also I want to do other things. So there are days when I feel I have to make fussy cards just for the sake of posting on my blog and I need to stop that.

Don't get me wrong I love people visiting and commenting especially when I'm having a bad day and I get some wonderful comments, it does perk you up.

So my plan is to make cards but whatever takes my fancy.

Which is way I've posted this CAS white card which i love to do because except the actual card the rest is make from the scraplings left over from an A4 card when I make it into a square card. So in fact they're made from scraps.

Well today I have to make a card but its a wedding one and I've been looking forward to making it all week but things have just got in the way but the Wedding ison Friday so it has to be made today.