Bunny Background

I was very lucky to be sent the Bunny Background stamp from Simon Says Stamp although they call it Peeps Background.

My first card is using it has an actual background and added the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Daisies with the Cluster of Leaves dies. I discovered I don't have any Simon Says Stamp Easter sentiments but I did have Simon Says Stamps Essential Greetings just needed to find a Happy.

Finding a Happy stamp was easier than I thought I had the Simon Says Stamp Happy stamp set it was just a case of chosing one.

But what else can you do with a background stamp well in this case I made an Easter Egg using the Simon Says Stamps Stitched Ovals and I was inspired by the gold Lindt bunny which is why I used gold embossing.

The sentiment is using the same as above and the scallop border that you can just about see is Lawn Fawn Stitched Scallop border.

The journey home last week was horrendous and I'm still suffering which means the craft room has been gathering dust but I hope to get in there to make a card or two maybe for my DT work today.

Red Rose

This is the same Penny Black stamp as of yesterday but I have layered the petals and leaves, I find this much easier to colour. I stamp several images and colour the parts I need to and since I am cutting them out it doesn't matter if I go over the lines.

I needed a frame so I used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Oval but you can see the crease monkey has been again. I thought perhaps it wasn't straight and tried to lift but the sticky fixers were well and truly stuck. If I was short of time I could have made another frame and stuck it on top.

My Red Rose card is a reminder that we are halfway through the Red and Heart Challenge on Penny Black Saturday Challenge and to let you know you still have time to join us and some of the team have posted on the challenge blog some new cards to inspire you.

I'm going to a Stampin Up class this morning but that will probably be the only card making I shall be doing over the weekend. I always suffer when we get back from travelling and the stop start on the M40 for a couple of hours as taken its toll.

One layer Rose

There are two things I must remember for next time I make a one layer card, one is to make sure I use a fairly new cutting plate because I can just make out some random embossing, luckily the camera hasn't picked it all up.

Two make sure your card fits properly in the Big Shop that way you won't get a crease, this one is a bit more obvious.

There is a third, which is don't bother, it was really difficult to keep with the lines and making sure when I blended the colours I did it carefully.

The rose is from a Penny Black Clear Set called Efflorescence tomorrow I will show it when its been Debby-lised.

I'm going to enter this to the Less is More One Layer challenge thats if I remember to, its been a busy week.

Boys

This would have been the card I would have posted if I had joined the Dream Team Blog Hop this month, which is for Boys by the way.  I decided to pull out this month since we are probably packing the car to return home from MIL funeral and Mr Blogger is doesn't always behave when you scheduling.

My little chap is called Lil' Hocky Guy and I had these few papers from Doodlebug in the perfect boys colours.

The stars are my Christmas present Stitched Stars from MFT which were perfect for the papers. I since my little guy is a cool dude I used the Paper Smooches Happy Birthday die but its an absolute pain. First I have to cut one in scrap paper to give me a template for when I cut it out in the colour I want since each letter is loose but it is worth it in the end.

If you want to check out the Dream Teams Blog Hop it starts a Lou's Blog but if you get lost on the way there is a post on the Dream Team Blog with the hop run in its entirety.

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the One Layer 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

Shake It Up

For this challenge we would like to see some shaker style creations, you can shake some ink sprays and give your projects a spritz or use an action wobble to make something shake! Whatever you decide to shake we will be looking forward to seeing it!
We are showcasing WE R MEMORY KEEPERS 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 used the Metallic Confetti from We R Memorykeepers to place in my shaker card which I made using the Simon says Stamp Stitched Ovals.

The papers are Crate Paper Hello Love but as you can see they're not just for Valentines. I also used the Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Shapes which has the large rectangle for the black spotted paper.

The large flower is also Simon Says Stamp called Stitched Daisies and the heart is from their Surely Stitched Heart, its the little heart that comes in centre this is mainly because I have unfortunately lost the heart in the Bundle of Shapes.

The sentiment is from the Its Your Birthday from Simon Says Stamp but I used a square punch to make the fishtail for my banner.

Nearly forgot the fabulous image is from Art Impressions Cupcake Bff

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Sleep Tight

Sleep Tight

May Yates

9th May 1928 - 3rd February 2016

Embossing

You have to chose a technique for this weeks Everybody Art Challenge and I decided on embossing mainly because time is against me this week. Of course I could have decided not to dot the daisies and embossed dots.

I made a scene using an old Stampin Up cloud embossed folder with the old cuttlebug flower folder and the Hills and Slopes die from Simon Says Stamp.

The idea I was going to add the goose/duck image from yesterday but once I made the card I rather liked it without any image so I added a craftwork sentiment and a bit of Doodlebug twine.

I'm trying not to think it may have looked better with the goose/duck!

Sorry

A card for Monday haven't had one for a while but this was a quick CAS one and the High Hope Goose or Duck not sure which was meant for another card tomorrows in fact.

But has he was left over I use the Freshly Made Sketch for Inspiration, the placement of the feet gave me a bit of headache but I think they're Ok but now I realise they should be closer together.

The Stitched Circles and Rectangle are both from Simon Says Stamps.

White on White

I wanted to make a card today but it had to be quick one, well this one was fairly quick although the Penny Black Background die decided to be naughty and I had to cut another one since the first one didn't cut properly.

The Penny Black word stamp I've had for a while and I stamped and embossed in gold, I thought this would be better than black on white on white card.

I used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die which I cut out first then stamped and embossed.

The tiny butterflies are a Memory Box die I recently brought since my tiny butterfly punch I've had to throw away since it wasn't punching that well and was hurting my hands. I have layered them twice along with the Penny Black Lots of Love die to help it show up better again because it was a white card.

The inspiration for my card comes from this week CAS this sketch 159 not sure whether to enter since I may have gone overboard on the sentiment part.

Daisies

Goodness I have a card for today but I don't have one tomorrow and hopefully after swimming this morning I will feel up to making one.

I saw the sketch on Mojo Monday not even sure its this weeks and I thought the daisies could take the place of circles on the card so I used the Stitched Daisies from Simon Says Stamp and the banner paper is Taylored Expression which I used a Simon says Stamps Stitched Rectangle.

All finished with a fish tail banner using again a Simon Says Stamp Birthday greeting stamp. I'm cheating really since all these dies are always on my desk in a pile and I only put them away when the pile keeps falling over.

I've looked and this is indeed this week Mojo Monday sketch no 434.

Hugs

Saved again by the marvellous images from Mo Manning, this time I've used Hug which could be used for a thinking of you card or Valentines. I think if I do use it for a Thinking of you card I will add a die cut word Hugs, not sure I've got one but I can soon remedy that !

The papers are Doodlebug and when you not sure how to embellish just get your favourites out like the EK Success Retro Flower punch, glad that I can still punch with it. The leaves are Memory Box but I've cut them up to suit my flowers and where I have placed them.

The frame is Spellbinder Floral Oval and I used the La La land Corners but I have double layered them because they weren't showing up well on the patterned paper.

We now have water, the Dining room is almost ready for hubby to start painting and fingers crossed we will have the date for MIL funeral today.

Hello, friends! Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!
Thank you for joining us for the Have A Heart Challenge. 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...

One Layer!

For this challenge you may add die cut pieces and embellishments but the front of the card should look like one layer. We know this one can be tricky for some folks, but we also know you guys ROCK OUR SOCKS every week, so we can't WAIT to see what you do with the One Layer challenge! Your designs inspire us! Show us what you can do!
We are showcasing PAPER SMOOCHES 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! Paper Smooches offers a wide variety of stamps including cuteness, pretty designs, every day basics, and amazing sentiments! Be sure to check out their latest to see what you may need to add to your collection!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store! I think that would be pretty fun to spend, how about you? *wink*

To make my card first I used the Bundle of Stitched Shapes from Simon Says Stamp to make the size of card I want. I then used Simon Says Stamp Stitched Oval and embossed the centre, I also used the same die to make a mask for the centre.

I then used the Paper Smooches Swirls and Curls stamps and using a Black dye Inkpad stamped round my oval. The Handwritten Greeting from Simon Says Stamp looked a bit lost in the centre so I add the black ribbon.

You may think this isn't one layer since I've stuck it onto a card but in the past I've made so many mistakes I'm not prepared to waste card stock stamping directing to the actual card. So my first card is what it would look like if it was made as a one layer, I suppose you could emboss the bundle of shapes and cut round the three sides and fold along the top.

To be honest although most people would be happy with the above card I'm a mat and layer type of gal. So I lifted the front of the above card and mat and layered with black and white and now in my opinion job done.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Hearts

It had to be a quick card for Everybody Art Challenge since I could only make my card last minute and this weeks challenge is for Hearts.

I was going to add flowers and point to the heart hiding behind my image but in the end I decided on some yellow polka dot hearts to match the stocking my image is wearing.

The adorable image is from Saturated Canary, I pretty sure she came with a group of images. The papers are some old ones no idea who since it was a 12 by 12 and I had cut them into 6inch and no manufacturing strip in sight.

The hearts are a Simon Says Stamp Die with graduating hearts and I used an old corner punch to make my rounded corners. The twine is of course doodlebug.

Do pop over and check out the team's fabulous creations and hope you can join us this month.

At last the plummer should be here soon to fit our new cold water tank and finally I can flush the loos, I've been an extra burden since I can't lift the buckets of water to flush them.

January Card Kit

I felt really guilty that I had been sent the January Simon Says Stamp card kit but time has been racing away that I hadn't used it yet.

Before the decorator and all that happened last week I did manage to make  a couple of quick cards and to be honest with what came in the kit does help to make than quickly. Sorry if they are not very inspiring.

The worse part of the first one is actually cutting the papers once that was done it was a case of putting the card together and adding a snowflake which is Simon Says Stamp Alexis Snowflake and the Stitched Snowflakes. To finish I used the glitter sprinkles that came with the kit.

The words were on a patterned piece of cardstock with the kit and cut off the snowman, again using the Stitched snowflakes and sprinkles. Oh and the silver glitter ribbon is self adhesive and again from the kit.

The penquins and the words were again from the patterned cardstock and cut to suit my card. Stitched Snowflakes to finish. Still have loads of stuff left.

Heart Pants

Phew things have been a bit chaotic round here for the last couple of days. First the bad news that my MIL passed away on Wednesday, she was very frail.
Second decorating is a messy business especially the amount of rubbing down the walls needs and the dust its makes and the cleaning it takes to clear it but the walls have been lined and ready for painting.
 Thirdly the cold water tank in the loft has sprung a leak and started to come through our bedroom ceiling unfortunately the plumber can't get back till Tuesday and the only water we have is in the kitchen so I'm looking forward to going out today and DS is cleaning his bathroom so we can descend on him for showers tomorrow.

Now I've recorded all that lets get onto some more interesting this months Penny Black Saturday Challenge and its for Red and/or Hearts, my little Hedgie has both.

Now my card I'm just thankful I managed to make one since I spent most of yesterday dusting my craftroom. Since I will probably give this one to Hubby I wanted to make it more of mans card and that was my mistake its not like you can plaster it will flowers.

The papers are some new ones I want to say American Craft but don't hold me to that and I used my scallop nestabilities to cut my scallop circle frame.

The Love You die is from Simon Says Stamp but it does have an I but it didn't look right so I added the stiched heart that came with the Simon Says Stamp Surely Stitched Heart border I used on Wednesday.

Don't forget to pop over to check out the challenge and the fabulous creations the team have made.

Today I'm at the Bracknell crop and although I've packed my bags my heart is not really into scrapbooking today but it will be nice to get out of the house.

Lou

I love all of Mo's Baby images and I'm sorry it took me so long to colour this adorable baby Lou. I've used my PB mice colours but there is no reason why you can't colour in pink or blue.

Only wish my head was in card making mode to do Mo's image justice, lets just say it didn't work out quite like I wanted .

The cloud paper is LOTV and the floral one is Doodlebug. I used the birch trees from Memory Box and my fence is MFT so is the crochet die round my image mat. The flowers are MFT called Upsy Daisy problem one of my favourite dies.

Ok I have to post now as Hubby wants to disconnect the PC and Router before the decorator comes wallpaper the dining room.

Shine from Within

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 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

Have A Heart

We are showcasing REVERSE CONFETTI 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 decided to use to use the Shine From Within stamps from Reverse Confetti and place it in a frame.

To make my frame I used the Simon Says Stamp Roses For You stamps first, I actually used the floral heart and coloured in the roses and leaves. Then I cut out the frame using Simon Says Stamp Rectangle Stitched Frames.

I wanted to use the Simon Says Stamp Surely Stitched Heart since I hadn't used it yet. Once I stuck it over my frame to the edge of the cards, I then cut out the heart in the pink that edges my card but I didn't like it. So I stamped again using the floral heart, coloured them in and cut out using the die again.

I embossed on the back of the centre of the heart to give a bit of dimension. It was at this point I thought the background looked a bit plain and added the little flowers, it was at this point I thought it was time to step away from the card before I added more than it needed.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Baby Walking

There's a sketch on this weeks Everybody Art Challenge, lots of layers but you can see I didn't use a different pattern paper for each mat but doubled up.

This little chap was coloured up and I had quite a bit of the LOTV papers that I coloured the image too. Of course my image is from Mo Manning called Baby Steps and very easy to layer.

There wasn't the need for too many embellishments since its quite busy with all the mats but I added some die Clouds and I made the rosette with using circle punches. Some more die cuts for the number and today.

Do pop over to check out the team and their fabulous creations.

Well if anyone tells not so many people are card making they obviously wasn't at Sandown on Saturday its been a long time since I seen a craft show so busy. Possibly it was the drawn of the Create and Craft TV show performing live. 

I didn't buy much a few dies and some 12inch boxes and some thin red tape I use for ribbon.