Sending Mail

Time for a new challenge on Everybody Art Challenge and this week is for shaped cards. This is a bit tricky for me cos I still haven't brought dies that fit in the big shot but give me a reasonable size card. So I got out my cricut out and cut out two octagon out and using a folded strip joined them together.
The most difficult was the layout but once I decided on the strips everything else fell into place.
The sentiment is one that I've had for a while no idea whose now and I used a Spellbinders Floral Oval for it.
My flowers are a Poppystamps die but cut twice to give me some pink flowers to add to the stems.
Of course my image is a Saturated Canary. I was really pleased how this turned out.
Do pop over and check out the team and hope you can join us this week.
Well its been really strange not posting for two days but I had a bit of melt down at the weekend we had arranged for someone to hang the cupboards and sort out the worktop in the outhouse and they let us down.
Yesterday I had to go out and today I'm house sitting again but this time I've the delivering company phone number.

I shall be back tomorrow at 2pm 

Piggys

Today is the first Saturday of the month and it must be time for a new challenge on Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Since we are now in June its an obvious challenge and one we all groan about it  Masculine cards.
Now we all know Mr Mojo has gone off on his extended holidays so I went for a clean and simple look using the Penny Black Piggies.
Just some banners and sentiment to decorate. I'm quite pleased how it turned out in the end.
Now do pop over and check out the team and do hope you can join in with us this month.

RSVP

I saw a sketch somewhere no idea where now and I needed a rsvp for a wedding that I'm going to next month.The papers are some more old Stampin Up ones and the letters are Memory Box.
The cut out strip has been cut down and a white edge added to make it look finish. The large flower is from Memory Box along with the leaves.
I wish now I added some pearls to the cut out strip would make it more special.
Yesterday was a bit of a waste of space I spent most of my day at my sons waiting for a cabinet. It should have arrived by 7pm and we left soon after of course they arrived 11minutes later. Now we have to arrange another day for me to say and wait in for it.

Our Miracle

I usually post my Weekly layout on Tuesday afternoon but its going to be as a daily post rather than a bit extra.
I'm lucky that I able to use my sisters photos that my niece has let her have including some professional ones. At this point we didn't know if the babe was a boy/girl. The wishy washy swirl is the camera fault or the photographer.
The papers are Echo Park or Carta Bella and the hearts are Simon Says Stamps heart die. I was stuck with the title and l was at a crop so I threw it into the floor in manner of speaking and with everyone throwing in ideas we finally came up with Our Miracle. Which is true the road to conceiving was an easy path for my niece.
I will hopefully have a couple of more pages done this weekend since we are going to a crop with the girls we met at the Bracknell Retreat.

Without You

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

FATHERS DAY/MASCULINE

It will be Fathers Day on June 15th, you can also choose to make anything for a Man/Boy
We are showcasing Ranger 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

As soon as the challenge says Ranger Products I go into meltdown and try to do something that is totally out of my comfort zone. Although this time I quite enjoy the process. I knew I was going to use Distress Ink Pads since I wanted to use Simon Says Stamps Pointed Feathers Die. I used Tumbled Glass and Broken China.
Because I used the feathers I wanted to used the Chevron stencil again from Simon Says Stamps and to give texture I used Dreamweaver embossing paste.
Then I used Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge to ink the side and help to show up the chevrons. I then stamped the inkpads on craft sheet and misted them with water. Picked up the colour with a paint and flicked drops of ink randomly over the chevrons.
The paper is from one of Simon Says Stamps kit couldn't believe how well it went. I didn't want to use a Father Day sentiment not sure why but this Kelly Purkey Dude set was in a pile waiting to be put away and these words stood out for me.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven't subscribed by email you may want to so you don't miss out 

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

Tag and a Bit of Love

I have a tag to show this morning getting down to the odds and ends in my drafts now. I made this to go with the Babys Blanket for one of my DD friends and DD told me I had to make a tag. So I quick ran this one up using a Memory Box die and I believe the sentiment is Stampin Up but don't hold me to that I made it a while ago.
This will be the last time I will post on a Wednesday morning I'm afraid from now on I will post my SSS Wednesday challenge card later on at 2pm.
I've had some lovely e-mails offering support and love, including one from Kathleen who wrote a poem. I couldn't believe someone would take the time to write one for me. I asked her for permission to publish it on my blog and I was so pleased she said Yes.

TIME TO SAY...

Your crafty blog

I love to read

But time to be idle

Today you need...

Creative pressure

Can slumber awhile

Till you feel ready

To craft and smile.

Take time to dream,

Let hands idle be,

Let your thoughts wander

From stress be free.

Take time to pause,

Don't run a race...

You can afford

To slow down the pace.

For all there's time...

To laugh, to grieve,

To rest from craft...

Trust and believe.

Today I take time,

This message to send,

I hope that in time

You'll be on the mend!

  (Kathleen1stJune2014...for Debbie)

It pretty much says what I need at the moment.

Mirror Mirror

This weeks challenge on Everybody Art Challenge is for a sketch and I thought using the Memory Box frame would work for the centre swirls but the papers I had chosen probably not the best to show this off.
I then used a border punch down the sides which also doesn't show that well add the fact I didn't expect the punch to punch so much off the sides to make the border, it all went a bit pear shape.
The bit I do like is the ribbon! Oh and the fabulous Saturated Canary image simply had to add glossy accents to her glasses.

I just wanted to say many thanks for the kind words and also what a fabulous community crafters are. Many of you I will never meet yet you are all so thoughtful..

Blowing Bubbles

I've one more card left in my drafts but I'm not going to panic or worry that I don't have anything to blog. Yesterday I made the most of the weather and the garden sofas that my Son brought us for our Birthday and Christmas presents. He said he rather buy something now that we wanted rather than wait till later in the year and it doesn't get any use. I read my book and did some crocheting adding more squares to my bed spread reckon I'm about a third done.
I really love Mo's Bubbles Boy but not sure the Kaiser papers were the right ones for him but of course Mo's image saves the day. I didn't know how to embellish and I tried looking for real buttons but in the end I decided to use MFT die and I couldn't leave them unthreaded either, some things never change. Some Glossy accents on the bubbles job done.

Birthday Princess

It really was a case of put the embellishment down and stand away from the card, I was itching to put something in the top right hand corner.
The sketch I'm pretty sure is The Sketchy Challenge but I did make a few days ago. Papers some old Stamping Up and of course my image is from Mo Manning Birthday Princess I think she is called.
Flowers are a punch but the middles were from a flower die set. I've actually used the Formal Flourish from MFT but it pretty well covered up like the Crochet Border.
The heart banners are from La Land Land.
My heart isn't making cards at the moment and I need to take a break, I think finally 2014 has caught up with me. I'll still be making my DT cards but I'm taking the pressure off posting a blog post everyday to see if this will help. I need to go back to making cards just because I can.

We Three

I think this started as the Papertake Weekly challenge sketch but the strip got moved so its not quite like it.
I'm still struggling with card making but I'm although this hasn't many details I'm still pleased how it turned out.
Probably ist the stitched cloud stamp which is from the Woodware Patchwork Balloon set just sets it off.
The papers are Doodlebug and the grass is a MFT die. Birthday sentiment is a tiny one from the Birthday Balloon set from Simon Says Stamps I was so pleased it fitted inside the cloud.
Of course my main image is a Penny Black stamp.
I got a lovely phone call yesterday from Blind Veterans UK thanking me once again for the Magnifier they were really pleased.

Lily Pad Fairy

I'm pretty certain my card started with a sketch but I can't remember where. At last I'm using one of the fairies I brought from the actual shop of LOTV when it was their Birthday. Lot of things to cut out but I think it was worth it. I've glossy accent her sunglasses and I had to colour her glass red for my favourite tipple but now I'm thinking she is far too young so we better call it raspberry juice!
The papers are Pebbles possibly called garden party with some added lace and ribbon. The flowers are CC Designs dies although I think the leaves are MFT from one of their flower sets. Little butterfly is a punch.
Off to swimming this morning and I need to catch up and make some DT cards.

Pals

This is what I've managed to turn out for the Sketch Saturday sketch for this week, although there is a few more stars and the ribbon has replaced one of the mats. Maybe the Memory Box branch with some punched flowers on wasn't on the sketch either but I think it turned out OK.
The papers are Doodlebug do love their papers always seemed to use most of them up, I think the current pack is my second pack of them.
I'm a bit behind on my cards this week and none will get done today. Later we are off to Brighton to St Dunstans where Dad had a weeks holiday and came back with a spring in his feet. He was registered Blind through having Macular Degeneration. In order for him to continue to do the things he loved he had a electric, computer style magnifier which also change background and font colours. He's last one is not that old and it seem a shame to just chuck it away so we asked the Blind Veterans would they like and they said yes and today I get to drop it off and see where Dad stayed.

       

 I found if I copy from a published post Mr Blogger will post but he won't let me copy or paste in HTML which is a pain when doing a DT post with loads of links. But at least I got my signature back.

Sweet Bee

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

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing Newtons Nook and Lil'Inker Designs product 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 Say Stamp Store.

Well that was a bit of pain, I usually copy and paste the challenge details in HTML and Mr Blogger has decided in his wisdom not to let me. So I've had to type and link individually, that would be why I can't copy and paste my signature.
Anyway about my challenge card, I was really pleased how it turned out. First of all I used Lil'Inker Designs Sweet Bee and I paper pieced him using the Pebbles Garden Party, the border of flowers came with the stamp..
The sketch I've used is from SplitCoast Stampers SC488 and my MFT Fence has been used in place of a mat and the Simon Says Stamp Leanna butterfly replaced the tiny mat on the side.
The perfect sentiment came from Simon Says Stamp Circle of Friends stamp set.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting 

 There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven't subscribed by email you may want to so you don't miss out

     

 

 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

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

Hugs & Kisses

I'm well impressed with my a layout a week cos I'm now on wk22 but I've only enough for a couple more weeks so will have to get my Scrapbooking head on.
This week is another Baby pic mainly because I'm working on April 2013 when a much loved and wanted little boy was born.
The layout is based on one from Pinterest but using a kit that came in Album pack from TK Max. I've had it for years so I knew I could cope with tearing all up in strips. The chipboard was in the kit, the words and hearts are Simon Says Stamps dies. Some really old rub ons to finish which I was lucky that they still worked.

Tiddly Maid

Well that was annoying my internet/broadband wasn't working this morning and the guys at Virgin were going to send a technician out to me but he hasn't been but the internet is back working. Just wish their 150 number was I'm now a business customer and given another number which doesn't work only wanted to let them now don't send a technician.
Oh well at least I can post my card for the Everybody Art Challenge which this week is for BLING. Thats a nice easy one tell I made my card and didn't know where put some bling on. In the end I decided to take out the centres of the flowers and add a gem, it would have been easy if the little blightys were more cooperative.
The papers are old Stampin Up ones and I cut out the centre circle which is why I didn't mat the patterned paper so it would cut out easier. My little cute image is from Tiddly Inks and I think my leaf swirl is from MFT.

I do hope you can join us this week and don't forget to check out the team.

Have you notice my signature doesn't work anymore have to settle with boring type instead.

luv

Debby

CAS(E) this Sketch

I had this idea when I saw the CAS(E) this sketch on thursday it was just putting it onto card. Then I saw that the Less Is More challenge is for dies well this ticks that box too.
The leaves are Memory Box Fresh Foliage and the flowers also are Memory Box Lovely Aster but I only used the small flower.  I cut down one of the leaves it seemed to work better that way.
The large Happy Birthday is from Simon Says Stamp from their Birthday Balloons set.
I really impressed with myself I actually made 3 cards yesterday and I'm pleased how they turned out too.

i heart you

I really need to find Mr Mojo if only to stop me from making huge mistakes. You might be wondering what mistake but the plain square of cardstock is hiding it!
I was trying to following the sketch from Friday Sketch Challenge all went well till I decided I didn't like the other patterned card stock to paper piece the balloon. Why not gut the the paper since the white embossed mat covers a lot of it, so I gut  out a square. Only realising the the white embossed mat was being stuck down  at an angle and so you could see I gut out a square.
At least everything else went alright well I did lose a foot for a while hunted everywhere but it had got caught on one the corners on the card.
My adorable cute image is obviously from Mo called I heart you. The papers are Echo Park essentials, I used a EK sucess punch for my strip down the card and the corners are Cuttlebug but retired now.

This Way

I confess I don't like this card but its made now. I used last weeks Tuesday Sketch thinking I could make it work.
I quite like the Formal Flourish from MFT and think the sentiment is perfect that came from Simon Say Stamps, of course I love my little Penny Black Hedgie but not sure even he can save my card.
Perhaps its the papers that are making it not work or even the butterflies border. At least I have almost finished a card for tomorrow.

Anniversary

Oh dear down to my very last card in drafts so I need to make some or else there be no cards till I do. I needed a Anniversary card urgently and I saw a card similar on FB from someone called Sarah. Well I thought I could do that with my Spellbinders corners but since I wanted them in white and to stand out I cut out two for each corner and stuck them together.
Cut out my from Hearts from Simon Says Stamps but two hearts wasn't simple enough I no I had to cut out the centres and then stuck a great big sentiment on top again from Simon Says Stamps.
I suddenly realised that I used silicone glue and this card wasn't going in the post today like I wanted. So with that I added the Simon says Stamps flowers since they were already cut out and added glossy accents on the centres.
Found another card to send in the post, I really like how it turned out but do feel one my leaves drooped down behind my back.