Get Snow

Hello.  Welcome.  The end of the month is nigh and challenges they are a closing so I grabbed some Memory Box snowflake dies and made a wintery wonder. 

I started with a piece of designer paper, pale blue with gold foil smudges.  I cut Memory Box Starlight Snowflake Collage three times and backed with dark blue paper.  Then I cut three Memory Box Tivoli Snowflake from silver glitter card, added a silver glitter layer behind the panel and mounted on a bronze base card.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Memory Box Challenge 40 - Keep Cool and Carry On
Rudolph Days Challenge - August
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 400
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 80 - Anything Goes

Window on a New Day

Hello.  Welcome.  I have a little inspiration piece today over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for their Hard As Stone challenge.  Your stamped makes need to have an architectural element as the focus so I went with a gothic window, and also a gothic princess with de spooky eyes!!  She's standing on her own little Dirty Sand baked texture embossing powder beach with a Deep Sea btep starry sky and a window on tomorrow!!  

These baked texture powders are really fun and I was inspired by Alison to try stamping into the Deep Sea one.  Hop over to the Portal for my step by step and to join the challenge.  

You can link up your stamped makes featuring wall, doors, windows, houses, bricks, statues etc until the end of the month for a chance to win some Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

My goth princess is joining the fun at
Paperartsy Topic 14 - Baked Texture
Emerald Creek Dares - The Great Outdoors #ECAUG2018 she's kinda outside looking out LOL. 
Double D Challenge - The Moon and/or Stars
The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Anything Goes
Dream In Darkness Challenge

Fish a Rainbow

Hello.  Welcome.  A CAS card for a fisher man.  

I stamped the bear image, masked, and stamped the stack of presents from The Cats Pajamas Polar Holiday set.  I coloured the presents in a rainbow of colour, coloured the ice hole and added a water colour wash of Stormy Sky distress ink.  Then I stamped the happy birthday from Stamplorations Bird of Paradise set.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
The Cats Pajamas Challenge 349 - Birthday
Mod Squad Challenge - Butterflies or Rainbows
Scrap From Your Heart #24 - Et for Gutta
Stamplorations Summer CAS Card Challenge
Allsorts Challenge Week 480 - From Boys to Men
MFT Stamps Summer School - Rainbow

QACAS Bunny

Hello.  Welcome.  There are a flurry of challenges over at My Favourite Things so I wheeled out Flopsey Bunny and we had a CAS moment.

I went with a grey pearlised base card and stamped MFT You Lift Me Up Flopsey and the sentiment from Stamplorations Baa Baa set with black Staz-on.  Then I coloured the bunny and balloons with Promarkers.  Gotta love a quick make......

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Flopsey is joining the fun at
MFT The Birthday Project - CAS
MFT Color Challenge 99
MFT Summer School 2018 - Focal Point
Penny Black and More Challenge - I Spy 'B' bunny, balloons, birthday
Crop Stop August Link Party 42 MFT, Stazon

When Butter Flies

Hello.  Welcome.  It's a wet and grey day.  I did a little tidying in the craft room, which to the casual eye would be unremakable.  It's still a disaster with UFO's in plentitude and stash, scraps and stamps vying for available space on the desk.  I am waiting for a small miracle, which may very well turn out to be the visit of my friend from the UK in a bit over a week.  She has declared herself too old to craft on the floor so I suppose I really should bite the bullet and sweep everything off the desks into boxes, throw them in a cupboard and slam the door!!!  Sounds like a plan.......... 

But first, here's the very lovely geisha from Paperbabes with a stenciled circle sun and an explosion of Rubber Dance butterflies.  I've gone with some nice bright citrus colours using Spiced Marmalade distress ink for the sun, Cracked Pistachio distress ink for the sentiment bar and Mustard Seed distress ox for the butterflies.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Cards und More Challenge 27 - Colour Board
Paperbabes Challenge 79 - Sketch
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 348/349

Mermaid Door

Hello.  Welcome.  It's the 15th of the month and time for a new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and the theme is Hard As Stone.  We want to see stamped makes featuring architectural elements so buildings, wall, doors, windows, flagstones, bricks, statues, columns etc.  I decided to put a door at the bottom of the sea.

  

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Small Door on a piece of card and embossed with black powder and cut with Sizzix ATC die.  I coloured with a random mix of Promarkers, Distress ink and Distress Oxides.  I stamped, embossed, coloured and fussy cut some of the rocks from Lost Coast Designs Steampunk Mermaid and added them to the foreground.  Then I found a couple of glittery wheely fish still swimming around on my desk and added them to the scene.   

Since it's a door it of course opens and reveals Lost Coast Designs Steampunk Mermaid peering in!!  I stamped the mermaid on a second ATC and after cutting around the door I stuck the two ATC's together.  Then I realised I should have decorated the back of the door so I stamped the Small Door on a piece of tissue paper, coloured it and stuck it to the back of the door.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Check out the blog for more fab inspiration and out of the box thinking by the team.  We will be posting inspiration all month so hop over and follow us so you don't miss their amazing makes.   Join up your stamped Hard As Stone makes for a chance to win Lost Coast Dollars!!!   Can't wait to see what you do with this theme!!  Hugz

My undersea door is joining the fun at

Happy Little Stampers ATC Challenge - Water
Country View August Challenge - Sun, Sea and Sand
Emerald Creek Dares - The Great Outdoors
Repeat Impressions Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge - A818 dimension, off the edge, sparkle
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - Watercolor 

ME-OWWWW!!

Hello.  Welcome.  Just a little reminder for the current Rubber Dance challenge.  Cat lovers look away now!!!!

I made a CAS card using the flower from Crazy Flowers 2, bubbles from Playful Penguins and one of the cats from the brand new Purr-fect set.   Can you see the cat??  Ah, well, I must admit I have altered it a little.  In fact, I stamped the cat on a piece of card, cut off the head, feet and arms and it makes a fantastic vase........   I stamped the flower and bubbles directly on the card and then added the 'vase'.  I coloured the flower with distress inks and my waterbrush and the vase with Promarkers.  

You have until the end of the month to join the challenge using the colours and/or the theme of nature.  Do hop over to the blog for more inspiration from the team and some news!!!

Don't forget if you are shopping at Rubber Dance you can get free worldwide shipping with my code GTFreeShip when you spend over €15!  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - Watercolor
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge
The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Anything Goes
Penny Black and More Challenge - I Spy 'B'  bloom, blue, bubbles

Flower Bot

Hello.  Welcome.  Stamplorations have a fun colouring challenge.  Shery provided a page of the new colouring book for us to play with.  I don't usually do digi stuff and after discussing the state of the universe, the price of butter, whether to wear blue and whether llamas are better than alpacas I finally managed to get something out of the printer!  A rather big something, but hey ho.........  So I coloured a couple of the large flowers, much larger on my sheet than intended, and fussy cut them.  I had a vision of the future and this is where we ended up.

I used a square hammered card base and smeared the edges with Salty Ocean distress oxide.  I stamped Stamplorations big robot and sentiment from Woodland Friends using blue dye ink and fussy cut the robot.  I coloured the flowers with distress ink and Promarkers. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Stamplorations Blossom Bliss Linky Party
Stamplorations Theme and Sketch Challenge
Stamplorations CAS Card Challenge
Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge
Tuesday Morning Sketches 465

Being Cool

Hello.  Welcome.  Is it hot with you??  Let's all jump in the ocean and cool off!!

This is one of two cards I made for Technique Thursday on the Rubber Dance blog today.  I used Whale Wishes and stamps from Retro Beach on the tape.  I made the patterned tape that I have used to frame the card.  Check out the details on the Rubber Dance blog and don't forget you can join the challenge for a chance to win a gift voucher to Rubber Dance stamps.  

Did you see the new release stamp sets and a wonderful assortment of bright and fun inspiration from the team?  

Remember, Rubber Dance is paying the postage for these new cuties to anywhere in the world until close of play on Saturday!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Whale is joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Tape It Up
Tuesday Throwdown 404 - Anything Goes
Scrap From Your Heart Utfordring 24 - Et for Gutta
Country View August Challenge - Sun, Sea and Sand
Emerald Creek Dares - The Great Outdoors

 

Shrunken Giraffe

Hello.  Welcome.  It's Technique Thursday on the Rubber Dance blog today and I have done a make-your-own-patterned-tape tutorial.  Here's one of the cards that resulted.

I used lots of stamps on this but most came from Rubber Dance's Giraffe set.   

Hop over to the blog to get the details.  

Did you see the new stamp sets and a wonderful assortment of bright and fun inspiration from the team?  Remember, Rubber Dance is paying the postage for these new cuties to anywhere in the world until close of play on Saturday!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Giraffes are joining the fun at

Kreativ Scrapping Utfordring 8 - Baby
Tuesday Morning Sketches 465 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Tape It Up the blue and pink sentiment banner is made up tape I painted and stamped

Tuesday Throwdown 404 - Anything Goes

You Are Pawsome

Hello.  Welcome.  I wanted to play along with the lovely sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches again. 

I used the new Rubber Dance Purr-fect set.  I cut the circles using CC Design Double Stitch Circle dies, stamped the cat and the paws and edged the circles with black archival.  I stamped the sentiment from Rubber Dance Happy Birthday set and then more paws.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 464

Dies R Us Challenge 102 - Black and White 

Less Is More Challenge 377 - Pets 

Stamplorations Theme and Sketch Challenge

Plait A Puss

Hello.  Welcome.  Wanted to send a little sunshine to a friend and who better to bring it than this cute little platypus.

This is Honey Bee Stamps Penny die cut from brown fluffy stuff and I pieced the feet, beak and tail with handmade paper.  I sat her on summery hillside and gave her her own sun, courtesy of Rubber Dance Whimsical Summer set.  The sentiment is from Prima's Sunshine set.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Penny is joining the fun at
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 1830 - Sunny Days
Emerald Creek Dares - The Great Outdoors
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Wild Things

Bubbles

Hello.  Welcome.  New stamps at Lost Coast Design and I have had fun making a bubblicious underwater scene with the lovely Doodle Seahorse.

Hop over to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for all the details and to link your stamped makes to the Anything Goes with stamps challenge.  There be prizes!!

Lost Coast Designs is sponsoring the Allsorts Tags Challenge this week so for another chance to win Lost Coast Designs stamps hop over to Allsorts and link up your taggy makes.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Seahorse is joining the fun at
Cards und More Challenge 26 - Sea Creatures
Country View Challenges - Sun, Sea and Sand
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Wild Things
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background
Passion for Promarker Challenge 455 - Spots and/or Stripes Seahorse coloured with Promarkers 

Feline the Love

Hello.  Welcome.  Just had to share the new stamp release at Rubber Dance.  

Dare I say cute!!!  Yes, so cute!!!!!  And a great offer for free worldwide shipping this week on any of the new release sets!  Three beautiful small sets featuring cats, dogs and a flamingo with a fish, with lots of sentiments and small accessory stamps.  

I played with the Purr-fect set.  I stamped a cat, masked, stamped a cat and masked.  Then I stamped the large heart from Arty Hearty using Festive Berries distress ink and used the edge of the heart stamp to add the red flecks.  I stamped the Congratulations from Beautiful Words and done!!  Did I mention cute????

Hop over to the Rubber Dance blog to see the new stamp sets and a wonderful assortment of bright and fun inspiration from the team.  Then hop to the shop to grab yourself some of these little beauties.  Or maybe send some to a friend!  Remember Rubber Dance is paying the postage for these cuties to anywhere in the world this week!!!

If anything else in the shop catches your eye don't forget you can get free worldwide shipping at Rubber Dance with my code GTFreeShip when you spend over €15!  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
That's Crafty Challenges - Animal Magic Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Cardz TV Anything Goes Challenge 59
Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks 346/347
Kreativ Scrapping Utfordring 8 - Bryllup

Under the Sea

Hello.  Welcome.  It's the second of the month and time for the big reveal at the Card Chain Challenge.   This month I was sending my card to Dee in Kenya and I went with the colours, the sketch, two of the themes and both product options.  

I started with a white hammered card base and smeared Salty Ocean distress oxide all over.  Then I added some strips of glitter washi tape.  I stamped and fussy cut the fish from Rubber Dance Fish, Swim, Love set on blue and red card and added some white gel pen highlights.  I die cut the hello using Poppystamps Hello cutting plate.  

The July Card Chain Challenge was sponsored by Rubber Dance stamps and the lucky winner will be drawn soon and announced on the Card Chain Challenge blog.  

Hop over to the Card Chain Challenge blog to check out the complete reveal.   If you would like to get and send some happy mail the August sign up is open until August 6th.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Fishes are joining the fun at
Poppystamps Challenge 47 - Make a Splash
Cards und More Challenge 26 - Sea Creatures
Fashionable Stamping Challenge 134 - Use Your Inks
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Wild Things
That's Crafty Challenges - Animal Magic Challenge
Country View Challenges - Sun, Sea and Sand

Redwood Christmas

Hello.  Welcome.  I am rarely trendy, and definitely not fashionable, so last month I really could not get into Christmas in July!!  But here we are, 1st August and I'm kicking off the month with a christmas card using the Rubber Dance August challenge colours and theme........

I stamped the tree from Whimsical Winter, masked and stamped one of the flowers from Crazy Flowers 2 with Salty Ocean distress oxide.   Then I stamped the sentiment from Christmas Tags with black archival and then the swirly stamp from Dancing Star with Salty Ocean distress oxide.  I coloured the trees with green wink of stella pen and red sharpie for the trunks and some glitter on top.

The Rubber Dance challenge runs until the end of the month. You can use the colours and/or the theme of Nature.  Don't forget if you are shopping at Rubber Dance you can get free worldwide shipping with my code GTFreeShip when you spend over €15!  

  

Hop over to the blog to see more amazing inspiration from the team and to link up your make.  See you there.  Hugz

My trees are joining the fun at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 464 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 396 

July Rudolph Days Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - P is for Plain