If Midwinter is Warmer Than Midsummer How Many Beans on a Poor Man's Plate

Hello.  Welcome.  Do you know how difficult it is to hold three pens together and draw a swirl across a piece of card without getting a break in any of the lines??!!!!!   So I did this instead

The stamps are from Rubber Dance Something Wonderful and Winter Wonderland sets.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment then added the little star flourish in a rainbow of distress ink colours.  

Joining the fun at
CASology Week 162 - Write
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make it Colorful
Happy Little Stampers September CAS Challenge - Colouring
VSC Challenge 35 - Anything Goes

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Miss Autumn

Hello.  Welcome. I've been playing with a bit of leftover camo background from yesterday.  I used the sketch from Stamplorations.  

I've used I brayered painty background and a gold base card.  I reversed the two behind a frame cut using Cheery Lynn Emperor Swan die.  The gold side was embossed using Cheery Lynn diamonds and starburst embossing plate.   I stamped and paper pieced MFP Paper Doll Paige.  

I think she looks seriously cool in her autumn colours suit.  

Joining the fun at
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 200 - Frame It
MFP Stamp Shop Paper Dolls on Parade Camo Project
Stamplorations September Challenge - Sketch 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make it Colorful
Hjerteboden September Utfordring - Høst 

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Sometimes Big Boys Cry

Hello.  Welcome.  I've been playing with a fun tutorial making camo that I saw over at Marks Finest Papers blog. 

I made the camo background using various Colourbox inks

I cut it into pieces and layered on a black base card. 

I stamped and embossed the Tiger from Marks Finest Papers Tiger set on patterned paper and fussy cut.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co.  

'Anyone can tell you it won't hurt tomorrow

but I'm here to listen while it hurts today'

Love that.  

Joining the fun at

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 277 - Make a Sympathy Card

MFP Stamp Shop Paper Dolls on Parade Camo Project
Ett Trykk Utfordringen - Lag et Maskulint Kort 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make it Colorful 
The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - Animal 

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Geological Time

Hello.  Welcome.  A bit of a grey day so I put together some Gail Mail.  This is like snail mail, but takes way longer to get into the envelope.  Some people have been waiting for Gail Mail for ages.  There may be weeks, months, or in some extreme cases, years involved.  The good news is I have made a new months resolution to try and get the pile of Gail Mail under control.  If you have been waiting, then be of good cheer, it may be arriving sometime soon!!  Bearing in mind that 'soon' is a very relative term.  And if you aren't expecting Gail Mail, well, you never know..........  

As a reward for stuffing some envelopes I decided to make a card to link up with Unity Friends

I cut a circle of card, stamped the tent scene from Unity Maren Girl set and coloured with distress inks.  I used Salty Ocean and Mustard Seed and blended with my water brush to get the green.  I doodled a frame and stamped the sentiment from Unity Bee Happy Hexagons set.  

Joining the fun at
Unity Stamp Co. Friends
Unity Stamp Co. Be Inspired Challenge 31 - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Trio of Colours blue, yellow, green
Stampotique Designers Challenge SDC 211 - Perfectly Primary yellow + blue 
Happy Little Stampers September CAS Challenge - Colouring 

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Mad Cows and Moro

Hello.  Welcome.  The lovely Deborah posted the August Card Chain Challenge reveal yesterday so I thought I'd share the card I sent to Cat in Maryland

Hey look it's the crazy Clarabell cow from Cheery Lynn again.  Gotta love the hair ROFL.  These dies are such fun.  I used the CCC sketch and paper pieced my die.  The background is patterned paper.  I added sequins to give a little bling and dimension and hope they survived the rigors of travel.

If you don't know about the Card Chain Challenge WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN???!!!!  Basically you sign up to make a card and send it to the person above you on the list.  The person below you on the list sends you a card.  Easy.  Fun.  And, don't tell everybody, but  Deborah has also lined up some fab sponsors, so if your card arrives by the end of the month you could also win an awesome prize!!!

If you would like to sign up the September linky is still open HERE.

You should definitely go and check out the REVEAL.  It's amazing.   You will be able to see the lovely card I got from Greta this month.  Thanks Greta.  Hugz

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Joining the fun at
Scrappehjertet Utfordring 13 - Alt Lov med Dies
The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - Animal

Not Just For Christmas Deer

Hello.  Welcome.  A new month.  New possibilities.  New challenges.  Over at Rubber Dance we are celebrating one year of challenges with lots of colour schemes choices and the optional theme of Celebration.

I chose to use the November 2014 colours.  I coloured the deer from Rubber Dance Frosty Friends set with light and dark brown watercolours and fussy cut.  I have used a white pre-cut aperture card.  I stamped the sentiment from Rubber Dance Happy Birthday set using Pine Needles distress and clear embossed.  Then I stamped the Vintage Script stamp.  I didn't have the right colour mulberry paper so I coloured it with the Pine Needles distress ink, ripped it, lined the aperture, then added the deer.

Why don't you join us over at the Rubber Dance Challenge.  Lots of lovely colours to choose from this month and the chance to win a grab bag of lovely stamps.  You don't have to use Rubber Dance stamps but, of course, we would love it if you did.  See you there........

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - Animals

Ooh Look, That's Mine

Hello.  Welcome.  A few weeks ago Maria from the Stamplorations team contacted me to ask if they could CASE my Penny the Pig tag for the Stamplorations CASE Playground.  What, my tag??  Ooh, yes, that would be lovely fun.  Can't wait to see what the DT do with my idea. 

Here's the tag that is up for CASEing

So then Maria says, 'would you like too CASE your own tag?'   OK, I say, little knowing that that would be quite a challenge.  I mean, I really like this tag, and Penny is a very strong element.  But after some thinking I decided to keep the colour, the words, the sequins and retro circles stencil and make a one layer tag with birds

I liked the design, but I was feeling blue, so I decided to make this as well

Love those birds (Stamplorations Some Birds stencil) and my inky smudges look a little cloud-like, maybe??  

Thanks to Stamplorations for having me as a guest.  Can't wait to see what the DT and you are inspired to make.  I'm off to the CASE playground to see.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - Animals