Duck Shit

Hello.  Welcome.  Me and Duck are over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today.  Duck says the little things don't bother him so much.  Or something like that....

Duck, Dice and sentiment stamps are from Carmen's Veranda.  The grey panel was stamped with a border stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  Hop over to the Portal for all the details and don't forget to check out the challenge inspiration from the team.  It's all about birds!!

Join the Tweet This Challenge and link up your stamped bird themed makes for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$$$'s!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Duck is joining the fun at

Country View Challenge May - Be Humorous
That's Crafty - A Stitch in Time Challenge used a stitch die to cut the card base

Dies R Us Challenge 97 - Birds used Sizzix Deckle Edge die and Creative Expressions stitched die
Repeat Impressions Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge - M918  baby duck, faux stitching, bright colours

Golden Shine

Hello.  Welcome.  It's the middle of the month and I have a little reminder for you for the Rubber Dance challenge.  I made an ATC featuring Merry Magpie and a few Textured Flowers. 

Since the Rubber Dance theme this month is Metal I decided to make my ATC base using a gold metal sheet.  

I glued a piece of the metal sheet onto a piece of chipboard and used a Sizzix ATC die to cut the shape.  Then I stamped around the edge with the small star cluster stamp from the Merry Magpie set and embossed with gold powder.  I smeared the edges of the ATC with Versamark ink and embossed again with gold powder.

I stamped the Magpie on book paper, embossed with black powder and fussy cut.  I added a little white gel pen to the eye and orange Promarker to the beak.  I stamped the small flower from the Textured Flower set directly onto the ATC and embossed with black powder, masked and stamped and embossed a few more.  Then I added some colour with lime green, purple and red Promarkers.  The Shiny! sentiment is from the Magpie set embossed in gold on black card.  

Thanks for dropping by.   The Rubber Dance challenge runs until the end of the month. You can use the colours and/or the theme.  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.

Magpie is joining the fun at

Happy Little Stampers ATC Challenge - Gold
Dies R Us Challenge 97 - Birds
Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge - Gold

Duck A La'Orange

Hello.  Welcome.  I have a cute and bright creation over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this afternoon featuring Duck.  Carmen's Veranda doesn't do oranges so I went with Pineapple instead!!  It could be the start of something beautiful.........

Awwww, who can resist a little quacker!!  I used Lost Coast Shooting Star background.  Hop over to the Portal to get all the details and to link up your orange and yellow creations.  There be prizes!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Duck is joining the fun at
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 73 - Picture Inspiration
Crafters Castle Challenge 5

Growing In Unity - Day 5

Hello.  Welcome.  I'd like to thank everyone who has visited and commented on my Growing in Unity posts and to Unity for giving me the chance to spotlight their stamps, and also for giving me two awesome grab bags to give of two of you!  If you have missed any days please hop back and leave comments.  You have til Monday sometime when I will draw two lucky winners who will each receive a Unity grab bag.  Here's my final card for the week.  Enjoy.....

Squuueeee!  Isn't that bunny just adorbs??!!  I used the rabbit from When You Smile and my most favourite sentiment from Anna Girl.  I stamped the sentiment and the rabbit with blue dye ink and coloured the rabbit with Promarkers.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back next week with the names of my lucky winners.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 445
Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - One Layer
Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks 334-335
Cards Und More Challenge #24 - Sketch
Dare 2 B Artzy Challenge - Dreaming of Flowers

Growing In Unity - Day 4

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am Growing in Unity.  Are you are having as much fun as me.  What a blast!!  I hope you are getting a few ideas for maybe different ways to use your stamps and supplies.   I am certainly enjoying using some of those stamps that haven't yet seen ink.  Today I am keeping it one layer, and quite clean and simple, and also using a lot of colour, mixed media and a lot of stamps!!  Let me know what you think, cos I will be drawing two names from everyone who leaves comments on my Growing in Unity posts and you will get a fabtastic Unity grab bag.  

I used stamps from Unity Twinkle, Stay Classy, Bee Happy Hexagons, and a tiny butterfly stamp that came in a grab bag.  I stamped and embossed the girl from Twinkle and masked her.  Then I stamped the heart with the love text and the sentiment with black archival.  I took the hexagon stamp with the wood texture and stamped it with pale blue chalk ink.  I unmasked the girl and stamped the tiny butterflies twice on her top and then coloured with distress ink and Promarkers.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back tomorrow with more Unity inspiration.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Butterfly Challenge 100 - Letter H All 7

Repeat Impressions DCC52 - Single Layer Cards

Calling All Sistahs 12 
Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - One Layer 
Penny Black and More May Challenge - Anything Goes 

Growing In Unity - Day 3

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am Growing In Unity.  Leave a comment on all these posts this week for a chance to win one of two Unity Stamp grab bags that I will be giving away.  Today I have made a more masculine style card using stamps from Being Who You Are

I used kraft and blue card and Archival ink Potting Soil, gold embossing powder and a blue Promarker.  I stamped the clock image using the archival ink on the background layer.  Then I stamped, embossed and fussy cut it on blue card and added some colour with the Promarker.  I stamped the sentiment on kraft card and used a couple of mats to add interest and dimension.   I used a Creative Expressions die to cut the stitched layers.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back tomorrow with more Unity inspiration.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge Weeks 334-335 

Penny Black and More May Challenge - Anything Goes 

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Backgrounds
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies 
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 72 - Anything Goes

 

Growing In Unity - Day 2

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am privileged to be Growing in Unity.   I would like to thank Unity for this wonderful opportunity, and I'd like to thank you for hopping by and checking out my creations featuring Unity stamps.  At the end of this week I will draw two names of people who leave comments on my Growing in Unity posts and they will each get a 25 stamp grab bag from Unity Stamp Company.  Is that awesome or is that awesome??!!!!  

Here's my card for today using stamps from Better With Age and a sentiment from Time to Enjoy Life

I had some free papers arrive the other day with a magazine and instead of saying 'Oooh, pretty' and putting them in my miscellaneous papers file I decided to take a bold step and use them!!  I used a sketch from Scrappelyst and paper pieced the thistle in a vase from the Better With Age stamp kit.  The image actually shows the stem, so it's a glass vase, but I wanted a more ceramic look so masked off the stem and the extra water line.   Don't ask!!!!  I stamped the flower, leaves and two parts of the vase on different patterned papers and fussy cut.  I stamped the heart and the arrow with flower images from the same set, fussy cut and coloured with Promarkers.  The stitched oval is a Sizzix die.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back tomorrow with more Unity inspiration.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Mai - Feiring
Double D May Flowers Challenge
Papercraft Challenges Challenge 11 - Flowers
Penny Black and More May Challenge - Anything Goes
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 445