Finally some playtime!

Hi all

Finally had some time to play today as I am off, yipee, I should really be packing though as we are off to Duinrell in Holland on Monday (kids are mega excited)!! It has been another long and tough week. I can't believe it has been almost a week since I went to Happy Stampers North West show at Port Sunny with my lovely crafting buddy Lisa Jane, had a good laff and spending was quite restrained LOL!

While we were there I bumped into some lovely crafting buddies and met lots for the first time, besides being surrounded by rubber stamps all day bumping into friends new and old was a real highlight!



Love the photo inspiration over on the Playdate Cafe again this week and these colours made me think of the seaside! I have used a Crafty Individuals (CI 284) stamp which I bought from HSNW, stamped in Memento and coloured in using Promarkers, I used chalks for the sky and sea. Layered with Kraft, Core'dination and ric rac.



I fell in love with this stamp, they look like friends having a great time splashing in the sea and as the challenge over on Allsorts is inspiration from a song title, mine is That's What Friends Are For By Elton John And Dionne Warwick (love the lyrics to that song).

STOP PRESS!! Another bit of exciting news...

I made the top 5 on Allsorts challenge following the wonderful sketch by Amanda. I had entered the easel card I made as my DT card for Creative Craft Worlds easel card challenge!!

Over the moon.... off to place my badge on my sidebar hehe!

Fantasy Land!

Hi all

Something a little different again from me today! I have been messing with my distress inks (only have 3 at the mo) trying to make a background. I must have done about 10 different variations yesterday experimenting with different ink pads, techniques etc. Had great fun doing it but boy today my hands are a mess - full of ink stains (good job I am not working today LOL).

I have made this to enter into the very FIRST Sir Stampalot monthly challenge. "Fantasy" is the theme for this month and woah, I can't believe the prize.... I would be in a fantasy land if I won it LOL First prize is an amazing and generous Cricut - how cool would that be??





I used Tim Holtz Distress inks to make the background and as Allsorts challenge this week is no pre-printed papers this qualifies, masked the "moon". I then stamped the Dandelion Frame by Hero Arts around the edge using Stazon. The mushroom and fairy are from Personal Impressions - Fairy Silhouette. I glimmer misted her wings and the punched out flowers got the stickles treatment with a little diamond (well diamante as I can't afford diamonds LOL) in the centre!

Flowers and brad from my stash and the Fairyland Ticket was a freebie from Craft Stamper magazine a while ago.

I am also entering it into the following challenges:

Meljens are holding their first challenge and the theme it "anything goes"
Just add Ink - Just add... ink - anything goes!
Something Completely Different - "W" for wings!
Crafts and me - Fairies or wings

Pink and brown!!

Hi all

Spent a lovely day off making this card in between shopping, cleaning, ironing and packing for my oldest 2 boys residential weekend away, they are going on an activity weekend away. I hope the weather is kind to them as it has rained all day here today and they are going to the Lake District where it is notoriously WET!!!

Made this card for my daughters friend Jasmine who is having a party on Sunday.



I am entering it into the following challenges:


Just Magnolia - A lovely sketch to work with (below)
Papertake Weekly - Pretty Pink
A Spoonful of Sugar - Lots of layering
Allsorts - Hearts and flowers
Quixotic Challenges - Ink up an old stamp
Belli Challenge- Hearts





Products used:
Prima flowers
Tilda stamp coloured in using Whispers pens and Derwent pencil
Papers DCWV The Sweet Stack
Cuttlebug embossing folder Divine swirl
Ribbon from a recent swap (thanks Ceej)
Sentiment from Stampin Up