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Friday, August 28, 2015

You're Spectacular!

I'm just loving this image from From the Heart Stamps! This image IS NOT available in the regular store, but is an exclusive image (one of four) being used as a fundraiser for the owner's daughter and her ice hockey team! Such a great idea! Head on over to the blog and show your support! This 'Spectacular Birdbrain' comes with 6 sentiments too! 


This image is perfect for my Husband's birthday coming up on Labor Day Weekend - good job he doesn't look at my blog!! The older he is getting the more he is needing to wear his glasses - something that he is absolutely devastated about! Thought I would hit the point home with this card - haha! I added the 'You're Spectacular' sentiment just to butter him up a little - along with the 'Just the way you are' sentiment inside the card.

I used this fortnight's sketch #116 from the blog:

I colored the image with my prismacolor pencils, 
and found some matching papers in my stash.
The glasses element is from Imaginisce 'Geek is Chic' collection - 
I fussy cut the glasses from a sentiment. 
I added a little bling, and pierced holes to accent the circles - and VOILA!

I am also entering this card into From the Heart's DT call - why not? 
You never know until you try!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting x

I still have time to be Awesome!

Here's a quick card I made for my daughter's friend's birthday! I used 'texting diva' from KennyK stamps, along with papers from Authentique's 'Original' collection.


I love this color combo! The sentiments comes from Ginger's House blog - I just changed the fonts. It reads:
I already am
I always was
and i still
have time to be
Awesome!
Perfect for the almost-teens!
I used my cuttlebug and punches to cut out the different circles, 
and added a little bling for the finishing touch!

I am entering this card into the challenge on the Crafty Calendar Challenge blog - Bingo
(middle row - die cuts, kraft, blue).

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting x

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Cute Card Thursday - Monochrome

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Monochrome'.
As always, we welcome your own interpretation. 
We had a new sponsor this week - SherriBaldy Designs. We got to choose from a number of 'My Bestie' images - here is the one I chose to use - super cute! I love the big eyes!


I used scraps of paper from my stash, along with some baker's twine 
and a rub-on sentiment.

We are sponsored this week by SherriBaldy Designs, a great prize as always! 
Hope you can join us! See you there!

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:
Glitter'n'sparkle Challenge Blog - #151 Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting :-)

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

From The Heart Stamps - Stamp of the Month August

I'm back in blog land! Now we have moved house, finally repaired the flood in the basement and the kids are back at school - I finally have time to craft! It has felt so good today - with the weather wet and miserable outside.

Here is the Stamp of the Month from From the Heart Stamps - Candy Cane for Snowman. Faith has a number of super cute snowmen in her shop at the moment with lots more to come - she has challenged herself to design 100 snowmen hopefully by Christmas! I always choose a theme for my cards each year - reindeer were the hot topic last year - I think it may be snowmen this year, so wait for all the snowmen cards and crafts to start appearing on my blog!! :)

I decided to make a gift bag with this image for a change! The stamps work so well on cards, but I love to change them up and do something a little different once in a while! I will also make a matching Christmas Card with this image at a later date.


I'm a little late to game, but I based the design loosely around sketch #114 on the blog:


I love that I can use the sketches for different purposes.
I used my Prismacolor pencils for the images; 
papers and sticker embellishments from Echo Park; ribbon, snowflakes, 
bling and glitter from my stash.

From The Heart Stamps is also having a DT Call!! 
I thought I would give it a go - you never know right?? Fingers crossed!

I am also entering this gift bag into the following challenge:
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge blog - #54 Snowflakes and Sparkle
Fab'n'funky - #270 Things with Wings
Crafting by Designs - Things with Wings

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting x

Monday, August 17, 2015

The Paper Girls Challenge #86 - Super Heroes

This fortnight's challenge is 'Super Heroes'. 

I used this awesome image (again!) for my Dad's Father's Day card.
It is from From the Heart StampsSuper Birdbrain - it comes with lots of great sentiments!



I colored the image using my prismacolor pencils 
and used some of my cardstock scraps and brads.

I would love to see you joining in this challenge. 
Go visit the Paper Girls Challenge blog for more details.

Thanks for looking!
Happy Crafting :)

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Anything Goes'.
As always, we welcome your own interpretation. 
I love the Gus images from Bugaboo Stamps - perfect for the old men in my life! 
This was a birthday card for my Dad! 
The image I used is called 'Gus birthday - optional'.


I used a variety of Echo Park Papers, along with some baker's twine 
and enamel dots for added texture.

We are sponsored this week by Whiff of Joy, a great prize as always! 
Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!


Happy crafting :-)

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Cute Card Thursday - One Word

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'One Word.
As always, we welcome your own interpretation. 

This card has 2 images from Bugaboo Stamps - Groom 1 and Groom 3
I was trying to find images that looked like the friends who are getting married.


I colored them using my prismacolor pencils and kept it simple with plain black and white cardstock. I added a touch of color with bakers twine.
 
We are sponsored this week by Bunny Zoe's crafts, a great prize as always! 
Hope you can join us! See you there!
Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting :-)