A Whole Year More Incredibler...

Well, a whole year and a month! 

This was the birthday card I made for Cass for her birthday in August and I forgot I hadn't shared it! I used the sentiment from Bree Loves Buttercream to go with Petunia in this case - although I did try lots of combinations before I decided I was happy with a CAS look!

Stamps 

Petunia Gets a Piggyback - Stamping Bella

Sentiment (Bree Loves Buttercream) - Stamping Bella

 Colouring Medium

Copics

 Thanks for dropping by today. Enjoy what's left of your Wednesday.

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. 

This week our theme is

Use A Non White Card Base

Our sponsor this week are Funky Kits.

I've joined in with Team Abi this week as I made this ATC last week during my crafty weekend away with friends and thought it would be perfect for this challenge.

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Christmas Jumper - Woodware
Sentiments - Stampin Up

 Tools 
Square Lattice Embossing Folder - Stampin Up

 Thanks for dropping by today. 

Remember to drop by Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest of the Team Abi Sweeties have been up to! Perhaps you could have a go yourself, don't forget to stamp now ;)

Sugar Bowl Challenge

Morning all. 

It's time for a new challenge over at the Sugar Bowl.

I've used Parachute Jump for my card this time. My friend did a sponsored parachute jump the day before her 40th birthday recently and we'd joked about how if things went wrong she'd still be in her 30's......so I took the joke and ran with it....

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Parachute Jump - Funky Kits
Sentiment - Stampin Up

 Colouring Medium 
Copics

Paper

Lili of the Valley

 Tools 
Blueprints - MFT
Stitched Rectangles - MFT
Cloud Dies - Lawn Fawn

As always one lucky winner of this challenge gets to choose 4 sweet Sugar Nellie digis...

and
a second prize winner will receive 2 Sugar Nellie digis.....woo hoo!!

(or 6 digis, if there are over 100 entries)

from

Make a card or other craft project using a Sugar Nellie image and this prize could be yours.

(remember the Sugar Nellie image - that's essential!)

 Thanks for dropping by today. 

Remember to drop by The Sugar Bowl and see what the rest the Sweeties have been up to. 

Cheeky!

Morning!

We've made it to Wednesday - on the home stretch to a holiday weekend (in Glasgow)

So Monday was the boss' birthday and being the official card maker I had to make a card.... 

I think he liked it... he laughed when he thanked me for the cheeky card ;) 

Stamps 

The Thinker - Mo Manning

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

Thanks for dropping by today.

Cheers!

Hello

Hope all is well with you. 

Tonight I'm sharing a card I made for my friend's 40th a couple of weeks ago. I thought this Stamping Bella image was appropriate as we had a wee night out to celebrate and ended up in a champagne bar! 

Stamps

Victoria and Juliette's Night Out

Sentiment - Penny Black

 Colouring Medium

Copics

Embellishments

Pearls

 Tools 

Vixen Alphabet - Quickutz

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. 

This week our theme is

Emboss It

Our sponsors this week are Flat Friends.

And her is my card. I may have gone a little overboard with the emobssing... maybe. Although after it was made I thought perhaps the snowflakes could have been embossed too!!

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Scribble Snowman - Can't Remember Where He's From

 Embellishments
Snowball Pearls 

 Tools 
Snowflake Die - Sizzix
Snow Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Oval Nestabilities - Spellbinders
Swiss Dots Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

 Thanks for dropping by today. 

Remember to drop by Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest of the Team Jacky Sweeties have been up to! Perhaps you could have a go yourself, don't forget to stamp now ;)

You Can't Go Wrong With a Wee Bit of Tartan

Morning.

Just a quick post this morning. I am determined to clear my cards to be shared this year! I've discovered a few cards which have been there for a long time and I keep passing over them to share something else. Yeah, you guessed it, they're pink..... (well, not all of them are) 

This card isn't one of them! I was asked to make a wedding card, classy with a touch of tartan. I think I got the brief.

 Tools

Swiss Dots Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Fancy Tag Nestabilities - Spellbinders

Cherish Border - Memory Box.

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How Flexible Are You?

Morning!

Yeah, I can't do Tuesdays.....

This is a card I made for a friend's daughter who's birthday it was at the end of last month. She's recently got in to the Glasgow gymnastic team so Gymnast Molly seemed like a good image to use! I was originally going to give her a purple leotard and had all the paper picked and everything. And then... for some reason I coloured it blue and couldn't find the right papers so she sat for a while till I found something I liked - had to look through every single bit of blue paper I had. It took a while ;) 

Stamps 

Gymnast Molly - Digi Stamp Boutique

Sentiment - Stampin Up

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

 Tools

 Circle Nestabilities - Spellbinders

Numbers (Vixen Set) - Quickutz 

Pennants - Joanna Sheen

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Is It Only Tuesday? Really?

Hello!

What a long day. Headed straight from work to the opticians for the boys and I to get our eyes tested. Only got home about 8.30 so am only now feeling chilled.

This is the birthday card I made for Andy last week. I didn't want to add much to it so I just made the card with the image which I've paper pieced and coloured a wee bit ground for them to sit on and I also typed the sentiment straight on to the card too.

Stamps 

Penny and Scott - Make it Crafty

 Colouring Medium

Copics

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Play It Loud

Morning.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and are now ready to face another week.

This is a card I made recently and it's certainly the biggest card I've ever made (well, I made two A4 cards at the same time so the other one is still to come!). I have tried to grunge the background up a bit using some stamping in blue and black. Although it was quite daunting at first actually I got quite in to filling a big card! 

Stamps 

DJ - Polkadoodles

Graffiti Stamps - Woodware

Beer Bottle - Avery Elle

21 - Woodware

Grunge Polka Dot Background - Visible Image

 Colouring Medium

Copics

Paper 

Kaisercraft

 Ink 

Stampin Up

 Tools 

Beer Bottle Die - Avery Elle

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Rainbows and Unicorns

Hello.

Just a quick post this evening (that has taken me hours to write)

This wee rainbow unicorn has been sitting in my sharing folder for ages as it's a card I made for my friend to give her daughter in July.

I kept the card quite simple as I wanted the unicorn to stand out so just an embossed panel behind the image and some card candy. I think I coloured the mane and tail with Wink of Stella pens and those that I didn't have the colours for were coloured with Copics and clear WoS.

Stamps 

Unicorn - Time For Tea Designs

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

 Colouring Medium

Copics

Wink of Stella

 Embellishments

 Card Candy

 Tools 

Star Embossing Folder

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Banana

Bello.

So this is one of the cards I made for Andy's birthday and Scott nabbed it as soon as he saw it as he loves Minions.  

This card was such fun to make and it makes me smile just to look at it!

Stamps 

The Man - Avery Elle

 Embellishments 

Card Candy

Black Pearls

Tools

White Pen

Stitched Rectangle Dies - Memory Box

Circle Punches

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Pearl's A Singer....

Morning all.

Nearly at the end of another week, the weeks are simply flying by - be Christmas before we know it..... maybe I should start thinking about those Christmas cards now or will I do my usual and wait until 18th December before deciding it's too late!

Today's card is a Pearl Wedding Anniversary card that I was asked to make. I decided to just go cream and lots of die cuts (and pearls obvs)

 Embellishments
Pearls

 Tools 
Chloe Stem - Memory Box
Floral Ovals - Spellbinders
Embossing Folder
Flower Dies - Memory Box
Flourish - Cheery Lynn

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all.

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas At Sweet Stampin'. 

Our theme this month is 

Festive Decor

Our sponsor this month is Flat Friends.

I interpreted the theme quite literally and made a decoration, although it could also be a tag. But... I have decided it's actually going to become a card because I love it so much!

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Snow Family - Lili of the Valley

  Embellishments 
Stickles
Crystal Drops

 Tools 
Circle Nestabilities - Spellbinders
Grand Decorative Circles - Spellbinders
Tag Punch - Stampin' Up

 Thanks for dropping by today. 

Remember to drop by Christmas at Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest the Christmas Sweeties have been up to. 

x

An Appropriate Monday Card

Morning all.... are you feeling like this this morning.....

This wee girl makes me laugh so much I just love her. This is the birthday card I made for our lovely boss over at Sweet Stampin' Abi - the resident genius. Now I should explain that Abi and I had a very long text conversation about a caption for this card (some of which may see the light of day when I use her again) and for some reason the little girl became Mavis although she's actually called Sylvia in the Mo Manning shop. Somehow she never made on to a card before Abi's birthday so I took the opportunity to make her in to Abi's card! 

Stamps 

Sylvia on the Step - Mo Manning

 Colouring Medium

Copics

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Summer Has Arrived!

Hello.

Yes, I know it's September, but for the past two days the weather here has been beautiful. There are the sounds of folk working in their gardens and washing wafting in the breeze (ok, I made the last one up but you get the picture!) Is it time to break out the BBQ?!

Anyway, to today's card which I made for a friend recently who was awarded Woman of the Year at her local Slimming World group. She's done incredibly well with her weight loss and I am so proud of her. 

I thought for ages about this card and looked for lots of images but none were quite right - don't try googling woman on scales - it's not great! Then I remembered about Serena With Her Sign. And I spied a stamp I bought a while ago but hadn't used. I masked of the right and left edges of Serena as as the stamp was fine lengthwise but was too wide. And voila. The perfect image!

Stamps 

Serena Has A Sign - Stamping Bella

Sentiment - Woodware

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

Tools 

Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die - Memory Box

Mini Pennant - Stampin Up

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. 

This week our theme is

Let's Get Musical

Our sponsor this week are Live and Love Crafts. 

This card was actually a bit of an accident. When LotV had a sale recently I bought this wee image and wanted to try it out at the Crafty Cabin and a few bits and pieces later and lo and behold I had met the challenge brief without actually meaning to!

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
A Christmas Prayer - LotV
Sentiment - Unknown
Music Score Background - Penny Black

Colouring Medium
Copics
Wink of Stella

 Embellishments 
Gems

 Tools 
Christmas Wreath Die - Memory Box

 Thanks for dropping by today. 

Remember to drop by Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest of the Team Jacky Sweeties have been up to! Perhaps you could have a go yourself, don't forget to stamp now ;)

Moving Along With The Times Challenge

Morning all. 

We've had a wee summer break and now we're back and it's time for a new challenge over at Moving Along With The Times.

Our theme this time is

Feature an Animal (the cuter the better)

What could be cuter than wee James? 

I know I don't like butterflies on cards but on this occasion I think they're ok.  

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps

James and Butterflies - LotV
Sentiment - Stampin' Up

 Colouring Medium 
Copics

 Thanks for dropping by today. 

Remember to drop by and see what the rest the DT have been up to.