Mix's Meanderings

Friday, 10 May 2013

Crafty Sentiment Designs New Release Blog Hop

Hello again and welcome to the Crafty Sentiments New Release Blog Hop.

You should have come to me via the lovely Jac. And here is my card, this is Primrose the Mermaid. I've coloured her hair to look like Ariel and I even created a little fish to look like her little friend Flounder! You'll note the table decorations have made a reappearance, so useful for bubbles :)

There will be prize during the bloghop of a selection of the new stamps. However, to qualify for the prize you need to leave a comment on the 8th /9th /10th on the Inspirational blog and become a follower

You also have to visit and leave a comment on all participating blogs on the 10th, so grab yourself a cuppa and start hopping!

I've printed the whole blog hop list below just in case you get lost but I'm now going to hand you over to Celine who has another fabby project for you to see.

Blog hop List

Inspirational blog

Caz

Jan

Jac

Have fun hopping!

Susan

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

ABC Challenge - M for Make it Sparkle
Allsorts - Add Some Sparkle
Creative Card Crew - Add Some Bling
Copic Marker Europe - Girls Aloud
DRS Designs - Circles

Stamps

Primrose the Mermaid - Crafty Sentiments

Colouring Medium

Copics

Promarkers

Cardstock/Paper

From stash

Embellishments

Table Decorations - Balloons Around Scotland

Stickles (for her mirror)

Tools

Bubble Die - Dienamics

Circle Nestie

Beaded Circle Nestie

Fish and Fronds from a Sizzix Die

Big Shot

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

Morning all, it's Friday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Totally Papercrafts. This week it's the turn of the lovely Carol to set the challenge and she has chosen the theme

Clean and Simple

We're sponsored this week by Delicious Doodles.

And here is my card... I did try an experiment with something else I'd seen on Pinterest but it looked rubbish so it went in the bin!

Very simple card but I like it.

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Stash It
Cute Card Thursday - Something Blue
Southern Girls - You Can Say That Again
MAWTT - CAS
Paper Playtime - Embossing
Perfect Sentiment - Dry Embossing

Stamps
Life - Tim Holtz

Cardstock/Paper
From Stash

Ink
Not Quite Navy - Stampin Up

Tools
Embossing Folder
Umbrella Die - Marianne Designs
Cuttlebug

Remember to drop by Totally Papercrafts and see what the rest of my lovely Teamies have been up to and let's see those CAS creations.

Pop back in a wee while for the Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop.

Susan

Thursday, 9 May 2013

Crafty Sentiments Designs New Release Day 2

Morning all.

Welcome to the second day of peaks of the new stamps available from midnight (just a few hours to go) from Crafty Sentiments. I can hardly wait, I really need them all. Check out the Crafty Sentiments Inspiration blog for more details.

Today's image is called Summertime, isn't she just gorgeous? I'm saying Summertime with my tongue very firmly in my cheek cos I've got a horrible feeling that Tuesday was it... and it's back to winter again.

I've got to be honest, this is a bit of a Murphy's Law card - cos if it could go wrong with the card, it did... and I was stressing I wouldn't get it finished but there you go, I managed!

I've paper pieced her dress and just echoed the gingham with some ribbon and card candy. I think it looks vaguely summer like... maybe. I've forgotten what summer actually is.

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Make It Monday
Cupcake - Sketch
Craft your passion - floral delights
Card Crafters Circle - floral cards
Fuss n Fancy - anything goes

Stamps
Summertime - Crafty Sentiments

Colouring Medium
Promarkers
Flexmarkers
Copics

Cardstock/Paper
From stash

Embellishments
Ribbon
Card Candy - Craftwork Cards

Tools
Label Nesties
Me to You Embossing Folder
Big Shot

Before I go just a wee reminder to visit the Crafty Sentiments Inspiration blog to see the rest of the DT's previews today and you never know you could win some new stamps!

Thanks for dropping by today. Remember to come back tomorrow for our Spring Blog Hop.

Susan
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Crafty Sentiments New Release Day 1 - part 2

Here I am again with another new release from Crafty Sentiments and remember if you go over to the Crafty Sentiments Inspiration blog you'll see another couple of the new releases.

This is Tobey and His Cat. You'll remember that we've had Tobey and His Dog, well, here he is again but this time with his feline friend.

Wanted to keep the card kind of summery looking and went through a lot of DP's before finding something I was happy with!

This became Scott's wee pal's birthday card as he has a little black cat too so the image was just perfect. I don't think it comes up particularly well on the photo but I did chalk some clouds in too.

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Make it Monday
Papertake - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images - Kid Challenge
Crafting By Designs - Remembering Our Childhood
My Mum's Craft Shop - Spots and/or Stripes
Cards for Men - Animals

Stamps
Tobey and His Cat - Crafty Sentiments
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink

Colouring Medium
Copics
Flexmarkers
Promarkers

Cardstock
Baja Breeze - Stampin Up

Paper
MME

Embellishments
Card Candy - Craftwork Cards

Tools
Dienamics Fishtail Banner
Big Shot

Susan
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Crafty Sentiments New Release Day 1

Morning all, well there is great excitement in the air over at the Crafty Sentiments Inspiration blog as we're previewing some of the new releases for you over the next couple of days before the actual release of the stamps at midnight on Friday morning (and, if that wasn't enough, we'll have a blog hop for you on Friday too!)

And here is one of my cards for today (there will be another one along later!). This is Annabel Mermaid's Hair, isn't she fab :)

I coloured her with my pens and added some, would you believe some table decorations to look like bubbles, I've also added some laser cut swirls and tried to make them look like seaweed (I painted them with a paint dabber and once that was dry I embossed them with green verdigris embossing powder).

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Make it Monday
Try it On Tuesday - Feminine and Fancy
Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes With Swirls
Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Stamps
Annabel Mermaid's Hair - Crafty Sentiments

Colouring Medium
Copics
Promarkers

Cardstock
Pool Party - Stampin Up

Paper
Doodlebug

Embellishments
Table Decorations - Balloons Around Scotland
Laser Cut Swirls - Hobbycutz

Pearl Paint Dabber - Adirondack
Green Verdigris Embossing Powder - WOW

So that's my first card for the day, I'll be back later with another but go over to the Crafty Sentiments Inspiration blog to check out some more new releases from the DT.

Thanks for dropping by.

Susan
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge

Morning all.

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Sentiments Designs

This week our theme is

Add A Sentiment

And here's my card. I've used Spring Breeze (which I got in the January stamp kit but she's available from the Crafty Sentiments store) and I have paper pieced her dress and hairband. Other than that I tried to make the card look as Spring like as possible! I used one of the sentiments from the January kit too.

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Make it Monday

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Stamps
Spring Breeze - Crafty Sentiments
Sentiment from January Kit - Crafty Sentiments

Colouring Medium
Promarkers

Cardstock
Pool Party - Stampin' Up

Paper
MME

Embellishments
Pearls
Ribbon
Crochet Flower
Doilie

Tools
Oval Nesties
Oval Punch - Stampin Up
Big Shot

Tomorrow over at Crafty Sentiments we start previewing the new releases so come back then for a wee peak.

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

Susan

Monday, 6 May 2013

Love to Create Challenge

Morning all.

Hope, if you're in the UK, you were able to enjoy a nice Bank Holiday lie in this morning.

It's time for a new challenge at Love to Create

This week our theme is

For Mum/Special Lady

Our sponsors this week are Stamp Art by Kathryn and Bugaboo. Both sponsors were kind enough to provide the DT with some images - I've used a Bugaboo image for mine Har Repotter.

Now those of you who know me and were here at Mother's Day in this country will know how traumatised I was at having to make a Mother's Day card then. Obviously Mother's Day in the US is at a different time, hence today's challenge.

When I saw Bugaboo were one of the sponsors I decided to get round this by choosing Har Repotter and making a card for me from the boys - you'd be surprised at the difference it made to me and the freedom I felt in creating the card because it's not actually going to go anywhere!

I ran my idea for making a card to look like a Spell Book past a couple of crafty friends and it was thanks to the lovely Anda that it became Mum's Book of Magic Tricks complete with Handy Hints to get children to eat veg. Once I had that idea it went from there, so I've also got a newspaper cutting (Stampin' Up paper), an old postcard (LOTV stamp) and a Friendship Recipe (LOTV stamp) simply because I remember things used to peek out of Mum's old recipe books!

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Alphabet Challenge - F for Fantasy (not just because of Harry but also the getting children to eat vegetables.....)
Brown Sugar - Mother's Day
Pile it On - For a Mother
Make it Monday

Stamps
Har Repotter - Bugaboo
Grunge Postcard - LotV
Recipe - LotV

Colouring Medium
Copics
Promarkers
Flexmarker

Cardstock
from stash

Paper
Stampin' Up
Bo Bunny

Embellishments

Glossy Accents

Tools
Hardware Findings - Tim Holtz Sizzix Die
Oval Nesties
Big Shot

Thanks for dropping by today.

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

Susan

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Friends

Morning all.

Thought I'd woken up in an alternate universe yesterday - it wasn't raining.... and it stayed off the whole day....

So a wee card today which I sent to my friend Lorraine for her birthday and she got it yesterday so I know I'm safe to post it now!

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft - Sentiment as The Main Focus

Stamps

Stampin' Up

Cardstock/Paper

From stash

Embellishments

Ribbon

Tools

Scallop Border Die - LaLaLand Crafts

Rolled Flower Die - Marianne Designs

Fabulous Phlox Die - Memory Box

Cuttlebug

Thanks for dropping by today.

Susan

Saturday, 4 May 2013

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

Create A Scene

Our sponsor this week is Cuddly Buddly who are offering a £10 voucher to the winner and our monthly sponsor is The Ribbon Girl who are offering a £10 voucher to the monthly winner.

And here is my card - which isn't what I had planned originally (you'll note that happens a lot!) but I might keep that idea for another day.

I came across the football pitch paper when I was looking for something else and the idea for this card was born! This little Hibs supporting boy (tried to make him look like Scott) is dreaming of scoring the winning goal in the upcoming Cup Final.

I couldn't find the correct shade of green ribbon for the cup so I ended up colouring white ribbon with a Promarker.

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Delicious Doodles - Something For Boys
Paper Playtime - Embossing
Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Shaped Cards
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes With Ribbon
MAWTT - One For The Guys

Stamps

Let's Play Ball - Crafty Sentiments
Live Your Dreams - Visible Image

Colouring Medium
Copics
Promarkers

Cardstock/Paper
From stash (I have no idea how long that football pitch has been lurking in the stash box)

Embellishments
Football button
Twine
Ribbon

Tools
Football Embossing Folder
Trophy Die - Ellison Design
Cuttlebug

Thanks for dropping by today.

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

Susan

Friday, 3 May 2013

Angels Among Us

Morning all.

Goodness me, where has the week gone! It's been a busy one this week and I have neglected you and I'm sorry. I have been busy creating but sadly can't show you anything yet. Just wait for next week ;)

It was also the end of Anchor Boys the other night with our annual display and it was Scott's last night as he is now promoted to Junior Section *sniff*. I'm very proud to tell you that he won the Best Overall Boy for the session - now although I'm an officer in the Anchor Boys this was a complete surprise and I'm not *quite* sure how I managed to hold back the tears but I did... no, really!

So to today's card. I made this for a friend who asked for a Big Sister card and this was my original card for That Craft Place challenge but there was something I wasn't happy with so I made another. I'm still not sure what I'm not happy with, it's a perfectly nice card but still!