Moving Along With The Times Challenge

Morning all.

It's time for a new challenge at Moving Along With the Times.

This week our theme is set by the lovely Claire, and she has given us this sketch to work with!



And here is my card. This is the second of the two cards I made for my friend's daughter using the fabulous Rio and her Penguin image from Simply Betty.  

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Rio and her Penguin - Simply Betty

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

Paper
LotV

 Embellishments 
Pearls

 Tools 
Circle Nesties
Grand Decorative Circle Nesties
Pierced Circle Die - MFT

Before I go, can I just mention that we have a DT call running at MAWTT. Check out the details here. We'd love for you to come and join us, we're a really friendly bunch!



Remember to drop by MAWTT and see what the rest the DT have been up to. I'll be back with my Sugar Bowl post shortly.

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

Cute and Cuddly

Our sponsor this week are Craft Mojo who are offering a £10 voucher to the winner.

And appropriately enough this little bear looks exactly like me right now. I feel terrible!! I am scheduling this post and am off to bed. What a start to the weekend :( 

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps

Bear - Penny Black
Sentiment - Phill Martin Stamps

 Tools 
Paw Prints Die - Joanna Sheen

 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 ;)

Do You Wanna Build a Snowman

Evening!

Hope you've had a lovely weekend and haven't been badly affected by snow.... which leads me neatly on to today's card. I delivered this card on Friday to a friend who had ordered a couple of cards for her daughter's birthday and when I went along to deliver it in the midst of a heavy snowfall Cara and her brother were having fun in the snow and Logan built her an Olaf! Her birthday is today so I'm assuming she's got her card now.

I didn't want to put the usual Olaf phrase on the card and a trawl through Pinterest produced YOLO - You. Obviously. Love. Olaf!

Stamps 
Olaf - Simply Betty
Sentiment -  Paper Smooches

Colouring Medium 
Copics

Tools 
Circle Punch
Alphabet -Memory Box
Pierced Rectangles - MFT

 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

Masculine

Our sponsor this week is Quixotic Paperie.

I know it's a Team Abi week but you know I can't resist a male challenge so here is Retro Chester! This is a card I made for my brother-in-law's special birthday..... can you spot how old he was?! And yes, that is the Top 10 for the week he was born. 

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Retro Chester - Little Miss Muffet Stamps
Sentiment - Paper Smooches

 Colouring Medium 
Copics

  Tools 
Dotty Embossing Folder - Crafters Companion
Circle Nesties
Cricut

 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 ;)

Moving Along With The Times Challenge

Morning all.

It's time for a new challenge at Moving Along With the Times.

This week our theme is

Dies and Punches

I'm just showing you the card. I'm saying nothing about it. You know how I feel! 

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Baby - Can't Remember!
Sentiment - Paper Smooches

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

 Embellishments 
Pearl

 Tools 
Precious Stars - Memory Box
Circle Nesties
Stitched Rectangles - MFT

 Thanks for dropping by today. 

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

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all.

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

Our theme this month is 

Nativity

I was going to make a card with Mr Poppy on it but decided to go down the more traditional Nativity route. 

I bought this wee stamp at a craft show in September and then managed to misplace it (it's not very big!) but I found it in time to do this card!

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Manger - Little Claire
Sentiment - Stampendous
Star - Bo Bunny

Colouring Medium
Copics
Wink of Stella
Chalks

   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

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

Girly. No Pink!

Our sponsor this week are All Dressed Up.

Well, what a trouble I had with this challenge! You'd think that given my hatred of that colour it would be easy. Oh no. Girly, that's the thing, doesn't matter what colour it is!! Anyway, during a conversation with the genius that is Abi I hit upon the idea of a one layer card and then I wouldn't need to bother about paper or embellishments.

So here we are. Girly enough?

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

That's Crafty - Blue is the colour
Crafts 4 Eternity - Blue tones
ABC Challenge - A is for Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Stamps
Pixie Nerd - Saturated Canary
Stars - Little Musings Set

 Ink 
London Fog - Memento (to stamp the stars)

Colouring Medium
Copics
Wink of Stella

 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 ;)

What A Week!

Have you survived the first week back to normality?!

We've all made it through relatively unscathed by the grind of being back at school and work. And at least this week I know what day of the week it is. It's Thursday right ;)

I hope, wherever you are, that you're safe and warm and unharmed by the horrible weather!

So to today's card. A birthday card my friend asked me to make for her son. I've used the Saturated Canary digi - Gamer. I've kept the card fairly simple and added the sentiment directly to the card.

The lightsabers are (although you can't really see it properly) coloured with Wink of Stella pens!

Stamps 

Gamer - Saturated Canary

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

Wink of Stella

Thanks for dropping by today.

Is It Just Me?

Or is everyone else confused about what day it is?!

Just a quick post tonight - thought I'd share this card I made for a friend's wee boy last year. My brief was that he was having a rainbow themed birthday party.... I went through all sorts of permutations and came across this idea on Pinterest. So decided to make the caterpillar have a rainbow coloured body! It's a very simple card but I love it.

Stamps 

Sentiment - Phill Martin Stamps

 Embellishments 

2 - Thickers Alphabet

Googly Eyes

 Tools

Circle Nesties

Alphabet - Memory Box

Lattice Embossing Folder

Cropadile (for the antennae)

 Thanks for dropping by tonight.

Happy New Year

I hope 2015 is everything you hope it will be.

Looking Back at 2014

Morning! On the last morning of 2014. I've scheduled this post as I'm bound to be cleaning the house in time for the New Year, just as my mother would have done...... yeah, you're right, I'm probably drinking tea and reading my book!

However, it seemed a good time to have a look back at some favourite cards this year.

Sassy Cheryl - Figure of Eight. A break from traditional Christmas colours and a step out of my comfort zone ;) 

Little Miss Muffett - Bubbles Chester. What's not to love?!

 Funky Kits - Texting. Still makes me laugh - texts from the dog!!

Made for Craft World using Taylored Expressions dies, I love the simplicity of this card.

Mo Manning - Valerie in Autumn and Valerie in Winter. Now all I need is for Mo to design a Spring and Summer Valerie and for Inkylicious to have Spring and Summer sentiments!

Anna Marie Designs - This Way For Christmas. One of the last cards I made this year but a favourite none the less.

And lastly my favourite Tiddly Inks couple combined with some other TI images to make a card for a couple who were getting married in Edinburgh Zoo!

 Thanks for dropping by today. I hope you enjoyed looking at the cards. I had fun picking them, and I could have picked more, it tends to be the card that I worked on last is my favourite so it was interesting to look back through the whole year.

 Thank you for all your support, encouragement and lovely comments during this past year. Hope to see you again in 2015! Have a good one.