Rediscovered Stampin Up goodies!

Just a quickie post tonight ... Peaky Blinders is on the telly, one of the very few programmes I sit down to watch properly!

This one is inspired by Kimberly's card over at the Muse challenge.  I've used an oldie Stampin Up image - coloured with watercolour pencils.  Clear gloss added to the windows and little mini gems to the flower centres.  The dotty line is a silver pen which I also used to colour the wheel hubs.

• Muse Challenge #244
• That's Crafty - green as main colour
• Seize the Birthday - monochromatic

This one uses the never-ending pink DP from the stack I bought from The Range ages ago!  

My image is also a Stampin Up that I came across when I was looking for the truck stamp.

Coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss/glitter added to the candles.

• Layout is from last week's sketch at Splitcoaststampers
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - star light star bright
• Polkadoodles #47 - anything goes

Girly Birthday and a Get Well Soon

More cards from me this evening - I need to make a rake of them as my stash is nearly empty and I usually give some of my cards as Christmas pressies.  So I really need to get a move on!

This first one uses an old and rarely inked stamp from Saturated Canary.  I watercoloured my brick wall stencil on the BG, added a silver die cut and some bling, and popped my little lady up on foam pads.
Clear gloss added to her eyes and lips.

• Layout from Freshly Made Sketches #314
• Crafty Creations #355 - anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday #310/311 - anything goes

This one uses a well-inked stamp from Whipper Snapper - I LOVE their stamps, but any time I order I get hammered by our Customs charges.  I must have a wee peep in the new year at ebay ;)

Coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss added to the blooms.

Don't think I'm really lovin this one, reckon lack of mojo is showing through on it!

• Layout from MFT Wednesday Sketch Club #360
• Penny's challenge #356 - anything goes
• Colour theme from CAS Colours and Sketches #25

Cards for Sandra and Emily

Oh Brrr and Brr again!  It's been a chilly old day today, such a cold wind and sleety showers.  Definitely an indoors type of day! Even Rubydoo has thought better of her usual barking spot at the back gate and has been snuggled up on the sofa most of the day!

My mojo is still misbehaving big time :(
It's a struggle to sit down and make a card and then even the simplest one takes forever to put together!  But I had a couple of special orders, so no excuses, get on with it!  I do like how they turned out though :)

This first card uses an oldie from Lili of the Valley.  Coloured with watercolour pencils and silver die cuts added.

• Layout / dotty DP theme taken from Kim's beautiful card over at the Muse Challenge #243
• Craftaholics R Us #46 - girly
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

This one's for a friend in work, this LOTV stamp has turned out to be a great buy!   Again coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss added to the petals.

• Layout from Sugar Pea Designs Mix It  Up # 37
• Crafty Calendar November - Autumn colours
• Addicted to Stamps #269 - CAS
• Less is More #356 - let it shine

Santa and a Get Well Doggy

Christmas is ripping towards us at breakneck speed!  I bought my first Christmas pressie today, need to get a move on with the rest!!  Wouldn't it be great if the adults could write a letter to Santa too and just have the requested items delivered!  Though I guess that's also known as Amazon LOL ;)

This card was inspired by Susan's fab card over at Less is more.  I've used last year's stamps from MFT - coloured with watercolour pencils and Santa fussy cut and popped up on foam pads.

• Less is More #355
• Addicted to Stamps #268 - holiday
• As you like it - fave Christmas colour - I'm a traditional girl at Christmas and love all the reds, blues and greens.
• Moving along with the Times #58 - trees
• CRAFT #442 - Christmas

This one's for my stash. I used an old mini embossing folder and I've just noticed that I missed a bit down the left hand side.  But sure if I hadn't told you, you maybe wouldn't have noticed ;)

Image is an oldie from Penny Black, coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss added to the little bee's wings.

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - furry friends
• Craftaholics #45 - masculine
• Layout from MFT Wednesday Sketch club #359
• Word Art Wednesday #308/309 - anything goes

Naughty or Nice Wintery Scenes

We're making Wintery scenes at Naughty or Nice this month, hope you'll play along too!  Pop over to the blog to upload your card and to see what the Troublemakers have been up to!

I make no apologies for using my Snowy again!  Lovin him!
I couldn't get my snowdrifts inked up right - this is effort #3 and still doesn't look great.  I think I should have been braver and added more ink!  I'll have to go Googling and find a tutorial!  Don't know why I bothered as I managed to cover most of it up anyway ;)
I did give myself bonus points though for using my ooold tree die from Marianne Design that I just had to have (and have hardly used!)
Clear gloss and glitter added to his hat, and white and blue splatters for added effect. I fussy cut my snowman, then popped up on foam pads.

• Cardz 4 Guyz #182 - Oh Christmas Tree!
• Cuttlebug Mania - masculine
• CAS mix up November - stamping + glitter + glossy accents
• Happy Little Stampers November anything goes with dies
• Daisy Chain #14 - Christmas/Winter
• 613 Avenue Create - 203 - anything goes / 3D

Aunt Cilla's birthday card

Yummmmm I'm just watching Nigella making her carrot cake on telly and I'm nearly drooling! Her recipies always sound delish, but she's hard to stick - all that smiling at her cake mix and making eyes at the camera does my head in!!

My cupboard is bare of goodies of the chocolate coated kind, so here's a calorie-free card instead ;)
I thought I was tighter for space than I actually was, I wish I'd left a wee bit more space at the top of my sentiment.
Bunny from LOTV - coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss added too the blooms.  Lawn Fawn stitched cloud die.  Gold peel off lines.

• Layout from CAS(E) this Sketch #247
• Penny Black and More November - flower power
• Crafty Creations #354 - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - its a stitch up
• As You Like It - Christmas or not - that's a hard one!  I've started using a limited number of Christmas stamps each year so that I don't send the same card every year, so I guess I'd pick 'not' simply for the variety! 

Sympathy card and a baby bunny

Oh Brrrr it's a cold one tonight, but we've the heat on, cosy PJs and cuppa tea at the ready so all is good :)
Not sure what DH has on the Movie menu tonight, we haven't watched anything good for ages!

I'd a bit of a disaster making this sympathy card - I'd rescued my sparkle pen from the bin, and then as soon as I opened the lid a huge drop splodged over my sentiment.  Aarrrgghhh. So it took ages trying to see if I could get rid of it (nope, just made a bigger mess!) and then had to figure out a cover up. I'd no blue card left so ended up doing a contrast effort with this lilac trim.  Needless to say the pen is back in the bin and it's staying there!!

• The Flower Challenge #14 - CAS
  
• Always Fun #31 - watercolour
• Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

I'm still struggling with my mojo, and this wee baby card is the first card I've made in a long time that I've liked!!  

It still took ages to make though, I'd cut my polka dot DP too short and the dimensions weren't right, so I added the extra strip and it looked much better.  Why did such a simple solution take so long too come to?!!!

Stamps from MFT, also MFT porthole die.

• Layout from MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #358
• Addicted to Stamps #267 - make your mark
• Sweet Stampin - babies
• Word Art Wednesday #308/309 - anything goes

Card for Uncle Alwin and a thank you

We'd a day of all weather today, mad showers this morning and then a gorgeous sunny afternoon and now it's Brrrr chilly.  Def cosy PJs weather!
We were out for lunch today (and were still full at tea time!), so we'd no faffing about cooking, and I'd plenty of time to get crafty :)

This one's for my 87 year old uncle - I'd no idea what to put on his card so went for something daft and cheerful!
My fishies are from Avery Elle - coloured with watercolour pencils and a couple popped up on foam pads.  Clear gloss added to their eyes and sparkle to their fins, though my sparkle pen has developed a leak and totally wrecked another card I was making so it's in the bin now :(

• Layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches #427
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - all creatures great or small
• Crafting by Designs - November anything goes

There's a few Thank you challenges about, so this wee quickie is one for my stash.

I've used this cute mouse from Penny Black - sparkle added to the feather and clear gloss to the inkpot.

Little blue stars from stash.  MFT Star Die.  

• Layout from Sketch Saturday #488
• Allsorts #440 - blue and brown 
• Cuttlebug Mania - Thanks 
• Penny Black Saturday November - thank you
• Pile it on #136 - large sentiment

November Calendar page

LOL just a few days late with November's calendar page ;)  I was driving myself crazy in work glancing at the date, getting confused and then realising I was still at October!
I quite often get a bit stumped as to what to put on my calendar that I'd actually like to look at for a month, and then I came across this oldie from Woodware that I haven't used in ages.  I also discovered some silver peel off month stickers, though I should really have stuck November on straight!

Hope you've had a good Saturday, we have the most fabulous moon here tonight!
Woops I just looked out and I spoke too soon .... it's absolutely lashing now and no moon in sight!

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - all creatures great and small
  
• Make My Monday #58 - anything but a card
• Addicted to Stamps #266 - anything goes
• CASual Fridays #186 - anything but a card
• Crafty Creations #353 - anything goes

A Naughty or Nice Snowdude

I'm sure you're all well into your Christmas cards by now, so you'll be glad to hear we're making winter scenes this month over at Naughty or Nice - hope you'll play along too :)

I see the weather men are predicting a hard winter for us this year, hopefully its just them getting a bit excitable as they're prone to do!  Though there was definitely a real nip in the air today, I was out at a funeral this morning and we were foundered!
'foundered' is a great word that we use all the time in Northern Ireland, basically just means you were really cold! 

My card's so hot off the press, the glue's not even dry yet ;)
I don't have any boozy snowmen (unfotunately! - I've a few friends who would appreciate one!) so I took the easy option and got my Penny Black Snowy inky again and Row of Pine Trees (from Eat Cake Graphics)
A wee easy peasy lemon squeezy card!  Just how I like them ;)

• AAA Cards #102 - ink blending
• Tuesday Throwdown #367 - watercolour
• Through the Craft room Door - anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday #306/307 - anything goes