Greg's Valentine

 Hi all, here this grey evening to share Greg's Valentine's card... in my PJs, Molly pretending to sleep on my lap and a big box of choccies and a cuppa by my side!  Molly's nose twitches hopefully every time the box is opened, I think she's disgusted with us that we're not sharing the goodies.

I've used this oldie stamp from Gummiapan and paper pieced his outfit - I am amazed that this scrap lasted this long as it was the circular cut out from this card from 2021!!  For my background I used a heart diecut as my stencil.  Clear gloss added to the eyes and teeth and lots of glitter to the balloon.  Inside it just reads 'ME' and a big diecut heart.

Colour theme from CAS Colours & sketches #530

Addicted to CAS #251 - heart

Snippets Playground #473

Make My Monday #219 - love

Cardz 4 Guys #340 - love

Fancy DP!

I bought a pack of DP from the Range ages ago and it really seems to be never ending!! This pink one is a bit difficult to use as it's so patterned, but I thought I'd give it an outing for a change.
I've used this oldie from Whiff of Joy - coloured with polychromos and glitter added to her flower, dress trim and the stamps.  My colour combo was pink and green - I thought I didn't have enough green so added the little corners from some scraps.

• Layout from CAS colours and Sketches #334
• As You Like It - colour combo - I would normally use grey or blue with pink so it was a bit of a change for me!

This one's a wee quickie, using that paper stack again and a cake stamp from Gummiapan.  I wish I'd paid more heed to the blue sentiment and would have put another layer of colour on it as it's a wee bit faint.  Siler stars from stash.

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - midsummer blues
• The Male Room #116 - birthday
• Addicted to Stamps #354 - CAS
• Penny Black and More August - for boys and men

Birdies and birthday cake

I've hardly any 'blokey' cards in my stash, so here's a couple of quickies to try to rectify that.
I always love to use this oldie Whipper Snapper stamp, those little birdies give me a good giggle.  I've fussy cut them for this one and popped up on foam pads, and then added some gloss and glitter for a bit of sparkle.

• AAA Cards #140 - up to one third
• CASology #343 - colour
• Watercooler Wednesday #221 - masculine

This one didn't end up as butch as I'd hoped, reckon I should have went with a darker base.

My cake is a Gummiapan stamp - coloured with polychromos, sparkle added to the icing and clear gloss/glitter to the little stars.  I hadn't intended to have my border like that, but my white pen is a bit dodgy and decided to leave a big blob, so I just made a feature of it! 

• AAA Birthday #1 - anything birthday
• Crafty Creations #390 - anything goes
• The Male Room #111 - anything goes
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Greg's Birthday card and a Love Bunny

We'd a big Birthday weekend as my beloved turned 60!  I always struggle with men's cards as 99.9% of my stamps are all cuties, so this was as butch as I was able to go!  My cake and star dies are both from Gummiapan (at Swedish House Crafts).  I smooched the background and then went over the top with a star stencil and then added some silver stars for good measure ;)

• Love to Scrap #118 - monochrome
• Crafty Catz #447 - lots of layers
• Your Next Stamp Fun Friday #106 - colours of winter

And from a blue card to a pink one!  I think this bunny is an oldie Whipper Snapper - coloured with polycromos again and some sparkle added to the heart; clear gloss and glitter added to his nose and the sentiment.  Not sure of the make of the stencil.

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - love is in the air
• Word Art Wednesday #372/373 - anything goes
• Creatalicious #156 - anything goes, option hearts

Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge

Christmas Angel

Here's December's calendar page for Mum - I'm always quite pleased with myself when I actually get it finished before the month begins hahaha.  I can't believe it's nearly December already!  Have you your Christmas cards finished?  Nope, me neither ;)  Christmas shopping done?  Nope, not here ;)  I'm hoping to magic a few days from somewhere to get it all sorted!
For my calendar page I've used this sweet little Gummiapan angel and die from Swedish House Crafts.  I've sparkled up her wings and popped her up on foam pads.  MFT die and some silver stars and silver sentiment from my stash.

• My layout was inspired by Cornelia's beautiful card over at Muse Christmas Visions #114
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• That's Crafty - Winter Wonderland
• Get Creative #75 - anything but a card
• Crafty Cardmakers #223 - anything but a card

Card for Aunt Cilla

It's been a yeuchy old day today - the traffic to work was awful with lashing rain and much the same on the way home, and I was well and truly soaked both directions!  That's my excuse for being in my PJs before 6 o'clock anyway ;)

I've a few personalised cards to make, so had to get a move on.  I'd made one like this recently and liked it, so being mojo-less this evening I figured I'd remake it for my Aunt.  I added some sparkle to the icing and have since added clear gloss and glitter to the little stars.  Magnolia hearts die; cake from Gummiapan.

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - make your own background.
• Cute Card Thursday #554 - anything goes
• Dream Valley #190 - dies/punches (I'm hoping its 'and/or' and not both!) Oops not eligible, sorry DV!

Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge

A little Christmas angel and a Dalmatian

Happy Saturday peeps!  We'd a nice dry mostly sunny day today, still a bit of a nip in the air though!  I managed to get my fence prepped for painting, hopefully get that done sometime soon. We also managed a wee trip to our local garden centre and came home with a few less pennies - though it would have been very easy indeed to get carried away and come home with zero pennies!

I won this Gummiapian angel and die recently from Suha at Swedish House Crafts, so this is the first time I've had a chance to get her inky :)
(I don't think she's actually for sale on their website)
I only had to colour her face and legs, her dress is paper pieced with cream card to match my DP and then I just added some sparkle to her wings and popped her up on foam pads.
Sentiment die from Simon Says Stamp and a few red stars to finish.

• My card layout and design was inspired by Lindsey's card over at Muse Christmas Visions #98 - I would have stuck with her lovely blue theme too but I couldn't find my Christmas DPs, this red stuff was all I could find.
• Crafting by Designs - get ready for Christmas
• Fab n Funky #391 - Christmas
• Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge April - anything goes

The inspiration for this card came from the Library Challenge- and this week's book is, yip you guessed it, 101 Dalmatians!!

I've used my doggy from Katzelkraft - clear gloss added to his eyes and nose and then popped up on foam pads.
Burlap background stamp also from Swedish House Crafts.  Grass from Eat Cake Graphics

• The Library Challenge #5 - 101 Dalmatians
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Allsorts #465 - all about pets
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Chicks and Hedgehogs

I've a few quickie cards tonight, just trying to get back into the swing of cardmaking after our flu.

The lovely DP on both these cards does all the hard work!

I'd originially bought this Gummiapan stamp for my Easter cards, don't ya love the expression on their faces!  I reckon they're all a bit concerned about the pink dude!!
My lovely flower die is a newbie and I'm lovin it (also Gummiapan brand from Swedish House Crafts)

• Layout from Atlantic Hearts #258
• Crafty Cardmakers #208 - bunnies, chicks or eggs
• Pile it On #141 - think small
• CRAFT #462 - get well soon

This one uses a really old Penny Black Stamp - sparkle added to the flowers and clear gloss to the centres.

• Crafting by Designs #April - anything goes
• Penny Black Saturday #April - anything goes
• Love to Scrap #108 - April showers bring May flowers

Greg's Birthday card

Here's one hot off the press - for Greg's birthday which is tomorrow!  Me?  Last minute? Never! ;)

I've used my new dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs - I've wanted square stitched dies for aaages, but didn't want to spend the £££s - so I blew a Christmas gift voucher from my friend with relish!!

My critter is a Gummiapan stamp from Swedish House Crafts
Coloured with watercolour pencils, sparkle added to the balloon and clear gloss to his eyes, teeth and feet. Centre panel popped up on foam pads. Green and red stars from stash.

• Layout from Freshly Made Sketches #322
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Happy Little Stampers Feb watercolour challenge - add a heart

Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge

Oh and I was lucky to win a Lawn Fawn shammy from Di at Pixie's Crafty Workshop - OMG - it's amazing!!
I've used this birthday stamp for years'n years and have never cleaned it ...

A quick wipe with a shammy and it turned into (sorry for blurry pic):

Thanks Di!  I promise to be a much cleaner girl ;) LOL

Decapitated Santas and a Weirdo ;)

Brrr and Brrr again!  We'd a fall of snow on Friday which Rubydoo LOVES!  Personally I can't see the attraction of sticking my head in the snow!!  It sticks to her like snowballs, so it's no fun for either of us trying to dry her off every time she comes in!

It's been such a cold day (due to go to minus 9 tonight) that it most definitely was not an outdoor day for me, but I'd loads still to make for Christmas so I was more than happy to stay indoors nice and toasty.

First up is a few of the cards I've made for my workmates - super CAS and kinda all the same but a bit different and all really quick to make as it's the same basic recpie.  I fell in love with Sarah's Santa from Swedish House Crafts on this fab card, and of course, accidentally went shopping myself ;)  Thanks Sarah for the early Christmas pressie from me to me!! :)

For my snowy effect on the coloured card, I splattered the BG with white paint and then added extra snow with white enamel dots.  There's lots of sparkle on these cards - on some I've coloured Santa's beard with my clear sparkle pen, on others I've added clear gloss and glitter to the hat/bauble, and on them all, a big sparkly red nose!.

• Cuttlebug Mania - let it snow
• Word Art Wednesday #312/313 - anything goes
• AAA #105 - sparkle
• Addicted to CAS #126 - sparkle
• Penny Black and More December - CAS

I feel like I've been making Christmas cards for weeks, so it was a nice change to some more of my new Gummiapan stamps from Swedish House Crafts.  Don't ya love him!!
I added googly eyes, and clear gloss to his teeth, eyes and balloon.  Little silver stars fom stash.  My lovely Stampin Up gingham DP was a recent candy win :)

• Die Cuttin Divas #346 - choice of sketch - I used June's 
• Happy Little Stampers December - anything goes with dies
• Sugar Pea Designs SPDMIU38 - anything goes
• Addicted to Stamps #271 - anything goes