Drinks and Skiing

Oh brrrrrr it's been a wild old day today.  Me and Rubydoo headed out for a walk earlier as she loves a good windy day - started with blue skies and not a cloud in sight, and then 5 minutes later it was a total blizzard so we had to make a hasty retreat!  So the rest of the day was spent crafting, snoozing and cooking!

This first one uses a set from Newtons Nook.  I masked off and inked up the bottom 3rd - I'd a bit of a raggedy edge so added the silver peel off strip just to neaten it up.  Glasses popped up on foam pads and sparkle added to the booze.

• AAA Cards #132 - up to 1/3 and masking
• Time Out #127 - Inspired by words - I went for the drinks section!
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - alcohol

And this one's for my buddy Jo's Christmas challenge - this fortnight's theme is 'Bundle Up'.  Though I think I might use this one to put some Euros in for my nephew who's off on a school skiing trip shortly, so it's not even going to make it into my Christmas pile!

My monkey is an oldie from High Hopes and my DP is probably as old too!  

• Christmas Kickstart #2 - bundle it up
• Cute Card Thursday #566 - critters
• Love to Craft #30 - anything goes
• Pile it On #150 - land animals

Card for Sandra and new goodies

This card is for my buddy in work, she loves a night out, so I reckoned this set from Newton's Nook would be perfect!  Coloured with watercolour pencils, sparkle added to the drink and then clear gloss and glitter to some of the frippery on the glasses.  Her favourite colour is purple so I had to get some of that on the card!

• Layout from CASual Fridays #212
• Sweet Stampin - sparkle and glitz
• Crafty Creations #378 - anything goes

And this one uses some new stamps I won from the lovely girls over at The Flower Challenge :)

The critters are Hunkydory stamps, and then the little Santa one from a Clearly Besotted set.  

My Christmas sentiment is a new die I bought to replace the one that's hiding in my craft stash, doubtless it will turn up about Easter time.

• General layout / reindeer theme based on the inspiration pic over at Pinspirational challenge #229
• Hazel's Christmas challenge #412 - anything goes
• Crafty Cardmakers #222 - lots of layers
• That's Crafty - Winter Wonderland

Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge

Ruth's Birthday card

It's Summer School time at MFT and I'd hoped to find some time to play, but we've been busy in the garden replacing a fence, so I've been painting planks of wood instead!  It's still scorchio here, so it's warm work!!

Anyway this card is for my sister, she's off on hols shortly so I imagine she'll have one or two of these while she's away!  My drinks are from Newton's Nook - coloured with watercolour pencils, sparkle added to the drink and clear gloss to some of the fruit etc.  Sentiment heat embossed and popped up on foam pads.

• This card is based on the MFT challenge for symmetry
• CASual Fridays #203 - heat embossing
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
  
• Love to Scrap #111 - anything goes
• Seize the Birthday - sequins

Shona's Birthday

Just a quickie post tonight ... Versailles is on telly shortly and I love it! It can be a bit XXX raunchy sometimes, but great storylines and fabulous costumes.

This card is for my friend who loves a wee cocktail or three ;)  so I reckon this card will give her a laugh.  I hadn't intended to add the brick stencil BG, but those old inky fingers got in the way again and it did a good job of disguising the marks.
Bit of a crappy photo, but it's too late now to take another!

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Sweet Stampers #20 - birthday
• CASual Fridays #200 - birthday celebration
• Penny's Paper Crafty challenge #382 - anything goes

Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge

Drink Up with Naughty or Nice

We're on the drink this month at Naughty or Nice!  Hope you'll play along too - you can go down the tea/coffee route if you don't fancy a sore head ;)

So I know it's a school night, but who's for a wee one?  I have Lime Mojitos, Strawberry Daiquiris, Bailey's, Screwdrivers, Blue Lagoons or Tequila Sunrises!   (In reality I could do you a beer, or I'm sure there's a bottle of wine from Xmas at the back of the cupboard!!)

All I could think of when I was making this card was one year on our hols in Turkey, me and a friend discovered the cocktail board and gradually worked our way down it.  We'd an absolute blast of a night.  Next morning was not pretty though ;)

• Layout from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #253
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
• Allsorts #456 - beginning with B - Booze!

Strawberry Daiquiri anyone?

Here's one hot off the press, the glue's not even dry yet!  I'm lovin my new Newton's Nook drinkies set from Simon Says Stamp, I've been after a set like this for ages :)  Only thing about it though ... I'd LOVE a wee lime mojito now!

Coloured with watercolour pencils and clear sparkle added to the drinks, and clear gloss to the fruit.  Gold stars from stash. Also using up some unloved orange card, I embossed it to give it a bit more interest.

• Layout from MFT Wednesday Sketch Club #372
• Word Art Wednesday #322/323 - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - add a die cut
• Less Is More #365 - dry embossing