Mailbox Bears

Here's a wee quickie Thank You card using my new bears from Eat Cake Graphics:
Nell and Wylie (mailbox bears)
Thanks (text)
Coloured with watercolour pencils, and clear gloss added to the little red flag.  I chalked some clouds to the background, some red enamel dots and then finished with a doodled border.

• Dream Valley #147 - something new (my stamp)
• Crafty Calendar January - something new

A wee quickie

Brrrr it's been such a cold cold day today, still no sign of the promised snow, but the weathermen are getting a bit excitable so we'll see!

This card is a wee 20 minute quickie!  I chalked the background with my giraffe print stencil and then splattered some purple paint over it.  My DP is a little scrap that was sitting on my table and my doggy is Callie's Looking Down from Eat Cake Graphics.  A few sequins and some bling, and doodled borders and that's it really!

• Layout from Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge #627
• Happy Little Stampers January CAS challenge - use a stencil
• Sparkles challenge #87 - Happy Birthday
• Seize the Birthday - Birthday
• Stamp Ink Paper #81 - black, white, plus one colour

Speedy Snail and some Guardsmen

We've had such a mild winter so far this year that the slugs are still out in full force in our garden, though I see we are due a bit of snow and some frost this week, so maybe that will sort a few of them out!

This card features the only type of snail I like ... the colouring in kind LOL  This is Speedy snail delivers the mail from Eat Cake Graphics.  I've added some clear gloss to his shell and some sparkle just beneath him for the slime {{yeuch}}

My general card theme and layout is based on this week's featured stamper over at Splitcoast - here's Pam's original.

• CAS on Sunday #99 - black, white and 1 colour
• Stamp Ink Paper #80 - cardmakers choice
• Inspiration Destination #119 - anything goes
• Pixie's Snippets playground #263/4
• AAA Cards #81 - hello

And this one uses a little pack of HunkyDoryCrafts printed papers I won from Pixies' Snippets Playground a while back - it got lost (a.k.a. tidied!) and reappeared as if my magic today!  I just decoupaged the central soldier, added a gold peel off border along the top/bottom, clear gloss to their belts, and some gold sequins and that was it finished! 

A rainbow hug

Here's a wee silly card this evening.  I came across this unloved washi tape in my stash in a recent tidy up effort and figured it was about time it was used!  I paired it with this rainbow DP and my sweet bunny from Stamping Bella.  Coloured with watercolour pencils.  Paper pieced her crown and added some glitter to the 'fur trim'.

• Layout from Mojo Monday #478
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge January
• Crafty Creations #332 - anything goes
• Love to Scrap #93 - anything goes
• Stamping Bella #34 - anything Stamping Bella

Wedding Confetti

This is one of my new Stamping Bella stamps - I've fancied a proper 'grown up' wedding image for a while and this one fitted the bill!
Coloured with watercolour pencils and I splattered some pale blue and pink in the BG thinking it might look like confetti :)
Some sparkle on my roses, a bit of bling and a doodled edge, and Ta Da, done!

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - start afresh
• Stamping Bella - anything goes
• Penny Black and More January - anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday #262/3 - anything goes
• CASual Fridays #164 - celebrations
• Cute Card Thursday #458 - anything goes

Two kind of the same but different

Ahhh boo hoo, I can't believe it's back to work tomorrow.  That time off just flew in!  Next time off to aim for is Greg's birthday at the start of Feb (it would be rude not to spend it with him LOL) and then I think St Patrick's Day is the next.  Not that I'm counting hahaha

I've 2 cards following the same techniques this evening.
This first one is based on this week's featured stamper over at Splitcoast - here's Tara's original.  I used a stencil instead of the zigzag lines, and a Simon Says Stamp floral stamp set.

• Inspiration Destination #118 - anything goes
• Penny's Challenge #309 - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

My second card uses this oldie from Lili of the Valley that seems to be one of my Go To stamps for sympathy cards.  Coloured with watercolour pencils.  I've also used one of my favourite techniques of inking up a stencil and then splattering it with watercolours (though I was kinda heavy with my splatters on this one)

• Happy Little Stampers January watercolour challenge - use a stencil
• Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday December- use something new (my stencil)
• 613 Avenue Create #193 - favourite technique
• Lili of the Valley facebook challenge - anything goes

Happy NEW year :)

Pinch, punch, it's the first of the month!  Happy New Year -  here's to a fab 2017!   We're celebrating all things new with our challenge over at Naughty or Nice - hope you'll get out your new stamps, new gadgets or try a new technique and play along.

For my card, I've used Lewis and Trudy's Wild Ride from Eat Cake Graphics and a cityscape die from Paper Smooches. 

• Stamp Ink Paper #79 - anything but Christmas
• Creative Inspirations #265 - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday #262/3 - anything goes
• Cute Card Thursday #458 - anything goes
• Time Out #73 - inspired by words - I used the 'new beginnings' bit