Floral Sympathy cards

 Hi all!  Well our Water Board can certainly stop complaining about shortages, we've had some mad thunder showers these past few days and lashing rain, the type that you think can't get any heavier and then it does!  There's been a bit of flooding throughout the country, but we got off not too bad - we developed a bit of a leak in our roof so it will need sorted and a paint job on our bedroom ceiling to cover the water marks.

Anyway, I need some sympathy cards for Mum's stash, so that's what I have this evening.  I think I need to be getting my daylight lamp out, the nights are drawing in and my cards look a bit dark.

I always love playing along with the MFT Summer School and this one is for their Wonderful Watercolour challenge.  I used some ink pads for my colouring, not something I've tried before.  I must get myself some new white watercolour card as the only stuff I have is this cream stuff that I hate!.

MFT Camp Create - wonderful watercolour

Time Out #193 - I went for the floral element from the inspiration quote

 word Art Wednesday #503/504 - anything goes

This 2nd one uses a real oldie stamp (possibly from Cornish Heritage Farm but I really can't remember).  I've used the same colouring technique as before, leaving the petal tips uncoloured, but this time back in my comfort zone with my polychromos.  I love how it turned out 😁  The image panel is popped up on foam pads and sparkle added to the flower centres. 

Retro Rubber Challenge #164 - anything goes

We love Chocolate Baroque #August - favourite stamp - these little daisies are in my 'go to' pile for sympathy cards and is my most inked stamp ever!

August calendar

 Hi all! Happy Sunday, can't believe the weekend whizzes past so fast! Its just a quickie post from me this evening as there's a few programmes on telly I fancy - for a change, the TV is generally rubbish!

I haven't shared one of my calendar pages for Mum for a while, I actually made it on time this month 😉.  I've used this old but cute stamp from Eat Cake Graphics, it always makes me think of my niece and their big Labrador!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

Just Us Girls #595 - anything but a card

Word Art Wednesday 501/502 - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps #410 - dies and or stencils - I made my own cloud stencil with a die cut 

Christmas Bear

 Hi all!  Well normal service was resumed today with some rain and great to see it too, it has been weeks since we had any (almost unheard of here, we're not called the Emerald Isle for nothing LOL)!  We had a mad downpour of rain earlier with thunder and soft rain ever since, you can almost imagine you can see the grass greening up! 

Anyway I have a wee Christmas card for you this evening, using the Christmas sELFie set from MFT.  It kinda looked a bit meh until I added the stars and that was just what it needed to finish it.  I added chunky glitter to his hat, fine glitter to the ribbon and then covered the purple bit with my glitter pen - let's face it, you can never have too much sparkle on a Christmas card!!

Christmas Kickstart #52 - Wooly, fluffy or furry 

ABC Christmas -n for North Pole

The Male Room #152 - Christmas in July

Hydrangea Sympathy

 Hi all! Happy Monday!  Bit cooler here today thank goodness, a few days of those high temps are enough for me.  I see we're due some showers this week, the ground will be glad to see it, everywhere is burnt brown and the leaves are already dropping from some of the trees!

Anyway I've a wee sympathy card this evening.  I've used this old LOTV stamp - I don't think I've ever coloured the blooms in different colours before but I definitely will again!

Looking at it here I think I need to ground the image so I'll have to get my watercolour pencils out again.  I made my own stripey DP on a leftover bit of blue with one of my new stamps from Creative Depot.

Pixies Snippets Playground #408 - it's a Ruby's Memory challenge again, the 5th one, and each time lovely Di makes a donation to the USPCA.  It's easy to play along and there's a fabulous Gina K prize from Brenda up for grabs - all you have to do is use up a leftover piece of card or DP. 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - out with the old in with the new ... My new stash is my stripey stamp and my old stuff is the hydrangea stamp and blue paper.

Cute Card Thursday #690 - anything goes

Hello Sailor!

Hi all!   Hope you're all coping with the heat, it's too hot for me!  We've had record temps for Northern Ireland of over 31 degrees these past few days .. we're more used to the low 20s here so it's hard to stick! It has clouded over this evening though and there's the slightest hint of a breeze, it's just heavenly to get a breath of air at last!  

I've been shopping in Germany (it would be nice to actually be there rather than online LOL) and have some new stamps from Creative Depot which I'm lovin! ....  The tag stamp came along with my order as a little freebie and I know I'm going to use it loads 😁

B

Layout inspired by Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge #430 - my original plan was to have my anchor further down in place of the circle but I stamped my sentiment in the wrong spot and couldn't be bothered getting my heat gun out again! 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - out with the old in with the new ... My new stash is my stamps and my old stuff is the sentiment stamp and the red enamel sticker

Love to Craft #60 - July anything goes

Tracey's Good Luck card

 Hi all!  Nothing from me for weeks and now 2 cards in 2 days 😉. This one is for a friend through work who's got herself a great new job.

I used this little mouse from Anita Jeram's St Patrick's Day set and masked off the background to add some stencilling - I kinda thought the swirl pattern reflected the shape of the leaves.

Sweet Stampin - create your own background

Daisy Chain Challenge #54 - dies +/or stencils

Stamping Sensations - June - for a lady

Word Art Wednesday #499/500 - anything goes

Thank U Bear

 Hi all!  Sorry I've been MIA again, I have zero mojo but I have a rake of cards needing made so I need to get the finger out! I'm hoping our good weather will get me going, it has been scorchio here these past few days - we had our highest ever temp in NI yesterday with just over 31 degrees!  We've had no decent rain for ages, we were at a local reservoir last week and it was already well down so we'll be glad of a drop of rain when it arrives. 

Anyway on to my card... I've used this little bear and leaf stamps from Reverse Confetti that I think I've only inked up once before ... Why do we buy stamps that "will be really useful" and then don't even use them?!!!  I added a few die cut 'branches' and then stitched elements  (from Simply Graphic) as I had a scrap of the pink paper left - I love how they add a wee bit of interest to a plain space.

Pixies Snippets Playground - challenge #407

Allsorts #633/4 - feminine / for a lady

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - emboss it (I took the easy option for that one and just heat embossed my sentiment)

Word Art Wednesday #499/500 - anything goes