Happy New Home

Wow, how did it get to be the last day of June already - this year is whizzing past!  I suppose I should get a move on with my Christmas cards ... sum total so far = 1, I'm not sure what happened to the master plan to make a few every month ;)

This card is for a friend who moved away a few months back and is now moving to a new house - she's a wee bit homesick, so I thought I'd make her a cheery card for her new home.

I've based it on Jennifer's fab card over at the Muse Challenge #74.  My wee house is from a Simon Says Stamp set, and Sm Sunnie from High Hopes.  Coloured with pencils and some red stickles added to the heart on the house.  I thought it needed something so I splattered some pink paint to the white base and hey presto!!  Oh and of course some googly eyes, who doesn't love googly eyes?!

Simon Says Stamp Monday - W is for White
Addicted to CAS #41 - sun
Sister Act #63 - anything goes

Card for Marlene

Whoops hadn't realised this photo was so wonky until I uploaded the pic!
This card is for a work colleague, though I don't really know her very well which is why she's getting a simple bunch of flowers ... though I must say, this is one of my favourite stamps!

I've told myself that I'm not buying any more DP until I use what I've got,  and I've nearly finished this one.  Think the band will come out to play and fireworks if I do actually manage to use an entire paper pad!!  There may also be some flying pigs ;)

Image coloured with pencils. The name is stamped using a Block Alpha set from Sarah Hurley which I'm loving; I don't think I've used the Thank you stamp from a Tiddly Inks set before.

Sketch flipped from MFT Wednesday Sketch Club MFTWSC182 and inspired by Barbara's DT card
Totally Gorjuss #242 - pink and green
Simon Says Stamp Monday - I ought to use this more
Creative Inspirations #271 - clean and simple
CRAFT #265 - thank you
Crafty Girls #21 - anything goes

Turtally Awesome

Our new challenge at High Hopes is to use
Ribbon or Twine
Play along with your High Hopes stamps for the chance to win a new one of your choice ... if you're looking for stockists you'll find details on High Hopes blog :)

I've used Sitting Shelby and Turtally Awesome sentiment.  I water coloured my image ... I'm definitely no expert but I love how he turned out!  I also dusted off this old embossing folder as I thought the texture was perfect for my wee turtle :)

Other Challenges:
Dream Valley #84 - monochrome
Layout from Retro Sketches #120
Stampin' for the Weekend's last challenge - anything goes

Another Teacher card

This is another one of my Thanks Teacher cards ... the request was made for a red themed card to match the school colours.  My general layout was inspired by Beverley's fab card over at the Muse challenge #73... this turned out to be a great quick card, so I might be making more of these!!

I used pencils from a Paper Smooches set  - some sparkle added to the bit below the eraser. I also splattered some red watercolour paint and some bling for a bit of added interest.

Dream Valley #84 - monochrome
Less is More #177 - use watercolours
Charisma cardz #13 - sparkle and shine
Stamp and Create June - Thank You

Thanks Teacher

Boohooo back to work today ..  I shouldn't complain though, as I had a really lovely week off!  Not so much fun coming back to almost 160 emails to deal with though!  Ha, it's great to be popular ;)

I've had the usual last minute rush orders for some Thank You teacher cards - this one uses stamps from Paper Smooches - coloured with pencils.  I've no idea about the DP ... I'm trying to be a good girl and use up some of my unloved stash!
I added clear gloss to the apple and the land in the globe.

Layout from Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday - I ought to use this more
Daring Cardmakers - oodles of doodles (my borders)
Crafty Girls #20 - anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June

Gingham Girlie

How did it get to be Thursday evening already?!!  I've been off work all week, and the weather has co-operated beautifully and it's been sunny and glorious ... I've been to the beach twice, sorted out the pots in the garden (and spent a small fortune in the garden centre oops!), and then tomorrow we're off to visit the new Titanic Belfast exhibition that we've been meaning to go to for aaaages.

The weather has been so good I haven't had much time for cardmaking!  This little girl was still knocking round my table from a card I made last week, so she got another inking.  Paper pieced her outfit and coloured the rest with pencils.  My fancy border is a sadly neglected Tim Holtz border die.  Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

Layout from Tiddly Inks #135
Penny's Challenge #182 - your favourite embellishment (mine's gems)
A Gem of a Challenge #121 - use gingham ribbon +/or DP
The Squirrel and the Fox #72 - use something metal (staples)
Simon Says Stamp Monday - anything goes
Divas by Design - 3 or more layers
Crafty Girls #20 - anything goes

And here's a wee pic of Ruby lovin the beach just to make you go Awwww :)

Summer Sail Boat

Our new challenge at High Hopes is ...
Water
Play along with your High Hopes stamps to win a new one of your choice - water could be a lake, ocean, rain, bath, etc. 

I must confess that I completely forgot what the challenge was when I was making this card and didn't add any actual 'water', I was so engrossed in what I was doing.
But, hey, you don't know that, so I'll just say that I've used these pale blue, lilac and navy panels to symbolise the sea and sky and my stitching is the foam on the waves.
Do you think I got away with that?

My image is Summer Sail Boat - coloured with pencils and popped up on dimensionals.

Oh and my regular buddies will notice that there's no dirty splodges on my card.  Yes the birthday fairy delivered a swanky new camera for me to play with.  Yippee :)

Other Challenges:
Layout from the Deconstructed Sketch #155
Cute Card Thursday #325 - so macho
Crafty Girls #20 - anything goes
Moving along with the times - keep it clean and simple
Addicted to CAS #40 - transport
Sketchy colours #215 - blue, lilac, brown
Simon Says Stamp Monday - anything goes
CASology #100 - celebrate
The Card Concept #12 - nautical (I used the CAS theme)