Chloe with Reindeer

Quick Edit: Mr Blogger has been naughty and didn’t post this Morning when he should have!

Morning All. I’ve been a little unwell again recently so haven’t really been into the craft room. I have mainly been resting up and catching up on some TV programmes…I’m enjoying ‘Cilla’ at the moment but I’ve quite a few other series on the Tivo box ready to watch!

Here is a recent Christmas make using Chloe with Reindeer:  

Another quick simple card for my Christmas stash.

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Reindeer from Pink Gem Designs  
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: An old DCWV stack
• Card: Beige Core’dinations card and Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm
• Stamps: HobbyArt Christmas Sentiment
• Embellishments: Pearls, Ribbon and Glitter Glue

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Mummy Henry

Morning All. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend planned. I scheduled this post as hopefully I’ll be enjoying a lie in :-) We are staying at the In-Laws for the weekend to celebrate my Sister-in-Laws birthday and usually Nanny get up with the children!

In the week I shared a Halloween Trick or Treat loot bag I made for my little boy, well here is the one I made for my little girl. It is similar in design to the other by I tried to add more girly decorations.

Supplies:

• Image: Mummy Henry from Secret Stamp Kit Number 3 (Fall)
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• DP: Prima ‘Reflections’ 6x6 pad, DCWV Latte Card Stack and DCWV Latte Matstack
• Card: Copic X-Press It, Core’dinations Purple Card and Black Card from Stash
• Stamps: Secret Stamp Kit Number 3 (Fall)
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Plain Circles, Go Kreate Circles and MFT By the Letter Lowercase
• Embellishments: Raffia Lace, Pearls, Gems, Ribbon, Tag and Paper Flowers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Eve Chloe

Morning All. Hope everyone is well?

I’m sharing a card over on the Gems of Inspiration blog today and my card making is  definitely in full swing Christmas mode. This is a very flat (ideal for posting) Christmas card using Christmas Eve Chloe:

This card uses one of my favourite colour combinations of red and turquoise.

Not sure about you but I have a kind of tier system when it comes to my Christmas card making. Heavily embellished and cards I put a lot of time and love into go to close family and loved ones (that I can hand deliver to), simple coloured cards (like the above) go to special friends and relatives that I mail to and lastly for everyone else I make some simple, quick stamped cards.

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Eve Chloe from Pink Gem Designs  
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Magazine Freebie
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and red Core’dinations card stock
• Stamps: HobbyArt Christmas Sentiment

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Witch Henry

Morning All.

Pre children, I didn’t really celebrate Halloween but the little ones love the fun of it all! The dressing up, having other children knock on the door. So getting into the spirit of things I have made some little bags for them to keep the fruits of their Trick or Treating in.

I have coloured the image with Derwent Pencil on Kraft card. The Bat and spider are handmade using circle punches and some freehand cutting.

Supplies:

• Image: Witch Henry from Secret Stamp Kit Number 3 (Fall)
• Colouring Medium: Derwent Pencils
• DP: Prima ‘Reflections’ 6x6 pad, DCWV Latte Card Stack and DCWV Latte Matstack
• Card: Anna Marie Designs Kraft Card, Core’dinations Purple Card and Black Card from Stash
• Stamps: Secret Stamp Kit Number 3 (Fall)
• Dies & Punches: Sizzix Hexagon Dies and MFT By the Letter Lowercase
• Embellishments: Raffia Lace, Pearls, Gems, Ribbon, Tag, Glitter Glue, Buttons, Googly Eyes and Paper Flowers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Marilyn

Morning All. It’s my turn over over on Whimsy Inspirations Challenge blog today. And I have made a card using Marilyn from Marika Collins:

Mr Mojo went and did a bit of a disappearing act when I was trying to put this card together, so I fell back on one of my favourite colour combinations. Red and teal.

Supplies:

• Image: Marilyn from Whimsy Stamps 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Magazine freebie
• Card: Copic X-Press It and red card
• Stamps: Everyday Moments stamp set from Whimsy Stamps
• Dies & Punches: MS Border Punch, Fiskars Heart Corner Punch, X-Cut Square Punch  and X-Cut Corner Rounder
• Embellishments: Ribbon, gems and pearls

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Rocking Horse

Afternoon. Hope Everyone is well. It’s been a busy few here as my eldest started school. Doesn’t he look cute in his uniform?

Anyhoo, back to the point of my post. Our latest challenge over at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge is

Monochrome

Here is my card using the sweet Rocking Horse from Crissy’s Digis:

Not entirely sure what my camera did to the flowers. They are definitely not yellow IRL!

Supplies:

• Image: Rocking Horse from Whimsy Stamps 
• Colouring Medium: Copic Markers
• DP: First Edition ‘Christmas Village’ 6x6 Paper Pad and Papermania Christmas Vellum (very very old)
• Card: Anna Marie Designs Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It
• Stamps: Whimsy Sentiments
• Ink: ‘Walnut Stain’ Distress Inkpad’
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Plain and Picot Edge Circles and X-Cut leaf punch
• Embellishments: Hessian Trim, Paper Raffia, Button, Twine, Pearls, Flowers and a Clear Wink of Stella Pen

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Cute as a Button
• Divas by Design – Anything Goes
• Chocolate Coffee and Cards – Vintage
• A Creative Romance – A Touch of Kraft
• Craft Your Passion – Going Round in Circles
• Papertake Weekly – Repeat Repeat (Pearls and Leaves)
• Tuesday Throwdown – Recipe: 1 image, 2 papers, 3 flowers
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra – Anything Goes
• The Glory of Christmas – Bingo (Ribbon, Digi and Pearls)
• My Mums Craft Shop – Dies or Punches

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Alicia

A late post from me tonight. The children didn’t settle that early so I’ve sacrificed a little sleep for some crafting me time :-)

I have loved Sugar Nellie stamps for a long time, in fact I think they were the first ‘Cute’ stamps I bought. Before that it was all florals, patterns and sentiments. So I was excited to see that The Sugar Bowl challenge is coming back and more so because they are having a DT call.

I dithered for a bit about which image to use, so I coloured several up but it was the lovely cute Alicia that finally made it onto a card.

With such an adorable image I wanted to go for a fairly CAS look. I’ve used a paper with a lovely small pattern and cut, embossed and glittered a frame from pale pink card. The sentiments are clear stamps so I curved them on the acrylic block to follow the shape of the frame.

Supplies:

• Image: Alicia from Sugar Nellie/Funky Kits
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: First Edition New Bloom 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Copic X-Press It and Core’dinations Textured Card
• Stamps: Paula Pascual Double Sayings Clear Stamp Set from Personal Impressions
• Ink: Archival Jet Black Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Large Circle Dies and Spellbinders Plain Circle Nestabilities
• Misc: Sizzix Curlicue & Hearts Embossing Folder Set, Faux stitching with a white gel pen and pink self adhesive pearls

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

•  The Sugar Bowl – DT Call
•  Divas by Design – Anything Goes
• Paper Shelter – Embossing of Any Kind
• Totally Gorjuss – Bling
• Allsorts – Pretty in Pink
• Crafty Little Fairies – Sparkle and Bling
• Craft Your Passion – Going Round in Circles
• Crafty Cardmakers – Dry Embossing
• Inky Chicks – Stitching Real or Faux
• Oldie but a Goodie – Stitching
• Papertake Weekly – Repeat Repeat (Pearls and Hearts)
• My Mums Craft Shop – Dies or Punches

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Buttons

Morning All. I’m sharing some inspiration over on the Sarah Hurley 365 Blog today. Above is a little sneaky please, please visit the blog for more info. And while you’re there take a look at September’s challenge where the theme is Buttons. Here is my take on it…

My Mum needed a card for her neighbour and I had about 15 minutes tops to make this! So it’s really CAS.

Supplies:

• DP: A Few of My Favourite Things Kits
• Card: Blue and White Card
• Stamps: Sentiments Stamp Set 
• Adirondack ‘Denim’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 18 and Memory Box Parker Number Dies
• Embellishments: Buttons and Twine

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Whimsy September Digi Stamp Release Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the September digital release blog hop!

We have lots of new images to share with you today created by:

 

All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality. You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own project.

Here is my card using the wonderful new Snow Happy from StampArt by Kathryne:

 

To find all of today's new fabulous new digital releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store.

Whilst you are hopping don't forget to leave comments on each blog along the way as there will be two mystery DT Members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts! These winners will each win a Whimsy digital image of their choice. The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop which this time round is ME! This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the Whimsy Stamps Store.

The hop will run for one week and end on Monday 8th September at 12 Noon EST, when the lucky winners will be announced on the Whimsy Blog.

If you have just stumbled upon this post and would like to join in with the hop please start at the beginning which is the Whimsy Stamps Blog and below is a complete list of the hop in case you get lost along the way:

1. Henryka Kowacz

2. Gina Allen
3. Dewi Lestari
4. Michelle Oatman
5. Audrey Ernst
6. Hazel Thompson
7. Valou Allard 
8. Kelly Mannix
9. Charlene Brown 
10. Anet Van Zyl
11. Lisa West (Me)

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Sweet Stampin’ – Embossing (Dry Embossed Background)
• Allsorts – Early Christmas Makes
• Cupcake Inspirations – Photo Inspiration 
• Lexis Creations – Sparkle and Shine 
• Crafty Cardmakers – Dry Embossing
• My Mums Craft Shop – Dies or Punches
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra – Anything Goes
• The Glory of Christmas – Bingo (Snowflake – Digi – Glitter)

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa