Bear Hugs

Hello.

Is this lilac?

I thought it was, until I saw the other entries at Less Is More.

Hmm... let's just say it's pale lilac :-)

I wanted my bears to look like a boy/girl couple.

The bear with the scarf looks like a guy to me anyway,

so I just added a heart and hair-bow to my 'girl' bear.

I coloured them, adding the turquoise accents,

and popped them up on foam tape.

The sentiment didn't stamp great on that textured card, so

I went over it with a black fineliner.

Then I had to stop myself from adding any embellies, or a border - 

Less Is More ! 

Challenges.

Less Is More -  Turquoise & Lilac

WPlus9 - Friends for all Seasons, Fall - coloured with Copics.

The little hair bow is from the WPlus9 Unforgettable set.

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted, Round Roses

Cool Digs

Eek! My dd, Maria, has just moved in with her bf.

Let the adventures begin

 :-)

I do love making slider cards - they're so much fun,

and not nearly as difficult as you would expect.

To create this card I've used the MFT Dienamics Surf & Turf dies.

Normally, I would use a penny for the slider, so I wasn't sure

how the little circle dies would compare,

but they worked perfectly and without all that extra weight.

Fingers crossed the video plays.

If not you can see my card in action on Instagram at m1csp

Challenges.

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes + A Sentiment

SimonSays StampWednesday - Anything Goes

Supplies.

Mama Elephant, Arctic Penguins.

Avery Elle - Home Sweet Home Stamps, Falling Snow Dies, Postage Stamp Die.

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders

MFT Dienamics - Surf & Turf.      Copics.

You Rock

Hello.

Today I'm sharing a quick card for the

MFT Sketch Challenge.

I love the set that this little bunny comes from.

It's so versatile and I always enjoy colouring their little jackets.

This little guy is popped up with foam pads onto my heart shape,

that I actually remembered to run through the zig-zag die,

to get that lovely detailed edge.

MFT Sketch Challenge

Supplies

MFT - Strike up the Band, Stamps & Dies - coloured with Copics

Zig-Zag Stitched Die

Itsy Bitsy Polka Dot DP

Spellbinders Nested Hearts Die

Pink Christmas

Hello.

Pink isn't the first colour that comes to mind

when making Christmas cards - 

but I kinda like it.

 I've played along at the Merry Monday Challenge,

so pop on over there and check out the

fabulous pink and grey/silver creations from the DT ,and other entrants.

Merry Monday

Supplies.

Hero Arts - Reindeer, stamps and dies.   DP - Echo Park, Bundle of Joy.

Avery Elle POtage Stamp Die.  Banner with Sentiment - WPlus9 Heartfelt Holiday

Silver Stars - Winnie&Walter, Big, Bang Confetti   Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border

Inks - Memento Gray Flannel and Encore Metallic Silver.

Football Crazy, Football Mad

Is it just me, or does September seem to be

a really busy month for birthdays?

I almost forgot one for a little boy, so this was a super, quick make.

I added a piece of hillside border (I always cut extras, so that I have spares)

to a postage stamp frame - 

and attached it to the front of my card with foam pads.

Then I fussy cut my footballer, and football - coloured him with Copics  -

and attached them both with foam tape.

If I had more time, I would have found out the recipients team, 

and coloured in the proper football strip, instead of plain red,

but I did have time to add a little glossy accents to the ball.

CASology Challenge

Lili of the Valley Footballer Stamp. Coloured with Copics.

Avery Elle - Postage Stamp Die

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Border

Sentiment - Papermania, Stamping For Him Set

Boo!

Eek! Look at me mum - I'm inking!

Don't look to closely - it's a bit rough - 

but this is my first distress ink background.

I am not good at 'arty' stuff, so I was definitely out of my comfort zone.

For my inspiration I used the challenge picture at Time Out - 

picking out the autumn colours and trees.

The white card above was actually my second attempt.

The prototype is below, in black.

On this one I got a bit giddy and forgot to mask off my moon,

so ended up cutting it out with a circle die after the background was inked.

I also had trouble with the trees. I had to try and mask them off

with tape whilst inking in between them.

On the white card you can see they are a little more defined because I

stamped them in black instead of grey.

All in all - it was a learning curve, but I had fun.

Time Out Challenge #66

Avery Elle - Happy Howl-idays + postage stamp die

WPlus9 - Winter Wonderland

Lawn Fawn - Violet's ABCs

Tim Holtz distress inks - abandoned coral / fossilized amber

Old person's birthday card

Birthdays are good for you.

The more you have, the longer you live :-)

This is a card for my dh's best friend.

Hope he sees the funny side :-)

I'm playing along at Freshly Made Sketches, but as usual I've

interpreted the sketch in my own way, and also rotated it 90 degrees.

Freshly Made Sketches

Mama Elephant - 3 Amigos, coloured with Copics

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Border

Avery Elle - Postage Stamp Die

Echo Park - Bundle of Joy DP

The sentiment was stamped with a magazine freebie alphabet set.

Late, but with love

OOPS!

I'm late for my niece's birthday.

And whilst we're pretending I was on time,

can we also pretend my card isn't slightly wonky.

I love, love, love this alphabet set from Lawn Fawn.

I used it a lot for my dd's wedding accessories - 

it was great for place cards, dessert table cards, and general signs,

and the letters line up really well.

I stamped my sentiment straight onto the coloured card, and made

a panel from a little die cut hill and postage stamp die.

Lastly I added the bear and balloons on foam pads.

As I was attaching my panel to the base card the foam pads

had a mind of their own, and it ended up a little wonky - 

but that's hand-made cards for you... right?

Challenges.

Simon Wednesday - Stamp It

PennyBlack at Allsorts - Add A Sentiment

WPlus9 Friends For All Seasons - Fall, coloured with Copics.

Balloons stamped with Versacolor Boysenberry Ink

Avery Elle Postage Stamp Die

Lawn Fawn Violet's ABC's and Stitched Hillside Borders.

Go Green

Despite green being my favourite colour,

it often gets relegated to the bottom of the card pile.

Today I dug deep and came up with this bold, polka dot paper.

Not everyone's cup of tea, but I know exactly who this card is for.

Once again I'm playing along at

Freshly Made Sketches

I've made my rectangle slightly larger, and replaced the circle

with my die-cut dog, but I hope you can still make out the sketch.

Freshly Made Sketches

Avery Elle - Happy Howlidays + Postage Stamp Die       

Echo Park, Bundle of Joy DP       

Copics       

Falling Leaves

Yay!

I survived a four day wedding :-)

My youngest dd, Annabel, is now married (scroll down for a few pics).

There will be no more making confetti cones, or pompoms,

place cards or dessert flags for a while :-)

Now, I can get back to some card making.

And I'm starting off with this little autumn, birthday card for the 

Seven Hills Crafts Challenge.

The leaves are die cut, coloured with Copics and popped up on foam pads.

Tip: when you have cut out all these leaves, try not to sneeze,

or you will be searching for them all over the floor!!

Seven Hills Craft Challenge

Sketch

WPlus9 Friends for all Seasons - Fall

Avery Elle Postage Stamp Die

Mama Elephant Labeled messages

True Love

Our youngest daughter Annabel married her soul mate at the weekend.

It was the most beautiful day - despite non stop torrential rain!

xxx

Thank you to Shutter Go Click for the awesome photography.