You are my Sunshine

Hello friends, I hope you are enjoying your weekend, it has been lovely here with the warmer weather and a BBQ with some of the family!!  I am also relieved to say that after a month with the flu I am starting to feel human again - you have to love that...and there is always time for 'just one card' wink:wink!!

For my card font I have embossed pink card stock created using the Framed Labels Eighteen Spellbinders® 3D M-Bossabilities™ folder and the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6".  

The Fiskars image is stamped using Imagine Memento Ink in Teal Zeal and has been cut out by hand - fussy cut as some would say.  The image has then been popped up on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares; foam tape onto the the Nestabilities Oval Bliss Etched Dies using the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6".

The Penny Black Inc. sentiment has also been stamped using Imagine Memento Ink in Teal Zeal, layered onto a slightly larger white layered and popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives By 3L 3D Foam Squares. Want2Scrap bling has been added to each end of the layered sentiment and lace adhered under the sentiment using Scrapbook Adhesives By 3L EZ Permanent Adhesive.

I have linked this to the follwing challenges:

Allsorts - Things with Wings

Scrappers Delight Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge - Ribbon/and or Lace 

Colour Crazy Challenge Week - Anything Goes

Imagine That! Creative Playground - Anything Crafty Goes

Crafting With Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes  

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Just Add Ink - Just Add Texture

Emerald City Crafts Challenge - Anything Goes

Day Dreamer Challenges - Always Anything Goes 

Morgan's Art World Challenge - Anything Goes

Pause Dream Enjoy - W, E3, #191 - Animals

Polka Doodles Challenge Week - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp -  Pop It Up

QKR Stampede Challenge - Anything Goes with twist of embossing

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter

Simply Papercrafts Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Shabby Chic or Rustic

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks - Anything goes

Create and Inspire - Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenges - In the Pink

Scribbles Designs Challenge - Embossing Wet or Dry

Take care friends - thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting

It's a Boy Thing

Hello Blog Friends - I hope you are making it through the week without too much going on.  Life nowadays is so busy we often don't have the time to make the most of moments.

I have had some Studio time and played with these robot images that have been stamped waiting for some colour for some time - I have used Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko Memento Markers and love the result.

The robots have been fussy cut/hand cut and popped up on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L3D Foam Squares for dimension onto the A2 Distressed Edges Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator.  This has then been 'splashed' using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko Fireworks Sprays in Dandelion, Danube Blue, Bamboo Leaves and Summer Sky.

The sentiment is from Clear Stamps and has been stamped using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko VersaMagic.

The second card has the same image but coloured slightly differently and popped up on a Diecut from the A2 Modern Stationary Card Creator.  This has then been 'splashed' using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko Fireworks Sprays in Dandelion, Tangelo and Summer Sky.  The sentiment is from Flourishes.

These cards are for the following challenges:

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Chalk n Stock August Challenge - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Stampotique Designers' Challenge - Anything Goes

Fan- Tastic Tuesday Challenge - Use a Number

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes 

Deep ocean Challenge - For the Boys

Great Impressions - Add a sentiment

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Blue

Inspirations Destination Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - Birthdays

Beccy's Place August Challenge - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting!!

Spellbinders Park Scene Tutorial

I have toyed with the idea of creating a 'scenic' card using Dies and today I am excited to be sharing a tutorial for this 'Park Scene.' 

 I love how the different Dies come together and almost create a Diorama so effortlessly - don't you!  This scene can be changed and personalised for any occasion - as you will see.

Spellbinders Products:

• S2-107 Delightful Tree Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™
• S2-085 Garden Bench Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™
• IN-036 Row Houses Shapeabilities®
• S2-140 Sentiments 4  Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™
• GC-001 Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
• T-001 Tool 'n One™

Cross Promotional Products:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko®;  Memento Markers; Bamboo Leaves, Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky; Sponge Dauber; Craft Mat; irReESISTibles Pico Embellisher in Shimmer
• May Arts - Lace
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner

Other: Yellow, Brown, Kraft, green cardstock; Wax Paper; Twine

1. Cut yellow cardstock to 4.5" x 11.5".

2. Using a Scorpal score at 5cm, 10cm, 13cm, 16cm and 18cm

3. Fold into Mountain and Valley folds - as shown in the photo above.

4. Cut/emboss one (1) Delightful Tree in fawn cardstock, along with the embellishments from the Die in white

5. Cut/emboss two (2) Row Houses in two different shades of brown.
6. Cut/emboss one (1) Garden Bench in white cardstock.
7. Use the Dies as a Stencil and colour using sponge dauber and Rich Cocoa ink
8. Colour the leaves on the trees using Memento Markers, along with the birdhouse and birds
8. Adhere birdhouse and birds using liquid glue.

9. Tear green cardstock and layer onto front 'step' in two rows and each other 'step' with one layer
10. Adhere Garden Bench and fabric flower braid using liquid glue.
11. Adhere Delightful Tree to the left side of the second Step followed by lace.
12. Layer the Rows of Houses onto the top 'step'
13. Adhere sentiment below the houses, apply Pico Embellisher in Shimmer to the sentiment.
13 Add Turquoise twine around middle 'step, just below the tree, secure using liquid glue.

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}}

Flowers Galore

It is always good to have some extra cards in hand - I love this pre-embossed paper, such a great paper to colour.

Making cards on mass is not what I do - I get bored - so four cards was pretty good for me.  I did make each one slightly different - the colours vary as well as the embellishments.

I have coloured using IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Markers and an Aqua Brush.  Each card has been cut/embossed using the A2 Curved Matting Basics A Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator using the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.   

The sentiments and trim vary with each card - one from My Fun Stampers Journey, Stampin' Up, Penny Black Inc and a clear stamp from my stash.

The bling is from Want2Scrap, I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L -  E-Z Dots Permanent  Adhesive Runner on this card.

I have also used embellishments from My Fun Stampers Journey and May Arts.

These cards are for the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Stampelsonne Challenge - Anything Goes

Docerela Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Chocolate Coffee and Cards Challenge - Christmas

Brown Sugar Challenge - Christmas

Art By Miram Challenge - Anything Goes

A crafty Mess Challenge - Anything Goes

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Anything Goes (runs until the new year)

Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes!

Crafting Musketeers - "Use Bling"

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper – Anything goes with Patterned Paper

The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes

 Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

{{{Hugs}}}

 

Imagine Crafts and Rubbermoon Art Stamps Inspiration Week

IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon Art Stamps are excited to share with you the amazing projects that our design teams have created to kick off the Holiday Season! Over the next few days, we'll be sharing with you inspiration and techniques using IMAGINE Crafts' line of ink products featuring rubber stamps from RubberMoon. Be sure to visit the IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon blogs daily for more projects and ideas!

Here is a little Sneak Peek of my project - I have fallen in love with this stamp by Sunny Carvalho and need to get  more of them - co cute and such fun to create with.  You can see the full project and the Step by Step Tutorial on the Imagine Crafts Blog HERE

 Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

{{{Hugs}}}

 

One of a Kind

Hello there - I am popping in with a very simple card to share today, but I am happy with the outcome - especially as all of these things have been sitting on my desk for some time...

...but not any longer!!  Infact I have a lot of projects created in the name of 'desk cleaning' - finding the time to sit and Blog them is the thing for me - there is now a queue of cards waiting for their 'time to shine!'  As you know we all have lives outside of this wonderful creative outlet - every now and them we need to show up for it! LOL!

The card base has been cut/embossed using the  A2 Curved Matting Basics B Spellbinders® Nestabilities®and the using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine. My image is from a retired stamp set from Stampin' Up! as is the sentiment and have been stamped using ImagineCrafts/ Tsukineko Ink.  The paper is from my stash and the bling is from Want2Scrap.   I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card.

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafting At the Weekend - Anything Goes 

Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - For a Friend

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - R for Round or Rectangle

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}}

Darkroom Door - Truck

I have a masculine card to share with you today - it was a lot of fun to create using those Dies and images lying on my desk.

The car image is from Darkroom Door - I love Rachel Greig's photographic stamps

The image has been Water coloured coloured using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Memento Markers and then fussy cut and popped up on to the patterned paper using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares.

Sprightly Sprogs Spellbinders® Shapeabilities have been cut.embossed using the  Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.  Want2Scrap© bling has been used on this project.

This card is linked to the following challenges: 

Artistic Stampers - must use rubber stamp "Anything Goes" 

Mema's Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Oddball Art Stamps- SHOW US YOUR COLORING SKILLS!! 

101: Watercolor - Fun Time with Watercolor (any watercolor project) 

Alphabet Challenge - for Men Only

 Simply Create Too - Old/Vintage 

Wonderful Wednesdays - Always Anything Goes 

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything goes

Stempelsonne Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

Sisters of Craft August Challenge - Anything Goes

A Girl Who Crafts - Anything Goes August 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}}