Dream a little dream of me.

Hello all!

Back with another song related blog post title so apologies if you've now got the song in your head!   The version I know is by The Mamas and Papas - I do enjoy a bit of 60's music every now and then :)

                        Anyway I wanted to do a card for the current Stampotique challenge which is to use text as I love anything to do with text and typography!  I had an idea brewing for what I wanted to do and this was one of those great times when the idea actually translated itself onto the card and looked just as I had  pictured it - I love it when a plan comes together.

                                  I stamped the Jasmin image (by Jo Capper Sandon at Stampotique) onto a page of dictionary text and added a touch of colour with some pencils.  I love this stamp but don't use it as much as I should - need to change that!  I used Adobe PSE to print the background words so that they were off the edge of the cardstock and splattered on some yellow ink.  I then attached the torn edged stamped image with my current fave crafting accessory - washi tape!

                               You're going to be seeing a lot of this style in the coming weeks as I absolutely love it!! 

I tend to become a bit obsessed if I like something and I'll do it over and over until the next thing comes along that I 'absolutely love'.

                       I would also like to enter this into the following challenges - Simon Says Stamp and Show ,  Challenges 4 everybody, , Lady Annes Sentimental Friday , Creative Creations , Cute card Thursday and 613 Avenue Create .

Thanks so much for popping in :)

One for the guys!

Hello all!
Time for another challenge from the Pink Team over at Eclectic Ellapu and this week the theme is Masculine.  Now this does always seem to cause problems for some cardmakers but I actually enjoy making cards for the guys as they're usually much simpler to do and don't involve too much of the frou-frou that I find difficult to add and still keep the card looking cohesive!  Please go to the EE blog and check out the rest of the fabulous DT's work to get some great inspiration.
      I also wanted to tie this card into the current challenge over at Craft Stamper - I get this magazine whenever I visit home (UK) and love it so I was very pleased to find that they had started to do challenges!  Their first challenge is faux airbrushing so I decided to give it a go using some Dylusions Ink sprays and some diluted white acrylic paint.  I masked off an area on some cardstock and sprayed it with the red and blue inks, letting it dry before adding some sprayed white paint.  The motorbike stamp (I think it was from Blockheads ) was stamped and embossed with some black embossing powder and then I added the sentiment, from the same stamp set and the chequered pattern.

                       One thing I should mention for those of you who have not yet used the wonderful Dylusions Inks is that they do react with water so as you can see, the red started to turn a bit pink when I sprayed the white paint over the inks!  I wanted 'Red, White and Blue' as the background so I didn't spray too much of the white.

    I would also like to put this in for the following challenges - Addicted to CAS , Art Impressions , and Craft Room challenge .

Thanks so much for stopping by and please do join in with our Masculine challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu :)

Anything goes.........

Hello all!
So the last Friday of February is here already - I know it's a short month but wow, it really flew by!!  Anyway the last Friday of a month means an 'Anything Goes' challenge over at The Outlawz Copics/alcohol markers group and this year we're adding the option to do a Christmas creation ( gives you a chance to get ahead on those festive cards!)
                                             I'm going with the Christmas theme as I need to get organised in advance and for this card I used a Simply Betty digi - there are some very cute images in that store :).  Not much else to add as the card is fairly simple -in fact, I'm thinking it's a bit bland...........  not sure where I was going with this one.  I'm definitely on a CAS kick at the moment but I think I prefer it when I have a plain white background instead of patterned paper.  I love seeing other's perfectly loaded cards with all the bells and whistles but I find it very difficult to pull those off.  I'm not trying to be a tortured artistic soul but I'm thinking that I need to create what makes me happy and not what I end up feeling 'blah' about - ok, enough of the waffling, here's the card -

            I do like red and green together on Christmas cards but I chose to go with a pale green which makes it a touch more contemporary.   I would like to enter this into the challenges at Milk Coffee , abc christmas , Inky Impressions , The Paper Shelter and Flourishes.

Don't forget to head on over to The Outlawz to check out the rest of the DT's fabulous work and if you play along with us, you get the chance to win a fantastic prize - a $15 gift certificate to Mo's Digital Pencil !

Thanks for popping in :)

Not so heavy metal!

Hello all!
Back with something a bit different today - faux metal.  The challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show this week is Metal-ology and I wanted to try something I had seen popping up on Pinterest and a few crafty blogs.  I didn't have anything other than regular kitchen foil to use so I wasn't at all convinced I would get anywhere but I gave it a go anyway!
                    I wrapped a piece of cardstock with some foil (should probably have glued it but I was too impatient to wait !) and then embossed it with my Tim Holtz brick wall embossing folder.  I also stuck some adhesive foam letters onto an oval chipboard die cut and glued some foil on top of that - then I smoothed and rubbed the foil down, trying not to tear it.  I then attacked both pieces with Distress Inks and Paint Dabbers, aiming for a grungy look to go with the image I was planning to use.

                      I coloured up a Kenny K digi (Star) that I had overstamped with a postcard rubber stamp (don't know the make, sorry) and with some simple text background cardstock and a metal brad flower for that touch of girliness, I was done.  Grunge with plenty of attitude!

                 I was quite pleased with the faux metal embellishments - not too bad for a first attempt!  As well as the SSSS challenge, I would also like to enter this into the challenges at Hiding in my craft room , Challenges 4 Everybody , Cards und More and  Whimsy Inspires .

Thanks for stopping by :)

                 

Lucky, lucky, lucky........

Hello all!
I've been working on some new digis for LilyPink Designs @ Can You Digi It and it shouldn't be a surprise to those of you lovely blog readers who do actually read my burble, as to where I got my inspiration from this time!
     These digis will be available from CYDI this coming Friday and would be ideal for any scrapping fans as well as card-makers :)   Enough of the sales pitch - here they are to show you what I'm waffling on about :

        Yep, can't get Vegas out of my head yet!  But I have managed to make a card by combining one of these new images with one from a favourite company of mine - Kenny K and I even managed to follow a sketch for it (most unlike me as I usually colour before I plan a layout - I'm trying to be more organised!).

I now have the "Luck be a Lady" song going round in my head - very Vegas!!

                             I used the sketch from Mojo Monday (281) and it also fits in with the following challenges at Kenny K's Krafty Krew, Creative Creations, Penny's Paper Crafty, Craft Room Challenge, and Through the CraftRoom Door .

Thanks for stopping by and thanks also for your lovely comments - I appreciate each and every one :)

Tulips from Amsterdam.......

Hello all!
well, I don't know if they actually are from Amsterdam but that's how the song goes so now you've got that stuck in your head, I'll quickly move on!  This card is for the current challenge over at Teddy Bo which is an easy one as it's 'Anything Goes'.  I used my trusty Copics again - the reds have really been over-used these last few weeks with all the 'lurve' stuff for Valentine's Day so maybe it's time to change the colour scheme?  Anyway, too late for this card - a festival of red!

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                                    Not so CAS this time - I like to do a semi-loaded card every now and then :)  As well as the TB challenge, I would like to enter this into the following challenges - 

Card Crafter's Circle

Crafty Ann

Dilly Beans

Ready Teddy Go

Thanks for stopping by!

A truck-load of love!

Hello all!

yes, I'm back once again (last one today, I promise!) with another DT posting and this time the challenge is over at Scriibbles Designs.  For this month's theme we are looking for 'Shades of Red' on your creations and remember, you must use a Scribbles digi - if you check out the challenge blog you can find a couple of freebies to get you started :)

             As this is a monthly challenge, you have plenty of time to enter so why not check out the rest of the DT's work for inspiration.  The prize is 3 digital Scribbles Designs for the Top Scribbler, chosen by Random.org and 1 digi each for the Top 3, chosen by the DT.

                    My card is done using the cute little hearts truck - what better way to add some red?.  I'm still on the CAS highway with this one with just the addition of a strip of washi tape (adding this to everything lately!) and a computer printed sentiment.

How cute is that truck?

            I would like to enter this into the challenges at - Can You Digi It , Cards for Men , Sincerely Yours Creations , Lil Red Wagon and Celebrate the Occasion.

Thanks so much for popping in - hope your weekend is a good one :)

Just for you

Hello all!
Back with my second Friday DT posting and for this one we need to head over to The Outlawz Friday Copics/Promarkers group.  Our challenge this week is 'Thinking of You' which you can take to mean a sympathy card or a more general card but you must use alcohol markers to colour your image - that is the whole point of our group after all :)
           You also get the chance to win a fabulous prize this month - a $15 gift certificate to Mo's Digital Pencil which has been very generously donated by our fabulous DTeamie Carla!
                                        For my card I used a clear stamp from a set I picked up the last time I was in England - Wellington Bear by Docrafts.  I'm back to exreme CAS with this one - just the Copics coloured image, some washi tape, a stamped sentiment, some gems and matting.

                                I would like to put this in for the following challenges - Through the Craftroom Door , Milk Coffee challenge , Cuttin and Stampin , LEJ Designs , My Grafico .

Thanks for stopping by again :)

I heart TOFF :)

Hello all!
Back with the first posting of a very busy day for me with DT postings so I hope you don't get sick and tired of seeing me :)
        This one is for The Octopode Factory Friday challenge  (TOFF) and the theme is hearts  - but don't worry, it doesn't have to be a Valentine's card.  If you're like me, you'll have had just about enough of making Valentine's Day cards by now!  I chose to use the extremely glamourous Claudine and must have been channelling the very funny 'Absolutely Fabulous' sitcom with the sentiment.

                            The image was coloured with Copics, the sentiment was computer generated and I added washi tape to the background and on one of the heart cut-outs (all Cameo-d) - the XO sentiment was done with my Brother label-maker.  I had one of these as a child so it does make me smile to be using one on crafting :)

      Putting this into the challenges at - Oozak ,  Art Impressions , Charisma Cardz, Paper Crafting Journey , Crafting by Designs and Crafty Creations .

Thanks so much for popping in to take a look

White out!

Hello all!
An appropriate title for many of us at this time of year - luckily we didn't get hit too badly with snow from Nemo in my part of the Garden State!  Anyway there's a new challenge over at Stampotique (SDC87) and it's 'Winter Whites' which ties up nicely with the 'White on White' challenge at Simon Says Stamp so I'll be entering my card into both of those.
       I decided to use some white heat embossing and a rubber stamp image and then I saw some vellum paper that was just laying around, collecting dust and decided to try using it.  I must say, I love the result and ended up heat embossing a ton of other stamp images as well - I did get a bit carried away!  For this card I used a Janet Klein stamp, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing powder and Stampendous embossing powder.  I cut a pennant shape from white card and ran that through a dotty embossing folder, added a simple sentiment using my Cameo and topped it off with some white ribbon and a couple of stick-on pearls.

                            You'll have to take my word for it that it does look brighter IRL but after playing with Adobe PSE for ages, I just couldn't get it any better without losing the image completely.  I do know it's more of a chicken than a duck but just allow me some artistic license please?

            I may have to try this with other embossing powder colours and maybe some colouring..........

   As well as the two challenges previously mentioned, I would also like to enter this into the following - 

That Craft Place , Tuesday Alchemy , Artistic Inspirations and Forever Friends .

        Thanks so much for popping by to take a look :)

Girly grunge!

Hello again - back with another catch up DT posting and this time it's for Eclectic Ellapu and the challenge, hosted this week by the wonderful Sheena is 'Girly' - plenty of scope there to come up with something fabulous!   As the post title states, I went for 'Girly Grunge' and decided to do a canvas board using mixed media and a Kenny K digi called Star.

                 My base was an 8" x 10" board canvas which I primed with gesso and then added crumpled tissue paper whilst that was still wet.  I added some designer cardstock from my stash and some torn dictionary pages and music sheets and inked and painted with various Distress Inks and acrylic paints until I was happy with the background.  Then I stamped the word music with some foam letters and added a few rub-ons, finishing with a painted chipboard heart and the fussy cut Kenny K image which had been coloured with Copics.

Entering the following challenges - 

kennykskraftykrew

Crafty Bloggers

Creative Creations

Love to Create

Simon Says Stamp and Show

Thanks for stopping by!

     

XO

Hello all!
Back after a short break from reality!  We just got back from a packed week in Las Vegas, celebrating a significant birthday for hubby and I think we need a vacation to recover!  So much walking, around all the amazing and very large hotels and also around Red Rock Canyon and the Valley of Fire (which was incredibly beautiful).  I surprised hubby by flying over his daughter from the UK - his face was indeed a picture when he saw her :)

    Anyway, back to normal now and I'm behind in my blog postings and commenting so please bear with me whilst I play catch-up.  My first posting is for the latest Copics/alcohol markers challenge over at The Outlawz which is 'Valentines'.  I decided to play with one of my own LilyPink Designs digis from Can You Digi It and used a card I had pinned as inspiration  - from  Just Jingle .

     I coloured my winged heart with Copics and then fussy cut it  - I added several strips of washi tape to some white cardstock and used my Cameo to cut the graduated dots.  The 'XO' chipboard letters were painted white and I poured on some white glitter while the paint was still wet and finally I backed the white card with some black for some extra pop!

I would like to enter this into the challenges at - 

Catch the Bug

Dream Valley

The Squirrel and the Fox

Come and Get It

CAS on Sunday

Thanks for popping in and I will get around to your wonderful blogs very soon :)