Happy Birthday Tris - DD #53 & Addicted to CAS

Hello, unfortunately I haven't felt well the last couple of days but I wanted to make a card for my step-son's 13th birthday on Saturday so I sat down at the desk to make my card, and let's just say it didn't go to plan.  I think I should have waited till I felt better but not too worry.  You know what it's like when you have an idea in your head but it just doesn't turn out that way?  I hope he likes it anyway :)

I am going to put this in the Dynamic Duos & Addicted to CAS challenges.

Thanks for stopping by.

10 min Craft Dash #17, RS #62 & CFC #100

Well I thought it was time to have another try at the 10 minute craft dash and I haven't played along with Retrosketches for ages so I wanted to use their sketch.  It also fits the latest challenge at CAS-ual Fridays as it uses kraft, bling & embossing.

 I finished my card in 9 minutes 25 seconds.  I knew I wasn't going to make it in time if I stuck to my original plan, which was to add some ribbon and I intended to fussy cut the embossed telephone as well.  As time was ticking away I decided to heat emboss the telephone straight onto the panelled speech bubble instead, which I actually really like so it ended up ok.

I used Versamark ink to stamp the chevron pattern onto kraft cardstock and then cut out 1/2 inch pieces of the blue cardstock and stuck into onto a piece of scrap cardstock, I then heat embossed the speech bubble onto the panels and cut it out.  I added a heat embossed sentiment and some bling, added it to the kraft card base and all done.

I can't believe it took as long as it did really but it shows how time flies.  I must remember to increase my screen saver time settings next time though as I had to keep unlocking my screen to see how long I had left!

Products used:

Neat & Tangled - A Lot to Say & Just Hello stamp sets

Hero Arts - Zig Zag background stamp

Zing white embossing powder

Papertrey ink - Melon Berry & Hawaiian Shores card stock

Neenah - Desert Storm card stock

Kaisercraft - gems in Champagne

We R Memory Keepers - Corner Chomper

Wagner heat tool

Have a great day!

Tuesday Trigger, CAS on Sunday, CASology Challenges

I made this card after being inspired by the gorgeous Tuesday Trigger picture above.  I used my distress markers and water pen to colour the beautiful flower image I had white heat embossed.  I was lucky to win four stamp sets from Clearly Besotted Stamps recently (thanks Stephanie), and chose the set Happy Everything as one of my sets.  So glad I did!  

I used the sketch below from CAS on Sunday, I wanted something simple to set the flower off and thought this sketch would go so well.

I am also going to link it up to CASology where the theme this challenge is care.  

Products used:

• Clearly Besotted Stamps - Happy Everything
• Simon Says Stamp - Handwritten Sentiments
• Papertrey Ink - Woodgrain impression plate
• Tim Holtz Distress Markers
• Tim Holtz fine water brush
• Silver paper from stash
• My Mind's Eye - 'I'm With' enamel dots
• Zing - silver embossing powder
• Versamark Ink

Have a great weekend!

Little Tangles #12 - Colour Challenge

Hi!  Welcome to my new look blog.  I still have a few minor changes to make but overall it is looking how I imagined. I wanted a very clean look to go along with my style and I think I have achieved that.

Enough about my blog though, the reason for this post is that it is time for a Little Tangles Challenge!  This time it is a colour challenge and the colours to choose from are gorgeous! You need to use two of the colours and as you can see I chose to use aqua and coral. I used the let's celebrate sentiment from the Party Dots set. 

I actually made a different card first which you can see below too.  I wasn't totally happy with it, I thought the colours were a little off and my water colouring could have been better so I made another one.

If you don't have any Neat & Tangled stamp yet, still play along by grabbing one of the FREE digital stamps over on the Little Tangles Challenge blog. 

There is a fantastic prize up for grabs, a stamp set of your choice from Neat & Tangled stamps.

I can't wait to see what you create, link up your creation over on the challenge blog, you have until May 12 at 11:59 EST.

PDCC #180 & SSS

As soon as I saw this picture and colours for the latest Play Date Cafe Challenge I knew I had to make a card.  I went with the stripes and added the colour with flowers from the Rosie Posie stamp set from Papertrey Ink.




Products used:

• Neenah white cardstock
• Bazzil - Licorice Twist cardstock
• Papertrey Ink - Rosie Posie stamp set & dies
• Simon Says Stamp - For the Record stamp set
• MFT Die-namics - Sentiment strips dies
• Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
• Hero Arts chalk ink - Iris

I am also going to put this in the Simon Says Stamp challenge - Happy Mail!

Thanks for stopping by my blog,

CASE study DT search

I thought I would have a go at the DT search over at the CASE study challenge blog.  It was so hard to pick one personal Muse, there are so many people I look up to in the card making community.

I eventually narrowed it down to cards from Wida Miller, Laurie Willison, Julie Ebersole and Debby Hughes.  I decided to go with a card from Debby as I'm really loving the gold glitter and embossing I have been seeing around the web.

This is Debby's beautiful card:

And this is my CASE of her card:

The gold I used is more yellow than Debby's but I still like it.  I only had matte gold sequins too but I think they still go ok.

There are still a few days left to submit a card for the DT search so why not check out the details here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Products used:

• Clearly Besotted Stamps - Happy Everything
• Hero Arts - Antique Flowers & Butterflies stamp & die
• AC Christmas Glitter paper pad
• Memory Box - Contempo border die
• MFT Die-namics - Dizzy Doily Duo
• PTI - Linen impression plate
• Neat & Tangled sequins
• Zing white embossing powder
• Vellum
• Neenah white cardstock
• Ranger black Archival Ink