Free Stamp

I have to confess to buying yet another 'samey' magazine just because they were giving away a really nice daisy embossing folder and a stamp which I've used to make this quick card.  The bear was stamped onto a scrap of watercolour paper and coloured with Promarkers and pencils - a nice touch is that the sentiment is part of the stamp but of course it could always be cut apart and used separately.  The embossed piece was sponged with distress ink and I simply added a strip of patterned paper and a fancy die cut border.

I must try to stay away from the magazine section when visiting the newsagent because I am so easily tempted!!

Labels - Deco labels from Stampin' Up
Background - free daisy embossing folder 6" square
Distress ink - Spun Sugar
Promarkers and coloured pencils
Border Die - Cheery Lynne

Snippets

Last week I was introduced to a challenge blog  HERE which was new to me and thought it would be ideal as a way of using up some of the many bits and pieces which accumulate on and around my desk. You know the sort of thing - left over scraps of backing paper and card, odd die cuts when you try out a new die and the inevitable pieces left from printing out a sheet of designs from a CD; the list goes on... and on...   It was my friend Anne who told me about it and she was lucky enough to win a prize on her first week of entering so congratulations!

For  my card this week I've used up backing paper, a butterfly and a label shape which were all left over from bits printed from a Debbie Moore CD - I simply stamped a greeting onto the label.  The embossed panel was an experiment trying out a technique shown recently by Sheena using one of her embossing folders (a freebie) with Distress inks and Stazon ink pad and the strip of die cut lace was coloured to match.  Rest assured I still haven't really made much impression on the 'stuff' which keeps on piling up - maybe I should be ruthless and ditch some of it??  I often wonder what gene I have which just compels me to save every last scrap of everything.

Sailor Boy

I've used another image from Hobby House together with odd bits and pieces of card and paper from my desk to make this card for my great nephew whose birthday is next month.  I hope you are all having a good weekend and that your weather is better than here where it is cold and raining at the moment.

Image - Hobby House

Backing layer - Spellbinder die

Corner - Whimsy die

Number - X-cut die on punched Stampin' Up postage stamp shape

Bunting - Stampin' Up stamp and matching punch

Name -  set of small letter stamps 

|At Last!

I've been wanting to get this Tonic die for such a long time and it seems to have been 'out of stock' forever but at last I've found one - hooray.  Of course I just couldn't wait to use it and have made this card with some free background paper which was a magazine give-away, the die cut from Centura Pearl card and an image from a sheet of Hobby House designs.  I simply added a greeting and a few flowers stamped and punched from a leftover scrap of the backing paper with a few pearls scattered here and there.

Backing Paper - HOTP free with magazine

Trellis - Tonic die

Image - Hobby House Designs

Flowers - Stampin' Up stamp and punch

Leaves - Marianne die

Circular layers - Spellbinders dies

Sentiment - computer generated with Cuttlebug die layers

Lovely as a Tree

This title is of course the name of a stamp set from Stampin' Up and I've used one of the stamps for this card.  It was stamped twice and sections were cut out with a square die and popped onto punched 'postage stamp' shapes which were then laid over the original.  Scraps of card were used to cut out the framework strip and banners for the sentiment.   It occurred to me that this would probably fit in with the Pixie's Snippet Challenge so will enter it this week - it certainly has a few snippets included.

Wet Easter Sunday

Well the weather may have been abysmal yesterday but at least it was a good excuse to light the fire and sit in the warm to finish off a necklace which I'd started.  This is another one from Marcia DeCoster and the pendant section is worked in right-angle weave using seed beads, with 3mm pearls and fire-polished beads (these topaz fire-polished beads probably don't show here but they are on the sides of the shape which is quite dimensional). I rifled through my stash of larger beads to find matching ones for the 'dangle' and to string for the neck strap.  The pendant section is quite large and I think if I make another one I will reduce the size so that it isn't quite as long.

Wedding Card

The image on this card is from a Hobby House set, layered onto some grey card with a silver glitter layer.  Backing paper is from a wedding pad I've had for a while and I simply added a piece of lace and some white flowers with diamanté centres.

We've been having some beautiful weather but today is a real disappointment - it is so dark this morning with really grey skies so I reckon we are in for some rain before long.  Never mind it could be a good reason to stay in and maybe make a few more cards!