CAS(E) This Sketch: Girl Boss...

Hey,

So I have had this Girl Boss stamp set sitting on my desk forever..

And I haven't really known what to do with it..until I saw this week's CAS(E) This Sketch -

I thought some of the elements would work really well here and I feel vindicated as I LOVE my final card..

It was one of those super quick makes, I put the shoe, tote, sunnies onto stamp blocks and broke out my fave black ink for using with blocks (Stampin' Up's Basic Black) and stamped away.

I left a little space for the 'Girl Boss', which I decided worked best in purple.

Affix the white panel to the purple card blank and voila! finished card.

So happy with this and the fact that I finally used this stamp set. It also makes the perfect leaving card for my boss!

Cx

CASology: Copper

Hey,

I liked the cue card over at CASology this week and so I whipped up a little card..

I thought that the large sentiment stamp from the 'Felicity' set by Pink Fresh Studio would work really well stamped in Copper.

I used Delicata 'Celestial Copper' ink and stamped the sentiment and the little leaf / flower bunch and then I added some clear embossing powder and heat embossed the entire thing.

I added a tiny piece of bling to the leaf/flower bundle as a finishing touch.

I'm a teeny bit sad that the 'm' in bloom filled in a bit, but I love it, so simple. so CAS.

Cx

Naughty or Nice...Over the rainbow...

Hey,

So I am home, back with Hubby and the Furbabies and back at my desk and very happy to be here..

I saw this great challenge blog called Naughty or Nice whilst I was away AND they have a DT call...

I really wanted to enter a) because the image cracked me up and b) who doesn't love a rainbow..

I've been singing Red and Yellow and Pink and Green, etc..as I made my card :)

I decided to use the awesome Unicorn digistamp by Bugaboo that JT gave me as part of last year's $20 challenge. I fussy cut it out and then put it to one side, because I wanted to let the background inform how I coloured it.

I created rainbow stripes using 2 pieces of masking tape to create a stripe, I then used the fat end of my Promarkers to colour between the 2 pieces of tape - voila stripes! I like this technique because you can be as uniform as you like. This time I decided random sized stripes were best.

The excellent sentiment is by Unity Stamp Co and I love it and totally overuse it!

Fun card, I think it will make an excellent birthday card.

I would love to be part of the Naughty or Nice design team, they seem like a lot of fun and I love the idea of 'naughty' cards.

I'm off to brunch now :)

Cx

Moving Along With the Times..Baby Baby...

Hey,

It's time for another great Moving Along With The Times challenge with Team B. This week the lovely Wendy is our hostess and her theme is Baby..

I needed to make a new baby boy card for some good friends at home, so decided to combine that with the challenge.

As I am slightly obsessed with the new freezer paper technique I recently learnt I decided to use it for this card. I bought a new Baby word die by Lil' Inker Designs especially for this card..naughty, naughty..

I die cut the word and ironed it onto some watercolour stock. I used a clean brush and clean water to add water all around the word before applying my paints. If you do this, you get the nice bleed of colour. I used a paper towel to dab any excess water off before drying it with my heat tool.

I stamped a Paper Smooches T-Rex in Dew Drop Midnight blue ink. The hello boy wording I created using my new-ish click alpha set..very cool piece of kit.

For the final touch I splattered some dark blue paint around the card.

I am super pleased with the result and hope my friends are too.

Now it's your turn, but first pop over to MAWTT to check out the awesome creations by my teammates.

Cx

Online Card Class - Mask-erade..wrap up..

Hey,

I have finished my latest Online Card Class - Mask-erade. It was a lot of fun to do an interactive class, I will definitely be doing one again.

All my cards can be seen here, but I thought I'd show you a few from days 3-4 (you can see 1,2 and 5 here)

The main card is from Day 4 and uses Freezer Paper to mask off the word - I love this card, it was easy to make and looks exactly as I imagined it would!

Day 3 - Layering with stamps and stencils over masks - I made a mistake here, but I still love it.

Day 4 - another freezer paper example - love the blocks of colour..

I loved the class, I learnt so much and rubber cement and freezer paper are going to be coming out a lot more!

Cx

Moving Along With The Times - Inspired by your Fave TV Show

Hey,

It is time for another great challenge from Moving Along the Times and Team B.

This week Hazel is up with a great theme Inspired by your Fave TV Show

I had a few ideas, but then remembered about my as yet unused birthday gift from JT. A great Kenny K stamp that fit 'Nashville' really well.

I think she has the Country music glamour look.

I started out by colouring the image, using Promarkers and a Copic marker and a dsash of Stickles glitter glue. I am loving the new Copic skin tone marker..I might buy a few more..

The background paper is by American Crafts and I used a scrap of brown paper to make a kind of wall/shelf for her to sit on. Finally I punched a tag and stamped a sentiment by Simon Says Stamp. Securing it to the front of the card using a mini staple  worked well. Loving mini staples right now.

Now it's your turn to show us what TV show you are inspired by. Before you do that though, go and check out the fun creations over at MAWTT from the rest of my lovely teammates.

Cx

Good luck...

I wanted to make a special card for a colleague and a friend that left last week.

I thought she'd quite like a KennyK card, as she is a fan of the stamps. I chose Helga Frost, as it is getting rather cold here in NYC!

The current challenge over at KennyK's Krafty Krew is Anything Goes #160...which is handy, as it meant I could enter the card I made!

I am very, very pleased with this one, simple background with a teeny embossed strip, so the stamp doesn't get overpowered. I added a random pale pink piece of paper and some teeny tiny bling and sequins. I coloured Helga using Promarkers and finished her off with some glitter glue touches.

The good luck message applies to both my friend and myself, as I have entered myself to join the KennyK Krafty Krew Design Team...fingers crossed kittens, fingers crossed.

Cx

It is the DAY!!!

So after much ado my Ma and Amy arrive today...

I have no idea how I am going to concentrate today at work, as I don't pick them up until Midnight NYC time...

So to distract me, I made this little beauty for CAS-ual Friday (CFC 112) this week. You had to use 3 colours - Aqua, Green and Orange.

My main photo is my entry - the Aqua is the washi paper tape, the orange is the scalloped heart and the green is the Celebrate stamp - which I think is appropriate considering my overexcited mood ;) Unfortunately I don't think the 'Celebrate' looks as green in the photo as it is in real life...partly because I chose a chalk ink by Versa Magic in Oasis Green, which is quite soft.

I am considering using the card for one of the many anniversaries I have in September.

WOYWW was SO much fun yesterday, such great creativity to look at, very inspiring.

I guess that I will now be AWOL for a few days, whilst I dedicate myself to being with Ma and Amy - reminding myself that it is a short period of time and every day spent with them will be precious..I promise you will see me in time for WOYWW next week.

Cx

Walking in the rain..

..with the one I love.

Is a line from a Barry White / Love Unlimited song and it's one of my faves.

The stamp I used to make the card in the main photo today reminds me of this song :) Apt I thing, as this is an Engagement card for friends of ours. The stamp is by Stamping Bella - Emily and Ryan under the umbrella.

I love this stamp, it's so cute and I like the fact that they are hidden under the large umbrella - which is strange as I detest umbrellas!

The stamp is actually quite tricky to colour - quite a lot of detail in the coat/dress and the flowers, but it is totally worth it..I am currently using it to make a whole raft of Anniversary cards for September. It would appear that nearly everyone we know got married in September.

The backing paper was a little bargain that I got from Marshalls, it was a pack of decorative scraps by K&Co - I sent half to JT :)

As I am so pleased with this card, I thought I would enter it into the same Colour Me Creative Marker Challenge #75 that JT entered - her card is awesome btw.
The theme is 'Anything Goes' as long as you use alcohol-based markers..I used Promarkers -
Umbrella - Vanilla
Coat / Dress / Flowers / Shoes - Pink Mittens, Plum, Orchid and Hot Pink
Skintone - Oatmeal
Shirt - Blue Denim
Trousers - Warm Grey 3
Shoes - Ice Grey 4
Foliage / Grass - Moss

I hope the happy couple love the card as much as I do..I now have to get on and make them a new home card too!

Cx

p.s 3 more sleeps and my Ma will be here...

WOYWW - 189 - Belated Christmas...

Yay! It's that time of the week again, when us crafters from all over the world join Julia over at Stamping Ground for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday.

Last week's one was fun and I found some new craft blog friends...I've seen some awesome stuff.

I take my photo on a Tuesday evening and this week, I was most excited to get home and try out my Christmas gifts to myself...

Basically, as I missed the WOYWW after Christmas when everyone got to show off their awesome Christmas gifts, I thought I would show you what I bought myself. Fortunately, I went a bit crazy in the Sizzix mega sale and on my desk are the things I bought that I tried out.

New embossing folders (you get x4, an owl, a pear, a flower and an A6 floral one), a Reindeer die - couldn't resist him, so gorgeous, finally some Framelits - I have been covering these for quite a while now..I also bought a letterpress plate for the Big Shot - it is awesome, it will require some mastering though.

Also on my desk are my glasses, some tape (for using with the Framelits), my glasses, a 1 inch square punch that I use to make flag banners, 2 interesting flower punches - I can't describe the technique :( - so go here and check them out. My fave Woodware scalloped heart punch (you'll see what I've been up to tomorrow) and the rest is pretty much on my desk every week..

Oh and before I wish you Happy WOYWW, check out my post about the cards that were on my desk last week, lots of you commented on them and I thought you'd enjoy seeing the finished result.

Happy WOYWW everyone!!

Cx

Playdate Fun..

I love Playdates with JT.

Basically we go to each other's homes and sit around crafting with the other one's stash - the guest brings a few things, but not too much as craft gear is heavy! And we all know it's way better fun to play with someone else's stash!

Last Sunday we had a playdate at my house, JT brought the snacks and the idea for the session (remember the joyfold tryouts happened during a playdate). JT is off to visit her family for Thanksgiving and has been asked to bring some card sets, so we thought we'd make them together.

It was really nice to do something that isn't CHRISTMAS (sigh) also it was lots of fun, we made 3 sets each and a few individual cards. Today's main photo is of my favourite set that I made - love the contrast of the zebra print paper and the yellows, think the flower softens it all.

Here is the rest of our output -

Hello Hearts by JT

Love this lilac card, utilizing one of our favourite embossing folders and the ink braying technique. The red foam hearts are from my recent trip to Amsterdam.

Flowery Wall by Me

I am currently in love with this brick embossing folder, I am also a big fan of this lazy string tying thing, so rewarding for so little effort!

Thank You Labels by Me

Thank You Labels by JT

Even though JT and I used different ideas from Pinterest, I think these 2 sets are very similar. I like the soft muted colours in both of them.

Mini Thank You Squares by JT

This was the first set JT made and I am very jealous that she finally found a way to use these beautiful V&A papers. I've had them forever and always found them really hard to work with. I love this card...can you make me some JT?

Personal Stash Thank You by JT

Whilst it's fun making for other people, there is nothing sweeter than topping up your own personal card supply! This card is so much fun and it uses the random Martha Stewart Halloween cupcake thingys (orange circle) that I got for 10c in TJMaxx in NYC!! I forgot to take a photo of my personal stash cards and they have been posted now...

Last but not least JT's sister got engaged - yay! And so we found time to make here these totally awesome cards...

Pink Hearts by JT

 JT went all out on the pink theme! Love it! I was a bit more reserved, as I have never actually met JT's sister, I thought low key might be best. Like the grey and yellow colour combo.

Grey and Yellow Hearts by Me

I need another playdate soon..please?

Cx