Featured Artist...

Hi,

Hope you all had a nice weekend. It was a holiday here, so a 3 day weekend for me..yay!

Today, I am a featured artist, over at Tam Hess's blog cardmakingartists. I was so pleased when Tam asked me if I would like to be featured. She does such a great job when featuring people, I have discovered some new craft crushes via her blog.

In honour of this I wanted to make a card featuring one of Tam's kitty digital stamps. This one is actually my fave of them all..kitty looks so pleased at having caught the fish!

I used a fave Cuttlebug fishes embossing folder, the checked paper and ribbon are by Papermania, Kitty was coloured using Promarkers and the sentiment was punched using my much loved EK Success punch.

I am also entering Kitty into the I Love Promarkers challenge this week #226 Anything Goes

I hope Tam approves of my use of Kitty!

Cx

Shaking things up...

Hi,

So I have been having a fun long weekend, hanging out with Hubby and playing at my desk.

Today's makes came about because Simon Says Stamp is running a 'Make a shaker card' challenge this week. I was intrigued..these have always looked fun, but difficult.

So after watching about 2,000 YouTube videos and reading Pinterest tutorials I felt ready yesterday afternoon to try and make one.

I ended up with two!!

The main card is my entry for the challenge and is actually my second attempt. I used a stamp from the SSS July kit and the papers are from the June kit. The ribbon is by Papermania and the confetti in the shaker is just stuff from my stash!

I am pretty darn pleased with how this card came out..I need more practice, but they are fun and so cool when finished.

Here is the second one.

Shaker Card!!

For this one, I used American Crafts Papers, a stamp by Craftwork Cards from my buddy Carole that I coloured with Promarkers, circle dies by Sizzix and hello die by SSS. Once again the confetti is from my stash. I think it will be going to my Grandma!

Oh and the acetate for the windows came from my local Blick/Utrecht - super VFM, as I got a huge sheet for $2.59

Big thanks to Amy R of Prairie Ink & Paper for this tutorial and all the lovely inspiration from the SSS DT.

Sometimes its nice to step out of your craft comfort zone...

Cx

Moving Along With The Times - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Hi,

Well wasn't that Birthday Blog hop fun last week!!

Congratulations to all the winners over on the MAWTT blog.

Thanks for all your lovely comments, I put all the people that commented on my blog in a hat and got Hubby to pull the winners..drum roll please...

The winners are Carmen M and Becky - congratulations ladies. Email me at hamnmulenyc@gmxDOTcom and I will get your prizes out to you.

Ok, so now it is time for Team B again over at MAWTT..

The theme is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun..hosted by the lovely Janice.

This is the perfect theme for one of my favourite Stamping Bella stamps..Victoria and Juliette's Night out.

I coloured the stamp using Promarkers and added touches of glitter glue, the backing paper is Pink Petticoat's tiny leopard paper, the black sparkly paper is by DCWV and the letters are foam glitter Thickers. Tammy used a great photo corner die on a Team B challenge and so I hunted down a photo corner punch - for a bargain $4 and I think it is a great accent detail here.

To join in the fun and see all the other great Team B makes..go to MAWTT.

Have a great 4th of July if you are in the US and celebrating..I am heading to a boat party tonight with Hubby and friends, to get the weekend started right!

Cx

WOYWW #265..Looking forward to a 3 day weekend..

Hi,

It is Hump Day, but it's actually my Thursday, as it is July the 4th on Friday, so we are off here in the US. WHOOP WHOOP!! Can you feel my excitement? 3 whole yummy days off, crafting, hanging with Hubby, eating bad food..amazing!!

Back to today..here in blogland it is time for WOYWW - joining Julia, who I hope is well on the road to recovery now and the gang over at her blog Stamping Ground for our weekly global desk nose.

My desk is a complete tip..I am attempting to do the following all at once -
1- make a stash of cards for my Ma
2 - make all the July/Aug cards for work birthdays
3 - make 50 more OWH cards (at least) before I leave for London on Aug 14th
4 - make some cards for a friends birthday
5 - make some cards for the Mother of the Groom (from Sat)
6 - get my card book (personal birthdays etc) up to date
7 - do more of the Online Card Course that I bought for JT and I

Yeah..I know what you are thinking...but it is all possible...along with sewing x2 new dresses...

So on my desk, are some partially made fairy cards for Ma, 2 pairs of glasses..not a good sign (this means a pair are not they should be..), some Promarkers, a new set of AI stamps, tons of printed images for the list above..other craft crap stuff and a bonus shot of me!

Ugh! I hate my desk being this untidy.

Here is a little card for you WOYWWer's to say 'Happy 4th of July'

Happy 4th of July

Stamp is by Whimsie Doodles, stripey paper by DCWV, star paper by Bo Bunny, coloured with Promarkers and Stickles. Twine and button are from my stash, star punched with a EKSuccess mini star punch.

Have a great day, I'll be a late visitor today.

Cx

I Heart American Crafts...

Hi,

So imagine my joy when I saw that the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge DT are using American Crafts products for this weeks Anything Goes challenge.

YAY!!

I love American Crafts and have tons of their stuff crammed into my little craft space.

I made my card last night and I got to utilise some of my weekend Michael's booty..the gorgeous backing paper was part of my haul. It is from the Best of Maggie Holmes collection, I got 60 sheets for $6 - YAY!!

Sample of the paper pack

I decided fun layering was necessary. I punched the heart from AC Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm paper and cut out a piece of Neopolitan paper and stamped it using a Hero Arts stamp. I secured the whole thing together with an AC yo-yo paper clip and mounted it on top of a giant bronze die cut butterfly.

FUN!!

Love this card, so fun and vintagey and summery. I have the perfect couple in mind to receive it too :)

Cx