Retro Rubber Challenge #99.. Anything Goes.. There is still time to play.

Hey,

There is still time for you to play along with the current Retro Rubber challenge.

The theme is anything goes!

Show us your makes and pop over to Retro Rubber and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends November 16th.

Don't forget to tell us the age of your stamp, that is part of the fun of our challenge and please only enter 10 challenges including Retro Rubber.

And next week is our 100th Retro Rubber Challenge - WHOOP!! We will be having a fun celebration, so be sure to pop on over next Tuesday and see what we have planned.

Cx

The Daily Marker: 30 Days of Colouring Nov 2018

Hey,

Happy Monday to you!

Hope you had a nice weekend.

I am currently playing along with the current The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Kathy Rac has mad skillz when it comes to colouring and I love playing along to see more of her wonderful work. But I also love seeing all the other talented colourers (a word?) out there. And I have made some friends along the way, as I believe this is my 5th time joining in.

Because of the shoulder issue I had at the start of the current 30 days, I decided it would be fun to use my semi-neglected stash of digital stamps as stamping with the shoulder was an issue.

So all my days look something like this -

The awesome weightlifting Monster is by Hambo - I love their digi's they are always humorous.

But yesterday I wanted to finish off a piece I have been working on (main photo) so used that as my Day 11 colouring.

I loved the sentiment, it was in a new colouring book I bought in London, so I recreated it using my lightbox, so that I could watercolour it.

I am super pleased with how it came out, I used Zigs, Aquamarkers by Windsor & Newton and a paintbrush to colour them.

I'll show you the full 30 days at the end of the month.

Cx

MAWTT - Winter Animals...

Hey,

I wasn't planning on posting today, but last night I was browsing through JT's blog and I saw her entry for the current MAWTT challenge 'Winter Animals'.

I just happened to have the Avery Elle 'Caroling Critters' set on my desk, that I have been meaning to use, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

I stamped and coloured 3 of the stamps from the set and added the sentiment and a couple of musical notes also from the set.

It felt a bit bland, so I added some glitter glue to the critters and lamp post and stenciled in some dots to feel like a snowy background.

I'm pretty pleased with my late night make :)

Have a great Saturday, I am off to meet a Colleague for brunch that is in NYC on vacation. I contemplated the gym, but I opted to do a 20 min online yoga thing and I feel ok with that!

Cx

CAS(E) this sketch...Birthday Tweetings..

Hey,

Happy Friday!

I have to say I am pretty glad this work week is over..it has been HARD!!

Now that the nerve in my neck is slowly getting back to normal (big thanks to Dr Fanto and my amazing trainer Wendell), I thought I'd play along with a challenge for the first time in ages.

CAS(E) This Sketch is a fave of mine and I love the versatility of this week's sketch -

I was really inspired by the sketch and decided to use my newest MFT set 'Mod Birds' alongside a super old doily stamp by Bo Bunny.

I love the Mod Birds set, the stamps are so pretty. He looks lovely mounted over the blue doily.

I added a simple sentiment by Reverse Confetti and a little bit of bling and BOOM! finished card.

Have a great weekend. I'll be doing some friend stuff, some gym stuff, some desk time, packing for Vegas and watching NFL with Hubby.

Cx

Birthday melons...

Hey,

Today's card was made from random bits and bobs on my desk!

I love these Neat & Tangled 'Beach Day' stamps, but I actually don't own them, as I didn't think I would use them enough. Instead I borrow them from Jamey and Cheiron when I fancy a play :)

The cute little Hippo with her slice of melon I stamped forever ago at Jamey's and then I coloured it during the JUNE 30 days of colouring!! It has been on my desk since then.

I found the MFT birthday circle die-cut on my desk in white and coloured it in red to match the melon.

I added a circle scrap and a piece of MFT chevron paper to pull all the bits together into a card!

Love it when scraps and abandoned things become a card!

Cx