2nd Anniversary....

Hey,

Bit late today, but today is special because Hubby and I have been living in NYC for 2 years and we've been celebrating!

Can't believe how fast it's flown by!

To celebrate a bit more.. I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week - Anything Goes!

Yay!

I decided to make cards for my June Cardswap using the SSS May card kit. I used papers, a stamp and the ink from the kit.

As luck would have it, I just got some Stampin' Up embossing powder in the same shade as the card kit ink - whoop whoop!

I found some co-ordinating DCWV papers and used them as the backing and the grey strip.

I heat embossed the sentiment, using the Pale Blush Pink ink and  Blushing Bride embossing powder. I finished off with a fun bronze coloured Candi supplied by JT.

It all came together really nicely and I've finished all 5 now for my cardswap.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Thanks

Cx

May Card Swap...

Hey,

Happy Friday!

Only 2 weeks and Ma will be here - crazy!

I thought I'd welcome you to May, by showing you my May Card Swap cards. I am part of a small card swap group organised by Super Stamp Girl. It's fun, I get to play and make multiples of things.

I decided to use some NBUS - Lawn Fawn I wheelie like you dies and stamps. After the cutting and stamping I coloured the Gerbil/Hamster with Promarkers.

I found some blue card blanks and cut a white MFT stitched rounded rectangle from white card stock.

I stamped 2 rows of hearts, the stamp is only 4 hearts long, so I had to stamp over a heart here and there, I like the random effect.

To finish the card, I mounted the gerbil/hamster and the wheel and stamped the sentiment under the hearts.

So fun, so sweet, I love them and feel a bit inspired by Jenn Shurkus.

Have a great weekend. If you need me I'll either be at my desk or on the sofa with Hubby.

Cx

Totally Awesome...

Hey,

I bought some great stamps recently from CAS-ual Fridays, I bought the 'wait for it' set as I have been chewing through seasons of How I met your Mother and the set felt like it was based on a catch phrase from one of the characters...

I thought that they would work really well for Male cards.

Today's card was made using the set and some SSS stars is for a male friend's birthday.

I kept it super simple, 2 inks and 5 stamps - easy.

I am liking this ombre technique with inks, needs some work..

Cx

WOYWW #308..Card blanks...

Hey,

Happy WOYWW!

So my desk is looking ok today, the shot is from yesterday evening..

I get the Simon Says Stamp card kits every month and I have been stock piling the cardstock to make card blanks..I finally got round to actually doing it.

You can see them on top of my scoring board, they have been cut to size (4 1/4 x 5.5in) and I was in the process of scoring and folding. I've ended up with 40 card blanks in a variety of colours. Not bad for 15 mins work :)

If you are wondering why I am showing you my desk, it's that fab time of the week where we get to join the lovely Julia over at her blog Stamping Ground and have a global desk nosy..

My card for you this week uses some cool mini polaroid images that I bought over Black Friday online. I gave half to JT and kept half. I decided to stamp a sentiment onto some of them and turn them into a birthday gift for a friend -

I used small 3 x 3 cards and added a black piece of card to make the little image pop. I hope my friend likes them.

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #13...Anything Goes (with a retro stamp)..

Hey,

It's time for another awesome Retro Rubber challenge.

This time we are asking you to flex your creative muscles with an Anything Goes challenge..

Don't forget to use a stamp older than a year on your project.

As it's Anything Goes this week, I thought it would fun to combine my card with another challenge and I really liked the current one over at Crafty Cardmakers..Dots.

My card was fun to make. The Panda is so cute, I can't believe I've hardly used him. I really enjoyed digging through my stash to combine all kinds of fun things...

I used -
Papers - DCWV spots and glitter stacks
Dies - Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle and dot line dies. MFT stitched rounded rectangle
Stamp - Panda from free set with Get Stamping 7
Sentiment - SMASH! label maker
Ink - MFT Hybrid Ink - Black

You have until May 8th to join in the fun - what can you do with Anything Goes?

Pop over to Retro Rubber to see the fun creations by my team mates and to enter.

Cx